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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
2
Round up of world events covers deportation of Kansas City strike breakers, draft mobilization plans, price policies, and military reorganizations. Notes on fights near Kennesaw Mountain, Allied war aims, and shipments sunk by German submarines. Also reports European battles, air raids, and political shifts abroad.
The Senate approved the food control and food survey bills, empowering the president over food and fuel with combat against profiteering. A record corn crop is forecast, with August yields seen at 3.191 billion bushels. Crowder announces National Army mobilization and callers set for early September. Germany, Russia, and Allied fronts are tracked with Root praising Russia’s Kerensky coalition and Western Front actions.
Washington reports the Army will mobilize the draft in three payments beginning September 5 with 12 000 men per cantonment to reach camps by September 6. Examinations will determine acceptance or rejection, and temporary quarters and rations will be provided during processing. A supplemental ruling bars discharge solely due to dependents abroad.
The car service commission of the railway war board orders immediate redistribution of about 21 000 empty cars across lines in the south, middle west and southwest to handle grain food and munitions traffic. Over 100 000 empty cars moved in two months, with Pennsylvania system supplying two thirds. More than 50 cars to Southeastern roads to protect crops and support lumber and shipbuilding needs for army cantonments and shipyards.
Seventeen people were killed and about twenty injured when two Shore Line Electric Railway trolley cars collided near a station in North Bradford Connecticut. Both cars were heavily damaged, twisted, and held together by the force of the crash. a large number of passengers were aboard and casualties were heavy.
A report from Amsterdam says a Franco entente air strike over Frankfurt am Main dropped bombs on crowded streets. Four people were killed and several others wounded. hospital updates indicate only minor injuries.
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