Washington Post subscription rates and notices 1918
The Washington Post lists mail and carrier subscription prices for daily, Sunday, and Sunday plus options. It outlines payment methods, address changes, and renewal guidance for subscribers, with notices about forwarding paper to travelers and expiration dates on the address label dated Monday September 9, 1918.
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Washington Post CO
Washington
D. C
Edward B. McLean
Washington, D. C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New Malters Building
Chicago
Little Building
Boston
Kresge Building
Post
Washington Post Company
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Sea Power Was Key to Allied Victory in World War I
The article argues sea power determined war outcomes with Britain as the central force. It notes Germany blocked Russia via the Baltic and Black seas, while British naval dominance protected convoys, hampered U boats, and enabled Allied transfer of arms and food. It calls Americans to study the sea lesson and value naval protection.
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Germany
France
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Baltic
Black
England
Europe
Atlantic
America
Great Britain
Jutland
Lloyd George
Paris
Berlin
United States
A Simple Turk's Wish
Talaat Pasha, Turkish grand vizier, tells Vienna readers peace may come before winter. He argues the war has exhausted its achievements and that allies will soon see no merit in continuing. He warns that Turkey’s European role must be ended to fulfill humanity’s aims.
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Talaat Pasha
William Hohenzollern
Vienna
United States
Talaat
Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Serbia
Roumank
Kusala
Turkey
Europe
Aft the Front Secretary Baker With Pershing In France
Secretary Baker John D. Ryan and Surgeon General Gorgas join the battle front to reassure troops and plan aid. They will receive airplanes if available and be cared for by skilled medical staff, while Baker consults Pershing and the aircraft director to determine needed actions.
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Baker
John D. Ryan
Gorgas
Battle Front
France
United States
Gen. Pershing
American Army Supremacy in the Air Debated
The text argues that long-range debates on airplane construction delay production. It notes swift battle-line development outpacing factory output and calls John D. Ryan the man who can solve the balance between up-to-date planes and large-scale production, with his presence in France shown as evidence of action.
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John D. Ryan
France
Lord Wolseley
Queen Victoria
Wolseley
Sir Evelyn Wood
Tower of London
Herolam
London
War Office
Taxing the Nation in War Time Burden Debate
The article surveys proposed tax reforms amid a beer ban and looming dry year, warning a $400 million revenue drop from brewery closures. It weighs shifting taxes toward luxuries, consumption items, and profits, incomes, and luxury taxes, while urging avoided burdens on necessities and the poor. It cites Congress grappling with funds for war expenses and warns of costly tradeoffs in fuel and grain conservation.
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Congress
House
The Serbian and Greek Note on Bulgarian Actions
The note by Serbia and Greece protests Bulgarian contact with entente powers, urging negotiations with Belgrade and Athens rather than Vienna or Berlin. It condemns Bulgaria’s seizure of Serbian and Greek territory and calls for its evacuation before any claims are considered. The piece links to broader Allied aims and warns against reintroducing secret diplomacy.
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Switzerland
Serbia
Graece
M. Michailovitch
M. Rousson
Bulgaria
Greece
Balkan
Ententa Group of Powers
British regiments may again carry colors in battle
Gen Robert McCalmont circles in Commons to restore regimental colors on active service in British forces in France and across fronts. The proposal follows Wolseley era ban, despite strong Army support. Historical anecdotes cite Turenne, Waterloo, and Verney to illustrate colors' rallying power and sacrifice.
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Robert McCalmont
East
Antrim
Irish Guards
House of Commons
Immeanss
France
McCalmont
Petriculum
Fiandera
Italy
Balkans
Claydon House
Buckinghamshire
Sir Edmund Verney
England
Edmund
Charles I
Edgehill
Sir Edmund
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Busy Week for Congress in War Revenue Debate
Congress gears for a busy week as the House resumes debate on the war revenue bill and prohibitions legislation. The Ways and Means Committee plans revisions and new revenue sources while the Senate Finance Committee resumes hearings. The Army appropriation bill and three three-day recesses are also on the agenda as leaders push toward passage.
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Ways and
Senate Finance
Senate
Senate Mines Committee
A2 Minerals Purchasing Corporation
Webb
North Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Fordnsy
Michigan
Moore
Pennsylvenia
Longworth
Ohio
Hull
Tennessee
Congress
Plans for Liberty Loan Fourth Issue Announced
The Treasury Department will soon unveil details of the fourth Liberty loan. Officials aim to surpass the third loan's 18 million individual participants with broad distribution and a 4 percent interest rate. Projections place the total at about 6 billion dollars, with a three week drive starting September 28. Special efforts target farmer groups and enhanced participation through established agencies.
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Treasury Department
U. S. Seeks War Town Managers for New Communities
The Labor Department's Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation calls for wartime town managers to lead developing communities housing war industries workers. Managers will handle rents repairs sanitation fire and police protection and overall welfare, combining business, realty and executive skills.
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United States
Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation
Labor Department
Draft Greece treaty allows Greek in U S to be drafted
The State Department finalized a draft treaty with Greek representatives enabling Greek subjects in the United States to be called for military service. The agreement mirrors lines of the Britain treaty, with France and Italy talks underway. The 1916 caucus estimated over 100,000 Greeks in the United States, a number likely tripling in eight years, many of draft age.
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State Department
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Maiea
Anne
Bituminous Output Still Lags in Coal Production
Bituminous coal output for the week ended August 31 remains near the prior week, while anthracite rises by 125,716 net tons or 5.5 percent. The August 41 week shows bituminous at 12,442,000 net tons and anthracite at 2,263,716 net tons.
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Geological Survey
Condensed Time-Table of Trains to Principal Cities
The Washington feature provides a condensed timetable of train departures from Washington to major cities nationwide. It lists multiple daily times for destinations including Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Indianapolis Key West Louisville Memphis New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis and others with varying schedules and notes that changes occur day to day and departures are not guaranteed.
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Chicago
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Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
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Indianapolis
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Key West
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Louisville
P. R.R
Memphis
3. R
New York
P R. R
C&o
Philadelphia
F R BR
Pittsburgh
B &O
Louis
War Savings Plan Reorganizes to Tie to Treasury
Secretary McAdoo approved a plan to realign the war savings organization with Federal reserve district lines. Each district governor would oversee war savings policy and operations, with a district director appointed. The move aims to consolidate war savings and liberty loan efforts under a single war loan organization.
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War Savings Organization
Treasury Department
Liberty Loan Organizetion
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Frank A. Vanderlip
Natonal City Bank of New York
Charman
National War Sayings Committee
War Sayings Committee
Federal Reserve
Air Vanderlip
Vanderlip
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
War Savings
Liberty Loan
Reserve Banks
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Red Cross to Aid Italy With Record Relief Funds
The American Red Cross plans to spend nearly 20 million dollars on relief in Italy by year end, per a public report. Through July 1, about 7.94 million had been appropriated, with 12.66 million set aside for six months. The Italian program includes 14 000 tons of food monthly, 100 kitchens supplying 5 000 rations daily, and medical units sailing to combat tuberculosis. Refugee care at Pisa will use 1.156 million, hospital service at the front 1.241 million, and ambulance service 495 thousand.
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American Red Crosse
Italy
Saya
Red Cross
United States
Pisa
Ordnance Recreates Towns in Alabama South
The chief of ordnance shifted focus from ammunition to milk and other necessities to improve living conditions for workers. Three Alabama cities Tuscumbia, Sheffield, and Florence host major government nitrate plants near Muscle Shoals. Housing, parks, and playgrounds are planned and sewerage systems installed as a public market forms.
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Ordnance
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Florence
Alabama
Muscle Rhoals
Ordnance Department
Washington hotel talks on war economy and politics
In Washington hotels, speakers urge economy and cut nonessentials to fund the war. B F Harris of Champaign Illinois cites consumer, producer, and merchant lines, while T R Chilton of New York and others discuss war year politics, Whiteman support, and governor reelection prospects amid wartime prosperity goals.
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B. F. Harris
Champaign
Til
Washington
Miss Rankin and Montana Independence in Senate race
The Montana selection this year may be the most interesting in the West if Miss Rankin runs independently for the United States Senate. Dr Lanstrum defeated Rankin in the Republican primary, but Rankin’s supporters push toward an independent bid to mobilize the women vote, risking the Democratic candidate Senator Walsh’s defeat. Republican leaders show confidence, with Lanstrum popular and active in state politics.
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West
Miss Rankin
United States
F J Howe
Helena
Washington
Dr Lanstrum
Misa Hankin
Walsh
Lanstrum
Iz Popular
After the War a World Made by American Leadership
Charles R Browne of Chicago argues after World War I that Europe will be rebuilt by Christian nations, led by the United States. He says Germany’s atheistic impulse harmed Europe, and that America must take the leading role in rehabilitation and guiding postwar recovery.
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Chicago
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Germany
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United States
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