Labor Day War for Freedom Parades Across Greater New York
About 160000 workers joined three Labor Day parades in Manhattan Staten Island and Brooklyn to show loyalty to the war effort. William B. Wilson Mayor Hylan and other officials reviewed marchers aided by US troops and naval aircraft dropping leaflets and war fund appeals. A striking float featured a gibbet with a hanging effigy while banners urged Americans to work and support victory.
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New York
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Labor Congress in opposition to compromise
Samuel Gompers arrived at Central Hall Derby for the annual Trades Union Congress as 800 delegates gathered. The opening session saw President J W Ogden urge workers to seize opportunities for ending the war while resisting any peace at any price and call for international labor solidarity. An anti pacifist rally preceded the congress with a pledge to support the Allied cause until victory. Parliamentarians O Grady and Thorne voiced hardline peace and self determination stances.
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Derby
England
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Central Hall
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
J. W. Ogden
Congress
Ogden
James O'Grady
Leeds
Ireland
Will Thorne
West Ham
Germany
Alsace
France
Thorne
Britons and Americans Break Through Drocourt-Queant Line
Allied forces push across the Voormezeele and Lys regions with British and American troops advancing against stiff German resistance. Le Transley and St Pierre Vaast Wood fall. Drocourt-Queant line breached. thousands of prisoners captured as dawn barrage unleashes heavy fighting and tank assaults.
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Lys
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Kemmel
Spanbreek Moulin
London
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St. Pierre Vaast Wood
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Bois de Vaulx
Vaulx- Vraucourt
Dury
Mount Dury
Cagnicourt Wood
Cagnicourt
Bois-de Bouche
Boissy
Queant
Queant-Drocourt
Soldiers and Sailors to Direct Postwar America
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels told a Labor Day crowd in Indianapolis that returning soldiers and sailors will control the country for the next generation. He predicted world wide commerce and flexible government or private ownership, with continued benefits of public rail service and a role for postal telegraph and telephone systems. He spoke after a Labor Day parade with thousands of workers in attendance.
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Indianapolis
Josephus Daniels
Navy
America
Daniels
Prime Minister Borden Appeals to Canadians
Prime Minister Borden makes an appeal to Canadians as reported from Toronto with the item continuing on the eighth page.
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Weather synopsis for Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and surrounding regions
The report notes fair and cooler conditions for Ohio on Tuesday, then fair midweek with moderate temperatures. West Virginia sees showers Tuesday then cooler with Wednesday fair. Kentucky has showers Tuesday followed by cooler nights and fair midweek. Temperature readings and precipitation are listed for several stations including Boston, New Orleans, Omaha, Denver, Nashville, San Francisco, Kansas City, Winnipeg, Cincinnati, and others, with highs, lows, wind directions, and rainfall.
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Drocourt-Queant
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Kentucky
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New Orleans
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San Francisco
Kansas City
Winnipeg
President Wilson appeals to Boy Scouts for loan aid
President Wilson urges every Boy Scout of America to support the fourth Liberty Loan wag. He notes Scouts previously secured over 1.3 million subscriptions totaling 203 million dollars as a testament to patriotic service. Colin H. Livingstone replies that efforts will exceed prior service. Secretary McAdoo suggests limiting Scout activities to the campaign's final seven days.
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Boy Scouts of America
Scout Organization
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Boy Scouts
McAdoo
Student Flyer Killed at Long Island Aviation Station
Walter P. Talaski of Rochester a student flier at a Long Island aviation station died when a hydroairplane he rode alone plummeted 300 feet into Great South Bay. Boatmen reached the wreck but extraction took time from seven feet of water.
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Bay Short
N. Y
Walter P. Talaski
Rochester
Long Island
Great South Bay
Wheat Price Fixed by Government for 1919 Crop
President Wilson fixes a minimum government price of 2.20 a bushel for the 1919 wheat crop by proclamation. A disinterested commission will assess whether higher costs justify any rise. A memorandum hints peace prospects could influence the 1920 pricing decision.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Oil workers in Tampico threaten strike for protection
Five American oil company workers have been murdered in Gulf of Mexico fields within six weeks, with two more wounded. Travelers report the threat to strike unless protection is granted. Victims include L. A. Dunn and R. Mo. Cooper with others named from Oklahoma City Portland Beaumont and San Francisco. A Mexican employee, Nativad Flores, was also killed during a raid on La Cajeta. The situation follows a request sent to Washington by oil interests and continues at Tepetate south of Tampico.
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Gulf Oil
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Tampico
Washington
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L. A. Dunn
Oklahoma City
R. Mo. Cooper
Portland
Ore
L. R. Millard
Beaumont
Alfred Esparcla
San Francisco
Cal
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Tepetate
Roosevelt denounces shipyard slackers in Newburgh launch
Theodore Roosevelt condemned shipyard slackers and unions that limit output as traitors to the country at the launch of the first of ten 9000 ton ships for the United States Shipping Board in Newburgh. He exempted local yard workers, praising patriotic service while warning against idleness.
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Associated Press
Newsburgh
San
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Newburgh
United States Shipping Board
Skip stop system praised as coal saving measure
Washington reports the skip stop system adopted by street railways will save about 1 500 000 tons of coal annually. The plan, backed by the administration, aims to cut fuel use while speeding and smoothing passenger trips. By September 15 it is expected to be in every city over 25 000 population.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Cyclist Dies After Fall in Columbus Amateur Mile Race
George Brady of Columbus died after breaking his neck in a fall from his motorcycle at the Columbus Driving Park during a mile race for amateurs. His bike skidded on a curve and blew a tire, prompting rapid medical aid.
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Columbus, CO
George Brady
Columbus
Columbus Driving Park
Ding to Rest for About Fifteen Days
The cartoonist known as Ding will take a much needed rest for roughly fifteen days and then return to work amid the war and taxes. J N Darling friends bid him well as he steps back from cartoons for a short break.
Christmas policy agreed at War Industries Board conference
Retail interests at a War Industries Board conference agree not to raise the workforce or hours for holiday trade. Advertisements urge Christmas giving, except for children, be confined to useful articles. Manufacturing and delivery to main centers reportedly completed.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Industries Board
Soniye
Escrick torpedoed off French coast with survivors at sea
The British steamer Escrick of 4151 tons, sailing from see to Montreal, was torpedoed near the French coast on August 16. Thirteen of thirty seven crew survived, after three days adrift in a lifeboat before rescue. The captain and others remained missing aboard lifeboats. An engineer and two firemen are believed killed.
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Escrick
Seeeeges
Montreal
Llewellyn
Revenue measure completed by House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved the revenue bill praised as the largest tax measure in history. Chairman Kitchin plans to introduce it in the House with debate to begin next Friday and hopes to send it to the Senate within ten days. Estimated revenue totals reach 8.01 billion dollars, with major taxes on excess profits and incomes.
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Associated Eye
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Kitchin
Senate
Farm Loan Banks Exempt From New War Tax
The war revenue bill will exempt Federal Farm Loan Banks from the new tax. The Ways and Means Committee plans to report it to the House for consideration next Thursday. Secretary McAdoo stated the Farm Land Bank credit is high but not equal to the federal government.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
House
Federal Farm Loan
McAdoo
French High Food Prices Charged to Americans
Paris reports show widespread French suspicion of profiteering in occupied zones as living costs rise sharply. The American Committee on Public Information notes supply and demand, trader greed, and American prodigality as causes, urging cooperation to curb inflation and avoid misperceptions of French greed.
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France
Interior
American Committee On Public Information
Kerney
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