War Department draft records chaos prompts inquiry
General Graham tells a House panel that draft records sent from the states to Washington have not been preserved. He says some records are stored in cellars and stables and rotting, while witnesses including March, Harris, and Effrowder are expected to testify as the committee probes wartime expenditures and related issues.
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War Department
Washington
States
Graham
Special House
Effrowder
Oobraham
Washington Barracks
Trraham
Terra Ks
Alsatians Oppose Strike United Alsace Unions Stand
Alsatian unions and state employees not in the General Labor Federation adopted a resolution disapproving a general strike planned for July 21. Members were urged to stay at their posts and the resolution expressed confidence in the government. The meeting marked the first worker response since the province’s return.
Airship B-34 Returns to London Amid Royal Reception
Maj G H Scott and Brig Gen Edward Maitland arrived in London from Pulham to meet with the air council and report on the Atlantic voyage. Photographs from the B-34 voyage, including Wilson’s New York arrival and the Willard Dempsey knockout, were published in U S and London papers. A 24 day old American newspaper was shown being delivered at Buckingham Palace.
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United States
New York
King George
Associated Prean
London
G H Scott
K 34
Atlantic
Pulham
Edward M Maitland
British
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
War Office
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Maitland
Air
Winston
Churchill
England
Purhamere
Viscount _Northcliffe
Wilson
Wilsons Arriival
Mineola
Serbs Evacuate Temesvar Across Romanian Front
Geneva reports the Serbian forces evacuating Temesvar, 72 miles northeast of Belgrade, taking valuables including 49 locomotives and 1500 railroad cars. The Romanian bureau notes the population stands at 7 percent in protest, while Romania rejects another offer from Bolshevik premier Lenin.
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Geneva
Berne
Temesvar
Belgrade
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Banks' Committee May Aid Washington Utilities
The District National Bank and Commercial National Bank leaders were chosen to chair and secretary a protective committee for holders of 1.381 million dollars in Washington Utilities Corporation notes. The committee aims to influence management of the Washington Virginia Railway Company and seeks to stabilize finances to restore service and meet obligations. A DC Paper Manufacturing Company offer of 430,200 dollars in preferred stock at 8 percent dividend drew local interest amid a postponed sale of Washington Virginia Railway shares.
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W. E. Booker
New York
Col
Robert N Harper
District National Bank
Washington Utilities Corporation
William Cadwallader
Commercial National Bank
New Yor
Washington
Utilities Corporation
Washington Boadway and Léctrre Company I
Washington Virginia Railway Company
Continental Trust Company
Washington Banks
Washington Uilities Corporation
Alexandria
Washington Virginid
Local Stock Exchange
District of Columbia Paper Manufactur Ng Company
Crane Lvartis &A Ind Woorhead & Limore
Georgetown
Lampany
Tess Gaz
Tadiy
Texas Bank
Washington Bank
Widi
Houston Bank and Trust Campany
Houston
Tex
Rust Company
American Bankers Association
Bankers Association
The
Houston Bank and Trust Company
Association
Percival Wilson
National Savings and Trust Company
Atlantic
Lansing Sails After Delay On Rotterdam Return Trip
The steamship Rotterdam carries Secretary of State Lansing to New York after a one day delay in Brest. Lansing, who arrived from Paris July 12, told French press his farewell expresses gratitude to France and its people and cites the duties of peace and reconstruction ahead.
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Rotterdam
Lansing
New York
Laris Faris
Ios
Ansing
Brance
France
Americas Department of Foreign Affairs
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ATR Council
Roumania
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Walter M. Smith
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