United Navy Flag Officers and World War Era Notes
A compilation of historical notes on naval ranks with Farragut and Dewey, plus varied 19th and early 20th century topics. The piece surveys naval titles, terrorism law text, birth rate estimates in wartime Britain, a remote island parrot story, coal yard calculations, global cigarette exports, and assorted domestic anecdotes.
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United Unntes Navy
Congress
David Farragut
George Dewey
Manila
France
William de Leybourne
Edward I
Bernard Mallet
Royal Statistical Society
United Kingdom
Hungary
Great Britain
Army of 5,000,000 Proposed by General March
Washington reports General March urged enactment of the manpower bill extending draft ages to 18 to 45. He outlined a U S force of about 5,000,000 to be raised ASAP, and indicated no recall of Congress before recess unless the bill can be reported by August 24. He linked plans to the Paris Allied conference aims to speed victory.
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Washington
Administration
General March
Senate Military Committee
War Department
March
Congress
United States
Paris
Eternal triangle behind murder in Canova hotel
A Canova Nebraska tragedy unfolds as J B R Williams shoots his two wives, then kills himself in the Royal hotel lobby. The plot involves a servant, divorce, remarriage, a life insurance dispute, and a mysterious stranger. Coroner’s jury probes motive and sequence of events.
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Cedar Bluff
Neb
Delbert
Elizabeth
Williams
Dexter
Canova
Lfe
Howard
Cineva
Anderson
Itla
Cedar Bluffs
S. C
Farmers' and Merchants’ State Bank of
J. BR. Williams
Mia
Petel
David Gromer
S. Hailley
University City
Williames
Uit Canova
Mire
Wil
William
Willams
Dexter That Williame
Williame
Williama
Aiden Williams
Oh &H
Four Ships Daily Launched In July
The United States Shipping Board reports a July record, producing four ships per calendar day and totaling 631,944 dead weight tons for the month. In the last five days, launches added 53,600 tons to the overall tonnage.
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Washington, D. C
United States Shipping Board
Private Bags Six Huns In One Day
Cecil Elkin, a Winchester Kentucky Marine, writes home that in one day he killed six Germans with his rifle and grenades after being wounded in the leg. He says they wounded him but he escaped, and that he is getting along in the line.
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Cecil Elkin
Dee Elkin
Winchester
Marines Corps
Als
Elkin
Heat Wave Toll Grows Across Eastern Cities
Aug 7 reports from Chienco and New York recount eight deaths in Chicago and ten in New York from the heat. Temperatures hit 101 in Chienco and 93 in New York with no rain in sight. Hospitals overflow as humidity rises and beaches in Chicago see heavy turnout seeking relief from the scorching conditions.
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Chienco
Chicago
New York
Rainbow division regiments shine in Marne Aisne fighting
The Tribune reports that two Rainbow division regiments stood out in the Marne Aisne actions. The old Third Iowa and the former Sixty-ninth New Jersey, now part of the Rainbow division, performed exceptionally in the recent fighting.
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Tribune News Bureau
Washington, D. C
Rainbow Division
Marne-Aisna
Iowa
Newark
Dentists Hear New Dope On Kaiser In Chicago Meeting
In Chicago on August 7 a National Dental Association session will present dope on Kaiser Germany. Dr A N Vie will report experiences in Berlin with the Kaiser. Speakers include Howell Senator Borah and Dwight Hillis. Gorgas urged American troops to be lean and fit, with patriots abstaining at home. Denver votes to own waterworks in a $13.97 million bond plan, assigning administration to a municipal water commission.
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Chicago
National Dental Association
A. N. Vie
Berlin
Hun Howell
Borah
Keywell
Dwight Hillis
America
En. W. C. Gorgas
Denver
Colo
Denver Union Water Company
Municipal Water Commission
Chinese candidates named for presidency and vice presidency
At a northern Chinese army conference Hau Shin Chang, former vice premier, is agreed as presidential nominee. He is seen as peacemaker toward the south. The vice presidency likely goes to Hev Shih Ce if elected, with terms tied to military rules and tenure.
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Peking
Peneres
Hau Shin Chang
Hev Shih Ce
Eo Lane
Tue
Hie
Incendiary Fire Burns Farm Near Fort Dodge Iowa
A barn, automobile, two horses, and large quantities of hay and oats burned at the Miles Bass farm southeast of Fort Dodge today in an incendiary blaze. State fire marshal investigators arrived to probe the cause. Earlier this week a separate fire at a nearby location was noted.
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Port Dodge
Miles Bass
Elwilar
Germans Press For Peace With Demands On Allies
On the French Front the Vesle battle sees Allied forces breach lines and counterattacks repulsed. American gains near Kisne yield over 100 German prisoners as ground fogs and rain delay operations. Hertling outlines peace terms demanding indemnities and restored borders, while Britain notes occupation levies will shape postwar talks.
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France
Vesle
Kisne
Malvy Sentenced to Long Banishment in France
Paris reports former Interior Minister Louis J. Malvy found guilty of communicating with the enemy and banished for five years. He must choose the frontier and be escorted by police to depart France. He loses his seat in the chamber of deputies.
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Paris
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Justice
Malvy
France
Chamber of Deputies
Loula J. Malvy
Viviani
Briand
Ribot
Clemenceau
M. Malvy
Tommies land in Siberia and Vladivostok report
Shanghai dispatch says British troops landed at Vladivostok at dawn and were met with a friendly reception. The text also notes a Lowell, Massachusetts couple connected to United States Cartridge on Lawrence and Market streets, with the husband working nights and the wife away during his shifts. It mentions a Bank and a Hertfordshire committee member, but details are fragmented and unclear.
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Siberia
Shanghai
Vladivostok
Saya
Lowell
Lawrence Street
United States Cartridge Company
Market Street
German U-boat sinks lightship off Cape Hatteras
The Diamond Shoals lightship near Cape Hatteras was shelled and sunk by a German submarine. The crew escaped in boats and reached shore safely. Also reports a Japanese freighter torpedoed off Nova Scotia with 65 crew rescued. Niagara Falls rescue of two marooned men aboard a sand scow. Explosion at Minola powder plant in Grafton NL kills three.
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Washingon
D.C
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Navy Department
Nova Scotia
Niagara
Niagara Falla
George Harris
Buffalo
Gua Lofberg
Youngstown Life Saving
Grafton
Joseph Campbell
Herman Thomas
Harry Whitaker
Aell
Colonel Idol Of The Italians In A Wartime Reflective Tone
garbled OCR text describes a colonial figure labeled as idol to Italians amid military conflict. mentions colonel in command and defenders of upper region, with unclear phrases about enemy and action.
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