Hearst Parade Stand Move Splits City Officials in Mayoral Row
Mayor balks at official Hearst stand as 6 000 notables lose prime review position. Hearst and Congressional junketeers shift spotlight to Hearst stand amid pink tickets and political pressure from Hearst and Hylan allies. Secretary Daniels and officials set to review from new site.
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William Randolph Hearst
Morroy
Mayoral Ukate
Mr. Hearst
Hearst Janketeers
Hearst
Oficial Review
Congressional Party
Daniels
Fhurst
Forth Monument
Iwver Whalen
I Hearst
Uy Whalen
Ayers Committee
Coiled in the Flag and Back Home
A World War I tone laments Red Cross and Y M C A interference while vowing millions to fight Prussians. The author warns returning soldiers will clash with cabinets and Wall Street robbers who profited during the war, per Arthur Brisbane’s July 1 1918 column.
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Red Cross
Wall Street
Arthur Brisbane
New York American
Explosions at TNT Plant Kill 16 in Syracuse
At Split Rock near Syracuse a pair of detonations at 9:80 p m at the Semet Solvay TNT plant killed at least sixteen workers and injured about two hundred. A fire followed, destroying vats and spreading to nearby buildings as flames raged through the center of the city. Firemen fought the blaze as more explosions occurred, with panic spreading through residential areas. Page five continuation referenced.
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Syracuse
Semet-Solvay Company
Split Rock
Ridger
Wilson Aids Demand U S Wire Control in War Time
Washington July 2 Plan to enact legislation before the summer recess authorizing President Wilson to assume control of telegraph telephone cable and radio systems moved through Congress. Cabinet members Baker Daniels and Burleson voiced approval while debate centers on whether to set a time limit for government operation.
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Washington
Px Dent Wilson
Congress
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
House Committee
Baker
Daniels
Burleson
Representative Aswell
Louisiana
Wilson
Third Largest Cotton Crop Forecast for U S
The Department of Agriculture predicts a 16,225,000 bale cotton crop for the United States this year, the third largest on record. Planted on 27,078,000 acres, the yield stands at 85.3 percent of normal as of June 1, with conditions 6 percent above the ten year average. Final output may shift with future conditions.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
U-Boat Rams Lifeboats of Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle
London July 2 A thorough search near the sinking site of the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle by two groups of His Majesty's ships and the destroyer Lysander found no new survivors. Official Admiralty notice says only twenty four of the 264 aboard were saved with little wreckage and one empty boat recovered.
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London
Admiralty
Apot
British Air Losses and Bombing Report July 1 2
British airmen reported destroying 42 German aircraft and three balloons on July 1. Twenty-five German planes and three balloons were shot down, fifteen driven down, two land behind British lines with crew captured, and eight of the British planes were missing. Bombs totaling twenty-two tons were dropped by day and thirteen tons by night. The Air Ministry noted successful raids on Boulay Mannheim Troves and Blenz railway assets, with one observer shot down during a patrol and all friendly aircraft returning.
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London
Siement
Air Ministry
Ny’s
Boulay
Oppan
Soda Factory
Vblenz
Nine U S Airmen Rout Teuton Fliers Over France
An American squadron of nine U S airmen fought a half hour north of Chateau Thierry against a German squadron of equal strength. At least three German planes were shot down. two Americans remained missing at dusk. Pilots credited include William J Moorer of Hertsville, Alfred A Grant of Denton Texas, and John McArthur of Buffalo.
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France
Chateau Thierry
German Finn Army Opens Invasion of Northern Russia
German Finnish troops have begun an invasion of the Murmansk region in northern Russia. Masses have crossed the frontier from the Finnish side and fired on Russian positions amid reports from Helsingfors via Nya Daylight Allchardra and Exchange Telegraph dispatches.
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Russia
London
Murmansk
Helsingfors
Nya
Size of Army Overseas II announced by Baker
American troops overseas numbered 1 019 115 on July 1. The note from Secretary of War Newton D. Baker explains the overseas embarkations from May 1917 to June 1918 and reports 8 165 total casualties and 291 lost at sea. Prime figures include troop movements, equipment output, and plans for 4 000 000 soldiers under arms by January.
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Army Overseas II
Baker
Washington
Wilson
Secretary of War
War Department
France
Reserve Nurses Corps
General Pershing
Newton D. Baker
United States
Congress
A. E. Wood
First Million Tons of Ships Completed in American Yards
The Shipping Board announced completion of 1,900,000 tons of U S ships built in American yards with June deliveries totaling 250,400 deadweight tons. Pershing sent greetings praising the July 4 launching record and Hurley predicted about 450,000 tons would launch that day. Steel and wood tonnage for June reached 262,900 and 17,500 respectively, nearing the world monthly record set by British yards.
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the Tribune
Washington
Shipping Board
General Pershing
France
Can Shipyards
United States
Shipment of Big Howitzers To France Begun by U. S.
U S troops move 165 millimetre howitzers to France to supplement French produced arms. An American factory in a former cornfield turns out ten guns daily, with Aberdeen Md testing grounds showing muzzle velocity tests and a new chronograph. Ships will carry the weapons to France once tests and pier construction near completion.
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France
U. S
Washington
Americas
Pershing
America
New Army Proving Ground
Aberdern
W. A. Phillips
Acre
Iuway
Aberdeen
Gusig
Vaux Taken By Pershing as Germans Captured in Key Victory
A World War I report states General Pershing’s forces captured Vaux with about 500 German troops taken prisoner. A Teuton regiment suffered heavy losses in fierce combat to secure Hill position, indicating a significant Allied breakthrough amid the drive.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
Vaux
Pershing
Allies Gain on Italian Front
On the Italian front near Chieti and Rochets Woods the Americans advanced another mile on a two mile front, broadening their line and capturing Rochets Woods and Vaux, with 500 German troops taken. British forces north of Albert held their ground in Picardy amid German attacks, while French troops seized St. Pierre Aigle for the third time in three days. In the Alps, Allied and Austrian forces clashed with mountain fighting and new Austrian prisoners nearly 700, per Rome War Office.
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Chieteau Thierry
Rochets Woods
Vaux
Wilson
France
Albert
Picardy
Soissons
Champagne
St. Pierre Aigle
Rome
Americans Hold Their Gains on Marne Front
On July 2 near Chateau Thierry American forces repelled a German counter attack west of the town. They maintained every foot of ground captured last night including Vaux and portions of the Paris highway, with about 500 Germans taken prisoner and a large number of weapons seized. An entire German regiment was said to be nearly annihilated west of Hill 204. The front extended roughly four kilometers with heavy shelling and active artillery in the late afternoon.
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
Vaux
Paris
Hill 204
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Citizens’ Committee
Murray Hurst
Hulbert
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U.S
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Raider
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Er Ures
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Cacrif
Mannheim
Teuton Fliers
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White House
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