Draft ages to 45 proposed to boost wartime manpower
Secretary Baker announced a new war department plan recommending draft ages 18 to 45 for Class 1. The bill, to be expedited in Congress, allows the president to call men out by age subgroups and aims to rapidly provide soldiers to defeat Germany while keeping certain exemptions. About 1,600,000 already drafted from Class 1 are cited.
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Congress
War Department
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House
Baker
Department
Germany
Returned soldiers raid Vancouver labor temple over strike
About 400 returned soldiers stormed the Vancouver labor temple as roughly 4,000 union workers staged a 24 hour strike at noon in protest of the alleged Dominion officer killing of Albert Goodwin. They forced entry, threw records into the street, and marched leaders outside.
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Vancouver
B. C
Albert Goodwin
Dominion
W. R. Midgley
Johan Kavanagh
Trades Council
Grand Cross for General Pershing in France
President Poincare conferred the grand cross of the Legion of Honor on General John J. Pershing commander-in-chief of the American expeditionary forces at American headquarters in France. The decoration is France’s highest honor.
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Legion of Honor
John J. Pershing
Poincaire
Burleson Orders Probe of Union Empl Discharges
Postmaster General Burleson announced an investigation into the discharge of union employees at Western Union and Postal Telegraph. He indicated any worker penalized for union membership would be reinstated under government supervision.
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Washington
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Burleson
International Harvester Dissolved by Government Decree
Government and International Harvester reach an agreement. One court orders the trust to be treated as an unlawful combination. Effects to be carried out immediately. Appeals and plant operations in Auburn New York and Springfield Ohio noted.
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International Harvester
Washington
So-Callel Harvester Trust
Auburn
N.Y
Springfield
Ohio
Hindu haircut prompts barber banter in Kansas City Star
The Coffeyville Journal notes the growing trend of a haircut likened to a crock being placed over the head and trimmed bare. A Kansas City Star barber humorously calls it the Hindu haircut and comments that few barbers enjoy giving it though some patrons demand the style.
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Coffeyville Journal
Kangas City
Star
Former Owner Reclaims Famous Burlington Dog Auburn Happy
Auburn Happy, likely Vermont’s best known dog, is returned to Charles H. Mower after a lapse when Mrs. Dresser, now ill, yielded the animal back to its original owner. The transfer rests on a prior understanding that if anything happened to Mrs. Dresser the dog would revert to Mr. Mower.
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Auburn Happy
Burlington
Charles H . Mower
American War Tractors Help
In connection with the incredit food period in the United Kingdom official reports indicate a surge in support efforts. The report notes tractors and equipment aiding relief and reconstruction programs amid ongoing shortages and wartime pressures.
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United King
Marlborough Churchill Named Next Military Censor
Col Marlborough Churchill head of the General Staffs military intelligence section in the United States will hereafter take over as chief military censor succeeding Maj Gen Frank McIntyre. He is expected to be promoted to brigadier general shortly.
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Marlborough Churchill
General Staff
U.S. A
Frank McIntyre
Churchill
Two German Submarines Active in Atlantic Sectors
Washington reports two German submarines operating at distant Atlantic points one off Virginia where the O B Jennings was sunk and another in Canadian waters where fishing craft were destroyed. A raider was also active mid Atlantic where many ships were sunk. the Norfolk patrol boat saved part of the Jennings crew while weather aided search for missing aboard the other boat. Naval inquiry confirms a mine caused the San Diego’s sinking near Fire Island.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
O. B. Jennings
Middle Atlante
Navy Department
Jennings
Norfolk
Long Island
San Diego
Fire Island
Naval Court of Inquiry
United States and Japan to Aid Russia in Siberia
Washington reports state statements from the United States and Japan authorize sending a few thousand troops each to Vladivostok. The joint force will protect the Czecho-Slovak army's rear and aid self governance while other allies support operations from Murmansk and Archangel.
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Russia
Siberia
United States
Japan
Vladivostok
Murmansk
Archangel
Wilson
Hae
Russia May War on Japan Rumor Circulates in WWI Era Dispatch
An Exchange Telegraph report from Copenhagen relays Moscow discussions of a possible Russian declaration of war on Japan. The Bolshevik government faces public opposition but is believed likely to press toward war despite domestic sentiment. Premier Lerine is cited in the dispatch.
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Moscow
Berlin
Russia
Japan
Copenhagen
Lerine
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