Federal plan for soldier family aid outlined by McAdoo
Secretary McAdoo and the Red Cross unveil a bill amending the War Risk Insurance act to fund family allowances, death and disability compensation, and life insurance for soldiers. The program requires compulsory allotments, government supplementation, and strict safeguards to ensure dependents’ income, with a focus on dignity and thrift.
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Red Cross
Congress
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
McAdd
Secretary of the Treasury
S. H Wolfe
War Department
Aman
Navy Department
United States
McAdoo
Government Insurance
Red Cross Council
Americans Swarm London Streets Amid Victory Celebration
London was crowded with American soldiers and sailors on Sunday as crowds filled Piccadilly and downtown streets. British and Allied troops mingled with locals, women handed roses, and craps games drew beginners who often won.
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London
Piccadilly
United States
Burgess Moved Under Guard From Alexandria Jail
William H Burgess a black man charged with attempted assault on two white women was moved from the county jail to Richmond under 50 Virginia national guardsmen for protection after a governors conference and a confession police say Burgess fired at his captors and was wounded in the hand during the escape attempt
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Alexandria
William H Burgess
Virginia National Guardsmen
Richmond
Stuart
Commonwealth
Ball
Burgess
Clifton
Noted Catholics Attend Great Meeting in Kansas City
In Kansas City on August 27 a vast Catholic gathering, estimated at twenty thousand, opened the sixteenth annual session of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. Archbishops Messmer and Hanna, Bishops Glennon and others attended. Monsignor Bonzano led pontifical mass and Archbishop Hanna preached. A mammoth parade, a mass meeting, and formal welcomes followed, with sessions continuing through August 2.
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Kansas City
United States
Canada
Tion
American Federation of Catholic Socities
Annd
Messmer
Milwaukee
Jo Ty
New Orleans
Mendelein
Chat Cngo
Hana
San Franisco
Glennon
St. Louis
Moeller
Cincinnati
Christie
Portland
Monsignor
Bovanse
Hanna
San Francisco
Convention Hall
Archbishop Glennon of
Lillis
Allwansas City
Gorge Edwards
John Whalen
New York City
Federation
Monsignor Bonzano
Martin J. Wade
Iowa City
Harry
Omaha
Social Service Commission
Muldoon
Rockford
Trophy Coun cil Jr. O U A M Meeting Announcement
Important meeting of the Trophy Council Jr O U A M set for Monday night. Every member expected to be present between 15 and 21.
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Trophy Council Jr. O. U. A. M
Detroitvel
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
An advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy for catarrh. It promises a one hundred dollar reward if the cure fails and notes availability from druggists and accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney
Copleco
Ohio
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Chia
Th. Hall
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Ford
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Wilson Motor Company
Christo
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Cery
Christo-Cola
High Point, N.C
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