Sailor William Sims Promoted to Vice Admiral Abroad
Rear Admiral William Sims has been promoted to vice admiral for his services in arranging joint naval action of US, British, and French war vessels. He currently commands destroyers in European waters and previously served as naval attache in Paris and head of the naval practice office, improving gunnery.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
William
Sims
Dewitt Coffnminn
Atlantic
Sime
Paris
Navy
Europe
Asiatic
Kentucky
Navy Department
Office of Naval Practice
Latin America as Ally Seen by Pan American Union Head
John Barrett of the Pan American Union tells a Baltimore Liberty Loan Mass meeting that the western hemisphere will be directly engaged in the war within a year. He cites pro American sentiment across Latin America and notes forces pushing many states toward alignment with the United States and its allies.
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Churches of
Baltimore
John Barrett
Pan- American Union
Hemishere
United States
Latin Americas
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
America
COMMANDS MARINES IN FIELD Led by Col. Charles Doyen in France
Col Charles Augustus Doyen commands 2600 marines in France under Maj Gen Pershing. A veteran of Philippine campaigns and West Indies actions, he is known for discipline and machine gun warfare expertise. The force in France includes 2700 officers and men, organized into 250 man companies, with grenade and trench mortar specialists amid many veterans from Dominican, Haitian, and Vera Cruz actions.
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Charles Augustus Doyen
France
John J. Pershing
West Indies
Whiil
Marine Regiment
Pershing
Doyen
Washington, D. C
Marine Barracks
New Hampshire
United States Naval Academy
Admiral Sims
Sims
Marine Corps
Vera Cruz
Northcliffe's Power in Britain and U S Visit
A profile of Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe, as a dominant force in British press and policy shaping, noting his rapid rise from reporter to influential owner. The piece states his aggressive stance against blundering policy, his sole commercial aim in a U S visit, and that he carries no diplomatic role.
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Lloyd George
Baron Northcliffe
Island of
Thanet
Great Britain
Alfred Harmsworth
Lord Northcliffe
Lord Worthcliffe
United States
Arthur J. Balfour
Ag Hhead
Global Briefs Highlight Coal Warnings And War Controls
W J Harris in Atlanta warns against current coal prices as outrageous and unjustified while FTC promises action and lower prices. House passes administration food control bill with prohibition provisions and civil service rules. Dixie Highway council aims to complete Chicago Detroit to Miami road as a war measure. Rotary selects Kansas City for 1918 convention. FTC urges government pools for coal and rail to avert winter shortages. Roosevelt extols Allied soldiers and warns Americans who question the fight. Wilson forms exports council to regulate all exports under new licensing and law. Hoover discusses wheat and sugar controls as beneficial, not harmful to farmers. Recruiting bulletin shows 121,863 war volunteers enrolled toward a 183,828 target.
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W. J. Harris
General Trade Commission
Atlanta
Federal Trade Commission
Administration
House
Food Administration
Dixie Highway Executive Council
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
Miami
Fla
United States
War Department
Kansas City
Heart of America
International Rotary
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Oyster Bay
L. 1
England
Wilson
State
Commerce
Germany
Atlantic
Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Cork
Ireland
Sinn Fenners
Albert
Belgium
Baron Moncheur
Washington drafts under Wilson plan awaiting approval
The draft method is unsettled with federal control favored for DC to avoid favoritism. The regular army units are nearly eight hundred thousand strong, armed and training. Goethals gains authority to build ships, while Denman cedes power. Liberty Bonds exceed four million buyers, with New York Fed leading. A June recruiting week urges unmarried men to enroll as volunteers rise. Russia’s diplomatic mission arrives with U S confidence in democracy. The Chicago Fed district trails in Liberty Loan totals.
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Washington
Wilson
District of Columbia
Denman
Shipping Board
Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Congress
Treasury Department
New York Federal Reserve District
Russia
United States
New York Federal Reserve
Chicago
European War At Home and Abroad In World War I Updates
Reports say British troops harass the front while Germans raid Belgium and France. French aviators claim eleven German planes shot down on June 24, with five German planes destroyed. A munitions plant explosion at Bloeweg Austria reportedly killed or injured over a thousand. Elihu Root’s American mission in Moscow draws applause as it seeks sympathy for free Russia. A German paper says enemies’ rise brings them honor. In London, sixteen children killed in a German air raid are buried publicly. Constantine of Greece arrives in Lugano to meet German dignitaries. Twenty seven British ships over 1600 tons sunk in the past week, signaling ongoing submarine menace. Rotter Grimm, Swiss socialist, deported from Russia for peace agitation. The Russian minister of posts warns further action against Grimm supporters.
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Belgium
France
Bloeweg
Austria
Moscow
Russia
Elihu Root
Root
Soissons
Rheims
Champagne
Mont Camillet
Moisy
Vauxaillon
London
Constantine
Greece
Lugano
Switzerland
Rottrt Grimm
British Forces Press Lens Advance From British Front
British and Canadian troops inch toward Lens in Pas de Calais as they seize La Coulotte a mile south of the coal center. German mining around Lens ceases, signaling a shortening German hold. Berlin claims heavy artillery duels elsewhere while Haig directs minor patrols.
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Paris
Lens
Pas de Calais
la Coulotte
British War Office
Field Marshal
Haig
Berlin War Office
Olympia runs aground off Block Island in fog
The U.S. cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dewey’s flagship at Manila, grounded in fog near Block Island. Water flooded her hold and Chief Machinist’s Mate William M. Babb died after being struck by a falling hatch. Wrecking vessels and patrol ships stood by. danger to the vessel was not immediate.
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Block Island
United States
Olympia
Dewey
Manila
William M. Babb
Second Naval District
Babb
Coal Men Seek Fair Price Agreement to Avert Government Takeover
Four hundred coal operators from bituminous and anthracite regions approved a formal resolution to sell at a fair price with seven member producer committees from each side, under the defense council coal committee. The conference opened with remarks from Lane, Daniels, John T. Fort, and Lewis warning that without self-imposed regulation, the government would seize output.
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Washington
Defense Council
Lane and
Daniels
John T. Fort
Federal Trade Commission
Lewis
Pershing Sends Message To Front Paris
Four hundred fifty French veterans heard Major General Pershing speak through his aide E N Bargetts at a Gare du Nord meeting. The group, preparing to return to the trenches, had earlier received tuck bags from American women and attended a luncheon.
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Pershing
Paris
France
E. N. Bargetts
Gare du Nord
Senate panel expands control to iron steel oil and farm goods
A senate agricultural sub committee approved extending government control to iron and steel products petroleum and its products farm implements and fibers such as binding twine sisal jute and hemp. Other articles may be added. The bill will not grant the food administrator power to impose individual meal rations.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural
Various Georgia towns report diverse incidents and plans
Waycross engineer R. L. Morgan killed in derailment near Dillon Alabama as train 57 runs from Waycross to Montgomery. Decatur farm hand J. H. Sherman dies by self harm with a safety razor. Chamblee resident dies by self-inflicted wound. Brunswick US Maritime Construction moves ahead on a $2 million shipyard to build six schooners at a time. Waycross Bacon county plans route change for the Central Dixie highway via Alma to pass through Waycross with hard surfaced roads. Thomasville medical officer reserve corps exam announced. Alston Eunice Garrett, 16, killed in auto crash. sister injured and others hurt. Savannah auditor W. H. Moellering dismissed over petition to Britain. Augusta Masons visit. Tenth District convention praised. Macon city auditorium dispute resolved. injunctive action withdrawn. Brunswick lumber plant fire destroys six to seven million feet of pine and cypress. $250,000 loss. Macon judge to rule on habeas corpus petition for Sheriff Googe of Bacon county in a bribery case.
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Waycross
R. L. Morgan
Atlantic Coast Line
Montgomery
Dillon
Ala
Decatur
J. H. Sherman
A. B. Byram
Chamblee
Brunswick
United States Maritime Construction Company
Brunswek Board of Trade
Bacon County
Macon
Jacksonville
Alma
Bacon
Thomasville
Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
T. E. Oertel
L N. Hall
H. J. Baker
A. D. Little
State Committee For National Defense
Alston
Eunice Garrett
Jennie Garrett
Misa Mozelle Garrett
Una Cowart
Hamp Cowart
Savannah
W. H. Moellering
Great Britain
Trolland
A. R. Lawton
Central of Georgia Railway
United States
Augusta
Tenth District Convention
A.L. Franklin
Frank Baker
City
Cherry Streets
Cherry Street Carbine
Brungwick
Savannah River Lumber Company
Brunswick Fire Department
Larges Lumber
United States District Court
Emory Speer
Googe
Max Isaacs
Barretry
Ee Speer
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Latin America
Northcliffe
Dewey’s
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