Air power drive to fund 600 million wartime aircraft plan
President Wilson plans to seek 600 million dollars to complete the American aircraft program. Secretary Baker says air supremacy can turn the tide, with Congress urged to act quickly on a continuing program. Support from lawmakers grows as air power is seen as decisive in this war.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Council of National Defense
House of Congress
Baker
War Department
Germany
America
War College
Army
Navy
United States
Cleveland Daughter to Wed Dell of New York
The engagement of Miss Marion Cleveland youngest daughter of ex President Grover Cleveland to William Stanley Dell of New York was announced at Princeton New Jersey Dell a Princeton graduate of 1916 works on the editorial staff of the New York Evening Sun Miss Cleveland studied two years at Teachers College Columbia University The announcement places the marriage in the near future with both families tied to prominent institutions in New York and Princeton.
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New York
Marion Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
William Stanley Dell
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Mr. Dell
New To York Evening Sun
Man Survives Fall Then Tragedy Strikes Family
In Hammond Indiana Charles Nelson survives a third floor hospital jump with a somersault landing. His wife files for divorce, then shoots herself. Nelson injures himself with a razor and fires at his heart as police intervene. He later tries to tear his throat while en route to the hospital.
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Hammond, Ind
Charles Nelson
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Four Drown in Des Moines River Launch Capsize
Des Moines Iowa, June 18 four persons drowned when a launch capsized on the Des Moines river. The victims were O J Poet and wife and George Campbell and wife, all residents of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Des Moines River
O. J. Poet
George Campbell
Miss Carol Harriman Wed Philadelphian
Miss Carol Harriman, daughter of the Railroad Wizard, will marry a Philadelphian in a ceremony announced today. The couple plans city and church celebrations with family and friends.
Big French freighter Mississippi sunk by German submarine
News from New York reports the French freight steamship Mississippi, 6677 tons gross, torpedoed and sunk about 145 miles from Brest on June 2. A German freight vessel officer brought the notice after arriving from a French port. Seventy seven officers and seamen were rescued from open boats. One crew member died.
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New York
Brest
France
Illinois Legislature Closes Fiftieth General Assembly
Springfield report notes the fiftyeth Illinois general assembly ended at 7:30 am after reversing on key bills. The Gurney motion picture censorship bill died, the Denver taxi bill moved to the governor, and Senator Dailey's soldier voting bill passed the house. The war and soldier vote loom large for the 1918 election and senate succession.
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Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
Assembly
Gurnsey
Denvier
State Public Utilities Commission
House
Dailey
Illinois
United States
Lewis
Washington
Shipping chief Denman blocks Goethals steel contracts
William Denman, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, says he refused to approve General George W. Goethals Emergency Fleet Corp steel contracts. He calls 95 dollars per ton an extortionate price while the navy can buy at 65. This marks the first public split between Denman and Goethals amid mounting board friction.
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Washington
William Denman
United States Shipping Board
George W. Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
General Goethals
Navy
Mr. Denman
Shipping Board
Baby chews draft registration card in Kokomo tale
In Kokomo Indiana a infant son chews his father's conscription registration card while a neighbor watches in shock. The amused mother calls it a souvenir of registration day. The scene underscores frayed nerves in wartime draft culture.
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Kokomo
Ind
Christus Called to War in Oberammergau Star
Anton Lang known as the Christus of Oberammergau’s Passion play is summoned to military service in Bavaria. The Berlin Tageblatt dispatch from Augsburg reports he has finally been called, after prior rumors of his death in the war.
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Copenhagen
Anton Lang
Christus
Oberammergau
Cobra
Berlin Tageblatt
Augsburg
Bavaria
Lang
Woman suffrage leaders form part of Russia's council
Dr. Schischkina Yavein sits among sixty one members preparing Russia's national constitution. She heads the Russian Defenders of Woman's Rights, allied with the National American Woman Suffrage Association and other countries' groups as branches of the Woman Suffrage Alliance led by Carrie Chapman Catt.
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Russ Woman Law Giver
Washington
Schischkina Yavein
Council of Sixty-One
Russia
Yave'n
Baseball Results From Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago
Baseball results show Cincinnati nipping Philadelphia 4 to 5 with late runs. St Louis beat Brooklyn 16 to 7 aided by Marquard Dell Meyers Snyder. Chicago defeated Boston 9 to 3 after early scoring surge while Boston took a 3 to 12 loss. Players Alexander Killifer Rogan Wingo Marquard Dell Meyers Snyder Allen Gowdy Hendrix Seaton Elliott Wilson listed.
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Cincinnati
Ho. B. Phila
Sak
Alexander
Killifer
Rogan
Wingo
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Bt. Lonia
Marquard
Dell and
Meyers
Ames and Snyder
Chicago
R. H
Roosevelt Message to Soldiers in Bibles Sent to France
New York Bible Society plans to insert Theodore Roosevelt’s message in 100000 Bibles for American troops in France. The message urges justice and mercy, calls for valiant fighting against Germany and Turkey, and emphasizes care for prisoners, wounded, women, children, and the old. An autograph signature appears at the bottom with a heading noting Colonel Roosevelt’s message.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
France
New York Bible Society
Nicah
Germany
Turkey
Moloch
Beelzebub
Roosevelt
Miner Killed as Car Pins Him in Vincennes Mine
In Vincennes Indiana on June 18 John Tayti 27 was killed when a mine car ran onto the track pinning him to the tunnel wall. The accident occurred at a local coal mine and workers reported the fatal scene.
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Vincennes
Ind
John Tayti
William G Sharp U S Envoy to France Pershing Escort in Paris
William G. Sharp served as the U S envoy to France and accompanied General John J. Pershing during a ceremonial escort in Paris. The event highlighted Allied leadership and diplomatic ties during the period.
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Pershing
Paris
Baseball scoreline from Cleveland and New York games
In Cleveland, Philadelphia 9 runs to 5 with Falkenburg, Schang, Morton, Coombe and team winning. Cleveland bats tally 11 hits. Schang and O'Neill feature in the lineup. In New York, St Louis lose 2 to 15 as Sotheron Severeid Caldwell and Walters appear for the respective clubs.
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Cleveland
R. H. B. Philadelphia
Falkenburg
Schang
Morton, Coombe
Lambeth
Klepfer
O'Neill
New York
R. H. EB
St. Louis
Sotheron and Severeid
Caldwell and Walters
Lone Bandit Robs Bank in Gary Ind
A lone bandit robs the Tolleston State Bank of Gary gathering 300 dollars after shocking cashier C. R. Phillips.
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Lone Bandit
Gary
Ind
Tolleston State Bank
C. R. Phillips
General Edwards Predicts Universal Draft Soon
Major General Clarence R. Edwards speaking at a Hartford luncheon warned that the selective draft is only a forerunner of universal service. He predicted about 5,000,000 men would be drafted within a year.
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Hartford
Conn
Clarence R. Edwards
Department of the Northeast
United States
Changes in cabinet made in Italy
Rome June 18 semi official announcement that Premier Boselli proposed to King Victor Emmanuel a reconstitution of the ministry and the king approved the names. General Gastano Grandina named minister of war Vice Admiral Arturo Trialgi marine minister General Dali Olio minister of armaments and munitions Ricardo Di Nardo minister of transportation. Enrico Arlotta becomes high commissioner to the United States. The commission will be abolished and its functions merged with the transportation ministry. A ministerial commission will study war and peace problems with parliament and industrial experts.
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Rome
Boselli
Victor Emmanuel
Gastano Grandina
Arturo Trialgi
Dali Olio
Ricardo di
Enrico Arlotta
United States
Transportation Ministry
Signor Scialoia
Change Men, We'll Change
Rome reports Miss Elvira Spina protests editorials on women wearing fine clothes during war. She argues modest dress is unobserved while elaborate toilette attracts admiration and marriage prospects, asserting that changing men would lead to changing women.
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Rome
Elvira Spina
Giornale D'Italia
McCool Found Guilty of Murder in Minnesota Crimes
Frank J. McCool, tied to Joseph Redenbaugh in the Dunn murder and Patrolman George Connery case, was found guilty of murder in the third degree. He becomes the third man convicted in the linked crimes in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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McCool
Minneapolis
Minn
Frank J. McCool
Joseph Redenbaugh
Alice McQuillan Dunn
St. Paul
George Connery
Train Hit Interurban Car in Indiana Crash
C M Sallust and Henry Moore were seriously injured and eight others bruised when a Pennsylvania freight train struck a Fort Benjamin Harrison interurban car near Indianapolis on June 18.
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Indianapolis
C. M. Sallust
Henry Moore
Pennsylvania
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Great Punch of War Preparing on Front in France
London reports indicate Allied and German forces are stalling while planning major offensives. The Franco German front, from Laon to Auberive, sees heavy artillery and shelling as Crown Prince and Haig gather forces for a decisive blow. French scouts return with prisoners as Ney and Brenot legacy echoes at Hurtebise and on the road of the ladies.
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London
North Sea
Swiss
Veer
Verdun
Champagne
Aisne
Arras
Hindenburg
Douglas Haig
Ypres
Lens
Cerny
Laon
Auberive
Berry-au-Bae
Perryau-Bac
Nauroy
Auberine
Crown Prince
Corny
Berry-au-Bac
Teutons
Teuton
Hurtebise
Ney
Brenot
Bleucher
Napoleon
Petain
Woevre
Vosges
Federal reserve banks tally Liberty Loan subscriptions
By Sunday evening only the Atlanta bank had finished its tally. Officials estimate subscriptions will not fall below 2.7 billion dollars, with hopeful figures near 3.0 billion. Atlanta and Minneapolis are below their quotas.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Minneapolis
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