Weeks Pays Tribute to Groups in Defense Test Day
A special meeting in the capital discussed observances and arguments against a defense test day. Secretary Weeks praised diverse organizations and leaders, noting their contributions to national security and the mobilization of support for the plan.
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Weeks
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John
Hines
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Daghers
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Mra Androw
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Louis & Arenberg
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Grand Army of the Republic
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UO C HOTLY DENIES LACK OF PATRIOTISM
Indignant leaders of the United Daughters of the Confederacy deny a Defense Day claim that they are unpatriotic. They cite war work by Southern women, including D C volunteers, and note their collaboration with national defense efforts during World War I. The piece references Gen Arensberg’s remarks and responses from UDC leaders.
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United Daughters of the Confederat
Gen & E Arensberg
Grand Army of the Republic
UDC
Frann Godenheimer
Daughters of the Confederacy
United Daughterg of the Confederacy
Wen Arensberg
Stone Mountain
Hugh L Scott
George Barnett
Marine Corps
Scott
National Service School
The
Womens Naval Service
Wilson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Gen Arensberg
Frank Harrold
SPC
Georgia
Defense plan outlined to gain citizen support nationwide
The department seeks public consideration of its plans and explains that the defense test is designed to involve earnest patriotic cooperation of citizens across the nation to put the program into effect.
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Department Ia
Defense Test Day Plans Outlined At Major Meeting
Patriotic veterans and civic groups met in Memorial Continental Hall to hear Brig Gen Hugh A Drum and Lt Cal J Watt discuss Defense Test Day plans. Major Gen John T. Hines and Brig Gen Charles EF Martin spoke in the afternoon, stressing a peaceful, defensive policy and balanced defense with minimal economic impact.
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Memorial Continental Hall
Hugh A Drum
Army of the United States
Defense
Cal J Watt Page
John T. Hines
Brigton
Charles EF Martin
Army
Ten Hines
Jen Hines
Defense Day Officers To Receive Instructions
Reserve officers at Fortieth Infantry meet at 12:30 today in room 312 Veterans Bureau Building to receive instructions on defense. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Awl, regimental commander, will address the officers. Plans for recruiting enlistments for the day will be discussed.
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Fortieth Infantry
Veterans Bureau
Cnl Frank
Repairs to ZR-3 Will Delay Sailing Three Days
Navy reports repairs and alterations to prevent a recurrence of an engine accident on the ZR 3. Far tests are set for Wednesday, with departure to the United States expected on or about September 15, delaying sailing by three to five days.
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United States
Navy Department
Operators Explain Anthracite Economy Service Campaign
Anthracite coal operators plan a public education program on the economy and usefulness of anthracite with four permanent service stations in New York Philadelphia Boston and Washington and a traveling exhibit starting in September. The exhibit will visit twenty cities over two weeks and emphasize home heating efficiency and the wider use of smaller coal sizes like buckwheat, urging housewives to visit and inspect.
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New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Campaign of Public Enlightenment
Portland
Maine
Manchester
Providence
Worcester
Springfield
Mass
Hartford
New Haven
Bridgeport
Conn
Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Paterson
Newark
Trenton
Allentown
Lancaster
Baltimore
Wilmington
Atlantic City
Reichstag Passes Dawes Bills With nationalist Aid
The Reichstag approved the Dawes bills with 251 to 94 amid 85 abstentions after months of lobbying by industrialists and banks. Nationalists backed the measure in exchange for concessions including a German denial of war guilt and a cabinet reshuffle likely by October.
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Socialista
Democratic People's Party
Bavarian People’s Party
Stahmer
Great Britain
Wll
Germany
London
Ludendorff
Marx
Stresemann
Tne
Opposing Chinese Armies Now Only a Few Miles Apart
Shanghai dispatch reports rival Chinese armies separated by 17 miles with generals Ho Eng Lin and Chi Shi Hi Yuan issuing declarations. Tokyo worries as civil war disrupts trade, with Shanghai seeing canceled orders and a $100,690,000 half year export figure from Japan via Shanghai.
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Yangtze
Kiiangay
Tokyo
Japan
China
Chaklang
Kiangsu
Tapans
Manchuria
Gen Chang Tso Hin
Russia
Fen
The
Chicag
Strife in Kiangsu and Chekiang Affects Shanghai Control
State Department officials note potential trouble from Chinese rivalries in Kiangsu and Chekiang provinces may trigger broader issues. Gen Chi Hsien Yuan seeks to oust Gen Ho Teng Lin from Shanghai with backing from Gen U Yang Halang, while U.S. indirect influence through Taenden talks and Berlin Reichstag votes adds a decisive factor.
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State Department
Kiangsu
Chehiang
Gen Chi Hsien Yuan
Klangau
Gen Ho Teng Lin
Shanghai l
Klangau Land
Genu Yang Halang
Chekiang
Gen Hi 19
Cen Ho
Shanghai
Kaiser Holds Dawes Plan Violates Self Respect
Exiled former Kaiser companions at Doorn release a statement through Special Cable Dispatch arguing the Dawes Plan and London Agreement rest on Germany's responsibility for the war. They claim the plans are unacceptable to men of honor and self respect, asserting the truth is known in England France and the United States.
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Reichatng
Marx
Count Lerchenfeld
Bavaria
Hergt von
Reichstag
Dawes
Germany
London
Reuter
Berlin
Stresemann
Terris
APF
Lawa
United States
Wall England
Admiral Paschwitz
Doorn
England
France
The
Chicago Tribune
Sailors Save Fuel Drums in Icy Strait Ahead of World Flight
On board the U S S Richmond at sea near Labrador eight drums of fuel were saved after a crew from the destroyer Lawrence battled icy water for hours. They lashed and hauled the drums to shore, keeping the world flight fuel supply from collapse as delays and fog threaten the Atlantic crossing.
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Tickle
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Herdam
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Nevillea
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Hawkes Bay
Newfoundland
Lieut Smith
Lieut Nelson
North Atlantic Ocean
Greenland
H H Bieefel
Fllora
Indian Harbor
Smith
Lawrence
Hamilton Inlet
Atlantic
Nortic
Pavis Strait
Broad Ocean
US S. Milwaukee
Lowell Smith
Wilwaukee
Tingtut
Coghlan We Farl
Charles Ausburn
Tawrence
Magruder
Rent Smith
Barry
Pictou
Nova Scotia
Leigh Wade
Tieut
Henry H Ogden
Faroe Islands
Wade
Lieut Ogden
Boston
Three Guns Fail to Save Italian Feud Victim
In a chaotic turn on the South Side, the eighth victim of a 41 week feud in Little Italy was fatally shot after attackers fired multiple rounds. Frank Marola and Marotta were not prepared for the sudden ambush as they faced three loaded pistols.
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Little
Italy
Frank Maroia
Marotta
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