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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
9
The notice lists subscription rates for The Washington Post delivered by carriers in Washington and Alexandria, by mail, and various options with daily Sunday inclusions. It notes advance payment, remittance methods, and office details, with executive and foreign advertising contacts.
Public notice advises subscribers to report changes of address to ensure uninterrupted delivery. It explains payment in advance, renewal timing, and how to indicate daily or Sunday delivery. Expiration dates appear on the address label. readers should renew before expiry to avoid missing editions.
A Berlin dispatch casts doubt on American entry while American troops land and prepare for a national army. The piece notes 22 625 airplanes and 100 000 aviators planned, and a 600 000 strong draft, with Brussiloff advancing in Galicia and Verdun stalls. It argues German morale weakens under Allied pressure and that Berlin lies may backfire.
The overtime demand at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has grown since the reserve notes issue. Women workers show patriotism and high efficiency, with most favoring current overtime pay and hours. A National Defense labor committee on women in industry seeks cooperative guidance to ensure fair treatment and continued efficiency.
British and American officials reveal lower sub marine tonnage sunk than earlier claimed. The admiralty maintains secrecy on submarine losses while figures suggest Germany’s wartime efforts are faltering. Washington officials offer cautious, guarded commentary on the trend.
The piece rails at U S censorship efforts to muzzle European news, argues presses cannot stop spies, and calls for expelling enemy aliens from Washington DC. It urges shutting off cable and wireless, restricting all aliens from the District, and censoring outgoing messages rather than incoming. It labels current measures as foolish and dangerous to national security.
Exemptions in the food control bill could undermine the entire system of administration by preventing checks on producer profits and middleman influence. A full, beginning-to-end survey of the food chain from growers to consumers is urged, with the Federal Trade Commission to assist in a comprehensive investigation to fix responsibility for profiteering. The piece critiques selective exemptions and calls for a data-driven approach to reform, emphasizing transparency and accountability.
London Globe reports Dr Oswald of Glasgow Lunatic Asylum argues poverty is a powerful mental stress. He notes that removing poverty and providing higher living standards and employment reduce insanity, making unemployment a greater danger than war as a cause.
The article traces progress in countering submarine threats to Allied merchant shipping. It notes initial fears of annihilation, then growing evidence that armed merchant ships can fight back. June 22 transports’ maneuvering boosts confidence, suggesting defensive tactics and ingenuity may reduce losses and deter submarines, reshaping German assumptions about submarine production versus replacement.
The article recounts a British-press style account of Emperor William II losing over 2,000,000 marks to a Saxon widow after a Leipzig supreme court ruling. It traces earlier royal bequests across Europe, noting how monarchs rarely accept such gifts and detailing historical examples and public reactions.
A historical notice marks the birthday of John Paul Jones born June 1747 the Scotchman who helped build the American navy during the Revolutionary War. It recounts his early life in Scotland voyages to Virginia his move to America plans for a navy and the famed 1779 battle between the Bon Homme Richard and Serapis with Jones’s victory and later honors including burial in Paris and reinterment at Annapolis.
Proceedings note unanimous move to begin cooperation on prohibition section at 3 pm with limited debate. Senate leaders expect tonite vote on prohibition and mid next week final passage. Chamberlain supports administration compromise on whisky and beer. Kenyon amendment expanded federal control to buy and sell all other necessaries. Pomerene urged coal regulation. St Louis unrest referenced.
A long dispatch lists multiple Army transfers and duties. Major William H. Reserve, corps of engineers, joins a board on equipment and instruction. officers reassigned within infantry and cavalry. several captains and lieutenants transferred to new regiments. coastal artillery officers assigned as instructors at training camps. retirements and duties shifted for depot and medical corps staff. several officers to Petersburg and forts for camp sanitation and aid.
At the Willard Hotel, Prof. Pearson urges wheat conservation and embracing canned vegetables. F A Haim from New York predicts Alfonso may become Spanish republic president if Spain faces a republic. Frank A. Adame notes a nationwide push to plant vegetables and potatoes, with a looming surplus and need for foreign markets to absorb perishable tonnage.
An American writer reports on German espionage in the Allied ranks, noting spies of German ancestry who both gather and relay information. It recalls cases of discovered spies and a Marne incident where German agents traveled with a civilian handcuffed between officers. The piece also discusses French terms for soldiers in the trenches and related etymology.
A New York servant girl who was rewarded on a model has disappeared along with jewelry valued at eight thousand dollars. The loss is tragic though the pieces can be replaced, the sadness of the missing money and heirloom items remains. The article notes the case as a notable mystery from the city.
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