Post Office Sets Few Draft Exemptions for Staff
The Post Office Department plans to grant few exemptions to postal workers from military service. Postmasters must scrutinize exemptions for carriers, laborers, and clerks below certain grade levels. Rural and railway mail staff are largely ineligible except for medical reasons or dependents. Provost Marshal General Crowder instructs state governors to weigh a $30 monthly soldier pay when assessing a claimant’s dependents.
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Postoffice Department
Wilson
Crowder
Wyoming Third Regiment Mobilized for France Duty
The Third Wyoming National Guard regiment under Col Cavender is mobilizing at a new camp northwest of the city for a period likely five to six weeks. Three special trains brought the men here, with Red Cross relief kits and meals provided along the route as patriots welcomed the units from Cody Powell Park County and Rock Springs.
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War Department
Wyoming
Wyoming National Guards
Cavender
Palo Alto
Cal
France
G. E. Parisoe
Red Cross
Kemmerer
Rock Spring
Rawling
Cody
Powell
Park County
Big Horn
Kendrick Wins Fight to Protect Pioneers' Rights
Washington D C Aug 3 protection of bona fide locators rights on open and withdrawn government land is provided in an amendment to the Walsh leasing bill adopted by the senate committee on public lands at Senator Kendrick s urging The Kendrick amendment aims to prevent government actions that would erase pioneers equities and destroy rights under existing laws It has a good chance for passage this session
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Kendrick
Senate
Public Lands Committee
Kitchin Attacks Senate War Tax Draft
House Ways and Means Chairman Kitchin condemned the Senate Finance Committee revision of the war tax bill saying it shifts taxes from big business to farmers and small earners. The bill, about 2 billion dollars in taxes for war expenses, was put into final form for Senate report with a 125 million dollar increase since May. A bi partisan Senate report is due Monday with separate plans by LaFollette Gore and Thomas for higher rates.
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Washington, D. C
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Washington, D
Senate
Finance Committee
LaFollette
Gore
Thomas
Arizona Governor Orders Probe Into Deportation
Governor Thomas E. Campbell directed Attorney General Jones to investigate the deportation of about 200 IWW members from Bisbee after a conference with Richard Deming and F. Weston of Bisbee. Allegations include lack of food and water for 36 hours, beatings with pick handles, and a deputy who was not a U.S. citizen.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Aug
Thomas Ek. Campbell
Jones
Bisbee
I. Ww. W
Richard Deming
FE. A. Weston
Columbus
N. M
LW. W
Western Federation of Miners
United States
Relative of Haywood deported from Nevada
In Yerington a committee of 200 locals escorted C W McKennon to the county boundary and ordered him to leave. McKennon, brother-in-law of W D Haywood, faced similar action against twelve other I W W members. He appealed to Governor Boyle for protection but state police arrived after the crowd had acted.
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Reno
Nev
Yerington
C. W. McKennon
McKennon
W. D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
MccKennon
Boyle
Red Cross Committees Gather Supplies for Soldiers
Enthusiastic Red Cross committees collect food and comfort items to aid soldiers. Workers load goods for relief efforts, aiming to boost welfare and morale with nourishing provisions and practical necessities.
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Red Cross
German Subducks Leave Prisoners on Deck in Sinking
Survivors recount the Belgian Prince sinking 200 miles off land by a German submarine. The crew was ordered aboard the sub, lifebelts removed, boats smashed, and eight men left on deck to drown while the submarine sailed away. An apprentice boy died of exposure after help arrived at dawn.
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Associated Press
Anga
No Nervous Men to Get into New Army
Washington report says Surgeon General Gorgas has formed a corps of 160 nerve specialists to examine all men in training. The aim is to weed out any with organic nervous disease mental defects insanity or chronic drug or alcohol addiction before induction into the national army.
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Washington, PD
Gorgas
National Army
Price River Dam Wrecked by Spy Claim
Salt Lake City Utah Aus 3. Proof that the Mammoth dam of the Price River Irrigation company was destroyed June 24 by outside agents is in federal hands. Attorney Matho nibah Thomas declined to confirm spy rumors while noting evidence turned over by Leon Rowe, special investigator for the U S department of justice. The company investigation report claims the dam fell upstream.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Aus
Price River Irrigation Company
Mathonibah Thomas
Thomas
Leon Rowe
United States Department of Jus
Coast Rail Strike Called Off Pending Federal Mediation
San Francisco report says a scheduled strike by Southern Pacific railroad workers has been postponed until federal mediators finalize a settlement. Four railroad brotherhoods said representatives announced the deferment tonight.
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San Francisco
SIO
Southern Pacifice Company
Cabinet Resignations and Reforms Roil Russian Treaty Talks
The cabinet crisis sees Teherneff and Tehernott resign amid pressure from socialist and radical factions. Premier Kerensky faces reshaped leadership as ministers withdraw then reconsider, while foreign minister Chenko remains a point of contention in constitutional reform efforts.
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Kenomsky
View Tremion Phe
Keresolt
Mo Pereschenko
Thes
M. Teherneff
Ties
Tno
Kerensky
M. Tehernoeff
Officers Seek Place to Train Negro Troops
War department officials consider where to train drafted African American soldiers as plans for separate cantonments and facilities face skepticism. Separate camps and hayse for colored troops are under review with limited facilities and mixed attitudes toward integration ahead of formal deployment.
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War Department
Carit Outoente
Hayes
Dee Moines
Unclear text on Peach Conference and US participation
Fragmentary report mentions Peach conference and the United States not taking part in a trade or policy forum. Details are garbled, but source indicates US abstention from a conference in Europe and a call for information gathering.
Poemn Minister Ts Slain By His Witt
A former United States minister to a country was killed tonight in an attack described by officials as the work of unknown assailants. The minister, identified through incomplete reports, was fatally wounded while at a public event. the incident prompted emergency response from local authorities and diplomatic channels.
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Rt Desaulles
United States
Caty
Mink
Santhane
Chile
Will Seize Ships Now Building for Use of Country
The United States Shipping Board decides to commandeer all vessels under construction and those with tonnage ready, for national use. Ongoing shipbuilding will be expedited and chartered ships retained, with imports to be avoided. The move aims to secure vital ships while replacing foreign proxies when necessary.
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Washington, DC
Wasted States Shipping Board
United States
Emergencyleet Corporation
Foreien Saverionnte
Shipping Howard
Congressional ranking privilege disclosure in probe of tampered letters
A House investigation disclosed the extent of congressional ranking privilege as it relates to charges about tampering with letters at Congress. Witnesses described three protection boundaries and outlined steps taken during the inquiry.
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Washington
Rioting and arrests as draft protests erupt near Ada
Reports from Sheriff Duncwn describe a rally with about eighty participants and clashes between rioters and officers five miles north of Ada. Eleven prisoners were released as armed citizens patrolled streets while calls for continued resistance echo across several counties and governors amid a harsh draft crackdown.
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Semine
Duncwn
Preginas Fine
Ada
Padersterny Purvine
Chhamelgew
Captured German Officers Reported in France
A World War II dispatch notes several German officers captured near the French front. Reports describe Allied forces pushing back German units and advancing in the area, with mentions of headquarters and patrol activity. The oblique wording reflects wartime censorship and fragmented field communications.
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