Woman Speaker Highlights Labor Delegates Mission to Britain
Miss Me Mada Scott told 2,500 at St Paul’s Auditorium that American workers must back Allied efforts in Europe. She praised BritishWrens and urged Americans to support the war, stressing women’s central role and the need to counter German propaganda.
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St. Paul
Minn
Miss Me
Mada Scott
Straw Hot Tummer
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
St. Paw
Britain
France
Goa
Mimantty
Miss Scott
War Bill Totals 36.71 Billion in Britain War Appropriation
London reports in the House of Commons that Andrew Bonar Law as Chancellor is expected to seek a wartime appropriation of 2.5 billion, raising Britain's total war funds to about 36.71 billion as the conflict enters its early stages.
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London
Gommon
Andrew Bonar Law
Eschanyer
Beef Ration Plan Limits Weekly Beef Per Person
Washington announces a wartime beef restriction through next September 15. Households may not buy more than one and a quarter pounds of clear beef per week per person, or one and a half pounds including bone. Hotels and restaurants face limits on boiled beef, beefsteak, and roast beef servings. The Food Administration urges substitutions with pork to aid Allied armies and civilian populations.
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Washington
Brance
Great Britain
Italy
Food Administration
Food’ Administration
Roundup of Disloyal Citizens Ordered by Attorney General
Washington June 14. A general roundup of disloyal naturalized citizens was ordered by Attorney General Gregory after the internment of Carl Swolgin of Seattle. Swolgin, a naturalized citizen since 1913, had lived in the United States for twenty years and was convicted of dangerous activities. Justice Department orders went to U S attorneys nationwide to report disloyalty among naturalized citizens.
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Washington
Gregory
Carl Swolgin
Seattle
Swolgin
United
Depart ‘Ment of Justice
United States
Revolt Led by Generals Aimed to Cut Off Central Russia
A semiofficial report cites a counter revolutionary plot against the Soviet government backed by elements opposing the Soviets. Generals Savinkov and Dovguerra are named leaders, who planned to sever central Russia from the Urals to starve the government. In Moscow locals were told to register under threat of prison or death, and firearm licenses were to be renewed with a death penalty for violations.
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Moscow
Russia
Savinkoff
Dovguera
Ural
Sick American Expeditionary Forces Landed in U S
Forty sick and wounded members of the American expeditionary forces were landed in the United States during the week ending June 1. Surgeon General Gorgan announced in a Washington briefing.
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Slck
Washington
Americcan Expeditionary Forces
United States
Gorgan
Yankees Again Smash Germans At Belleau Wood Front
June 14 dispatches report American forces repelling a violent German attack between Bouresches and Belleau Wood on the Marne front. American artillery played a key role in retaking ground and inflicting heavy losses, with Marines capturing about 400 prisoners including six officers.
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Germany
Ammeticai
Bolveschea
Belléau Wood
Aimeticand
Bouresches
Belleau -Wood
Betleau Wood
Ghateaw Thierry
Bararge
United States
Toul
Luneville
National War Labor Conference Opens in Washington
Difficient employment and distribution of American labor power to win the war are the themes as Washington hosts the national war labor conference. Attendees include 13 district superintendents 48 state directors of the federal employment service and state directors of the public service reserve. The conference will continue Friday and Saturday with speakers Felix Frankfurter Jacob B. Denamore and William B. Hall. McAdoo leaves to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for throat recovery while directing treasury and railroad administration from there.
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Washington
Federal ‘Employment.service
Public Service’ Reserve
Felix Frankfurter
Nas Intant
Secretary of Labor
Jacob B. Denamore
Employment Service
Wiliam B. Hall
Public Service Reverse
McAdoo
Jone
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Puak
Treasury
Guard praised for service on ship Tyler sunk May 1 1914
Washington June 1914 The Navy Department paid tribute to the armed guard of the steamship Tyler sunk by a German submarine on May 1. Commander Claude A. Ryan of Winchester Virginia led the crew’s post duties after the explosion and helped obtain survivors. Two crew members died Howard Fisher Smith Pittsburgh and Jessa O Sampson Fletcher Oklahoma killed in the attack.
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Navy Department
Tyler
Claude A. Ryan
Daniela
America
Ryan
Winchester
Howard Fisher Smith
Pittsburgh
Jessa O. Sampson
Fletcher, Okta
Lambert Heads the Medics in AMA Election
Maj Alexander Lambert medical director of the American Red Cross in France and president of the New York State Medical Association won the American Medical Association presidency over Admiral Braisted in a tight contest. Final House vote 60 to 57. Unanimous officers named: Wishard, Judd, Richardson, Balay, Craig, Pusey, and Work.
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Maj
Alexander Lambert
Ireetor
American’ Red Cross
France
New York State Medical Association
American Medical Association
William C. Bralsted
United States Navy
Association
House of Delegates
Major Lambert
F. N. Crandall
New York
I. S.mcmurtry
Louisville
Admiral Braisted
W. N. Wishard
Indianapolis
Fiirst
David Stare Judd
Rocheater
Minn
W. Rilcherdson
Washington
D. C
Joho ‘M
Balay
Philadelphia
Alexander R. Craig
Willian Allen Pusey
Hubert Work
Pueblo
Colo
Kerensky On Way To France From Pacific Port
Konova lof, former Russian minister of commerce now en route to Washington, London and Paris, says he believes Alexander Kerensky is traveling to France. He notes Kerensky was in Norway and he was trying to reach him, with prior roles as Kerensky era minister and vice president of the cabinet and duma.
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International Pressmen's Union
James P. Wilson
International Patternmaker’s League
John P. Frey
International Molders’ ‘Union
Eachs
Europe
Germany
Berry
France
American Alliance
Chester M. Wright
Labor Mission
Winfeld R. Gaylord
A. M. Simona
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Internationaliaus
Isboro
Pacific
Konovalof
Commercce
Washington
London
Pacis
Alexander Kerensky
Konovsloff
Kerensky
Cibinet
Duma
Romanoff
Norway
Iranece
Turks Force Peace Pact Signed With Trans-Caucasus
Amsterdam reports a peace treaty was signed between Turkey and the Trans-Caucasus government, a Constantinople dispatch says. The accord aims to stabilize relations and end hostilities in the region ahead of postwar reconstruction.
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Constantinople
Amsterdam
Turkey
Saya
Offensive strategy and reserves in modern warfare
London reports General Foch and allied commanders emphasize that victory rests on decisive offensive action, properly organized reserves, and massed surprise attacks. They warn that purely defensive battles fail to produce a victor and stress the need to fix the enemy’s direction, sustain frequent combat, and deploy reserves as a single effective bludgeon for a decisive outcome.
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London
Koch
Foch
Inverted Point of View and a City Accident
An old gentleman was knocked down by a speeding car as dust swirled and the vehicle sped away. He told a policeman the number was 66, but another officer corrected him saying it was 99. The scene underscored a broader lesson: strive for a high standard and reject complacency in work.
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James A. Meissner
Brooklyn
Ames
Devout Shift After Writing Ben Hur Cited by Lew Wallace
General Lew Wallace said writing Ben Hur reshaped his beliefs. He noted religious doubts before and found himself a devout Christian only after the Christ figure emerged in the story and changed his life upon completion.
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Lew Wallace
Mixed Messages Between Mrs Mix and Dlightly
Fragmentary lines show a strained exchange between Mrs Mix and Dlightly about recollections and attention. The dialogue hints at shifting respect and fading memory, likening disregard to water off a duck’s back. No clear event or setting is provided.
Iowa War Notes and Local Dispatches Amid Frontline Losses
Captains and lieutenants listed with injuries and fatalities from Iowa units in France. Iowa college engineers aid aero mail effort while Beed Dealers pledge seed purchases and name changes. Ford orders cut Iowa car output. medical bureau studies state clinics. Mrs. Hackett of Dubuque dies after graft operation. Des Moines to Pine River transport aid. floods disrupt rail. Indianapolis post head Gearhart injured. Webb killed. 94 Iowa men dead or wounded in France. Des Moines floods, Cass County brush clearing near Minneota. Deaf education push in Dubuque spurs state action. reading method praised.
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Claude
Magon
Didder
Wounds
Dan B. Perry
Cedar Falls
Hveratt
Davis
Nora Springs
Samuel ‘Hazard
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Wayne
Huxtable
le Mars
William M. Saunders
William A. Staley
J. Lechner
Cedar
Sergi
Donald
R. A. Peargon
Amés College
New York City
Washington
Iowa State ‘College
Ralph R. Bati Tolado
Department of Commerce
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Iowa
Beed Dealers’ Association
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Ford Auto Go
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Towa
Omaha
A. J. ‘MoeLaughlin
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State House
Ray. Johnson
Woodbine
Akin
Des ,Moinez
Cass County
Inna
Spurrier
Guy
Gearhart
Aviation Post
Indianapolis
Ind
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A. 0. Webb
Lowe
France
State Historical Department
Sorthern
Emily Morgan Hackett
Madison
Wis
Hackett
Lowa
Helen
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