President Warns Allies to Pay Price for Lasting Peace
President delivers a forceful wartime address from New York urging no compromise with Germany and insisting on impartial justice. He outlines the aims of the war, the necessity of the League of Nations, and warns that peace must be guaranteed by collective security and clear terms. He calls for unity, honesty, and resolute action at the peace table.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
America
Brest-Litovsk
Bucharest
Germany
Russia
Roumania
League of Nations
League
WIPTH
Fourth Liberty loan set at six billion minimum
Secretary McAdoo urged subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan, stating a six billion dollar minimum for U S citizens. The New York district is assigned 1.8 billion, Chicago 870 million, with Boston Philadelphia each 500 million and Cleveland 600 million. The loan bears 4 percent interest, runs twenty years, and opens October 1921.
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New York
United States
William G. McAdoo
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Iowa Regiment Hard Hit In Eight Days of Battle
Des Moines Iowa September 27 1944 during the eight days fighting ending August 3 the One Hundred and Sixty eighth Infantry Iowa's Rainbow Division lost about 50 percent of its effective combatant strength totaling 1400 officers and men commander Cal R Bennett reports in a letter to Lafayetta Young Sr. The regiment rested at camp August 3 and was to resume rest and training for three to four weeks. In the Baccarat sector Lorraine the Iowans advanced 12 miles and behaved splendidly with many brave deeds noted by the colonel.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cal
R. Bennett
Lafayetta Young, Sr
Bennett
Baccarat
Lorraine Front
Bankers pledge all to win war at ABA convention
Chicago bankers pledged the nation’s last dollar and blood to victory in a patriotic ABA session at the Auditorium during the forty fourth annual convention. Telegrams of felicitation and loyalty were exchanged as Heelmax spoke and the meeting pressed on with dramatic moments.
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Chicago
Bankers of America
Auditorium Theater
American Bankers’ Association
House Votes U. S. Prohibition Rider Amid War Costs
Washington date Sept 24 national prohibition will take effect next July 1 during the war period. The measure passed the Senate with a vote of 184 to 7 as an amendment to the emergency agricultural appropriation bill.
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House
Washington
Senate
Prince Axel Leads Danish Navy Tour of American Bases
Prince Axel of Denmark commander of the Danish navy tours principal points of naval activity in America with his staff accompanying him.
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Prince Axel of
Denmark
America
Bulgaria Seeks Peace as Allies Take Strumitza
London reports British forces seized Strumnitza on the Macedonian front. Bulgaria contemplates armistice terms as Premier Malinov offers negotiation without cabinet support, while French and British officials discuss delegates and armistice conditions. Allied forces report 10,000+ prisoners and 200+ guns captured.
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London
Strumattna
Balfour
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Bulgaria
Washington
Strumnitza
Macedonia
Paris
Francis de Esperey
Turodov
Linotcheff
Loukoff
Ferdinand
D'Esperey
French War Office
Malinoi
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Sofia
British Take 50 000 Turks in Seven Days Advance
Washington reports General Allenby has captured about 50 000 Turkish prisoners in the past week and German commander Von Sanders narrowly escaped. the Fourth Turkish army east of the Jordan is nearly surrounded and at risk of annihilation as British forces push toward Amman on the Hedjas railway.
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Washington
Allenby
Cairo
State Department
von Sanders
London
Palestine
Jordan
Amman
Hedas
Slacker Baid Killings Reported Near Signal Mountain Tenn
Sept 24 Chattanooga Tenn Jenna Skiles was killed and his neowmer Hen ry probably fatally wounded by a posse led by Sheriff KJass in a search for elack ers. Officers say the men failed to halt the command and were unclear on details of the confrontation.
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Slacker Baid
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jenna Skiles
Henry
Kjass
Signal Mountain
Yanks Drive for Back Seven Miles in Metz Drive
The French and American forces pushed from the Suippe to the Argonne, taking thousands of prisoners as Germans yielded positions long held since the war’s start. British troops closed toward Cambrai with heavy gains, while Pershing reports 12 towns and 5,000 prisoners captured on a 20 mile front with advances up to seven miles.
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Verdun
Font
Suippee
Argonne
Paris
Reims
War Office
Cambrai
Hindenburg
London
le Catelet
St. Quentin
Haig
Feld Marshal Haig
Sandy-le-Stree
Gouzeaucourt
Persuing
Washington
Pershing
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Missouri
Liggett
Varenne8
Montblainville
Vauquois
Cheppy
Forges Brook
Bois Des Forges
Malgncourt
Bethincourt
Montfaucon
Culsy
Nantillois
Zeptzarges
Septsarges
Duonevobx
Gercourt-et- Dritancourt
Champagne
Marshal Foch
Suippe River
Meuse
Marne
St. Mihiel Salient
Gouraud
Generala Pershing
Petain
Foch
Lorraine
Metz
Lorriinen
Colored scavengers parade in Paris streets
A London Daily Chronicle writer notes the presence of colored scavengers in Paris. He describes Senegalese and copper-colored Arabs from Algeria and Morocco with terra cotta fezs contrasted against pale blue uniforms, and a giant man in the house yard moving with regal bearing as he sweeps.
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Paris
Parle
London Daily Chronicle
Algeria
Morocco
Elgin
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Claimed By Local Applications
Advertises HALLA CATARRH CURE for deafness linked to catarrh. Claims the disease reaches the ear via the Eustachian tube and that only internal medication can restore function. Offers a $100 reward for a verified cure and a free sample, listing J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Luxury. Bob and Jack encounter a tempting offer
A brief, suggestive scene features Bob admiring a woman described as luxurious and alluring while Jack weighs the cost of indulging in an edible. The exchange hints at desire and financial restraint without explicit detail.
Why Women Dread Old Age
Advice on aging and health urges staying active and keeping kidneys and bladder clean. Promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to prevent senile issues and restore vigor, warns of fake imitations, and claims nationwide US aid with allied nations.
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Pittdon
Monticelte
Doan
Foster-Mt
Buffalo
N.Y
Jim
Haarlem
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