Gold Jubilee Cancelled in Baltimore Due to Influenza
Cardinal Gibbons forfeits the Golden Jubilee of his episcopate after influenza outbreaks. The Oct. 20 religious celebration is called off and civic events are canceled as the hierarchy expresses thanks to prospective attendees from the United States, France, England, Canada and Mexico.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
France
England
Canada
Mexico
Article Synopsis of The Fighting Fleets Dunkirk Visit
The author continues The Fighting Fleets by detailing a visit to Dunkirk, where German bombers attacked the town nearly every evening, underscoring the peril faced by civilians and Allied forces during the siege.
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Dunkirk
Dunkirk at Night The Commodore’s Shelter And City Gloom
The narrator recalls late wartime talks with a commodore about Bombs on Dunkirk. Shadows conceal shattered districts while a few lamps flicker. Dunkirk remains standing amid canals and old stone facades as bombs miss key targets.
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Ostend
Dunkirk
England
Belgium
France
Place de Jean Bart
Lille
Armentieres
Nord
Pas-de Calais
Ralph D. Paine
Houghton, Mifflin Co
Six Hurt In Jitney Crash Near Chelmsford Centre
Six persons were injured when a touring car collided with a jitney carrying Camp Devens soldiers. Driver Samuel Riley and three women were cut or bruised, two Barnes children unharmed. Jitney driver Morris Block swerved into a cemetery wall to avoid worse damage. car and jitney were wrecked.
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Lowell
Chelmsford Centre
Camp Devens
Samuel Riley
Ayer Street
Methuen
Elizabeth Riley
Mary Burns
Riverdale Street
Mary Barnes
Conduit Street
Lawrence
Barnes
Corporation Hospital
Morris J. Block
Howell Street
Providence
Block
War Bond Call Amid German War Rhetoric
A wartime message urges Americans to buy bonds while dismissing talk of peace with Germany. The call-to-action stresses victory and daily persistence as the war effort continues on multiple fronts.
Tax campaign contributions and overtime rulings outlined
Senate finance committee staff draft includes a plan to tax campaign contributions over 500 dollars with a 100 percent levy. smaller gifts taxed at lower rates. Separately the War Labor Board orders an eight hour day with overtime rules, limiting excessive hours and defining pay for overtime, Sundays, and holidays for three labor disputes.
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Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
House
Finance Committee
War Labor Board
American Locomotive Company of
Schenectady
Steamship Deepwater Arrives in Atlantic Port
Reports of the Deepwater sunk by a submarine were disproven by its arrival in port today. The oceangoing vessel in government service is not explained why it was overdue due to naval censorship.
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Atlantic
Deepwater
Kaiser May Quit But Liberty Loan Must Succeed
In urging strong support for the Liberty Loan drive, the speaker calls for immediate action and determined effort to fund the war effort, stressing mustering every resource and pushing hard to ensure success.
German line tested by Liberty Loan pitch
A wartime appeal urges strong backing for the Liberty Loan drive. The message frames support as a direct strike against the enemy, urging readers to subscribe and help fund the war effort.
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Liberty Loan
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