Dancing at Miss Willoughby's Tea Party Intrigue unfolds
Georgy Wagstaff grills Miss Ethel Willoughby about a hidden past while Henry Streetman arrives, igniting tension over romance and social norms in a late afternoon London drawing room. Ethel conceals danger as Georgy flouts conventions and Brewster, the butler, ushers in Streetman.
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Georgy Wagstaff
Miss Ethel Willoughby
Georgy
Sir George Wagstaff
British Admiralty
Miss Willoughby
Brewster
Ethel
Thames
Ethel Willoughby
Wagstaffs
Fortune
Sir George
George
Brighton
Hugh Middleton
Paris
Henry Streetman
Mr. Middleton
Wagstaff
Miss Georgy
Jane Austen
Mrs. Gaskell
Times
Rowdy
Mr. Streetman
Mystery in the Mansion as Streetman Hints Navy Papers
Henry Streetman learns Sir George Wagstaff's desk holds no navy papers. The butler Brewster Roeder, under Streetman’s dual German-English demeanor, searches desks and offices seeking missing naval documents amid tense relations with Georgy and Willoughby.
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Streetman
Miss Willoughby
Roeder
Mein
Sir George
Brewster
Navy
Henry Streetman
Secret Agents Plot in English Manor Hoard
Streetman and his German spy Roeder scheme inside Sir George Wagstaff's house to locate the English fleet's destination. They plan to report to headquarters while Miss Willoughby is kept unaware as the operation unfolds. The dialogue hints at looming war and a German plot to seize strategic naval information.
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Admiralty
Spithead
Roeder
Wilhelmstrasse
Brewster
Miss Willoughby
Streetman
Secret Service
George Wagstaff
Sir George
His Majesty’s Navy
Mein
Germany
City
4225
Ethel Willoughby
Henry Streetman
Herr Roeder
Beans to Fight Bullets Scouts Boost Bean Production Across America
The Boy Scouts of America join with the Washington agriculture department to drive a nationwide bean campaign for soldiers in Europe. Hoover endorses bean production as essential, with thousands of gardens and 200 to 300 acres under cultivation. Roosevelt backs the effort as a wartime food drive. Albany scouts mobilize for city hall recruitment within minutes of orders.
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Boy Scouts of America
Agricultural Department
Washington
France
Herbert C. Hoover
Council of National Defense
Europe
Hoover
James E. West
B. T. Galloway
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Galloway
H. C. Benson
Department of Agriculture
Hal B. Fullerton
Long Island Railroad
Boy Scouts
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. West
Albany
N. Y
Suspicion Falls on Streetman in Wagstaff Case
A rumor hints that young Georgy Wagstaff distrusts Streetman, watching him and the butler closely. The instinctive suspicion fuels a growing tension as Georgy probes their movements and motives.
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Georgy Wagstaff
Boy Refuses to Lend Handkerchief to Stranger
In a crowded car a lad sniffed loudly provoking a haughty woman who asks for a handkerchief. The boy replies with dignity that he has one but will not lend it to strangers.
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London Chronicle
Prohibition Provisions Added to Food Control Bill
The House approved a food control measure with broad powers to curb feed, fuel, and staple foods for war needs and to enforce a $152,500,000 appropriation. Prohibition amendments aim to bar use of foodstuffs for alcohol and authorize the President to seize liquor stocks during war. Party lines were clear with Republicans and conservative Democrats voting against. Reconsideration fights loom as final debate nears.
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Washington
House
McLemore
Slayden and Yo
Texas
Missouri
Ward
New York
Iy House
Millions Enlist as U.S. War Mobilization Grows
Washington reports more than half a million volunteers in three months with total armed strength between 700 000 and 800 000 across Army Navy and National Guard. Rapid expansion aims for near one million enlisted for a new national army by June 5. Marine Corps and Navy manpower also rise toward France under Pershing and Sims.
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Washington
Navy
Army
National Sul
National Guard
Marine Corps
General Pershing
France
Pershing names Murphy to lead Red Cross mission in Europe
General Pershing announces Major Murphy will head the American Red Cross mission in Europe. The move aims to coordinate Red Cross staff in France and maximize aid to both American and French forces.
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Paris
Pershing
M. P. Murphy
Amen Red Cross
Europe
Oy Ber
Murphy
American Red Cross
France
Amet
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National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Alamo
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Dry Victory
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