Americans in London meet to plan passage home
An advisory American citizen group formed at the Waldorf hotel in London to organize transport for Americans stranded in Europe. A 60 seat ballroom overflowed as 2,000 attendees filled corridors and Palm Garden. Committee chairs included Diplomatic Oscar Straus and Theodore Hetzler. others named for Finance and Transportation.
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London
Ave
Ordi Bt
Lie Ghaus
Waldorf Hotel
Horel
Palm Garden
Hts Schooles’am
Soueone
Fred J. Kent
Bankers Trust Company
Diplomatic
Oscar Straua
Walter L. Fisher
Interior
Taft
Mr. Bryne
New York
Finante
Theodore Hoetzler
James C. Cannon
Fourth Natonal Bank of
Joseph P. Day
Francis M. Weld
French Are Pushing into Germany in Alsatian Border Move
Berlin reports a French army invasion toward Alt Muensteret near Belfort, with about 75,000 troops supported by heavy artillery and aerial detachments. German patrols retreat as three corps move to oppose. Baron von Schoen remains in Paris amid martial law and protests over Luxemburg neutrality. French parliament summoned to convene for deputies and senators to travel to Paris.
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Berlin
Germany
Alt ‘Muensteret
Belfort
Malai
War Office
Tast
Bayanes
Thros
Bordar
Tghees
Parle
Baron von Schoen
Paris
Kendall-Lyons Concerts Close Beaver Dam Carter Hill
The Kendall-Lyons troupe concluded a three concert series at McCray's Beaver Dam and Carter Hill M. B. Churches Monday night. Miss Esther Lyon of Meadville led the program with engaging piano work and Miss Kendall impressed audiences with her responsive playing. Ottie Parmenter of Meadville and Ming Lesh Kendall of Waterford displayed strong dramatic ability and wide range in their parts. The company received numerous encores as Henderson Plane Co. of Corry recently installed the pianos at Beaver Dam and McCray's, with the Carter Hill piano loaned for the evening.
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Esther Lyon
Meadville
Ming Lesh Kendall
Weterford
Ottie Parmenter
McCray
Beaver Dam
Carter Hill
M. B
Ie Company
Kendall
Lynn
Parmenter
Henderson Plane Co
Corrys
Carter Hnl
Week's Doings and Wartime Dispatches Across Europe
A digest of shopping ads and prices followed by wartime briefings. Reports note a French squadron patrolling the frontier and a hostile dirigible sighting near Kemponith and Andernach. Pope Pius X allows Swiss corps to guard Vatican duties while the Rainbow awaits orders for action. Reports claim Serbians push into Austrian territory along the Drina as Turko-Karlan mobilization lags. The Montreux port area closes and two hundred plainclothes police sworn in. Three grain steamers detained at Rotterdam and other Mediterranean and continental-bound vessels held.
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Germany
War Office
Kemponith
Andernach
Pius X
Switzerland
Vatican
Criléer Leprig
Pentre
Athens
Roumania
Montres
War Bulletins Note Rising Tensions Across Europe
A London telegraph notes Sweden mobilising its army while Germany seeks passports for its Paris envoy. Reports claim the High Seas Fleet moved west via Kiel and a train blast in Alsace-Lorraine killed 290. Canadian freighters gathered at Montreal to ship grain to Britain. Prince Albert, 15, part of royal tea. A Baltic report denies a naval battle off Aland. British mobilization and Belgian claims add to the tension as Reginald Vanderbilt arrives in London after a Paris stay.
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Germany
Holland
Amsterdam
London
Stockholm
Sweden
William
Baron von Schoen
Paris
London Times
Kiel Canal
Alsace-Lorraine
Canadian Steamship Company
Montreal
Great Britain
London Daily Express
Prince Albert
King George
London Daily Telegraph
Copenhagen
Aland
London ‘Telegraph
British War Office
Bres
Wise
Hays
North Sea
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Berkeley
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Piers
Theodora Hetzler
Fifth Avenue Bank
Mr. Hetzler
Ambarsantor Page
Washington
Heisler
Hell
The
Amen Fcanemlasey
Belt
Page
Grand Duchy of
Luxemburgh
Vivian
Kendall-Lyons
National Bank of Corry
R. F. Livermore
Cape Flattary
Vancouver
Srulser Rainbow
Multaerische Rundsokan
Vicenna
Sarriana
Drina
R. E. Palmer Company
Main Street
Repc
Pre
France
Kaise
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