Crowder May Do Into Class Two In Four Months
General Crowder indicates Class 1 may exhaust before a broader draft plan can be enacted as another December registration looms. Authorities expect heavy drafts in early 1919 while training speeds to bolster manpower for overseas needs amid talks of a major Allied offensive.
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Crowder
Arthur Stern Henning Awashington
Marne
Bi H Norte
France
America
War Department
Wren
Hakey
Ovity
Timony
Plas Geneer
General Crowder
Seery Baker
Capitol
Senate
Agency Fleet Corporation
the. Com: Tee
British strikers return to work after meeting in Coventry
Strikers in Coventry resumed work after a July meeting, ending a period of suspension of weekly gatherings at Jovians club and Hockins hotel was noted as part of the recent developments.
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Coventry
Eng
American General and Admiral Made K C B s by King George
Ambiguity clouds this report as Maj Gen Sohn Aycliffe leads American forces in the United Kingdom and Rear Admiral Rodman receives a knighthood from King George V. The African fleet’s commander Hah Rodan is also noted, with unclear dates and locations surrounding the honors.
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King George
London
Sohn Aycliffe
United Kingdom
A Keinghe Cotmianiser
Order of the Math
Rodman
Hah Rodan
Thanh
Australian Troops Capture Two Lines On Two Mile Front
London July 2 Australian troops captured two lines of German trenches two miles of front near the Harv-Corb ie road east of Amiens the war office announced today. In the operation they took prisoners.
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London
Hray-Corbie Road
Amiens
War Office
Deserters Gave Allies Our Plans
A wartime dispatch from Vienna relayed to Amsterdam claims Austrian plans were betrayed by deserters, used to justify setbacks in the Pi defense and the broader love offensive. The message, issued by Austrian wartime authorities, pinpoints traitors as the cause of the failure and stresses efforts to counter the leak.
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Amsteriam
Anetria
Hinwari War
Vienna
Schwab Delivers One Ship a Day During Last Week
Eight merchant ships totaling 35 890 deadweight tons were delivered by American shipyards last week, with ten steel vessels and five wooden ships planned. At a Myr Goose club meeting, members received full member cards, and Loyal Gander presided during the luncheon and business session.
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Schwab
Washington
Ierl
Lee-Fluckins
AM Nieiven
Local Showers Forecast Tonight And Tomorrow
The forecast calls for local showers this evening with cooler temperatures. Overnight should be largely fair, with light winds and a gradual clearing trend across the region.
Austrian Deputy Proposes Peace Resolution in Lower House
Deputy Stanek presenting a Czech League backed resolution calls for immediate peace without annexations, arguing war harms humanity and political utility. The lower house reportedly rejected the measure as inadmissible for submission to a vote, per Vienna dispatch via Vormische Zeitung in Berlin.
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Amsterdam
Stanek
Czech League
Vienna
Vormische Zeitung
Berlin
Owen Believes Draft Age Will Be Raised Soon
Senator Rob ert L. Owen, in Oklahoma City for a patriotic address at the Auditorium, predicts Congress will raise and perhaps lower the draft age. He says married men without children may be called, but the frontline need for married men with dependents is not yet present. Mayor Overholser to preside, Rev. M. L. Hinder to give invocation, Robert L. Williams to introduce Senator Chen.
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Congress
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma City
Owen
Mayor Overholser
M. L. Hinder
Robert L. Williams
Enator Chen
New York Clerk Charged With $300 Theft
Sam Haberman, formerly a clerk for the 5. Harra Fur company in New York City, is jailed in Oklahoma County awaiting transfer as a grand larceny suspect. He allegedly took $300 of company funds to deposit in a bank in Oklahoma City and did not deposit or return it. He arrived via San Antonio and was seized by Deputy Sheriff W. Gordon.
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Sam Haberman
5. Harra Fur Company
New York City
Oklahoma County
New York
Swich
Alahoma City
San Antonio
W. ©. Gordon
Germans Chain Women To Machine Guns Front Lines
Reports from the Aisne Marne front describe Germans chaining women to machine guns to resist Allied advances. An American colonel corroborates witnessing women forced to operate weapons, with youths as young as fourteen drafted for surrender to American forces.
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Aisne Marne
Saissons-Rheime
Arenes
Piino
Wien
Tlin
Pris
Americaba
School Bond Issue Taken Up In Carter Oklahoma
Carter Dorset, Oklahoma’s representative on the capital issues commission for the tenth federal reserve district, met with the board of Education and chamber of commerce executives in Oklahoma City. The meeting signaled likely approval of the school bond issue, described as highly satisfactory. The commission, with nineteen members from the dry district, begins daily sessions in Kansas City. issues and stock sales were noted as handled by the committee.
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Dorset Carter
Oklahoma
Capital Issues Commission
Federal Reserve District
Board of Education
Chamber of Code Ter
Carter
Kansas City
Denver
Oklahoma City
U S prisoners lodged near air bomb target
Thirty two Americans including some officers recently captured by the Germans have been lodged near the railroad station at Mannheim Baden on the Rhine advancing to Basel. The prisoners were placed in thin positions to prevent air raids, marking a tense situation near an air bombing target.
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Associated Press
Mannheim
Baden
Rhine
Basel
Dillon Suggests Wilson Settle Irish Question
In the House of Commons debate on Ireland John Dillon, leader of the Nationalists, proposed referring the home rule question to President Wilson for settlement.
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Dillon
Wilson
London
House of Commons
Ireland
Johm Dillon
Americans Cross Ourey Front as Marne Pursuit Advances
Washington reports General Pershing says American forces continued pursuit of the enemy north of the Marne. Americans recaptured towns beyond the Ourey including Seringes et Nesles Serge and Roncheres. French official report notes no change north of the Marne with fighting yesterday yielding about four hundred prisoners.
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Washington
Ourey
Marne
Pershing
War Department
Seringes-et-Nesles
Serge
Roncheres
Faris
Oklahoma City to go lightless on Mondays and Tuesdays
Oklahoma City officials order dimming of nonessential lights from tonight, affects white way clusters and display signs while preserving street and home lighting. Meanwhile Brent Dow Allison of Chicago is sentenced to fifteen years in federal prison for desertion after a Camp Grant court-martial upheld the charge under the eighty eighth article of war.
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Oklahoma City
W. R. Molinard
Oklahoma Gas and + Electric company
Rockford
Mme
Brent Dow Allison
Chicago
Camp Grant
Allison Peilty
Hirth
Roosevelt Sees British Monarch in London
Franklin D Roosevelt assistant secretary of the American navy held a lengthy interview with King George in London this morning. The meeting occurred on July 2 during Roosevelt's visit.
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Roosevelt
London
Franklin D Roosevelt
King George
Bank clearings rise over 1917 in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City's loan clearings for the week ending July 25 rose 19.1 percent from the same week a year earlier per Brasteet’s report. July 25 totals reached 057,990 and July 19 99,171. Rotary directors held an informal noon meeting at the Skirvin Hotel to discuss club matters. the regular luncheon and business meeting are set for tomorrow at 12:15 at the Lee-I Mackins Hotel.
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Oklahoma City
Brasteet
Rotary
Bard of Directors
Rotary Club
Skirvin Hotel
Cluh
Wille
Lee-I Mackins Hotel
Allies push toward Ardre on eastern front amid German retreat
Allied forces on the Aisne Mar ne front press toward the Ardre as German reinforcements, including the guards, rally south of Sergy and near Fere en Tardenois. French and American troops maintain gains despite heavy artillery duels and stubborn counterattacks, with the Germans retreating toward the Ardre.
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Ardre
France
Fere-en-Tardenois
Sergy
Roocheces
Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Baevarian Guards
Teutons
Oureq
Oure
Rheims
Olizy-et-Violaine
Ris
Champ Voiay
French advance as Germans retreat along Soissons front
Paris dispatches report continued German retreat on the Soissons Rheims line with French gains on the Soissons to Ourcq sector. French forces secure hill positions near Grand Rozoy and push north of the Oure. Heavy fighting persists east of Rheims while German resistance remains firm south of Tein as allied pursuit tightens.
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London
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Soissona
Oureq
Grand Rozoy
Rheima
Mont Sans Nom
Oure
Rheims Amd Bormans
Vilelager
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