President Wilson urges labor support for war and unity
President Wilson speaks at the A F of L convention in Buffalo urging workers to back the war effort while improving labor conditions He argues Germany started the war cites map ambitions and domination plans and calls for cooperation between labor and capital to defeat militarism and defend freedom.
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Buffalo
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
American Labor Movement
Germany
Washington
Mne
Slang Message From France Reveals Spy Tangle
A Princeton alumnus told a wartime New York gathering a tale of Belgian German espionage, where spies at every level monitored each other. He described a rumor of an assassination attempt on President Wilson and, to conceal it, conveyed the news in American slang to a friend amid wary observers.
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Princeton
New York
France
Belgium
Berlin
Wilson
Washington
Thantil
Nyttle
Dixie
Czolgocz
Nassau
Steeve
Europe
United States Heads War Conference in Europe
Washington reports the United States will join a European war conference led by Col. E. M. House to press for greater Allied unity in prosecuting the war. The American commission includes Admiral Benson Gen. Bliss and other officials to outline plans, finance, and munitions sharing for next year.
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Washington
United States
Col. E. M. House
Wilson
Europe
House
American War Commission
W. 8. Benson
Tasker H. Bliss
Oscar T. Crosby
the Treasury
Vance C. McCormick
War Trade Board
Bainbridge Colby
Shipping Board
Alonzo N. Taylor
Hoover
Thomas Nelson Perkins
Priority Board
Gordon Auchincloss
Counselor Polk
State Department
Commission
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Colonel House
Canadian public libraries host children story time
In several Canadian cities libraries run weekly storytelling for children in a designated children's room. At St John New Brunswick the program has grown to three years with age based class divisions and two half hour sessions.
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Public Libraries of Canada
St. John
N. B
Americans Discuss Joint Attack on German U Boat Bases
Washington reports reveal younger U S Navy officers and British peers favor an offensive on German submarine bases. The piece notes mixed views among army and navy leaders, calls for a disciplined war spirit, and outlines plans for a gas and flame regiment with extensive recruitment and training details.
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United States Navy
Great Britain
Washington
England
Russia
Teuton
Hell Fire
Uncle Sam
Gas and Flame Regiment
United States Engineers
American University
General Pershing
Hell Fire Regiment
Thirtieth Engineers
France
Organisa
Her View of Reciprocity in Married Life
A brief quoted exchange explores balance in marriage with the question of whether a couple should live a life of give and take. The woman answers affirmatively only if the relationship includes mutual giving.
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Alsace-Lorraine
Haimburg
Bagdad
Rale U. &. Power
Friends of Freedom
Gompers
President Gompers
United States IN War Conference
Allies’ Council
Paris
Lansing
Col
E. M. House
George Clinton
Antlilles
Army
Navy
E. J. Atkinson
Corps of Engineers
Cornell University
West Point
Sibert
Gatun
Panama Canal
Amos A. Fries
Fries
Bureau of Mines
War Community Recreation Service
Vyrance
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