The Washington Post Subscription Rates and Notices
The Washington Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery by mail or carrier, with payments in advance to The Washington Post Company. It explains address changes, renewal deadlines, and details for subscribers moving locations, ending with a dated notice for August 19, 1913.
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Smaller Nations Deserve Immediate Allied Recognition
The piece urges the United States and allied governments to promptly recognize Bohemia as an independent nation and to support Czecho-Slovak forces. It argues that Belgium, Roumania, Serbia, and other small nations contribute to the war effort and liberty, and condemns delay and misdirection by the allies while demanding restoration of territories and justice for these nations.
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France
Belgium
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Austria
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Liberty Bonds Fourth Loan To Launch Sept 28 Campaign
The fourth liberty loan launches September 28 as the first of three bond flotations planned through July. Officials expect over 16 billion dollars in net funds, supplementing 8 billion from the war revenue bill, to cover this year’s war costs. Future loans are slated for January or February and May or June, with strong public support evident in prior flotations. The test of war sentiment lies in the swift bond subscriptions, driven by the desire to aid victory and secure a just peace.
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Court convicts 100 I W W members in Chicago
A Chicago court convicts 100 Industrial Workers of the World members on four counts under the espionage and draft laws. Each faces up to 27 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The editorial lauds the verdict as a warning that loyalty to law is essential in America.
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Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Haywood
United States Court
Russia
Is This Discrimination in Near Beer Tax Plan
The ways and means committee proposes adding 100.8 million to the treasury by taxing near beer at 10 cents a gallon while soft drinks face 2 cents per 10 cents of price. The piece argues the plan discriminates against ice cream sodas and other beverages, calling near beer a mere camouflage and urging moral as well as financial consideration before a final vote.
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Ways and Means Committee
Lord Wallscourt’s troubled career and contested peerage
The article reviews Lord Wallscourt’s police court appearances and conviction for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, notes his army dismissal, and details historic doubts about the Wallscourt barony’s validity and Irish peerage status. It traces the patent’s origins in 1800, family lines, and the potential extinction of the title if he dies childless. It also mentions Ardfry Castle and related Galway connections, plus a digression on Old Lord Portman and a donkey milk anecdote linked to his estate fortunes.
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TRAIN AVIATORS IN GUNNERY NEAR WAR FIELDS
The War Department expands aviator gunnery training in the United States leasing land near large flying fields for target ranges. The move supports using aircraft as mobile anti infantry platforms, with emphasis on machine gun work and potential future roles as “flying tanks.” An allied offensive recently showed effective use of aeroplanes with machine guns, prompting further development and land acquisitions for training ranges.
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War Department
Atlantic
Yarm4an Ag
National draft training plan to begin soon
A nationwide program for preliminary training of men in the draft will be sent to 6,000 local draft boards. The elementary unform training is non compulsory and free and stresses military courtesy. Those showing ability will receive merit certificates serving as an index of potential noncommissioned officers.
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New York
Crowder
National Security League
Charles F. Stokes
Pass 100000 machine gun mark noted in War Dept figures
War Department announced that American production of machine guns surpassed 100000 units, with a total of 108973 since U.S. entry into the war through August 10. Brownings accounted for 30226 guns, including 11187 heavy and 19039 light models. During the week ending August 10, 6228 guns were inspected and accepted, including 1854 heavy and 2035 light Brownings. The department also outlined covenant exemptions in war contracts for brokers and illegitimate agents, with exceptions only by the superior contract review board to protect government interests.
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Wren
Exempt Accountants From Draft for War Effort
Expert accountants are deemed essential to the wartime tax program. The government weighs exempting CPAs and juniors from military service and creating a reserve similar to physicians. Only about 2,500 CPAs and 5,000 juniors exist nationwide. Treasury contemplates recognizing accountants as an essential class and discouraging voluntary enlistment to meet 1,600 needed in government service.
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Certified Public
United States
Internal Revenue
Roper
Treasury
Wilson
Coal Shortage Seen Next Winter Warns Fuel Officials
The fuel administration warns of a looming coal shortage next winter despite strict regulations and economy. Bituminous supply will tighten, affecting manufacturing and possibly domestic use unless 50 to 60 million tons are saved. Current weekly output falls short of the record, with production down 76 percent from mid July, and even higher summer targets cannot bridge the deficit amid rising war industry demand.
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Fuel Administration
Board fixes 40 cents an hour in shipping yards
The Industrial relations group of the United States shipping board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation will issue a bulletin on minimum wage and hours in shipyards and auxiliary plants. It cites the Waynesboro Pa strike where 3000 workers demanded 30 cents an hour, the board setting a 40 cent minimum, with time and a half for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays. It also requires shop committees, prohibits discrimination against union men, and bars coercive union tactics.
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United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
National War Labor Board
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
record: Money in Circulation Reaches Historic Level
Treasury report shows 5.559 billion in circulation, up 700 million from a year ago and 176 million from a month ago. Average per person around 62.44, yet figures overstate wealth and credit resources due to pyramiding.
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Treasury
Grasshopper Raid In West Spurs Minnesota Alarm
Minneapolia Minnesota August 13 grasshoppers threaten crops in Minnesota and Red River valleys. State entomologist A G Ruggles says the worst plague in five years could ruin hundreds of acres of grain and meadow unless rapid steps are taken. In Norman, Polk and Clay counties damage is heavy and the insects spread through Carver, Dakota and Scott counties. Marshall Hertig from the USDA aids, but a deferred draft classification is blocked by the local board.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Mr. Hertige
American Farm Facts Sought from Foreign Press
The Fed eral board of farm organizations reports a foreign press service requests news from the United States on the farmer movement and the role of rural Americans in advancing agriculture. Officials say foreign agents seek live, significant stories showing life and work on American farms and countryside.
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Russia
France
Italy
United States
Federal Board of Farm Organizations
Foreign Press Service
Use Trucks to Market Hogs in Omaha Market
Omaha Neb Aug 18 motor trucks are easing railroad transport as hog receipts rise. A bureau of markets report shows hogs moved by trucks increased 180 percent in the first six months of 1918 versus 1917, reaching 92 780 head compared with 8 084 last year. Commercial groups in Omaha push return trips to haul various freight. Truck marketing proves feasible in winter as well, with over 26 000 hogs moving directly from farms to the Omaha market in January and February.
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Few exchange liberty bonds conversion urged before November
Treasury officials report few owners have converted first and second liberty bonds into the higher interest third loan. Conversion is possible until November 1 and officials urge action to prevent a late rush. Few railroad men have registered bonds to deter theft. Plans for self registering bonds for the fourth liberty loan opening September 23 are noted as abandoned.
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Treasury
McAdoo
Pork Ration for Army Camps Substitutes Beef Supply
The War Department announced that troops in U S cantonments will receive fresh pork two days in ten as a temporary substitute for beef. The change uses surplus pork while beef stocks are low and prices high.
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United States
War Department
Feeble mindedness debate sparks new school trial in Philadelphia
Dr Ira Walton Drew outlines a program to boost brain development in feeble minded children asserting heredity is not the sole cause and injury is key. Judge Charles J Brown supports new schooling, noting 400 cases show about half improve without changing environment. He describes a brain at the atlas joint affecting circulation and growth, with recovery seen as brain function improves. Henry R Daniel recalls the Inter Ocean newspaper era, recalling staff travels and notable figures while recounting the paper’s legacy and alumni network.
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Municipal Court of Philadelphia
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American Society For Thrift
Chicago
Inter Ocean
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Liberty Loan Organization
Treasury Department
Lahert Et Clair
St Clair
Oswald Schuette
Germany
Chicago Daily News
AB Matthews
New York
Sugar contracts indorsed by growers conference
A conference between the American Cane Growers Association the food administration and the New Orleans Sugar Exchange adopted a resolution Saturday endorsing the proposed contract between the food administration and the growers. The resolution notes full discussion of last year’s crop and the coming crop and states growers will submit further evidence on production costs while expressing full confidence in the fairness of the food administration.
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American Cane Growers’ Association
Food Administration
New Orleans Sugar Exchange
War Dept Awards Major Olive Drab Cloth Contract
The War Department last night announced a quartermaster contract valuing $4,709,250 for olive drab cloth to manufacture woolen uniforms. Other recent approvals include a $6,800 purchase of potato mashers and an $11,500 order for hooks and eyes, totaling 18,000 gross, used to reclaim damaged uniforms and equipment.
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