Food riots uproar in Japan alarms officials
Aug 19 report from Washington cites widespread unrest in Japan with riots spanning Nagoya Kobe Osaka and other cities. Officials say wealthier districts are attacked while police fatigue grows and the government contemplates emergency aid. The State Department declines further comment.
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Ington
Japan
Bosman
Otl
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaka
Everg Y
Igs
State Department of
Ian
Tokio
WOODEN SHIP CONTRACTS SIGNED BY EMERGENCY FLEET CORP
Papers signed for forty three wooden ships in a week ending August 17 by the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Major contract awarded to Universal Shipbuilding Co. of Houston for eighteen 3,000 ton cargo carriers. Additional orders include vessels, tugs, and barges from multiple yards across Oregon, Washington, California, Maryland, Texas, and other ports.
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Emergency Fleet Corporation
Washington
United States Shipping
Universal Shipbuilding Co
Houston
Tex
Fulton Shipbuilding Co
Mormon Channel
Wilmington
Cal
Sea
Baltimore
Kruse and Banks Shipbuilding Co
North Bend
Ore
Leatham & Smith Towing and Wrecking Co
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Houston Ship Canal
Harris County
Spies Held For Hearing On Long Island Raids
New York reports charges of espionage and sabotage to be heard today against prisoners rounded up by government agents along the Atlantic coast. Accounts differ on the number and identity of detainees near Mitchel and Camp Mills, with eight German suspects cited in one version. The raids target suspected enemy elements near Long Island flying fields amid naval battlefield concerns.
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New York
Atlantic
Mitchel Flying Field
Camp Mills
Long Island
Fire Island
San Diego
Nurses Visit Exchange as Red Cross Nurses Are Welcomed
One hundred Red Cross nurses from Seattle led by Miss Belle McKay Frayer were greeted at the New York Stock Exchange by President H G S Noble and officials. The group toured the gallery as the floor rang with cheers and sang the national anthem. They remained for an hour and watched $50,000 of Liberty bonds sell at 101, a record price.
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Red Cross
New York
Seattle
Wash
Belle McKay Fraer
New York Stock Exchange
H. G. S. Noble
Chaplain Priest Called to Army Chaplaincy
Meriden Aug 19 Rev Edward T Walsh curate of Holy Angels Church South Meriden has orders to report this week at Camp Taylor Louisville Ky for training as an army chaplain. Parishioners presented a purse of about 500 dollars. parish priest Rev L A Guinan died last week. Walsh born in Bridgeport studied in Belgium ordained Hartford ten years ago and served New Hartford and Waterbury before Meriden posting.
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Meriden
Edward T. Walsh
Holy Angels ‘Church
South Meriden
New Hartford
Waterbury
Congress Honors Gallinger's Memory in Senate Adjournment
Washington August 19 after adopting resolutions expressing profound respect from both houses the Senate and House adjourned for the day in memory of the late Senior Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire dean of the upper chamber.
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Congress
Gallinger
Washington
New Hampshire
Volunteer Medical Corps Enrollment Meetings Planned
August 22 state meetings of the medical section and council are called to speed physician enrollment in the volunteer medical service corps. The sessions aim to organize the corps across states and streamline enrollment procedures for volunteers.
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Ser Corps
Comos
Counaioe
Postmaster Burleson Announces Western Union Pay Rise
Washington Aug 19 The Postmaster General approves a general pay increase for all Western Union employees claiming non discriminatory terms. Officials say unofficially the rise may be ten percent up to 3000 dollars yearly, applicable to all staff not limited to union members or operating department.
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Burleson
Western Union
Washington
Western Union Company
Postal
Empey Explains Revocation Of Commission For Top Author
New York reported Arthur Guy Empey author of Over the Top explained today that his U S army captain commission was withdrawn after orders against enlistments. A letter from Joseph Tumulty secretary to the president stated the action was not a reflection on Empey and that he could earn a captaincy again through ordinary process by merit and service.
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New York
United States Army
Arthur Guy Empey
Joseph Tumulty
War Department
Empey
Beer Prices Hiked as New Haven Brewers Face Costs
New Haven brewers raise prices on lager ale and porter by a barrel and add ten cents a case for bottled goods. Increased production costs and a 50 percent fuel curtailment drive the move, with a warning that orders may not be filled fully and a possible future shortage of beer.
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New Haven
Torrington Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Torrington
Samuel E. Hartnett, 50, of Torrington, died after being struck by an automobile owned by Joseph G. Levin of Waterbury and driven by Levin’s wife on the Torrington-Winsted road. Hartnett had stopped to repair a tire when hit. Coroner Permann investigated and allowed the Levins to go. Hartnett leaves a wife, three sons, and a daughter.
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Torrington
Samuel E. Hartnett
Torrington-Winsted Road
Here
Joseph G. Levin
Waterbury
Hartnett
Levin
Permann
Levins
Strikers Denied Work At Brockton Shoe Factories
In Brockton Massachusetts on August 19 striking workers totaling about 3200 cutters tasters and stitchers arrived at several shoe factories and were refused employment. Foremen told them there was no work for them as independent unions clashed with the boot and shoe works union.
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Brockton
Mass
Boot and Shoe Works Union
Asleep at the Switch War Labor Demand Urges Action
Chicago Tribune reports Mr. Hyde urging Illinois employers to answer the federal employment service questionnaire. He warns neglect will shrink the state quota, deepen a future shortage, and shift unskilled labor east as war production rises. He calls on local businesses to protect state interests now.
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Chicago Tribune
Mr. Hyde
Illinois
Federal Employment Service
West
Wants to rent home with three bedrooms and utilities
Classified notice seeks a rental property offering three bedrooms and utilities included. Contact provided for responses and scheduling viewings. Privacy and rental terms to be discussed upon inquiry. Local advertiser aims for a quick, reliable housing match.
Russian Affairs in Ghrotig State
Washington reports detail chaotic Russian events with Germans fleeing, Bolshevik downfall expected, refugees in Moscow, and Lenin and Trotzky in Kronstadt. Dispatches note Stockholm verifications, unsafe conducts, Czechs to be executed, and 200 refugees to Petrograd. Road disturbances disrupt Moscow Petrograd rail traffic.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Moscow
Kronstadt
Lenine
Trotzky
Stockholm
Chernoff
Samara
Mankeen
Petrograd
Mirbach
Navy extends dry zone to all U S naval territory
Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced a general extension of the dry zone. It now covers all territory under U S control, including possessions, banning liquor sales or gifts to naval personnel in uniform. A private stock in officers’ cellars remains an exception. self-supply still possible but unlikely to be annexed.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Navy
United States
Naval Forces
Banker Louis Block Charged With Bad Checks in Waterbury
Louis Block a Harwinton Plymouth farmer and cattle dealer was charged with issuing checks without funds after being excused from the witness stand by Referee Carleton E. Hoadley of the bankruptcy court. Sheriff Turkington and State Comptroller Webster, though creditors, accompanied him to police headquarters and posted bonds. Block’s liabilities total $33,760.37.
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Waterbury
Louis Block
Harwinton
Plymouth
Carleton E. Hoadley
United States Bankruptcy Court
Frank Turkington
Morris C. Webster
Block
Norman Hart Denies Westminster Raid Statement
Norman Hart, a passenger aboard a British ship that reached an Atlantic port on August 13, denies authorizing a press interview. He did not recall any Zeppelin raid over London on August 1, nor Westminster Abbey being struck by a bomb that failed to explode.
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Westminster
New York
Norman Hart
Atlantic
London
Westminster Abbey
Hart
Railroad Stations Robbed in Massachusetts and Connecticut
Seymour August 19 thieves broke into railroad stations at Ashley Falls Mass Seymour and Beacon Falls Conn early Sunday morning. At Beacon Falls burglars took 122 dollars and at Seymour 57 dollars plus many tickets at both stations.
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Seymour
Ashley Falls
Mass
Beacon Falls
From the Tropics Overture in War Time Cocoa Industry
The article notes coconut oil and copra imports to the United States rising sharply from 1914 to 1918 to fuel allies' needs and war production. It details sources from the Philippines Australia and the Dutch East Indies, with coconuts used for butter substitutes, cooking fats, glycerine, soap, and candles. It frames tropical resources as aiding food conservation and naval warfare efforts.
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Tropics
Boston Herald
United States
Philippines
Australia
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
Panama
Honduras
West Indian Islands
Sisera
Sky
Air
Earth
Senate Cuts Recess to Accelerate Draft Bill
Washington reports the Senate shortened its midsummer recess by four days to speed action on the manpower bill for wartime needs. The measure would extend draft ages from 18 to 45 years, affecting eligibility during the war effort.
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Senate
Washington
Register August 24 All male persons must register
All men who have reached their 21st birthday since June 5, 191% or on or before August 24 must register on August 24. These men should consult with local boards to learn how and where to register.
How New Draft Will Hit College Men
Washington reports the draft will strain academic education while seeking educated recruits for engineering and science roles. Baker says suspending classes is undesirable but college men may be drawn in, with 18 and 19 year olds likely called by March or April. He urges parents to send sons to college and await possible course interruptions.
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Washington
America
Baker
McKenzie
Ilinois
Army
West Point
Crowder
War Department
Kahn
General Diaz Back at Front After Rome Visit
General Diaz, head of Italian forces, has returned to the front following several conferences in Rome with Premier Orlando and other officials. The front remains active with artillery along the Adige from Brentohico to the Zugna and gas shells reported. An enemy patrol was repulsed at Val Concei, and counterattacks south of Grave against the island held by Italians were unsuccessful. Caproni aviation squadrons bombed enemy camps.
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Diaz
Washington
Rome
Orlando
Adige
Brentohico
Zugna
Val Concei
Caproni
Kaisers Discuss Drive Against Italy Imminent
Washington reports an imminent Austrian offensive against Kay discussed by the two Kaisers at a recent meeting. Italian cables to the embassy say Ferero, head of Italian forces in Albania, received the Grand Officer of the Savoy. Albricci, commander on the western front, was made Commander of the Savoy order.
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Italy
Washington
Kay
Ferero
Albania
Order of Savoy
Albricci
Savoy
Praise For U. S. Fighters In Paris Speech
Paris August 19 The French finance minister M Klotz praised American fighters calling them masters of fighting and praising their moral support and material aid He added that President Wilson embodies justice like Lafayette in his era.
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U. S
Paris
M. Klotz
General Council
Somme
Wilson
Lafayette
Norwegian Bark Nordhav Torpedoed Near Cape Cod
The Norwegian bark Nordhav was sunk by a submarine 120 miles northeast of Cape Cod at noon Saturday. The crew of 26 was landed and picked up by two naval vessels, according to the Navy Department.
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Washington
Nordhav
Cape Cod
Mass
Navy Department
Marine and steel stocks lead Hartford market rally
An active opening in New York and Hartford trading centers saw marine preferred rising from 101 1 4 to 102 with continued gains as management-linked buyers entered. Common stock climbed to 27 3 8, steel issues slipped early then firmed, and rail stocks showed modest gains. Liberty 3 1 2c hit a new high as Canadian Pacific and Baldwin Locomotive posted notable advances.
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New York
Marine Preferred
Baldwin
Union Pacific
New Haven
American Telephone & Telegraph
American Sumatra
General Motors
Liberty
Thearket
Canadian Pacific
Steel
General Oeee
Suffragette and Suffragist Duet Turning Against Mockers
A manifesto style verse by John O’Keefe from the New York World, laments suffrage foes and urges public attention. The speaker mocks slights against the suffrage movement while pledging to persist through scorn and noise to advance women’s rights.
Two men hurt as freight cars derail into embankment
Putnam Aug 19 two men were injured when three runaway freight cars crashed into a train and plunged down a fifty foot embankment. Brakeman James McGill and another man were taken to a hospital after their wounds were dressed. Both men live in West Medway Massachusetts.
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Putnam
James McGill
West Medway
Mass
Baker outlines draft age classes under new war bill
Secretary Baker testified before the House on a manpower bill, proposing separate classifications for 18 to 19 year olds after older cohorts are exhausted. He discussed divisions to France, a flexible maximum of 98 divisions, and potential deferments for certain married men, urging mixed aging among classes.
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Washington
Baker
House Military Affairs Mittee
France
Locals Lose To New Britain In Close Game
The Russell Co. team fell 15 to 3 to New Britain men after strong pitching by Krauth and Spinney. Beagley and Lacey provided key hits while Sturtevant closed the outing after Wi struggled early. New Britain looks to return later in the season as Deep River prep and Bristol road games loom.
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New Britain
Omo
Russell Co
Omo Mfg. Co
Sturtevant
Mill Hollow
Krauth
Whic
Lacey
Beagley
Annex
Russell
Bristol
Deep River
Kid Marvin
Cy Tracy
Births at Middlesex Hospital Newborns Named
Kay of Menta Piston and Mr. and Mrs. William M. MacDonald welcomed a daughter at Middlesex Hospital. Martha Louise born Saturday evening to Private and Mrs. A. Hanson. Private H stationed at Camp Devens. Both mother and child are reported doing nicely.
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Kay
Menta Piston
Middlesex Sb
William M. MacDonald
Erin Street
Martha Louise
A. Hanson
Middlesex Hospital
Camp Devens
Clearing House Statement from New York Aug
Clearing House report from New York shows sub-treasury credit figures totaling 792 922 and 391 194 734 with 45 895 206 in related balances. The document lists substantial credits and balances across multiple accounts, reflecting complex financial activity.
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Clearing House
New York
Oe House
Sub-treasury Credit
Ances
Classified Advertisements Summary
FOR SALE New milch cow with her calf. Apply Henry Stemmier, Portland. FOR SALE Haynes roadster in fair condition. Apply 100 Berlin Street. FOR SALE Seven excep tice six weeks old pigs $10 each Frick Higganum. FOR SALE Two single beds. Apply 624 North High St. Tel. 168. TO RENT Large store at 130 Main. Apply Schaefer's Bros. HELP WANTED One man for clerk. Apply Ler Co. HELP WANTED Two boys or two men for duties. SITUATION WANTED With a few hours work. HOUSEWORK, press. WANTED Five or six a.m. workers. Modern improvements by fellow at een he.
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Portland
Haynes
Berlin’ S
R. PF
North High St
Lerge
Main 6
Schaefer's Bros
Ler Co
Fel
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