World War Headlines From Washington Paris and Washington
Shipping board officials told shipbuilders in Washington that all shipbuilding contracts would be commandeered. Pershing arrived in Paris to a jubilant welcome as Wilson declared the nation’s entry into the war was forced by German aggression. Submarine actions and high commissioners for Italy and France feature in the day’s dispatches.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Pershing
Paris
Marshal Joffre
Sharp
Paul Painleve
Eary
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Washington University
St. Louis
British and Allied Victories and Losses Across Europe
British and Allied forces report gains at Hindenburg line and in Belgium while German retreats are confirmed. Avenger torpedoed with one survivor. several Norwegian vessels sunk. Greece actions near Athens and Piraeus. Salif captured. Sequela torpedoed with 190 dead. Irish rebellion prisoners to be released.
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North Sea
Hindenburg Line
Bullecourt
London
Piraeus
Castella
Greece
Phalerum Bay
Athens
Draft registration does not bar entry to any military branch
Men aged eighteen to forty may volunteer for the regular army navy Marine corps National Guard or Naval Militia. Immediate need for volunteers to fill all branches. Samuel Gompers cabled from Washington to James Duncan urging democracy and national independence at the Petrograd socialistic conference.
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Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Naval Militia
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
James Duncan
United States
Russia
Petrograd
War budget and arms standards shift in Senate action
Senator in Washington urged the secretary of war to state if the Ea Geld rifle replaces the Springfield rifle and to disclose facts on standardization of arms and ammunition for allies. President Wilson signed the $8.84 billion war budget into law at the White House as Congress delayed earlier fights. Senate finance panel cut the manufacturers tax on athletic goods medicines cosmetics to 2 percent, and the conference report on the $8.34 billion army and navy budget passed without dissent.
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War Emergency Committee
Baking Industry
Chicago
Washington
Secretary of War
Wilson
White House
Washington. E
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Women urged to register for national food administration
Hoover calls on every woman in the United States to register for membership in the food administration during July 1 to July 15. He cites wartime sacrifice and the need to conserve, control personal food use, and support the nation while food supplies are tight.
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Union News Service
Washington,hc
Hoover
Natron
The
Food Administration
Council of National Defense
Wilcom
Congress
United States
Spain in Critical Situation Catalonia Demands Independence
Paris reports via Petit Parisien special correspondent on Spain in crisis. Catalonia, about 12 400 square miles with nearly two million people and Barcelona as capital, shows active independence agitation and defiance of central law. A Barcelona faction pledges to obey no Catalan laws.
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Paris
Spain
Petit Parisien
Catalonia
Barcelona
Zeppelin raid over Kentish coast and West Anglia
Official report notes two enemy airships conducted the air raid. One airship crossed the Kentish coast and dropped six bombs on a coast town. two people were killed and 16 injured as houses were damaged. The second raider attacked West Anglia and was heavily shelled by anti aircraft guns and driven off.
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London
Kentish
West Anglia
Deaths From Infantile Paralysis Across 1916 Epidemic
The Department of Health reports 6000 deaths and over 11000 cases in the United States from June to November 1916, with New York suffering most. In the five years 1910 to 1914 the Census Bureau recorded only 6000 deaths nationwide.
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New York
Department of Health
United
United States Census Bureau
Soldiers Seek Release of Comrade in Ohio Riot
Ten members of I Company Seventh Regiment Ohio National Guard and several civilians are in Trenton city prison after a riot aimed at freeing Edward Glimore. Prompt police militia and sheriff action averted a pitched battle.
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Trenton
I Company
Seventh Regiment
Edward Glimore
Old Hard Metal To Carry Gold Shipment Details
The article explains how a gold shipment is moved from assay offices to wagons. Ten bars per keg weigh about 100 pounds with two men needed per keg. It notes weight comparisons: $100,000 is about 880 pounds and $1,000,000 about 8,800 pounds, and discusses the tough, almost “dead” feel of carrying gold over distances.
Mastodon Tusk Shipped From Tolatol District Claim
Cyril Wood, a leading Tolatol mining figure, ships a nine foot mastodon tusk from Boob Creek claims to a San Francisco friend. He notes many tusks and bones found nearby, though none as well preserved. The Riley and Mounier workings yield numerous remains with a strong odor detectable at distance.
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Cyril Wood
Tolatol
San Francisco
Boob Creek
Wood
Riley & Mounier
Booth Creek
Cat That Went Back Through Boston Streets
A speaker recalls losing and then following a cat through Boston streets. The cat led him to the rivermile away, and he narrowly found his home again, describing the experience as both embarrassing and surprising.
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Boston
Jena
Cincinnati Markets Fleur Hay and Grain Prices
Market report lists Fleur winter prices for patents and futures, corn values for No 3 white and yellow, hay grades with timothy and clover, date and wheat quotes, poultry eggs and butter prices, cattle and hogs with weight and grade ranges, and dairy products. Prices are given in dollars per unit with varied bid and ask ranges.
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Cincinnati
Ve de Brollers
Fair Berger
Briefly Told Carmel Miss Giedys Kepper Buys Home
Miss Giedys Kepper assistant county clerk of the Sigma Nu fraternity has purchased Mrs Lucy Black’s home and will occupy it next year. The item compiles short notes from various Indiana towns on incidents, appointments, arrests, exams, and civic actions during the period.
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Carmel
Giedys Kepper
Sigma Nu
Lucy Black
Vincennee
Robert Lind, Jr
Warsaw
Willam Munson
Marion Ice Company
South Bend
Notre Dame
Hancock County
Kokomo
BE. Middleton
Aédjt
Gen. Smith
Indianapolis
Eeene Jean Livingstoe
L. & Bowman
Republican
Stet Wemen
Wayne County
Vincennes
William McKee
Danville
Hendricks County
Christian Endeavor
Howard
Grant
Wabash
Miami
Greenfield
Epworth League of
Marion
Mississinewa
Goshes
Charles Lutes
Rochester
Bloomington
North Liberty
J. Stofer
Booneville
Washington
Madison
Defund Pespice Trust Company Bank
Valparaiso
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Teutonic War News
Germany
Kroonland
Andre Tardieu
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berrigan
War Department
National Army
Rockford
Yapbank
South Haven
L. L
Annapolisa Junction
Petersburg
Chatfield
Federal Court
Brooklyn
Herman P. Levine
Adolph Germer
National Socialist Party
Grand Rapids
Mich
Frederick Jerger
Martin Ferry
Sater
Columbus
Delaware County
Jerger
Foreign Office
Copenhagen
Balgium
Berlin
Hollebeke
Douve
Warneton
Lys River
St. Yves
Fort Saliff
Red Sea
Messines
F. B. Maurice
British War Office
House of Lords
Earl of Derby
Leyland Ner Anglun
House of Commons
Gaye Hoover
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