U S Plans For Russia Discussed By Wilson
Washington July 22 plans for U S participation in a joint military aid expedition to Russia and economic assistance will be announced by President Wilson soon. The statement will outline aid aims, the defense of American and Russian interests, and the democracy fight.
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United States
Russia
Wilson
Japan
Great Britain
France
Tokio
London
Brest
Britain
Associated Press
Trainmen Exceed Eleven Thousand In Military Service
Cleveland July 22 Winston G Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen said that up to the first day of this month 11 533 members serve in the army and navy. In the past month more than 200 members entered service. The Brotherhood provides paid up death and total disability insurance for members in the military with death policies amounting to over 15 000 000 dollars.
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Cleveland
W. G. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood
Mob Spirit Troubles President
President Wilson plans a nationwide statement urging respect for law and order amid mob spirit in various regions. He will call on Americans to refrain from vigilantism toward those suspected of being enemy aliens, echoing his World War I neutrality appeal.
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Washington
Wilson
President Faces German Propaganda Over Praeger Hanging
The Praeger hanging in Collinsville Illinois last April stirred officials. Germany allegedly used the case to challenge US justice abroad and at home. President Wilson, advised by aides, plans a solemn call to abandon disloyalty and suspicions and trust regular legal processes.
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Robert P. Praeger
Collinsville
Ill
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Germany
State Department
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Mexico
South America
Europe
Wilson
United States
Boston East Boston sites urged for U S shipbuilding
John J. Kearney urges the United States Shipping Board to use East Boston waterfront sites to build wooden ships, noting three suitable locations and available facilities. He argues construction there would save government costs and cites existing shipyard capacity nationwide as precedent. Dated July 22.
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the Post
Boston Central Labor Union
United States Shipping Board
Boston
Central Labor Union
Shipping Board
Airplane crash claims two officers at Fort Worth field
Fort Worth Texas July 22 two officers were killed when their airplane crashed at Taliaferro Field. Lieutenant Donald H Charlton of Sulphur Springs Ohio and Lieutenant Ival Eugene Cinnerholm of Schenectady New York perished instantly in the fall.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Donald H. Charlton
Sulphur Springs
Ohio
Ival Eugene Cinnerholm
Schenectady
N. Y
Taliaferro Field
Warn Troops Against Spies
The War Department issued an order forbidding officers and men to enter into correspondence with strangers in response to advertisements or invitations. Officials warned that strangers seek soldiers for propaganda and warned against gaps that could aid enemy efforts.
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Washington
War Department
San Diego Survivor Weds in Worcester
Ensign Henry D. Whitcomb of San Diego survivor fame married Miss Florence Merriam Martin at his father's Brookfield summer residence. The couple, excited by last week’s sinking experience off Long Island, wed early and will report to duty in New York soon.
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Worcester
Henry D. Whitcomb
San Diego
Long Island
Brookfield
Florence Merriam Martin
Bertha Martin
Winchester
Ensign
Sister Elizabeth Dead After 23 Years of Service
Sister Elizabeth of the Sisters of Charity died yesterday at Carney Hospital from pneumonia after an illness under a week. She was a well known and beloved member of the order.
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Carney Hospital
Elizabeth
Order of the Sisters of Charity
Margaret the Elk Totters at Franklin Park
This newborn elk named Margaret, two days old, with long legs and a brown half dollar sized eye, wobbles like a sailor in a storm. Her mother is Gertrude and her grandfather is "Big Bill." Located at Franklin Park, visitors are invited to see her.
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Massachusetts
Margaret
Franklin Park Zoo
Gertrude
Big Bill
Franklin Park
Rhode Island Man Prisoner of War Details Released
July 22. War Department received names of three more American POWs in Germany. They are Lieutenant Aviator Henrys Joseph Leavitt of the Royal Flying Corps, address unknown, Private Albert Brook of Princeton New Jersey, and Private Harry K. James of Bristol Rhode Island. Camps not named.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Henrys Joseph Leavitt
Royal Flying Corps
Albert Brook
Princeton
N. J
Harry K. James
Bristol
R. I
British and Canadian recruitment targets at 44 Bromfield Street
Officials at 44 Bromfield Street plan to round up 300 to 400 British subjects on the Cambridge division list who have refused military service. They will be offered voluntary enlistment in British and Canadian forces, or face possible placement in class 1 of the American draft after 60 days if no decision is made.
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Cials
Bromfield Street
Cambridge
Rare Costumes Highlight Tea Friday in Hingham
The Hingham Red Cross invites the public to a costume tea Friday from 3 to 6 PM at the Wompatuck Club rooms. Attire includes gowns 100 to 150 years old, with Miss Fanny Cushing as cashier and loans from Miss Helen Crosby. Proceeds aid the local Red Cross war work.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Wompatuck Club
Briday
Natalie Holden Lovejoy
Harriet Ware
Fanny Cushing
Cushing
Helen Crosby
Benjamin Lincoln
Flora McDonald
East Weymouth
May Wilder
Hingham Branch
The
Putnam Downs Another German Plane in France
The Associated Press reports two more German planes were downed Saturday by American aviators in France. One was shot down by Lt. David E. Putnam of Newton Massachusetts and the other by Lt. Baker Brody Freeman. Official confirmation pending.
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France
Associated Press
David E. Putnam
Newton
Mass
Baker_ Brody Freeman
Government to take over Cape Cod Canal and protect coal supply
On July 22 the government will assume control of the Cape Cod canal to safeguard New England coal supplies from Southern ports. President Wilson is expected to issue the formal proclamation tomorrow.
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Washington
New England
Cape Cod Canal
Wilson
Cape Cod Canal May Join Federal Canal System
The Cape Cod Canal seven miles long with a 25 foot depth may be operated by the railroad administration as part of a national canal system. Officials consider federal takeover after a submarine appeared off Massachusetts prompting faster action.
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Administration
War
Navy and Commerce Departments
Massachusetts
Boston
Cape Cod
Nantucket Shoals
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Beaufort
N. C
Chesapeake
Delaware Canal
Department of Justice
Small
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Moore
Pennsylvania
Redfield
Cape Cod Canal
New England
Proper Foods for Families
Boston forms a dietetic bureau to teach proper child feeding under Miss Lucy Gillette of New York and Professor Henry Sherman of Columbia. Miss Gillette, a Columbia graduate, directs outreach through the League for Preventive Work at 46 Cornhill. Social workers visit homes then consult the bureau’s food expert to improve nourishment and health.
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Boston
Lucy Gillette
New York
Henry Sherman
Columbia University
Gillette
Columbia
League For Preventive Work
League
Cornhill
Dietetic Bureau
Ship Plans Restricted for Officials. Seizures in New York
An order by Secretary McAdoo bars permits to export ship and shipyard plans except for government officials. The Shipping Board has seized a large amount of ship specifications in New York linked to vessels bound for Scandinavian ports.
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Washington
McAdoo
Shipping Board
New York
Secrets of American Shipyards Drawn Into Postwar Orders
U S investigators probe why detailed drawings of American shipyards ways ships and mine sweepers were found with passengers and crew. The aim is to stop export of shipbuilding information to neutrals as policy forbids postwar orders and expedites forfeiture of plans without permit.
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America
United States
France
Desert from Austrian Army Deserters Form Green Guards
Reuters reports from Prague that Czech and Yugoslav deserters from the Austrian army are forming armed bands called green guards. Many have gathered in the Beskid Mountains eastern Moravia and resist the gendarmerie with Czech support alleged. Similar revolts are noted in Dalmatia and possible bands in Bosnia per Bosnische Post.
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London
Réuter’s Limited
Green Guards
Beskid
Moravia
Reuter
Dalmatia
Bosnische Post
Bosnia
Two Firms Lose Sugar Licenses
The E. R. Sherburne Company of 116 State Street and L. M. Koritz Company of Lawrence, large wholesale sugar distributors, had their licenses revoked by the food administration for accepting bonuses in sugar sales.
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E. R. Sherburne Company
State Street
L. M. Koritz Company
Lawrence
Food Administration
Mexicans hold two Americans for ransom
In Eagle Pass Texas on July 22 two Americans were captured by bandits led by Felipe Muozquiz and held for ransom in the Sierra mountains. Nan Malone foreman of Pedra de Blanca ranch is asked for 5000 dollars, and Sam Barksdale taken at Hacienda San Miguel forty five miles from Las Vacas. Mexican troops pursue the bandits.
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Texas
Felipe Muozquiz
Sierra Mountains
Nan Malone
Pedra de Blanca Ranch
Sam Barksdale
Hacienda San Miguel
Las Vacas
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