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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
1
Washington reports the airplane bill at 640 million dollars becoming law. Secretary McAdoo prepares fresh war cost estimates for Congress, seeking up to five billion more revenue, with plans to fund via bonds or taxes and a larger draft army as the war extends.
Serbia, in a state department note, accuses Austria and Bulgaria of illegal economic exploitation in occupied provinces and reserves the right to seek indemnities during peace talks. It cites 100,000,000 crowns extorted and 6,000,000 crowns from forced loans and Red Cross funds, plus looting of libraries, museums, and royal palaces.
Washington reports that master lists of the draft for ten million men are going by mail to 4,557 local boards. Two copies are sent to each board to ensure delivery if one is lost. The lists were prepared with care by experienced government staff at the Government Printing Office, and the summons of men in the first increment will follow once boards receive the master lists.
Fragmented wartime report describes Rheims Cathedral city reduced to a shapeless mass with hundreds of shells raining from German guns. It notes civilians living in shelters beneath streets as bombardment continues between dates referenced, with thousands of shells and displaced residents.
Washington reports Major General Goethals resigns as general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and President Wilson asks Chairman Denman to resign. Washington L. Capps to succeed Goethals. Howard Hurley named shipping board chairman. Denman submits resignation, citing hulp to the president.
Dispatches report Premier Kerensky granting vast powers to save Russia amid a front crisis. He warned the state must act with blood and iron if needed to preserve unity, while rejecting amputations. In Ecuador's Panama province, a revolution against President A Baqueriso Morena unfolds over alleged pro German policy, with propagandists hoping U.S. support. Morena meets Peruvian officials in Tumbez to discuss, while the situation abroad intensifies.
Chicago doctors and nurses follow a surgeon’s ruling to withhold operation on a newborn deemed hopelessly deformed. Parents accept the decision and consent to feed the infant while life remains, preferring no surgical prolongation. The case recalls the earlier Baby Bollinger tragedy and the debate over prolonging life.
Letters sent to 1,400 American newspapers urging readers to appeal to their leaders to press senators and congressmen to speed up the war program. The missive cites red tape and personal jealousy delaying wartime efficiency and warns that even a two week delay imperils the Gallipoli effort and the Allied cause.
Washington July 24 administration leaders urged action to send the food control bill to conference. The aim was to strike provisions creating a congregational committee on war conduct and a food administration board of three members rather than a single head, as rewritten in the senate.
The American Federation of Labor and the Central Federated union move to remove German spies amid fears of antidraft riots. A secret conference at the Continental hotel led to a resolution for the Americanization of labor in greater New York. A follow up meeting is planned for Saturday night.
Russian retreat in eastern Galicia shows signs of halting as Austro German forces press south toward the Dniester. Berlin acknowledges strong Russian resistance south of the Braezany line while Allies threaten renewed offensives on the Franco-Belgian front and in Flanders. London reports a night artillery battle of unprecedented intensity in Flanders with Crown Prince’s forces probing Craonne and Sancy sectors.
A Brooklyn savings bank account of 1500 dollars, unclaimed for 60 years, has found its owner in Yonkers. The funds belonged to Mrs. F A Gastineau of Hancock Avenue Lincoln Park Yonkers. The depositor Mr Gastineau died two years ago after placing a small sum in 1857 with interest compounding to the total.
The report indicates a generally fall night with cooler conditions in the south and southeast on Wednesday. Nighttime temperatures near a minimum, with light south winds and a 40 mile per hour gust possible.
Reports describe a vast defensive barrier at the eastern mouth of the English Channel, meant to block German U boats. Piloted ships pass through secret channels while mined nets deter subs. occasional openings allow guided passage for legitimate traffic, though mines and air attacks hinder attempts.
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