World News Briefs Reflect Shifting War Efforts and Diplomacy
President Wilson pledges Belgium’s restoration to its prewar status at the White House while Haiti severs diplomatic ties with Germany. Washington faces delays in mobilization as 16 cantonments for 40 000 troops each threaten to miss the September 1 quota. The National Army designation appears in orders for engineer officers. Marconi predicts heavy US air power needs and 100 000 flying machines. The Shipping Board trains call for immediate commandeering of shipbuilding contracts. The Moreni sinks after a two hour fight. four crew members die.
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National Army
Engineer Corps
Second Engineers
St. Louis
Guglielmo Marconi
United States
Chicago
War News Briefs From Washington and Fronts
Ten more steel merchant ships and 24 wooden hulls are ordered by Major General Goethals of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Kerensky enforces discipline in Russia. British and French troops report gains in northern France and Champagne. An air raid in England kills two and injures 16 as a Zeppelin is shot down. London calls for reprisals against German towns. Russian duma backs immediate offensive. Pan‑Russian congress expels Swiss mediator Grimm. Japanese destroyers engage submarines. Sakaki sunk with many casualties. Other reports include Fort Saliff capture, Judson Clements death, Sinn Fein releases, and a Paris munitions factory disaster.
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General Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Duma
Petrograd
Councils of Workmen's and Soldiers
Russia
Robert Grimm
Government orders coal oil and steel for navy use
Washington orders producers to supply vast naval needs with prices fixed later by the president after FTC findings. Navy building steel bought at rates set when Daniels rejected higher proposals. Food bills push in Congress with Lever claiming impact on crooks and speculators. Hoover urges housewives to join food conservation efforts. Air supremacy plan approved by War Dept. Wilson asked for 60 million dollars. Smoot resolution on Enfield rifle standardization debated. 3.34 billion war budget signed. Tax cuts for athletic goods to 2 percent. Jerger jailed for opposing draft. Rockefeller funded medical research at Washington University. Belgian mission arrives in the United States aboard the Montevideo.
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Daniels
Navy
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson Flag Day address frames world war as defense of freedom
President Wilson declares the war a People's war for liberty and self government. He says the German regime seeks empire, deceit, and coercion, and urges Americans to uphold the flag as they prepare to defend democracy and resist aggression.
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Germany
Russia
Europe
Hoover outlines food control aims amid price fears
In a Capitol hearing Herbert Hoover argues the food bill will mobilize resources to avert shortages, deny middlemen profits, and stabilize prices. He warns allies need 60 percent of supplies from North America next year while domestic speculation rises and prices stay high.
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North America
Germany
Once a Liar Always One A Ledger of Falsehoods
A long editorial notes that liars fall into two classes prevaricators and those by the clock. It argues a liar cannot fully erase past deceit and jokes about Ananias. It remarks liars can be useful to a community when well regarded, but cautions against lying by anyone at different life stages. A stray line from the Indianapolis Star notes love cannot be bought.
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Ananias
Indianapols
Plans for Complete Harmony in Warfare
Washington June 15. An international army staff and international navy staff for coordination of military and naval operations will be created by the allied powers. The organization is essential for victory as nations allied with Germany have surrendered independence to Berlin and moves are planned from German headquarters for fronts in Africa and Asia Minor.
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Mediterranean
Asia
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Bulgaria
Turkey
East
Berlin
Foreign Office
France
Wth
Belgium
Germany
England
United States
Washington
International Navy
Balkans
Asia Minor
Persia
Woman Overcomes Illness After Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Richmond Indiana woman Mrs M O Johnston details two years of weakness that made stairs hard. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength, moved to a new home, did garden and cement work, raised chickens, and endorses the remedy for others.
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Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. O. Johnston
Route D
Box 190
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