Washington Post Subscription Rates and Terms 1919
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China
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League of Nations
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Eurane
Smuts Urges Conciliation With Germany Amid Allied Skepticism
A spokesman for defeatism, Gen Jan Smuts, promotes conciliation toward Germany, arguing for a softened peace treaty. He presses for Germany to join the League, critics allied punishment, and urges leaving Russia. The piece denounces his stance as pro German propaganda and warns it undermines allied gains after the war.
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League of Nations
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Smuts
England
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Ifsa
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Belgium
Ebert
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Lenine
Trotzky
Paris
British Empire
Astyria
War Risk Bureau faces flaws in reaching ex-soldiers
The Flashes Committee chaired by Charles E Hughes urges radical changes to the War Risk Bureau after finding 30 percent of discharged servicemen have incorrect addresses, leaving millions unaware of low cost life insurance. The committee warns current efforts are futile if remediable address data are not corrected.
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War
War Risk Bureau
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
War risk bureau urged to reach discharged soldiers
A report urges closer ties with discharged soldiers through state and municipal officials, the Red Cross and unions. It recommends bureau branches in each state, a publicity drive to inform veterans of opportunities, and legislation to run the bureau on business principles with adequate salaries for experts. The report warns that failure to engage veterans could tarnish wartime gains.
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American Federation of Labor
Service. Co
War Risk Bureau
Conarese
National Guard reorganization and WWI ties
Orders from the War Department outline a phased national guard reorganization under prior acts, with quotas rising to 800 per senator and representative, a stronger force of about 424200, and full strength available immediately if funded. It praises guard service in the war and calls for a stable, efficient base with qualified officers and enlisted ranks.
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United States
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National Defense
Lord Rothes Sells Scottish Estate and Relatives Tale
Lord Rothes offers Leslie House and 10 000 acre estate in Fifeshire for sale after Highlands service. The article recounts his military career with the Black Watch and Highland Light Infantry, and notes his wife Lady Rothes survived the Titanic disaster. It recounts royal footwear roles and historic Rothes family ties to Leslie and Mary Countess of Rothes.
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Black Watch
Eyeling
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France
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New York
England
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Rothes
Henrietta Leslie
Devonshire
George Gwyther
Henrietta
Countess of
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Proceedings on sundry civil, Meigs and Wilson aims at generals
United States Congress met at noon and adjourned at 4 50 p m A sundry civil appropriation bill was repassed after a veto. An amendment by Senator Fall to end enforcement of the trading with the enemy act was rejected 33 to 27. President Wilson urged full general rank for Pershing and admiral rank for Sims and Benson. Fall charged border incursions into Mexico. Debates criticized army air service cuts and discussed Meats bill federal control. Postmasters and a Denver collector were confirmed. Various committee hearings covered coal cars, a New York tunnel project, and wartime expenditures. Wilson’s naval and general rank recommendations drew strong reactions.
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United States
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American Wholesale Coal Association
Rules Committee
Koons
Postoffice Committee
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Grand Central
New York
Fife
Gen. March
Redfield
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War Baker
Theodore Roosevelt
Post Ofice Committee
Baall Miles
State Department
Six Americans Decorated in France Honor Roll of Allies
Paris reports Captain Andre Tardieu presented the Legion of Honor to Edward L. Hearn general commissioner for Europe of the Knights of Columbus E C Carter of the YMCA in France Director Davis of the same organization John Foster Dulles of the American peace commission Hurting Ginn of the American Treasury and finance controller of the American army in Europe and M Vibbert secretary of the American Union in Paris. The honors were given by the French government as a tribute for services rendered.
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Liggett Assigned to Western Post
Lieut Gen Hunter Liggett, former commander of the American army of occupation in Germany, and Maj Gen Joseph T Dickman, former Fourth army corps commander, have been ordered to assume command of the Western and Southern departments on their arrival from overseas. Maj Gen John F Morrison, current Western department head at San Francisco, is ordered to Camp Lewis Washington.
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Army of Occupation
Germany
Joseph T. Dickman
Fourth Army Corps
John F. Morrison
Western Department
San Francisco
War Department
Camp Lewis
Wash
Eleven Generals Aboard Transport Acquitania
The transport Acquitania carries Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman and nine other generals plus Assistant Secretary Crowell and aviation mission members. The ship, along with the America, is due in New York around July 22 carrying nearly all of the Fifth division out of service.
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Hunter Liggett
Condensed Time Table of Trains to Principal Cities
The Washington Post presents a condensed schedule of Washington departures to major cities. It notes daily changes as railroads revise times and bases departures on railroad administration data. Cities listed include Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Memphis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Richmond, and St. Louis with multiple daily trains and varied service.
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Death Penalty On Peace Basis By War Order
The War Secretary’s order strips all generals including Gen Pershing of power to order executions. It requires courts martial sentences to go to the President for final action, applies to all territorial department commanders, and limits Pershing from issuing death sentence executions or dismissals without clemency.
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Gan Pershing
Peruvian Ambassador Hands Embassy Archives After Lima Overthrow
Announcement from the Peruvian embassy states Ambassador Dr Francisco Tudela handed the archives to first secretary Dr Carlos Gibson following the July 4 overthrow of the Pardo government in Lima by President-elect Seguia. Tudela conveyed the move to the Peruvian government on July 6 and reported it to the U.S. State Department in an interview with Acting Secretary William Phillips.
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Carlos Gibson
Lima
Seguia
Pr Tudela
Changes Battleships Base With Coastal Maneuver
Newport July 18 Admiral Henry B Wilson commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet will base the battleships in Provincetown Portland and Gardiners Bay for most of the summer rather than Narragansett Bay. The move recalls a previous shift when Rear Admiral Robley D Evans left Provincetown after local authorities banned Sunday baseball, after which Nar ragansett Bay served as the fleet base until entering the war.
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Henry B Wilson
Provincetown
Portland
Gardiners Bay
Narragansett Bay
Robley D. Evans
United States
Capt Alphonse De Carre Decorated With DSC
Capt Alphonse De Carre, mother Mrs Roan De Carre, of 3522 Thirteenth Street NW, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in the Bois de Belleau France on June 11 1918. He captured two German guns and prevented enemy fire on American troops rear area as a member of the Fifth Regiment Marine Corps.
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Ilves
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Bois Dé Belleau
France
de Carre
Fifth Regiment
Marine Corps
Colorado Democrats Forecast Victory in 1920
Prominent Denver Democrat Gus Martin predicts Colorado will vote Democratic in 1920, chalking up Shafroth’s defeat to intra-party discord and noting current labor calm, rising wages for miners, and broader political shifts. He contrasts East and West divides and urges informed views on national geography and unity.
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Willard
Shafroth
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Abyssinian Mission Donates 5000 to Red Cross
The Abyssinian mission gave 5000 dollars to the American Red Cross this week before traveling to Detroit Buffalo and Niagara Falls. They had spent a week in the city presenting congratulations on the war victory and stated the funds would aid crippled American soldiers.
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Destroyer Meyer Is Launched In Quincy Yard
The destroyer Meyer named for former Secretary of the Navy George von L. Mey was launched at the Fare River yards of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy Massachusetts on July 18. Mrs. Alicea Rodgers of Chevy Chase Maryland, daughter of Mr Meyer, attended the ceremony.
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