Intense Heat Imperilling All German Crops
Copenhagen reports indicate a prolonged heat wave across most of Germany with little rainfall and rising forest fires. Berlin notes heat records, fruit and early vegetable yields suffer despite double vegetable plantings. Early potatoes delayed. Hungary and other regions also hit. Hamburg and Altona foresee next week’s bread and fish ration changes as drought persists.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Germany
Denmark
Lokal Anzeiger
Hungary
Hamburg
Altona
Hoover Warns Wolf At World Door Requires Action
Herbert Hoover received Brown University’s Doctor of Laws at a luncheon with alumni. He warned that the wolf is at the world’s door and the United States must keep it away by supporting allies in war. Hoover said the national food supply is dwindling and will fall further next year.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Brown University
Brown
Hoover
United States
Germany
Draft draft draft seeping into the national draft process
Government plans for drawing names for the draft are nearly complete. Names will be represented by numbers and drawn without revealing the identity initially. Exemption boards face an unpleasant duty, but fairness and steadfast justice are emphasized as essential to national needs.
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Great Britain
United Es
Refect of Police Mind on Cocchi Case Sparks Debate
The text argues that police handle disappearances of young women like the Cocchi case poorly. It claims public opinion underplays such cases, urging equal diligence in pursuing disappearances and murders of young women. It links seduction and murder to a broader crime pattern and calls for intensified protective efforts.
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Gogchi
United
Bienak
New
New York
Cocchi
Bridgeport Drives Red Cross Drive Toward $300000 Goal
Bridgeport teams report strong participation with many small gifts and broad local support for the Red Cross drive. After six days, collectors note efficient organization, widespread giving, and outreach to Bridgeport businesses. the $250,000 target is nearly assured, with $300,000 possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateseers
Connecticut
Red Cross
Bridgeport
Red Cross Company
Bridgeport Real Estate Transfers Lag Behind Year Ago
Real estate transfers in Bridgeport for the week were about half the volume of the same week in 1916. Town clerk records show 42 deeds filed, with mortgages totaling 129 541 dollars versus 298 046 dollars a year earlier. Building permits issued numbered 47 for projects costing 508 990 dollars. Marriage licenses were issued to Alice Jerneberger and Arvid Edgar. Gilder Siseve and George W. Smith. Bowie Bavelowitz and Harry Levine. Inez Beardsley and John Holley. A labor leader Tim othy Wrenn and four children were struck by a train while crossing the Big Four tracks to Terre Heute. two of the children were Wrenn's daughters.
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Bridgeport
City Hall
Alice Jerneberger
State Street
Arvid F. Edgar
South SM
Terre Heute
Timothy Wrenn
Wrenn
Daugh
Pershing Plans Amalgamation of U S Clearing House
Paris reports Gen Pershing has decided to merge the American clearing house with the American Red Cross. The transfer starts now and whole assets move to Red Cross by Sept 1. The body handled 55 million francs in food and clothing and 11 million francs in cash, with Harkes as president and Beatty as director general. Venizelos left Salonica en route to Athens.
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Paris
American Clearing House
America
American Red Cross
H. Herman Harkes
H. C. Beatty
Gen. Pershing
Chief Forester of U S Now in France
Paris reports Maj. Harry Solon Graves chief forester of the United States has been commissioned a major in the reserves to study forestry conditions in France. He will assess bringing over an American woods corps to aid in conserving French forests if needed.
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Paris
Harry ‘Solon Graves
United States
France
Graves
Anniversary of Henry Ward Beecher Birth Celebrated
Henry Ward Beecher, born in Litchfield Connecticut 104 years ago today, is remembered for his humanity and liberal friendships, notably with Robert Ingersoll. A memorial in Brooklyn combines a Beecher Museum and Beecher Memorial with club rooms library gym pool classrooms and trades training programs.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Litchfield
Conn
Robert Ingersoll
Henry
Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Beecher
Algeciras Shelling Ties To World War I Coastal Attacks
The Spanish port of Algeciras, long linked to late Kaiser visit memories, was shelled in a WWI episode when Gibraltar forts fired on a submarine retreating into the straits. The night bombardment damaged the town as ships pursued the U-boat.
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Algeciras
Europe
Gibraltar
Hester Stanhope Died in Syria After Decades of Eccentric Life
On June 23, 1839, Hester Stanhope a learned English lady died in D Joun Syria. She had lived there nearly thirty years and was famed for eccentricity and solitary life. A niece of William Pitt she left civilized society to dwell among Arabs whom she led. She died with few faithful Arabs present in the small realm she ruled.
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Hester Stanhope
D’joun
Syria
William Pitt
French Fleet Bigger Now Than Before the War
Paris reports government accepts a woman resolution to centralize merchant marine work under one department. Louis Nail notes the fleet was 2,500,000 tons at the war start, lost 660,000 tons, with 680,000 built or bought and 140,000 in stock, leaving it larger now than prewar. Germany lost 2,500,000 tons, half its fleet, and claims of German shipbuilding were refuted.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Merchant Marine Committee
Louis Nail
Merchant Marine
Nail
Germany
Germany Questions Count Von Bernstorff
Amsterdam June 23 Berlin correspondent for Weser Zeitung says a Reichstag inquiry will seek an explanation for Count von Bernstorff remarks that Germany abstained from pushing a most favored nation treaty with Brazil to avoid harming US relations. German commerce circles protest Brazil’s North American preference. Dusseldorf chamber to raise the issue with foreign and home departments.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Weser Zeitung
Reichstag
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Brazil
United States
Mbassador
America
North
South America
Dusseldorf
Swiss Minister Recalled to report on Petrograd incidents
Berne June 23 The federal council ordered the Swiss minister in Petrograd to return to Bern to give an oral report on recent incidents including the expulsion of Robert Grimm from Russia and his ties with Dr Hoffmann former Swiss foreign minister.
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Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
Petrograd
Robert Grimm
Russia
Hoffmann
Preach Religion for God Not Man
Rome June 23 Osservatore Romano prints an encyclical letter from the pope on preaching in churches. The pontiff outlines lines for preachers and directs that sermons be exclusively religious and seek to please God rather than man.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Bridgeport Sidetrack Approved by Public Utilities Commission
The Bridgeport public utilities commission approves the Bridgeport Gas Light Co. to build and maintain a commercial sidetrack across Wordin Avenue in Bridgeport. The action is conditioned on a suitable signal and a flagman to warn of approaching cars before crossing the avenue.
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The
Public Utilities Commission
Bridgeport Common Council
Bridgeport Gas Light Co
Wordin Avenue
Bridgeport
Connecticut Launches Recruitment Drive for Guards and Army
Connecticut state defense officials begin a statewide drive to fill the First and Second regiments of the National Guard and meet regular army quotas. A June 23 to 30 recruiting week follows quotas announced after a Capitol conference. counties and towns receive specific enlistment targets, with double the quota needed to cover discharges and rejections.
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Connecticut
Connecticut National Guard
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Defense Council
State Capitol
Council of Defense
Wilson
Fairfield
New Haven
New London
Litchfield
National Guard
Adjutant General
Program for Concert By the Olympic Band
The following program will be played tomorrow evening beginning at o clock at Pike street and Hancock avenue by the Olympic band. Star Spangled Banner Semper Fidelis Sousa Overture Facile-Mignonnette J Beyman Medley March Hungarian F Lehar Second Air Varie Clarinet Solo Louis Cherrick E F Thornton Waltzes Daughters of a G EH Bennett Descriptive See Echoes Thomas Coates
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Pike Street
Hancock Avenue
Olympic Band
Sousa
J. Beyman
Louis Cherrick
E. F. Thornton
G. EH
Bennett
Thomas Coates
America
Anniversaries recalled from ancient martyrs to Penns treaty
The notice marks June dates tied to St Alban the martyr beheaded at Verulam on June 238303, Offa’s monastery building creating St Albans, a 1834 Illinois hurricane that devastated Manteno, and William Penn’s June 23 1683 treaty with Native Americans.
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St. Alban
England
Verulam
Hertfordshire
Offa
St. Albans
Illinois
Manteno
William Penn
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