World War War Measure Roundup in 1917 Headlines
Post office rules tighten exemptions for postal workers from military service. Emergency Fleet Corp orders vessels over 2500 tons, with double shifts in yards. Oklahoma reports clashes near Holdenville and Ada, with deaths and injuries among draft objectors. Ulterior political and military fallout features in U S and Europe as authorities, leaders, and nations respond to the draft and war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Oklahoma
Holdenville
Okla
Ed Blaylock
Jack Paige
John L. de Saulles
United States
Uruguay
Roslyn
L. L
Blanquitta Errazuriz
Santiago
Chile
Kitchin
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Ada
Williams
Oklahoma City
Butte
Mont
Frank Little
L W. W
Sam
Little
America
F. A. Youmans
Fort Smith
Ark
New York
New Orleans
Allies Drive in Flanders Heralds Hope of Submarine Bases Rejected
After twenty days of heavy artillery, Anglo-French forces advanced twenty miles in Flanders capturing eleven towns and over 5,000 prisoners. Despite German counterattacks and rain, Haig and Petain telegraphed congratulations while the Kaiser urged renewed effort. The drive aimed to reach the Dutch border, threaten submarine bases, and possibly lure Holland into alliance. Russian and Roumanian fronts show mixed fighting. Kerensky reshapes military discipline as spy networks are crushed. Submarine detector plans and food control legislation dominate U.S. agenda as exemption boards intensify drafts and wartime production.
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Germany
Austria
Serbia
Belgrade
Washington
Flanders
Dixmude
Ypres
Warneton
Teutons
Belgium
Aisne
Hurtebise
Cerny
Lloyd George
Queen’s Hall
London
England
Premier George
Great Britain
Baker
United States
Tadieu
France
Kerensky
Petrograd
Russia
Tarnopol
M. Terestchenko
Erdelli
Zbrodz
Dniester
Pruth
Bukowina
Black Sea
Odessa
Senate
House
Smith
Georgia
Hardwick
Admiral Capps
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Paris
State Department
Edward W. Pickard
Yser
Prince Ruprecht
Haig
Petain
Kaiser
Ruprecht
Brussels
West Front
Rhine
Holland
Galicia
Lenine
Finland
Sweden
Hindenburg
Brussiloff
Korniloff
Bennett
Michaelis
Ludendorff
Ribot
Czernin
Vienna
America
Berlin
Jellico
Daniels
American Navy Department
Department
Grant
British Admiralty
New Army Training Control Shifts From Chiefs to Division Officers
An order from the War Department relieves Maj Gen Leonard Wood and other department commanders of training duties. Division commanders will oversee training at camps as troops arrive, reducing department headquarters to supply and storage roles. Generals Bell, Barry, Parker and other senior officers lose supervision of camp discipline and regulations in favor of division officers.
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Marne
Liggett
Merchant Marine
New Bedford
Mass
South
Ge. Leonard Wood
Department of the Southeast
United States Army
Germany
War Department
Wood
Bell
Barry
Parker
Regular Army
Government Moves to Punish Oklahoma Draft Rioters
United States authorities in Oklahoma move swiftly against about 200 men linked to anti draft activity. Warrants charging treason were served as prisoners were moved to McAlester and Muskogee awaiting trial, with death penalty requests anticipated. Posses report isolated groups still resisting in Seminole Hughes and Pottawatomie counties amid dynamite seizures and ongoing clashes that have killed two objectors and a traveler and injured others.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
United States
McAlester
Muskogee
McGinnis
Seminole County
Record Money in Circulation Reaches New Peak
The treasury reports U S currency in circulation hit a fresh high on August 1 totaling 4 852 084 469 dollars, up about 23 percent in a year. Including all forms of money except treasury holdings, the total would rise to 5 513 392 894 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
Four Men Sentenced for Failing to Register in Draft Case
Hartford, Conn four men from various parts of the state were found guilty in federal court for failing to register on June 6 for the selective draft. They received jail terms, with Anthony Grasnitski of Bristol given six months after stating he would rather be jailed than fight the United States.
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Hartford
Conn
Anthony Grasnitski
Bristol
United States
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Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
House of Representatives
Tom Hardwick
Hoke Smith
Congress
Congressional War Expenditure Committee
Food Control Board
McCumn
New War Industries Board
Frank A. Scott
Bernard Baruch
Scott
Reorganized Shipping Board
Norway
Denmark
Shipping Board
Wilson
Japan
Crowder
Bisbee
Butte, Mont
General Wood
Uncle Sam
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