Washington Post Subscription Rates and Notices 1918
The Washington Post announces subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery, editors and offices in Washington D C, notice to subscribers to update addresses, renewal reminders, and instructions to prepaid payments. Includes date Monday August 5 1918 and subscription terms for daily and Sunday editions both mail and carrier.
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Alexandria
Washington Post Co
Washington,d. C
Edward B. McLean
D. C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Jers Loulding
Chicago
Little Building
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
Post
Rescue of Russia and Czech Slovak aid in Siberia
A movement led by Bohemians in Russia aims to restore Russian sovereignty with American and Japanese support. Wilson endorses aid to the Czecho-Slovaks aiding Russians against bolsheviks, Germans, and Austro-Hungarian forces, while pledging sovereignty and no interference. The piece lauds the Czecho-Slovak army, calls for Bohemia to be free, and foresees bolshevik downfall.
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United States
Japan
Siberia
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Hapsburg
Wilson
State Department
Friends of Freedom
America
Vladivostok
Hapsburg Empire
Bohemia
Austria
France
Italy
Telegraph Squabble Calls for War Board Ruling
Government takes control of telegraph lines but urges Western Union and Commercial Telegraphers Union to uphold patriotic duties. With a looming strike, Postmaster General Burleson expected to outline policy. War labor board arbitration seen as likely solution to curb disruption and protect national efficiency.
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Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Atlanta
Burleson
Western Union Company
United States
War Labor Board For Adjustment
War Labor Board Profiles as Fair Mediator in War Efforts
A discussion praises the War Labor Board for its strong record in resolving labor disputes affecting war production. It notes awards by the board are generally satisfactory, free from political influence, and aimed at national interests over individual gains. The Western Union telegraphers dispute is cited as needing this approach to avoid interruptions.
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Dence
Ifie War Labor Board
Western Union
Extending the Draft Ages to Forty Five Debate
The War Department proposes extending draft ages 18 to 45 and argues for a universal, efficient mobilization. It envisions 18 year olds receiving military instruction before service and older men serving as a reserve of workers and potential soldiers only in dire need.
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War Department
Congress
Department
France
Lfe
Army
Navy
Coal Situation Improves Rail Coal Distribution in 1918
The coal situation shows notable rail distribution gains in the first seven months of 1918, despite mining shortfalls. July figures suggest 110,000 more coal cars loaded than July 1917, with a total 328,959 extra cars loaded this year. Production needs to grow to meet winter demand, and the rail system’s improved car availability mitigates prior shortages. The fuel administration pushes direct loading from tipples to cars to reduce losses from transfer bottlenecks. A national relief is anticipated if coal production continues to rise and consumption remains economical. The text also criticizes wartime policy debates and industrial mobilization, contrasting efficiency gains with calls for broader peace terms.
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Fuel Administration
Braybrooke gains heir at Audley End in 64th year
Lord Braybrooke, aged 63, has a son by his second wife, daughter of the late Sir George Dawson. The infant's birth at Audley End solidifies the succession to the Braybrooke peerage and entails as the next heir, with the Earls of Braybrooke lineage tracing to the Neville family. Audley End’s historic ties to Magdalene College and Pepys diary lore feature in the report.
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Lord Braybrooke
Sir George Dawson
St. Iven
Huntingdonshire
Audley End
Essex
Audrey End
James I
Audleys
Charles II
James II
Nevilles
Neville
Lord Abergavenny
Magdalene College
Cambridge
Thomas Lord Audley
Walden
Croyland
Lord Audley
Braybrooke
Samuel Pepys
Pepys
Arthur Christopher Benson
Archbishop Benson
Canterbury
Magdalene
Charles Stewart Parnell
Seek Name for U S Fliers in July Prize Contest
Plane News reports a July contest among American expeditionary force air service personnel in France for a good nickname to designate fliers and their helpers. Suggested names include Wingers Eagles Owls Wise Birds Sky Hawk Speed Boys Winged Devils Liberty Eagles Liberty Wasps Warrior Flies Grasshoppers Monkeywrench Soldiers High Fuere Atrnats Planescola and Canvasbacks. A panel of judges will choose the winning entry, with a prize of severe hundred francs.
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Plane News
Air Service
France
George F. Kearney
Three Commended for Heroism in Serantes Rescue
Secretary Daniels commends three U S naval reservists for saving lives during the Serantes disaster in New York harbor on July 13. John King Galleher of Brooklyn, Burton Emro of New Milford, and George Grady of Brooklyn are cited for seamanship, rope rescues, and bravery amid burning oil and exploding barrels aboard the burning Serantes.
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Secretary Daniels
Dodger
New York Harbor
John King Galleher
United States Naval Reserve Force
Lves
Burton Ernest Emro
George Francis Grady
Galleher
Grady
Brooklyn
Emry
New Milford
Conn
SEND HELMETS AS SOUVENIRS ON Aisne MARNE FRONT
German helmets piled along roads and fields after retreats flood American posts near the front. Soldiers and Red Cross workers collect helmets, many with bullet holes, packed in flour sacks or left unwrapped with addresses like From the Kaiser. Depots for battlefield leftovers are crowded.
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Aisne- Marne
Associated Press
United States
M. GC. A
Red Cross
Hindenburg
Would Utilize Old Horses In New York Plan
Dean Horace Hoskins of New York State Veterinary College proposes an animal engineering system to utilize excess horses unfit for work. He suggests dedicating such animals to produce food oils hides and hoofs for manufactured products, and extending the idea to other animals.
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New York
Dean W. Horacie Hoskins
New York State Veterinary College
New York University
Dean Hoskins
Kansas Farmhands Costly
In Alma Kansas on August 4 three farmers sought workers with unusual conditions. One offered $50 monthly plus use of the farmer’s car anytime. A second asked $45 with Saturdays and Sundays off and a horse and bogey. The third wanted $50 plus a car to visit his girl 20 miles away every Sunday. All three are not working.
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Alma
Kans
U S Air Fatalities Lowest Despite Accidents
U S air fatalities are reported as the lowest among nations with only one death per 3,300 hours of flight. From Sept 1, 1917, to July 20, 1918, 155 fatalities occurred in U S flying accidents across army fields, per air service officers.
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America
Ismail Kemal Bey
United States
Albania
Italy
France
Great Britain
Greece
Europe
Ismail Ley
Balkans
Essad Pasha
Wied
Rome
Paris
London
Asia Minor
Ottoman Empire
Anjou
Royal House of
Army
Air Service
No Deaf Mutes as Aviators Warned by War Dept
Propaganda claimed deaf mutes make better aviators due to immunity to dizziness. The War Department shot down the claim, noting such men cannot be used. Mineola tests showed deaf mutes were lost in space when blindfolded, while normal men followed direction tests. July enlistments reached 8,152, a record month, bringing the Marine Corps to 52,712, with New York district largest.
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War Department
Mineola
Long Island
Marine Corps
New York
Aviation Tour Arranged by American British Party
An aviation tour planned by the public information committee will visit multiple U. S. cities with Maj. K. Rhinehart commanding. Brig. Gen. Charles F. Lee heads the British aviation mission. dates may shift due to weather. Planned stops include Cincinnati August 14, Dayton 15, Columbus 16, Cleveland 17-18, Toledo 19, Detroit 20-21, Indianapolis 22-28, St. Louis 24-25, Kansas City 26-27, Des Moines 28-29, Minneapolis Saint Paul September 1-23, Milwaukee September 4, Chicago September 5-6.
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Committen
Maj
Co. EK. Rhinehart
U. S.A
Atte
Washington
Charles F. Lee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Chicago
Wheat Price Conference Sets 1919 Figure
Agricultural advisory committee meets to fix the 1919 wheat price. Officials expect no change from $2.26 due to a large crop and plans for a bigger sowing season. The President is expected to announce the 1919 price soon to reassure farmers and spur production.
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Agricultural Committee
Agricultural Advisory Committee
American Shipboard Personnel Drive for War-Time Navy
The Shipping Board aims to build an all American merchant marine with crew trained domestically. It plans to produce 3,000 trained men monthly via training vessels and an extensive recruitment through drugstores. Since the war began, new tonnage is split fifty fifty between the Shipping Board and the Navy for overseas transport use.
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America
Shipping Board
Navy
Overseas Transport Service
New Flying Field Opened in Jackson South Carolina
Emerson field at Jackson South Carolina was opened August 1 in memory of Lieut William Emerson first artillery officer killed with an American aero squadron. The field authorized May 20 1918 operates with artillery and includes planes and balloons. About 450 officers and 350 enlisted men are stationed there.
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Emerson
Air Service
Jackson
S. C
William Emerson
Field Artillery
War Department extends barred zone to ten miles
The War and Navy departments issued an order via the training camp activities commission expanding the restricted zone to ten miles around camps forts naval stations and camps from the former five miles. The change will abolish segregated districts in several large cities as camps lie within the new radius. Violators face civil penalties of up to 1000 dollars and a year in jail. military personnel face heavier penalties.
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War and Navy Departments
Commission
$100000 Fund To Fight Lynching Announced
San Antonio publishers announce a $100000 fund over five years to combat lynching and mob violence across the continental United States. A $500 reward is offered to those responsible for arrest and conviction of lynching participants when the victim is white, and $1000 when the victim is a negro, applying to both officers and private citizens.
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San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio Express
United States
Millions of firearms produced and accepted by July
The ordnance bureau announced Saturday that over 2,000,000 rifles have been produced and accepted up to July 27, including 280,000 Russian pieces. Machine gun output fluctuates with a total of 96,006 by that date, including 8,428 heavy Brownings and 14,895 light Brownings. More than 400,000 pistols and revolvers have been passed.
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Ordnance Bureau
Coal Output Declines Slightly in Week to July 27
Bituminous coal production in the United States fell about 1 percent for the week ended July 27, according to Geological Survey reports released by the Fuel Administration. The output was estimated at 12,802,000 tons, down 121,000 tons from the prior week.
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United States
Geological Survey
The
Fuel Administration
Timely Kansas political talk during capital visit
Wichita observer H W Roberts at the Hotel Washington cites Kansas voters facing autumn contests for a full state ticket, U S Senate seats, and House members. Four Republicans seek the Senate nomination with Capper and Stubbs leading. Bristow and Scott also campaigning.
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Kansas
House
Washington
United States
H. W. Roberts
Wichita
William H. Thompson
Arthur Capper
W. R. Stubbs
Joseph
Capper
Topeka
Oklahoma
Scott
Bristow
Wilson
Thompson
France
Henry J. Allen
W. Y. Morgan
Hutchinson
Allen
Bull Moose
Col. Roosevelt
Red Cross
YMC
Talks of Higher Car Fares and War-Era Finances
Prominent voices debate a proposed 1 cent streetcar fare increase amid wartime readjustments. A. H. Morton of St. Louis argues it burdens riders, while John L. Bowman of Pittsburgh praises Pennsylvania’s State Council of National Defense for efficient war support. He notes 20,000 prominent citizens backing efforts and highlights wartime food conservation at county fairs with prize adjustments for war efficiency.
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Tom Johnson
A. H. Morton
St. Louis
Ebbitt
Germany
Pennsylvania
Council of National Defense
John L. Bowman
Pittsburgh
Raleigh
Hun
Pennsylvania Council of National Defense
Commonwealth
Washington
State Council of Defense
Food Administration
Ship Flies Finnish Flag Over Atlantic Port
An Atlantic port observed a ship raise the flag of Finland yesterday. The vessel, arriving from a South American port, formerly bore the Russian emblem. The two color flag features red as the dominant shade.
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Atlantic
Republic of Finland
Russia
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