U S Army planes and manpower eyed to dominate air war says Kahn
Chicago October meeting hears Julius Kahn forecast rapid air power and massive American deployment. He predicts 3,000,000 U S soldiers in Germany by September 1919 and 4,000,000 in Europe by July 1919, with the air program solidified by Liberty motors and standardization.
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Chicago
America
Julius Kahn
House Military Affairs Committee
Association of Commerce
Kahn
Europe
Christmas packages 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 before October 15. Each prisoner may receive one package not exceeding 11 pounds and labeled with the soldier’s name regiment camp and camp province. Senders must include name and address and the words Christmas package for American prisoner of war on the package, which is sent free.
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Washington
American Red ‘Cross
Germany
Austria
Atlantic
American Red Cross
East Fifteenth Street
New York City
Yankees Seize German Rolling Kitchens Behind Front
Near Mont Blanc and north of Verdun on Oct 11 American forces captured ten German rolling kitchens and a large food supply. The kitchens were abandoned as U S troops advanced beyond Somme-Py and into wooded areas near the Argonne. Horses used to haul the kitchens were also captured and put into Allied service.
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Verdun
Mont Blanc
Argonne Forest
Somme-Py
War Tax Cut and Navy Change Reported
Washington reports the senate finance panel halves the 10 percent tax on autos and motorcycles while keeping the 10 percent tax on automobile trucks. A new U boat chief Captain Locklein is named head of the German submarine department succeeding Vice Admiral von new, per advices received.
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Washington
Senate
Acad
Sklein
Locklein
Admiral von New
Navy
Admiralty Board Led by Sir Eric Geddes Visits Washington
An admiralty board headed by Sir Eric Geddes arrived in Washington as guests of the Navy Department. Geddes praised the U S Navy for seamanship and endurance, noting the allied admiration for its officers and men. Admiral Benson escorted the party, who dined with President Wilson at the White House.
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Washington
Admiralty Board
Eric Geddes
Navy Department
Daniels
Eric
England
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 epidemic
The Public Health Service will mobilize with volunteer medical corps to recruit outside medical aid for the current influenza epidemic. Red Cross will provide nursing personnel and emergency supplies upon request. State health departments handle aid appeals and coordinate with the Surgeon General to deploy district officers and distribute medical staff.
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Public Health Service
Red Cross
Polish Legion Joins French Army Near Nancy
A Polish legion mostly formed by American Poles was received into the French army in a ceremony near Nancy France on Oct 9 marking a notable integration during the Franco American cooperation.
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France
Nancy
Ex Gov J B McCreary Dies in Richmond Kentucky
James B McCreary twice governor of Kentucky served six years in the U S Senate and multiple terms in the House, died in Richmond.
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J. B. McCreary
Richmond
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
United States Senate
Congress
Ohio’s first football fatality of the season
In Columbus Ohio on October 10 Wendel S Watkins of Chauncy died after suffering a broken back in a game at Athens last Saturday He is the first football victim reported in Ohio this season.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wendel S. Watkins
Chauncy, O
Watkins
Athens
Congress voices hard line against peace talks with Germany
Senators and representatives insist on unconditional German surrender before any peace discussions. They cite Bulgaria as a path to ceasefire and call for forced German and Austrian defeat across France, Belgium, Serbia, and Russia.
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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
Illinois
F. E. Doremus
Michigan
T. N. T. Plant Disaster Probe Underway
Search for bodies resumed at the T A Gillespie Loading plant in Morgan New Jersey as preliminary work on rebuilding begins. Doctor John W Trask says 94 dead and 50 seriously injured. Property loss expected above 25 million dollars.
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New York
T. A. Gillespie Loading Company
Morgan, N. J
John W. Trask
United States Employees’ Compensation Commission
Germans Introduce Light Inflamable Bombs in Air Warfare
Paris reports that in recent days German air operations have employed a new type of incendiary bomb. The device is highly effective yet light, with a single aircraft capable of carrying about 200? bombs.
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Paris
Fonck Downs Four Planes in 26 Minutes
Paris dispatch reports Lieut Rene Fonck downed four German aircraft within 26 minutes on the same day. He is credited with 70 official victories.
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Fonck
Paris
Rene Fonck
Foncknow
Spirit Tax Cut and Beer Rates in War Revenue Debate
Washington faces revision of the war revenue bill as the Senate finance committee lowers the distilled spirits beverage tax from eight to six forty per gallon and keeps a higher six to eight per cent rate for oil pipeline transport. The panel also approves eight percent on Pullman and passenger transportation and raises carrier telegraph and telephone taxes, while export rules for spirits favor allies.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Simmons
Italian steamship Alberto Treves sunk by submarine
The Alberto Treves was torpedoed 3800 miles off the American coast on October 3. Thirteen survivors in a boat were rescued by the steamer Orizaba, while 21 men remain unaccounted for in two other lifeboats.
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Alberto Treves
Washington
Navy Department
Orizaba
Treves
Women in Chicago Demand Unconditional German Surrender
The Women’s Association of Commerce in Chicago adopted a resolution backing President Roosevelt’s stance, insisting that no peace be negotiated with Germany without unconditional surrender. The move reflects strong wartime anti-German sentiment during October.
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Chicago
Women’s Association of Commerce
Germany
Ireland's Estate Bequeathed to St Paul Archdiocese
Archbishop John Ireland who died recently left his entire estate to the Roman Catholic archdiocese of St Paul. The will filed in probate court values the estate at over 81000 dollars with personal property valued at about 21000 dollars.
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St. Paul, Minn
John Ireland
Archdiocese of
St. Paul
German Air Attack Kills Swiss Balloon Officer
Geneva reports a German plane attacked a Swiss captive balloon causing it to burn. Lieutenant Burry was in the basket and died from the fire, according to the newspapers.
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Geneva
Burry
U. S. Casualties Light in Cambrai Front Action
London dispatch reports American losses in the Cambrai front sector as light with casualties under half the German prisoners taken.
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U. S
London
Cambrai
Two U. S. ships sunk as Japanese and German subs attack
The Leinster was torpedoed in the Irish Sea with about 600 feared dead and 150 saved. The Ticonderoga was sunk off France with roughly 230 lost and 20 survivors, including American soldiers. Deepwater is believed sunk with 291 missing. Hirano Maru torpedoed south of Ireland, 291 lives lost. Sterret rescued survivors amid heavy seas as a German sub fired at the destroyer.
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Dublin
Leinster
Irish Sea
Atlantic
Ticonderoga
France
U. S
New York
Deepwater
Japan
Ireland
Sterret
Yank Captures His Own Father in War Prison Scene
American GIs round up a pocket of Germans when a Midwestern private recognizes one of the prisoners as his father. The father had been in Germany on a visit when war began and was drafted. He explains fear and fights for the Hun, but the two march off together as the prisoner is escorted behind the lines.
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Paris
Middle West
Germany
Americans Open Heavy Bombardment Near Verdun
American forces northwest of Verdnh engage in heavy bombardment west of the Meuse at dawn. German counters reply as fires reported in multiple towns behind the lines, believed to be started by American shells.
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Verdnh
Meuse River
Belgians Ordered Back Home From England
Belgian authorities ordered Belgians living in England to return to Belgium. The directive was reported by the Sheffield Telegraph via London dispatches dated October 12.
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London
England
Scording
The
Sheffield
Teleg
May-Born Boys and Cruelty: A Childhood Confession
The piece discusses a belief that boys born in May are cruel, citing John T. Page who recalls cruelty to animals in youth and later remorse. It contrasts this with Philip Hale's Boston Herald memory of village mischief and questions whether May births explain such behavior.
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John T. Page
Mr. Page
Deacon Bodman
Bridge Street
Potato’s Global Impact Replaces Gold in World History
A National Geographic piece notes Peru’s potato altered world history more than Pizarro’s gold. The potato’s journey to Europe, misattribution to Ireland, and its 100 year spread underlined a shift in power and nourishment beyond precious metal wealth.
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Indies
Columbus
Cortez
Mexico
Pizarro
Peru
Europe
Spain
National Geographic Magazine
Puget Sound Lobster
Seattle consumes about half a ton of octopus weekly as fish dealers report demand rising. Greek fishermen prize the delicacy while Japanese and Cantonese sellers adapt names for menus. Local cafes may soon crown it Puget Sound lobster.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Sing
Chinatown
Germans using improved aircraft fuel with additives
Leon Carmen told the Aeronautical society that German airplanes use a new fuel with one percent toluol additive, plus one and a half percent alcohol, enhancing ignition. The fuel slightly harms metal, but war front aircraft engines are discarded before wear matters. Toluol is a coal tar product and base for trinitrotoluol explosive.
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Leon Camen
Aeronautical Society
Bear Hunt Ends With Deserter in Sheepskin
A white bear sighting in the Alps near Orenburg caused mountain excitement. Officials organized a large hunt. the animal was cornered and revealed to be a poor Russian deserter in a sheepskin coat wandering aimlessly.
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Alps
Orenburg
Switzerland
Church Novelty and Grimes’ Khaki Collection Moment
In Flatbush and Bensonhurst chatter, a furloughed Grimes son attends church. The dominie jokes the young man in khaki will now take up the collection in his helmet.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Grimes
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