Washington Post subscription notice and rates 1918
Notice to subscribers of The Washington Post confirming mail rates and payment terms. Details include daily and Sunday options, payment in advance, and acceptable payment forms. Instructions for changing addresses, renewal timing, and expiration date location are provided. The notice is dated August 29, 1918.
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Alexandria
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New York
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Detroit
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Tharedap
Pressure for a War Cabinet Shift to Separate Departments
The author argues for creating dedicated departments for munitions and aviation, led by strong, cabinet-level figures. Citing Britain's lessons and wartime delays, the piece urges bold reorganizations to accelerate production and victory over Germany, praising Secretary Baker and advocating swift enactment of, or expansion to, new war-focused bodies.
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Air and Munitions Services
United States
the Post
Great Britain
Department of Munitions
Paris
Germany
Department of Aviation
Army
Baker
Wilson
Congress
Dissent in Italian Cabinet Over Austrian Policy
The article notes a split between Prime Minister Signor Orlando and Foreign Minister Baron Sonnino on foreign policy, especially the dismemberment of Austria. Sonnino reportedly clings to the London pact while Orlando supports oppressed Austria's cause. The dispute widens as Great Britain and France recognize Czech independence, pressuring Italy to choose a policy amid liberal opposition led by Corriere della Sera.
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Baron Sidney Sonnino
Rome
Austria
Baron Sonnino
Petrograd
Ministry of Foreign Affair
Karl
Senate
Signor
Orlando
Great Britain
France
Corriere Della Sera
Signor Torre
Congress of Oppressed
Italian Journalists Clash Over Sonnino Policy Ties
The democratic Secolo and socialist Populo d'Italia openly condemn Baron Sonnino's policy. Signor Benito Mussolitti, editor of an Independent socialist faction, says the foreign minister must choose between a second Mazzini or a second Metternich, signaling sharp internal opposition.
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Tions
Democratic Secolo
Italy
Populo d'Italia
Baron Sonnino
Benito Mussolitti
Independent Socialist Party
Mazzini
Metternich
Government Rejects Propaganda Claim on Confiscation
The Treasury Secretary McAdoo dismissed a German propaganda claim that the United States planned to confiscate private savings. He called the report baseless, stating such confiscation would violate the Constitution and end the war’s purpose of defending liberty and rights. He urged citizens to regain faith and study democracy.
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United States
Treasury
McAdoo
Senator Ollie James Remembered as Noble Kentucky Leader
The obituary lauds Senator Ollie James of Kentucky as a generous, optimistic Democrat with broad intellect and strong character. It praises his defense of the humble, loyalty to President Wilson, and his steady intellectual growth, noting Kentucky mourns the loss of a noble man who served the nation.
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Ole James
Kentucky
Natare
United States
Ollie James
Senate
Wilson
Draft law passes Senate and House with near unanimity
The administration's power bill sails through Senate without dissent and clears the House with two opposing votes. Conference will reconcile minor differences. The War Department bill, including work or fight enforcement and exemptions by local boards, demonstrates a unified wartime stance. Senator Gore alone records a no but allows delaying vote to show unanimity to allies. The piece mocks censorship and notes allied sympathy, German retreat, and stock dividends amid war.
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House
War Department
Congress
Gore
Oklahoma
United States
Marquis de Talleyrand Dies Unmourned in Exile Land
The French born Marquis Archambault de Talleyrand Perigord dies at 75 in Lausanne Switzerland. Despite French lineage and service, he was a Prussian officer in the Franco Prussian era and left behind four children including Count Helie and Count Alexandre. His heirs and titles traverse dynastic disputes involving the dukedom of Dino and the Duchess of Dina with connections to the Gonzales and Dreyfus families in Europe.
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Archiaeld) de Tilleyrand-Parigord
Lausanne
Switzerland
de Satute Aa Wkiesands
Lancers
France
Maurice de Teileyrand-Perigord
Duc de Dino
Maurice
Champigny
Gunthersdorf
Silesia
Marie de Gontaut-Biron
Bertin
Berlin
Florence
Paris
Helie de Talleyrand-Perigord
Alexandre
Duchess of
Parma
Empresa Zita
Austria
Vienna
Clemenceau
Emperor Charles
Prince Sixtus of Bourbon
Germany
Count Alexandre
Count Helle de Talleyrand-Perigord
Deutsche Bank
New York
Dino
Archambauld de Talleyrand- Perigord
Anne
Edouard Dreyfus Y Gonzales
Premio-Real
Ferdinand
Naples
Talleyrand
Joachim Murat
Ekinadem
Two Sicilies
Edmond de Talleyrand-Perigord
Dorothea
Courland
Dina
Comtesse de Premio-Real
Felicie
Louis Dreyfus
Gonzales
Edouard Comte de Premio
Villahermosa
Aragon-Azior
Madrid
Paria
Louis
Count of Luna
Adele Livingston Sampson
Frederick VIII
Lam Stevens
Maurice de Talleyeand
Perigord
Duchess de Dino
Talleyrand-Perigord
Ada
Helie of Talleyrand-Perigord
Anna Gould
Bont de Castellane
Duke of Talleyrand-Perigord
Duc de Sagan
Violette
Boson
Helen Morton
Levit P. Morton
United States
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Proceedings in Brief From Congress and Committees
Congress met for a week and adjourned at 12 14 pm in memory of Kentucky Senator Ollie M James who died in Baltimore. A funeral attendance committee was named, and a manpower bill conference reached a complete agreement. War revenue bill of 8 060 000 000 was to be reported to the House, with a war time prohibition measure postponed to January 1 next year.
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Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Baltimore
James
Enetor Beckham
Mariom Ky
Beckham
Simmons
Williams
Satth
Arigona
Pomerens
Underwood
Pretraan
Kendrick
Penrose
Borah
Wacks
Kenyon
Felt
Curtis
Harding
Sensteard House
Senate
Yearere
Congress
House
Johraon
Tomsen
Helm
Thomas
Langley
Fields
Cantrill
Rogee
Kineheloe
Garrett
Tennes- 66
Heffin
Alabama
Harrison
Mississippi
Cannon
Nimots
Kahn
California
Dyer
Missouri
Campbell
Kansas
Kitchin
More District Men Officers Made Majors In Army
Fourteen Washington men were commissioned as majors and lieutenants in the army in the Inspector General and adjutant general, engineer, ordnance, quartermaster, chemical warfare, sanitary corps, and medical corps. Named officers include Thomas L. Clear, Frank M. Holmes, Cecil Thurman Wilhames, David Rosenstein, Charles A. Knowles, Louis Bloomfield, Ernest A. Sinclair, Walter J. Fagan, Alfred H. Anndale, James Edward Howard, Leighton Pratt, John Philip Hirth, Francis W. Godwin, and Casimire X. Seibell with addresses and posts at Camp Meigs, Columbia Hospital, and various northwest and southeast Washington streets.
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Washington
Thomas L. Clear
Piney Branch Road
Frank M. Holmes
Seventh Street
Inspector General’s Department
Cecil Thurman Wil- Hames
Camp Meigs
D. C
Adjutant General's Department
David Rosenstein
Twenty-seventh Street
United States Army
Charles A. Knowles
Kearney Street
Engineer Corps
Louis Bloomfield
Channing Streets
Ernest A. Sinclair
Park Road
Ordnance
Walter J. Fagan
New Jersey Avenue
Alfred H. Anndale
Seward Equate
Quartermaster Corps
James Edward Howard
Leighton Pratt
K Street
John Philip Hirth
Seventeenth Street
Leutenant
Chemical Warfare Service
Francis W. Godwin
Chapin Street
Sanitary
Casimire
X. Seibell
Columbia Hospital
Medical Corps
Fuel for Homes Tops New War Industries List
The War Industries Board chaired by Ra ruch plans a 64 item priority list for fuel transportation, materials, labor and finance to guide district draft boards on exemptions. The current 82-classification list will be reorganized into four priority groups, with the order not fixed. A new committee on military and industrial manpower will assist district boards in determining exemptions.
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War Industries Board
Ra»ruch
War Labor Policy Board
Roumanian King Ferdinand Snubs German Mission
Paris dispatch notes a German mission to Roumania meeting a cool reception. King Ferdinand initially refused to see the Germans, then granted a brief twenty minute interview in protocol. He spoke French and wore a single French war cross. no further calls followed.
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Paris
Associated Press
Roumania
Ferdinand
Physicians urged to join volunteer medical service corps
Franklin Martin, chairman of the general medical board of the Council of National Defense, urged physicians to enroll immediately for membership in the volunteer medical service corps. He noted strong response but insisted it must rise further and that every doctor not in government service should submit their application to the central governing board in Washington to be recorded as available for service when called.
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Franklin Martin
General Medical Board
The
Cownall of National Defense
Volunteer Medical Service Corps
Dr. Martin
Algun
Council of National Defense
Weahington
Army Orders Names of Officers Proceeding to Fort Wayne and Fort Lee
The following officers are ordered to proceed from this city to Fort Wayne Michigan and Fort Lee for arrival reporting to the commanding officer. Maj H L Campton Captains Cn Cotton LG True Piet Lisote FF Fai L Gourley W B Maley R D Jackson J J Meenan L C Wagner Jr Db S Wallace F Bivans PD Peary J R Erwin W J Forrest G Moore R W Chilson GC Murphy and Lt F S Dudley Leave of absence for five days granted to First Officer BG McCarterlan.
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C. E. Garrison
EB. J. Whelpley
W. L. Townsend
C. L. Ray
R. G. Heard
This City
Greenbaum
Camp Lee
L. W. Pierds
A. G. Rens
Thie
Afty
P. McCord
Fair- Relig
Obie
Dudley
Atty
Pose
Governors Island
Marehail
Camp Perry
J. L. Oaberne
Metuchen
N. J
Fort Wayne
Mich
cMeer
Maj
H. L. Campton
Capta Cn
Cotton End
True End
Piet Lisote FF
F. Fai
L. Gourley
W. BP. Maley
R. D. Jackson
J. J. Meenan
L. C. Wagner, Jr
Db. S. Wallace
F. Bivans
PD. Peary
J. KR. Erwin
W. J. Forrest
G. Moore
R. W. Chileon
GC. Murphy
Riert
BG. McCterlan
Treasury balance and gold bullion figures reported
United States Treasury statements show revenue receipts for day and month, ordinary disbursements, and totals for general fund assets. The report lists available gold and silver, Treasury notes, bank notes, silver dollars, and gold bullion values, with assets totaling over 1.58 billion dollars and a net balance around 1.36 billion.
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Generel Fund
Asesty
Tresaury
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
National Bank
Treasury
Philippines
Senator Thompson recounts WWI front line experiences
Abroad senator describes firing a French 75 at retreating Germans near Chateau Thierry and witnessing the American surge with Somsons’s capture. He details saving the souvenir shell, burning his hand, and says Chateau Thierry broke the German backbone while two suspected submarines appeared under heavy shellfire.
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Thompson
Chateau Thierry
Senator Thompson
Mra
Somsons
Senator Weeks
Great Saving of Gasoline on Sundays Call
Fuel officials estimate about 3.4 million gallons of gasoline saved weekly by not using motor vehicles on Sundays under Garfield administration. East of the Mississippi about 4 million motor vehicles exist. 200,000 trucks exempt. Savings based on an average of two gallons per car among 3.8 million affected. inquiries delayed clarifications.
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Fuel Administration
Garfield
Mississippi River
Bans New School Buildings During War Permissions Limited
The War Industries Board announced no new schoolhouses may be built during the war except for replacement. The ruling followed a request to spend 3 million dollars on New York schools, stating existing buildings will meet educational needs until victory. It will also restrict construction of other public buildings including nonessential post offices and private structures.
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War Industries Board
New York
Warning Against Enemy Origin War Films
Military intelligence service warns publishers and moving picture producers to beware of enemy origin films in the country. Such pictures are for German propaganda and violate the trading with the enemy act whether made before or during the war.
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United States
Germany
Timely Topics Discussed by Capital Visitors at Congress Hall
At Congress Hall Harry W. Belle of Johnstown Pa criticizes lumber imports and mine timbers while noting a coal supply shortage this year will be milder than last. Col Marrett L Buckner of Dallas urges young men to return to college after the war citing Texas University funding debates and a poker tale used to illustrate education need.
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Pennsylvania
Harry W. Belle
Johnstown
Congress Hall
Tennessee
Stormee
Col Marrett L. Buckner
Dallas
Hobby
Ferguson
Texas
Texas University
Little Red
Hill Enunty
Norris Strong in Nebraska Defends Norris in War Debate
In Nebraska a debate over Senator Norris’s loyalty during wartime politics emerges. Frank Harrican of St James disputes pro patriaoter lines and backs Norris as a strong, financially aware leader. Carl W Cowan of Dallas argues cotton will aid the war effort and stresses labor and machinery needs to boost production and export.
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Nebraska
Norris
United States Senate
Frank Harrican
St. James
Norris Diloyal
Hoe
Carl W. Cowan
Dallas
Tex
Whitney
Nobnés
Asked to Put Pay in Bonds
Railroad employees were urged by Director General McAdoo to invest their back pay from the recent wage increase in Liberty Loan bonds. The circular, sent with pay envelopes, says no employe can use the back pay more effectively than lending it to the government for absolute safety and to build up the reserve for a railway.
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McAdoo
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