World War I Developments From Marconi To Pershing In Paris
Marconi says air power will dominate war. US will provide many flying machines. Goethals meets steel shipbuilders in Washington as government threatens to commandeer contracts. The Moreni sinks after two hour chase with four crew lost. Pershing and staff arrive in Paris amid a warm welcome. Wilson declares entry into WWI justified by German aggression. Kroonland sinks a German submarine after ramming two others near an American harbor.
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Chicago
Washington
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Women to Join Food Administration in Nationwide Campaign
Washington Hoover urged housewives to enroll July 1 through July 15 as 90 percent of food passes through their hands. War budget approval followed, with $3.34 billion for army and navy, and tax cuts on athletic goods and cosmetics. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman arrested in New York. A tornado struck Unionville and Mercer, Missouri, causing fatalities.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Washington
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Food Administration
War Emergency Committee
Baking Industry
Chicago
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Disasters and Political Moves Across Europe
A Tokyo dispatch reports the Japanese steamer Sakaki disaster with the captain and 54 crew killed. Paris records 18 dead and 60 injured from a munition factory collapse. Petrograd cabinet backs a proposed allied conference to review treaties. France considers a hydroairplane postal route linking Marseilles Toulon Ajaccio. An explosion at Ashton under Lyne kills 50 and injures many. Bonar Law speaks in the House of Commons. Ashton-under-Lyne is near Manchester.
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England
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Warfront Updates From the European Front and Atlantic
Two minute battle on infantry hill east of Monchy Le Preaux yields three quarters mile of captured trenches. Air raid in England kills two and injures sixteen as Zeppelin downed. Japanese Sakaki torpedoed. many crew dead or wounded. Tansan sunk off English coast. all aboard presumed lost. London opera house vote for ceaseless reprisals on German towns. Petrograd duma adopts call for immediate Russian offensive. Pan‑Russian congress expels Swiss socialist Robert Grimm. Avenger torpedoed in North Sea. Anglian sunk. five missing.
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Petrograd
All Councils of Workmen’s and Soldiers
Russia
Robert Grimm
Wilson Flag Day Speech Frames World War I Choice
President Wilson’s Flag Day address declares a people’s war for freedom and justice. He insists Americans must defend the flag, confront German aggression, and choose to join the fight to make the world safe for self governing nations. The speech frames Germany’s rulers as enemies of liberty and urges unity under a renewed national flag.
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Mexico
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Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Bulgaria
Turkey
East
Bedie
France
Belgium
England
United States
Russia
Canada’s war-era finances show strength and steadiness
A Western daily correspondent notes no broad Canadian downturn since war began. He cites resilient bank systems, rising trade and farm progress, low direct taxes, and preserved spending in markets. Prohibition aided liquidity and Canadians avoided borrowing trouble, with savings rising since 1918.
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