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Notice to Subscribers for The Washington Post
The Washington Post advises subscribers to notify changes of address promptly to ensure delivery nationwide. Include old and new addresses and duration of mail. Subscriptions paid in advance and renewal before expiration prevent disruption. Expiration dates appear on the address label upper right corner. Friday, June 1, 1917.
Registration Day Urges All Men Aged 21 to 31 to Register
The piece proclaims no excuse for missing conscription registration for men who have turned 21 by June 5 and not yet reached 31. It states exemptions only apply to those already in service, stresses government not individual exemption, and warns that registrants may later qualify for exemptions or volunteer status.
Gift Bearing Teutons and the Stockholm Peace Plan
Algernon Lee argues at Madison Square Garden that Stockholm conference talks are not German engineered. The outline favors no annexations or indemnities, frees Finland and Poland by compromise with Russia, keeps Austria with South Slavic lands and Galicia, restores freedom of commerce, opposes Belgian annexation, seeks friendly Serbia independence, and omits Alsace Lorraine in a plan critics call as Germany made.
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Madison Square Garden
Stockholm
Poland
Austria
Galicia
Belgium
Serbia
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
France
Yatria
Press Freedom Backed Against War Censorship Push
In a wartime address, President Wilson and supporters argue for free press and full information. They condemn the idea of censorship in the espionage bill, stressing that government and press serve the people and must not suppress facts vital to public oversight and war effort.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Ust
Wilson
Germany
Aten
United States
Conscription in Canada Moves Toward War Bill
Canada seeks 80 000 more troops for the war and has already raised 400 000 a display of patriotism. Premier Borden plans a conscription bill amid public demand for victory and strong support from Sir Wilfrid Laurier. U S conscription seen as persuasive, registration day awaited with orderly turnout.
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Dominion
Empire
Borden
Wilfrid Laurier
Balfour
United States
Republic
Making Them Work in West Virginia Labor Plan
The West Virginia legislature aims to require every able bodied man aged 16 to 60 to work 36 hours weekly in any lawful employment. The plan acknowledges impracticality but argues the goal is to mobilize idle energy without altering humane wage and hour standards.
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Proceedings in brief from Congress and committees
Adjournment at 5 45 p m.. Italian commission welcomed in Senate with address. Food tax bill debate continues. war tax rates cut. President nominates Lee Rowe to Treasury Assistant Secretary and Williams named State Department solicitor. McCumber seeks data on inventions aiding submarine warfare. War budget talks near partial agreement. Inquiry into the focal street railway strike continues. Espionage bill sent back to conference with censorship clause struck. Administration bill to regulate explosive distribution during wartime passes House. goes to Senate. Dent bill aid for next fiscal year approved. conference on army and navy urgent deficiency bill due. Italian war commission to be received. Immigration resolution questions Wilson authority on Mexican farm laborers entry.
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Lord Calthorpe proposes burning German grain fields
A British note to Paris and London proposes dropping fireballs on German grain near the Rhine to deny crops to the enemy. Lord Calthorpe argues the plan risks little civilian harm and could devastate vast tracts before harvest. He and allied leaders debate its feasibility and moral implications amid wartime strategy.
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Great Britain
War Department
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Rhine Valley
Air Thease Cernfielia
Paris
Royal Fusilier Regiment
Mary
Ogden H. Burrows
Newport
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Staffordshire Yeomanry
June a Month of Battles Glimpses Into Past
Readers are reminded that June has hosted many historic clashes from Naseby and Bunker Hill to Waterloo. The list highlights key engagements by date and place, naming battles from 1775 through 1945 and noting notable outcomes and participants across centuries.
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Biatory
Naseby
Bunker Hill Marengo
Waterloo
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Shannon
Chesapeake
Jerusalem
Bonaparte
Gutstadt
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Rattlesnake
John
Russia
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Hielsbore
Khiva
Charles I
Nageby
Cromwell
Marengo
Friedland
Raab
Ligny
Marshall Ney
Quatre Bras
Bunker Hill
Frederick the Great
Kolin
Joseph Bonaparte
Jourdan
Vittoria
Spain
Wellington
Lord Clive
Plassy
England
India
Bannockburn
Richmond
Denmark
Sultatra
Fort Moultrie
Charleston
S.C
Monmouth
Petersburg
United States Treasury Financial Snapshot Shows Deficit and Assets
The Treasury ledger records a $74,198,029 year deficit, $230,553,383 general fund balance, and total receipts of $406,? million against payments of $4,147,753. The report lists gold and silver assets, bank notes, and silver dollars, with cash assets totaling $348.649 million and a net general fund balance of $229.028 million.
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General Fund
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United States
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Federal Reserve Bankntee
Treasury
Philippines
Weaeerees
Oo Ev Eer Ee Ceee
Perfectly Logical Sunday School Misunderstanding
Ava called Mrs. Barton to learn why Tommy skipped his paga. Mrs. Barton said the Sunday school lesson taught that people are made of dust, prompting Tommy to laugh at home as he tried to imitate a vacuum cleaner.
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New York Times
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Mina Kelly
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Army Special Orders Amended Units and Relieved Officers
War Department issues amended special orders detailing transfers and duties. Maj Theodore C Lyater and Capt Janine Pierce are assigned or relieved, with numerous officers detached for coast defenses and educational assignments. Several revocations adjust prior paragraph directives and active duty status. A separate note from Carton’s Magazine reflects on locomotive sand usage and rail safety.
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Campbell] King
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Views of Capital Visitors on Interesting Current Events
A collection of remarks from prominent Democrats and national figures on political strategy, the Democratic renomination chances of Mitcha, and the impact of war on campaign attention. Commentary also covers university athletics, the prestige of fraternities, horse trade activity in Dickinson, North Dakota, and agricultural effort in Texas and Oklahoma including grain yields and labor mobilization.
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Chemin des Dames Named For Princess in War Reports
In reports of the second battle of the Alane the historic highway along the Craanne plateau gains the name Chemin des Dames The road runs from the Paris Moubeuse road northeast of Soissons across Chaonne to the Ailette valley then into the Fo domain near Bouconville where Princess Adelaide Sophia and Victoire the daughters of Louis XV visited each summer A paved road built to spare the princesses gave the route its name The region’s roads were poor at the time
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Dreams of Conquest from the Portland Oregonian
A distressed mother seeks guidance after six years of troubled marriage and a life haunted by missed happiness. The letter portrays a woman devoted to family yet unsettled, hinting at discord with her husband and a desire for change beyond the home.
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