War Briefs and Home Front Notes From July
July week coal production fell by 2 081 000 tons as July observances reduced output. War gardens cut hay fever in Chicago while weeds spread disease. Baker said over 50 battle planes equipped with Liberty motors have been sent abroad by July 5. Women inspectors praised over men by agency leaders. America joins Bastille Day celebrations and pledges victory with a New York Madison Square Garden rally led by Charles Evans Hughes. Maj J N McCormick says American troops lifted French morale after returning from France.
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Chicago
Baker
Liberty Motors
America
France
New York
Madison Square Garden
Charles Evans Hughes
Maj. J. N. McCormick
Western Michigan
Allied and German Movements Court on Frontline Fronts
War bulletins describe German fifth drive on a 50 mile front from Vaux to Champagne with feint on Vaux. Americans counterattack near Marne and release prisoners while taking 1500 more. French advance in Picardy gain Castel Anchin and Longpont as Germans retreat. British fliers claim 3856 German planes shot down in fiscal year.
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Vaux
Champagne
Marne
Dormans
Conde-en-Brie
France
Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Albania
Picardy
Castel
Anchin Farm
Aisne
Longpont
German War Letters Seized Show German Info Bureau
British authorities turn over letters from Captain von Papen to Albert C. Becker. The documents reveal activity of the German information bureau here. American wounded arrive in London as Red Cross to take over two London hospitals. Pershing strengthens defenses while Germans prepare for a ground assault. A German critic questions Baker's million troops claim and asserts they can still win. Five U.S. planes fail to return from a bombing raid and six are said captured.
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von Papen
Albert C. Becker
German Information Bureau
London
Red Cross
Pershing
Baker
Ber- Hin
Washington War Measures and White House Proposals
Judge Graham Egerton recommends forcible seizure of homes near Portsmouth shipyards to curb rent profiteering. President Wilson, on War Labor Board advice, nominates ten umpire candidates. Red Jacket departs Hog Island shipyard early August. Senate backs government control of telegraph and telephone during the war.
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Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Graham Egerton
Wilson
War Labor Board
Vct
Woodrow Wilson
Christen
Red Jacket
Hog Island
United States
Senate
Block Island
Rhode Island
Baseball figures and sports news highlight 1918 era
Hughie Jennings predicts no baseball next year while David L. Fultz serves as aviation corps athletic director. Dode Paskett and Vernie Groh shine at bat and field. Polo clash in New York ends 8 to 23 in favor of Americans. Golf pros win 5500 for Red Cross. Sharkey and Gallagher join Y M C A as instructors. Cuban players eyed for possible army service. Cuban government follows closely.
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Hughie Jennings
Detroit Americans
David L. Fultz
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
Aviation Corps
Dode Paskett
Vernie Groh
Gedney Farms
New York
Willie Macfarlane
George MacLean
Jack Dowling
Tom Kerrigan
Omatch
Hollywood
American Red Cross
Tom Sharkey
Tom Gallagher
Army assigns Lanetitt chief engineer of American forces
Major General William C Lanetitt is named chief engineer of the American Expeditionary Forces. Edward Pickering of Harvard Observatory confirms Wolfs comet observation at Yerkes. Three hundred enlisted men become second lieutenants after Marine Officers Training at Quantico. Captain Archibald Roosevelt may be sent home due to a paralyzed left arm. Four members of Cleburne county draft evaders surrender to National Guardsmen after a chase with machine guns. Deserter Thomas Walling is shot near Pikeville by soldiers. Frederick A Delano named major in Army Engineers Corps.
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Wiliam C. Lanetitt
Ore American Expeditionary Forces
Edward (. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Yerkes Observatory
Marine Corps
Marine Officers’ Training School
Quentico
Archibald Roosevelt
Cleburne County
Little Rock
Ark
Thomas Walling
National Army
Columbia
S. C
Pikeville
Tenn
War Department
Frederick A. Delano
Chicago Federal Reserve Board
German Chancellor outlines Belgium policy amid wartime pressures
Von Hertling states Belgium must be tied to Germany by mutual interest and economics to deter future dangers. A London conference will work to curb food profiteering when Hoover arrives. In Vaudreuil Quebec a draft riot is contained by 100 soldiers and Dominion police. Costa Rica’s telecom director Roberto Castro is dismissed and operators arrested. Clothing prices rise in Vienna with high cost shoes and shirts. Jews shot at Kherson for hiding grain.
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von Hertling
Belgium
Germany
Datta
Prancee
London
United States
Hoover
Dominion Police
Vaudreuil
Quebec
Roberto Castro
Costa Rica
Vienna
Kherson
Ukraine
News Review of the Past Week
The weekly reflects on Allied efforts to aid Russia and Siberia while warning of German advances. It notes the Murman coast White Sea republic and Vologda, plus Bolshevik setbacks in western Siberia and a provisional Siberian government seeking land reform and a constitutional assembly. It covers German politics, the Pan German party, and Admiral Hintze as a new minister, with Allied hopes pinned on Czecho-Slovak aid and limited intervention. It recounts the Italian French Allied push in Albania, Austrian and Hungarian tensions, and Allied air superiority on the Western Front including American pilots. It also mentions German leadership’s manpower calls, American troop movements, and the U S Senate backing prohibition measures linked to wartime policies.
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Edward W
Pickard
Russia
Ger
Near East
Reichstag
Murman Count
Finland
White Sea
White Sea Republic
Arctic
Siberia
Republic of
Vologgdaezhe
Teutons
Irkutsk
Novoniuoneysk
Wilson
Europe
Liberia
America
Chen
Pereggn
von Trintze
Admiral von Tirpitz
China
Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
United States
von Hintze
Germany
Pood
Féa
Altunia
Adriatic
Fleri
al Dania
Shkumbi
Troman
Eynatia
Vardar
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