U Boats Await Big Prize Off Virginia Capes Officials Say
Officials in Washington believe German U boats are lying in wait for larger targets along Transatlantic routes off the Virginia Capes after the Harpathian was torpedoed about 100 miles off the Virginia coast. The Harpathian's sinking raises total raider victims to fourteen steamers and eight schooners as patrols continue to roam the coast.
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Washington
enNersey
Virginia Capes
Harpathian
Virginia
Navy Deig
America
New York
Philadelphia
Navy Department
Chesapeake Bay
Sandwich Bread Substitution Rules by Food Administrator
The Food Administrator for Dauphin County announces rules for sandwich bread substitutions in hotels, restaurants, and boarding houses. If substitutions reach 66 2 3 percent or more, four ounces or two sandwiches may be served. otherwise two ounces or one sandwich. Sugar use is limited to 80 percent of last year’s demand, with individual service required.
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Donald, McCormick
United States
Dauphin County
Sudden Death After Supper Nap in Shamokin
Mrs. Edward Sminkey aged 51 died in Shamokin Pennsylvania after a hearty supper she said she would nap following. Within a minute of lying down she collapsed from heart disease caused by acute indigestion.
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Shamokin
Edward Sminkey
Membors
Marines Press Forward on 3 Mile Front Northwest of Chateau-Thierry
American marines and French troops advance over two miles along a near three mile front northwestern of the Marne. They recapture Torey and threaten Busslares Bouresches while reports say most objectives were gained as Allied command directs a broader push. British forces reach Bligny near Rheims and German positions are pressured along the front between the Marne and Rheims.
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Associated Press
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Showers Killed in France After Ambulance Blown Apart
Telegram confirms Guy W. Showers of 434 South Thirteenth Street died in action in France on May 29 while serving in the American Ambulance Service. Earlier dispatch suggested he escaped when his ambulance was destroyed. the new notice declares his death officially. Showers enlisted May 15, 1917, and served after training at Columbus Barracks and Fort Hamilton. He was a drug clerk, and a graduate of Technical High School and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
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Guy W. Showers
South Thirteenth Street
Adjutant General
France
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Jeremiah Showers
Columbus Barracks
San Antonio
Texas
Fort Hamilton
No. 12 Ambulance Corps
K. Gross
Technical High School
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Marines Break German Defense In Belleau Wood Push
American forces drive into Torey and Bouresches near Chateau Thierry. Marines seize terrain, take prisoners, and press the attack across a three mile front facing heavy shelling and gas.
Marines Advance in Four Waves at Belleau Wood
The article describes Marines advancing in four open waves through Belleau Wood with rifles and bombs in the first line and automatic rifles in the rear. They crossed open ground and climbed slopes past shallow trenches and sparse barbed wire, advancing toward enemy positions.
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Many Beautiful Blooms Shown At Rose Carnival
Rose show awards list honors multiple growers and exhibitors. J Horace McFarland leads with several rose categories including three yellow and three pink blooms. Other top winners include E D Jennings Mrs F R Oyster Mrs William Hain and L F Haehnien with distinctions in white pink and climbing rose classes.
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J. Horace McFarland
E. D. Jennings
F. R. Oyster
William Hain
J. B. McAllister
L. F. Haehnien
H. C. Sesseman
L. FP. Haehnien
Harrisburg Hosts First Annual Rose Show at YMCA Lobby
More than two hundred roses entered for prizes mark Harrisburg's first Rose Show. The event began at 3 pm in the Central Y M C A lobby with five judges appointed to assess entries.
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Harrisburg
Central
Crago Leads in Race of Seven Highest in GOP Primaries
W. Harry Baker reports an unofficial tally of the seven top Republican candidates for Congress at large. Crago leads with 214,442 votes, followed by Garland 210,616 and Burke 200,193. results include county data from Allegheny Lackawanna and Luzerne. Holstein, Democratic lieutenant governor hopeful from the city, filed a statement showing under $50 spent.
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W. Harry Baker
Republican State Committee
Allegheny
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Crago
Garland
Burke
Walters
Aaron
HeLaughlin
Atherton
Howard
Holstein
Yankee Troops Gain Ground on French Fronts West of Chateau Thierry
American forces push along the Torey Belleau line and Bouresches area gaining ground west of Chateau Thierry. French operations in Picardy capture Le Port and Hill 204 recaptured, with British helping steady Bligny and inflict losses. Boston receives first plane mail from New York, 4 000 letters carried in three hours.
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Marne
Rheims
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Boston
Saugus
Mass
T. H. Webb
New York
Commerce head for Dauphin County to be appointed
Dauphin county will get a mercantile administrator as a wartime necessity with powers mirroring food and fuel chiefs. The Federal Director of Commercial Economy for Dauphin county will enforce similar regulations and oversee store deliveries opening hours and retail matters. E Lawrence Fell will address merchants Monday at 7:30 in Fahnestock Hall.
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Dauphin County
Chamber of Commerce
United States
E. Lawrence Fell
Pennsylvania
Fahnestock Hall
Draw Lots to Determine Winners of Nominations
The biennial drawing of lots for congressional and legislative nominations and state committee slots was held at the Capitol with Deputy Secretary Godcharles presiding. No candidates appeared. witnesses drew names, deciding three congressional, seven senatorial, and thirty-three legislative nominations and twenty-one state committee seats mainly Prohibition Socialist or Washington. In Second Dauphin district C W McCoy and R B Shelly drew for Socialist state committee places.
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Dauphin
C. W. McCoy
R. B. Shelly
General Clement to speak at Harrisburg recruiting rally
Major General Clement who served in France and retired due to age will address the recruiting rally in Market Square this evening at 8 o'clock. He is due in Sunbury court tomorrow and will return on a late train, giving first hand insight into life along the French front. Fred A. will also appear on the platform.
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France
Harrisburg
Fred
New Brethren Moderator Named and Convention Speakers
The Church of the Brethren held its triennial convention committee session at Hershey. Elder W. Taylor of Neffsville was named moderator as the fifty six delegate body organized the committee to prepare business for the open conference. Lectures by Professors Ober and Holsopple, and Juniata College faculty members, highlighted the morning and afternoon sessions with plans for evening talks on child life and atonement glorified.
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Hershey
W. Taylor
Neffsville
J. W. Lear
Cerro Gordo
A. C. Weiand
Chicago
D. W. Teeter
New Haven
Conn
Ray Helser
Thornville
Ohio
H. K. Ober
Elizabethtown
F. F. Holsopple
Holsopple
Anti-Saloon League
Harrisburg
Seventy-One U. S. Ships Launched in May Sets Record
Washington reports a new May record with seventy-one ships launched totaling 344,450 deadweight tons. Thirty-nine ships were steel with 222,750 tons capacity and thirty-two were wooden with 11,709 tons.
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Washington
Bolsheviks Offer Black Sea Fleet to Germany
M Tchitcherin the Soviet foreign minister sent a dispatch to Ambassador Joffe in Berlin stating the Bolshevik government is ready to surrender the Russian Black Sea fleet to Germany on condition ships are returned to Russia after peace or not used. The terms require the German invasion of Russia to end.
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M. Tchitcherin
Joffe
Berlin
Havas Agency
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Black Sea
Germany
Russia
Weather outlook for Harrisburg and vicinity
The forecast calls for clearing this afternoon with fair cooler conditions tonight around 60 degrees. Saturday will be fair with moderate temperatures in Harrisburg and surrounding areas.
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Harrisburg
U Boat Fails to Frighten Atlantic Coast Route
Washington June 7. Senator Swanson said German submarines operating off the Atlantic coast are believed driven from the coast and from main American shipping routes. He added no American warships abroad will be withdrawn to this side because of the raid.
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Washington
Atlantic
Swanson
Late News Markets Show Irregular Close Amid War News
The market ended with uneven prices as crab reports and leather and motor shares boosted some sectors while others sagged. Leaders faced pressure as short covering totaled about 450000 shares. Separately, reports from Washington and Paris described troop actions, air victories, and maritime incidents tied to ongoing conflicts in Europe.
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