Red Cross Week Opens Bright in Bluefield Mobilization
Ten teams of five men each begin a city canvass to raise thirty thousand dollars for the American Red Cross. Bluefield backs the effort with posters, handbills, and the slogan If you cant go give, while a marching band and a concert at the Masonic Temple publicize the drive. Final arrangements were made at the chamber of commerce as the campaign targets early contributions and a split with the Army and Navy Y.M.C.A. funds.
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Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Bluefield
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A
Second West Virginia Infantry
Masonic Temple
Wilson
American Red Cross
Great International Organization
J. T. Thornton
Rev. H. S. Mabie
D. E. French
Herbert Markle
Bernard McClaugherty
J. R. Laird
Robert E. Moore
Dr. H. G. Steele
T. O'J. Wilson
George Richardson
H. E. Shedd
Clarence McClaugherty
Clif Lilly
French Wasley
P. J. Kelly
E. T. Tyree
W. S. Barrow
J. F. Land
W. Cc. Givens
S. M. Bernard
S. Cc. Douglass
W. A. Bodell
L. G. Scott
Rev
E. E. Wiley
W. €. Pollock
O. Jenkins
George F. Phillips
D. W. Hancock
H. A. Lilly
C. A. Bradshaw
Spiller Hicks
H. G. O'Neil
Vincent Paoliello
Alex B. Mahood
W. R. Crenshaw
R. D. Payne
S. J. Sublette
Rev. T. S. Hamilton
W. C. Easley
J. L. Alexander
W. H. Thomas
R. W. Lacy
R. E. Lazenby
Hugh Hancock
W. A
Fael Weick -Brangh
Gary
Red Cross Fund Drive At Welch Drug Company
A booth directed by two Red Cross workers accepted donations and registrations with $150 recorded yesterday. A weekly lineup of special events will supplement farm registration funds, highlighted by a Thursday skating rink dance for McDowell county. Wright's Saxophone Orchestra supplies music while Welch and Gary provide refreshments.
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Wright
Columbus
Welch
Gary
Mrs Young and Daughter Held for Grand Jury in Mayor Carter Murder
Mrs Mildred Young and her teenage daughter Bessie May Young were held for grand jury after waiving preliminary hearing on murder charges in Mayor E F Carter's death. Bail set at 5000 dollars each. prosecutors and defense counsel named. Large Bluefield crowd filled city hall with many ministers present.
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Mildred Young
Bessie May Young
E. FE. Carter
Grand
Justice of the Peace
Frazier Stowers
Young
Justice Stowers
Radical rebuilding gains support across Spain in June unrest
Discontent spreads in Madrid and Paris via Paris as a radical overhaul of Spain's political system attracts adherents. Longstanding liberal reformers and left parties push for change amid war pressures, with even former Premier Maura acknowledging room for dissatisfaction.
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Spain
Madrid
Paris
Maura
To Fix Coal and Oil Prices
Washington June 18 Secretary Daniels orders coal and oil producers to supply vast navy needs at fixed prices. The action follows presidential and congressional authority to stabilize supplies and costs amid wartime demands.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
Congress
Government Sets Steel Price for Emergency Fleet Ships
Washington June 18 government fixed a tentative price of 56 per ton for steel for the emergency fleet corporation ships. Downey Construction Co. won ten vessels contracts after Denman blocked earlier 95 quotes from Goethals. Steel plants agreed to 56 but warned it does not set final prices. Denman and Goethals differ over price control and who should direct ship building.
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Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Congress
Downey Construction Co
New York
Denman
Goethals
Mr. Denman
General Goethals
Gan Navy
Council of National Defense
Fleet Corporation
Wilson
Americans Flood Front Lines with 1500 in French Service
Paris report states 270 volunteers departed American field service headquarters last week, bringing total to 1500 men serving in American ambulance and transport units with the French. Additional men in training and several more orders for construction crews are noted, expanding American contribution to the Allied efforts.
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Paris
American Field Service
American Ambulance
American Transport Service
Iéandive Es Dm
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
Fair conditions expected on Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. Highs and lows remain steady across the two states as the pattern shows minimal fluctuation.
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West Virginia
Extradition Effort Grows In Ruth Cruger Murder Case
New York June 18 eightyearold Ruth Cruger murder case advances as Alfred Cocchi is indicted by a grand jury and an extradition warrant is sent to Governor Whitman. District Attorney Swann seeks Italy’s cooperation to overturn its policy against extraditing accused fugitives. Police shakeup looms after failure to uncover the case and Grace Hamilton’s information suggests other girls in the city faced similar fates.
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New York
Ruth Cruger
Aleigh
Alfred Cocchi
Cocchi
Italy
Whitman
Swann
Washington
State Department
Halian
United States
Woods
Grace Hamiston
Cruger
Belgium and America reaffirm shared resolve for Belgium restoration
In Washington on June 15 President Wilson welcomed Belgium's wartime mission led by Baron Moncheur. He pledged solemn support that Belgium will regain its standing among nations on victory. Baron Moncheur conveyed King Albert's gratitude for American aid, especially food relief, and Wilson praised American efforts as a symbol of admiration for Belgium's heroic stand against Germany.
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Washington
Belgium
Wilson
America
Lansing
White House
Baron Monueheur
Albert
Peorle
Half Century of Effort 10 Educate Negroes of the South
Washington report on fifty years of negro education in the south highlights rural schooling and agricultural training. It notes three fourths of 8.5 million blacks live in rural areas and three million work in farming, cultivating about 100 million acres, with 41.5 million acres owned or rented. The study urges stronger agricultural and trades education in public schools and praises Hampton and Tuskegee for rural preparation.
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Washington
South
Federal Bureau of Education
Phelps- Stokes Fund
New York
Thomas Jesse Jones
Bureau of Education
Claxton
Virginia
New England
Jones
Hampton Institute
Tuskegee Institute
Education of the Negroes in the United States Debate
The report stresses the role of 22.5 million southern whites and 8.5 million black neighbors in shaping U S race policy. Dr Jones argues progress hinges on white South cooperation, which controls government, schools, and social customs, as he notes education involves more than teaching a people decades removed from slavery.
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United States
Debates Loom Over Second Administration Food Bill
Washington June 18 opening debates in both chambers on the food bill reveal strong opposition and a threat of filibuster to delay passage by July 1. Administration leaders expect quick House action while Senate leaders anticipate weeks of talk as Hoover is asked to explain the legislation.
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Congress
House
Senate
Administration
Herbert C. Hoover
Ransdell
Agricultural Committee
Mr. Hoover
America
Chamberlain
Sheppard
Texas
Kenyon
Iowa
Lever
Gore
Reed and Vardaman
Gallinger
Representative Haugen
Representative Young
Ifnee Ary
Indications of a new drive to retake Serbia in 1916 report
Reports describe a proposed push toward Serbia through the Vardar and Morava valleys as British forces retire on the Struma front. Allies receive favorable signals in Thessaly after King Constantine's departure, while Austro Italian and Japanese naval actions are noted along with renewed Russian offensives and Baltic air raids.
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Thessaly
Sarran
Serbia
Struma
Bulgaria
Sofia
Constantine
Venizelos
Gte
Lake Tahtos- Butkovo
Saloniki
Vardar-Lake Doiran
Dault
Arras
France
Belgium
Carso
Triest
Rome
Jamiano
Trentino
Asiago
Vodice
Mediterranean
London
Volhynia
Galicia
Baltic
Berlin
Carranza Sends Message to Wilson from Mexico City
F Agate secretary to President Carranza departs Mexico City for Washington with a personal message to President Wilson. Officials say the trip outlines Carranza's stance on the war and other questions.
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Carranza
Mexico City
F. Agate
Washington
Wilson
Italian Mission Tours Chicago With Enthusiastic Reception
Italian commission to the United States sees more sightseeing in Chicago on June 18 and attends an official reception before continuing their western visit. The party is greeted with enthusiasm as they proceed to the Cast.
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Chicago
United States
Middle West
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Baron Moncheur
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Entente
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Corso
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