Federal Express to Merge Express Firms Under Rail Control
Postwar planning envisions July 1 as the start of a single express service run by Uncle Sam and administered as a side issue of the federal railroad system under Director McAdoo. The aim is economy, efficiency, and nationwide coverage with direct prompt delivery, potentially superseding private carriers and parcel post.
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Uncle Sam
Expressman
Fedral Railroad
McAdoo
Federal Express Company
German reports misstate Cantigny capture by American troops
The German official report downplays American troops in France describing Cantigny as a local advance and omits capture. Cologne Gazette cites exaggerated figures and claims on food, troop numbers, and war materials to sow broader doubt about U S involvement.
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Cantigny
War Office
Montididier
Cantingy
France
Pamy
Cologne
United States
Hitchcock
United States Senate
Senate
Aged French Refugees Observe American Soldiers in France
An American Army correspondent in Picardy describes an old French refugee woman resettling behind a truck as war devastates homes. She contrasts with shell fire and gas, while praising American soldiers as deliverers fighting a holy war for global homes and French homes alike.
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Red Cross
Picardy
Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern
France
America
Pershing
New York World War Echoes and Mount Vernon Press Clash
The page weighs in with wartime rhetoric on youths in Civil War service and calls for continued defense of American waters against U boats. It also reports Justice Giegerich’s ruling limiting Mount Vernon officials from barring Hearst’s American and argues press responsibility to the people over governmental bans.
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Giegerich
Mount “Vernon
Hearst
New York World
New Extremes in Prohibition Debate
A New York World critique targets congressmen pushing a beer and wine ban arguing it would force liquor consumption and distract from the war. The piece notes Hoover and the food act stance and mocks a proposal to buy and spill hard liquors as a ruse to delay war-time concerns.
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Congress
Hoover
New York World
Barbarian invaders and civilization in the European crisis
Arthur Brisbane argues Prussia presses toward Paris and Calais as barbarism clashes with civilization. He draws on historical echoes from Rome to Bordeaux, condemns German brutality, asserts American resolve, and calls for intensified war effort and production. He likens Prussian leaders to dangerous swine and predicts inevitable defeat.
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Italy
Rome
Germany
German Deception Over American Strength In France Questioned
The German government can play this curious comedy and keep the public in the dark about American forces in France. The longer the deception lasts the stronger the resentment when the truth is faced, as the general staff has carefully concealed the facts.
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France
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