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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
2
War Bulletin Reports Heavy Front Action In Europe
Thirty seven killed including women and children and 155 injured in a German air raid on London and countryside. French troops around La Creche advance over two miles, capture more than 400 prisoners. Australians seize Ville-sur-Ancre with 60 prisoners and 20 machine guns. Italians claim two trench sectors on Mount Asolone, Austrians say repulsed there. Germans allegedly hold many divisions along the Franco Belgian front. Paris Gaulois cites 150 German divisions in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lacre
Ville-sur-Ancre
Morlancourt
Albert
BGO
Haig
Rome
Mount
Asolone
Vienna
Pertica
North Sea
Oise
Paris Gaulois
National Banks Back Red Cross Fund in House Vote
The House approved a bill allowing national banks to contribute to the American Red Cross fund by a 19 to 70 vote amid strong opposition. A nationwide manhunt was ordered for Jeremiah A. O Leary after he missed court on obstructing the draft charges. President Wilson asserted greater control over military aviation and war measures while planning timing for revenue bill consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
American Red Cross Fund
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Wilson
Signal Corps
Wilson Probaly
Congress
Creel Committee
Daniels
Spain
New York
McAdoo
Charles A. Otis
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
War Industries Board
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Pittsburgh
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross
Ban B. Johnson
American League
Charles M. Schwab
Wilson signs draft registration bill and war plans rise
General President Wilson signs the registration bill for men turned twenty one since the first draft. United States Shoe Machinery Co wins a Supreme Court anti trust case. Hughes begins aircraft inquiry with a Washington conference outlining procedures. Airplanes for a New York Philadelphia Washington air mail service grow larger. A Wilson speech at the Metropolitan Opera House and a Fifth avenue pageant launch the Ted Cross campaign for 100 million. Wilson calls for an army over five million if needed for a just peace and reaffirms faith in Rugain and France. Yale Columbia and Annapolis say college commencements remain unaffected by the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United States Shoe Machinery Company
United States Supreme Court
Charles E. Hughes
Washington
New York
Fifth Avenue
Ted Cross
Rugain
France
Yale
Columbia
Annapelis
Yale students riot in New Haven amid unrest at university
In New Haven two thousand Yale students in army and navy training units terrorize the campus marking the worst outbreak of rowdyism in the university's history. Women in New York operate a war savings trade shop trading stamps for old gold and silver valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New Haven
New York
McAdoo
Senate
Americans Seize Air Supremacy In Toul Sector War
American flyers gain air superiority over German forces in Toul sector while repulsing raids in Lorraine and Picardy. Pershing’s troops advance in trench lines, with projected army strength exceeding two million by year end. Neches cargo ship sunk May 15 with no loss of life. death toll at camps totals 162 last week. Government orders for 250 000 cigars reach Springfield and other manufacturers. Pensacola probes a Navy Instruction School airplane fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toul
Lorraine
Picardy
Woevre
Pershing
France
War Department
Navy Department
Neches
National Army
National Guard
Springfield
Mass
Pensacola
Navy Instruction School
Ireland
Switzerland
Germany
Raoul Lufbery
M. Joffe
Gerlin
London
Ukraine
Macedonia
Columbia Gramophone Company
British-American Chemical Company
Ridgefield Park
Public Utility Commission
New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Traction Company
Princeton
Ithe
Ito
John R. Graybills
State Hospital For the Insane
Mercer County
SAQC
Five Mile Beach
Charles Croaker
Navy
Pennington Croaker
Camp Lee
Charles Junior
Leander
Slattshburg
Ewing Milling Company
Alloway
Charcoal Kun
Bellplain
Manumuskin
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company
Riverton
Palmyra
Maude Ty Bunnell
East Orange
Gloucester County
Bridgeton Methodists
Fred H. Williams
Board of Education of
Vineland
Woodbury
Bridgeton Board of Education
Wills Defeats Langford in Seven Rounds at Panama
Harry Wills defeats veteran Sam Langford in seven rounds as Langford’s seconds throw in the sponge to spare him further punishment. It marks Wills’s second win over Langford in a few months and follows a sports roundup including Capitol baseball and college track results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wills
Sam Langford
Panama
Langford
Wills
National Capital
Wasington
Cleveland
Vassar College
Detroit
Tigers
Ty Cobb
Truck Vannah
Dyer
Frank Baker
Ike
Athletics
Talcott
Yale
Harvard
Crimson
New Jersey Briefs Show Local Elections and Wartime Moves
Local option election debates amid rules on ballot secrecy surface as towns like Westfield and Dover prepare canvasses for June. Plans for Newton Newton Summer School for Teachers begin July, with Philhower named principal. Farm activity extends after sunset to combat daylight limits, and civic efforts include railroad wage compliance and war material production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Med Bridge
Charles A. Philhower
Westfield
Newton
Mr. Philhower
Warren County
Phillipsburg
Burlington County
Arcanum Hall
Dover
John Meyers
Bayonne
Newark Bay
Sarah Morrow
Meyers
Board of Education
Doctor Luck
Davis
United States
Trenton
Donahue
Bordentown
Benedict
Edwin S. Prieth
New Jersey
Freie Zeitung
Newack
United States District Court
William von Katvler
Tas von Handelshausen
Henry Waechter
Strong Arm of State Food Board Tightens Jersey Food Rules
New Jersey forms a centralized food administration under William S. Tyler to oversee producers packers millers shippers bakers wholesalers and retailers. The unit enforces rules stabilizes prices issues warnings and fines and directs production shipping and publicity to ensure a square deal for consumers amid war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New Jersey
Federal Food Administration
Food Administration
The
State Administration
Broad Street
Newark
William S. Tyler
State Food Administration
Tyler
James Ff. Fielder
Plelcher
Fyler
Washington
Richard Whitney
States’ Department of the National Administration
Frederic I. Mygatt
John W. Palmer
Mygatt
C. M. Tyler
Jersey City
Joseph van Vieck, Jr
National Food Administration
Charles A.carrizan
Robert Treat Hotel
Carrigan
Charles W. Stockton
Council of National Defense
Michael W. Higgins
Hughes
Afr. Welder
Benjamin Schlossberg
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Jersey State
Standard Metiulic Products Corporation
Paulsboro
Ath Gaelite
Lambertville
Gardentridge
Fathers’ Association
Millville High School
Bridgeton
J. Ward Clark
Pitman
Masonic Home
Burlington
Grand Lodge
Flemington High School
Yeath
Henry Ro Rosing Newark
Bridgeton Police Department
Frank A. Stanton
Third Baptist Church
Camden
Frank J. Griffiths
Camp Mills
Cramp Dix
Ocean City
Ottman Cottagers'’ Association
Summit Park
Cumberland County
Liberty
Millville
Erie Railroad
Richard Battersby
Evie
Gadminen
New Jersey Poster Advertising Association
Atlantic City
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
America
Elizabeth
State Food Board
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