President Declares Systematic War Plan For Allied Supplies
President outlines a victorious war strategy emphasizing systematic direct control of American trade to aid Allies. A new exports council will draft proclamations licensing coal and fuel shipments to secure shipping, then license exports to neutral European countries to prevent German access. Commodities will be designated step by step, starting with cereals and foodstuffs.
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Noieewater Union
Phenidont Wilson
Department of
Gomiverce
Gan Comy
Ghid
Ain i
Germany
Pol ice Chief and Six Colleagues Convicted in Election Fraud Case
Indianapolis police chief Samuel V. Persrott and six colleagues were found guilty by a U S district court jury of conspiring to commit election fraud linked to the 1914 registration demand. Convicted: Roya Pope Wayland Sanders Morton C. Hulse Lee Stringer Herman F. Adams. Frank M. Johnson was acquitted. Judge Gelger set July 30 for a motion hearing. some indicted defendants had pleaded guilty earlier.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel V. Persrott
United States District Court
Roya ‘Pope
Pales
Herman F. Adams
Frank M. Johnson
Ferdinand A. Gelger
Crilwaukee
Beyer Others
Sinn Felners Attack Jail and Town Center Violence
In Cork Sinn Feiners attacked the jail and police as part of a broader assault on political prisoners and military recruiting sites. Clergy urged restraint but police charged with carbines bayonets and revolvers. Many were injured, stretchered to hospital, and crowds dispersed into nearby streets.
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Sinn |Felners
Cork
Sinn
Patrick
Czech Troops Desert to the Russians Reported
A German newspaper report cites a statement by F. Von Georgi, Austrian defense minister, claiming Czech troops deserted to the Russians. The claim appeared in Lokal Anzeiger and Tageblatt of Berlin and was presented to a deputies committee from southern Austria.
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Amsterdam
Austria
F. von Georgi
Lokal Anzleger and Tageblatt
Berlin
Texas Extension Director Named Assistant to Secretary Houston
Clarence Ousley, head of the agricultural extension at Texas A&M, was appointed as an assistant to Secretary Houston for an indefinite period, stepping into a Washington post from Houston.
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Houston
Washlington
D. C
Clarence Ousley
Texas Agricultural College
Warsaw University Closes Over Student Strike
The Voussischa Zeitung reports General Hans H. von Heseler closed Warsaw University and the Polytechnic Institute in a German occupied territory in Russia due to a student strike dating to last May. Several students were arrested for disturbing the peace during a street row but later released. The student body then proclaimed a sympathy strike claiming insult to dignity and national honor.
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Warsaw University
Berlin
London
Voussischa Zeitung
Hans, H. von Heseler
Gereman
War News Breaches From Across Atlantic Front
British hospitals feeling the strain as American physicians and nurses take over six major general hospitals. A U boat threat looms as a steamer reports sighting a U-boat off Liverpool route to an Atlantic port. General John J. Pershing leads war planning in Washington urging efficiency. Liberty loan subscriptions reportedly exceed 38 billion. Repatriation of 60,000 Americans from Europe discussed by government ahead of Congress end. An American destroyer rammed and sank a German submarine after a German-born American prize agent spied it. Recruiting week for the regular army called, exemptions and notices to report set for fall. An American ambulance detachment lands in France. Vice Admiral Sims to oversee allied naval operations in their waters.
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William 8. Sims
S. N
London
European War News From Copenhagen to Washington Dispatches
Central News reports from Copenhagen credit a Norwegian office with announcing a push on the northern front south of Sorgen while German planes strike and troops shift to the western front. Special Ambassador Boris Boakhmerett argues victory is essential for world peace and the Russian revolution’s fruits. Canadian troops seize a nest of German trenches near Heservois and the Entente’s Lens approach faces new difficulties. Twenty seven British ships over 1,600 tons are sunk and five smaller vessels are lost.
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Rusétin
Sorgen
Russia
Boris A. Boakhmerett
Wasahlogton
Heservoir i
Lens
British Summmary
Washington Meets Push for Uniform Steel Price Across Industry
The Federal Trade Commission will be urged by President Denman of the Emergency Fleet Corporation to set a single steel price for all industries nationwide. The administration contemplates commandeering shipyards if fair prices cannot be secured and authorizes use of a $500 million appropriation for ship construction.
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Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Denman
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Prominent Greeks Expelled from Greece in Allied Action
Foreign dispatch from Athens reports ex-Premier Gowiaris among 31 prominent Greeks ordered expelled. Included is M. Dragounly, son of ex-Premier Dragoumis and former qainister to Petrograd, who embarked with the group.
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Havas
Pariy
Athens
Gowiaris
Greece
M. Dragounly
Dragoumis
Qainister
Petrograd
General Motors subscribes to Red Cross fund in New York
The General Motors board approved a 250000 dollar subscription to the Red Cross Fund at a New York directors meeting. It covers all 25000 employees at a rate of ten dollars per person.
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General Motors Company
At &Tirectors
New York
Red Crows
Iowa Guard Buildup In Wartime City Camp Plans
Washington reports Iowa guardsmen' engineers' companies formed at Town City and Des Moines with officers and 900 plus men. Battery S regimental artillery from Cedar Rapids accepted. new headquarters at Clinton. supply and signal units planned. two ambulance companies and hospital rosters near full. Major Butler to lead Des Moines camp construction for 40,900 recruits at Camp Dodge. Theodore Logan auditing cantonment funds.
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Gandrel Guyis
National ‘Guard
Plesents
Senoir
Town City
Alry
Washington
Erst Regiment of Field Artillery
Cadar Rapids
Haa
Artilery Ha
Clinton
Daven Port
Iowa
Gounafi Bluffs
Des Moines
F. Steck
Ottemiwa
Towa Guard
Sioux City
Waterloo
Beth
Boutler
Des Moineuw
M.A. Butler
Paul
Des Moisies
Butler
Tatil
Twin City
George Morgan
Guy
E. Logan
Hayner
Iowa Engineers
Iowa City
Lows
National Guard
Gedaral Logan
War Department
C. Strike
Dang Town Branch Raises Funds After Community Canvass
Bana Red Cross Chapter reports Dang population around two hundred with a local branch of twelve members and funds totaling over eleven hundred dollars secured during a recent Sunday afternoon drive. An intensive canvass was organized to recruit more members and boost support.
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Bana
Deana
Dang
Saccastt Crogo
Jth
Wea
Place For
Ap Intenive
Tune
Wareraft training notes and war work at Iowa City
The article lists many names for a recruiting drive with notes on medical and mental fitness testing to begin after July 15. It also reports Prof. G W Stewart of the University of Iowa leaving for Pensacola to conduct submarine detection research, highlighting his status as a leading authority on sound localization.
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Sitchie
Ntaher
Riley
Kate
Genehe
Northup
Building
Ni Willams
Vetter
Ee Ligassi
Wasteate
D. Allard
Charles
E. ‘Kinsey
Madrid
D. M. Scott
Charles H- Jonés
Porty
FM. Perry
Glen C. Collins
Dallas
Centar
Centar; ‘All DeVore: Des Moines; A. C. Hammitt
Firth
Armstrong
Creaton
Baward Eimett
Clinton
Leonard
Lichty
Audubon
Donald
Iowa City
T. Schlenker
Dea’ Moines
Guy L. McMorris
Leon
W. A. Ray
Kent
H. B. “Hoskinson
Corning
G. W. Stewart
University
Pensacola
Florida
Stewart
Killed Near Eldon In Auto Crash
C A Saunders of Oakaloosa a traveling salesman for Des Moines Auto Supply was killed near Eldon when the car ran off a culvert into a ditch Saunders was traveling his territory at the time of the accident
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Eldon
C. A. Saunders
Oakaloosa
Des Moines Auto. Supply, Company
Saunders
Protests Against Church Windows Change at Bradford Church
Community members protest a plan to modify stained glass memorial windows at the Little Brown Church in Bradford. The latest objections reference vandalism claims and historic preservation, voiced by local supporters and attendees.
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Charles
Bradford
Milo” M
Qual
Histor Eal
Government orders twelve barges for ore shipment to St Louis
The United States government orders twelve steel barges and equipment to tow them from Waukon Junction nine miles north to Waukon. Ore mined at the Wau Yon Iron mines is hauled by rail to Waukon Junction for steamboat transport down the Mississippi. The high grade ore will be melted by the government for armor plants.
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Waukon
United States
Waukon Junction
Bt. Louis
Wau- Yon
Mississippi
Woman Escapes Nevada Hospital From Insane Asylum
Mrs Homer Staley escaped from the Insane Hospital at Clarinda and Nevada authorities conducted a search. The wife of Prat Homer Staley had been committed the day before her escape, and a note to her husband said a search would be a waste of time.
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Hospital
Nevada
Homer Staley
Clarinda
Audubon Woman Dies After Gasoline Stove Explosion
Audubon reports Mrs. C. J. Core died three hours after a gasoline stove explosion severely burning her. She was survived by her mother Mrs. David Sloan and by her husband, who works for the city.
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Audubon
C. J. Core
Canned Good Drive Spurs Big Food Reserves
Housewives with a 10,000,000 depot under national bank provisions boost the town of Amer to a 40,000,000 quart stockpile. Iowa county superintendents in Amer estimate a 24,000,000 quart canning output for the season, valuing total reserves around 41,000,000 dollars at about 25 cents per quart, enough to feed 100,000 men for over a year.
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Naional Bank of Food Conservation
Towa
Iowa
at_Amer
State Banking Department Ends As New System Begins
The Iowa State Banking Department will cease as the state shifts to the official bank supervision under the state bank commissioner created by the last Legislature. The June 20 1916 deposits rise contrasts with prior figures while overdrafts show a mixed trend. the report notes more banks under supervision and outlines broader wartime and agricultural notes including pensions, troops, and legal changes.
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Marek
Noreada
Wnion
State Banking , Department, Ag It Ie
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