World News in Miniature From Wartime Dispatches
Briefs from the war front report Dolina in Galicia fallen to Russians, Kalusz and Halicz captured, and heavy fighting from Riga to Romania. British Vanguard sunk by internal explosion at anchor. Mussed details claim 36,643 Teutons captured, and Austrian forces accused of planned genocide. Meanwhile U S Senate weighs aviation bill and Goethal shipbuilding program.
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Dolina
Galicia
Stryj
Kalusz
Riga
Rumania
Austria
Vanguard
Admiralty
Carpathians
Calais
Halicz
Lemberg
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Germany
Kerniloff
Senate weighs food pill compromise and export license delays
A bipartisan Senate conference agreed on a compromise food pill close to the administration draft. The bill goes to the Senate at the earliest opportunity. Reed attacked Mr Hoover. Many export license applications, five thousand on file, were held up. Goethals announced a large shipbuilding program to quadruple the merchant marine with 6 210 800 tons at 800 million dollars. A favorable House report was made on the 640 million aero program bill. Steel producers and government officials urged maximum production for the war. Mexico remains neutral in the war. the United States did not ask for a break in relations with Germany. The Food Control bill faces a July 21 Senate vote with indications of likely defeat unless radically changed.
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Senate
Reed
Hoover
Goethals
House
Washington
Mexico
United States
Germany
Batocki
Wilson
Nationwide War Draft Quotas Announced And Officer Training Surges
In New York and across the country volunteers exceed officer training camp quotas. The draft apportions 687000 additional men to U S forces. Fourteen British ships larger than 1600 tons sunk by U boats in the week. Recruits limited by height and weight rules before. President Wilson warns mine operators and manufacturers that wartime price controls may be imposed. Hoover appeals for fast passage of food control legislation to curb speculators.
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New York City
New York State
United States
London
War Department
Wilson
Hoover
Twenty five women enlist in Naval Reserve as yeomen
In New York twenty five young women joined the Naval Reserve Corps as yeomen to decode cables and perform clerical duties. They reported for physical examination at the naval hospital, with some applicants misreporting ages during testing.
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New York
Naval Reserve Corps
Naval Hospital
Goodrich
Indiana
E. K. Vieter
Richmond
Sporting Arrow Rock wins Forest City Sweepstakes in straight heats
Sporting Arrow Rock captured the two year old trotters Forest City Sweepstakes at the Cleveland Grand Circuit meeting in straight heats. Omar Khayyam, an imported colt owned by Wilfred Viau, won the Brooklyn Derby at Aqueduct in New York.
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Arrow Rock
Forest City
Cleveland
Ohio
Ivy Olson
Brooklyn
Omar Khayyam
Marco Lisma
Wilfred Viau
Aqueduct
N. Y
Foreign headlines and war notes from a turbulent week
The Prince of Udine returns to Rome amid postings and tours. The British Ministry expands controls over crops and bans individual dealing. Anarchists allegedly returning from the United States seize General Dur Nova’s home as a base. Germany faces textile shortages halting napkins and tablecloths in hotels and restaurants. Hotels restrict bed changes to twice weekly. America begins registering citizens in England per a consular report. Two more sections of the American Ambulance Corps depart Paris for the front. Russia's War Minister Kerensky says a government modeled on U S lines will be established.
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Prince
Udine
Rome
Lily
United States
Russia
General Durnova
Germany
America
England
Paris
Keremsky
U. S
Edward W. Pickard
Wison
Holland
Scandinavian
Wilson
Empire
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Reichstag
Prussia
Junkers
China
Zimmermann
Chang Hsun
Imperial City
Peking
Admiralty
Russians Break Teuton Line In Galicia Advancing On Lemberg
Edward W. Pickard reports a major Russian push in Galicia under General Brussiloff and Korniloff breaking Austro German lines and capturing Halicz near Lemberg. North of there Russians attack in the Pinsk sector and pressure Riga while on the Yser front German forces push near the Flemish coast. German internal turmoil grows with Bethmann-Hollweg opposition and Prussia reforms debated as Kaiser hints at broader franchise changes while the war drags on.
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
L. G. Korniloff
Galicia
Balicz
Lemberg
Teuton
Russia
Brussiloff
Korniloff
Haliecz
Brussdorf
Pinsk
Riga
Yser
Dunkirk
France
Chemin Des Dames
Great Shake Up in War Cabinets
London reports a sweeping British cabinet reorganization with Sir Edward Carson leaving the Admiralty. Churchill becomes Munitions Minister. Addison moves to reconstruction. Montagu becomes India Secretary. In Berlin, Georg Michaelis as chancellor is seen as a stopgap before Ludendorff takes dictatorial power. In Petrograd, three ministers resign and a cabinet session is convened to avert crisis.
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London
Edward Carson
Admiralty
Eric Campbell Geddes
Winston Spencer Churchill
Christopher Addison
Dr. Addison
Georg Michaelis
Ludendorff
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
Council of Ministers
A. J. Shingaroff
Finance
Manuliloff
Prince Shakovsky
M. Stepanoff
Three Slain and Companion Held in Pennsylvania Mystery
Edmund I Humphries a wealthy Carrolltown coal operator his wife and 15 year old son were murdered near deserted fair grounds outside Carrolltown while stopping to fix a tire. George C Tompkins Jr Philadelphia auto racer and Humphries partner is held as a material witness after an inquest revealed discrepancies in his account.
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E. J. Humphries
Pennsylvania
Carrolltown
Edmund I. Humphries
Carolltown
Philadelphia
Fair Grounds
George C. Tompkins, Jr
Mr. Humphries
Newborn Coal Co
Tompkins
Humphries
Fusion candidate mayor Renominated by committee
New York mayor Mitchel was effectively renominated by the Fusion Executive and Nominating Committee as his own successor. London’s royal house renamed The House of Windsor. Porto Rico voters backed prohibition by a large majority in early returns. Berne reports German submarine sinkings by American ships convoying troops to France. Washington may seek a new Allied loan this autumn as current funding nears exhaustion. New York aims to bring Alfredo Cocchi back from Italy to testify in Ruth Cruger murder case trials.
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New York
Mitchel
Fusion
London
King George
Royal House
House of Windsor
San Juan
Porto Rico
Prohibition
Berne
Aar
France
Washington
Congress
Alfredo Cocchi
Italy
Ruth Cruger
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Peter Bulfin
Bisbee
Douglas
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Idaho
Far West
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
Bailey
Michael Healey
Arthur A. Clay
Lyndhurst
N. J
United States Census Bureau
Gould
Rudolph Hecht
Otto H. Kahn
Department of Justice
Ellis Island
Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Boston
Board of Directors
National League
John J. McGraw
Giant
John K. Tener
Grand Rapids
Mich
Council of National Defense
The
Trade Commission
Denman
Shipping Board
National Army
National Guard
National Guard Reserve
Teutons
New Yorker Herald
Great Britain
Industrial Workers of the World
Aziz
Department of Labor
United States Public Service Reserve
Lloyd George
A. Bonar Law
Edwin Samuel Montagu
India
J. Austen Chamberlain
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