Gunboats From Japan Help In War Effort
Edward W. Pickard reports on Allied and American naval actions in the war zone, noting American destroyers in British waters near Queenstown and potential participation in the Zeebrugge raid, along with Japanese gun boats aiding submarine warfare and convoy duties at Marseille. The piece covers U S preparations for war, fundraising via Liberty bonds, and political strife over conscription and war policy.
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Edward W. Pickard
W. 8. Sims
Queenstown
Renson
Zeebrugge
Beatty
Mayo
Japan
Europe
Marseille
Game Port
United States
Wilson
Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
War Department
Harding
Roosevelt
Baker
Prisoner Survives 84 Day Trek to Surrender in Alaska
Emile Anderson, convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, faced a difficult route to Naknek to surrender after Judge Brown sentenced him to 80 days in jail. With no Bristol Bay boat service, he rode a fishing boat to Tamna then endured 84 days of mushers travel through harsh wilderness, sleeping near campfires and surviving on scant provisions.
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Seward
Alaska
United States District Court
Valdez Haa
United States
Nushaguk
Bimile Anderson
Anderson
Jat
Brown
Emile
F Anderson
Tamna
Naknek
Swan
Not in bed in 20 years man arrested in stable
Peter Curry, aged 72, claims he has not slept on a mattress for twenty years. He was arrested in a stable at 2052 Callowhill Street by detectives Dermody and Hammond of the Ninth district. Nearly frozen, he was examined by Dr. Egsgun at the police station and then taken to Philadelphia General Hospital. Dermody notes Curry is a well known character and recalls arresting him twenty years ago at Twenty Ninth and Callowhill Streets in a half frozen condition.
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Philadelphia
Peter Curry
Callowhill Street
Po- Heenan Dermody
Hammond
Ninth District
Egsgun
Philadelphia General Hospital
Dermody
Twenty-ninth
Callowhill Streets
Would Serve Man a Sentence in Chicago Case
William Gaughrin former Northwestern station agent offered to serve Kenyon Peterson a year for holding up and robbing him. Peterson confessed clearing Gaughrin of suspicion, the offer was not accepted.
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Chicago
Wilam Gaughrin
The
Northwestern
Kenyon Peterson
Gaughrin
Peterson
News Briefs Mixed From Abroad And Domestic Turmoil
Reported military moves include Charles Taft enlisting and departing for Fort Moyer Brazil border raiding and theft, amid riots over bread and potatoes in Lisbon. Washington says training for war with Germany begins as a large U S aviation effort forms. Automobile tragedy at Rumney Crossing kills three. turbine blast at Youngstown injures many. Northern Minnesota smolders after forest fires. no fatalities. Repentance delays for 10 Belgian death sentences. Pope Benedict intercedes. Norwegian ship Thorum seized by a German U-boat near the Arctic boundary. Heinze loses $15 million antitrust case ruling against Amalgamated Copper.
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Charles FP. Taft
New Haven
Fort Moyer
Santa Helena
Lisbon
Washington
United States
Ling
Germany
Rumney Crossing
Manstlald
Pennsylvania
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Youngstown
London
Queen Mary Wii
Northern Peeble
Gnu Tenlomen
Spokkane
Wash
North Country
Minnesota
Charleroi
Benedict
Vatican
Rome
Norway
Arthur TI. Heinze
Heinze Copper
Supreme Court
Amalgamated Copper Company
Montana
Food Administration Urged by Grain Trade Chiefs
Washington May 10 The grain trade representatives after a Friday conference with Herbert Hoover and committees from the grain exchanges urged the creation of a temporary food administration. They said elimination of waste and conservation would ensure ample grain for domestic use and for allies during the war.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Council of Grain Exchanges
Western Grain Exchange
Murder on Hungarian estate shocks Budapest society
Baroness Geya Duke von Kadar of Budapest was murdered on her estate near Cemesvir Hungary by one of her employees. Police investigations underway with no immediate arrest reported. The incident has drawn wide attention from local authorities and press.
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Kadar Sialn
Budapest
Geya Duke von Kadar
Cemesvir
Hungary
Sacrifice and resolve amid wartime call to duty
A dialogue asks if citizens will sacrifice personal pleasures for the country. The questioner suggests giving up golf until the war ends, prompting a determined assent and intrigue about the war’s timeline.
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Scott
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad for Foot Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a powerful shake into shoes or foot-bath to relieve painful swollen smarting feet and bunions. It claims gradual comfort for all foot aches and offers a trial package free by mail. Address Allen A. Olmsted La Roy N.Y.
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Allen
Olmsted
la Roy
Canine Wisdom Dialogue in Dry Holiday Style
In a playful exchange, Tapy and Rover discuss a bone and human talk about a holiday meal called Julie. The snippet hints at a friendly, humorous mood with dogs commenting on human plans and appetites.
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Fido
Rover
Bucks Against the Style in Plain Talk
A humorous dialogue questions nonconformity with a quip about wearing white socks. The ad copy promotes GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as a fifty one year family remedy for vitiou, stomach troubles, indigestion, headaches, sour stomach, and low mood, claiming broad American use.
English Speaker Lone Man Hails Paris Train to Boulogne
A Chicago man recalls a Paris Gare du Nord moment when a frantic traveler cried for English help. Lacking language, the Chicago man offered to translate, joking that he could only speak English himself while the other man needed Boulogne that night.
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St. Moritz
London
Chicago
Paris
Gare du Nord
William Hodge
Boulogne
Veranda Corner Sparks Lighted Debate
A terse exchange questions porch lighting in a veranda corner. One side argues for a light to illuminate the space, while the other warns that low visibility aids intimate moments, framing a domestic dispute over privacy and ambiance.
Misunderstood, Wife Big Dress Checks Fall This Season
A garbled report notes fashion checks for dresses will not be in demand this season and mentions a separate item about India enacting a law limiting working days for adults to 120 and children to six, though the text is unclear and fragmented.
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Puck
India
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Council of National Defense
War Efficiency Committee
American Railway ‘Association
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Kerensky
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Mr. McAdoo
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Ni“vellé
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Atnft
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