Navy plans fleet of 200 aeroplanes to counter European buildup
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and the General Board weigh a 200 airplane fleet for the U S Navy amid motor shortcomings and threat from European rivals England France and Germany possessing vast air forces. Officials warn the nation is vulnerable to aerial attack without a substantial aviation arm.
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Roosevelt Improves After Appendix Operation
Reports from the Naval Hospital indicate President Franklin D Roosevelt is convalescing from an appendectomy. Doctors say details will be clearer in two or three days and that his return home is anticipated if his condition remains satisfactory.
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Temperance Meeting to Open Prohibition Campaign in City
A large temperance gathering convenes at Metropolitan ME Church tonight with former Guy Mannly of Indiana and Rev C Cy McLean of Douglas Memorial ME Church as speakers. The event marks the start of a citywide drive for prohibition in Washington. The session follows installation of officers for Washington Monument Lodge No 435 at Pythian Temple with H I Carrell reelected president and others named.
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Norway Doubles North Sea Marine Insurance Rate
In Christiania on July 11 the government raised the merchant marine war insurance premium from 12 to 24 percent for ships sailing in the North Sea the English Channel and the east Atlantic. Cargo insurance is handled by a mutual company of shipowners while cargo from the United States pays 4 percent and Norwegian to United States rate stays at 1 percent.
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Temperance Leader Lectures on Liquor Evil at Hamline
Mrs Florence C Richards president of the Ohio State Women’s Christian Temperance Union and international prohibition lecturer spoke at Hamline Methodist Church, urging temperance and citing that nine-tenths of Ohio penitentiary inmates attributed their confinement to liquor. She urged votes for women and cited progress from an Atlantic City anti-saloon session. Also noted: explosions at Curt is pig powder mills, casualties uncertain. Kansas City journalist Charles Blakesley dies at 41 after typhoid fever.
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Sociability Run Ends with Washington Man Wins Cup
Tourists from several states visited the Holly Beach Yacht Club for a four day sociability run of the Philadelphia Speedway Association. A I Moore of Washington won the cup donated by President Dunlap of Philadelphia. other cup winners included F M Seanor Greensburg Pa and J T Seyler Pittsburgh. Senator Philip P Baker hosted the closing ceremonies at Wildwood Crest.
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Prelate's Body Lies In State In Rochester
The body of Archbishop Quigley of Chicago, who died here Saturday, is taken from Rochester to St Patrick's Cathedral where it lies in state until tomorrow afternoon. A solemn requiem mass is held tomorrow morning with Bishop Hickey officiating. About 300 clergy attend, including delegations from Chicago and Buffalo. A special train will move the body to Chicago Thursday with Knights of Columbus guarding. Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco will deliver the funeral sermon.
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Land for Australian Soldiers Special Gable io The Washington ust
The New South Wales government has set aside 25000 acres of wheat-prowme land and 250000 acres of irrigation lands for settlement by soldiers returned from the war.
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Annapolis Votes Today Full Municipal Ticket in Capital
Annapolis launches a series of Maryland elections with a full municipal ticket at the capital. Mayor James F Strange seeks reelection against J Clayton Brewer as the first ward faces contest and the Fourth ward targets two aldermen, including Albert Adama. Third ward fights Alderman Richard G Chaney with Levy opposed by Evans and Woolley, while the Republican ticket nominates Daniel R Randall for counselor alongside isolated party efforts. The Annapolis corporation lists the mayor, counselor and aldermen.
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Pennsylvania Railroad carries 180 million passengers with no fatalities
Records for the year ended June 30 show the Pennsylvania Railroad system carried about 180 million passengers with no deaths in a train accident. The system spans 26,000 miles across 13 states and operates 113,500 passenger trains monthly on lines east of Pittsburgh. The last passenger fatality occurred in November 1912 at Glen Loch, Pa. The company also won the Panama-Pacific exposition grand prize for its exhibit.
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War in Bible draws crowd at Fourth Presbyterian yard
Last night a community service gathered on the lawn beside Fourth Presbyterian Church at Thirteenth and Fairmont streets NW. Organized by A H B Kelly, the event featured Henry B Macfarland preaching on Christian warfare and urging retention of biblical passages about war. Dr C Everest Granger of Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church assisted as similar Sunday gatherings are planned all summer.
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Want Vacationists to Aid London
Farmers organizations across England urge city residents to spend vacations in farming country to help cultivate and harvest wartime crops. Agricultural societies provide literature listing locations where work is available and the peak months for assistance.
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Open New Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
The new Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital on New York avenue between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets is expected to open for business by noon today. Forty patients will be moved from the old institution, which will close its doors after forty years of service, marking its final chapter. The transfer will use the regular emergency ambulance and one private ambulance, with some patients on stretchers. The nursing staff, recently increased to about 180, will be available to support the move and hospital operations.
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Fire Kills Three Horses at Dickinson Stable
Fire of unknown origin in the rear stable of E P Dickinson at 164 Twentieth Street Northwest early last night burned two horses to death and badly injured a third that had to be shot. Damage was about 900 dollars. An effort to rescue the animals was made, but the fire gained headway and the heat prevented men from entering the building.
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