Peace hinges on crushing militarism says Bonar Law
Bonar Law told MPs and business leaders in London that no lasting peace is possible while militarism endures. He warned that if allies fail to halt German objectives in three months the war could still be won, stressing the need to show the world that justice defeats tyranny.
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Bonar Law
London
Paris
Channel
Prussia
Denmark
Austria
France
Germany
Reichstag
Roumania
Cohen
Lloyd George
Wilson
Toronto Globe
Allied Officers Cheered Raiders Over Mannheim Raid
German reports downplay a raid on Mannheim calling it minor while Allied officers cheered the bombing. Five killed and 14 wounded officially, possibly higher, with hospitals and a major bank damaged. Residents panic as Rhine towns evacuate and rents fall 35 percent amid the air war.
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Rhine
Mannheim
Badische Aniline and Soda
Karlsruhe
Happy Medium Daylight Saving Sparks Clock Debate
There is agitation in England to extend daylight saving by adding another hour to the clock. The proposal is seen as potentially worthwhile and reflects wartime urgency as the war continues.
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England
Woodstock
Summer Resort Note and Mail Request From Husband
A brief humorous note from the Louisville Courier-Journal presents a couple of needs for a wife at a summer resort. The husband asks her to thread and mail items back to him and mentions sewing as a required task.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Germans Recaptured After Hamel Counter Attack
An American officer recounts a German counter attack near Hamel in which two Americans and five Australians were captured. Volunteers charged through heavy fire to retake the men and a Bosche officer, boosting Allied prisoners to fifty with twelve Australians helping.
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Hamel
Corp
Raymond Powell
No Man’s Land
Left to Carry On In a Remarkable Letter of War Valor
A wounded officer recounts leading a squad after their company commander fell. Sixty men advance to probe enemy trenches near Bocies while shells explode behind them. The officer, left with about twenty-five men, describes steady advance under heavy fire and no wavering from his unit.
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Russia
Bernstein
New York Herald
Russky Viedomosti
Boris Savinkof
Kerensky
Savinkof
Kamerad
Lenin, Nathanson and Company
Berlin
Lenin
Germany
Pravda
Naked Front
Brest-Litovsk
Lenine
Finland
Esthenia
Livonia
Courland
Petrograd
Nevsky Prospekt
Winged Mercury Statue Threatened by Paris Air Raid
A German air raid damaged La Fonderie Barbedienne in Paris delaying the Manitoba parliament buildings project. The bronze statue of a winged Mercury carrying a sheaf of grain, 15 feet tall, escaped damage and is to crown the dome. Alphonse Gardet oversees the bronze casting under Frank W. Simon's statement.
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Paris
Manitoba
Frank W. Simon
Capitol
la Fonderie Barbedienne
Parliament Buildings
Alphonse Gardet
Simon
Robbing the Dead by the Toronto Highlanders
A Toronto Highlanders writer recalls a Black Watch battalion exploring Martinpuich near front lines. They discover a dugout with about eighty or more German soldiers uniforms and gear worn by the dead, suggesting German troops were recapturing clothing for further use.
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Toronto Highlanders
The
Black Watch
Martinpuich
Germany's Dream of Sea Dominion and World Empire
The article argues that Nazi aims center on freedom of the seas, with domination of the Suez Canal as key. It links victory in the land to naval gains, envisions control of Egypt and Constantinople, and calls for a stepped campaign through Asia and Africa to build a German empire across the Indian Ocean.
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von Kuchimann
Reichstag
Checrntany
Professor Ehrenberg
Vossiche Zeitung
Krupps
Berlin
Suez Canal
India
Africa
Constantinople
Turkey
England
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Egypt
Europe
Southeastern Asia
Asia
Middle Africa
Kambrun
Uganda
Mozambique
Siberia
Killing the Rumor Mongers
A London Morning Post editorial urges against repeating wartime gossip as harmful to public morale. It argues most injury comes from gossip rather than malice, cites vanity as motive, and stresses allies’ cohesion plus the value of silence and demanding evidence before accepting statements.
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London Morning Post
Dutch Courage Drugging German Storm Troops Report
Frederick Wilkes, a Pittsburgh-born soldier in France, writes home about a new German device used to force storm troops into frenzied courage. He describes canteens found on dead Germans and a drugged rum causing a maniac urge to kill, dulling fear of slaughter.
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Frederick Wilkes
France
Pittsburgh
Wilkes
Similar Customs Yeast and Crimsonback Compare Preflight Music
Yonkers Statesman quotes a remark about customs where a favorite match is played before fighting. The exchange notes both sides in a conversation hear Mendelssohn's March at weddings, indicating shared cultural practice across locations.
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Yeast
Crimsonback
Yonkers Statesman
Prohibition blamed for Russian upheaval says Debar
Cincinnati philosopher Joseph Debar argues vodka prohibition triggered Russia's collapse by weakening czarist control and fueling revolutionary sentiment. He blames US press bias and the Anti-saloon League, warning Western democracies that whiskey might avert or worsen similar fate. Toronto Globe notes his charge.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Debar
National Association of Distillers and
United States
Anti-saloon League
Mr. Debar
Kaiser
Canada
Russia
Debar
National Association of Distillers
Wheat Crop Prospects Boost US Belt Yields
American wheat reports show a crop 50 percent larger than last year with 58,881,000 acres to be harvested. June estimates predict 950,000,000 bushels, below the 1,025,000,000 record in 1915 but still a large increase. Despite gains, the food administration urges strict conservation to fuel allied Europe’s war effort.
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United States Wheat Belt
Food Administration of
United States
Europe
Yuan Shi Kai Hosts Shanghai Athletic Meet Audiences
Yuan Shi Kai the Chinese president-dictator sponsored a modern athletic meet in Shanghai. He presented a decathlon trophy, a five foot replica of Pekin’s Ten Widows Arch, and provided financial backing while granting an audience to visiting athletes.
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Yuan Shi Kai
China
Shanghai
Pekin
Shortage of Horses Sweeps U S Farms
A Breeders' Gazette summary notes a wave of determination to buy farm horses rather than raise them. Colts are nuisances when dams must be worked, and a lack of dependable hired help fuels the decline of America's horse-breeding system. Farmers push teams to maximum work this year as corn-belt breeders report fewer young stock.
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United States
America
Gazette
Eye color and marksmanship in Fort Worth military study
An instructor in Fort Worth Texas asserts that eye color correlates with shooting accuracy with light grey eyes as best and dark eyes least accurate. He cites records showing soldiers with light brown to black eyes fail to shoot accurately beyond 500 yards and miss at 80 yards.
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Forth Worth
Texas
King George Speech on 25th Wedding Anniversary and War Trials
King George speaks on his 25th wedding anniversary amid war fears praising national unity and civilian sacrifice. He recalls naval and military resolve, calls for continued effort at home, and honors industry and mutual concessions keeping the empire together. A separate note cites Savinkov’s letter from Russia criticizing Bolsheviks and warning of German influence.
To Kill Doctrine of Might by Austen Chamberlain Speech
Austen Chamberlain told a London Victoria League meeting that the imperial war cabinet arose from wartime necessity and must not be dissolved. He urged sterner resolve, opposing von Kuhlmann’s peace stance and denouncing might makes right as a German doctrine.
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Russia
William
Austen Chamberlain
India
Victoria League
London
Imperial War Cabinet
von Kuhlmann
Britain
Wool shortfall threatens US war clothing needs
The Breeders' Gazette reports U S wool production cannot outfit 2,000,000 soldiers in France for twelve months. Current American wool output covers only half the prewar mills usage and would require 20 average sheep per man in service to meet a year’s clothing demand.
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United States
France
Breeders’ Gazette
America
The Right Kind of King King George Egalitarian Lessons
The Calgary Herald notes King George is experiencing mixed duties during wartime. He samples buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup at an American officers mess and learns to pitch a baseball in the English camp of the Sammies. The piece jokes he may drift toward commoner status by war’s end.
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King George
Calgary Herald
Falcon Lake tungsten discovery by a tenderfoot
A Manitoba tale recounts how James McMillian, a novice prospector, found the Falcon Lake tungsten lode. The ore sits beneath the molybdenite deposits spotted by two veteran prospectors who missed the richer metal nearby. McMillian now leads a syndicate to work multiple claims.
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Manitoba
Falcon Lake
James McMillian
Alberta Boy Defeats Ontario Youth in Plowing Challenge
A sixteen year old from Airdrie Alberta defeats an eighteen year old Ontario boy in a plowing contest. The Alberta youth plows harrows and sows 120 acres in a day while the Ontario lad handles 25 acres. Both boys, too young to fight, pledge to help feed soldiers in France.
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J. S. Davidson
Airdrie
Alta
Ontario
Alberta
France
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