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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
7
Allen County townships organize to canvass for an $80,000 contribution to a million-dollar Red Cross fund. City and township groups unite to represent the nation in the drive and begin vigorous canvassing efforts.
Allen county citizens urged to subscribe 80000 dollars for the American Red Cross amid a national call for sacrifice. The piece notes duty, cooperation, and the county's role in wartime effort with references to local church involvement and public pledges. It mentions General Chane Hein and provisional government ideas in China as part of a wider world drama.
Notice directed at business leaders about Red Cross fundraising efforts. Includes unclear dates and locations due to damaged text. references to meeting or response deadlines and organizational contact points. Strong entities appear as Red Cross and local institutions, though specifics are fragmentary.
Fort Wayne and vicinity men appear at the Officers' School. A 22 year old son of Mr and Mrs Carl Bohne of East Dowis Street is noted, with ties to the Phi Gamma Pi fraternity. He previously worked in the engineering department at an external Consteurdtion firm and with Consolidated Car Heating of Albany.
Washington reports President Wilson directs Herbert Hoover to mobilize American housewives as volunteers in the food administration. Enrollment will occur during a July registration drive coordinated by the council of national defense and state defenses. Hoover says every American woman can aid war efforts by conserving food, noting 30 percent of consumption is by women and outlining projected gains in wheat exports and meal cost savings.
Report describes war relief drive led by prominent figures forming a war council of the Red Cross in Washington. Notables include Robert W. DeForest, Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, Eliot Woodward, and Harry Davison. The effort mobilizes across the country with a national bond drive and public appeals to support wartime aid.
Telegraphed reports say a German airship and crew were lost in flames after a bombardment over the Kentish coast of England. British forces claimed the Zeppelin fell in a blaze while other dirigibles escaped, with eighteen killed or wounded by shellfire. Front activity near Meuse remains limited to artillery exchanges and trench lines.
Forecast for Monday indicates a mix of storms and warmer temperatures. Showers expected Tuesday in Lower Michigan with chances of thunder and storm activity nearby.
A fragmented front page item notes a German airship drone in Flankey amid a broader war reporting on political leadership. The piece hints at ongoing wartime maneuvers and shifting alliances as military observers track air and ground actions.
St George De Byroade, long director of the military department at Geyautine, has been called west. A government message yesterday afternoon ordered him to report to Chicago immediately to assume a new censorship role. Details on the assignment and family status remain unavailable.
Washington reports a Belgian diplomatic mission expressing thanks to the United States for wartime aid and urging punishment of Germany. Representatives of King Albert presented to Secretary Phillips, with officials outlining aims and future plans. The mission pledged constructive cooperation and relief efforts, with follow up visits anticipated and talks about potential postwar assistance.
Head of board defends Hope Hospital proposal as fair to all reputable physicians and surgeons, asserting the institution should serve real interests of supporters and that only reputed clique members oppose the plan.
A G Barry, president of the Hope hospital board of trustees, denounces doctors who questioned layman management as unfair and cliquish. He denies plans to operate the hospital for profit and asserts open records support the board’s actions while promising continued campaign for funds.
Revenue raising measures hurry toward passage as Food control and wartime supply powers are debated in Washington. President Wilde urges swift action to enable federal control of food and other necessities by July, while Senate opposition may slow the process. The House and Senate agricultur e committees prepare bills after conferences with expert advisers.
A Paris dispatch reports Pope Leo XIII declined to recall Bishop Mastodon of Trent at Vienna’s urging. Austrian authorities pressed for the move amid anti-Austrian sentiment and wartime tensions, but the pontiff stood firm against the demanded action.
Officials believe the notorious Reds movement may be ending as authorities report captures and trials. The article mentions numerous suspects and prior arrestees, including a key figure linked to anarchist activity, with references to indictments, sentences, and ongoing investigations.
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