Hopkins Nominated for Interior Assistant Secretary
President Wilson nominates 3 G Hopkins of Cheyenne to be assistant secretary of the interior to succeed the late B O Sweeney. Hopkins, a Wyoming citizen, faces Senate confirmation likely tomorrow amid a career in state and party leadership and law practice in Kansas and Wyoming.
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Washington
Wilson
G. Hopkins
Cheyenne
B. O. Sweeney
Senate
Wyoming
Mr. Hopkins
Castle Rock
Wis
Jacob
Jane Morstone Hopkins
Hhe State University of Laws
Hopkins
Plalweeilte Kan
Seldon County
Kins
Wwoxle
Wheathind
Wheatland Times
Nati
Stat Lane
Eatenise Lane
Hophine
Kansas Astute Senate
Sheridan County
Kansas
Gr. Hopkins
the Interior
Fragmented OCR Summary of World War II Battle Report
A garbled account describes German and Allied forces amid a battle with mentions of Maver town, Bel en, Joye eloure, and Voilee-Maestig. It references German defense after an initial assault, reports on air and ground actions, and mentions casualties and economic concerns. The text is largely indecipherable with many misspellings and unclear names.
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Grit Pont
Fuaner
Fioltt Merstal
Cera
Board Defers First Meeting on Exemptions
The local draft exemption board did not meet yesterday to wait for complete physical examination records by Dr. J. H. Conway. The board plans to convene at 10 a.m. once records arrive, with indications that about 200 more men are needed to meet Laramie county's draft quota.
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J. H. Conway
Conwy
Court House
Iowa
Laramie County
Conway
Scandinavian Ship Losses From War Reach Nearly One Thousand
Copenhagen reports that 933 Scandinavian ships were sunk by torpedoes or mines since the war began. Norway lost 600 ships, Denmark 187, and Sweden 1494. About 800 seamen were killed in these disasters.
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Copenhagen
Aftend
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Maximum Corn Price Urged by Chicagoans
The Chicago Live Stock Exchange adopted resolutions urging the federal government to fix a minimum price of 75 cents and a maximum price of 1 dollar per bushel for corn to ensure sufficient acreage for stock feeders and to seek draft exemptions for stock feeders. The measures were sent to President Wilson and officials Hoover Baker and Houston to boost livestock production.
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Exchange
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Baker
Houston
Wyoming Regiment Band Seeks Instrument Fund
Citizens urged to donate to the Third Regiment Band fund to raise 275 dollars for new instruments. The Wyoming National Guard unit north of Cheyenne awaits orders, with the State Leader starting the drive at ten dollars and calling on donors statewide to support the band’s morale.
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Wyoming
Wyoming National Guard
Cheyenne
War Department
Peabody Agreement Charged as Unjust by Utilities
Clifford Thorne testifies before the Federal Trade Commission on behalf of public utilities and a national municipal group alleging that coal dealers use the Peabody agreement to exact exorbitant profits from consumers. The hearing is part of an FTC investigation into coal prices.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Clifford Thorne
Trades Commission
Simmons Replies to Criticism on War Tax Measure
Senator Simmons explains the finance committee redraft of the war tax bill in the Senate. He says changes will raise the burden on big wartime profiteers and that the bill as presented places taxes where they will fall without injustice. The statement continues tomorrow.
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Simmons
Washington, D. C
Senate
Finance Committee
Tragic Laramie Prank Ends In Boy's Death
In Albany county at the Union Pacific shops a thirteen year old boy, Charles Henry Keller, died after a prank by foreman John Fisher. Keller collapsed from compressed air injuries and died at Syinson hospital. Fisher mourns, the mother is ill, and authorities delay inquest awaiting counsel and family wishes.
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Laramie
Albany County
Henry Keller
Syinson Hospital
Union Pacific
John Fisher
Fisher
Keller
Special Camps To Rehabilitate Men Rejected For Army Service
A bill by Senator Pomereni proposes $100 million for camps to rehabilitate men rejected for army service due to curable disabilities. Officers would be assigned by the War Department to train the men and provide medical care until disability removal.
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Washington, D. C
Pomerene
War Department
Lawyers Resign From Emergency Fleet Staff
The entire legal staff of the emergency fleet coronation resigned in a show of sympathy with Major General George W. Goethals. The lawyers, including George Kublee Joseph P. Cotton George H. Savage Charles P. Howland and Edward B Burling, served without pay. The move allows Rear Admiral Capps to select new associates as board reorganization nears completion.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Goethals
Wilson
George Kublee
Federal Trades Commission
Joseph P. Cotton
George H. Savage
Charles P. Howland
New York
Edward B
I W W Records Burned In Oakland Bonfire Raid
National guardsmen raided the Oakland headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World and burned their literature and records in the street. The action followed a nighttime raid that gathered materials for destruction.
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Oakland
Cal
National
The
Industrial Workers of the World
Illinois coal price agreement cuts costs after talks
Illinois coal operators reach an immediate price reduction after a four hour conference with Governor Lowden. Samuel Insull, chairman of the state council of defense, announces the pact.
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Chicago
Illinois Coal Operators
Lowden
Gamuel Insull
State Council of Defense
States Quota for Presidio Announced for Wyoming Men
Notices mailed by Captain Beverly C Daly announce that forty eight Wyoming men were accepted for the second training camp for officers at the Presidio California with five more classed on the reserve list. The list includes eleven Cheyenne residents led by Willer J Barton Thomas G Campbell and others who report August 7 at the Presidio. The Wyoming group includes about twenty college men and many younger applicants, with only a few under twenty five and few with prior military experience.
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Presidio
California
Beverly C. Daly
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Willer J. Barton
Thomas G. Campbell
Claude V. Casselman
Albert V. Echternacht
Harry B. Henderson
Bruce S. Jones
George B. Morse
Joseph M. Piner
Guy Taylor
Wilburt Tinkeom
Harry H. Waugh
Athens Promises Disclosure Of Private Letters
Athens reports the government will publish private correspondence between the German emperor and former King Constantine. The letters were seized after telegraph links between Athens and Berlin and Vienna were cut by entente powers. A former Greek foreign minister sent M. Montferratos to Petrograd to pass documents through Berlin to the Emperor, but he was intercepted by entente agents in Italy and brought back with the correspondence.
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Athens
Constantine
Berlin
Vienna
M. Montferratos
Petrograd
William
Entente
Italy
Greece
Hoover Assumes New Duties With Signing of Bill
President Wilson signed the food survey and regulatory bills as the government took control of the nation’s food supply. Mer bert Hoover was named head of the food administration and outlined aims to stabilize prices without drastic actions, hoping to work constructively with producers and distributors.
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Hoover
Washington, Co
Wilson
Administration
Merbert Hoover
White House
Mrr
Mr. Hoover
Socialist Officer Jailed Slackers Camp Discovered
A fragmentary report from Chicago notes a socialist officer jailed amid a raid on a slackers camp. The piece mentions Assoriated Mresst and Aggor Germer, with references to government charges, bribe attempts, and naval police actions around a San Francisco Bay area plot.
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Haig
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Peabody
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Warmingtn
Veesilent Wthean
Mresst
Germer
Socialet Party
United States
Lin Farrally
Prince Moir
Ban Francisco
Hin
Contietians
Clara
Viola
Mme Oaueraly
Tly
PASO
Tatas
Allieule
Gopvette
San Viearka
Sierra
Dieltiet
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