Warneford and Needham Die in Aero Crash Near Paris
British aviator Reginald A J Warneford and American writer Henry Beach Needham perished when a new aeroplane failed during a test flight at Buc Aerodrome near Paris. Needham, in Europe to cover the war, was accompanying Warneford on the fatal ascent. The exact cause remains unknown as wreckage is tangled and scattered. Warneford had recently gained fame for destroying a Zeppelin raid. Needham, a noted Collier's and McClure's contributor, had been in Paris researching life in the Latin Quarter and reporting on war impact.
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Hoeary Beach
Needham
Europe
Warneford
Ritz
Buc
Serial Corps
Aeroplans
Earth
Jans
Reginald A. J. Warneford
British Flying Corps
Great Britain
Peer Ae
Wet
France
Ian Abtie
Ghent
Belgium
Ideut Warneford
Legion of Honor
Paris
Ambassadeurs
Avenue Des Champs Blysess
Henry Beach Needham
McClure
Colliers
Saturday Evening Post
London
Ry Master
Grand Rapids, Mich
Edgar Quinet
Collier's
The
England
Lons
Asquith
Lloyd George
Flying ‘Corps
America
Castile
Iss W. Needham
George Washington University
Washington, D.C
Brown University
George Washington ‘University
District of Columbia
New York Veneing Post
Post
Washington
MccClure
Margazine
Col Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Canal Zone
Col. Roosevelt
Mich
Wyncote
Layers’ Club
Franklin Inn Club
Philadelphia
University To National Press Clubs
Washing
White House Auto Awaits Elopers
Washington reports a secret romance ending in a church wedding between Louise Foster Lynch of Lakewood New Jersey and Thomas C. O Sullivan Princeton graduate and aide to Joseph Tumulty secretary to the President. The Lynch family initially opposed but later accepted the match.
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Washington
White House
Louise Foster Lynch
Lakewood
N. J
Thomas C. O'Sullivan
Princeton
Joseph 2. Tumulty
Tumulty
O'Sullivan
Union Station
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Broadway
T. 5
Gilmartin
Louise
Mr. Lynch
O Sullivan
England urged to supply own war munitions
London June 18 David Lloyd George minister of munitions is urged by the Post to make every effort to place the munitions industry on a basis whereby England supply all her own needs in war material. The paper says profits of our manufacturers are not too high and should be rectified to keep money in the country.
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London
David Lloyd George
The
Post
England
London Police
Admiralty
Paris
Abbe Moreaux
Danish registry shift upheld in American Transatlantic bid
R G Wagner, president of the American Trans Atlantic company, claims his bid for American registry of Danish freight ships was made in good faith with American stockholders. He says vessels were always under neutral flags and pledged not to aid the US government, after earlier denial by Navigator Eugene Chamberlin. Lawrence Brokenshire, Harvard student, died fighting with the 12th Canadian regiment.
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New York
R. G Wagner
American Trans-Atlantic Company
Eugene T. Chamberlain
United States ‘Commissioner of Navigation
Den
United States
Wagner
Washington
War bulletins note non drastic lighting policy and peace talks
London reports police reject total blackout under air raid warnings citing fire brigade, traffic, ambulance and panic risks. Russia backs France via wireless as Danish neutrality unity and sun spot theory tied to 1914 1870 wars. Rome notes Cardinal Mercier refutes alleged pro‑German bias by Pius X Benedict XV. London probes long war prep with Milner chairing a committee to study food production and air raid plans.
Zeppelin Factories Turn Out One Airship Every Twenty Days
Reports from Geneva say German authorities plan a major air raid on Paris and London using Zeppelins and aircraft in retaliation for Allied attacks on German towns. In France, officials note continued Allied pressure north of Arras as Waterloo Eve approaches. General Joffre dismisses anniversaries as a trigger for action.
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Italy
Friedrichshafen
Belgium
Warnerofrd
Geneva
Paris
London
Waterloo
Napoleon
Joffre
Arras
Paris reacts as Manotaux questions notes to Germany
Gabriel Manotaux writes in Figaro that France should not hide frankness from the sister republic and that neutral powers rally to America led protest. He argues Wilson must uphold conscience and international honor to gain a historic peak. Professor Harold Everett resigns to join Navy Academy in Annapolis as marine engineering professor.
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Paris
Gabriel Manotaux
the Figaro
Wilson
Manotaux
Nbtes
Germany
America
Harold A. Everett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Belgium orders 20 locomotives from firm here
New York June 13 report says American Locomotive Company received orders from Belgian state railroads for 20 locomotives. Speculation arose about aims of the order as Belgium railroads are German-influenced. engines to be delivered to buyers in New York.
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New York
American Locomotive Company
England
France
Ruaria
Fifteen Rockport Residents Charged in Murder Case
Rockport Ky June 15 Fifteen prominent Rockport citizens were arrested and charged with first degree murder in the April 29 killing of Harrison Maddox during the Possum Hunters raid on the Negro section. This follows a prior wave of arrests of seventeen Centertown residents in the same case.
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Rockport
Nex~ Terd&iy
Arrison Maddox
Steen
Centertown
Foot Burn Injures Worker at Bridgeport Brass Plant
John Artie, 24, of Railroad Avenue, working at the IUnion Shop bridgeport brass plant, spilled molten metal onto his foot while pouring brass, causing severe burns to the foot and leg. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment.
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Iunion
Bridgeport Brass Company
John Artie
Bridgeport Hospital
Youthful Hartford Mechanic Sought by Parents
Police today seek Burnard C. Gould a 20 year old Hartford mechanic who left the city Monday to seek work here and has not been in contact with family. His mother and brother request inquiries, Maurice Gould of 14 Church Street Hartford made the inquiry here yesterday.
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Burnard C. Gould
Hartford
Conn
Gaurice C. Gould
Church Street
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the Hague
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Holland
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