Mine or torpedo debated as San Diego sinking told
Secretary Daniels said the San Diego was likely sunk by a mine not a torpedo. The Navy and survivors described heavy loss of life, with 1,182 men landed from the boat and 1,250 aboard reported unofficially. Survivors viewed the cause as mine or submarine and the event prompted official inquiries in Washington.
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Dawels
San Diego
Associated Press
Wnorfile
Daniels
New York
Fire Island
of Fieldle
Navy
Bife
Washington
Navy Department
Avy Department
Christy
Veesel
Archbishop of Parma Urges Soldiers to Victory and Faith
Monsignor Conforti, archbishop of Parma, led a mass for officers finishing their training. He urged the graduates to seek victory and return home safely, invoking divine blessing and the sacredness of their mission for Italy. He pledged prayer and support as they prepare to go into combat.
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Monsignor Confort
Italy
Nowers
Women and War Work Seen by Washington D C
Miss Emma Lansing and Miss Katherine Lansing sisters of the secretary of state served with the American Red Cross in France. They ran a canteen near the front under fire and sent letters describing nightly alerts, cold dawns, and crowded cave shelters with soldiers, musique, and card games as war zones buzzed around the camp.
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Emma 6
Lansing
Katherine F. Lansing
American Red Cross
France
Lancing
Caneen
Sisters of Mercy
Entat
Tilleum
Lettgalien Seeks German Aid For Independence
Lettgallen, also called Pollah Li vonia, seeks German aid to join Courland and Livonia after proclaiming independence at a Dunaburg meeting led by landowners with German names. Revolt support favors aligning with Germany while the populace appears uninformed. Deutsche Tageszeitung calls Lettgalien a border state against Russia.
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Amsterdam
Lettgallen
Pollah
Lettgalien
Deutsche Tageszeltung
Closed Down German Firms Form Wartime Trade Group
German factories shut by the war organize the Association of Closed Down Cotton Weaving Factories with headquarters in Dresden. The group seeks proportional representation in war economy bodies to protect idle firms and influence decisions affecting their survival after the war. Government officials anticipate the German stance as a key economic phase in safeguarding industry and postwar rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Dreadeo
Ia Weing
New Treatment Lets Disabled Soldiers Work Wonders
London reports on curative workshops at military orthopedic hospitals transforming recovery. Wounded men with limited mobility gain therapeutic, engrossing tasks from carpentry to bootmaking, improving function while keeping minds off injury. The Shepard's Head hospital leads in such workshops with diverse specializations.
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London
Prema
Robert Jones
Great Britain
Lmb
Shepard’s Head
Women’s clubs urge child welfare in home economics
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs asks the National Home Economics Association the National Education Association and the federal vocational board to advocate making child welfare a core part of home economics curricula in secondary schools colleges and universities across the United States. The move follows concerns that wartime social and economic conditions place the nation’s children in unusual danger.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
National Home Economica Association
The
National Education Association
Federal Vocational Board
United States
Young Instructors Use Canning Demos for Foreign Language Eduction
Boy and girl club members fluent in foreign languages are trained by U S Department of Agriculture extension workers and state colleges to provide canning and drying demonstrations. Teams of three educate foreign-speaking residents first in Haroglioh then in the foreign language, expanding to 34 northern and western states to build trained volunteer teams for communities with sizable foreign-speaking populations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Haroglioh
Kaglioh
Railroad News: Safety Meeting and Service Updates
A safety committee meeting of the U P company was held at superintendent A W Mc Duffie’s office with broad attendance. Repairs near Granger restore near normal service on the O B L and U P lines. soldiers’ transport trains pass nightly through Cheyenne and routes adjust after Nebraska washouts.
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U. P. Company
A. W. McDuffie
Saving Child Lives Through Community Health Programs
Mary Beard, a Massachusetts nurse, urged national child conservation during a Washington conference. She outlined a program emphasizing birth registration, prenatal care, adequate confinement care, and systematic supervision from infancy to school age, arguing early detection prevents lifelong defects and waste.
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Mary Beard
Massachusetts
Child Conservation Committee
Massachusetts Committee On Child Conservation
Champion Wrestler Here for Match Friday Night
A major wrestling event is set for Friday July 26 at Eagle hall Cheyenne featuring world champion Marin Prestina vs Wyoming star Joe Stangi. Prestina boasts a 2.5 year undefeated fall record and promoter backing. Stangi has never been pinned. Prestina and manager J C Marah arrive from New York to Cheyenne ahead of Pacific coast plans.
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Wyoming
Eagle Club
Cheyenne
Eagle Hall
Eaglea
Beteen Marin Prestina
Joe Stangi
Stang
Prestina
America
Anager
J. C. Marah
Collyer'n Eye
Sporting Paper
Chicago
New York
Pacific Coast
Joe Stang
Ladive
Five Hundred Horses to Start in Local Race Meet
The Cheyenne community prepares for a record local meet at Frontier Park from Aug 10 to Sept 12 with 600 horses expected. Kentucky thoroughbreds from Latonia head to Cheyenne amid track improvements and heavy eastern publicity to attract tourists. Strong fields, new entries, and enhanced speed are anticipated as the meet showcases top riders and bigger purses.
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Beautiful Frontier Park
West
Racing Association
Locml
Cheyenne
Kentucky
Latonia
Manage Ney
Swafelda
Baseball Scores Across Leagues
American League results include Boston 6, Detroit 1, Washington 6, Chicago 1, Philadelphia 10, Cleveland 4. Second games show Cleveland forfeiting to Philadelphia 0 after crowd trouble. New York 2, St. Louis 0. New York 5, St. Louis 3. National League games feature Pittsburgh 0, Philadelphia 0. Millsburg 2, Philadelphia 3. Cincinnati 3, Bouton 4. Chicago 4, Brooklyn 6. New York 6, St. Louis 4 in 10 innings.
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Boston
Detroit
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
St. Lowie
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Millsburg
Cincinnati
Bouton
Brooklyn
Loule
Beaton
Laule Eaaae
Chisago
Phillphia
Cincinnat
Diphtheria Claims South Side Boy
Thomas Franklin Galloway Jr., seven, died at home on East Brath Street after a brief diphtheria illness. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos Franklin Galloway, born in Cheyenne, a student at the South Side School, and one of twins, with nine siblings remaining. Funeral at Odd Fellows Cemetery with Rev. J Stubblefield officiating. Family residence under quarantine. newsers advised to send notices to the Barly undertaking parlors or cemetery directly.
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Thos
Franklin Galloway, Jr
East Brath
Thos. Franklin Galloway
Cheyenne
South Side School
Odd Fellows
Rev. J
Stubblefield
Barly
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Rheime
Wilson
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Mreitchen
Parma
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Nicolo di Falco
Iehop
Washington D
Sisteha
Greerman Coscerns Fommetrong
Railroad News
Granger
U.P
McAdoo
Wm. Jeffers
U. P
Nebraska
Ewetts
Western Passenger Traffic Association
T. F. Watts
North Platte
M. N. Payne
Timekeeper's Department of the U. P
Omaha
B. F. Yoder
E. W. Store
Wesley J. Dumm
J. C. Gans
South Side
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