Scenes of horror from German bombing over Flitestone
Eyewitness account describes five minutes of German air attack in Flitestone England on June 22. Sixty three dead and many wounded as bombs struck a crowded street and shops. Rescue work continued overnight as civilians recounts of shattered homes, mangled children, and a push for internment of enemy aliens.
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Sir Walter Green
Flitestone
England
Ramegate
Green
Schdes
Adoiomaker
Ernest
Irene
Billion Needed For Big Aviation War Effort
Washington reports that a billion dollars may be required to mobilize 100000 American airplanes and 10000 to 20000 aviators. Allan R Hawiey of the Aero Club of America told a House subcommittee that 25000 aviators could do more to end the war than a million more soldiers and endorsed creating a separate department of aeronautics.
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Washington
Allan R. Hawiey
The
Aero Club of America
House Military Committee
Department of Aeronautics
Equal pay for women urged as war measure
In New York on June 22 a bulletin titled Labor laws in war times from the American Association for Labor Legislation recommends equal pay for equal work without sex discrimination as a wartime measure. The note appears amid brief references to seeds and vendors.
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New York
American Association For Labor Legislation
Russia to Resume War, Brusiloff Declares
London reports General Brusiloff, Russian army commander, promising that free Russia’s forces will fulfill their duty as praised by General Robertson. Petrograd notes frankness toward the American commission led by Elihu Root, with plans for closer collaboration and discussion of a basis for joint action.
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London
Alexis Brusiloff
William R. Robertson
Army Headquarters
Russia
Petrograd
Elihu Root
Tereschtenko
Miccete
United States
M. Tereschtenko
American Railway Commission
N. ‘V. Nekrasoff
Commuunications
Vladivostock
Inas
Maemietasey
Americans assist in locating repair shop sites abroad
The commission praised large bridges over the Sungari and Yenisei and at Novomoskovak while meeting with technical and traffic chiefs. They noted cooperative local personnel, rapid train travel, and commitment to transparency with the Americans, who may stay as long as needed.
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Sungari
Yenesei
Novomoskovak
Judge Robert Scott Lovett A Railroad Leader's Rise
The piece profiles Judge Robert S Lovett chairman of the Southern Pacific board and foremost railroad lawyer. It traces his Texas roots born June 22 1860, early work from farm chores to railroad labor, legal studies by night, rise to general counsel Texas and Pacific then Harriman system, and eventual leadership of Southern Pacific and related properties. It notes his path from station agent to top executive.
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Robert Scott Lovett
Southern Pacific Railroad
E. H. Harriman
Judge Loupee
San Jacinto
Texas
Robert Lovett
Lovett
Houston
West Texas
Shepherd
Charles Stewart
Congress
Texas and Pacific
Southern Pacific
HB. H. Harriman
Road
Harriman
Prominent Society Woman Recovers with Phosphated Iron
A wife long plagued by nerves and ill health improves after her household tries Phosphated Iron. The remedy restores color, appetite, strength, and sleep, with testimonials from others and a note urging genuine capsule form from Hindle Drug Stores in Bridgeport and other druggists.
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Iran
W. P. Hindle Drug Stores
Bridgeport
Conn
Grand Jury To Probe Butter Price Fixing
Chicago June 22 grand jury summonsed Edwin Clif ford secretary of the Bigin butter board to produce books and records. Officials say only meeting minutes set weekly basic butter prices by bid and a copy is sent to the U S district attorney. The jury seeks to determine if prices are set by open bidding or fixed. Governor Whitman proclaims tomorrow Italy Day as the Italian Mission arrives.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Bigin Butter Board
Edwin 8
Clifford
Federal
United States District Attorney
Sub campaign to force great battle on seas
Copenhagen reports the submarine campaign will likely drive a general naval clash between British and German fleets as the only way to end the menace. Capt Kuehlewetter says good weather reduced submarine victims, enabling chasers to venture farther and detect periscopes easier. Other naval writers echo admiralty views and note May tonnage far below April, with Wolff bureau estimating new tonnage at one fifth.
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Copenhagen
Admiralty
Kuehlewetter
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Wolff Bureau
Connecticut Seeks Under 1000 Army Recruits by Month's End
Connecticut plans a final recruiting drive to supply fewer than 1,000 men for the regular army by June 30. Maj. W. A. Mercer notes the need to pass physical scrutiny, with 40 to 60 percent typically rejected. Navy enlistment quotas in aviation and yeoman branches close, affecting apprentice seamen and firemen.
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Connecticut
W. A. Mercer
New Haven
America
Regular Army
Boatswain Jamas L. McKenne
Navy
I D C Upholds Roads Practices
Washington June 22 The interstate commerce commission held that railroads may refuse to accept grain at interior points for export unless steamship arrangements for its transport are made in advance. The decision said the practice is not inherently unreasonable or unlawful.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Packer Returns to Duty as Sons Join Army
Chicago June 223 Patrick Dugahy the packer who retired to let his sons take over is back in harness after one son becomes a lieutenant in the regular army and another enters an officers training camp. The father resumes work to release them for duty for their country.
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Chicago
Patrick Dugahy
Beaton Falls Boy Dies After Auto Crash
Alec Wright seven years old of Beacon Falls died in St Marys hospital Waterbury after being struck by an automobile Tuesday. His skull was fractured. The car was operated by Martin Millsapugh a Hartford salesman who reported the accident to Waterbury police and Beacon Falls authorities. Officials in Beacon Falls will investigate.
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Waterbury
Alec Wright
Beacon Falls
St. Mary’s Hospital
Martin Millspaugh
Hartford
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