Wilson Fights Plan to Divide War Control
President Wilson asks Congress to strike Section 28 from the food control bill, opposing a joint committee of Senators and Representatives to oversee war expenditures. He warns such a panel would imply lack of confidence in him and hinder administration as Congress debates a proposed five-by-five committee and a separate food control board. House leaders plan strong opposition to the Senate’s board plan and push for executive oversight.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Lever
House Agriculture Committee
House
Hich
Senate
Food Control Board
Sis
Wilton
Audi
Line
Scommitter
Distill Baers
Bon
U S and Allies Plan Pool for World Shipping
Washington reports a proposed US British plan to reduce ocean freight rates and largely govern Allied merchant shipping, with neutral ships forced to use specified routes and bunker coal access. Japan may send a fleet to support transatlantic trade, while negotiations aim to control global shipping to aid Allied war effort.
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Washington
Wilson
British Foreign Office
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
State Department
Japan
Takashita
America
Europe
Denman
Shipping Board
Polk
United State
Thomas Royden
Allies’ Chartering Commission
J. A. Salter
British Admiralty
France
Italy
Eustace Percy
E. E. Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Msght
Fae
Ing
Lloyd George Forces Vote of Confidence in War Time
London July 28 The House of Commons defeated the Wardle amendment to the corn production bill by a large majority turning aside a looming general election fear. Ministers argued the vote was a confidence test while critics said the twenty five shillings minimum wage was inadequate and risked alienating soldiers returning to civilian life. The government defended the bill and labor groups signaled they would support the government to avoid an election despite opposition.
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London
House of Commons
Wardle
Walter Runciman
Runciman
Frederick E. Smith
James Henry ‘Thomas
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
Laborites
Labor
American Steamer Sinks Big U-Boat
A dispatch from Havre reports an American steamer sank a large German submarine during a voyage, with details unclear due to damaged text. The topic sits amid wartime communications and foreign reports dated July in Paris and Havre.
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Paris
German Air Chief Scoffs at U S Fliers
Copenhagen July 23 The German commanding general in an interview belittles American aviators and air power. He claims the Anglo American bluff, says the U S Army and planes are negligible, and that American fliers will arrive later but are not yet dangerous. He argues aerial mastery rests on morale, not numbers.
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Copenhagen
United States
America
London Morning Post
U S Staff in France Seeks Quarters for Men Yet to Come
American troops to arrive will find ready billets as U S officers search the surrounding area for housing. Troops practice bayonet and grenade work while regimental officers adopt French methods to select efficient fighters for combat and assign camp duties. Corporals bid for fifteen keen men for squads, with interpreters in demand and finance issues hindering cash for checks.
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Toe Anvcetatet Pre
France
Paris
Pay for Families Of Fighting Men Planned by U.S.
Washington July 24 The federal plan to insure soldiers sailors and Marines against death and injury expands into a program to provide government allowances for families and support for rehabilitation and training of injured men. The plan envisions life insurance for officers and men with extra indemnities and a rehabilitation system, administered by the War Risk Insurance Bureau, with dependents aided through pay allotments and government allowances.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Hood
War
Treasury
Commerce and Labor Departments
Council of National Defence
United States
War Risk Insurance Bureau
McAdoo
Conat
Arso
Dr. Haiselden Lets Another Baby Die
Chicago reports Dr. Harry J. Haiselden again allowed an infant under his care to die. He said the child was foredoomed to idiocy and refused any intervention to save it, following the Bollinger case that sparked nationwide outcry.
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Chicago
Harry J. Haiselden
Bollinger
Official Draft Lists Delayed For Day
Washington July 23 master lists drawing last Friday fixing military liability will not be ready for distribution to local exemption boards until tomorrow. Delays from mechanical difficulties halted printing. Governors will receive two copies per local board for mail to officials, then boards will cancel numbers above top red ink and notify enough men to double district quotas for physical exams. Posting lists at board HQ constitutes legal notice, so registered men must learn their red ink numbers as posted. Voluntary enlistments credited. not yet clear if post June 39 entrants count toward quotas. Exemption and transfer procedures described. every man ultimately returns to his home board with troops.
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Washington
Crowder
War Department
Regular Army
Navy Department
Army
Navy
National Guard
Whitman Attacked on Board Appointments
Upstate New York party chairmen protested to Secretary Tumulty that Governor Whitman favors Republicans for appeal exemption boards. Albany reports Whitman defends nominations as nonpartisan and notes Democrats may predominate in New York City. War Department has not announced the boards yet.
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Washington
Whitman
Tumulty
New York
War Department
Albany
New York City
Wilton
Gould Son Drawn in First U.S. Army Draft
Kingdon Gould eldest son of Mr and Mrs George Joy Gould will be called to serve in the first quota of the National Army. His name was drawn as the 194th. Gould married Miss Annunziata Lucci earlier in July.
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Lakewood
N. J
Kerensky Named Dictator of Russia Amid Military Collapse
London and Paris dispatches report a chaotic Russian front as Kerensky is proclaimed absolute dictator. The Russian armies retreat on multiple fronts, with Tarnopol and Ves across the Sereth, while mutiny and desertion threaten the troops. Provisional leaders rally to stamp out treason as Petrograd braces for decisive action.
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Ity Avis
Tribu
London
Alexander F. Keeronsky
Free
Russia
Kerensky
Galicia
Tarnopol
Sereth
Kerenaky
Vilna
Teuton
Petrograd
Frm
Pants Torday
Anidiers
Hine
Haaieston
William
Reomfort
Kornilof
Crown Prince Fails In Fortieth Attack On Chemin-des-Dames
French forces repelled a major German assault on Chemin-des-Dames the fortieth attempt since May 4. From 4 p.m. bombardment across a wide front west of Cerny to Berry-au-Bac, German infantry and shock units pressed Casemates and Hurtebise positions. French artillery and rifle fire held the line. several armored waves failed to reach the crest as German gains remained minimal despite temporary advances.
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London
Aisne
Casemates
California
Craonne
Winterberg
Berlin
Paris
Carrornie Vintena
Germany
Champagne
Mont Camillet Eas
Cerny
Flanders
Ontario
Avion
Mavrincour
Bullecourt
Hollebeke
Chemin-des-Dames
France
Verdun
Chemin-des- Dames
Cracuna
Berry au-Bac
Exeen Hurtebise
Casemnates Plateng
Californie Platen
Ailette
Hurtebise
Unlimited Power To Kerensky Voted By Russian Council
Petrograd reports the Council of Soldiers and Workmen Delegates and the Council of Peasants Delegates granted the Provisional Government unlimited power to reestablish public order. The Government of National Safety was proclaimed after a 252 to 57 vote, with emergency measures ordered to discipline the army and suppress extremist agitators across the country.
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Petrograd
Council of Soldiers
Government of National Safety
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