America Springs To Arms Series Of Incidents Wear Down neutrality
A detailed account traces how a string of German provocations in 1915 16 and the Zimmermann telegram in 1917 finally forced Woodrow Wilson to abandon neutrality. It covers submarine warfare the Lusitania crisis Bryan Lansing and House protests the Ford peace voyage and the pivotal Zimmermann note that led to U.S. entry and mobilization under Pershing with conscription and the buildup of the American Expeditionary Forces.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
American Heritage
Britain
Germany
Wilson
Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
State Department
Irish Sea
Leon B. Thrasher
Thrasher
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Robert Lansing
Gulflight
Lands End
England
New York
Liverpool
Washington
Bryan
Berlin
Lansing
Congress
London
Arthur Zimmermann
Sir William R. Hall
Zimmermann
Hall
Bernstorff
Mexico
U.S. State Department
U.S
Admiral Hall
Grosvenor Square
Ambassador Page
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Japan
Theodore Roosevelt
Capitol
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Galler
Barbary Pirates End in Algiers After French Conquest
The Barbary pirates were Moorish sea robbers operating from the North African coast during the 17th century and into the 19th. In the first half of the 17th century, over 20,000 prisoners were said to be held in Algiers alone, with piracy ending after the French conquest of Algeria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Algiers
Ali
State Department brief urged MacArthur recall from Japan
Dean Rusk prepared the brief in Oxford Rhodes style urging General MacArthur to be recalled from Japan, reflecting a forum tone that grips controversy over U.S. policy in Asia and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
State Department
General MacArthur
Dean Rusk
Oxford
Calls for independent probe into Bobby Baker case
Durward G. Hall urges an impartial investigation into Bobby Baker operations in Washington. He calls for a special assistant attorney general chosen by the American Bar Association and empowered to impanel a federal grand jury, arguing Democrat control blocks full disclosure.
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Éermienne Space Fo
Williams
R-Del
Bobby Baker
Democrat Party
Washington
Legislative Branch
American Bar Association
Attorney General
United States
Kennedy-Johnson
Bobby Kennedy
Baker
Bush Taking Curtain Call
KENNEBUNK for the se two years a forsythia ash grown by Edward J Whicher Summer Street has taken a late curtain call. The bush which normally blooms in spring has been giving off its golden flowers in September as well. However oddities in nature are now taken in stride by Whicher who last summer had a rose bush yielding three different shades of roses hausted Allies. The New World after a tor tuous and trying period of neutrality had at last come to the rescue of the Old.
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Germany
Great Britain
British Isles
Charles Frohman
Elbert Hubbard
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Cunard Line
New York Harbor
Ireland
Walter Schwieger
Lusitania
America
Colonel House
London
U.S
Walter Hines Page
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Philadelphia
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Europe
Henry Ford
Ford
Charles Evans Hughes
Theobald von Bethmann —Hollweg
England
Kaiser
Imperial German Navy
Bernstorff
State Department
Secretary of State
Lansing
Kennebunk
Edward J. Whicher
Summer Street
Whicher
Determined Student Proves To Be Good Job Prospect
Education expert Leslie J. Nason discusses youth unemployment rising 50 percent, the limits of early vocational training, and how demonstrated perseverance and learning ability in school predict job success. Employers value consistent effort, grades, and the capacity to continue growth amid technological change.
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George Toll
California State Employment Service
Alternatives to institutional care for the elderly
The article urges evaluating at home options before choosing hospital or nursing home care. It lists visiting nurses, physical therapists, social workers, homemakers, and friendly visiting services as ways to stay at home. If institutional care is needed, choose the right facility.
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Joseph L. Gardner
Edward M. House
Edward Douglass White
Gage
White House
Joseph Tumulty
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Miss Rankin
John J. Pershin
Villa
Black Jack
Pershing
Newton Baker
Chambers of Commerce
Oneman
Mississippi
France
E.F
Baltic
Boulogne
Lafayette
U. S
L’ilustrawaving
Fifth Avenue
Michael A. Petit, M.D
Encyclopaedia Britannics
St. Andre’s Church
Richard Fontaine
Center St
Biddeford
Paulette Bouthot
Paul E. Bouthot
Pike St
Ernest Fontaine
Prospect St
Lee
People’s Forum
Bush
New World
Richard Derochers
Constance Casavant
Belmont Casavant
Simard Ave
Leslie J. Nason
University of Southern California
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor
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