World Happenings Roundup From The Global Front
A condensed record notes Jeff Davis III birthday observances in the South, a Savannah shark attack endangering a mayor’s son, and a string of tornadoes across Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri. It reports Defense contracts for 3.45 million pairs of shoes, Fort McPherson expansion, legal cases in Tennessee and Virginia, and political shifts in Russia Germany Spain and Brazil.
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Jeff Davis
Wallace J. Pierpont, Jr
Savannah
Calibouga Sound
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Army
Navy
National Defense Council
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Rush Strong
Sam B. Luttrell, Jr
Luttrell
Strong
Knoxville
Tenn
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Mineola
N. Y
Virginia
Richmond
Maryland
West Virginia
Mineral Point
Eye
Fred Harper
Berlin
Wis
Carter County
American Firms Win Contracts For France Aviation Field
Contracts awarded to a U.S. firm finance a two squadron aviation field in France for final pre front training. The Pekin dispatch notes eleven Chinese provinces reject the central government and the president is said to be powerless. Elihu Root led a U.S. commission to Russia safely landing at a port. Congress moves toward popular price moving pictures with 10 and 15 cent rates. Miss Rankin pushes women in the food survey, likely all staff to face military duty after completion. Secretary Houston forecasts June food resource estimates. House passes food survey bill for 14.77 million dollars. Senate debates similar measure. Toledo reports riot linked to draft proposition.
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France
Pekin
Russia
Elihu Root
Congress
Miss Rankin
Montana
Department of Agriculture
Houston
House
Senate
Toledo
Ohio
Mail to Germany Reveals Spy Mail System Link to German Fleet
New York reports unearthed evidence of two wireless installations shipped to Mexico for a German spy network in the United States. Three men, Harry F. Perissi Irving Bonaparts and Axel E Melcher, face charges of conspiring to send military mail to Germany via Norwegian ship crews. Investigators note alleged bidirectional mail links among United States Germany and Mexico. The case hinges on hundreds of letters in English German and Spanish, with some coded, being translated to uncover further suspects.
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New York
Mexico
United States
Germany
England
Harry F. Perissi
Irving Bonaparts
Axel E. Melcher
Sweden
Prohibition Whiskey Tax Proposed Amid War Measures
Senate finance committee backs new war time tax on whiskey and spirits. A $20 per bushel tax on grain and a $5 per gallon rise on molasses and substitutes would curb production. Export permits limited to wartime needs and import bans extended to territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
House
Simmons
Germany
Porto Rico
Philippines
Aviatrix Promotes Liberty Bonds Flight Over Cleveland
Ruth Law, aviatrix, circled Cleveland dropping liberty loan literature from 5000 feet. She started at Nela Park East Cleveland and planned another flight, weather permitting, as thousands watched along the lake front.
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Cleveland
Ruth Law
Aviatriz
Nela Park
Lake Front
Federal campaign to train 10000 merchant marine officers
Washington A campaign to recruit and train 10 000 men to officer the ships of the new American merchant marine was announced by the Federal Shipping Board and the Department of Commerce. Henry Howard of Boston is appointed director with offices in the Boston customs house. The first nautical training school under Government direction was opened near Boston. Fourteen similar schools will be established along the Atlantic.
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Washington
Federal Shipping Board
Department of Commerce
Henry Howard
Boston
Boston Customs House
Atlantic
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America
Wilson
Arlington National Cemetery
Presidio
Texas
Francisco Villa
Villa
Rio Grande
Ojinaga
Petrograd
Baron Rosen
Council of the Empire
Dyen
United States Line
Kroonland
Kronstadt
Russian Empire
Kronsadt
Stockholm
International Socialistic Conference
Belgium
Spain
Barcelona
Great Britain
Food Economy Board
Rosario
Bilboa
Switzerland
London
Brazil
Gulf of Triest
Triest
Gorizia
Plava
Vodice
Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
OPY System
Aviatrix
Merchant Marine
Fort Slocum
John J. Pershing
Rogers
Charlestown Navy Yard
Massachusetts Naval Militia
THE
American Red Cross
Red Cross
British Labor Commission
Peerh
Georgia
Charlestown
Mass.) Navy Yard
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