Flier Killed and Cadet Injured in Forced Dip at La Jolla
In San Diego California May a flier was killed and Cadet O Hanle treated for a broken ankle after an airplane accident at La Jolla. The aircraft fell in a nose dive from about 600 feet following an attempted forced landing and a restart. Cadet Nicholas Healy is the deceased. The cadets were from Garden City Iowa.
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Nicholas
Healy
O'Hanle
la Jolla
Here
Enadets
Antey
Garden City
I. I
Police Raid on Enemy Aliens Not Successful
Federal authorities and local police rounded up 21 enemy aliens but could not provide a full list of arrests. Some were released with warnings, others held for further disposition or internment risk. Several suspects were not home and one had left town with a circus. A second raid is anticipated as more suspects may be located.
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Department of Justice
Charles H. Lane
E. L. Gallagher
Charles H. Suckley
Agent Lane
North Avenue
Bartrum and Bailey Circus
1,440,627 Tons of Shipping Built by Board So Far
Figures released on the merchant shipbuilding program show under the Shipping Board 236 vessels launched totaling 1,440,627 tons. There are 157 operating shipyards with 753 ways in use, including 38 steel and 332 wooden ways. Ship launches include 18 steel vessels under government contract and 183 requisitioned, with grand total of 1,623, ? ship launches and 128 steel vessels already delivered.
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Shipping Board
War demands seize nearly all US steel and pig iron
The government has virtually commandeered all steel and pig iron for war needs. Surplus production will be allocated to nonwar industries under strict supervision. Eight thousand tons were moved from a mill to a war-gear facility as parts of ongoing curtailment plans affecting passenger cars and other nonessential sectors.
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Washington
New York
J. Leonard Replogle
War Industries Board
United States
P. B. Noyes
The
Fuel Administration
George N. Meek
Mr. Replogia
No Adjustment in Sight to Settle Bethlehem Strike
May 3 Bethlehem Sleek Company strikers held a mass meeting in Bethlehem Pennsylvania after state and federal mediators said cooperation with company officials could not yield a settlement. PF Marsh one of the federal mediators left for Washington.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Sleek Company
PF. Marsh
Washington
Deng Hun Charges of Aviators on Hospital Ships
In Wasnington May, officials denied charges that Ameoticam aviators attacked hospital ships. The State Department noted a German wireless dispatch as evidence of Berlin’s aim to strike at American hospital ships, in violation of the Geneva and Hague conventions.
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Deng Hun
Wasitington
Terewin
Hospital
Senate panel forms subcommittee on postal rate rider
May 8 Washington report on postal rate increase plans notes a Senate post office committee creating a subcommittee to study a controversial rider to the proposed postage hike set to take effect July 1. The move signals continued opposition by detractors of higher rates as lawmakers weigh options.
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Washington
Senate Post Alice
Posttoy
Belief in Taft led war labor submission push
In Middletown on May 8 Rev Dr William P. Ladd was elected dean of Berkeley Divinity School by trustees to succeed the late Samuel R. Wart who died in February 1917. Ladd, acting dean since Wart’s death, studied at Dartmouth Harvard and the General Theological Seminary.
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Middletown
William P. Ladd
Berkeley Divinity School
Samuel R. Wart
Ladd
Dartmouth
Harvard
General Theological Seminary of New York
Theatre Chorus Men May Be Scrutinized
The report says theatrical companies entering and leaving the city may be questioned by police regarding draft classifications. Governor Solcomb has discussed the issue with the War Department and a ruling is anticipated to require actors, especially young men, to show their classification cards when asked in big cities.
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Marcua N. Solcomb
War Department
Big City
aimMculty
Farmerettes Arrive at Greenwich for Summer
A unit of 10 farmerettes arrived at Greenwich and camped on Henry J. Fisher’s Round Frith farm. Chaperoned by Dorothy Hirthier of New York, most are from New York and New Jersey. They will wear overalls for six weeks of agricultural work on local farms including Fisher, Baldwin, and Whagler properties.
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Greenwich
Henry J. Fisher
Round Frith
Dorothy Hirthier
New York
Houghton Berkeley
Hartford
New Jersey
Fisher
Roger
Baldwin
John H. Twhagler
Ruling Aims to End Irregularities at Draft Boards
The statement notes that departures to booksignings elsewhere are tied to irregularities and suggests a ruling could fix gaps, potentially aiding draft boards by reducing departures and improving consistency.
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