U.S. War Finance Argument Pushes Tax Increases
Secretary McAdoo challenges reliance on large wartime bond borrowing and urges prompt tax increases to avoid higher interest rates and inflation. The piece quotes economic authorities and presses the need to fund 1919 with revenue rather than excessive loans, warning of disaster if spending dominates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Kitchin
Paul Warburg
Irving Fisher
the Times
Wall Street
Tribune
Ilike
Germany
McAdoo Praise and Call for Taxation Reform
The piece argues that sudden wage increases and rising demand push up living costs across all classes including workers, planters, and farmers. It urges taxation to curb extravagance and commends Secretary McAdoo for a clear, courageous financial plan without patter or demagogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Marines Triumph On European Battlefield With Swift Victory
The article lauds American Marines for a decisive victory on the German front, praising their morale, skill, and impact. It emphasizes confidence in fresh American troops, solidarity with Allied forces, and a hopeful boost to morale as the United States joins in the war effort. The piece highlights timely American entry and potential lasting influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Red Cross urged to back nurse corps reform
The piece argues the Army Medical Department nurse corps needs a real staff corps status with officer ranks. It notes Red Cross officials wear military insignia for authority while nurses lack rank, hindering their professional standing. It urges Congress to create a lieutenant grade for every trained army nurse to boost recruitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Medical Department
Army
War Council of the
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Nurse Corps
Army Medical Department
Medical Corps
Congress
Continental bird protection act links U S Canada and Britain
The House passed an enabling act to implement a migratory bird treaty spanning from the U S southern border to Canada, extending beyond the Weeks-McLean act of 1913. Bird life and agricultural interests are cited as beneficiaries, with conservation groups backing a continent wide system of protected zones and uniform shooting standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Great Britain
United States
Canada
American Game Protection Association
The
Audubon Society
Wilson
Canada Acts Prohibit Spring Bird Shooting During Flight and Nesting
The proposed legislation would ban spring shooting from the birds’ first flock flight until they reach breeding grounds and throughout the nesting period, enforcing a prohibition across key migratory windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Mobilization of US steel supply under War Industries Board
Observers note a seamless government takeover of the nation’s iron and steel output through a War Industries Board and industry conference. A blanket priority system directs all deliveries, with private consumers limited until wartime needs are met, praised as a model of mobilized industry led by B. M. Baruch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Industries Board
American Steel and Iron Institute
Wall Street
United States
B. M. Baruch
Alien Slacker Policy Stalemate Reveals Draft Chaos
The piece argues for a clear rule on exemption or liability for aliens in the draft, detailing Crowder’s figures for enemy neutrals and belligerents, and noting Congress and State Department efforts. It links draft status to Prohibition politics and Hoover’s stance against any sudden beer ban amid wartime policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder
State Department
Congress
Representative Rogers
House
Senate
Chamberlain
Burnett
House Committee On Foreign Relations
Secretary of State
Lansing
Great Britain
Canada
France
Italy
Eee
Hearst White Peace Propaganda in German and American papers
The excerpt cites German and American outlets accusing Hearst and U S leaders of white race exhaustion while praising yellow powers. It quotes The New York American pieces from December 1917 to April 1918 portraying white nations as weakening by ongoing war and warning of a Chinese-Japanese Far East contest and fears of war with Japan while Hearst papers supposedly circulate pro war or anti war editorials.
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Europe
Gwee
Hearst
Deutachn Tageszeitung
Atlantic
Wilson
China
Japan
Far East
New York American
United States
Asia
Russia
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Lusitania
Red Cross
Tom
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Maydn
Schubert
Schumann
Chopin
Saint-Saéns
César Franck
Debussy
MacDowell
Grieg
Elgar
Berlioz
Tchaikowsky
New York
Glimpses By Wilbur Forrest in Picardy
In Picardy two Illinois twins from St Louis fight side by side for Uncle Sam. Albert and Walter Grierson enlist together after leaving a St Louis bank, share a platoon, mail twin sisters in Sheldon Illinois, and endure shellfire together as their romance with Geraldine and Blondine Smalley grows back home.
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Albert
Walter Grierson
St. Louis
Picardy
Grierson
France
Geraldine
Blondine Smalley
Sheldon
Til
Illinois
Uncle Sam
Lucas Street
Griersons
Albert Grierson
C. O
Walter
Twin Walter
Great Gamble on Armies and Platinum War Funds
An American critic questions the army size limit of five million tied to platinum shortages for ammunition. Government orders to reserve platinum and related metals clash with jewellers’ supply, risking insufficient wartime arms and artillery as the war drags on. The piece laments damming the platinum stream and urges full mobilization of essential metals to win the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Red Cross
New York City
America Arrives Turn in War Strategy and Troop Deployments
The piece argues that American entry in World War I shifts German aims, detailing past German strategies from 1914 to 1918, the Allied manpower strain, and projected American troop contributions. It emphasizes speed, a growing Allied force, and the necessity of rapid American deployment to prevent a decisive German thrust and potential defeat.
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Hoover
Wilbur Forrest
W Ticardy
Nebraska
the Tribune
Egmont
Georges Hite
Wagner
Malmesberger
Ruy Hlas
Mendelssohn
Vienna Woods
Strauss
Ireland
Milwaukee Sentinel
America
Frank H. Simonds
Champagne
Lille
Verdun
Britain
East Prussia
Marne
Yser
Eser
Romania
Napoleon
Waterloo
Wavre
Wellington
Blicher
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