Washington Post Subscription Notice August 6 1918
The Washington Post announces delivery options and prices for daily and Sunday editions with mail and carrier services. It explains how subscribers abroad should update addresses, renewal reminders, and advance payments, dated Tuesday August 6, 1918.
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Postoffice
Washington, D. C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mailers Building
Chicago
Little Building
Huston
Kresge
Detroit
Post
Washington Post Company
The Scales of Brute Strength and the German Defeat
A World War I era commentary extols Allied forces including French, British, and American troops for breaking German resistance. It argues Germany lacks willpower despite brute strength, warns of the empire’s potential collapse, and praises Allied resilience and the ethic of liberty.
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Europe
Germany
France
Serbia
Belgium
Roumania
Italy
Ameri
Amateur Generals Clash Over War Strategy In Press Voice
An editorial compares amateur World War I strategists in America to onlookers at baseball games. It lauds General Foch for masterly command in the Marne counteroffensive, urges patience with Allied advances, and dismisses impractical public criticisms while noting the eventual, broad victory yet to be fully understood.
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Marne Salient
Picardy
Flanders
Foch
Aisne
Ita
Marne
Allied advance under Foch halts German losses
Pershing reports American forces captured 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns in the advance. German losses are immense, with additional equipment and supplies taken. Allies’ total captures awaiting tally, task overseen by Gen. Foch, inspiring confidence in U.S. civilian generals to defer to his leadership.
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Pershing
Foch
United States
Arbitration Success Prompts Push for Compulsory Mediation
The war era demonstrates government ownership of public utilities through railroad and telegraph operations and shows the futility of strikes. The War Labor Board resolved disputes between cities and workers, and Bethlehem Steel’s machinists and electricians won almost all demands. The piece argues arbitration can end costly industrial stoppages, urging adoption in peacetime laws and international conflicts, with ongoing moves toward compulsory arbitration.
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War Labor Board
Bethlehem Steel Company
War Risk Insurance Aimed at War’s Hardships
War risk insurance offers soldiers up to 10000 dollars for dependents. By July about 3,000,000 applications for over 25 billion in coverage have been filed, with average policy near 8600 dollars. The system supplants pension as a clearer federal guarantee aiding families of fallen service members.
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United States
Congress
France
Feud of Sea Lords Recalled by Death of Lady Fisher
The death of Lady Fisher at 76 recalls the famous rivalry between Admiral Lord Fisher and Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. Malta, the sea lords, and social salons formed the backdrop as their wives clashed, fueling a national navy feud that split supporters and threatened discipline.
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Lady Fisher
Lord Fisher
Cecil Vavacour Fisher
Randall Morgan
Philadelphia
Lady Beresford
Mediterranean
Lord Charles Beresford
Malta
Lady Charles
London
Charles Beresford
Charles
Fisher
Admiralty
Beresford
House of Commons
House of Lords
Fisher Plains
Bisher
Beoner
Navy
El Salvador Leaders Praise Wilson in Public Letter Exchange
President Melendez and President Wilson exchanged public letters over the Mexican editors speech. Melendez congratulated Wilson for justice and fraternity in the Monroe doctrine, lauding the removal of prejudgments. Wilson replied that the speech reflected the true attitude of the American people and fostered hemispheric friendship.
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Wilson
Melendez
San Salvador
State Department
United States
Americas
Poincare Visits French Front and Honors Officers
President Poincare toured the armies of Generals Gouraud and Berthelot near the battles since July 15 and awarded decorations from the Legion of Honor to military crosses. He inspected divisions on the Vesle and nearby villages recently liberated from German control. The executive noted German depots of munitions left on the battlefield.
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Paris
Wavas
Poincare
Gouraud
Berthelot
Legion of Honor
Potnegre
Veste
Flier Bishop Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Major William Bishop of Canada, now assigned to the British air board, is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for destroying 72 German airplanes. He already holds the Victoria Cross for a solo attack on a German airfield and defeating seven enemy airmen, with orders praising him as the most successful and fearless fighter of the period.
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Montreal
William Bishop
British Air Board
Bishop
New Mail Planes Delivered for Airmail Route
Six airplanes built to carry mail pouches on the Washington Philadelphia New York air route will be delivered to the government by Standard Aircraft Corporation. Officials will attend ceremonies and the planes will be piloted to the three cities for immediate service. This delivery completes a larger order by the Postmaster General to extend the mail network nationwide.
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Eligabeth
N. 7
Washington
War Dept Recruits 94000 Volunteers for Vocational Training
The War Department authorizes the committee of education and special training to recruit 94,900 volunteers for vocational training in army detachments at educational institutions. A limited number of draft age men in deferred classifications will be admitted. This campaign is part of a broader program to train 220,000 men from November 1 to June 30 in auto driving and repairing, gun assembling, electrical work, communications, sheet metal, and other essential military occupations.
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War Department
Aviation Fatalities Mark Low Training Toll in War Era
Government figures released yesterday record four deaths in U S army aviation training from September 1, 1917, to July 20, 1918, an hourly fatality rate of .000305. The tally lists seven officers, sixty five cadets, nine enlisted men and seven civilian instructors among the dead, a record low for the era and lower than German and Austrian fatality rates.
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OmMncials
Former czars last words before execution
Amsterdam August 5 The text claims to publish the last words of Nicholas Romanoff former Russian emperor spoken before he was shot by a firing squad. The quote pleads to spare his wife and children and hopes his blood preserves Russia from ruin.
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Amsterdam
Nicholas Romanoff
Russia
Copper Price Meeting Sets 26 Cent Fix Through September
Copper producers and refiners convene with the War Industries Board price fixing committee to set a 26 cent price through September 1. Emphasis on high cost of production and securing stable supplies for war needs.
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The
War Industries Board
Army Orders List of Officers for Proceeding Assignments
The officers named will proceed to various postings including Sweeney Walmaley Peat Kirkpatrick Scott Arnold Willcox Sack and Musselman. Captain Campbell is honorably discharged from the military service. Five days leave of absence is granted to Major Laubach.
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G. H. Sweeney
This City
G. R. Walmaley
J. B Peat
Camp Wadeworth
W. M. Kirkpatrick
B. Scott
Jeffersonville
Ind
W. &. Arnold
Hastings
N. Y
H. Willcox
Atlanta
I. Sack
New York
E. F. Campbell
United States
J. Musselman
J. H. Laubach
Treasury Ledger Messy Entry Shows Large Sums and Codes
An unclear treasury record fragment lists figures such as 9,108,072 72 and 37,161,075 61 with code style markings like BAO and SLATS 4 48 DIS 85. The text appears as OCR noise with broken numbers and abbreviations lacking full context or dates.
Future of Spain Ties Fate to United States War Effort
A Madrid press dispatch reports that ABC, a strongly pro German paper, is running a series on American war effort. Joe Martinez Ring or Azorin, Spain's leading literary critic, writes the articles. He faces attacks from pro German outlets and vows to reveal the truth about the United States. The enduring claim is that Spain’s future is linked to America’s fate.
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Spain
ABC
Madrid
Joe Martinez Ring
Dispatch
Jing
Azorin
United States
America
Rule paper mills labeled essential by war board
The War Industries Board declared paper mills essential and urged最大節約 in use of newsprint. Newspapers should cut daily editions by 15 percent and Sunday editions by 20 percent. The board warned against new newspapers until the war ends and suggested buyers stick to existing publishers as protection for experienced owners.
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Weetee Paper Mills
War Industrie Board
Angelis
War Industries Boards
Paper Conservaton
Beard
Thase
100 Per Cent U S Crews for Merchant Marine
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board announced a revived merchant marine with 106 percent American crews. War needs drive the program, with a lasting base for peacetime crews in the United States. New training ships to Gulf and Great Lakes regions aim to train about 36,000 apprentices next year.
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Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Merchant Marine
Ameriana
United States
New Orleans
Gulf
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Tima
Jobs Found for 1 861 333 in Federal Employment Service
The Federal employment service reported 1 861 332 job matches in the year ended June 30. Most offices have been open only a few months and the age nce office found 21 32 positions, the highest for a single office.
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Federal Employment Service
Enicage
Een Ener
Roumanian Wheat Crop Fails Reported by Berlin
Berlin advices to the Cologne Gazette state Roumania's wheat crop is a failure and the maize crop is only medium. Consequently Roumanian supplies are unlikely to be counted as reliable in the near term.
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Amsterdam
Roumania
Berlin
Cologne
War profits and taxation call from steel magnate in Washington
Price McKinney of Cleveland declares high taxes on war profits justified as steel makers profited in early war years. He cites plant expansions, rising wages, and stockholder gains, urging Congress to tax windfalls heavily to fund the war. Also notes political shifts in New York district and Kentucky, with war issues shaping campaigns. Japan treachery in the oceans is alleged by a newspaper executive.
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Leonand Tucas-Tooth
Tosal Artillery
France
Afss
Rosa Rovitl
Charles A. Revill
Pant Street
London
Holmes Dherefordshire
Midland Counties
Lucas-Toorh
Leonard
Ninth Lancers
Robert Tucas-Tooth
Isle Sir Leonard
Robert
Cranbrook
Went
Eton
Australia
Frederick Tooth
Sydney
Sidney
New South Wales
England
Loughborough
Leicester
Sir Robert
Bank of New South Wales
Ernest Shackleton
Queen Mary
Earl of Athlone
Dudley
Maroquise Ins Pontenoy
Price McKinney
Cleveland
Ohio
Willard
United States
Mr. McKinney
Iron and Steel
Dreirt
Eady
Congress
Ameno
New York City
Henry M Goldforle
Milyer London
Joseph G.langaln
New York
Messer Londen
Myrcaldfogle
Tammany Wathorse
Republian
Republiccam Wth
Cinldfogte
Roth
Kenturks
Kentucky
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