Victory Loan Lag Grips Britain Pressure on Montana Towns Threatened
London reports the Victory Loan campaign lagged, drawing mixed reactions from newspapers and officials. In Montana, forest fires threaten two western towns, with Missoula surrounded by Nigger Hill blaze and 1200+ firefighters dispatched to combat spreading flames and protect timber, livestock, and homes.
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Hard Boiled Smith Courtmartial Case Under Investigation
Army officers who tried Lieut Hard Boiled Smith and Lieut Mason in charge of American prisoners in France are to be called before a house war investigation panel. Witnesses will claim the trial was a joke and that brutality was ignored despite victims' testimonies. Smith, who arrived at Fort Jay, was reportedly beaten by prisoners and is hospital bound.
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Washington, D. C
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France
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Massachusetts
Fort Jay
Alabama Senate Rejects Federal Woman Suffrage
Montgomery Ala July 18 The Alabama state senate refused to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment by a vote of 79 to 19 with 18 not voting. The action blocks federal suffrage in the state.
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England must follow America in prohibition says Rev Barber
Newcastle England July 17 Rev W Theodore Aquinn Barber told the Wesleyan Methodist conference that Britain should adopt prohibition to keep its commercial position. He cited the United States liquor control board and warned Britain’s chance to prohibit had been lost due to wartime delays.
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America
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Theodore Aquinn Barber
Great Britain
Liquor Control Board
Sundry Civil Service Bill Passes Senate to Biden President
Washington July 18 Senate approved a $613 million sundry civil appropriation bill with higher funds for rehabilitation and education of disabled service members. The measure now goes to the President after his veto of the original bill over training limits. San Felice Clears advertises America’s popular cigar t t广告?
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Regulations ease wine access for sacraments in churches
The Internal Revenue Bureau issued rules allowing religious groups to obtain sacramental wine with simplified procedures. Clerical supervised production or monastery supply requires tax payment and shipment records, while non supervised purchases may require an affidavit. Jewish congregations may obtain wine via their rabbi, and Passover uses may include home brewing in some cases.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
United States
Gaylor
Bureau
Baby Ice Fund Nearing Close as Help Needed
A Waterloo mother in dire finances seeks aid to keep her 2 month old son cool with ice for milk preservation. The Haley fund, used in 1919 to save a boy, backs the effort as donations flow in but more gifts are needed to reach the $250 goal before the drive ends.
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Waterloo
Haley
Camaten
Belgian steel interests form giant postwar combine
Out of the ruins of Belgiums steel industry destroyed by the Germans, ten or twelve of the nations leading corporations whose plants were destroyed plan to pool their interests into one vast undertaking creating one of the worlds largest steel combines.
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Associated Presa
Brussels
Belgium
Mexicans May Get Arms in U S for Defensive Purposes
Notices posted in Sonora towns claim the Mexican government, under a special arrangement with the United States, will permit Mexicans to import arms and ammunition for defensive purposes. Residents may apply to city councils and obtain arms at cost price.
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Sonora
United States
Citizens' Counter Strike Develops in Stettin
A citizens counter strike began at Stettin on Thursday in protest against paralyzed transportation facilities gripping the city for several days, as reported by the Associated Press from Berlin.
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Stettin
Miners Die in Bluefield Explosion at Tazewell Mine
Six miners were killed when an explosion wrecked the Tazewell mine near Bluefield West Virginia. About two hundred men were inside the mine at the time and were trapped for hours before workers rescued them. Five homes had been recovered up to 3 p.m.
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Tazewell
President Wilson presses peace treaty talks with Senate
President Wilson keeps up conferences on the peace treaty and league of nations while Senator Capper cautions that reservations could be misread abroad. Four Republican senators meet him and more talks with opposition members are planned as debate over ratification continues.
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Lockout Enforced by Chicago Bosses Faces Carpenters
Chicago building operations halt as the Building Construction Employers' association suspends work after carpenters, iron workers, and other unions refuse to return by the deadline. About $60,000,000 in construction is halted, with $76,000,000 more deferred and 100,000 idle workers. Carpenters and others reportedly ignore the order while labor groups anticipate wider effects on rail and marine labor.
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Edward N. Nockols
Chicago Federation of Labor
Former Kaiser William II Ill, View From Deutsche Zeitung
Werlin July 18 The pan German Deutsche Zeitung close to former royal circles takes a serious view of the illness of former Emperor William calling it deep melancholy. He is not depressed and his physician sees his condition as critical. Count Hohenzollern rarely leaves his apartment and seldom sees friends. The paper says he spends hours in prayer and talks of religious subjects. The former empress may return to Germany for treatment of her heart trouble.
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Garnmny
Serbian Street Named America for Red Cross Help
In Pirot Serbia June 5 a street is named America street to honor the American Red Cross for delivering food to Serbian refugees returning from Bulgaria. About forty thousand of sixty thousand Serbians interned in Bulgaria have passed through Pirot to their former homes, with ten thousand settling nearby. A Red Cross major and an American army sergeant ferried food to 100 villages, feeding about 150000 people.
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Sword of Honor Given Pershing in London Hall
Hy ths associates Press London July 18 London honored Gen Pershing today by presenting him the freedom of the war and a sword of honor in Guildhall. The ceremony featured John W Davis the American ambassador Rear Admiral Harry Knapp and British officials. Pershing inspected Guards, attended a luncheon at Mansion House, and received a gold mounted sword with Britannia and Liberty motifs, battles named on the blade, and an inscription citing his services in World War I.
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Parcel Post Rate to Germany Restored at 12 Cents
Washington July 18 The post office department re established a parcel post rate of 12 cents per pound to Germany with a 1 pound weight limit. The domestic letter rate of two cents an ounce will resume when direct mail from the two countries is restored. Money order exchanges with Germany will wait on a new treaty due to the mark decline.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Post Office Department
Holland to give up Raiser say old court paper
Paris dispatch reports Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung claims Berlin says Holland will extradite former Emperor William with government consent. Formal handover to occur at The Hague according to the Berlin dispatch relayed through Renepapers.
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Churchill Warns Russia Key to World Peace and League Duty
London July 17 Colonel Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, told the British Russian Club that Russia is the key to future peace. He warned that Bolshevik control would threaten small states protected by the league of nations and praised Allied actions in Russia. He predicted a rapid change in the coming fortnight, without detailing specifics.
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London
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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Germany
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France Protected Under Peace Terms and New Treaties
Paris July 17 The committee on peace terms examined a report on German colonies noting that returning Togoland and Kamerun to France reasserts prior rights but that a recent accord with Britain defines limits. Clemenceau told the committee that France’s security rests on the peace treaty and pacts with the United States and Great Britain. He discussed the Rhine and marshaled documents, noting the need for permanent bridgeheads and the choice between unilateral protection and Allied guarantees.
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