Drafts widen as war aims push for 18 to 45 ages
In a Senate military Committee report Senator Chamberlain champions the man power bill extending the draft to ages 18 through 45 with rapid deployment planned in France. Secretary Baker and General March push a decisive western front strategy while labor leader Samuel Gompers defends workers against anti strike language.
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Department
Herlain
Military Committee
Sen
Chamberlain
Indus
Fietory
Uni
Baker
March
United States
General March
War Department
Premarshal
Thomas
Colorado
Samuel
American Oration of Labor
Gomp
Wesleyan to Get Army Equipment
Washington reports that the war department education committee added many large colleges to be equipped next month for units of the students army training corps. Included are Princeton Harvard Cornell Yale Wisconsin Massachusetts Agricultural Amherst Pennsylvania and others across the nation. The list features Rutgers Johns Hopkins Chicago Stanford California and Wesleyan University among numerous universities and colleges slated for training equipment.
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Washington
War Department Committee On Education
Army Training Corps
Princeton
Harvard
Cornell
Yale
University of Wisconsin
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Mass
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Throop College of Technology
Pasadena
Cal
Pennsylvania College
Gettysburg
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Louisiania State, University
Baton Rouge
Mississippi A. & M. College
Connecticut Agricultural College
University of Kansas
South Dakota State College
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
College of the City of New York
University of California
University of Maine
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Wash
West Virginia University
Leland Stanford University
California
University of Nevada
Ohio State University
University of Kentucky
University of Virginia
University of Florida
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
University of Wyoming
University of Vermont
University of Arkansas
Williams College
Williamstown
Agricultural and Normal Colleges of Texas
Atlanta Southern Dental College
Layla University
Chicago
Des Moines College
Iowa
Nebraska State Normal
Peru
Neb
Muskegum College
New Concord
Ohio
Villa Nova College
Pennsylvania
University of Denver
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N. Y
Milwaukee
North Texas State Normal College
Denton
Tex
University of Rochester
Rochester
Northwestern University
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Dubuque College
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Moscow
Idaho
Montena College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Bozeman, Mont
German Official Killed In Russia Assassination
Amsterdam reports the assassination of Herr von Songbusch, a German official at Wenden, Russia, with the killer fleeing. Wenden, in Livonia, lies about 50 miles northeast of Riga. The note adds earlier high profile German killings in Russia and notes no title details.
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Wenden
Russia
Amsterdam
Herr von Songbusch
Riga
von Songbusch
Livonia
Germany
Mrs Ella Sullivan Dead in Litchfield
Waterbury August 15 Mrs Ella Sullivan wife of Dr J F Sullivan a practicing physician of New Bedford Massachusetts died in Litchfield last night Remains have been removed to her brother in law in this city for burial Mrs Sullivan was formerly Miss Ella Shephard of New Haven
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Ella Sullivan
Waterbury
J. F. Sullivan
New Bedford
Mass
Litchfield
Sullivan
Ella Shephard
New Haven
Germans Pledge W. S. S. Savings Stamps Demand
Chicago August 15 five hundred thousand dollars in savings stamps is pledged before January 1 1919 in a public statement by German sympathizers urging large scale support for the national war effort through War Savings Stamps.
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Chicago
Two Thousand Called for Limited Service in War Effort
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder announced twelve thousand white selectives for limited service. They will entrain Aug 30 31 and be sent to Camp Upton New York Camp Dodge Iowa and Camp Green North Carolina. States listed quotas and assigned camps.
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Crowder
Camp Upton
N. Y
Camp Dodge
Camp Green
N. C
Alabama
Camp Greene
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Sub Treasury Report Announces Cash Net for New York
The Sub-Treasury reports cash net figures for New York as of August 15, outlining available balances and incoming revenue. Financial data indicates shifts in liquidity and treasury activity within the metropolitan area.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Skirts Shorter and Tighter For Coming Season
New York reports a fashion mandate for fall and winter with skirts at least three inches shorter and much tighter. Miss Margaret Dreaker, foreign buyer for a prominent American firm, arrived from France and says designs aim to conserve cloth. Jackets shorten and tighten along with colors brown green navy and taupe.
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New York
Goddess of Style
Margaret Dreaker
France
Miss Dreaker
REPORT MAN POWER BILL TO SENATE
Washington Aug 15 The administration man power bill raising draft ages to 18 to 45 was sent to the senate by Senator Chamberlain chair of the military affairs committee. The measure faces house action by Aug 28 and potential Sept passage. Ten Meriden soldiers wounded in France drive are named with unit details.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
Chamberlain
Military Affairs Committee
Dent
House Miliitary Affairs Committee
House
Kirby
Arkansas
Meriden
Walter L. Dreher
Harry P. Adams
Paul Karimarski
William H. Dunn
Michael Shemet
Happenings in this vicinity twenty five years ago
A collage of notes from the era describes tents along the shore at Poverty Island Gibraltar Stony Point Black Point and Giant's Neck as workers displaced by unemployment occupy sites. The Hatch Cutlery Co resumes with reduced force. Bass catches are reported at Hast Hamp ton. Tobacco growers begin harvests. The NRA holds its annual tourney at Sea Girl New Jersey, with state provisioning tents and blankets. Horace Johnson warns of rain before a clear evening. Berlin's new railroad station opens. Temperance day at the Willimantic Camp meeting draws crowds from Middletown. Clarence Wells directs the East Hampton band. Local banks set up a clearing house to settle balances at Middletown National. W and B Douglas to pay workers by checks like Russell Co. did last week. Aviator Turnstall killed in a midair collision. plans to ship his body home to Brookfield MA.
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Poverty Island
Gibraltar
Stony Point
Black Point
Giant's Neck
Hatch Cutlery Co
A. H. Hale
William Ranney
Hast Hampton
National Rifle Association of America
Sea Girl
N. J
State of
New Jersey
Horace Johnson
Cobalt
Hartford
Horace
Hill
Berlin
Willimantic Camp Meeting
Middletown
Clarence BE. Wells
East Hampton
Middletown National
W. & B. Douglas
Russell Company
Clockmaking Boom Marks State’s Industrial Identity
The state emerges as a leading clock producer, with its industrial community praised for high output. Local firms highlight craftsmanship and regional scale, shaping a reputation for precision timing and manufacturing expertise across the area.
End of Week Specials on Ladies Wear at Bargain Prices
Clean-up sale offers white waists priced at 1.98 to 2.69 with no exchanges or mail orders. Japanese silk waists in two styles, front designs and fine tucks, are limited. Ladies sweaters in All Wool Shetland, trimmed, on sale at 4.98, value 7.50.
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Seth Thomas
R. J. Atwell
Main S&t
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Miss Sauer
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Mr. Ahern
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