United States Mobilizes War Effort and National Guard Callup
The nation advances ship production with government supervision and labor support while a few Oklahoma quitters riot. The last guardsmen are to be federalized and oath of service taken. National Army examinations proceed as the Senate weighs revenue and food control bills. Japan’s diplomacy and drafting Allies’ subjects enter State Department talks.
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Germany
Shipping Board
Olympia
Boston
Aris
Oklahoma
America
Federal Reserve System
House
Senate
Wilson
Japan
State Department
Correction on Larceny Charge In Juvenile Court
Three boys two whites and one colored were tried in juvenile court for larceny and alleged to have stolen peaches from Mr. M. F. Penny at 801 South Third Street, not from a huckster's cart as previously stated.
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M. F. Penny
South Third Street
Dorchester Officer Shoots Wife Then Takes His Life
William Hoffman a 78 year old retired army officer in Dorchester killed his wife then shot himself amid illness fearing she would be dependent. A note to his son Edward in the signal corps at Fort Sam Houston Texas said Wife and I go together.
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Boston
Ann
Aria Dedi Wm. Hoffman
Dorchester
Exemption Claims Filed by Augusta Selectees
In Augusta on August 4, of 95 men examined 72 were found fit for service and 44 sought exemptions. Most exemption requests cited dependent relatives as the reason.
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United Press
Augusta
Census Chief Urges Doctors to Log Occupations on Death Certificates
Sam L. Rogers, director of the Census, asks physicians nationwide to carefully record or supervise occupation statements on death certificates to improve mortality data for tuberculosis and to aid an upcoming monograph. He stresses physicians’ expertise makes accurate occupation reporting essential.
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Sam L. Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Rogers
Red Cross War Council spends on ambulance and relief work
Henry P. Davison of the American Red Cross war council released a statement on expenditures since May 10. Of 6,175,752 spent or appropriated, 136,000 funded three ambulance sections in France, 1,700,000 covered foodstuffs and coal for winter relief, with another million for sick and wounded French soldiers. Plans for expanded effort, in coordination with the army and navy, will be announced soon.
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United Press
Washington
Henry P. Davison
War Council of the American Red Cross
Red Cross
War Council
France
Davison
State Librarian Resigns After Years of Service
Captain M. O. Sherrill, State Librarian, offered his resignation in Raleigh on August 4. It takes effect September 1. No successor named yet, but expectations point to first assistant Miss Carry Broughton being appointed.
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Raleigh
N. C
M. O. Sherrill
Carry Broughton
Little Sidelights On The Big War
A compact wartime roundup notes Italy spends about 2.5 billion dollars monthly, Germany issues zinc coins, and 100000 Italian women work in munitions. It highlights Scots Greys flag captures, Vet Service strength, Russia paying one cent daily, Conan Doyle's war history project, and U S Army insignia meanings with rank symbols and their origins.
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Italy
Germany
Scots Greys
British Army Veterinary Service
Russia
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
United States Army
Business Holds Position in July Insolvencies Report
Dun’s Review shows 1,137 insolvencies in July with $17,240,424 in defaulted indebtedness, down from June but above 1916 levels. Manufacturing leads, 312 failures for $5,845,484, traders 770 for $6,536,659, brokers and others 55 for $4,858,181. Large failures (over $100,000) totaled 21 for $8,694,030.
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Dun
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Tron & F
Woolens, &Co
Gro. & Meats
Clo. & Furn
D. G. & Carpets
Furn. & Ckry
Word That Goes Out of Bagdad
A fragment from a Bagdad letter dated May 16 1917 is presented, arguing against German war propaganda linking Turks and Mohammedans. The writer, a Mohammedan native, describes Turkish oppression in Irak Mesopotamia Kurdistan and the broader bloodshed endured under the Turkish yoke.
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Alex S. Yeager
Turkey
England
Bagdad
Mohammeedan
Irak
Mesopotamia
Kurdistan
Treasury probes allied war purchases to curb profiteering
The Treasury Department reviews contracts for Italy Russia England France and Belgium funded by US loans to ensure supplies are not overcharged. Officials halted submarine chaser deals and steel output hoarding, securing lower prices for the allies amid wartime needs.
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McAdoo
Treasury Department
Italy
Russia
England
France
Belgium
United States
United
British forces halt chaos as Bagdad falls to invading army
A refugee witness describes upheaval in Bagdad with food and currency confiscations, skyrocketing prices, and widespread poverty after a German alliance. He notes British entry brings relief and fear in equal measure as residents celebrate on streets while fleeing.
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Sol
Musol
Bagdad
Presbyterian American College
Lat Beirut
Lebanon
Ston
Germany
France
England
Brifin
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Ohake
Anem
London
Vossiche Zeitung
Herr von Batock
von Waldow
Pommeria
Imperial Food Office
von Kieskman
Dbe Zimmermann
Wilraf
Chélier Bethmann-Hollweg
Géss
Helfférich
Count von Roeder
Herr Kraetke
The
Pan
Herr Drews
Herr von Lobell
Interior
Herr von Tassenbach
von Sehorlemer
Lumina
Adve
Lucy Gobb
Athens
Georgia
Mildred Rutherford
Organar Cobb — Tute
Geo
G.C. Elliott
Palmer School of Chiropractic
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