New London Awaits Bremen Arrival Amid Submarine Hype
In New London Connecticut anticipation builds as officials prepare for the German submarine Bremen or its sister ship to arrive any moment. The Willehad mothership is being outfitted and crews standby, with city leaders planning an official reception and local merchants hoping for a shipping boost.
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Boston
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Hearings On Location Of Big Armor Plant Closed
Washington reports closed hearings before Secretary Daniels and the navy board on locating the planned $11 million armor factory. About 125 cities and districts requested the plant, with a final site decision not expected for over two months. The factory aims for at least 20 000 tons of armor annually and must prioritize wartime safety.
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Daniels
General Board of the Navy
Turks Consent to Relief Shipments to Syria
Washington September 15 Turkish government sends a communication to the state department consenting to the shipment of relief supplies from the United States to famine sufferers in Syria. The move reverses its earlier refusal to allow urgent relief shipments.
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State Department
United States
Syria
Department
I W W Members Arrested in Old Forge Riot Charge
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 15 a meeting of the Industrial Workers of the World in Old Forge was dispersed by Sheriff Philips and deputies with twenty state troopers. Three hundred eighteen participants were arrested, placed in vehicles, and jailed in Lackawanna county on riot charges. Authorities had forbidden the gathering amid alleged effort to disrupt Jermyn Company collieries.
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California Nominates Johnson for Senate
In California the Republican U S Senate nomination goes to Johnson after a decisive primary. Willis Booth of Los Angeles, once booster for his candidate, faced defeat as voters rejected beauty claims in favor of brains and progressiveness.
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Willis Booth
Los Angeles
Hiram Johnson
California
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Booth
United States Senate
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A Bad Summer for Children
An old notice warns of widespread child illness this summer and promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a safe remedy. It claims the tablets relieve indigestion sick headache biliousness sour stomach and bad breath without pain nausea or griping.
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