Lufbery Honored With Chinese Medal and Military Honors
Paris reports Victor Raoul Givas Lufbery premier aviator of the Lafayette Escadrille credited with destroying ten German airplanes and actually shooting down sixteen. He is entitled to wear another medal besides the Legion dIhonneur, the Militaire Croix de feux. The Chinese medal grants eight government paid servants. Lufbery recalls not wearing it during the war. He previously lived in Wallingford, Connecticut, with family ties in France and began as a mechanic before joining the American escadrille and being brevetted a sergeant pilot after his flight demonstrations.
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Lafayette
Escadrille
Paris
Victor Raoul Givas Lufbery
Lafayette Escadrille
Legion Dhronneur
Mednith Militaire
Indo-China
China
Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
Woman Rescued From Mine Shaft After Garden Collapse
Mrs. Theodore Barton of 1107 Hampton street fell eighteen feet into an old mine workings when the earth settled under her while pulling weeds. Neighbors responded and, with rope and ladder, rescued her unharmed.
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Scranton, Pa
Theodore Barton
Hampton Street
Even Squirrels Feel High Cost of Living
In Altoona Pennsylvania squirrels raid a Lakemont Park peanut stand as a clever thief drops from a tree to steal provisions. The stand owner watches and follows the thief to a tree where a hidden cache of peanuts is found stored for winter.
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Altoona
Herbert C. Hoover
Lakemont Park
Whitman Urges Sacrifices to Aid Allies in War Effort
Governor Whitman calls extraordinary New York session to authorize a state food commission with broad powers to study production and storage, prevent food hoarding, seize and distribute food if needed, and report to federal authorities while opposing price controls as a federal function. The plan seeks to support England France Italy and Russia with food and asks for strong enforcement during wartime.
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Whitman
Albany
New York
Congress
England
France
Italy
Russia
World War I Timeline of Declared Wars and Severed Relations
A chronological sequence of 1914 to 1917 declarations of war and severed diplomatic relations. Key events include Germany declaring war on multiple nations, Austria and Bulgaria entering conflicts, Italy's shifts, Britain and others entering hostilities, and various countries severing ties with Germany or other states. The list shows rapid escalations and diplomatic breakages across Europe, the Americas, and Asia during the war period.
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Germany
Portugal
Austria
Italy
Rumania
Turkey
Bulgaria
Venizelists
China
America
Cuba
United States
Panama
Brazil
Bolivia
Gauatemala
Liberia
Camp Sherman Rises in Cantonment Progress At Chillicothe
Cantonment at Camp Sherman in Chillicothe Ohio ranks third in progress among 16 cantonments as war department reports. Labor and housing constraints caused delays but arrangements to bunk 1,700 more men will raise capacity to 2,900. Army officers and contractors expect fewer shifts needed and faster completion.
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Chillicothe
Sherman
Dabnen
Bentley
Camp Sherman
Army
Satan Dead as Petrified Remains Unearthed
In Washington Pennsylvania on August 1 a petrified figure described with horns a spike tail and cloven hooves was unearthed along Big Wheeling Creek near West Alexander. The stone form is now at Elm Grove West Virginia and will be viewed by noted scientists.
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Washington
Satan
Elm Grove
W. Va
Big Wheeling Creek
West Alexander
Train Kills Driver and Horses in Maryland
Hagerstown Maryland August 1 Charles Cottrill 48 Kemp Mills was killed when a Western Maryland passenger train struck his two horse team and wagon. The horses were killed and the wagon demolished. Cottrill worked at a feed mill.
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Hagerstown
Charles Cottrill
Kemp Mills
Maryland
Cottrill
Victor Colorado Gold Output and Dividends Report
Output from the Cipple Creek district shows 87 147 tons with gross bullion value 1 118 000 dollars and an average value per ton 12 64 dollars. Dividends totaled 317 509 dollars spread across several mining companies including Port and Gold Mining Sugwou Viddicator Granite and Golden Cycle.
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Victor
Colo
Cipple Creek
Essoh
Port‘and Gold Mining Company
Sugwou
Viddicator Gold Mining Company
Granite Gold Mining Company
Tescon
Army Staff Reorganization Bill Aims For War Effort
Washington August 2. A bill by Chairman Dent of the house military committee outlines a reorganization of the army general staff for the coming war. It calls for two assistant chiefs of staff, subordination of the war college to the chief of staff, the chief ranking all officers, presidential fixing of quartermaster and ordnance strengths, and placing coast artillery under a chief who becomes an extra general staff member.
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Washington
Army General Staff
Dent
House Military Committee
War College
Quartermaster
Ordnance
Coast Artillery
Illinois council calls drastic action to curb coal prices
Chicago August 2. The Illinois state council of defense received a report from its council committee after meetings with coal mine operators. The panel says there is no excuse for current coal prices in Illinois, noting a rise from 1.35 a ton last year to 3 to 3.50 now while wages rose only 2 percent per ton. The committee cites a $2.15 per ton price jump between July 1916 and mid 1917 as unexplained.
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Chicago
Illinois State Council of Defense
Illinois
Girls to Train for Farm Work on Estate Squad Method
A group of about 16 year old girls will receive intensive farming training at an estate near Gien Ardens. They will form squads with captains, wear overalls and straw hats, work four days a week seven hours daily, and be transported by autos from their homes to the estate for summer farm hands work.
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Anton, O
Mr Wills
Ieve
Gien Ardens
Ver dun nurse move stirs Vineland crowd for war funds
In Vineland New Jersey Miss Isabel Vasquet a French nurse described gas and liquid fire at Ver dun drawing a record crowd of 1300. After two sweltering hours the town presented her with 150 to buy wool socks for the army next winter. Quentin Roosevelt sails for France from New York at age 20 with the aviation corps and is promoted to first lieutenant.
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Vineland
N. J
Isabel Vasquet
Verdun
Quentin Roosevelt
France
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin
Lumber For Camps Ready Against Army Delay Reports
Washington July 26 The defence council Lumber committee announces that 160000000 feet or 60 percent of the total lumber needed for 16 cantonments has already been shipped to meet army construction.
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Washington
National Army
Defence Council
Republicans Aid President’s Bill in Conference Move
Washington July 26. The administration food control bill was sent to conference with blanket instructions to disagree to all senate amendments. The conferrees will hold their first meeting today.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
Cuba Returns Five German Ships Seized by Cuba
Cuba has handed over five German merchant ships seized in Cuban ports after Cuba declared war on Germany. The ships will be prepared for repair and operation by the United States.
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Cuba
Washington
United States
Cuban
Germany
Launch of the cruiser Annita at Philadelphia yard
The Annita, built for Francis J. Hill, was launched at a local Philadelphia shipyard. Rose Hill, the six year old granddaughter of Hill, broke the wine bottle on the bow to bless the cruiser.
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Annita
Cape May
Francis J. Hill
Philadelphia
Rose Hill
May Admit Foreign Ships Bill Introduced in House
Washington August 2 A bill to empower the president to permit vessels of foreign register to engage in coastwise trade during the war was introduced by Chairman Alexander of the house merchant marine committee.
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Washington
Slexander
House Merchant Marine Committee
Heney Arrives in Washington for Food Investigation
Francis Jr Heney of San Francisco arrived in Washington to take charge of the federal trade commission food investigation.
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Heney
Washington
Francis Jr. Heney
San Francisco
Federal
Tr Ds Commission
To Tip or Not to Tip Sign in Kansas City Eatery
A Kansas City restaurant displays a sign reading We pay the waiter a living wage. If you want to buy him an automobile, go to it. The provocative message invites tipping questions and reflects wage philosophies in service industry.
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Kansas City
Observation of United States Weather Bureau Report
Weather bureau observations recorded at 8 p m yesterday note atmospheric conditions and variables. Data include temperature, wind direction and speed, humidity, and barometric pressure readings for regional stations.
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United States Weather Bureau
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