Immediate Expansion Planned By United States For Destroyers
Washington Aug 20 Immediate expansion of destroyer building facilities was urged in a conference between Secretary Daniels and ship builders. He said the United States would have more destroyers than any other power, stressing the need to speed up contracts and expand plants already building destroyers. The plan foresees using existing plants with added engines boilers and gear, with no new chasers ordered, and consideration given to oil engines and convoy support for growing French-bound troop and supply ships.
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Tar Heel Soldiers Being Transferred
August 20 report lists four hundred twenty men from South Carolina and North Carolina infantry units being transferred to the South Carolina En Binopy battalion under Army Sevier.
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Two Exemption Officers Sentenced to Two Years
The Associated Press reports that in New York age and S J Bern and I Cheerey were indicted on conspiracy to obstruct the draft. They pleaded guilty and received two year terms in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
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IWW strike fails to start in several states
Associated Press reports a planned IWW strike in Montana Washington Oregon and Idaho did not begin as expected. James Rowan district secretary and two others remained jailed as military prisoners. Justice officials declined to comment while investigations continue into the arrests and charges.
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Industrial Workers of the World
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Washington
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War Revenue Bill Still Debated In Senate
The Senate resumes debate on the war revenue bill with unresolved income tax, war profits, and consumption tax provisions. Senator LaFollette pushes for higher rates while most oppose increases. cloture is not pursued yet and a final vote date may be set soon. Senator Jones advocates taxing corporations' undistributed surplus.
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Mississippi
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New Mexico
German merchant wounded in patrol boat incident at St Marys River
Alfred Benninghaus, a German merchant, was injured by machine gun fire when a patrol boat from Michigan opened fire after a command to stop was ignored. Two others escaped unharmed as the launch drifted toward the Canadian shore where all three were arrested and detained for inquiry. The group allegedly tried to avoid inspection during a trip from the American side of St Marys River to Canada.
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Greece's World War Attitude Cited in Dispatches
An Athens dispatch reveals former King Constantine's reply to William II proposing Greece join the Central powers. Constantine argues Greece cannot be useful to him militarily and warns neutrality is necessary due to the Mediterranean’s strategic dangers. German Foreign Secretary Jagow urges neutrality and suggests talks with Sofia and Constantinople.
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Belgian Mission in Philadelphia Guests of City
Members of the Belgian mission led by Baron Moncheur visited Philadelphia for several hours. They were met at the station by a committee headed by Mayor Smith and escorted to the Bellevue Stratford hotel for a reception luncheon.
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Germans Run Without Fighting on Verdun Front
Berlin reports the French occupied Talon ridge east of the Meuse without fighting, while on the Verdun front fighting continues elsewhere. The German high command says Talon ridge was abandoned as a weak line of defense. in Romania, forces on the Oituz valley flank push Rumanians toward the Trotus valley.
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Fatal Shooting in Goldsboro Near City Limits
Livison Jones was shot twice in the left side by a Negro named Pig Austin in Goldsboro North Carolina. Sheriff Edwards captured Austin and took him to safety ahead of a potential mob. An inquest found Jones died from two pistol wounds and recommended bail denial. Austin faces trial at the August term of Superior Court. Jones left a wife and two young children. Funeral planned for 4 PM at his home.
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Infantile paralysis spreads in Rockingham County
The spread of infantile paralysis in Rockingham county shows no sign of abatement with two new cases in the county and one new case in Harisonburg reported today.
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Sheriff and Judge Arrested in Kentucky Conspiracy Case
Russellville Kentucky August 20 Sheriff James S Taylor Logan Exemption Board and County Judge J W Edward were arrested by Deputy United States Marshal B M Richardson on charges of conspiring to violate provisions of the selective draft law.
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Russellville
James S. Taylor
Logan
J. W. Edward
United States
B. M. Richardson
Soldiers Raid Eating House in Richmond
Troops from Pottsville and Scranton Pa reportedly rode through Danville and halted for 20 minutes, filling two restaurants with 500 men who seized pies melons bananas gum tobacco and bread. A lone police officer could not stop them and a black cook was knocked down. Authorities plan to file a government claim.
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Richmond
Pottsville
Scranton
Danville
Meat supply crisis looming for Allies as war advances
Washington reports the food administration says war demand on meat is rising, Europe’s herds shrinking and world meat animals declining. America’s exports soared in 1916 while allies suffer, prompting calls to cut consumption and curb waste to avert further shortages.
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America
End: Again Take HG Offengneo The Verdun Front
Italian forces press an onslaught against Austrian lines on the Verdun front as the battle intensifies. Reports describe heavy artillery exchanges and shifting positions amid the broader war in Europe.
Fierce World War Front Fighting Across Verdun and Isonzo
Paris reports a French offensive along 11 miles of Verdun on both banks of the Meuse with prisoners streaming rearward. British and German actions near Ypres and London are noted plus a major Italian advance on the Isonzo from Tolmin to the Adriatic with 7,500 taken. Aerial raids and river crossings are also mentioned.
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No Marylanders Allowed A Loaf
Statewide unemployment enrollment began in Maryland as circuit court clerks opened registers for men aged 18 to 50 without definite jobs. The compulsory program uses Federal agents to place non-workers in producing tasks and may fine non-registering individuals up to 50 dollars.
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Cedar Lumber Freight Reduction Ordered
Washington August 20 The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the Southern Railway and the Seaboard Air Line to stop charging 3 to 4 cents per hundred pounds more to move cedar lumber from North Carolina points to general destinations than for 80 grade lumber. The orders take effect November 15.
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Measures Pending Before Congress Set for Early Action
Washington leaders expect a vacation by mid September or early October while pushing a $2.006 billion war tax bill. They plan a $7.5 billion war budget issuing bonds, defense certificates, and savings notes, plus a $6 billion deficiency appropriation and other wartime measures for soldiers and exports. If opposition blocks minor bills, some could wait until Congress reconvenes.
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Sugar price cuts eyed by Hoover and sugar committee
Washington, Aug. 20. Food administrator Herbert C. Hoover and a New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange committee discussed measures to stabilize sugar prices. The exchange had halted sugar futures trading last week at Hoover's request as prices surged. The administration plans to oversee sugar dealings after finalizing supervision programs for wheat, flour, and bread.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Hoover
Food Administration
All Mortal Senator Kern Laid to Rest
Ex Senator John W. Kern of Indiana, former Senate majority leader and vice presidential candidate, was buried at his summer home Kern Cliff near Roanoke Virginia yesterday afternoon. A Washington war legislation press kept his former colleagues from attending services.
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Washington
Bids Farewell to Her Soldiers
New York City says goodbye to the Fighting 69th now the 165th United States National Guard as it parades to Mineola Long Island before joining Major Pershing’s expeditionary force in France. The parade features an escort of honor from Spanish war veterans led by Colonel Edward Duffy who commanded the unit in the Spanish American War.
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Destructive Fire Obliterates Much of Saloniki City
London reports more than half of the walled city of Saloniki in Greek Macedonia, then under Allied occupation, was set ablaze on Saturday. About eighty thousand residents were evacuated to nearby villages as the blaze came under control by evening.
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Saloniki
Gréek Macedonia
London Locomotive Engineers Strike Delayed by Union Action
Associated Press reports the strike of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, about 40,000 workers, had not begun at noon after men quit at midnight. The union executive committee remains in London reviewing the situation as press opposition dampens morale.
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President Wilson to name coal administrator
Washington Aug 20 plans for appointing a coal administrator were taken up by President Wilson with the Federal Trade Commission. It is understood he favors appointing one man rather than a three man committee as urged by owners and workers. There was no official word today on Lovett’s possible chairmanship of the War Industries Board.
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