Army Develops Motor Truck For Rough Terrain
Army transport experts push to finish a truck meeting campaign needs for rough country along the Texas border and in Mexico within two to three years. The Army Transport Board evaluated trucks under severe border conditions, finding some perform well while weather, sand, grit, and alkali posed unusual challenges. Automobile engineers are studying the Mexican border scenario to refine designs and prepare bid specifications for commercial production.
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Mexico
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Army Transport Board
Made General by Czar For Red Cross Service In Russia
Special to The Washington Post from Cleveland Ohio Dr Egbert Higbert formerly of Cleveland has been made a brigadier general in the Russian army for leading a Red Cross hospital unit that went to Russia early in the war. The czar recently awarded him one of the highest decorations given to non Russians. Mrs Margaret Ebert of Washington, mother of Dr Egbert, now visiting friends here, spoke of her son's honors.
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Margaret Ebert
Washington
Holland headlines on Great Britain loan and US finance
A New York finance expert notes Britain will use the 207000307 loan to buy commodities in the United States and pay for explosives and raw materials. He cites large American reserves, growing British credit, and potential collateral effects, predicting substantial US loan activity by war’s end.
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Benson Praises Fleet Maneuvers After Naval Visit
Rear Admiral William S Benson returned to Washington after a weeklong tour abroad where war maneuvers tested the fleet. He praised crew morale and noted favorable weather while fog and mist added difficulty. The battleship fleet operated with other classes and submarines in simulated attacks on capital ships. A brief break allowed elevation of the battle efficiency trophy for the Texas and the engineering trophy for Michigan.
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William S Benson
Washington
Benson
Festivery
Texas
Michigan
New J S Aero School Preparations Underway in Chicago
Chicago Aug 20 Preparations begin for an aviation school to train men for wartime duty. Capt Joseph A Morrow of the signal corps and First Lieut Arthur R Chrietle direct efforts in organizing the program, following prior aviation work with Gen JI J Perahing’s punitive expedition. A comparable school is soon to start in New York.
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Immune Status Decree Shields Mexican Generals
A decree issued in Mexico City by Gen Carranza grants immunity from arrest to generals commanding army corps cabinet members state governors and lawmakers under the constitution. The measure aims to protect officers from seizure or removal while in command.
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Carranza
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Thieves Loot $81 In Series Of Local Thefts
A wave of robberies on a Saturday night across northwest Washington reported by several residents. Victims including Mrs Robert Harrison, Albert Johnson, Israel Preston and Jacob Hinkle each lost wallets, cash, or personal items from homes and pockets. A traveler at Union Station, Samuel Hodison Boyce, was relieved of a leather suitcase containing clothing and toiletries valued at $49 while at the ticket window.
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Wilson outlines farm aid progress in anticipated rural program
President Wilson sends a letter to Representative Lever detailing congressional and administrative acts aiding farmers. He signs the agricultural appropriation bill, praising increased farm support and key laws including extension, markets, cotton futures, grain standards, warehouse, good roads, and farm loan acts as major steps in the rural program begun at the administration’s start.
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Decrease in Scourge Cases Signals Epidemic Wane
New York reports a substantial drop in infantile paralysis deaths and new cases, with 20 deaths and 108 new cases, the lowest in weeks. Philadelphia records four deaths and ten cases today, totaling 86 deaths and 285 cases since July 1. Mexico notes infantile paralysis on the Tehuantepec Isthmus, sending physicians toSalina Cruz and Puerto Mexico to address imported cases.
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Tehuatepec
Scarcity of News Print Paper Hits Washington Papers
Washington publishers warn of a severe shortage of news print paper affecting regular publication. At mills’ urging, free classified ads are suspended to conserve paper, reversing prior policy of free want ads in the Washington Post.
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American Newspaper Publichers’ Association
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Hector Apply National Furniture Co
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Diehwanker
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Cannot Force Arbitration Tells Railroad Heads
President Wilson presses for arbitration as railroad executives arrive to hear ultimatums. A counter proposal is under consideration and telegrams from business groups urge arbitration, while officials say only the presidents can decide the next step in the wage dispute.
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Louis W Hui
Great Northern
Western Railroad
Wilson
White House
Brotherhood
Wheat crop smaller world supply drop 1916
Rome reports from the International Institute of Agriculture that after near completion of European harvests the 1916 world wheat supply will be about 25 percent below 1915. A bumper 1915 year kept averages near long-term norms. Large-scale harvests are now mainly in North America Great Britain Russia and Scandinavia. Barley expected 20 percent under last year oats 22 percent down from 1915 but 18 percent above the long-term average.
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International Institute of Agriculture
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Great Britain
Russia
Scandinavia
White Book on Baralong Cites Zeppelin Raids Reprisal
Berlin reports a government White Book asserting Baralong killings were a reprisal for German U boat casualties. It says the British steam er Baralong rammed a German submarine and alleges German sailors were shot while in the water during the incident.
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Sayville
Racing Swindle Allegation Leads to Detention in Detroit
Don Kelly of Lafayette accuses three men in a racing swindle after $1500 loss and $15000 bet scheme. One man detained by Detroit police. two others being sought. Kelly says he met them in a local hotel, allowed small bets, received his writings back, then gave $15000 for bets but no money was returned.
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Don Kelly
Lafayette
Kelly
Assails Marquis of Crewe in Lords Statement
Berlin dispatch reports the Marquis of Crewe attacked German pledges to the United States over submarine sinkings. The Overseas News Agency says his remarks rested on no evidence and aimed to strain U S Germany ties. It accuses Britain of insinuation and defamation in a bid to sway American opinion.
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Veterans ready for quick federal service across the border
Aug 20 report to the seventeenth annual encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars notes about 50,000 veterans organized into forty five provisional regiments of about 500 men each. The regiments could be mustered into federal service immediately if war with the United States occurs. An adjacent item describes a road accident where a fence board saved five people as a car veered off a ditch near the Conduit road. One woman injured, others unharmed.
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United States
Adjft
R G Woodside
Pitsburgh
Stek
Henry Weeks
Gresham Place
Weeks
Ff Foot Bank
Charity Head Indicted Over Hospital Fund
The Rev Charles T Baylis head of the allies hospital relief commission was indicted by the grand jury on grand larceny charges. About $7000 raised from wealthy donors was allegedly not used for intended relief. The case arose after Edith Ranger sued for $310 in commissions from a charitable event Baylis organized and President and Mrs Wilson declined. Some collectors reportedly received up to 65 percent in commissions.
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Allies’ Hospitals
New York
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Allies’ Hospital Relief Commission
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Wilson
Camp Good Will Camps Prepare Evacuation Plan
Camp Good Will will be evacuated for the summer with preparations today. The camp, Baby Hospital Camp and Camp Pleasant are praised for their success, aided by public contributions. Camp Good Will and Camp Pleasant close Tuesday, while Baby Camp stays open until hot weather ends.
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Delay Army Reorganization as Wilson Delays Signing Commissions
Army reorganization under the July 1 bill is stalled because President Wilson has not signed over a thousand officer commissions. Officers lack authority to exercise their new ranks while commissions accumulate. Army officials propose a special act to delegate signing power, a practice already used in the land office.
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Army
Land Office
SIGN TREATY TO SAVE BIRDS AND JOB OFFERS SEEN
A chaotic classified page fragment advertising a bird treaty push, various job offers, and employment leads. Listings mention Surte 1009 1014 Munsey building and offices in Washington Baltimore New York with multiple seeking salesmen, carpenters, and factory workers.
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Munsey Building
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T_Lawton & Sone
HELP WANTED FEMALE FOOKS AND HOUSEKEEPER ADS
Fragmented classified items include a help wanted notice for a female cook or fooks and a housekeeper position with duties, ages, and location hints. The text also mentions a spring treaty between Great Britain and the United States and a Paraguayan political transition, plus a bicycle racer’s fatal injuries and assorted job offers.
Items found at Washington Terminal listed with multiple personal effects
A cache at Washington Terminal items includes four packages two suitcases and a mix of clothing such as seven raincoats three coats and a brown water spaniel, with personal odds and ends like a flashlight eyeglasses memorandum books a bank book a cane a hairpin case and travel documents including a birth or certificate and a bracelet. The fragment mentions a dog described as a brown water spaniel female and a partial name or location 2512 24th with unclear context.
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Washington Terminal
Denies Creating 30 000 Jobs Civil Service Chairman Says
The White House released a letter from Charles M Galloway acting chairman of the Civil Service Commission disputing a Republican claim that the Democratic administration created 30 000 outside offices and costing 4000 dollars each. He provided figures to counter the assertion and to defend the administration's hiring practices.
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Charles M Galloway
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