United States to Build World’s Largest Gun Plant
The United States Steel Corporation, urged by the government, will construct a vast gun making plant on Neville Island near Pittsburgh. Costing about seventy million dollars, it will rapidly produce artillery and other weapons, showcasing American industrial resolve and aiming to outpace Germany’s Krupp works in this war. The plant symbolizes vast resources and strategic determination to defeat the Prussian militarist power.
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Neville Island
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Krupps
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Australia leaders push Monroe Doctrine for Austral islands
Premier William Morris Hughes of Australia, speaking at a Pilgrim's Society banquet in New York, declared Australia ready to adopt a Monroe Doctrine for the Austral Islands. He warned against any foreign power threatening Australia's peace and integrity, saying Australia would not tolerate colonial possessions that menace the region.
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Union League Club
New York
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America
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Monroe Doctrine stands as Australia’s wartime landmark
A rallying wartime editorial argues Australia must assert a Monroe Doctrine for Pacific security. It warns Germany's vast New Guinea holdings threaten Australia and that former colonies must stay in others' hands. The piece recounts Germany's submarine rhetoric and Koenig's missions, and criticizes European duplicity in treating German peaceable fronts.
Germany's Depravity and the U-Boat Menace at Sea
The article argues that German U-boats exposed a perfidious war ethic as U-53 and later vessels attacked ships off Nantucket and near New Jersey after the Deutschland voyage. It contrasts Captain Koenig's amiable visit with later covert aims to disrupt Allied supply lines and threaten American waters.
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Koenig
Germany
Bermuda Islands
Atlantic
Paul Koenig
America
Great Britain
Nantucket
Jersey
The Jome Buying Fund and Stable Marriage Theorums
The piece contrasts thrifty home life with inevitable divorce risk after marriage and notes various cultural reflections. It blends commentary on financial prudence in early domestic life with poems and essays about national loyalty, cost of living, and dining in New York and Indianapolis.
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James 4. Hill
New York
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indianapolla Nowa
Theaters Victor Gordon Majestic bill vaudeville acts
Victor Gordon performs trench life tales at the Majestic. He has been over the top nine times and shares humorous stories from Ypres and other battles. Adelaide and Hughes headline with dance, Jimmie Barry stars in The Burglar, Earl Cavanaugh in Mr Inquisitive, Alexander Mackadyen on piano, and Bell and Eva in trampoline. Malvern’s Comiques return to Royal with Song and Dance Revue and comedy acts. Riders of the Night stars Viola Dana.
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Ypres
Adelaide
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Jimmie Barry
Earl Cavanaugh
Alexander Mackadyen
Bell and
Eva
Malvern
the Royal
Royal Theater
Leroy
Cahill
Joe Shriner
Lew Herman
Ward Gell
Ward
Ed Fennell
Lena Tyson
Vaude Ville
Riders of the Night
Viola Dana
Film Attractions At Empire Show Features Gerard Pictures
The Empire screens Gerard Pictures from Ambassador James W. Gerard’s My Four Years in Germany. The drama shows America’s effort to avoid war and ends with Gerard’s reply to Germany. Theda Bara stars in Cleopatra at the Grand, praised for splendor, historical detail, and costly production.
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Cleopatra
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Destruction of Amiens Cathedral Irreparable Loss to Art World
Washington dispatch notes the destruction of the Amiens Cathedral by German guns endangers Gothic triumphs. Built 1220 to 1288, the vast French church embodied unparalleled sculpture and a timeless procession of worshipers. now reduced to ruin, its spirit remains.
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Washington, D. C
Plcardy
Dikeims
Washington
National Geographic Society
France
Robert de Lazarches
Ydomiasi de Cormont
Lhenault
Cathdrals
Stalla
Letter on Free Textbooks for San Antonio Schoolchildren
A reader urges the San Antonio school board to provide free textbooks for all primary students, arguing wholesale purchases save costs and prevent waste. The writer vows to push the issue at every school board election until the policy is adopted, criticizing past boards for failing to fulfill promises.
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Antonio
Tts
San Antonio
Monarchs Named for Conquered Lands by Kaiser and Charles
The Kaiser and Emperor Charles held a conference to select monarchs for Lithuania Courtland and Poland. The people of those nations were not consulted. The note hints at a Mexican throne and Texas re-annexation but lacks concrete details.
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Great Headquarters
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Courtland
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Texas
Quotes and quips from a wartime column collection
A collage of satirical lines on confidence, war effort, bureaucracy, and social quirks. Jokes target politicians, the Congressional Record, army service, aviation, and American life, with quips about ad vice, hospitals, bananas, and chaplains.
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