World News Roundup From The War Front And Domestic Affairs
Major wartime and domestic items include orders for thirty thousand box and coal cars valued at eighty to ninety million dollars placed by McAdoo with American Car and Foundry. Details cover espionage, claims of German spying, indictments in the Prager lynching case, and new U S military service regulations for men turning twenty one since June.
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McAdoo
American Car and Foundry Company
Helmuth Schmidt
Detroit
Mich
New York Harbor
Adele Ulrich Braund
Schwidt
Lakewood
N. J
Emile Braun
United States
Viscount Ishii
Washington
Robert Paul Prager
Collinsville
Germany
Army
John D. Ryan
William L. Kenley
Lima
Ohio
Lake Erie
Western
Kemmel Hill
Ypres Salient
France
Ypres
Armentieres
Wytschaete
Delma Radcliffe
War Office
F. B. Maurice
Congress
Wilson
Frankfurter Zeitung
Schulze
Reichstag
War Department
Baker
Publc
Our War Work Amazes Britons
British correspondents at the front hail American fighters and massive prep. They say Uncle Sam is in the war to win, providing the energy, men, and money to aid Allied efforts. Reports from front lines describe quick learning, fierce courage, and growing American strength, with aircraft and ordnance bases expanding U. S. contribution to the war.
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London
Great Britain
Uncle Sam
England
America
Germany
Russia
United States
Mississippi River
France
Robbed on way to draft board walks in to Conway
Ben Hyatt, drafted man from Norfolk, was en route to Conway Arkansas for his examination when he was robbed of his ticket and money. He pressed on walking to report to the selective service board and informed the postmaster he might arrive a few days late. He eventually reached Conway.
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Conway, Ark
Ben Hyatt
Norfolk
Selective Service Board
Conway
Ark
7000 Miles to Join the Army
Mining engineer Joseph R. Guiteras traveled 7000 miles seeking to enlist in the US army. Draft Inspector Martin Conboy provided a letter of introduction to Camp Meade. Guiteras, Columbia School of Mines class of 1911, had worked for Braden Copper in the Andes and sought to join as a professional. His father, Daniel N. Guiteras, registered him in Denver after embassy efforts in Valparaiso failed. His brother Julian G. Guiteras accompanied the expeditionary forces to France.
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United States Army
Joseph R. Guiteras
Martin Conboy
New York
America
Germany
United States
Valparaiso
Chile
Daniel N. Guiteras
Navy
Denver
Colo
Julian G. Guiteras
France
States
Negro Girl Bellhops in St Louis Hotels
For the first time in history hotels in St Louis are employing negro girl elevator operators and bellhops. This development marks a milestone in local labor and civil rights progress as hotels diversify staff roles traditionally held by white workers.
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St. Louis
Permanent farm labor problem and housing needed
The United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to offer better housing, fair wages, and privileges to attract permanent farm labor. The note warns war-time shortages push reliance on volunteers and seasonal help, while skilled, family men seek comparable living conditions to stay on farms long term.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Texas
Shanghai Gazette: China Turned Over to Japan Says Paper
The Shanghai Gazette asserts the Chinese government has virtually ceded control to Japan following new demands far harsher than the 21 Demands. It claims Chinese forces in Siberia would be commanded by Japanese officers, and Japan would control arsenals docks and mines, with special privileges in Mongolia and Manchuria.
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Shanghai
Majo
Shanghai Gazette
Eugeng Chen
Japan
Ty. Gazette
Peking
Siberia
Ching
Manchuria
China
Mongolia
Railroad Head Edenborn Arrested Under Espionage Act
William Edenborn president of Louisiana Railway and Navigation Co. was arrested near Shrewsbury Louisiana by Justice Department officials on an affidavit charging violation of Section 3 of the Espionage Act. Edenborn, founder of American Steel and Wire Co., aged 70, hailed as “father of wire industry,” was taken from an L A N train as federal authorities withheld details of custody.
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New Orleans
William Edenbor
Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co
Department of Justice
Shrewsbury
Eidenborn
Nicholas Callan
Edenborn
Louisiana Divisio
National Security League
American Steel & Wire Co
United States Steel Corporation
America
United States
Westphalia
Prussia
Louisiana
Empress Zita's Mother Ordered Out of Austria
Paris dispatch reports Princess Marie Antoinette, mother of Empress Zita, ordered to leave Austria within 24 hours and not return until the war ends. Empress Zita blamed the pro German party in her husband’s empire for Charles’ fate, with Prince Sixtus of Bourbon mentioned as brother in law.
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Paris
Marie Antoinette
Zita
Austria
Genet
Empire
Peror Charles
Prince Sixtus of Bourbon
Violent bombardments on the French region report
A war bulletin notes violent bombardments from Villers-Bretonneux toward Paris and along the western front. In the Eastern theater April activity was weak with heavy artillery focusing destruction near Monastir and Cerna, while the rest of the front saw limited shelling.
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Paris
Villers-Bretonneux
Tiver
Lg Monastir
Cerna
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Southland
Bulgaria
Turkey
King
Utah
Shipping Board
General Pershing
American Line
St. Paul
Atlantic
Europe
Pershing
Toul
Kaiser Wilhelm
Zeebrugge
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Hague
Berlin
Holland
Ostend
Zeebruge
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Ministry of Munitions
Flanders
Aveluy Wood
Albert
Cork
Ireland
Andrew Bonar Law
Peddler
Tokio
P. Waggener
Atchison, Kan
Baille P. Weser
The
Missour Pacific Railway Company
Ite Legal Derment
Willis
Atchison
Gener
Kansas
Empress Zita
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