Food relief talks seek neutral aid amid looming famine
Washington reports full details on Northern food conditions and U S plans to curb exports to essentials while neutrals risk starvation. Dr Nansen urges Norway to trade shipping for food, seeking sugar fats and grain, with guarantees against reexport. Dutch government also open to exchanging ships for food to avoid German subs.
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America
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Pridtjot Nansen
Norwa
Nansen
Russia's Help Discounted in Looming Crisis
A chaotic report notes distrust of Russian aid amid a large mob still at large. Authorities struggle to identify Mel who murdered prankster Little as tensions rise, with a stream of providence and force deployed across the west.
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Prank Little
Disappointments Mark Front as Russians Break Lines
Reports from London recount General Maurice detailing the Russian collapse along a broad front. British and French forces, with Australians and Canadians, shift tactics, stating some objectives were met while others fell short due to stubborn German resistance.
Forest Ranger Miles Away Saves Home in Bald Butte Blaze
Eugene Oregon recounts a fire rescue where Ranger Gus Ryker and guards from four miles away reached Bald Butte station and fought flames at a house after spotting it through glasses. They arrived in an automobus and extinguished the fire with help from the crew.
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Bald Butte
Sub destroyed by bombs from air attack near Atlantic port
An Atlantic port report says a German submarine was destroyed after a bomber dropped a bomb following torpedo warning. Passengers described battleplanes escorting the U boat from a wake, relays from a mother ship, and a massive water fountain as the attack succeeded.
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Wittwreckige
Mass meeting votes to reject contract in mining dispute
Members of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers gathered for a mass meeting here and voted late today to reject the proposed contract terms. The decision comes amid intensified bargaining with the mine operators and affects workforce unity in the region.
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War developments and damages headline across page
A dash of items across Toda page includes war developments and a damage suit filed, draft list names, forest fire notes, a war council called by Kais, civic peace efforts by rotary groups, road safety concerns, high beverage prices, sport news, mining notes, and a classified section with state work and rubber price movement highlighted.
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Berlin Burgomaster Bluntly Answers War Situation
Amsterdam reports Burgomaster Reiche of Berlin lashes out at the internal situation in Germany. He criticizes bureaucrats and parliament for overstepping and says Germans must be free in fact not just on paper. He accuses the ruling class of treating people as children while lawmakers claim to guide the nation.
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Berlin
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Roosevelt and Wadsworth Named to State Food Commission
Albany Aug 2 Theodore Roosevelt James W Wadsworth of Livingston county a republican and father of United States Senator Wadsworth and Morgan J O'Brien of York a vice president of the constitutional convention are named as the proposed state food commissioners by the legislature's war committee The move follows Governor Whitman who had urged registration and hinted at omissions if George We were the chairman
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Theodore Roosevelt
James W. Wadsworth
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York
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Charles Plieschmann an Airman Dies in Aerial Crash
New York Aug 2 Charles Flieschmann son of Julius L Flieschmann former mayor of Cinein hall was instantly killed tonight when the hydro aeroplane he rode in collapsed. Pilot Harry Witz also was killed.
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Charles Flieschmann
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Great South
Harry Witz
Allied Forces Halted by Rain in Major British Offense
British air services excelled in Tuesday’s offensive amid rain and mud, with low cloud cover aiding infantry advances and German counterattacks repelled by infantry and aircraft. Despite deteriorating, weather hindered German plans as Russians push in Bukovina and the Carpathians.
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AmtsEnvie
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Belgium
Vigilance Committees Form to Track Draft Slackers
New York Aus reports the National Security renounced plans to form finance committees nationwide to locate draft slackers. The message denounces slackers as cowards and cheats imperiling national honor and shifting duty to others, addressed to branch chairmen across the country.
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New York
Aus
Teague
Plans Save Ships in Allied War Relief Effort
Plans to safeguard American shipping were announced by Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals and Saunders. The arrangement aims to protect shipments through wartime routes, with Allied war relief officials and authorities reviewing the plan's implementation and effectiveness.
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Bon
George W. Goethals
Tonishe, & Saunders
Vised
Saanders
Monat
Allied War Relief
Fisk Nee Bureau
Mont Serious Confronting War Relief Organ
Heat waves, deaths mount as East endures record temps
Heat waves kill 62 in city and trigger broad shutdowns. The public health chief cites high temperatures since Sunday as the main cause. Washington notes scattered showers break the heat in the East, while the West may see no immediate relief. In New York City, about 70 percent of those examined for military service exemptions are deemed fit for duty. many boards report high rates of exemption requests.
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