Armenian Refugees Starving Amid Mass Exodus
London dispatch quotes Lieutenant Melville Chater of the American Red Cross describing dire Armenian conditions. He cites towns losing thousands to starvation, a depopulated Erivan republic, widespread disease, and no seed grain or medicines. Aid efforts target feeding through the next sowing.
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London
Armenia
Melville Chater
American Red Cross
Near East
Associated Press
Republic of
Erivan
Red Cross
American Committee For Relief In the
Chater
Georgia
Tiflis
Lieutenant Chater
Hamburg riot shocks city over alleged animal corpses
Copenhagen reports fierce rioting in Hamburg as mobs attack meatpacking plants over claims bodies of cats and dogs were found on site. Managers were dragged through streets and rough handling occurred. Dozens killed or wounded as police and guards faced the mob.
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Copenhagen
Hamburg
Hly
Per
Cheapest clothing in Serbian capital costs 240 a suit
Nish Serbia June 25 price list shows a man’s suit at 240 dollars and trousers 60 shoes 55 cotton cloth 12, thread up to 12, soap 6 and coffee 15. In Pirot bread 1, sugar 5, kerosene 6, women’s shoes 60 men’s 70. under wear 29. Red Cross reports looted items and typhus outbreaks with widespread relief efforts and mosquito netting supplies poured into the region.
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Nish
Serbia
Army Food Mission
American Red Cross
Pirot
Red Cross
Janjevo
Gostovar
Palanka
Cuprija
Leskovatz
Uskub
Seres
Drama
Kavalla
Salonki
Balkans
Northern Serbia Reopens with Allied Aid Through Fiume Routes
Northern Serbia, long isolated after the war, receives steady supplies via Fiume due to damaged north south rails. The American army food mission and Red Cross deliver food clothing and medicine daily to Belgrade and towns such as Carprija Kragujevas Palanka Pozharevatz Shabatz Negotin Petrovatz Obrenovatz Semendria. American doctors nurses and former dough-chauffeurs staff these aid centers and mobile teams.
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Belgrade
Serbia
Fiume
Saloniki
American Army
American Red Cross
Carprija
Kragujevas
Palanka
Pozharevatz
Shabatz
Negotin
Petrovatz
Obrenovatz
Semendria
Fortified Frontier Reaches Real Line of Defense
Washington reports the completion of forts and housing along the Mexican border as part of a three year effort by the War Department. Permanent barracks now exist at more than forty points to accommodate cavalry or infantry units, marking a fortified frontier after long border patrols.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Department
Hungarians Ordered to Quit Czecho Slovakia by June 28
Allied commanders have told Hungary to evacuate the Czech Slovakian territory by June 28. After that, the Allies will urge Romania to retreat from Hungarian lands. Budapest dispatch quotes Hungary's willingness to comply.
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Copenhagen
Czecho-Slovakia
Budapest
Pershing and Hoover Honored with Oxford Doctor of Civil Law
General Pershing and Herbert Hoover headlined a distinguished allied party receiving the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws at Oxford University. The ceremony was steeped in the university’s ceremonial pomp and tradition.
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Oxford
England
General Pershing
Herbert Hoover
Oxford University
Old University
21 War Brides Coming on US Transport Sanateresa
The US transport Sanateresa is due tonight carrying thousands of troops and twenty one war brides. A baby born at sea to a Montana soldier's French wife was christened Christene Marcelle Teresa Smith and given a christening fund of eighteen hundred francs by officers and crew.
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New York
United States
Montana
Christene Marcelle Teresa Smith
Airplane for General Erwin Sent to El Paso
An airplane will be sent from San Antonio to El Paso for Brigadier General Erwin and his staff for use in border district operations.
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el Paso
Erwin
San Antonio
Women Workers In Foundry Prove Steadfast In War Time
Sixteen girls in Austin Texas wear overalls to work in a foundry and machine shop. They hammer, punch number plates for cotton bales and declare they have produced 500000 plates and will make 500000 more before leaving their war jobs. The foreman confirms their dedication and pride in the effort.
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Austin
Texas
Hood's Brigade Reunion Attendees Honor Last Civil War Veterans
About two dozen veterans attended a Hood's Texas brigade reunion at Carnegie Library. Judge W C Davis praised the defenders of homes and the surviving Hood's brigade as they face fading years. Delegates from multiple Texas units joined welcome addresses by Camp J B Robertson, Sul Ross chapter, Brazos county, and the Bryan Commercial Club.
Marble Palaces of Vienna Fall Victim to Vandal Squalor
Vienna dispatch details Budapest under Bela Kun with widespread violence and squalor. Countess Rada cleans prisons, Count Szechenyi imprisoned, and aristocrats suffer as marble palaces House proletariat. Land distress and calls for US aid amid farm neglect and unrest intensify.
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Vienna
Budapest
Bela Kun
Countess Rada
Julius Szechenyi
Louis Karolyi
London
French election plans urged as demobilization tops concerns
Premier Clemenceau told the chamber of deputies that elections would be held at the earliest date, possibly in September or October. He said the government aims to demobilize soldiers and noted plans to allow voting by mail or special leaves so soldiers can vote, as elections cannot proceed without their ballots.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Belgian Royal Party May Tour the United States
Cardinal Mercier and General Leman, defenders of Liege in 1914, may join King Albert and Queen Elizabeth on a U S visit. The trip date is undecided but expected in the latter part of September.
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Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
General Leman
Leige
Albert
Elizabeth
Belgium
United States
Revolution Seems Nippped (Buenos Aires June 25)
Montevideo is quiet and calm prevails in Uruguay after the president removed army officers from command and confined troops to barracks to avert a projected revolution.
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Buenos Aires
Rotary Rig Arrives To Drill Wixon Lake Prospect
A rotary rig will be shipped from Beaumont late this week to drill the Wixon Lake Oil and Gas prospect about fourteen miles from Bryan. E H Hallam, VP and GM, reports casing pipe and lumber for the derrick have also been secured. Drillers head to Bryan. oil is hoped at 2200 to 2700 feet amid flood shipping delays.
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Beaumont
Wixon Lake Oil and Gas Company
Wixon Lake
Bryan
E. Hallam
Hallam
Constantine Seeks Greek Government Reconciliation
Paris reports former King Constantine of Greece, living in Switzerland, faces financial difficulties after Geneva advises cut off his funds from the former German emperor. Constantine reportedly seeks reconciliation with the current Greek government following the subsidy suspension.
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Paris
Constantine
Greece
Switzerland
Geneva
One Hundred Percent American Home Stands in Louisville
In Louisville on June 25 a small red white and blue cottage drawn crowds as Abraham L. Frank explains the patriotic display honors America’s World War victory. He notes his wife opposed the attention grabbing scheme but was won over by patriotism.
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Louisville
Abraham L. Frank
Rights to store liquor in home upheld in committee
Washington reports the house judiciary committee rejected an amendment to ban possession of liquor in private dwellings after July 1. The panel kept home storage carve outs and refused to distinguish wartime from constitutional prohibition, preserving liquor use in homes under certain conditions.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Fall resolution held up by senate committee
Washington June 25 after two hours of debate the senate committee on foreign relations adjourned without action on Senator Fall s peace with Germany proposal. opposition blocked immediate passage though many opponents of the league plan favor a later vote with 12 to 4 result in previous day s postponement.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Fall
Germany
League of Nations
Arkansas for It Too
Governor Brough predicted that Arkansas would ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment with about eight dissenting votes at the coming special session. He spoke to a joint Texas Legislature session.
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Austin
Brough
Arkansas
Texas
Germany delays notifying allies on German delegates
Paris dispatch reports Germany slow to reveal peace conference representation as signing date remains uncertain. Italian delegation led by Tomasso Tittoni expected to arrive Friday. allies plan for a 2 PM signing window with Belgium reparations of 500 million dollars. A plenipotentiaries ultimatum looms if Germany delays.
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Germany
Paris
Tomaso Tittoni
France
Supreme Council
Belgium
Weimar
Poincare
Democratic nomination to Brough echoed at College Station
Governor Brough of Arkansas may be the Democrats' presidential nominee with the governor praised by President Bizzell of A and M College. The commencement speaker urged young men to have faith in self, fellow citizens, women, government, and God, and to pursue personal purity and specialization through service.
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Brough
Arkansas
Bizzell
A. & M. College
Colliege Station
God
High School Building Progress Slowed by Delays
Construction on the high school continues but has lost time for various reasons. Plasterers are presently at work, advancing interior finishing tasks as crews address setbacks.
Kansas Democrat Ayers Pushes Steering Committee for House Leader
Representative William A. Ayers the only Democrat from Kansas in the 66th Congress dissents from Champ Clark for minority leadership. He calls for a representative steering committee to elect a leader.
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William A. Ayera
Kansas
Champ Clark
House
Rural Welfare LeagueMontana? conference at A and M college
The second annual Rural Welfare League of Texas conference meets at 8 tonight in the A and M Air dome and runs through Saturday morning. C C Payne of Dallas opens the sessions with W B Bizzell delivering the welcome.
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Bryan
Rural Welfare League of Texas
Airdome
A. & M. College
Texas
C. C. Payne
Dallas
W. B. Bizzell
Henry E. Jackson
U. S. Bureau of Education
Paul L. Vogt
Home Mission Board
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Farmers Club
H. L. McKnight
White Guards Seize Peterhof Port Near Petrograd
Russian volunteer White Guards occupy Peterhof, 19 miles from Petrograd, as reported from Helsingfors on June 25. The move marks a bold action in the surrounding area and signals potential shifts in control near the capital.
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Helsingfors
Peterhof
Petrograd
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