Harvard Honor Fliers Widely Noted at Morning Ceremony
Harvard will award degrees to military leaders and about 1000 students in Sanders Theatre as allied flags surround the event. Roosevelt Brigadier General Edwards and others are expected to receive honorary parchments amid a focus on war service and national defense.
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Clarence R. Edwards
Department of the Northeast
William R. Rush
Charlestown Navy Yard
Eliot Wadsworth
American Red Cross
Harvard Commencement Plans Amid Wartime Crisis
Harvard prepares a scaled ceremony with degrees by President Lowell in Widener Library quadrangle. The class of 1892 hosts a separate pavilion spread as alumni gift of about 100000 dollars is announced at the alumni meeting. Governor McCall expected to speak.
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Providence
Brown University
Washington
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Cambridge
College Yard
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Lowell
Widener Library
Harvard Alumni Association
Sever Hall
United States
McCall
Waterfront Weather and Fishery Notes From The Landsman
A wartime waterfront calendar notes June 21 with tides and celestial data, plus fish pier arrivals. The Rita A Viator carried 20,000 pounds tilefish and 600 pounds hake, with other vessels bringing groundfish including 190 pounds scrod. Wholesalers report haddock and cod prices, while several trawlers top high-earning records. the Chippewa sails with sisal fiber cargo. Two Armenian stowaways and a Greek sailor with trachoma face deportation aboard a Danish steamer, amid ongoing immigration actions.
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Haddock
Olivia Sears
Ignatius Enos
Little Ruth
Jeddore
A. Piett Andrew
Victor
Cape Shore
Robert & Richard
Clyde Line
Progreso
Mexico
Messape Tattiasian
Ahak Asacherian
Nicholas Deves
Week's U-boat Campaign Sets Record For British Ports
The week's report highlights a record high in British port activity with 5890 vessel arrivals and sailings, surpassing the prior week. It notes 31 ships escaped attacks, a 49.2 percent success rate against U-boat assaults, with 27 sunk over 1600 tons and 5 under 1600 tons, plus no fishing-vessel losses.
Three vessels destroyed en route to England and Holland
Reports from marine and insurance circles confirm the loss of three ships on the Boston to Europe route. The Bay State captained by Alexander Fenton sailed May 31 from Hoosac docks Charlestown to Liverpool and was likely sunk over a week ago, though all hands survived. Captain Fenton advised his wife by cable that he and his crew were saved.
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Furness-Warren Line
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Leyland Line
Alexander Fenton
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Elele
Sinking of liner with full freight. Pierce-Sunk message
June 8 message from Manchester reports a liner torpedoed off the Irish coast by a German submarine. The ship carried 10 000 tons of grain flour munitions lumber cotton and other freight worth over 1 000 000 dollars. Crew of 50 believed saved. Another vessel Eemdyk left May 13 for Rotterdam with 200 000 bushels of grain for The Netherlands government. 80 crew aboard led by Captain Ty Swart fate unknown.
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England
Pierce
Eble
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Ty. Swart
Bulgaria in turmoil after Constantine abdication
Geneva reports King Ferdinand of Bulgaria shocked by Constantine I abdication. The Balkan News Agency says an exiled Constantine prime minister Venizelos may form a new government and Greece could join the war against Bulgaria. Ferdinand plans to travel to German HQ seeking aid. Consternation in Sofia over the abdication.
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Balkan
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Argentina May Join the Allies in War
Buenos Ayres reports growing pressure from government party members toward abandoning neutrality. An anticipated bill in Parliament may address Argentina's neutrality as supporters align with United States policy.
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Buenos Ayres
el Diario
Irigoyen
United States
Across Motive Encourages Red Cross Support
Community drive echoes a saying to cross obstacles by aiding the Red Cross. Organizers rally volunteers and donations to bolster relief work and disaster response efforts locally.
Zeppelins Could Voyage to America Says Tech Paper
A German technical weekly argues that regular Zeppelin trips to the United States could be feasible soon. It claims a modest size increase would lift enough for a four day sea voyage, and the piece appears to contemplate peaceful use rather than wartime travel.
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London
America
Brussiloff Promises Russian Armies Will Not Fail
General Alexis Brussiloff, head of the Russian armies, replies to congratulations from General Sir William Robertson. He says in his message that free Russia's armies are honor bound and will not fail to do their duty.
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London
Alexis Brussiloff
William R. Robertson
Army Headquarters
Russia
Canadians Capture German Trenches Near Lens
Canadian troops seized a nest of German trenches at the foot of Reservoir Hill as part of the British lines. A dugout was blown up and 35 prisoners were taken after repelling three German counterattacks. The position improves the Entente advance toward Lens, north of the Souchez River.
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France
Reservoir Hill
Lens
Souchez River
British positions recaptured east of Arras in France
British forces under Field Marshal Haig regain key positions east of Arras while German troops in the Champagne region establish a foothold in French first line trenches.
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France
Field Marshal Haig
Arras
Champagne
British and Canadian Advances Amid Stalled German Attacks
British forces east of Monchy le Preux repelled a German push that occupied their trenches after a heavy bombardment. Germans captured a French trench between the Ailette and Moulin de Laffaux, while Canadians breached a German position near Lens and integrated trenches into British lines. Austro Italian fronts see Italian gains on the Asiago plateau before poor weather halted further progress.
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Ailette
Moulin de Laffaux
Lens
Asiago
Trentino
Rome War Office
Pla
British and Italian Advances Reported on Several Fronts
Official dispatches describe British gains east of Messines with four German field guns captured. Italy resumed offensive on Monte Ortigara with prisoners taken. Posts east of Monchy le Preux re-established after Monday withdrawals. Italians shell and assault across the Asiago plateau causing enemy losses and progress in spots.
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Messines
London
Monte Ortigara
Rome
Monchy le Preux
Lon
Asiago
Artillery Assault and Large Austro-Hungarian Defeat
French forces pressed an offensive action and captured over a thousand officers and men while inflicting heavy casualties on Austrians who offered stiff resistance.
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Teau
Pershing Holds Long Conference With Joffre in Paris
Major-General Pershing the American commander spoke with Marshal Joffre in Paris about American affairs. He planned to visit an army engineering depot and later a large airdrome and a school teaching use of armed motor cars.
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Paris
Pershing
Marshal Joffre
Red Cross War Fund Appeal Calls For Subscriptions
The Red Cross is doing magnificent work and urges readers to subscribe to the war fund to support relief efforts.
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The
Red Cross
Your money may save the life of an American boy
A plea urges donations to aid a boy in urgent medical need, highlighting life saving impact of contributions and invoking national concern for a child in danger.
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