Draft draft law may raise age limits to 45
War Secretary Baker testifies before the Senate Military Committee urging rapid enactment of a selective service act extending the age range to 18 to 45. He indicates potential for deferment by marriage and outlines a proposed questionnaire based classification system. The hearing also covers effects on colleges and professional groups and the timing of September 5 registrations.
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War Department
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Senate Military Committee
Senate
General March
Crowder
Department
Army
World War News Briefs From Around the World
Reports include British Premier Lloyd George denying sinking 150 German U boats, liquor sales banned on railways, an ice cream tax proposal, wage increases for Twin City Transit train crews, and 2,500 Minneapolis Saint Paul workers affected by new wage changes. Also: U.S. soldiers wounded, merchant shipping decline, grain shipments rise, a Wisconsin sedition trial, Foch made Marshal of France, Petain awarded, aviation mail plans, Hoover’s front visit, Sweden’s Moscow envoy talks yield consuls released, and China refusing Monsignor Petrelli over ties to a German official.
Germans Admit Russia Situation Is Critical
Amsterdam dispatch reports German papers say the Russian crisis could trigger a government change at any moment. Berlin Taegliche Rundschau notes rapid developments and a possible overthrow of the Bolshevik government, signaling tightened German concern.
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Russia
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Germans Yield Ground as Allied Offense Advances
Allied forces press from Somme to Oise as Bray Sur Somme and Proyart fall. French north of the Oise capture Gury while advancing toward Noyon. 40,000 German prisoners reported unofficially. Germans reinforce Chaulnes and Roye pocket as air and artillery bombardments continue.
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Oise
Amiens-Montdidier
Bray Sur Somme
Somme
Proyart
Ouquescourt
Chaulnes
Noye
Gury
Roye
Noyon
Bethencourt
Chauines
Trassigny
Indictments for Army Raincoat Fraud Total 12
Twelve indictments charging 19 individuals and two firms in New York with furnishing defective army rain coats to the government were returned in federal court. Several accused face prior indictments alleging commissions paid to federal officials. The cases mark the district's first use of the sabotage act enacted last April, with penalties up to $10,000 fine or 30 years in prison.
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New York
Hand Knitting Halted Pending Stock Survey
Washington reports the war industries board ordered a halt to hand knitting for soldiers and sailors until a stock survey shows sufficient woolen and worsted for winter uniforms and overcoats. Spinners were directed to discontinue woolen and worsted yarns for hand knitting and shipments until further notice.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Gas from U-boat overcomes Coast Guards at Smith's Island
Gas from oil discharged by a German submarine off the mid Atlantic coast overcame six men at the Smiths Island coast guard station and lighthouse. Officials believe the attack was deliberate and potentially a new form of warfare. The gas caused symptoms like mustard gas and left the men laid out for over half an hour with no serious after effects. The report ties into a larger roundup of Atlantic coast submarine actions including attacks on ships and fishing vessels.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Coast Guard
Smith’s Island
Navy Department
Sixth Naval District
Atlantic
Virginia
Penistone
Sydlund
New England
Katie Palmer
New Bedford
Mass
Smith's Island
Enlistments in Army and Navy Suspended
Washington reports voluntary enlistments in the army and navy were suspended to avoid industrial disruption while a bill to raise draft ages to 18 to 45 is considered. Secretaries Baker and Daniels directed no voluntary enlistments or civilian officer training camp appointments until further notice.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Baker
Daniels
Wilson
Canadians to Join Siberian Allied Expedition
Ottawa reports Canada will contribute about 4,000 troops to the Allied expeditionary force heading to Siberia. The unit will be part of the military aid organized by allied governments for the intervention.
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Siberia
Ottawa
Canada
President Wilson opposes Vardaman re election in Mississippi
In a letter to attorney Myron McNeil of Hazelhurst Mississippi President Wilson declares that a Mississippi vote to re elect Senator James K Vardaman to the United States senate would be taken as a condemnation of his administration Vardaman is cited as a conspicuous Democratic opponent in the Senate against the administration.
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Wilson
Myron McNeil
Hazelhurst
Miss
Mississippi
James K. Vardaman
United States Senate
Vardaman
Senate
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