Niagara Gets Power Station Immediate 300,000 Horsepower
The Ontario hydro commission launches a major Niagara Falls water project on the Canadian side. It starts immediate production of 200,000 electrical horsepower with potential to reach 1,000,000 hp, via a new canal encircling Niagara Falls city and a river level power house near Brock's monument. The plan supports war needs and future water flow expansion.
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Niagara Falls
Ontario Hydro Commission
Welland River
Niagara
Rotae Oolow Qraeteum
Brock
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Unite
Ontario Hydro-Commission
Falla
Canadian Industrie
Adam Bee
War era industry shifts prompt Canadian water diversions
Under a Canada Great Britain United States treaty water diversions on the Canadian side are capped at 86 000 cubic feet per second. Canada already authorizes most of its allotment with only 6 900 cubic feet per second remaining. A new channel would move about 10 000 cubic feet per second, forcing readjustments among Canadian firms and sparking talk of consolidating the 1 000 000 horsepower hydro developments.
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Sir Adam
Canada
Great Britain
United State
America
War Work Hospital Opened by Lady Norman
Lady Norman wife of Sir Henry Normman privy councillor joins war effort for the English wounded. She and Major Norman establish a war hospital at Wimeraux to aid the injured front line service members.
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Norman
Sir Henry Normman
Wimeraux
Woman alleges deceit in divorce case over saloon claim
Mrs Helen Raphael told Judge Mogan in San Francisco court that her husband Michael Raphael led her to believe before marriage he owned a prosperous saloon, a claim she says was false, and she would not have married him if aware of his real finances. The judge noted the remark and took the case under advisement.
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San Francisco
Michael Raphael
Helen Raphael
Mogan
Raphael
Wadsworth House Reopens Offices at Cambridge Site
The Harvard Wadsworth house, famed as Washington's command preface and meeting place, again serves a civic role. The head of the United States Officers' Material School has moved his offices to the second floor of the historic building in Cambridge.
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Cambridge
Mass
Wadsworth
Harvard
George Washington
Congress
Richard Henry Lee
Genertl Schuyler
United States
Schoo
Women Sign Up For Auto Work In Tulsa
More than twenty women in Tulsa Oklahoma signified their intention to work in garages if jobs are available and they register with the city’s Council of Defense. The effort aims to place women in auto repair tasks during wartime production gauges.
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Tulsa
Okia
Council of Defense
Ue EU Pe
Diary Excerpt Reveals German View of U S Marines
Secretary Daniels relays a captured German officer Tillmanns diary from the Fortieth Baden Guards, describing fear of American counterattacks and brutal fighting near Chateau-Thierry. The entry covers June 6 to 10 with notes on front-line conditions before Tillmanns becomes a prisoner.
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Daniels
Marine Corps
Tillmanns
Fortieth Regient
Baden Guards
Chateau-Thierry
Tilmann
Rocourt
Broyeres
Colney
Rocourt Beaux
Aad
Americana
Boils de Belleag
Tam
Knitting Record Set by Minneapolis Firemen
Firemen at engine company No 1 and truck company No 2 in Minneapolis claim a new record for stocking knitting. From Saturday morning to Tuesday, over 200 pairs of socks were produced at the station on three machines. Crews on day and night shifts worked continuously except for sleeping or responding to fires, and the socks were given to the Red Cross.
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Sixth Avenue South
Third Street
Minneapolis
Holsting
Divorce Sought Over Husband Calling Wife Frau
Ellensburg Washington Mrs Mabel Schlamann seeks a divorce alleging she would rather be single than the wife of German born husband. She says they married in 1916 and he later claimed naturalized status but now insists on addressing her as frau.
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Ellensburg, Wash
Mabel Schlamann
Frau
Maggie at Metropolitan Hotel Handles Light Housekeeping
Mrs Maggie Ki t Phone 49 for anything the printing time connects light housekeeping rooms at the Metropolitan hotel and offers services.
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Metropolitan Hotel
Maggie
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