New Draft Bill Proposes Registration for Men 18 to 45
Washington Aug 5 The administration introduces a draft measure extending registration to all men aged 18 through 45 and authorizing the President to call them into military service. Senate and House committees plan rapid action after recess with Crowder and Chamberlain backing swift passage and a proposed national registration day.
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Few Wounded Americans to Be Sent Home Weighing Wounds
Washington reports indicate that in the Marne Aisne offensive, fewer than one in twenty American wounded are expected to die, over four fifths will be returned to service, and about four percent will be discharged as unfit. The War Department plans to widen the draft to ages 18 to 45, with hearings set in Congress.
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House
Three Yankee Fishing Boats Sunk by Submarines
Three American fishing schooners were sunk by German submarines off Seal Island near Yarmouth county Nova Scotia. The crews landed along the Nova Scotian coast today at Woods Harbor Shelburne Lockport and other points. The submarine commander boasted of sinking more Boston and Gloucester vessels. Vessel names listed include the Rolepeereas Sar weak Arnie d Perry James Goodman and Muriel under Captain B Orson.
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X. Perry
James Goodman
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B. Orson
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Shelburne
Lockport
Rev Fontana Sentenced to Three Years at Leavenworth
Rev Fontana is sentenced to three years in Leavenworth. The incident stems from a case involving the Panor organization and Blanarck, North Dakota. Further court action and dates were noted by the local press, with officials detailing the sentencing outcome and its implications.
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Outbreak of Forest Fires in Minnesota
Duluth Minnesota August 6 Outbreaks of forest fires were reported along the Northern Pacific and Duluth Missabe and Northern rail lines. A fire one mile east of Carlton on the Northern Pacific was brought under control last night. brush fires were seen on the Missabe road near Williams locality by the Virginia and Rainy Lake company mills. Hibbing reported fires burning four miles southeast of the city started to clear land. Hibbing fears minimal as open pit mines form a natural barrier to the north east and west.
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Virginia and Rainy Lake Company
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Chisholm
War Summary: German Withdrawals North of Somme Front
AP reports German forces retreating toward the Aisne as Allied pressure persists. Defenses shift from Picardy to the Rheims region while the Vesle floods, hindering movement. British, French, American units hold positions near Hamel, Dernancourt, and Albert as fronts rearrange and supply lines shift in northern France.
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Amiens
Veale
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Rncan
Aviator Casualty List Shows Low War Losses
Washington reports aviation fatalities for the U.S. Army training period from Sept 1 1917 to July 20 1918 totaling 165 deaths an average of 0.000306 per training hour. Officials consider this a new record lower than German and Austrian rates and note cadet officers and instructors among the figures.
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Washington
Alted Air Service
jAuserien
Jost
Harvester Trust decree to take effect after government agreement
Washington government and International Harvester reach a settlement in the Harvester Trust case. Federal court decrees will be enforced immediately as Harvester dismisses its appeal. The national war labor board granted most employer demands from Bethlehem Steel. Halifax reports three American fishing schooners sunk by submarines off Seal Island with crews from Washington. A war profit tax will be pushed before the House Ways and Means Committee this week.
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Washington
International Harvester Company
National War Labor Board
Bethlehem Steel Company
House Ways and Means Committee
Anti Bolshevik Factions Unite Against Soviet Power
Washington reports that anti Bolshevik groups in Siberia are banding together to oppose the Soviet government and to liberate additional Siberian cities. The factions aim to coordinate with their governments and assess positions as the Soviet power shifts in the region.
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Siberian
Washington
Siberia
Paper Designated Essential. Newsprint Use to Shrink
Washington reports the war industries board will list paper as essential with strict economy. Newspapers must cut daily newsprint by 15 percent and Sunday editions by 20 percent, avoid wasteful practices, and use a sliding reduction scale. No new newspapers are to be started during the war, publishers say.
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War Industries ‘Board
Revenue Bill Revision Begins In House Committee
Washington Aug 1 The house ways and means committee started revising the tentative framework of the new 8 billion revenue bill. The session focused on the income tax schedule with proposals to raise surtax rates for higher incomes. Representative Helvering proposed increasing taxes on incomes above 100000 to a top 85 percent instead of the prior 65 percent.
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House
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Kan+ana
Loans Open To Move Crops Under War Finance Plan
The War Finance Corporation will accept bank loan applications to cover advances to farmers and merchants for harvesting and marketing wheat and other crops. Loans limited to four million dollars and bearing interest at per cent per annum. Lewistown Mont August 4 Clerk Martin announces the death of Homer Mar ites in a lightning incident.
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Expansion Plans for American Port and Harbor Facilities
The Shipping Board commission led by Edward F. Garry calls for immediate expansion of Atlantic Gulf and Pacific ports two to three times to support a growing merchant marine and move coal to New England war industries. It notes current facilities are inadequate and envisions new ports, plus shifting imports and exports from northern to southern ports to ease rail congestion across Pennsylvania and Ohio. Pacific port enlargement aligns with expanded trade with the Orient.
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North Atlantic Seaboard
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Ohio
American Tank Steamer Sunk Off Virginia Coast
The American tanker O. B. Jennings was sunk about 100 miles off the Virginia coast after signals that she was shelled by a submarine. Ninety-nine survivors were landed in Norfolk. 17 crewmen including Captain G. W. Nordstrom remain unaccounted for. Navy patrols and sea planes search coastal waters as officials say troop movements to France will not be affected.
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Navy Department
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Standard Oil Company
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B. Jennings
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Navy’ Department
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France
Canadian
Bombardment of Paris Resumed Amid War News
Paris resumes long range bombardment as tension rises across Europe. Washington reports Spain shaken by pro German articles in a cable from The committee on Ree information. The pieces are attributed to Joe Mareines Rinze, a noted novelist and literary figure, sparking controversy and counterattacks from other writers.
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Stubborn Resistance Of Huns Overcome On River Bank
Allied on the Vesle river front push back Prussian guards after stiff combat near Muizon and Champigny. Americans praised for hand to hand fighting in Fismes streets as Germans fall back. London reports German withdrawals on Avre and coastal raids by British forces. Allied gains include crossings of the Vesle near Fismes and Rheims hardening the retreat.
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Invincible Cargo Ship Launched In Record 24 Days
Oakland launched the steel cargo carrier Invincible, 12,000 tons, from Bethlehem Alameda yard as a new world record for rapid construction. The ship, ordered by Cunard and under Emergency Fleet, faced a boilermaker strike. foremen Gress and Kearman credited for quick work amid 1,500 workers, with Defiance also launched from the same yard in 1918. The Invincible is 440 feet long, 53 feet beam, 11 knots speed, part of Alameda yard output reaching 343,600 tons.
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Defiance
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