Peace Offensives and Propaganda Debate in Senate
In Washington on July 20 the semi weekly session discussed Germany's peace offers and propaganda aims. Senators Lewis and Sherman urged firm victory before peace negotiations, warned against German schemes to split Allied unity, and called for blocking German plans in the East while addressing strikes and production slowdowns at home.
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Secdre
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Justicia Torpedoed and Sunk After 24 Hour Battle
An Irish port reports the giant white Stariner Justicia, formerly Dutch Statendaw, torpedoed and sunk after a 24 hour fight with a submarine. Four hundred crewmen were landed. no passengers died, ten crew were killed. The vessel, valued at 2,284 long tons gross, was taken over by Britain at Belfast during construction.
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Justicia
Statendaw
Belfast
Iuer
Romanian Estates Divides From London Dispatch Note
London reports that on July 27 the Roumanian press bureau received a Jassy dispatch stating that King Foruanaa elaborates on land divisions. The brief note suggests a diplomatic stance but provides limited concrete details.
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London
Roumnanian Press Bureau
Jassy
Latest German peace feeler insult to American intelligence
Washington officials dismissed London dispatches detailing German peace terms as insulting. They argued no new German peace offensive will distract the war effort and urged that Germany must know the terms it could obtain if it truly seeks peace. The Berlin Vorwaerts report sparked united criticism from administration officials who compared the terms to a thief negotiating for his loot.
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Washington
Germany
London
Berlin
IAP TROOPS TO AID RUSS
The United States and Japan have reached a complete agreement with the entente allies on a plan to intervene in Russia. Japan will supply most of the troops while the United States and allies contribute forces and vast economic aid. Allied forces will withdraw from Russia and Siberia after peace is concluded.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Russia
Wilson
Sberia
Rail shopmen get pay raise under McAdoo rule
Washington reports railroad shopmen will receive 48 cents an hour plus higher rates for assistants and other mechanical workers, retroactive to January 1. Beginning August 1 eight hour days become standard, with overtime at one and a half times. About 500,000 workers are affected, boosting annual payroll by nearly $100 million.
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Washington
McAdoo
Engineer recruits accepted for training in Pennsylvania
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced the voluntary enlistment of 1,628 white men from Pennsylvania for the engineer corps. Recruits will train at designated camps and proceed to duties as assigned.
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Crowder
Engineer Corps
Pennsylvania
Lytle
Franco American Forces Advance on Aisne Marne Front
Franco American troops pushed forward on the Aisne Marne front near Fere en Tardenois and along the northern corridor from Mezy to Vere en Tardenois. Encounters with German forces intensified in the forests north of the Marne as allied artillery and infantry activity dominated the front.
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Trugny-Opteds
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Vrigny Wood
Wrigny
Dormans-Fere-en-Tardenois-Soissons
Chatelet Wood
Soissons
Ourcq
Stettinius to Tour Front and Armies in Europe
Paris July 28 Edward R Stettinius second assistant secretary of war now in Paris will join the Interallied munition council and later inspect the American front and visit the French and British armies possibly the Italian front. Advisers include Samuel L Felton W S Gifford and Charles Day of the Emergency Meet corporation.
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Edward R. Stettinius
United States
Samuel L. Felton
W. S. Gifford
Council of National Defence
Charles Day
Emergency Meet Corporation
House Naval Affairs Committee sails for Europe
Thirteen members of the house naval affairs committee arrived overseas led by Chairman L A Padgett to inspect naval operations abroad visit naval bases and confer with Assistant Secretary Roosevelt. possible tour of battlefields.
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Naval Affairs Committee
Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Daniels
L. A. Padgett
Roosevelt
Soviet Says War Looms as Allies Land Forces
An Amsterdam dispatch to Lokal Anzeiger cites Moscow claiming Entente troop landings on the Murinan coast amount to a declaration of war and that counter measures will be taken by the Bolshevik government.
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Dispatch
San Diego Casualties Cut In Numbers On July 18
A fragmented clipping lists figures tied to San Diego casualties with a dated reference to July 18 and a sequence of numbers that appear incomplete. The readable portion hints at casualty counts or related statistics without full context.
Long Beach Ban On Public Spooning Sparks Debate
In Long Beach California authorities prohibit public spooning by young people. The article mentions a conversation about rain and umbrellas, a political candidate father, and a waiter past, tying in social norms with local governance. The piece reflects urban life and shifting attitudes toward public romance and propriety.
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