Plans for Huge Celebration Take Shape in Bluefield
Plans for the registration day celebration in Bluefield took definite shape as sub committees met at the Chamber of Commerce. J. T. Thornton was named chief marshal for the parade with a long list of aides and a detailed route from Lee Street to Bland Street. Committees urged business-house cooperation to close and raise funds, with Red Men and other groups preparing to march in defined divisions and times.
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Finance Committee
J. T. Thornton
P. Claytor
Dr. H. G. Steele
W. W. McNeal
L. H. Duncan
J. J. McAnany
M.B. Postlethwaite
I. M. Wigginton
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West Virginia Infantry
Vinton Military Band
Bluefield Home Guard
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
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Woodmen of the World
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Modern Woodmen of America
S. W. ‘Alien
Harry Jones
S. S. Taylor
Herman Harvey
Stanley Sinkford
A. E Goodwyn
N. L. Edwards
Bluefield Colored Institute
Home Guard
Colored Railroad
Brown Street School
Lee Street
Princeton Avenue
Mercer Street
Mercer
Piuefield Avenue
Pine Street
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Highland Avenue
Walnut Street
Bluefield Avenue
Bland Street
Federal Building
Federal Street
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Bland Street Methodist Church
Harry S. Mabie
Bluefield Chamber Plans Largest Regional Prom Celebration
The secretary of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce announces a region wide prom celebration expected to be the largest of its kind in the area. Public cooperation is invited from Bluefield and surrounding towns as everyone joins in this community event.
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Bluefield
Russian commerce and trade minister quits
M Konovaloff, minister of commerce and trade, resigns in Petrograd after clashing with labor minister Skobelev over economic and financial measures amid the crisis. He joined the post after the recent revolution and supported economic rapprochement with the United States, participating in a May 25 conference on labor relations.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
M. Konovaloff
M. Skoveloff
United States
Teresehtenko
Skobeleff
Tornado Ravages Lindsey Texas Town Near Gainesville
Lindsey, a 150 resident town six miles west of Gainesville, Texas, was badly damaged by a tornado that struck last night. Communication with Lindsey has been cut off, delaying damage assessments and rescue efforts.
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Texas
Gainesville
Lindsey
President Warns Slackers in Proclamation
Washington June 1 President Wilson issues a proclamation warning all persons seeking to avoid military service by leaving the country that they face prosecution and compelled service despite their efforts to evade registration.
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Washington
Wilson
Important Revisions in Army Training Plans
Washington reports changes to the draft army plan for September. The War Department will concentrate half a million men in sixteen cantonments instead of thirty-two, with many forces housed in tents due to limits in funds, material, fuel, and transportation. Four sites are chosen: American Lake Washington, Atlanta Georgia, Ayre Massachusetts, and Wrightstown New Jersey. Construction proceeds rapidly and mobilization remains on track for September.
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War Department
Baker
Congress
American Lake
Wash
Atlanta
Ayre
Mass
Wrightstown
Government awards record shoe contracts for Army and Navy
The national defense council awarded contracts for 3,450,000 pairs of shoes to 27 firms. Army receives 2,600,000 pairs and Navy 850,000, at an average $4.85 per pair, totaling nearly $17,000,000. Delivery must occur within eight months.
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Washington
Army
Navy
National Defense Council
Council
First Food Bill May Reach A Vote Today
Washington reports the first administration food bill moving through the Senate with a vote likely tomorrow. Debate was limited to ten minutes per side by unanimous consent, and no senator spoke twice. An amendment by Senator McCumber making storage of foodstuffs a felony was adopted, while another to let the secretary of commerce catch and market fish to boost food supply was rejected.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
Secretary of Commerce
French Gains Faire Against German Lines Reported
A May 31 AP dispatch from the French front describes French successes April 15 to May 24 with 31,829 German prisoners taken, 28,045 unwounded. French raids near Chevreux killed six German companies in shelters, while overall French casualties were lower than German losses.
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Associated Press
France
London
Chevreux
Soissons
Auderive
Dirigo Sold to Louisville Firm Amid War Loss Report
The Dirigo, listed as owned by Gewall & Company in the American shipping register, is now revealed to have been sold to C. C. Menger Brothers of Louisville Kentucky. The Frances M. was sold to Cummings Brothers of Philadelphia.
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America
New York
American Shipping Register
Gewall & Company
C. C. Menger Brothers
Louisville, Ky
Frances M
Cummings Brothers
Philadelphia
Senate committee backs popular price theaters tax exemption
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee agreed to exempt popular priced moving picture theaters from amusement taxes and to impose a new federal license tax on auto owners from 7.50 to 25 dollars with reductions for cars older than a year. The plan keeps other amusement taxes and outlines per car tax details and rate cuts for longer use up to five years.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia Showers Enduring
The forecast calls for showers Saturday across West Virginia with possible lingering showers Sunday and little temperature change. In Virginia expect scattered showers or a local thunderstorm Saturday and Sunday with mild temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Kidnappers Hold Baby in Ozarks Near Springfield
Infant son of J Holland Keet missing from bed at night while parents attended a ball. After two days of searches, kidnappers failed to meet a ransom appointment as a storm delayed delivery of $6000 offered for the child's freedom. Authorities report another letter from captors but parents decline to reveal details.
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Springfield
Ozark Hills
J. Holland Keet
Country Club
Little Fellows Freedom
Keet
Thirteen dead in Coalgate and Drake after Oklahoma tornado
Thirteen people were killed in Coalgate Oklahoma when a tornado wrecked a mining town section late today. Five more fatalities occurred in Drake Oklahoma as reports say coal miners lived in the affected Coalgate area.
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Ardmore
Okla
Jame 1
Coalgate
Drake
Kronstadt taken over by workers delegates in Petrograd strikes
Russian provisional government faces internal opposition as Kronstadt fortress is seized by the council of workers and soldiers delegates. Strike outbreaks disrupt more than 120 Petrograd factories, with several already tied up. conciliation board seeks agreement.
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Kronstadt
Council of Workmen’s
Petrograd
Mont Haut
Champagne
Moulin
Hill 304
Ypres
Belgium
Vodice
Gorizia
Vienna
Conciliation Board
Coal Mines Flooded After Hartford Cloud Burst
A cloud burst at Hartford, W. Va., flooded several coal mines near Parkersburg today. Twenty five miners waded neck deep to safety. No lives were lost though mines and coal reserves suffered heavy damage. Local authorities assess extensive property loss across affected mines.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Hartford
Canada seeks coalition ministry amid conscription crisis
Premier Borden asks Sir Wilfrid Laurier to join a coalition to stabilize government. Offer allows Laurier to name half the cabinet with Liberal parity on administration. if voluntary enlistment fails to meet needs, conscription may follow. Laurier to respond Sunday. Gouin's support sought to keep Nationalists out of Quebec.
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Horden
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Wilfred
Europe
Pardee
Montreal
Gouin
Borden
England
London
Imperial War Council
Quebec
Wilfred Laurier
Canada
Sir Wilfred
Tornado death toll swells after Missouri storm reports
The St Louis based report lists seventy nine dead from the recent tornado tearing across southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois. Hundreds injured, homes destroyed, and relief efforts underway with clothing and food shipments and about four thousand dollars in funds raised. Heavy damage to roads, crops, and property, with Bollinger county hit hardest including Zalma and Chaonia area towns.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Bollinger County
Zalma
Tornado Hurts Several Illinois Towns Reported Dead
Southern Illinois lists four dead, all Black. Telegraph poles and wires are down. Rumors of more casualties in other areas cannot be confirmed. Full details may take days to verify as damage spreads across Lenox Dongola Advance Bis marck and Houston and nearby locales.
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Lenox
Dongola
Advance
Bismarck
Houston
Illinois
Government pledges to protect farmers in marketing crops
Washington June 1 President Wilson told Northwest spring wheat growers in a personal interview that the government will safeguard farmers in marketing their crops and guarantee high enough prices to spur production. He said no minimum price fixation is intended, but farmers favor federal operation of grain exchanges and storage facilities under interstate commerce.
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Wilson
Washington
Northwest
Oppose Freight Increase Hurts Redwood Shippers
Washington June 1 Pacific coast dealers told the interstate commerce commission that a proposed fifteen per cent freight rate rise would menace Redwood shipper volumes. Junius H. Brown of the California Redwood Association warned the western lumber sector is just recovering from a long downturn. W. G. Powell, former Nebraska Railway Commission statistician, reported the Adamson law raised payrolls for train and engine crews on the Burlington Lincoln division by eleven per cent.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Lumber
Junius HH. Brown
California Redwood Association
W. G. Powell
Nebraska Railway Commission
Lincoln
Burlington
Cardinal Gibbons backs Liberty Loan urging clergy
Baltimore Md June 1 an open letter from Cardinal Gibbons urges Catholic clergy to promote the Liberty Loan and asks parishioners to subscribe on Sunday He says when a nation faces war it is up to all to act with faith and duty to support the country and allies through the clergy.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Barbara Sunk by German Submarine Near Gibraltar
The admiralty reports the American sailing vessel Barbara was attacked by gunfire from a German submarine at 7 a.m. on May 24. All crew members were landed at Gibraltar after the incident.
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London
Admiralty
Gibraltar
Kronstadt Delegates Seize Control of Fortress at Petrograd
In Petrograd on June 1 the Kronstadt workmen and soldiers delegates voted 210 to 40 to assume control of the Kronstadt fortress. The Kronstadt council says it has taken charge, does not recognize the provisional government, and has removed government representatives. The Petrograd branch intermediary will conduct relations with Petrograd and the rest of Russia. The justice minister notified colleagues and seeks to have the Kronstadt council revoke its orders.
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Petrograd
Kronstandt
Russia
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
Kronstadt
Open Revolt In Two Provinces In China
Discontent against the republic prompts uprisings in Anhui and Chekiang led by Ni shi chung with others in Shantung Henan Fengtien Fukien and Huoh provinces taking up arms but not yet joining the movement. Northern and eastern regions show Manchu sentiment while the south remains republican.
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San Francisco
China
Ni-shi-chung
Anhui
Chekiang Province
Shantune
Henan
Fengtien
Fukien
Huoh
Not More Than a Hundred Slackers Warned in Draft Crackdown
Officials predict no major disturbances as draft registration proceeds nationwide. About thirty arrests by Attorney General orders and fewer than six more anticipated, with ten million registrants to watch for slackers. Proclamation warns evasion carries up to one year in prison. readings from New York and Kansas City detail arrests and anti-draft activities.
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Department of Justice
Gregory
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
United States
New York
Madison Square Garden
Charleston
W. Va
Isom Elkins
Babe” Means
Davis Creek
Kansas City
Topeka
Lawrence
Olathe
Congress
Cincinnati
Black Sea Commander Remains At Post As Kornstadt Crisis Ends
The Official News Agency reports Vice-Admiral Koltchak, head of the Black Sea fleet, will stay at Sebastopol after a settlement with the council of soldiers and workers delegates. The Kornstadt government commissioner has resigned following the declaration that Kronstadt is under sole council control.
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Petrograd
London
Koltchak
Council of Soldiers
Workmen
Sebastopol
Kornstadt
Council of Soldiers’ and
Workmen's
Kron- Stadt
Petrolgrad
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