War News In Brief From Front And Home Front
Allied gains include Pozieres and Erzingan while Sakharoff reports 4000 prisoners and five guns taken on the Slonevka front. Russians push in Volhynia and Galicia as Haig notes German reinforcements. Riga front gains claimed southward. Also: Denmark sale of West Indies, U.S. road funding plan, military promotions, and civil unrest worldwide.
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Erzingan
Armenia
Sakharoff
Slonevka
Volhynia
Teutons
Slonevka River
Galicia
Brody
France
Guillemont
War Office
Longueval
Senate Approves Army Bill as Preparedness Debate Grows
Washington July 28 Nearly 700 million dollars for national defense in fiscal year 1917 is the Senate result after passing the Army Appropriation bill. The total includes Army 313.97 million Navy 315.83 million fortifications 25.75 million military academy 2.24 million and deficiencies 27.56 million. The bill faces conference with the Naval bill and possible reductions. The Senate also approved 2 million for relief to dependent families of National Guardsmen and regulars in the Mexican emergency and boosted pay for officers and guardsmen. A National Defense Council is proposed to coordinate industry and resources.
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Senate
Wilson
Military
House
Secretary of War
Military Academy
Military Committee
Council of National Defense
State
War and Navy
Army
Navy
Cables React to British Blacklist in Neutral Rights Row
State Department cabled London objecting to Britain’s blacklist as an invasion of neutral rights. In New York, several firms said the new anti British domination group is not a representative body for the issue and many listed firms refused to join. Talks of a new independent group faded as U S and British pressures shifted the stance.
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Washington
Great Britain
London
State Department
New York
United States
Guardsmen Vote Right Struck From Army Bill
Washington July 28 Senator Reed's amendment to allow national guardsmen in federal service to vote at their camps in the coming presidential election was struck out today on a point of order.
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Washington
Reed
Army
Wilson Signs River Bill
President Wilson signs a river bill in Washington on July 28 detailing renewal of old projects and the addition of a few new ones.
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Wilson
Washington
Mately
Long Lost Son Reunited With Mother After Four Years
Mrs. Ellen Flannery of Kansas City spent four years crisscrossing the nation and parts of Mexico in a search for her missing son Johnnie. She found him with his father near Prosperity Missouri, Webb City area, now 17, strong and eager to work. Johnnie had been 13 when abducted and his wanderings left him uneducated. he is now in Kansas City seeking employment to ease his mother's worries.
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Ellen Flannery
Kansas City
United States
Mexico
Johnnie
Nore
Naco
Sonora
Carranza
Webb City
Missouri National Guard to be raised to seven thousand
Major Charles Miller announces that Missouri will recruit two thousand more guardsmen to reach seven thousand total. Existing five thousand troops on the border at Laredo will be reinforced with new recruits trained and equipped before joining the Missouri brigade at Laredo. Recruiting officers at several cities will process arrivals under the new military law.
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National Guard of
Missouri
Charles Miller
Nevada
Laredo
Missouri Brigade
Clark
St. Louis
Kansas City
Springfield
Hannibal
Sedalia
Marshall
Joplin
National Guard
Train Kills Malta Bend Man in Morning Collision
Joseph Newton, 60, a Malta Bend resident, was struck and killed by a Missouri Pacific passenger train two miles east of Malta Bend in the early morning.
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Malta Bend
Joseph Newton
Missouri Pacific
Two Injured at Grade Crossing near St. Joseph
S. R. Williams, a farmer, and his wife were severely injured when a Rock Island passenger train struck their wagon near St. Joseph. One horse was killed in the accident.
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S. R. Williams
Rock Island
St. Joseph
Globe-Democrat Hikes Daily Price to Two Cents
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat announced a change in its daily edition price from one cent to two cents effective August 1. The paper cites the high cost of print paper as the reason for the increase.
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Globe-Democrat
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis
Two Children Drown in Mine Pit Near Rich Hill
Vivian Green aged five and Jessie Green aged eight, children of John Green of Rich Hill, drowned in an old strip pit near their home the other afternoon after returning from Sunday school.
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Vivian Green
Jessie Green
John Green
Rich Hill
Denver Man Killed Under Train in Missouri Yards
W H Hall of Denver Colorado was killed in the Wabagh railroad yards at Moberly recently. He was crawling under a train when the wheels passed over his body. His wife and one child survive.
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W. H. Hall
Denver
Col
Wabagh
Moberly
Springfield Man Dies After Choking On Meat
Enoch J. Simmons aged 69 died after choking on a piece of meat during lunch in Springfield. He succumbed within ten minutes despite efforts to aid him.
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Enoch J. Simmons
Springfield
Nebraskan to Lead Joplin Schools
Joseph Sparks president of the New State Normal school at Chad Neb has been elected superintendent of Joplin schools after a two month deadlock among directors.
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Joplin
Joseph Sparks
New State Normal School
Chad- Neb
Police Judge Resigns in Mo berly Health Forces Departure
Police Judge J. T. Williams of Mobberly resigns after ten years in office due to ill health. He is 79 years old and has sent the notice to Mayor J. F. Harrison.
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J. T. Williams
Moberly
J. F. Harrison
Judge Williams
Mourning and Summer Cottons Highlight Fashion Trends
Cotton corduroys gain favor for three seasons with coats and skirts in rose blue maize and light green. A standout summer coat features wide cape collar white velvet trim and belt through slashes. Mourning hats show sailor shapes in silk crepe georgette and lace braid with crape trims, reflecting enduring mourning millinery.
Time Saved in Sewing Placket Fasteners
A seamstress saves time by sewing snaps on one side, chalking each snap, pressing to mark the exact position on the opposite side, and then finishing. This method reduces pinning, mashing, and overall work time by about half.
Gloves and stockings in silk with chantilly lace
In dainty French boxes are dred lace gloves and stockings to mate. Both are silk with insets of chantilly lace and come in pastel and opera shades.
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