American air mastery and 3,000,000 troops forecast by 1919
Chicago today reports Congressman Julius Kahn predicts by year’s end America will field more aircraft than all allies and three million troops on German soil by September 1919 if Germany does not surrender. He cites rapid airplane motor standardization and allied demand for Liberty engines as proof of U S air superiority.
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Chicago
America
Julius Kahn
House
Association of Commerce
Kahn
Germany
Europe
Christmas gifts for POWs must reach Red Cross by Oct 15
Washington reports Christmas packages for American soldiers in German and Austrian prison camps must be received by the American Red Cross by October 15. Each prisoner gets one package up to 11 pounds, labeled with name, regiment, camp, and province. Send to Warehouse Atlantic Division, American Red Cross, 20 East Fifteenth St New York, with sender name and the words Christmas package for American prisoner of war, mailed free.
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Washington
American Red ‘Cross
Germany
Austria
Atlantic Division
American Red Cross
Fifteenth Street
New York City
Yanks Take 10 Hot Kitchens Behind Front Lines
Ten mobile kitchens captured by American forces near Mont Blanc supplied meals for troops. The Franco American advance beyond Somme Py seized these kitchens and accompanying horses still in use. Several huts burned as the Americans arrived, with horses captured to support Allied logistics.
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Verdun
Mont Blanc
Somme-Py
War tax cuts face Senate revision in massive bill
Washington reports outline of an $8,000,000,000 revenue measure with 10 percent taxes on passenger cars tires and wearing apparel reduced to 5 percent in Senate finance committee revision. details suggest changes continue as officials cite German developments and a new Navy secretary.
British admiralty board visits Washington Navy Yard
An admiralty board led by Sir Eric Geddes arrived in Washington at Secretary Daniels’ invitation to commend U S Navy capabilities. Geddes praised U S sailors for seamanship, technical skill, endurance and fellowship, noting the huge trained force built from landsmen. Admiral Benson escorted the party. Geddes lunched with President Wilson at the White House.
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Washington
Admiralty Board
Eric Geddes
Navy Department
Daniels
Eric
Jingland
Roosevelt
United States Navy
United States
Admiralty
Board of the Admiralty
Admiral Benson
Sir Eric
President Wilson
White House
Public Health Service mobilizes aid for influenza
The Public Health Service will mobilize with volunteer medical service corps to supply outside medical aid for the ongoing influenza epidemic. Red Cross will provide nursing staff and emergency hospital supplies on request, with appeals routed through state health departments to the Surgeon General. District officers will cooperate with state officials to distribute personnel as needed.
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Public Health Service
Red Cross
Polish Legion Joins French Army near Nancy
A Polish legion mostly made up of American Poles was welcomed into the French army in a ceremony near Nancy France on October 9. The event marked a notable strengthening of Allied forces in the region.
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France
Nancy
Ex Gov J B McCreary Dies In Richmond Ky
James B McCreary a two term Kentucky governor and six term U S senator died in Richmond Kentucky at age noted in the report He also served in the state house and held other public offices reflecting a lengthy political career in Kentucky
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J. B. McCreary
Richmond
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
United States Senate
Congress
Ohio's first football victim dies in Columbus
The first football fatality in Ohio this season is Wendel Watkins of Chauncy who died in Columbus. Watkins suffered a broken back from a game at Athens last Saturday and passed away Monday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wendel
Watkins
Chauncy
Athens
Solons Oppose Peace Hearings Until Defeat Is Clear
Washington lawmakers in both parties reject any peace proposals from Germany or Austria until they admit defeat or are forced to surrender. Senators Kirby Shields Watson and representative Doremus urge withdrawal from occupied regions and full demobilization before any ceasefire or terms can be discussed.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Berlin
Vienna
W.F. Kirby
Arkansas
John K. Shields
Tennessee
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
France
Belgium
Serbia
Russia
James S. Watson
Indiana
E. B
Denison
Dainois
F. E. Doremus
Michigan
Rebuild Under Way After Morgan Plant Disaster
Search for bodies resumed at the T. A. Gillespie Loading Company plant in Morgan New Jersey as preliminary rebuilding work begins. Death toll is 94 with 50 seriously injured per Dr. John W. Trask. Property loss is estimated above $25,000,000.
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New York
T. A. Gillespie Loading Company
Morgan, N. J
John W. Trask
United States Employees’ Compensation Commission
Germans Unveil New Air Bombs in Paris Reports
Paris dispatch reports German air raids using a new lightweight incendiary bomb type. The weapon is highly effective and allows a single airplane to carry about 200 bombs in sorties during the recent days.
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Paris
Fonck Downs Four Planes in One Day
Paris announces Lieut Rene Fonck has shot down four German airplanes in 206 minutes on October 11. He raises his official victory total to seventy.
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Fonck
Paris
Rene Fonck
Beverages Tax Cut Hailed as Beer and Spirits Rates Shift
Washington oct 10 a senate finance committee revision of the war revenue bill trimed the beverage tax from 8 to 6 1 2 per gallon on distilled spirits used for beverage purposes while raising oil pipe line transportation rates from 6 to 8 per cent. The house 8 per cent rates for Pullman and passenger transportation were approved and other telegraph telephone and news wire taxes adjusted.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Simmons
Italian steamship Alberto Treves sunk off American coast
The Alberto Treves was sunk by an enemy submarine 300 miles from the U S coast on October 3. Thirteen survivors were rescued by the steamer Orizaba, while two other boats with 21 men remain unaccounted for.
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Washington
Alberto Treves
Navy Department
Orizaba
Treves
Women Demand Unconditional Surrender From Germany
At a Chicago gathering the Women’s Association of Commerce passed a resolution declaring unconditional surrender as the sole path to peace. The group voiced support for the president’s stance and rejected negotiations with Germany.
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Chicago
Women’s Association of Commerce
Germany
Ireland's Estate Given to St Paul Archdiocese
Archbishop John Ireland left his entire estate to the Roman Catholic archdiocese of St. Paul. His will filed in probate places the estate value at over $81,000, with personal property worth $21,000.
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Archdiocese of
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
John Ireland
German Air Attack Kills Swiss Balloon Officer
Geneva reports a German plane attacked a Swiss captive balloon causing it to catch fire. Lieutenant Burry, in the basket, was burned to death.
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Geneva
Burry
American Casualties Light in Cambrai Front
London reports in the American sector at Cambrai that American losses were not heavy. The casualty total is less than half the number of German prisoners taken.
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U. S
London
Cambrai Front
Two U S Ships, One Japanese, Sunk in Atlantic Toll
Dublin reports 600 believed dead from Leinster torpedoing in the Irish Sea with only 150 saved. The American cargo ship Ticonderoga sunk after torpedo strike with about 230 feared lost. 20 survivors aboard. Deepwater and Hirano Maru also sunk with numerous casualties. U S destroyer Sterrett rescued survivors in rough seas, two torpedoes fired at the Sterrett missed.
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Dublin
Leinster
Irish Sea
Japan
Ireland
Sterret
U. S
Yank Captures Own Father Near German Lines
American soldiers rounded up a pocket of strays when a private from the Midwest identified a prisoner as his father. The father had gone to Germany on a visit before the war and was drafted into the German army. He signaled frantically that he fought for the Hun against his will, and the two men marched off arm in arm to be held as a prisoner behind the lines.
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Paris
Middle West
Germany
Americans Open Heavy Bombardment West of Verdun
American forces northwest of Verdun begin heavy artillery fire before daylight. The bombardment meets German response with fires reported in multiple towns behind the lines, believed started by American shells.
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Verdnh
Meuse River
Belgians Ordered Back Home From England
Belgian authorities have ordered Belgians living in England to return to Belgium. The directive was reported by the Sheffield Telegraph via the London desk on October 12.
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London
England
Sheffield
Dailyg Teleg
May-born boys and the myth of cruelty in childhood
A reader questions the belief that boys born in May are cruel by nature. The piece cites memoirs of May-born John T. Page and others recounting boyish cruelty to animals and people, noting that such mischief was common but not exclusive to May births.
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John T. Page
Mr. Page
Philip Hale
Boston Herald
Elm Street
Deacon Bodman
Bridge Street
Potato's Global Impact Beyond Gold Revealed
National Geographic Magazine notes the potato's role eclipsing Peru's gold in shaping world history. It traces how the crop, brought from Peru to Europe, spurred population growth and led to widespread reliance on Irish potatoes, transforming societies beyond mere wealth.
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Indies
Columbus
Cortez
Mexico
Pizarro
Peru
Europe
Spain
Eaurope
National Geographic Magazine
Puget Sound Lobster
Seattle fish dealers report consumption of octopus, or devilfish, is about half a ton weekly and likely to rise as Americans discover the delicacy. Greek fishermen prize it, Japanese traders seek it, and Seattle cafe menus may soon rename it Puget Sound lobster for patrons.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Sing
Chinatown
Improved Aviation Fuel Reported By German Researcher
Leon Camen told the Aeronautical Society that Germans have developed a new airplane fuel blending gasoline with one percent toluol and one and a half percent alcohol. The mixture sharpens ignition and, while it mildly corrodes metal, the short front line motor life minimizes damage. Toluol is a coal tar product and the base of the explosive trinitrotoluol.
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Leon Camen
Aeronautical Society
Bear in Alps Turns Out to Be Russian Deserter
A white bear sighting near Orenburg in the Alps caused alarm and a large hunt. The pursuit ended with the animal cornered and revealed as a lone Russian deserter in a sheepskin coat, wandering aimlessly.
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Alps
Orenburg
Switzerland
Young serviceman to take collection in helmet
A church in Brooklyn announces a furloughed Grimes boy will lead the collection in his helmet during Sunday services. The remark came from the dominie after discussion of wartime duties.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Grimes
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