03 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne News And Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
1
Market advertisement listing fresh pineapples by the dozen and case prices. Includes sugar card notes, rubber goods, and quart glass jars with unit prices. Mentions stock quality and quantities in bulk offerings.
In New Bedford mass June 1 textile mills employing 25 000 workers shut down in protest over wage demands and government contracts. Talks with factory leaders and administrator William Bluey failed as workers, many without pay, left with no clear agreement, while a later meeting sought settlement.
Sergeant Wheeler, former non-commissioned officer of Company E, 156th Infantry, is commissioned as second lieutenant after passing final exams at Stanley, Laon Springs, Tex. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H Wheeler of 1035 Columbia avenue and takes charge of transport for the 156th Infantry. He served nine months on the Mexican border and awaits orders to ready transportation for the regiment’s journey.
A resident of this city, Promotnd, Fivet Lieutenant 1, has been promoted to the rank of captain in the United States Army. He reports he was wounded in action and is now stationed at Lubheran oath work with Mrs. Metcalf in Arkansas.
Thomas P. Ewing earns a commission and becomes Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. He is assigned at Columbus Barracks and will report there next Monday. Fellow officers Treon, O’Connor, and Warner Guptaing are noted among transfers and graduates from the training camps and officers schools.
J E Evans of Evans and Son brokerage enlisted in the navy and will report June 10 to Chicago for active training at the Great Lakes station in the radio department. Robert J Moore and Elmer Snyder, both of the Transport City, also joined the navy October 4 1917 and trained at Great Lakes before serving on troop transports to France. Moore returned with a France collection and items from the German occupation, including buttons and a German crest, while Snyder prepares for Atlantic duty aboard transport ships.
Mothers urged to attend Thursday testing in Wied Coins room Gates to do Red Cross work. Mrs Thompson will head sewing. garments needed. G. E. Man notes entisis in Navy. Clarence B. Hollister, Fort Wayne General Electric employee, has enlisted in the Navy and is at Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Chicago.
A familiar Cadillac Eight suffered severe damage after skidding and crashing into a tree at Lafayette and Wayne streets. Killian Vorndrad was uninjured. Adam Schmitt sustained a scalp wound, and three children in the car were badly injured. The driver allegedly braked to avoid a bus on a bicycle.
The district announces the teaching assignments for the next school year for Decatur Public Schools. The high school will welcome new instructors in German Latin and other subjects. News lists names of principals and teachers across North Ward West Ward and South Ward, plus staffing changes and resignations.
Wayne undergoes tumor and appendix operation while county records and NRp staff were in Berne. Guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Myers in Middletown over Sunday included the Aubbaucher duo. Decatur Fort Wayne interurban sets 2 cent fare. round trip to Fort Wayne becomes $1.18 with tax. Children’s day program at Evangelical church drew a crowd. Tarperaney Unton Union event planned for Herne Wednesday June 5 with state president Mun Cullen present. Mary Hey county chair and Lughe Rademaker of Marton attended visits with Portia Thomas.
John F. Hagperiy pleaded guilty to second degree murder before Judge Lavine in Chyvelland. The defendant confessed to killing Dr. Harry Lorene Chapin at the Colonial hotel during the trial prep, receiving life imprisonment.
Police report a Ford vehicle stolen Sunday evening in the area of Atemel Loorte has been recovered. Investigators are reviewing Obtain details and checking for related leads.
A physician touts phosphorated malt as a tonic for weak nervous systems and brain fatigue. He cites cases of men and women aged 18 to 60 who feel rundown, lacking concentration, and easily startled, claiming rapid improvements within days.
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