English nurse cited for bravery in war wounds
Washington June 7 Miss June Jeffrey English woman serving as an American Red Cross nurse was cited for extraordinary bravery after being wounded by an exploding aerial bomb while on duty in a hospital but refusing to leave her post. Other awards of the Distinguished Service Cross were announced for Captain Maurice J. McGuire Scranton Pa Sergeants Benjamin Prager Pittsburgh and William Ingold Altoona.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
June Jeffrey
Maurice J. McGuire
Scranton
Benjamin Prager
Pittsburg
William Ingold
Altoona
Willard Chases Way Back to Ring After Training Break
After four idle days plans call for Jack Dempsey to resume training at his Maumee bay shore camp ahead of the heavyweight title bout with Jess Willard. Timmy DeForest and manager Jack Thon expect nine to ten weeks of work before a final taper ten days before the fight with Matone and Miske joining June 20. Boxing experts say Willard needs daily hard work for four weeks to reach peak condition for the Independence Day showdown. Ray Opper oversees training talent for the challenger’s camp.
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Dack *Matone
St. Paul
Willard
Campion
Ray Opper
Latonia Derby Field Set With Eight Horses Vying
Latonia Ky June Latonia Derby draws eight entries for the 37th running valued near 20 000. Sir Barton not eligible, the lineup features Eastern and Western three year olds led by Eternal from J W McClelland and Be Prank owned by M Garrison. Regala from Gallaher Brothers also strong, St Bernard and Vulcanite command support, Clermont and Pastorean also favored. rain last night left track fair.
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Latonia
Sir Barton
J. W. McClelland
Kentucky
M. Garrison
Regala
Gallaher Brothers
Lexington
St. Bernard
J. J. Brannon
Vulcanite
Clermont
Pastorean
Princeton and Penn Meet For Second Baseball Contest
Princeton and Pennsylvania faced off in the second varsity baseball game of the season. Princeton won the first meeting, with Titzel and Kirkland named as pitchers in today’s tilt.
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Princeton
Yes Evracstir
Pennsylvania
Titzel and
Kirkland
Leper Worker's Return From Molokai Stowe Native Dutton
Brother Joseph Dutton, veteran leprosy aid worker at Molokai, has not left the land in 93 years. A Stowe native born here 16 years ago, he succeeded Father Damien in the work. A bill granting him 60 year for life was tabled at his request, as he refuses to claim pecuniary reward. He has donated $10,000 of his own money to charity at the settlement. Dutton's Civil War service is recalled by local residents.
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Stowe
Joseph Dutton
Rene
Molokai
Brother Dutton
Damien
Etrugelo
American officers refuse to display Rhenish republic posters
Paris dispatch reports that American officers at Coblens refused to display posters advertising the Rhenish republic sent by French officers. The refusal was made known today as part of ongoing postwar tensions and Allied communications.
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Rhenish Republic
Paris
Coblens
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised To Build Health
A vintage promotional notice extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic made from medicinal roots herbs bark and berries. It claims to strengthen digestion appetite and nerves, improve blood quality, and sustain long term health. The piece endorses Hood's Pills as a gentle thorough cathartic.
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Hood
Mas
Equal Suffrage Seen as Likely to Pass Nationwide
Boston Transcript notes Senate vote showed broad support for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Nine states likely oppose, thirteen needed to defeat. southern sentiment divided, western momentum evident. The piece emphasizes Republican backing and ties to Lincoln era ideals, urging ratification as a national achievement.
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Senate
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Connecticut
New England
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wyoming
Colorado
New York
Maine
Theepublican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Ilinois
Union
Teana
Arkansas
Republican Party
Congress
Lincoln
Sumner
Grant
Wilson
Biniie
Boston Transcript
American International opposes sale of British assets
Directors of the American International corporation, a major holder in International Mercantile Marine, said they instructed executives to vote against a British syndicate bid to buy British vessels of the International company. The group controls at least 80,000 shares, a stake disclosed at the recent meeting, with opposition formalized by the board yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American International Corporation
International Mercantile Marine Company
Yextarys
Representative Fitzgerald Moves To Stop Food Administration
Washington June 7 Representative Fitzgerald Democrat of Massachusetts introduced a resolution to shift wheat crop duties from the food administration to the department of agriculture and to have Secretary Hoover sell the wheat at world market prices. The measure asserts no food shortage after the next harvest and that the last American food ship will depart for Europe this month.
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Washington, D. C
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Hottering
Paria
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Lnto
Long Defense Begun in Ford Tribune Libel Suit
Direct evidence for Henry Ford in the libel suit against the Chicago Tribune was completed today at Mount Clemens Michigan. The defense presentation, expected to last a month, began.
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Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Mount Clatens
Mich
Honey Ford
Allies press to end German peace talks in Paris
Reports from Paris say the council of four moved to complete commissions on the allied reply to Germany by Monday. Germany likely will refuse to sign, with Germans urged to end exchanges quickly. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau returned to Germany, while Italian claims to Adriatic territory unsettle conference circles. Admiral Kolchak’s forces in European Russia are blamed on Bolsheviks. Churchill warns against creating false hopes for new offensives. Hungarian forces push toward Czech troops between Budapest and Vienna, with Presburg under Czech command.
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Parie
Germany
Advicea
Council of Four
Paris
Bresaley Loyd George
Count von Brockdorff-Rantesu
Versailles
Berlin
Adriatic
Orlando
Admiral Kalchak
Russia
Winston Spencer Churchill
Budapest
Vienna
Danube
Agram
Presburg
Leading British Ace Mannock. Britain's top air ace revealed
The article profiles Major BE W Mannock, once Britain’s leading ace, whose 18 months of service included blinding one eye yet becoming a renowned tactician. He outwitted examiners, flew high to lure enemies, and claimed 73 German planes before his death. Royal Air Force officers hailed him as the greatest tactician, though official credit remained withheld.
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London
Dupe
W. Mannock
Sviation
Air Ministry
England
Ting
Mannock
France
Tretics Peruilar
Hutein
Royal Air Force
Sears
Paavee Ecute
Germany
Burlington Flouring Co. Manager Charles A. Lord dies
Burlington June 7. Charles A. Lord aged 56 native of Vermont and Burlington resident died yesterday noon in the Burlington Flouring company office where he was manager. He headed multiple firms including Kennedy villa Perfection Over Gaiter and National Paper Tube and Box. Survived by wife Gertrude Olive Lord and son Charles Curtis Lord and half-brother Merton Lord.
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Burlington
Charles A. Lord
Vermont
Burlingg Dre
Eadh
Burlington Flouring Company
Kennedy Villa
Hurlington Flouring Company
Perfection Over Gaiter Company
National Paper Tube and Box Company
Gertrude Olive Lord
Charles Curtis Lord
Merton Lord
American Missionary Imprisoned in Japan
Rev. I. M. Mowry of Mansfield, an American Presbyterian missionary, was convicted in Pyong Yang after a one day trial with no lawyer. He received ten months penal servitude for sheltering students and participating in an independence movement. Rev. Moffett, who reported the case, said Mowry had no notice or chance to obtain counsel and argued he did nothing to aid the movement.
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Tokio
I. M. Mowry
Mansfield
Wim
Pyong Yang
Independence Mover
O Wee
Samuel A. Moffett
Pyeng Yang
Mr. Moffett
Soot
Moffett
Mr. Mowry
Union Christian College
Pyong Sar
Mansel
Mowry
Mr. Moifett
Moifett
Bore
Americans Decorated With Cross of Legion of Honor in Paris
Paris June T correspondence reports 34 American officers honored with the Legion of Honor in the Invalides court. Recipients include brigadiers Krauthoff McKinstry and colonels Whitney Bricker Carty Dunwoody Embick Atwood, with many more listed. A guard from American and French units lined the courtyard for the ceremony before about 4000 spectators.
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the Legion of Honor
Paris
Associated Press
Legion of Honor
the Invalides
French Republic
Berdoulat
Charles R. Krauthoff
Charles H. McKinstry
H. H. Whitney
Fawin D. Bricker
John Carty
Halsey Dunwoody
Stanley Dunbar Embick
Ulysses
Curtis Townsend
Sosthenes Bohn
Julian M. Cabell
Frank Cutehoon
Nelson D. Jay
Perry Osborn
Herbert E. Shreeve
George S. Ballard
Merrill W. Dunn
Dugald
H.A. Stickney
Cartain John Hughes
Ty Gen
Pershing
Mote
William B. Cansey
Vienna
Leland Smith
Jansey
Romania
Charles Goodrich
Dark"Paylor
Henry Mason Day
Carlson
Ath Prench
Berdoulnt
Galtrfis
Lancashire Mills Reopen After Idle Period Stirs Trade
Lancashire spinners resume work after April 10 hiatus, with 100000 workers back. Government export relaxations to European neutrals and blacklist removal boost outlook. Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Swiss markets seen absorbing demand as long-held yarn contracts unlock and pricing shifts occur.
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London
Lancashire
Amerian Chamber
Japan's Naval Program Sets 21 Warships for Year
Tokio June 7 The Japanese naval program for the 1919 20 financial year calls for two battle cruisers Kaga and Tosa two cruisers eight destroyers and seven submarines The two battle cruisers will be of the latest design and draft plans are already prepared awaiting ministerial instructions to begin construction.
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Japan
Tokio
Kaga
Tosa
Macedonians appeal for independent state under US protection
Lausanne June 6 The council of Macedonian societies in Switzerland sent a cablegram to the United States appealing to rescue Macedonia from misery by establishing an independent Macedonia under the direct protectorate of the great American democracy.
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Macedonia
United States
Lausanne
Switzerland
Peltier Sues for Annulment of Marriage in Brattleboro
Ralph M. Peltier of a local farm seeks annulment from Grace I. Barber, whom he wed in Hoosick Falls on April 18, 1919. He accuses her of deceit and fraud over her claimed age of 81, plus other grounds, and asks for temporary alimony from the Windham county court.
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Brattleboro
Ralph M. Peltier
aleTky
Windham County
Grace I. Bareber
Hoosick Falls
Me. Pettier
Aho
Ressons
Pettier
U S Mandate Asked for Armenia Syria Turkey
Rome dispatch reports Bishop H H Fout leading an American relief mission stating that the United States should hold the League of Nations mandate over Armenia, Syria, and Turkey, with Britain as a secondary option. He cites mass killings, famine, and systematic slaughter by Turks, and describes atrocities against clergy and civilians, with accounts from Rev. Paul F B Chappell and Colonel Hawker of Beirut.
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Rome
Associated Press
Armenia
Syria
Turkey
United States
League of Nations
H. H. Fout
Indianapolis
American Commission For Relief
Fout
United Brethren Church
Santere
Corm
America
Great Britain
Paul F. B. Chappell
Nashville
Tenn
Port Said
Alphe
Hawker
Beirut
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Dempsey
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Derby Today
PENN
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International Mercantile Marine
Stop Food Administration
E. W. Mannock
Burlington Flouring Co
Lna
Tris
Lansashire Mills
Ralph Peltier
Watson E. Coleman
F Street
Washington, D.C
Thor
Montpelier & Barre Light & Power Co
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