Stefansson Is Only Explorer in the Arctic
Raatrie Washington June 1 The Arctic rival in Greenland of the McMillan expedition left New York in 1913 to explore Crocker land and report that Stefansson and his twenty four white men with nineteen Bakimos are heading eastward from Melville Island aboard the Polar Bear to seek the Northeast Passage. The Karluk under Stefansson froze near Alaska and later crushed by ice in January 1914. Captain Bartlett and others survived.
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Melville I Island
Pacific
Atlantic Ocean
Bjefansson
Victoria
B. c
Karluk
Nome
Alaska
Brefansson
Mackensie River
Rudolph M. Anderson
Coronation Gul
Mackensie Delta
Greenland
Point Barrow
Stefansson
Wrangell Island
Siberia
Ptain
Robert Bartlett
Byt Wessel
Captain Bartlett
Btefansson
Arctic
Anderson
Wrangell Islan
Stefansson’s Arctic Quest and altered plans in 1916
The account recounts Stefansson’s Arctic explorations near Banks Island and Winter Harbor, noting communications with the Anderson party via the Polar Bear and his aim to reach the northeast Passage. It mentions health issues, wintering plans for 1916 17, a 1916 letter to Rear Admiral Peary, and casualties among the Canadian expedition members from exposure and wrecks.
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Martin Point
Mackenzie River
Tee. Srefanseon
Prince Patrick Island
Banke Island
Stefansson
Anderson
Banksland
Tefansson
Dr. Anderson
Arctic
Winter Harbor
Melville Island
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Peary
Cape Kellett
Banks Ieland
Btefansson
Atlantic
Bjefansson
McMillan
Wrangell Island
Karluit
Advertising drive to make Chicago dry planned
Chicago prohibits leaders outline a September ad campaign to put a dry question on the ballot. They expect to gather 110000 names quickly, following a pattern set by prior fund drives.
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Chicago
Prohibition
Liberty Loan
Few Women Will Reach War Front
Chicago June 13 Not one woman in 50 000 enlisting in the pelvics of the Red Cross will ever get to see the battle front according to Dr H W Gentiles director of first aid American Red Cross of Chicago addressing the Medical Women's club of Chicago He explained the Red Cross worked back the front The military preparation that women are engaging in earnestly at present however he said will be largely useful in civil life.
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Chicago
Red Cross
H. W. Gentiles
American Red Cross of Chicago
Medical Women's Club of
Doctor Gentiles Claims Red Tape Slows Medical Volunteers
Dr. Gentiles declares red tape hampers the medical corps delaying men eager to serve with the front line troops. The article notes volunteers have waited weeks instead of joining the milled forces fighting at the front.
Socialist Pleads Guilty in Draft Registration Case
In St Paul on Saturday Frank Fucha aged 30 pleaded guilty before US Court Commissioner Samuel Whaley to failing to register for the selective draft and to circulating a protest petition among co workers at the Omaha shops. Bail set at 2000 was not posted and he was jailed. A Socialist group in St Paul claimed at least 2000 men in the city had not registered. A forest fire near Ojai California endangered the town with several residences burned and hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze.
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St. Paul
Frank Fucha
United States
Samuel Whaley
St Paul
Omaha
St. Paul Socialista
Los Angeles
Ojai
Negro Lynched for Alleged Assault in Oklahoma
Qkiahoms Cus, Obs., June 18 reports a mob of 106 men lynching a Black man accused of assaulting a woman near Randolph Oklahoma. The victim, Mrs. Jens L., identified the assailant a week earlier. The man was taken to Holdenville for the mob’s actions and death.
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Oklahoma
Qkiahoms
Jens L
Conly
Holdenville
Randolph
Government to Run Print Paper Mills Proposed
In Washington on June 18 a resolution was introduced proposing that the government take over and operate newa print paper mills during the war. The plan aims to ensure steady paper supply for wartime needs and sustain production under federal control.
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Benator Gwen
Federal Trade Commission
U. S
Washington
Newa
Studebaker
Unclear fragment hints at grant timing
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a one year timeframe and a permission or grant. No clear names, places, or events are readable to specify persons or organizations. Content is too garbled to determine a concrete news item or outcome.
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