Admiralty shakeup as Geddes resigns to Anderson
London reports Sir Cecil Geddes resigns as controller of naval construction. Alan Garrett Anderson, ex wheat commission vice chairman, becomes new controller, replacing Sir Eric Geddes. Navy reshuffle includes Sir Roselyn Wemyss as Second Sea Lord and Sir William Greene moved to munitions ministry.
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Alan G. Anderson
Press
London
Admiralty
Cecil Burney
Roselyn Wemyss
Alan Garrett Anderson
Wheat Commission
Eric Campbell Geddes
Alan Anderson
Admiraltty
Midland Railway
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
England
Aldeburgh
Burney
Sir William Graham Greene
Ministry of Munitions
Winston Spencer Churchill
William
Escape from Jerusalem Families Reach Berne for U N Transit
Forty two women and children, families of American Jews, arrived in Berne on August 7 from Jerusalem. They are bound for New York and traveled for three weeks to reach this point.
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Berne
Jerusalem
New York
Obituary notices from August 1917 list multiple deaths and services
A compilation of death announcements and funeral details from early August 1917. Entries include Franbanna Connolly De Loffre De Loffre and Fannie Eliot De Loufhe with church and private interment notes, Easby Fanny B. daughter of Commodore John W. Easby, Roeigner William C., Norris Katie, Nourse James K., Pinchot newborn son, Reintzel Margaret, Ruess William C. and others. Services span Sacred Heart Church Arlington National Cemetery St Andrews Church Amesa and congressional cemetery, with various obituaries and interment details.
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Jonnolly
Monroe Street
Fannie Eliot DE Loufhe
A de Lottre
St Andrew's Church
New Hamp Sire Avenue
Thureday
Arlington National Cemetery
Easby
Spring Lake
J. Fanny B
John W. Hasby
United States Navy
Western Presbyterian Church
James Horses Dunham
Congressional Cemetery
Roeigner
William C. Rolizser
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Norris
Katie
Milton W. Norris
Thomas G. Hardy
Pinchot
Vilhel Pa
Gifford
Jorneha Bryce Pinchot
Reintzel
Don Mondas
Margaret Reintzel
Oak Eill
Shersday
Ruess
William
Irma
William A Ruess
Conactuicut Avenue
Germany’s new cabinet seen as officials not system change
Berlin dispatch reports a lukewarm German press reception of the fourteen new ministers, calling the cabinet a staff of officials with no clear program. Observers note democratization debates, the prominence of two parliamentarians, and Helfferich’s continued influence as a potential policy driver.
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Berlin
Helfferich
London
Germany
Tageblatt
Michaelis
New Troops Must Be Thinking Men
Maj. Gen. Pershing urged that America’s conscript army be in prime physical condition and well disciplined with individual initiative. He compared training to a football team, stressing readiness to lead units if officers fall, and called for war to be seen as serious work requiring energy and focus. He remained optimistic about the army’s future role with the Entente Allies.
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Pang
Pershing
France
Associated Press
America
Hawaii to Use Germans for Sugar Field Labor
Honolulu reports that Germans interned in Hawaii will be put to work on Maui sugar plantations at ordinary wages to meet labor shortages. U S Marshal Jerome Smiddy said the policy allows forced labor for prisoners of war and interned civilians under certain conditions. Also, Max Weber, a German timekeeper on Maui, was arrested in Hilo as a suspect in a plot to spread anthrax to destroy dairy herds.
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Honolulu
United States
Jerome Smiddy
Kipahula
Maui
Smiddy
Max Weber
Hilo
Croats Demand Liberty in Diet and Independence
In Zurich a Croatian peasant party leader urged full emancipation for Croatia and the creation of an independent southern Slav state. He called for closing Hungarian schools, detaching Lacba and Banat, and potential reunion with Serbia, amid strong opposition from the diet president. Nearby Cracow saw riots over Polish liberation and Gen Pulsudski.
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Zurich
Stephen Radicas
Croatian Peasant Party
Croatia
Hungary
Vienna
Cracow
Reichstag
Pilsudski
Slavs Retire as Austro German Forces Fall Back in Eastern Front
News from Kishinev and Petrograd report Austro German troops driven back ten miles from Chotin on the Dniester front. In Bukowina, Russians defend Mo lit heights. two Russian regiments retreat after cowardly actions near the Bystritsa River. In Moldavia, Von Mackensen opens a push against Russo Romanian lines. 1,300 prisoners and 13 guns seized.
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Bystritsa River
Kishinev
Russia
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Chotin
Zbroez
Petrograd
Kimpelung
Bukowina
Molit
Russian War Department
Bystritsa
Grismalove
Teuton
Zbrocz
Fokshani
Tyrladesus
Teutonic
Brody
Galicia
Kimpolung
260Th Infantry Regiment
Luchkin
Protsenko
Walktrus
Berlin
von Mackensen
Moldavia
Russian Cabinet Completed After Reorganization
Petrograd Aug 7 Premier Kerensky has completed his new cabinet with several portfolio changes. Lebedoeff becomes acting minister of maring, Bernatzky acts as finance minister, Yefremoff moves to public aid, Kokoshkine is state comptroller, Youreneff heads public works, Yaroudny becomes justice minister, Savinkoff named assistant war minister, Taere teli declines cabinet entry to focus on democracy, as the government plans a national defense department.
Renewal of Allied Offensive Reported on Saloniki Front
Paris reports renewed activity along the Saloniki front after weeks of inactivity. The French war office says artillery action covers the entire front and notes destruction of enemy batteries near Cerno. British aviators bombed Livanov barracks.
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Paris
French War Office
Saloniki
Cerno
Livanove
Kaiser's Telegram to President Wilson Deemed Disingenuous
The Times editorial charges the Kaiser's telegram hides July 5 1914 conspiracies and Germanys role in the Serbia crisis. It notes omissions about Austria Hungarys ultimatum, Lichnowsky messages, and grey's replies, calling the telegram a mendacious bid to shield German guilt and its impact on Wilson.
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Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
the Times
Wilson
Russia
France
Serbia
Germany
George
Henry
Prussia
Europe
Lichnowsky
Viscount Grey
Austria
War schooling for U S airmen
American airmen have been chosen to enter British French and Italian aviation schools to finish training quickly. The service splits into purchasing and operating divisions as the U S accelerates aircraft production by buying all available entente materials. Five reserves are needed for each frontline flyer to ensure aviation supremacy.
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Paris
United States
British force advances toward Lindi in German East Africa
An official report from London describes a forward push in the Lindi area on the Indian Ocean coast of southeastern German East Africa. The August 2 to 3 assault saw German positions along the Mihubia stream driven from advance lines, with African troops initiating a frontal attack and a turning maneuver through dense bush encountering strong defenses. heavy casualties on both sides followed, the engagement judged indecisive, as British Indian and African units fight bravely and prepare to resume the advance.
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London
Lindi
Indian Ocean
German East Africa
Mihubia
Corn Products Bill Passed in Commons Vote 108 to 14
London dated Aug 7 reports the corn production bill clearing its third reading in the house of commons by a 108 to 14 vote. R E Prothero, president of the board of agriculture, said the measure could boost home wheat acreage and free sufficient tonnage to import all cotton needed by Great Britain from America last year.
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London
House of Commons
R. E. Prothero
Board of Agriculture
America
Great Britain
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promoted for Stomach Ailments
Stomach sufferers are warned of penalties from gall stones cancer ulcer and related diseases but Mayr's Wonderful Remedy is claimed to quickly overcome most stomach liver and intestinal troubles. The advertisement notes endorsements and availability at local druggists.
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Dore
O'Donnell
Drag Store
People’s Drug Store
B.A. Tschiffely
Land Promised Bulgaria
An official dispatch from Sofia quotes Premier Radoslavoff declaring that agitation by irresponsible allies will not dissuade Bulgaria from keeping territories conquered in this war. He says he has their solemn word the conquests belong to Bulgaria.
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Urich
Sofia
Radoslavoff
Bulgaria
Barcelona Faces General Strike Threat Amid Labor Tensions
Barcelona reports a looming general strike as halfway workers threaten action. Governors of provinces meet with labor leaders to ease conditions. In Madrid, railroad workers split on joining a general strike, with the Catholic union calling the agitation unpatriotic, while metal and Penarroya line workers prepare to strike.
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Madrid
Spain
Catholic Union of the
Penarroya
CAPT BASIL HOOD FOUND DEAD
Capt Basil Hood aged 63, long British Army officer, served 15 years and rose to captain in 1893, retired 1898. He wrote extensively for the stage, notable works include The Rose of Persia and Land Little Christina, and translated The Merry Widow into English.
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Basil Hood
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Royal Military College
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