Wilson Rejects Pope Benedicts Peace Plan In Note
President Wilson rejects Pope Benedict XVs peace proposal saying it would be folly to adopt a plan that does not guarantee a durable peace. He argues German rulers cannot be trusted to honor such terms and calls for a just, lasting settlement based on the will of the peoples.
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Vatican
Washington
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Benedictus XV
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Poland
Belgium
Col. Roosevelt
Europe
Baron Moncheur
Oyster Bay
Red Cross to Send Milk Cans to Serbian Military Hospitals
The Red Cross plans to ship 48 009 cans of condensed milk to Serbian military hospitals in Macedonia. Dr Ryan notes severe shortages as cattle were killed in fighting, delaying soldier recovery. A Red Cross commission led by C A Severance of Minneapolis heads to Serbia with a $200 000 relief fund for refugees behind allied lines in Macedonia and around Mopastir.
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K & War Co
Macedonia
Ryan
Red Cross
C. A. Severance
Minneapolis
Serbia
Mopastir
Italians, Brits, and Russians in warfront updates
Bad weather again halts British and French fronts in Flanders and northern France while fighting subsides elsewhere. Germans stop counterattacks near Verdun as both sides trench up. Austrians repulse Italian gains on the Grizja plateau and defend new ground. Russian-Teutonic actions shift near Novoselya and in lower Moldavia, with limited Baltic operations.
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Novoselya
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Fokshani
von Mackensen
Russia
Riga
Baltic
Germany Arraigned as War Aims Questioned by U S
Secretary of State Robert Lansing declares the United States cannot trust German rulers and urges peace only on the basis of the sovereign will of the German people. He argues any settlement must reflect rights of all nations and avoid revenge or imperial domination.
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Russia
Mhris
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Germany
Trobert Tansing
United States of America
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Ask for 3 500 Exemptions Midvale Steel Seeks Navy Guns Jobs
Harry D Booth of Midvale Steel testified before district appeal board No 2 seeking exemption of 3 500 workers from the army to maintain a 12 000 strong payroll. He outlined the government plan to build 150 torpedo boats and noted the plant produces armor plate naval guns shells forgings and artillery tools for destroyers supply ships and transports.
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Philadelphia
Harry D Booth
District Appeal Board No. 2
National Army
Booth
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United
Dry federation pledges work for liquor workers if Chicago votes dry
Chicago leaders of the Dry federation say they will place anyone dependent on the liquor business in Chicago in work if the city votes dry at the next election. Rev. Phillip Yarrow, superintendent, urged immediate employment for anyone willing to quit the business before the election next year.
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Chicago
Chicago Dry Federation
Phillip Yarrow
Enlisted fire will get commissions
Washington reports enlisted men from the national army national guard and regular army will have chance to qualify for commissions after officer training camps. Government policy restricts civil life officers. officers will be drawn from ranks and an officers school will be set at each divisional training camp with staff from French and British forces.
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National Army
National Guard
Regular Army
t @ gehools
Patriot bride supports husband’s war exemption bid
In New York on Aug 29, Mrs Reon Lea Bowen, a former stenographer married to an architect, declared her readiness to work if needed as her husband sought exemption on the grounds she depended on him. Exemption officials including Charles Highss reviewed the case amid her surprise at his bid.
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Angel
Italy
United States
Mme
Mazzuchi
Rheims
New York
Charles Highss
Leo
New Tin Piste Shop to Open Mill in Libor Asia
Local production plant plans a Monday opening as workers are recruited. The company manufactures plates and has operated year round this summer, skipping the usual shutdown for repairs.
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Tin Piste Fn
Libor
Hatrigburg
Asia
Tdoe Lalance Grou Peat Manufacturing Company
Hog cholera outbreak hits Medina County farms
Hog cholera has broken out near Weymouth Medina County with about twenty dead hogs across six farms. The state veterinary department surveyed the area and arranged vaccination to protect healthy hogs in the community.
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Ohio County
Medina
Weymouth
Medina County
State Veterinary Department
Senate moves to raise war profits tax amid tax bill debate
Washington Aug 29 Senate finance leaders draft amendments to lift the war profits levy from 26 to about 33 1 3 percent aiming to boost revenue from 562 million to about 850 million. La Follette proposes eight amendments to take 48 to 76 percent of profits if adopted. Hardwick and McKellar push changes to publishers and mail taxes as debate continues.
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Senate
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California
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Tennessee
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Harvard Alumni Catalog Details War Service Deaths
A Harvard Alumni listing compiled in Canfridge Massachusetts notes about 5400 war service entries among alumni. The catalogue records work from entry into war to relief medical diplomatic and active foreign service. Nearly every page marks deaths in action with an asterisk.
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Maas
Harvard
Eysterin
Gunner Killed at Practice in Oklahoma Camp
Corporal Charles F. Hummel, 22, of Medicine Lake Missouri was killed at Camp Doniphan Fort Still Oklahoma when a shell exploded prematurely at a Battery B Fourteenth field artillery practice. He was decapitated by the blast and death occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Fort Still
Okla
Charles F. Hummell
Medicine Lake
Fourteenth Field Artillery
Hummel
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