Farm power trials eyed as Senate debate grows
The Agricultural Appropriation bill in the Senate includes a $25,000 item for further tractor tests. G B P Alexander of Aultman and Taylor urges raising the amount to $75,000 to fund thorough federal testing of tractor ratings. He says unbiased tests will help farmers choose reliable power farming machinery amid competitive claims.
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Aultman & Taylor Machinery Company
Mansfield, C
Tractor and Thrasher
National Implement and Vehicle Association
United States
Department of Agriculture
iTo
Naval officers to be trained as collegians
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels outlines a plan to educate prospective naval reserve officers in colleges across Ohio and other states. Students enroll in the naval reserve while pursuing regular college work and conduct training during vacations at training camps or ships, with a final intensive program at the naval academy after graduation.
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Naval Reserve Force
Navy
Naval Academy
United States Naval Reserve Force
Naval ‘Reserve Forcs
United States Mayol Reserve Force
Muskingum College closes 74th commencement year
New Concord Ohio June 21 4 Muskingum College marked the close of its greatest year as 1046 students enrolled the largest class in the school's history A soldier memorial was dedicated four acres on campus Major C H Huston spoke of the 37th Division and 25 Muskingum men served in the war The college added acreage and facilities including a $150000 administration building plan and a modern gymnasium through a $500000 fund drive Alumni activities and faculty study plans were noted with 2500 people attending the closing exercises
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New Concord
Navy
Henry Russell Miller
C. H. Huston
Ohio
Muskingum
Association of American Colleges
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Association’ of Ohio: ‘Colleges
Cambridge
Zanesville
Women in Tampa Form League to Fight Vice
Five hundred Tampa women organize the Woman's Protective League to attack organized vice by direct action. They plan a moral credit bureau to provide a confidential report on a husband’s alleged "double life" to a wife who requests it. Thirty to seventy members will work openly while the rest operate secretly.
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Tampa
Fld
Woman's Protective League
Moral Credit Co
the Inquirer
League
Army motor bus overturns near Akron injuring crew
A bus carrying Akron based soldiers and sailors to Wingfoot Lake air station overturned on Mogadore road after colliding with a farm truck. One Private Nathaniel DePue died. Nine others were injured, including Private Abe Grashon with severe injuries and several with back and shoulder injuries.
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Akron
Wingfoot Lake Air Station
Mogadore Road
Nathaniel DePue
Crystom
W. Va
Eugene Mellett
Pittsburg
Harvey Newman
Massillon
D. T. Brooks
Everson
Chester Fox
Kansas City
Roger Bessner
Abe Grashon
New York City
Weaver Scambert
Hanson
Iowa
Griffin
Boston
Corporal Datton
Los Angeles
Lawyers Laugh Cry Court Case In Essex Market
In Essex Market Court Judge Nolan hears Henry Simpson claim he cannot cry or laugh due to a cut lip after a Delancey street incident. Ignatz Zerensky is acquitted for lack of evidence. Separately Dietrich Wortman pays 25 dollars after punching Francis Galvin following a license dispute on the East Side.
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New York
Henry Simpson
Nolan
Essex Mark Court
New York Evening World
Henry
Ignatz Zerensky
Jerry Creedon
Europe
Ignatz
Delancey Street
Sgratz
Mr. Zetlin
Essex Market Court
Dietrich Wortman
Francis Galvin
Dietrich
Francis
Munster
Murphy
Sidney Morris
Abraham Weiner
Sidney
Osias Weiss
Osias
Lharch
Isadore Blumenthal
Abe
Isadore
The Year in the American Theater Critics View
George Jean Nathan condemns the 1918 19 season as chaotic with only music shows rising above mediocrity. He notes New York dominance postwar but warns American theater failed to export first rate plays, except Ziegfeld's music shows setting a new standard for lighter entertainments.
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New York
George Jean Nathan
Nathan
Cannon
London
Petrograd
Berlin
Paris
Washington
Detroit
St. Louis
Ziegfeld
Europe
Agitators in Philippines Strike Shuts Manila Streets
Manila seethes as a street car strike grips the city. Acting Governor Yeater refuses labor officials’ demand to remove Con stabulary Guards aiding the traction company. Officials say agitators seek to oust foreign capital over alleged labor oppression.
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Manila
P. IL
Yeater
Moose Lodge Plans Ninth Annual Outing at Coney Island
The Cincinnati Lodge of Moose invites all residents to a June 28 outing at Coney Island featuring augmented orchestras, island races, and contests for all ages. A Moose championship baseball game will showcase top players from the Degree Team and other Moose groups with John G Getz entertainers providing special acts.
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Cincinnati Lodge of Moose
Coney Island
Lodge
Moose
Bank of Moose
John G. Getz
House Slices 84 Million From Government Budget
The House of Representatives slashed about 984 million dollars in a single week across railroads army and navy appropriations leaving the Senate to weigh the cuts. Leaders dispute universal military service and training while the Senate must process multiple appropriation bills before July 1.
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House
Navy
House of Representatives
Senate
Senate Committee On Appropriations
March salutes newspapers for wartime cooperation
General March praised American newspapers for their wartime military coverage. He called the press attitude highly patriotic and valuable to the War Department during the war in a discontinuation of his weekly press interviews.
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Washington
General March
War Department
Big Fire Losses Reported in 1918 War Years
The United States saw fire losses totaling $291,000,000 in 1918, equating to $33,240 an hour and nearly $800,000 daily. The National Board of Fire Underwriters notes much of the damage was preventable and caused by public neglect despite anti fire campaigns.
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New York
United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Liberty Bonds
National Fire Prevention Association
Officers Inspect Ohio Guardsmen Regiments
Two regular army officers will arrive in Ohio from the Central Department Chicago to inspect Ohio National Guard companies. Adjutant General Layton will meet one officer at Akron tonight where three or four companies will be inspected.
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Columbus
Ohio
Central Department
Chicago
Ohio National Guard
Layton
Akron
Holy Cross Commercial School Graduates Shine at Mt Adams
The graduation exercises occur Friday evening June 27 at 8 o'clock in Holy Cross Auditorium Mt. Adams. Graduates include Cecelia H Bain Edith L Bradley Margaret E Brockman Ellen F Brown Catherine M Carroll Julia M Donovan Mildred B Fairbanks Gertrude C Gill Marie H Gottmer Marie A Hagerty Ruth M Heenan Henrietta M Kamphaus Helen Loretta Lawson Norma A Maher Margret B Moore Florence M Moorehead Rose E O Rourke Marie A Schimian Loretta M Sweeney Mary A Tehan Alice C Williams and Master John Taphorn.
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Holy Cross Commercial School
Holy Cross Auditorium
Mt. Adams
Cecelia H. Bain
Edith L. Bradley
Margaret, E. Brockman
Ellen F. Brown
Catherine M. Carroll
Julia M. Donovan
Mildred B. Fairbanks
Gertrude C. Gill
Marie H. Gottmer
Marie A. Hagerty
Ruth M. Heenan
Henrietta M. Kamphaus
Helen Loretta Lawson
Norma
State Troops Raid Genterg of Adigals in New York
State troops and Lusk Committee agents raided radical group hubs in New York City, seizing papers at the Rand School and the Industrial Workers of the World. A planned magistrate backed search warrants prompted protests as radicals gathered uptown to denounce the seizure.
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New York
Lusk Legislative Committee
Rand School
Industrial Workers of Theorld
Lower West Side
A. E. Stevenson
Lusk Committee
Samuel A. Berger
Rand
McAdoo
Russia
Kolchak
Rebel
Worker
Prince of Wales visit highlights New York ball a flop
New York reviews mark the Prince of Wales arrival with critique of the grand Academy of Music ball. Editorials complain of crude receptions while noting lavish costumes, rented jewels, and a spectacle that critics call a colossal fail. London press offered tempered humor as American crowds showcased pomp.
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New York
Prince of Wales
New York Evening Post
Baron Renfrew
America
Academy of Music
Prince of Walesiana
States
Gultar
St. Louis
Mayor Wood
Peter Cooper
van Tine
Hig
West oil boom boosts Youngstown steel mills to full operation
The West oil boom drives a surge in Mahoning Valley steel output with Youssibows Sheet and Tube Company blast furnaces back, all tube mills at full capacity, and daily casing shipments expected to reach 2000 tons. Steel officials anticipate wartime prosperity near.
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Youngstown
Youssibows Sheet and Tube Company
Mahoning Valley
Emus
Opening of Pershing Stadium Ceremony Nears
President Wilson with President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau likely to attend the Pershing Stadium opening ceremony in Paris tomorrow. Only urgent peace treaty business could keep them away.
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Paris
Wilson
Poincare
Clemenceau
Pershing Stadium
Strike Closes Lancashire Cotton Mills Nationwide
Manchester reports all Lancashire cotton mills shut by noon as 500,000 workers strike. Officials predict 65 million spindles and thousands of looms will stay idle through Monday. Cotton Reconstruction Board set to meet, with owners and union officials, amid crisis.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire
Cotton Reconstruction Board
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