Washington Post Subscription Rates and Notice 1918
The Washington Post lists delivery and mail subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with annual and monthly options. It notes prepaid payments, addresses updates, and prompts subscribers to renew before expiration with dates shown on the address label, dated Thursday July 25 1918.
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Postofice
Washington, DC
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallers
Chicago
Little Building
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
Washington Post Company
Labe
World commercial league vision postwar cooperation
A wartime plan to harmonize shipping and commerce among allied nations emerges as lasting, with King George V praising unified action and predicting postwar rivalry will be intelligent and beneficial. Germany is blamed for eroding trust and will face long hesitation before reintegration, as western powers maintain a peaceful, confident alliance in trade and navigation.
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Germany
Parliamentary Commercial Conference
George V
West
Russia
China
Africa
South America
America
United States
League of Nations
Control of the Wires Emphasizes War Time Government Oversight
President Wilson takes possession of all telegraph and telephone lines under a congressional joint resolution. Postmaster General Burleson assumes broad supervisory power, with possible partial or full government control ongoing until the war ends. The aim is low-cost service and wartime efficiency while not committing to full government ownership.
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President Wilson
Congress
Burleson
Hoover Arrives in London for Unified Food Control Talks
World’s Food Controller Herbert Hoover has reached London to confer with Britain France and Italy on distributing supplies. The talks are understood to aim at a unified food control system modeled on military unity of command.
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Herbert Hoover
London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Hoover
Hoover Would Likely Lead Allied Food Control
The article argues Mr. Hoover could unify Allied food supplies under one head, given the high esteem for him. It notes shortages last year were manageable and credits Hoover with decisive, imaginative, and practical leadership that could earn him command if a unified control is adopted. It highlights his swift London reception and efficient setup showing American hustle.
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Hoover
London
A New Draft Law Plans Expanded Army and Age Limits
Secretary of War Baker plans recommendations after Congress resumes to revise the draft law. Proposals include higher appropriations, altered draft age limits, and mobilization toward an army of five million in contingents. Officials expect possible age range shifts from 19 to 40, with debate on lowering to 19 or raising beyond 31, while avoiding heavy disruption to war industries. The plan aims to signal resolve to the Kaiser and streamline preparation for large force mobilization.
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Baker
Congress
War Department
Department
United States
France
Secretary of War
Army
Giants' Causeway Owned by New Earl of Antrim
Antrim’s new earl, twelfth in line and a Lancashire regimental officer, owned Giant's Causeway through a protection-driven syndicate after his father preserved it from quarrying. He married Margaret Talbot and traces royal blood to the McDonnells, linking Dunluce Castle to the Antrim title. Richmond Park is discussed as a Red Cross hospital site in World War I-era notes.
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Antrim
Lancashire Regiment
America
Earl Grey
Canada
Lord Antrim
Viscount Dunluce
Eton
Ghia
Margaret Talbot
Earl of Talbot
Lord Lyttelton
University of Oxford
Atlantic
Giant's Causeway
Margaret
Robert II
John McDonnell
the Isles
O’neills
Mary O Neill
Earl of Tyrone
Elizabeth
McQuillans
McQuillan
Babylon
Scotland
McDonnells
Dunluce
Artrim
de Courcey
Earl of
Ulster
James Viscount Dunluce
Punlace Castle
Henry Vane Tempest
Marquis of
Londonderry
Duntuce
Charlotte McDonnell
Mark Kerr
Lothian
Richmond Park
George
Amerian Red Cross
Windsor Great Park
Edward VII
White Lodge
Queen Mary
Palace of
Richmond
Hithard I
Richard II
Henry VI
Edward
James I
Richmond Palace
Park
Henry France
Wales
Charles I
London
Charles II
James II
William III
Queen Anne
George I
George II
George HI
Royal Domain
Thames
Marquibe DE Fontenoy
More Pay for Rail Shopmen Under McAdoo Order
Director General McAdoo approved wage increases for all shopmen in mechanical railroad departments under federal control. Rates, retroactive to January 1, 1918, raise machinists boiler makers and others by 58 cents per hour, 45 cents for helpers, with foremen earning 5 cents more. eight-hour day with overtime after Sundays and seven holidays begins August 1 1918, back pay to follow as calculated.
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McAdoo
Royalty Wooing U S Heiress in Geneva Dispatch
Paria July 24 Prince Christopher brother of former King Constantine of Greece is reported to be close to marrying a very rich American woman currently in Switzerland. A Geneva dispatch to the Temps says the former king, financially strapped, hopes the marriage will fund his restoration campaign. The Temps notes Constantine backs the plan with support from his brother-in-law the German emperor.
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Constantine
Paria
Christopher
Greece
Switzerland
Geneva
Temps
Army to Claim Large Share of Farm Produce
Army demands will take substantial shares of farm output. The Department of Agriculture estimated that cantonments and overseas needs will require 25,157,000 pounds of potatoes and 1,731,000 pounds of onions. Government needs are set to take about one third of canned tomato output, 25 percent of canned peas corn and string beans, around 60 percent of the salmon pack, half the canned cherries, and half the dried peaches.
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Department of Agriculture
Six New Army Divisions Ordered This Month
Chief of Staff directs six new divisions of the national army with regulars as nucleus to form this month at camps Devens Mass Meade Md Sheridan Ala Custer Ok Funston Kan and Lewis Wash. They will be numbered 3 to 14 and each include two regular infantry regiments drawn from guard duty units replaced by home guards. All but these are national army men.
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National Army
Chief of Staff
Devens
Mass Meade
MD Sheridan
Custer
Ich Funston
Kana
Lewis
Wash
Bar spies barred from shipyards under new pass rule
The Emergency Fleet Corporation issued a new ruling restricting yard access in Germanys favor. Passes to visit a single yard are issued by the district manager. For visits to multiple yards a pass from Lieut Col J A Blair in the Bulletin building Philadelphia is required.
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Germany
Emergency Fleet Corporation
J A Blair
Bulletin
Philadelphia
Virginians urge U S to repair roads used by army trucks
A Virginia delegation from Petersburg Newport News Norfolk and Richmond, with Representatives Montague and Blank, urged Maj Gen Foethale to repair roads damaged by military trucks. They plan to submit a statement seeking government policy on road repair. Separately, New York and Boston businessmen urged U S engineers to purchase Cape Cod Canal and deepen it to 30 feet and widen 200 feet to handle all commerce.
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Virginia
Petersburg
Newport News
Norfolk
Richmond
Montague and
Blank
Cape Cod Canal
New York
Boston
United States Board of Engineers
Edgar Sisson Named General Director of Foreign Section
Edgar Sisson former associate chairman is named general director of the newly created foreign section. All divisions of the committee on public information relating to foreign educational work are now under the foreign section.
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Committee On Public Information
Edgar Sisson
Men Called to Air Service Mobilization
Provost Marshal General Crowder called 624 restorants qualified for limited service in the aircraft production bureau with 600 to entrain August 1 for Kelly Field San Antonio Texas and 24 to entrain August 3 for Washington for service at bureau headquarters.
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Crowder
Aircraft Production Bureau
Kellyfield
San Antonio
Tex
Washington
Bureau
Appeals to Building and Loan Men for Property Locate
Mitchell Palme alien property custodian sent a telegram to the national convention of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations in Newark New Jersey urging members to assist in locating enemy owned property.
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Mitchell Palme
The
United States League of Building and Loan Associations
Newark
Army Orders Show Officers Sent to Camps and Discharges
Army orders list officers proceeding to Camp Forrest Camp Meade Camp Sevier and Camp Beauregard with several Leave of Absence discharges. Names include H W Smith J A Howland W G Osborne C D Clarkson T H Bell H H Bassett G Uthlein L E Gardner P E Edmanson and many others with assignments to Selfridge Field Mount Clemens and multiple city posts. First Lieut A L Rhoades is honorably discharged.
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H W. Smith
Brunswick
J. A Howland
This City
G Osbourne
Camp Sevier
Clarkson
T H Bell
Camp Meade
H. H Basset
G Uthiein
E Gardner
Brooklyn
P E Edmanson
Camp Beauregard
F Smith
L Rhoades
United States
Camp Forrest
H § Richards
EB Hanson
J F Lynch
R C Kayser
T Shurick
J H Anderson
R G Caldwell
C George E W Kimber
F Johnson
de P Bole
N Bell
E L McKinnon
R Haydock
Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens Midh
L Crumley
Mabry
J H Magill
W Morris
C Murphy
W Seaton
Shepard
P R Squires
New Combat Plane Adopted for U S Air Force
The SE-5, a new fighter similar to the English Spad, has been officially adopted by one American air force unit abroad. It will use the Hispano Suiza engine and move into production rapidly, following the Bristol fighter’s abandonment due to space constraints from heavier engines. Senate committee members denied a 3.1 billion loss figure in Bristol experiments, calling the claim excessive but acknowledging substantial losses.
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Bristol
Senate Aircraft Investigating Committee
21 Miles Of Warships Parade Before King George
British and American warships inspected Monday by King George formed the largest naval display ever. If lined end to end the ships would exceed 21 miles, showcasing modern design and armament. Officers and sailors, including those involved in Zeebrugge, received honors during the ceremony.
Mark for Jewish graves in France replaces cross
Providence R I July 24. A double triangle will be placed above the graves of Jewish soldiers who fall in France. The change comes after conferences led by Harry Cutler of this city, chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board, with the War Department. Cutler received a letter from Third Assistant Secretary of War Keppel confirming adoption and noting that Pershing has been informed to notify the American Graves Registration Service in France. The other Allied nations have already used the double triangle.
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Providence
R J
France
Harry Cutler
Jewish Welfare Board
War Department
E Cutler
Keppel
Pershing
Few Socialists in Saxony and Press Circulation Rise
New York July 24 The Socialist party membership in Saxony fell from 177000 in 1914 to 22000 paying members. A Dresden dispatch in the Berlin Tageblatt dated June 10 notes army service and party splits as causes. Deputy Gradniuer at the Sixon socialist convention cites newspaper circulation rising from 618000 to 762000 copies.
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New York
Socialist Party In
Saxony
Dresden
Berlin
Whisky shilling a sniff at country fair gains sale
High grade whisky shortage in England leads to a country fair bottle sniff sold at 1 shilling per try. The Associated Press notes a tidy sum was realized as prewar Scotch drew attention amid scarcity.
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Associated Press
England
100000 Officers in Reserve For College Cadets
The War Department announced a reserve army of 100000 officers to be held until needed. Young men aged 18 to 21 with prior military training will attend college officer training camps as part of the education committee campaign to keep students in college.
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War Department
Committee On Educations
War Labor Recruiting Drive Launch Plan
The Department of Labor announced a nationwide campaign starting July 29 to explain the Federal employment service and its exclusive war labor recruiting program. The drive will extend to every state and to Alaska Hawaii Panama and Porto Rico.
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Federal Employment Service
Department of Labor
Alaska
Hawaii
Panama
Porto Rico
Cabinet Crisis Averts in Argentina over Finance Minister
Latin American diplomatic reports say the cabinet hurdle eased as Domingo Balaberry withdraws his resignation as finance minister after days of discord over public expenditures. The move ends a potential cabinet crisis and stabilizes government finances amid budget tensions.
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Agentina
Domingo Balaberry
Salaberry
Timely Topics Discussed by Capital Visitors
Former Gov Ralston of Indiana urged support for the President’s renomination at the Indianapolis State convention of Democrats. Senator Thomas Taggart declared Indiana's Democrats united behind the administration and predicted reelection, with Marshall as VP candidate. They spoke of postwar recovery, expanded commerce, immigration limits, and renewed farm labor vigor as women on farms impressed observers.
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Ralston
Indiana
Indianapolis
Housie& State
Thomas Taggart
Taggart
Washington
New England
Willard
Marshall
Congress
India
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