Soldiers Attend School Across The Muddy Frontlines
Paris reports masses of American soldiers eagerly take up army education offered under the Educational Corps. Post schools, set up in rough hamlets, operate in improvised rooms as officers and sergeants teach late into the night with scarce resources. In New Haven, Lt Melvin Keleher and Cpl Joseph Katzman were killed when their aviator planes collided near Yale at 1,000 feet.
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Paris
Educational Corps
Uch
Army
New Haven
Conn
Melvin B. Keleher
Joseph Katzman
Mineola
Long Island
Cunard and Allied Lines Lost 45 Ships During World War
New York report states Cunard Steamship Company and allied lines lost 45 ships during World War I with a combined tonnage of 389,853. Cunard alone lost 22 vessels totaling 220,444 tons, or 56 percent of its prewar tonnage, with the losses mainly among well balanced cargo and passenger steamers guiding postwar building priorities.
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New York
Cunard Steamship Company
Allied Lines
Cunard Line
Cunard and
Anchor Lines
Paderewski Seeks Wilson Commission for Polish Jewry Inquiry
Paris June 2 The Polish premier Ignace Pad erewski says he will ask President Wilson to name a commission of Americans to visit Poland and investigate charges concerning the treatment of the Jewish population there.
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Paris
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Wilson
Poland
Germany to Raise Cigarette and Tobacco Taxes
Berlin reports Germany plans a material tax increase on cigarettes and tobacco to boost revenue. The cigarette tax brought 520 million marks in the first nine months of 1919, while smokers face higher costs and declining quality as production shifts.
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Germany
Berlin
War awakened charity work in wartime drives
Reported in New York on June 2 as preliminary notes show broad war relief support from British and American Red Cross, YMCA, Knights of St John and related groups. England’s record £75 million cited, with U S Red Cross drives raising about $350 million since April 1917 and over 42 million membership signatures. Funds used for relief with 1.02 dollars of benefit per dollar raised, awaits official accounting in June. Other groups surpassed $200 million in combined drives for war work.
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New York
Red Cross
Young Men's Christian Association
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
London Truth
American Red Cross
England
United States
Atlantic
L. J. Hunter
Washington
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare Board
War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Young
American Graves In Rhenish Prussia Decorated
In Coblenz on May 30 the 1,039 American dead in Rhenish Prussia were honored by military authorities with aid from welfare workers. Flowers and flags were placed on every grave, and at cemeteries near Treves and Coblenz aviators dropped flowers from planes during ceremonies.
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Coblenz
Rhenish
Prussia
Treves
Urges Congress to Fund Giant Transatlantic Planes
Atlantic City June 2 A resolution urging Congress to grant funds to the army and navy and the Post Office Department to contract on a large scale for giant new airplanes with 10 000 square feet of wing surface and capable of crossing the Atlantic without stopping was adopted by the Aeronautical Congress after a report by Henry Woodhouse vice president Aeroplane League of America.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Congress
Army and Navy
Post Office Department
Atlantic
Aeronautical Congress
Henry Woodhouse
Aeroplane League of America
Germans Meet With Former Kaiser At Amerongen Castle
Excitement rose at Amerongen castle as a group of Germans arrived. The former German Emperor walked in the garden with three men, discussing serious matters in loud voices. One companion appeared to be Dr Alfred Zimmermann, the former German secretary for foreign affairs.
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Amerongen
Amerongen Castle
Alfred Zimmermann
Spanish Influenza Strikes Belgian Congo Villages Hard
Brussels reports many Belgians arriving from the Congo say Spanish influenza has decimated the Belgian Congo territories with many villages losing nearly half their inhabitants.
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Belgian Congo
Brussels
Congo
London Police Strike Called Off After Hyde Park Demo
London June 2. Threatened police strike votes showed a large majority but the action was postponed. The executive committee announced a postponement until after peace is signed following a Hyde Park demonstration planned for yesterday by the police.
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London
Hyde Park
Centenary Drive Lags as Fund Reaches 97 Million
Baltimore July 2 The Methodist Episcopal Centenary Fund totals 97 204 000 from all regions with the nation about eight million behind in quotas for the program of social educational and evangelistic improvements. Subscriptions close June 15 and four big conferences including Central Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware DC Virginia and Wrens will meet their area allotment. District superintendents and workers push for over subscriptions as canvasses continue to place every church on the Centenary honor roll. Washington area ranks tenth among twenty Episcopal divisions with potential to rise.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Centenary Fund
United States
M. E. Swartz
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Virginia
Wrens
Swartz
Washington
Discover Gold in Belgian Congo Prospectors in Velle District
The Belgian Colonial Office reports important gold discoveries by prospectors in the Velle district of the Belgian Congo, assets tied to state holdings. Subtexts mention regional prospects and potential wealth, with June dating and geographic emphasis on Brussels and Congo territories.
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Belgian Congo
Brussel
Velle
French Theaters Raise Prices At Comedie Francaise
Paris June 2 The Comedie Francaise France's leading theater has raised seat prices. The increase is 20 cents on higher priced seats and half as much on some cheaper places. Orchestra stalls cost 2.40 dollars instead of 2.20. The theater receives a state subvention and must sustain its finances.
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Paris
Comedie Francaise
France
New Music Hall Rates Under English Direction
The house seeks official approval before altering admission rates and remains cheaper than rival first class venues. The English led music hall asks $4.00 net for best stalls including the poor tax, while the theater featuring Gaby Deslys also asks the same price with 10 percent extra for the poor tax.
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Gaby Deslys
You Need Not Suffer From Catarrh
An old advertisement explains catarrh as a blood infection and promotes S. S. S. as a permanent cure. It claims external treatments fail and urges readers to purify the blood, promising relief from nasal mucous, sores, bad breath, and hawking. It notes druggists stock S. S. S. and offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Company at 261 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta.
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S. S
Swift Specific Company
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
British Engage Bolshevik Fleet Near Kronstadt
A fifty minute clash occurred Saturday morning off Krasnaia Gorka west of Kronstadt between a Bolshevik fleet including the battleship Petropav , along with three other warships, and seven British ships. The Russians withdrew to Kronstadt after the engagement.
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Helsingfors
Petropavlovsk
Krasnaia Gorka
Kronstadt
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Cloverdale
Telegraph
Harry C. Hunter
Third & Harris Sts
Sputter’s 25 Cent Department
ZAROM
Longeloth
Madras Athletic Union
Balbriggan Union
Batiste
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Oman
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SOQ
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