Senate War Draft Bill Moves Despite Submitting Dispute
Washington August 29 The senate passed a modified work or fight clause to the army draft bill and rejected changes to the draft age. The Thomas Reed airstrike amendment nullifies exemptions for essential workers if they strike unless disputes are submitted to the War Labor Board. The nine teen minimum draft age proposal failed 52 to 21. Registration is planned for September 5 to 7 with possible presidential signature by week’s end.
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Senate
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McKellar
Tennesee
Cummins
War Labor Board
Ever Department
Poindexter
War Department
Wilson
Opening of U S government fair features Statue of Liberty reveal
Chicago August 29 The opening ceremony of the United States government exposition on the lake front starts September 2 with the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty by Florence Lowden daughter of Governor Lowden. Naval and military bands will play and a chorus of thousands will sing. The schedule lists days for Belgian British French Canadian Y M C A Knights of Columbus Italian and many other nationalities with specific themes and features for each day.
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Lake Front
Florence Lowden
Lowden
Red Cross
Lafayette
Marne
Alsace-Lorraine
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Pershing
Conservation
Allies Capture Over 112000 Prisoners Since July First
Washington reports General March states allied forces have taken more than 112000 prisoners since July 1 and seized 1300 field guns and larger from the Germans.
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Washington
March
Flyer Killed in Fall Near Dallas Airfield
Aviation Lieut. Charles G. Hyde was killed when an Army airplane went into a tail spin at about 300 feet. Lieut. R. E. Yarman, who was with him, was badly injured.
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Tex
Charles G. Hyde
R. E. Yarman
Prohibition Date Nears as War Revenue Link Remains
President Wilson and Senate leaders discuss national prohibition during the war with an eventual effective date around July 1. Proponents and opponents negotiate delays while aiming to avoid disrupting the war revenue bill and its roughly 900 million dollar estimated revenue from intoxicants. Enhanced talks continue to lock the July 1 timing.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Madden Attacks Trade Commission Over Packing Report
Representative Martin B Madden of Chicago assailed the federal trade commission in a House speech criticizing its packing industry report He charged the probe aims to create senatorial candidates among commissioners and urged removal or abolition He defended large packers and cited Commission members Davies Harris and Heney as pursuing political offices elsewhere.
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Martin B. Madden
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
House
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Davies
Wisconsin
Harris
Georgia
Francis J. Heney
California
Ambassador Page Resigns From British Post
Walter Hines Page of Garden City New York resigned as ambassador to Great Britain in August 1919 due to ill health. President Wilson accepted the resignation and Page and his wife plan to return to America after years of war service.
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Great Britain
Washington
Walter Hines Page
Garden City
N. Y
Wilson
London
Ambassador Page
Page
America
Harrison Tops Noel and Vardaman in Mississippi Primary
Jackson Mississippi August 30 Senator elect Pat Harrison won the Mississippi congressional primary over two opponents by a majority of 6 668 votes according to official returns released Wednesday.
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Noel
Vardaman
Jackson
Miss
Pat Harrison
Mississipi
No Autos on Sunday Urges Fuel Administration Action
The Fuel Administration asks the public east of the Mississippi to stop using gasoline for passenger cars motorcycles and motorboats on Sundays until further notice. If voluntary compliance slows the gas shortage the administration may enforce prohibitory rules. Taxis and hire cars fall under the restriction with listed exemptions for freight tractors ambulances fire police utilities rural residents and repair services.
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Washington
The
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Mississippi River
German troops show contempt for officers in France cages
Report from Aug 28 1918 notes German soldiers in France openly jeering at their officers in prisoner cages. Prisoners, both men and officers, express a longing for peace by agreement amid the harsh conduct along the front.
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France
Germany
Japs Defeat the Bolshevik on Ussuri Front
Dispatches report Japanese forces concentrating on the Ussuri front with Enge neuka sailors aided by armored cars driving Bolshevik troops under heavy artillery fire. Trans Baikal foes withdraw as Japanese reach Manchuria, leaving about 3000 Bolshevik troops in the area.
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Vladivostok
Engeneuka
Semenoff
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Manchuri
Tien Tsin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Roosevelt Wins Mesopotamian Military Cross
London reports Kermit Roosevelt, son of Colonel Roosevelt, awarded the temporary and honorary Military Cross for services in Mesopotamia as announced in the official gazette.
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Kermit Roosevelt
London
Roosevelt
Mesopotamia
German Bomb Killing an 84-Year-Old French Woman
In the Woevre region, German air raids escalate as an 84 year old French woman was killed by a German bomb. American troops operate in France as of August 30.
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France
Woevre
Call 900 Draft Men From Porto Rico
The notice cites a call to select 900 draft men from Porto Rico. Washington officials and the provost general oversee the process.
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Washington
Jona
the Provost
Border Clash Ends as Armistice Extends to Nogales
Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona report ceasefire after accord between Brigadier General Cabell and Captain Abasolo ending hostilities. Casualties list one American officer, two enlisted dead, 28 wounded. Mexican mayor Felix Penaloza among dead. Holbrook directs withdrawal and controls border area.
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Telix Penaloza
The Meaning of the Liberty Bond
A wartime essay urges readers to view money as a tool for national effort. It argues Americans must lend rather than spend excess funds, turning all nonessential wealth to the government to win the war, with Liberty bonds as the safe, formal promise of repayment.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Senator Ollie James Dies in Johns Hopkins Hospital
Senator Ollie M. James of Kentucky died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a kidney ailment. He had been hospitalized about three months with Mrs. James and his brother E. H. James at his side. James, a Democratic leader, served five terms in Congress from Kentucky and was elected to the Senate in 1912. He was born July 17, 1871, in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
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Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Johns Hopkins
Crittenden County
Indiana Governor James P. Goodrich Injured in Auto Collision
Gov. James P. Goodrich of Indiana was seriously hurt when his automobile collided with a street car on Wednesday night. He was taken to St. Vincent's hospital with a concussion, skull fracture, broken collarbone, hip fracture, and multiple cuts and bruises. He is only partly conscious.
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Indianapolis
James P. Goodrich
Indiana
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Bolsheviks retreat on Ussuri front as allies advance
London reports six miles of Bolshevik withdrawal on the Ussuri front north of Vladivostok as allied forces push forward. American and Japanese troops are entraining for the front. Peking says General Semenoff has crossed the frontier and recaptured Matsievski station near Manchuli, with prisoners taken.
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Ussuri
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Reuters Limited
Peking
Semenoff
Siberian
Matsievski Station
Manehuli
Propaganda Dropped on Agram by Italian Planes
Austrian reports received in Switzerland state Italian aircraft dropped propaganda manifestos on Agram the capital of Slavonia and Croatia.
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Agram
Berne
Slavonia
Croatia
Switzerland
Mutiny Claims Many Killed in Amsterdam Cable
Aug 29 Amsterdam reports persistently rising German source information about a large mutiny with numerous fatalities. The article notes ongoing casualties and unsettled conditions as authorities respond.
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Hans
Amsterdam
Sisten
Umers
Uncle Sam Turns Tightwad on War Kitchen Waste
The army now separates camp kitchen garbage into classes such as bread raw fats meats cooked meat cooked grease bones and other waste. Weighs the amounts after each meal and reports to the camp conservation officer. Waste is sent to reduction plants producing nitro glycerin and fertilizers.
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Liberty Bonds
White mineral wool made in Melbourne suburb Yarraville
Basalt rock is used to manufacture pure white mineral wool at Yarraville in Melbourne. Spanish inventors have created cork treatment to substitute wool in mattresses and cushions. Acknowledge the Assumption feast on August 15. New Zealand experimenters produce about 15 tons per day of pig iron from iron sands in a new plant. Official reports from national banks in the Northwest to the comptroller conclude.
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Melbourne
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