Red Cross Home Communication Service Expands in London
The American Red Cross opens a London home communication office at 40 Grosvenor Gardens led by Capt. Edenborough to speed up reports on wounded and sick U S soldiers. Staff across Britain gather hospital updates for families in America, with daily contact to ensure accuracy and prompt delivery.
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Associated Press
London
House Communication Service
American Red Cross
United States
American Sted Cross
Grosvenor Gardens
Herbert Vdenborough
Great Britain
Heurope
Kei Cross
Red Cross
America
Europe
Hogland
Washington
Mnen
Fingland
Edenborough
New York
Ace McCudden Dies on West Front After 54 Aerial Victories
Captain James B. McCudden a renowned British ace and one of the air force's greatest pilots was killed on the western front. He was twenty two, not Canadian, and held every gallantry distinction. His record includes fifty four victories and a notable feat of downing four enemies in ninety minutes.
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James B. McCudden
West Perm
MacCudden
Hun Firmen
Records Help Find War Soldiers Through Red Cross
A new system will expand to locate and answer inquiries about American soldiers through existing records. Red Cross offices in Britain track about 1000 U S troops in hospitals there with care notes and relative addresses, enabling quick home contact when needed. Prohibition and suffrage topics dominate Karnes county party meetings with delegates instructed to vote as a unit for constitutional amendments and Governor Taft’s policies. Wheeler to Estes: Y M C A official to attend city administration course at summer school.
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Mat Hinself
Great Britain
British Isles
Edenborough
Red Cross
Home Communication Service Department
States
Kenedy
Tex
Karnes County
Tobby
Wheeler
Estes
George Wheeler
San Antonio *Y
Elc
Young Men's Christian Association
Nashua girl credits Lydia Pinkham remedy for pain relief
A Nashua girl, Dettya Martin, 29 Bowers St., Nashua New Hampshire, describes severe monthly pains causing fainting and school absence. She attributes relief to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after trying ineffective treatments and urges others to seek her guidance.
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Nashua
N. H
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Dettya Martin
Bowers St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Martin
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Enlarge Port Facilities for New Merchant Marine
Washington D C Aug 56 Port and harbor facilities along the Atlantic gulf and Pacific must be expanded two or three fold to serve the American merchant marine when released from war traffic. Immediate expansion is needed at many ports to move coal for New England war industries by water. The Shipping Board commission led by Edward E Carry finds current facilities inadequate and notes New York harbor is taxed and southern ports Galveston New Orleans Jacksonville and Charleston require expansion.
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Washington, D.C
Athantic
The
Gulf and
the Pacific
New England
Bord
Edward E. Carry
New York Harbor
Galveston
New Orleats
Jacksonville
Charleston
West Indies
South America
Commission
Phius
Middle West
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Urinsit
A Day Not Spent in Vain Reveres a Presidential Moment
Frank Ward O Malley offers a florid tribute to a revered President as the inner corridors host a dramatic arrival and departure scene. The piece extols the dignified bearing and martial spirit of the leader, closing with a vignette of cultural history about a 1699 Chinese pottery artifact preserved abroad.
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Frank Ward O'Malley
New Magazine
White House
United States of America
J. Mami Lewis
Mississippi Valley
Ind
Steel Workers Win Wage Increases and Right to Organize
The National War Labor Board ruled in favor of Bethlehem Steel Company workers, granting collective bargaining rights for about 28,000 employees. The decision ends the bonus system and sets a guaranteed minimum hourly wage, eight hour day with overtime pay, and equal pay for men and women for the same work, with fair overtime rates and standardized shop rates.
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Washington, D. C
National War Labor Board
W. O H. Taft
Frank 2. Walsh
Bethlehem Steel Company
Wece
War and Navy Departments
Telegraphers Protest Western Union Dismissals
San Antonio telegraphers at a union meeting adopted a resolution condemning Western Union Telegraph Company for discharging telegraphers for union affiliation. The resolution, sent to Postmaster General Burleson, states the action defies President Wilson and the war labor board and urges government oversight and remedy.
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San Antonio
Western Union Telegraph Company
Burleson
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
St. Leuis
Atlanta
Alm. Howard
Tocal Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Explorers and Civil War Telegraph at Confederate Camp Meeting
Mrs. Maury French Sheldon spoke on Africa tours following Stanley with a caravan of natives and a 10 000 mile trek on foot. Lee S. Daniel described the Vicksburg siege and the Christmas Eve Yankee flotilla plan as the oldest telegrapher in Corpus Christi recounted.
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Africa
Stanley
Maury French Sheldon
Vicksburg
Lee S. Daniel
Corpus Christi
Albert Sidney Johnston
Gunter Hotel
Lake Providence
Miss
Philip H. Fall
Smith
Board Lacks Funds for Texas School Per Capita Apportionment
Austin The State Board of Education meets to set the 1919 20 school fund apportionment. The per capita may drop from 30 to 30.00 due to fund shortages. The 1,234,000 scholastics used previously will rise by 15,000 to 20,000 this year while the treasury balance dwindles from 1,289 to about 200,000 with tax collections totaling 8,305,150.00.
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Austin
Tex
Lexus
State Board of Education
Texas
Federalization Efforts for Texas Guard Brigades Underway
War Department moves to federalize two Texas brigades of the National Guard as inspection reports are reviewed in Washington. Adjutant General Brawley arrives to speed talks with Secretary of War Ker. Meanwhile, infantry brigade organization progresses amid normal doubts about unit readiness.
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Austin
Tex
War Deepartment
Cave
Texas
Exon National Guard
Washington
Janes A. Brawley
Guadalupe River Inspection Sought For Water Diversion Complaint
Charles S. Clark travels from Austin to Comfort and other Guadalupe river sites in Kerr and Kendall counties to inspect water conditions amid complaints of excess diversion. The Comfort Business Men's Club petitioned for the review as irrigation plants and dams line the river.
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Austin
Tex
Charles S.clark
State Board For Water Enginers
Guadalupe River
Kendall
Kerr Counties
Her
Kendall County
Comfort Business Men's Club
Kerr County
Clark Wil
Medina
Harvester Trust to Withdraw Appeal and Dissolve
Washington Aug 5 The government and International Harvester Co reached an agreement ordering dissolution of the Harvester trust and sale of Osborne Champion and Milwaukee lines plus Springfield Ohio and Auburn New York plants The company may have one representative per city after December 1 1919 and has up to a year after peace to comply Otherwise assets may be sold The article also notes the death of Texas grain dealer Thomas G Moore at Fort Worth aged 43 and his roles in regional agricultural trade groups
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Washington DB
International Harvester Company
Federal
Harvester Trust
Supreme Court
Vyuepany
Springfield
Ohio
Auburn
N.Y
Department of
Geolunds
N. Y
Ag Minty
Thomas G. Moore
Kurt Worth
Tex
Texas
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Southwest
Fort Worth
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100 Per Cent Tobacco House
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Tyla Nary Ug
H. L. Wagner Drug Co
Southern Pacific
Houston
Victoria
Sunset
New Orl
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Eagle Pass
New Orleans
Houston Street
Travis
War Labor Board
Men In Bethlehem
Western Union
Irs
Sheldon
Confederate Veterans’ Meeting
Harley
Texas Cavalry
Grove
Tennessee
Lafayetta
Nashville
Tenn
Tom
Rye
France
Lockhart
Harris
Bateman
Hockhirl, Tex
Bastrop County
Lafayette
New York Tribune
New York City
Wolfson’s
Tailor’s
Panama
Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Co
Menger
Old South
Southland
the Menger
Army
Edwin H. Bee
ST. Anthony Roof
Crockett
T. B. Baker
Gunter
Gunter Coffee Room
Percy Tyrrell
Carrizo Springs
Dimmit Co
Val Verde
South
A. B. Frank Company
W. T. Gardner
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