Westover sunk. Hollows listed among missing crew
The Westover supply ship was torpedoed July 11 in the war zone bound for Europe. Ensign Caldwell, Paymaster Halstead, and eight others are missing. Frank Hollows, chief machinist, of Washington DC, is among the 92 crew. his wife Lucille Hollows and three children await word. The Navy announced few details, and whether any crew were captured remains unclear.
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Mich Enaign
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Washington
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Hartwellon
Austin
Clyde Wilson Moincie
Frankx Hollows
Sed
Fourteenth Street
Lucille Hollows
Post
Navy
Servce
Hollows
Navyy Yard
Amorg
John Cale
Louis Ordan Cole
Eatwood
Germany denies food to Austria in wartime shortages
London reports on July 18 that Germany has cut food supplies to Austria ending Monday. Stuttgart Neues Tageblatt cites crop and shipment issues as causes. Austria now must stand on its own with hopes of German food aid crushed as prices soar to wartime highs.
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London
Universaly
Kaiser Watches Battle From Observation Post
Kaiser William observed the German offensive from an advanced post northwest of Rheims with Karl Rosner reporting for the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger. The emperor spurred troops at night July 14 and remained beside the fighting, noting early reports of progress and a day of success near the Marne and Rheims area.
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Amsterdam
William
Rheims
Karl Rosner
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Rosner
Marne
When Mr Hoover Says Conserve Economy At Home
A housewife recalls signing wartime food pledges under Mr Hoover’s call to conserve. Her husband initially opposed restrictions to support bonds and stamps but now embraces economizing. She describes thrifty meals like hors d oeuvres on war bread and lettuce, ending with Al Sauce as a praised economy booster.
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Hoover
Jim
Roosevelt calls for higher idealism at home in war speech
The ex president urges loyal public service as he campaigns in Albany. He defends wartime policy, blames disloyalty, calls for a stronger Congress, a broad draft, and an American led world effort with a massive overseas army. He warns against premature peace talks and praises mobilization.
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England
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Thanet Repulses Raider
German aircraft appeared over the Isle of Thanet in Kent tonight. Anti aircraft guns fired at the machine which then turned westward and proceeded out to sea.
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London
Isle of Thanet
Kent County
Quentin Roosevelt Reported Prisoner After Air Combat
New York July 18 Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt is reported missing after an aerial engagement over German lines and is believed captured by German forces. Col Theodore Roosevelt, arriving from Saratoga, announced a cable from his son in law Surgeon Major Richard Derby in Paris confirming the transmission. The American air forces fought in the Champagne battle, locating enemy batteries and aiding Allied operations as Roosevelt reportedly went missing during the preliminary fights.
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Japan Appears to Accept U S Intervention Plan
Tokyo and London dispatches report Japan has practically accepted U S proposals for extending military aid to Russia in Siberia while the government maintains it will not publish any official statements of its attitude. Negotiations with Great Britain Japan and France on a common policy were cited, but no concrete announcements were made in Washington. Dispatches about French American proposals appearing in Tokyo papers did not alter the policy of withholding official comment.
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London
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United States
Russia
Siberia
Great Britain
France
Washington
German Press Sees Mixed Fears Over Marne Offensive
Amsterdam July 18 German press reflects restraint and mixed hopes on the Marne offensive. Gen Baron von Ardenne doubts complete victory while Berlin and Cologne papers note initiative by Field Marshal von Hindenburg and uncertainty over the surprise factor. Russian dispatches report Moscow guard concerns and Bolshevik caution. Democrate notes Germany split between victory hopes and secret fears of failure.
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Marne
Baron von Ardenne
Adda
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Rheims
Fatherland
Deutscher Tages Zeitung
von Hindenburg
Geneva
Democrate
Rhine
Germany
MacDonald Files Democratic Candidacy for Congress in Western District
Mrs H C MacDonald of Butte filed her candidacy for Congress on the Democratic ticket in the Western district. Her platform pledges victory in the war to secure peace and the appointment of women to at least half of government offices of responsibility and trust.
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Helena
Mont
H C MacDonald
Butte
Congress
Draftee Hangs Self After Train Jump Near Millboro
Special to The Washington Post reports Herbert Crawford of Cynthiana Kentucky, en route to Camp Meade Maryland, committed suicide three miles west of Millboro. He leaped from an eastbound Chesapeake and Ohio train, survived the fall, then hanged himself from a tree with a wire. A track crew found the body and county authorities took custody.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Herbert Crawford
Cynthania
Camp Meade
Fort Thomas
Millboro
Chesapeake and Ohio
Crawford
Fall Kills Lynchburg Child on James River Bridge
Elizabeth Johnson, 5, daughter of J J Johnson of Madison Heights, fell from the James River bridge while playing. She crushed her skull and hip, died soon after hospital arrival in Lynchburg Va on July 18.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Elizabeth
J. J. Johnsson
Madison Heights
James River
Russia Refuses German Guard Move in Moscow
A July report states Germany asked Russia for permission to send a battalion of troops to Moscow but Moscow refused the request, signaling tense postwar diplomacy and security concerns between the two nations.
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Russia
Moscow
London
Germany
Produce Grain and Live Stock Prices Baltimore July 18
Grain and live stock markets report prices for poultry dairy eggs and grains in Baltimore and Chicago. Includes figures for alive chickens butter eggs wheat corn oats barley rye hogs cattle and sheep with multiple regional price ranges and classifications.
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Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ofaryland
Ohio
West Virginia
Chicago
Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules Ad Find Kidney Health Remedy
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims the product has 200 years of use, promises relief from backache and urinary trouble, and guarantees money back. It warns against imitations and urges readers to buy locally from druggists.
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Pasteur
Haarlem
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