Deny Plot in Film Suit Denotes Fair Play Letter
Arthur Berenson defends Louis B Mayer against a Vitagraph Company suit and ties in Miss Stewart drama. The letter from Boston on May 9 1918 argues the paper misrepresented the case and calls for balanced coverage.
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Vitagraph Company
Louis B. Mayer
Colman Levin
J. Robert Rubin
Fair Play
Mayer
Elisha Greenhood
Ekay
Levin
Rubin
New York
Miss Stewart
Vngue
Mr. Mayer
Mayer-Stewart
Arthur Berenson
Boston
British Regain Ground Lost in Flanders
London reports British troops delivered a counter attack driving Germans from portions of the front they had entered in the La Clytte Voormezeele sector in Flanders. Two German divisions suffered heavy casualties. The British pushed farther east of Amiens between the Somme and Ancre rivers.
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London
Flanders
la Clytte-Voormezeele
War Office
Amiens
Somme
Ancre
American Anthem Resolutions Move to Official Status
Washington May 9 A joint resolution seeks to declare America written by Samuel Francis Smith with music from God Save the King as the national anthem. Representatives Bankhead of Alabama and McFadden of Pennsylvania introduce measures advancing the case for The Star Spangled Banner as the national hymn.
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Washington
America
Samuel Francis Smith
United States
Bankhead
Alabama
McFadden
Pennsylvania
Senate panel adds 200 million to naval appropriations
Washington May 9 Additional appropriations of about 200 million have been added by the Senate naval affairs sub committee to the naval appropriation bill which carried 1 358 million as it passed the House Of the increases about 120 million are for naval ordnance.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs
House
Bay State Line to Eliminate Nonessential Stops
Bay State Street Railway plans further reductions to conserve coal per Fuel Administrator Storrow. All nonessential stops will be eliminated, per a statement by First Vice-President R. B. Stearns issued last night.
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Storrow
First
R. B. Stearns
Conferees Clash Over Appropriation Bill Provisions
Washington May 9 Senate and House conferees clashed over amendments to the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill. Proposals to abolish sub-treasuries in several cities and to establish an eight hour day for government clerks with pay increases prompted the disagreement. The bill will be returned for further votes.
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House
Senate
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