Roosevelt Denounces Slackers in Shipyards
In Newburgh New York on September 2 Theodore Roosevelt denounced shipyard slackers and unions that cap output as traitors to the country. He praised workers for patriotism and urged nonessential industries to shift to shipbuilding to support Pershing’s forces, calling for full output as essential to winning the war.
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Newburgh
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United States Shipping Board
Col. Roosevelt
France
Pershing
Nome
Roosevelt Calls for War Labor Standards Across Industry
In a wartime speech Colonel Roosevelt urged workers to join shipyards and aid the nation’s effort. He insisted there be no profiteering from war production and that capital be held to the same high standard as labor to meet the great need for skilled labor.
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Roosevelt
Australians Take Mont St Quentin with 25 Casualties
London reports the Australians captured Mont St. Quentin within an hour, taking 1,500 prisoners and suffering only 25 men lost. The Daily Mail correspondent says a large German force collapsed before a single Australian unit and that Peronne's fall should hasten the German retreat toward the Hindenburg line.
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London
Mont St. Quentin
Peronne
Daily Mail
France
Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Second U S Infantry Arrives at Camp Dodge Iowa
Camp Dodge Iowa Sept 2 announcement says the Second United States Infantry with 1400 officers and men under Colonel William Bennett has arrived. The unit, previously stationed in Honolulu since 1930 except for a month in San Francisco, will join the Fourteenth to form the nucleus of the new 19th division at camp.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Second United States Infantry
William Bennett
Honolulu
San Francisco
Candidates for Officers Training Camp Named
Washington. The adjutant general's office announced the first successful candidates for commissions at Camp Gordon's fourth central infantry officers training school. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana residents were among those commissioned as second lieutenants. Names include Paul A. Eldredge, Joseph H. Sylvestre, Kenneth Taylor, Nicholas P. Weller, and Daniel R. Heatwole.
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Washington
Adjutant General's Office
Committee On Public Information Today
Fourth Central Infantry Officers’ Training School
Camp Gordon
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Mortana
Paul A. Eldredge
Grand Ave
St. Paul
Minn
Joseph H. Sylvestre
State Bt
Crookston
Kenneth Taylor
Ogden Hotel
Minneapolis
Nicholas P. Weller
South Kaukauna
Wis
Daniel R. Heatwole
Sweet Gram
Mont
Labor Day Observed Nationwide with War Support
Labor Day was observed across the United States with strong war unity. President Wilson urged labor’s role in victory, railroad workers were allowed to participate without hampering operations, and AFL leader Samuel Gompers pledged support. Large parades in New York and other cities celebrated workers aiding the war effort.
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United States
Wilson
McAdoo
Schwab
Émergency Fleet Corporation
France
Gompera
American Federation of Labor
U. S
Boston
New England
New York
Manhattan
William B. Wilwon
Department of Labor
Whitman
Hylan
Labor
Wilean
George Cress
All
Spanish Government Seizes German Ships in Spanish Ports
Madrid August 31 The Spanish government decided to take over all German steamships interned in Spanish ports in line with a recent note to Berlin. Foreign Minister Dato said the steamship Ataz Mendi carrying coal from England to Spain was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine.
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Spain
Madrid
Associated Press
Berlin
Dato
Ataz-Mendi
England
Music as vital part of war effort in France
An Associated Press dispatch from France reports a general order increasing regimental bands to fifty pieces and giving bandmasters lieutenant commissions. Army bands will be refined, musicians may shed stretcher duties, and leaders will be tested for high skill. The aim is to boost morale and efficiency with refined music and possibly French bugles.
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France
Associated Press
Walter Hamroaci
French Army Bugle Provides Clear Band Counterpoint
The text notes that a bugle from the French army, pitched in B flat with a bright ringing tone, serves as excellent counterpoint in band music, while suggesting other instruments may not suit a band.
Lenin Dead of Wounds Reported After Moscow Shooting
London reports Bolshevik premier Nikolai Leninov has died of wounds from an assassination attempt in Moscow last Friday night. Telegram from Petrograd via Copenhagen confirms the death. Also noted is a Labor Day parade with five aviators and fourteen bands marching through downtown to a local park for the annual picnic.
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London
Nikolai Leninov
Moscow
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Federated Trades Council
Telegraphic Briefs In Washington Headlines
Director General Mc Adoo orders railroad officials and employees to stay out of politics. US Chamber of Commerce accuses the federal trade commission of usurping power inefficiency and abusing business interests in a letter to President Wilson. President Wilson’s Labor Day message backs labor house support for the war with a concentrative power stance.
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Washington
McAdoo
Federal Trade Commission
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Wilson
British Reach Edge of Queant Line in Aerial Reports
London reports say British forces penetrated the Drocourt Queant switch of the Hindenburg line and reached the western edge of Cagnicourt two miles northeast of Queant with a large number of prisoners. Beugny nears capture as Canadians break the line. tanks aided the Drocourt Queant gains and Le Transloy is deemed virtually in British hands.
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Drocourt-Queant
Hindenburg
Cagnicourt
Queant
Cambrai-Bapaume
Beugny
Bapaume
Field Marshal Haig
Scheing
le Transloy
Per
Villers-au
le Fransloy
Noreuil
Peronne
Associated Press
Somme
Bullecourt
Norval
Lens
Armentieres
Lys
Zillebeke
Voormezeele
Vuerstraet
Lindenhoek
la Creche
Doulieu
la Gorgue
Estairs
la Couture
Festubert
German Propaganda Chief Charged Over US Publication
Deputy Attorney General Becker alleges Count von Bernstorff funded and controlled the New York paper Fair Play to spread German propaganda in the United States. In Victoria, Tang Hut Lung, Chinese education minister, was assassinated by a local barber who killed himself.
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New York
Becker
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Victoria
B. C
Tang Hut Lung
Americans Capture Voormezeele and Belgian Positions
In their first fighting in Belgium the Americans seized Voormezeele and several strong German positions. The advance exposed ruins and debris in Voormeerede as shellfire reduced the town to rubble, with German rear guards offering sporadic resistance. British and American forces pressed forward in a continuous push from Bullecourt and Hendecourt to Escoust St Mein and Longatte, waging a relentless dog fight across ruined streets and cellars.
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Flanders
Associated Press
Belgium
Voormezeele
Voormerede
Bullecourt
Hendecourt
Tne
Bullecourt Luna Hendecourt
Escoust St. Mein
Longatte
Rez
Mont St. Quentin
Great Coat
Parogne
Hanta Emicourt
British ship Enrich sinks off French coast with sixteen survivors
The British steamer Enrich a 4151 ton vessel bound from Bordeaux to Montreal was torpedoed August 16 about 500 miles off the French coast. Thirteen survivors of a 37 crew arrived in Canada aboard an oil tanker. An engineer and two firemen were believed killed. two lifeboats with remaining crew including the captain are missing.
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Encrich
Bordeaux
Montreal
Allied Forces Report Western Front Prisoner Totals
Paris Sept 2 Allied forces on the western front have captured 131 302 prisoners since July 16 and 123 003 in the period July 15 to August 31. Officials say they have taken 2 478 officers and destroyed 2 060 guns along with significant quantities of tunnels, piles and other materials.
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Paris
Niiepnere Aluos
el Kinda
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Derby
Samuel Gompers
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Sharpe
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War Office
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