Sixty Known Dead in Circus Train Crash at Gary
The Wallace-Hagenbeck circus train collision with an equipment train near Gary, Indiana, left sixty dead and many injured. Fatalities include multiple circus performers. survivors describe flames, water shortages, and frantic rescues as authorities work to identify the dead and recover bodies.
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Gary
Ind
Hammond
Wallace Hagenback
Michigan Central
Circus
Earl Michael Berry
Chenactady
N. Y
Veronica Connhwas
Joseph Coyle
Cincinnati
Louise Cottrell
London
England
John Collins
New Haven
Conn
D. Cattanale
Chicago
Arthur Derrick
Erickton
Joseph Derrick
Max Derrick
Jewell
Fred Ledgett
Hattie M’cree
Henry Miller
Louise Powell
Rosh Roseland
John Rooney
Jennie Todd
Bloomington
Illinois
Fred Whipple
Michigan City
Arthur Adair
M. A. Anderson
A. M. Ball
Jack Bacley
Peru
William Burns
Lockport
G. W. Brown
Denver
Colo
R. Bb. Brinkley
Chas. Brown
F. B. Bullard
Baraboe
Wis
W. H. Curtis
West Biden
Joe
Coyle
Ben Carpenter
Everett
Wash
Frank Connors
James Crawford
Bernard Carmen
Philadelphia
William Pailey
Providence
John Dempsey
New York City
Wil Davis
Columbus
Ohto
James Jiamie Pe Grote
George Donahue
Middleton
Ohio
Frank Dilley
de Lillian Davis
Donovan
Joseph Donahue
Indianapolis
Zene
Bloom
Eugene Enos
Kington
Ill
Charles Emerson
Charles Gresecross
Carl Green
George V An
Grasper
The
Gar- Green
James A
James Howard
West Hitchcock
Luddington
Charles Hitchcock
Ington
Ills
Gus Werner
West Baden
C. F. Wright
Lous Weiland
E. Williams
Nick Williams
Walter Williams
Alex Williamson
William Ward
Thomas Young
al Sargent
Emil Krauss
Sargent
Kalamazoo
Mich
Klauss
Joe Coyle
Alonzo K. Sargent
Ivanhoe
Lake County
Michiganity
Rammond
Hammond Circus
War Savings Drive Launches Monday With Open Air Meeting
The city prepares for the War Savings stamp drive with final arrangements at 3 20 this afternoon in the chamber of commerce assembly room. A Friday open air patriotic meeting at 450 pm near the post office will feature Col J T Perowne and Harry Wright. The drive aims for thorough canvassing of homes and businesses, with pastors likely to mention the effort during services.
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Chamber For Commerce
Post Office
J. T. Perowne
Harry Wright
State War Savings Director
Colonel Perowne
France
Messines Ridge
Wright
Machinists Union
Bluefield
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
John H. Maukert
Pluefield
Maukert
Austria and Germany Face Limited War Updates
A June dispatch reports General March deferring action on an international Siberia expedition as a political issue, while American troops in France prepare for further disclosure. The piece notes German deserters calling Allied troops “bad boys,” hunger and weariness in German lines, and scarce clothing in Germany amid a looming second phase of offensive actions with potential German support for an ally.
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March
Siberia
France
Associated Press
Marne
Record of World War I Era Shipbuilding Triumph and Draft Voter
Washington reports on a July 4 ship launch surge in American yards totaling at least eighty nine vessels with 439,886 dead weight tons to bolster the merchant fleet. It lists key steel ships and wooden hulls, plus a note on draft age mobilization approval in the army appropriation bill.
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Washington
United States
William Penn
Independence
Victorious
Defiance
Beechland
Senate Military Committee
House
Proclamation Declares War Savings Day in Bluefield
The West Virginia governor and Mercer County War Savings Committee proclaim a holiday for Bluefield citizens from 4 p.m. Friday to midnight June 28. All business ceases as residents join patriotic meetings at the post office and district meeting places to do their part.
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West Virginia
Mercer County War Savings Committee
Binefield
Bluefield
Huntington Tops War Savings Drive With Over 1 Million Pledged
Huntington West Virginia reports more than a million dollars pledged in War Savings. City Chairman William F Hite and County Chairman Charles M Gohen announced the total and said an additional $200 000 will be raised by outlying districts before War Savings Day June 28. State director reports indicate every county is preparing two thousand meetings statewide on the 28th per federal and state requests. Buy War Savings Bonds.
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Huntington
W. Va
William F. Hite
Charles M. Gohen
Robert L. Archer
State Director
Secretary of the Treasury
West Virginia
W.S
West Virginia Weekend Weather Outlook
Fair on Sunday and Monday in West Virginia with gradually rising temperatures. Highs expected in the 70s with pleasant conditions and light winds across the state.
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West Virginia
Professor Emery Held in Tuchel Prison Camp
The German War Ministry, via the Spanish embassy in Berlin, lists seven Americans as prisoners, including Professor Henry C. Emery economist and former US tariff commission chair. Emery was captured during the occupation of the Aland islands and was last heard from living in a hotel at Lauenburg Pommerania.
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State Department
Germany
Villengen
John
Abbott
Dayton Avenue
St. Paul
Minn
Lagincourt
Robert H. Jeffery
Uniontown
Abraham Straus
West Ninety-third Street
New York City
Lempire
Bradenburg
David Johnson
Mareenshook
Washington
War Department
German War Ministry
Troop movement five months ahead of schedule in WWI
Washington reports Rome’s repulse of the Austrian drive in Italy and General March says US troop movements to France exceed 900000, five months ahead of plan. He notes American superiority and continued German refits as a new drive looms.
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Washington
Rome
Italy
General March
France
War Department
United States
Cambrai-St. Quentin
Baker
Mareh
March
Foch
Germany
Austrian Offensive in Italy Fails to Meet Goals
Amid heavy fighting along a ninety mile front the Austrians fail to secure objectives as Italian and British forces blunt the drive near the Piave. Bulgarian talks in Vienna may signal shifts with Germany while American troops press gains north of Chateau-Thierry.
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Piave River
Italy
Caporetto
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Amsterdam
Charles
Austria
Budapest
Vienna
Hague
Bulgaria
Rheims
Berlin
Chateau-Thierry
Nicolai Lenine
Russia
Ural Mountains
Nicholas Romanoff
Moscow
Associated Press
Stefani Bureau
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Hagenback Circus
James Jonson
Paul Kramer
Gus Lindstorm
Ardell Lesman
Reading
Tienry Qomar
Jena Lelo
James Leo
Reno McCree
Toledo
Bertie Mccintosh
John McFaden
John Moore
James Mathews
John Miller
William Michael
Beaver Falls
Pas
James Mulvaney
Steubenville
Alonzo Moore
John Nelson
Joliet
Dewey Nunnelly
Lexington
Charles Norcross
Max Nitzborn
Charles Olson
Robert O'Connor
Arthur Parks
John Pfeigenberger
Albert Palmer
Chester Pol
Manuel Rickend
Elmer Runstaddler
Detroit
G. F. Ryan
AG. F. Reed
Herman Rex
Rapier
Jack Robinson
A. F. Roberts
Memphis
W. M. Streeter
Columbus Smith
Justizrat Otto Feig
Charleston
State Prohibition Department
E. G. Thomas
Norfolk and Western
Kenova
J. 8 S. Crossen
Wilson
War Trade Board
American Iron and Steel Institute
Lake Superior
Pittsburg
Bay W
State Compensation Department
Kerr and Yeater Tool Company
Pennboro
West Run Coal Compan
Morgantown
Central Automobile Corporation
Mace Brothers Lumber Company
Pickens
Kirkland Coal Company
Williamson, Millville Stone and Lumber Company
Dallas
Texas
Treasury Department
Wilmott Odel
Silliman ‘Evans
Copenhagen
Paris
U Havas Agency
Bay
Senate Agriculture Committee
Emperor Charles
Amsterdam Exchange
W.S.S
Archbishop Keane
Dubuque
Iowa
John Joseph Keane
Catholic University of America
Bay W.S
Poreshadowed
Milan
Tempr
Stahlman
Prof
Emery
Tuchel
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