Air Armada Assured Senate to Act Promptly
The largest single appropriation in Congress history, 649 million dollars for a vast American air fleet, is expected to pass the House quickly and be matched in the Senate. Details are restricted, with no public disclosure of spending plans, and a minimum 20 000 airplanes aimed for within a year.
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War Department
May Drop Kent Island Site Over Proving Ground Plan
Secretary of War Baker told Representative Price he would not approve Kent Island for an army proving ground if a Chesapeake Bay alternative exists. He noted concern for farming land and said both Crisfield and Worcester county sites would be investigated. Baker pledged a prompt conclusion and expressed sympathy for Kent Island residents.
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Army Proving Ground
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Baltimore
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Tolt
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Kent Island
Chesapeake Bay
Crisfield
Worcester County
Tornado Sweeps Region Killing Several and Damaging Property
A tornado struck Elanville and surrounding areas tonight, killing at least several and injuring many. An Interurban car near Homer derailed, killing the motorman and injuring others. Reports say a cyclone hit Champaign with additional injuries and extensive property damage as communications faltered.
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Jil
Homer
Champaign
I W W Round-Up in Arizona and Camp Anniston Training Camps
A historical photo shows 1 100 I W W members seized in Bisbee Arizona with G W P Hunt and Brig Gen James Parker of the U S Army in the scene. The article also details a 16 000 acre high altitude training camp near Anniston Alabama used as a summer encampment for soldiers and lists nationwide National Guard training locations from Maine to California with routes and destinations.
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Carranza Plots and U S Aid Amid World War Pressure
The piece argues Carranza seeks U S backing and a loan while resisting German influence. It accuses his aides of manipulating public opinion with pro Carranza press coverage and diplomats like Fletcher masking true aims. It questions Washington's restraint and notes the danger of entanglement if Carranza pivots toward the United States.
I W W Opposed Gore Bill Urged Action On Food Control
President Wilson backs the original food control bill while Gore substitutes are blocked. Hoover Chamberlain and Reed oppose the Gore plan as undermining wartime food measures. Deportations from Bisbee prompt federal orders for rations. German I W W members to be interned. investigations probe I W W finances and alleged German support.
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Martin
Tru
Lodge
Smoot
Democratic Steering Committee
Hoover
Chamberlain
Gore
Reed
Marshall
McCormick Heads Board As Food War Measures Announced
Officials clarified that Vance O. McCormick, not Edwin N Hurley, will chair the exports license board. McCormick, Democratic National Committee chairman, maintains close White House contact and will head the council. The proclamation banning attempts to move foodstuffs and war materials will take full effect at midnight tonight.
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Howard E. Coffin
Council of National Defense
House
Mr. Coffin
Julius Kahn
California
House Military Committee
Stpiniestration
Eewin N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Vance O. McCormick
Tha
Democratic National Committee
McCormick
Wilson
White House
Brazil to Patrol Coast in Naval Cooperation
Brazil will patrol the entire Brazilian coastline from the Guiana border to the southern boundary. The agreement, announced in Washington, assigns Brazilian fleet responsibilities while American warships continue hunting German raiders and submarines in South American waters.
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Rio Janeiro
Guiana
Brazil
Washington
No Prison Shop for War Workmen
Special to The Washington Post from New York July 13 reports Westinghouse officers denying telegraphed rumors claiming the company would recruit 1000 skilled workers for a secret 10 month wartime project with double pay and isolation. President E M Herr says there is no foundation for the story and warns against spreading the hoax.
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Washington Post
New York
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
E. M. Herr
Weetinghouse Company
Foreigners Stoned by Mob of Miners at Flat River
In Flat River Missouri a mob of about 3000 American miners assaulted foreign mine workers, injuring scores and possibly killing one. Over 100 shots fired, windows smashed, homes wrecked, as locals demanded solely American labor. By 10:30 p.m. streets cleared with no further trouble expected.
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Foreien
Deetun
Federal Lead Companies
Shaft House
Embargo Arouses Argentinians in July Report
Buenos Aires reports growing unease over the U S export licensing plan as Argentina sees the move as unjustified. The wheat embargo and past coal disputes fuel irritation while the senate meets in secret to discuss the embargo and potential stance on American war fleets near ports.
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United States
Argentina
Wilson
Washington
London
Republic
War Appropriations Near Three Billion Threshold
Administration officials will ask Congress next week for about 3.06 billion dollars in war appropriations, adding to already sought sums. Total war funding this session will approach 13? billion dollars. The package includes 100 million for emergency naval construction, 45 million for naval aircraft and aviation, 5 million for War Department clerks and quarters, and 200 thousand for a radio station in Porto Rico. The 640 million aviation measure remains to be handled separately.
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Congress
War Department
Porto Rico
Embargo Curbs Plotters Across South America
A report notes continued and unrestricted German agents in several South American countries. It suggests using the new law to retaliate against nations permitting such activity. An American consul reports anti American campaigns by Germans, conducted by German consular officers and major German firms, sometimes aided by neutral firms with German ties. The goal is to discredit the United States and reduce American wartime involvement.
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Heaven
Carranza
Washington
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Viejo
Villa
Mexico
Carrizal
Obregon
Seattle
Wash
IL W. W
Clay Allen
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Woman Sentenced to Hang for Windsor Inmate Murders
Hartford July 13 Mrs Amy Archer Gilligan found guilty of first degree murder in the poisoning death of Franklin R Andrews at her Windsor home for the elderly She faces the gallows on November 6 The prosecution alleged she caused multiple deaths to profit from contracts for elderly care and the jury indicted four other inmate deaths with similar circumstances Her daughter Mary Arthur and counsel Benedict Holden showed emotion as the verdict stood with an appeal planned.
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Amy Archer-Gilligan
Franklin R. Andrews
Windsor
Gardiner Green
Archer-Gilligan
Mary Arthur
Benedict M. Holden
Holden
Archer O 'Qibligan
Lightning Strikes Soldier at Camp Beagirt
Lightning struck a tent used by a detachment of regulars at Beagirt New Jersey during rifle practice, instantly killing Private James H Arm a 19 of Clarkesville Tennessee who enlisted in Douglas Arizona last October. A fellow soldier sleeping nearby suffered minor burns.
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