Navy Bill Enacts 131,485 Enlisted Strength Increase
Congress advances annual Naval bill increasing enlisted strength to 131,481 and authorizing more officers for the Marine Corps. Debate centers on pay and rank for Marine staff, with criticism from Rep Butler and objections from Secretary Daniels. conference reports expect quick passage by both houses.
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Rep Miller
Minnesota
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Wart
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Daniela
Naval Affairs Committee
Secretary of the Navy
McKenzie
Tlinois
Barnett
Erin
France
Representative Butler
Keatin
Meeker
Keating
Gleaves Commends Transport Service for Loyal Effort
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, head of the United States Cruiser and Transport Force, commends the service’s first year of operations. He praises the fleet’s rebuilding, organization, and supply, the safe passage of troops through submarine danger, and the low loss of transports. He notes the force’s loyalty, discipline, and coordination with allies in crucial overseas service.
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Gleaves
Navy
Europe
Profiteering condemned by national motor truck group
The National Team and Motor Truck Owners Association closed its Atlantic City convention condemning profiteering and urging expulsion of offending members. Delegates backed rail cooperation, endorsing McAdoo’s plan to move freight to warehouses within 24 hours to ease congestion nationwide. The group represents 700 local bodies with about 1,000 horses and 5,000 autos, led by First Vice President Thomas F. Ashford of Pittsburgh and President J. K. Abie.
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McAdoo
Washington
National Association
United States
Thomas F. Ashford
Pittsbur
J. K. Abie
Buffalo
R. J. Smith
New York
Will M. McDevitt
George Sproul
Chicago
Browning Gun Plans Found on Prisoners
Three men including Gustave Lindquist Leo Burt and Ernest Strohmeier were arrested by Captain Busbee for possessing blueprints and plans for war material such as Browning heavy guns and aircraft components. A woman with Lindquist offered key admissions about smuggling plans toward Mexico then to Germany. The suspects linked to multiple munitions firms and details of prior factory work were turned over to federal authorities for arraignment.
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Winslow Denied Pardon for Army Plea in 1917 Manslaughter
Kenelm Chase Winslow failed to win clemency at Governor Whitman’s pardon day hearing. He had asked release to join the army after attending a Plattsburg camp, having been sentenced in October 1917 to twenty years for first degree manslaughter after strangling a young woman in a New York hotel. The governor ruled the army no place for criminals.
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Grace Lusk Sentenced for Murder in Second Degree
Grace Lusk, found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts, wife of Dr. David Roberts, former State Veterinarian, was ruled sane by a board of alienists and sentenced by Judge Martin Lueck to nineteen years in prison.
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