Registration Probes Start Over Low Alien Registration
Philadelphia draft officers led by Major W G Murdock announced an inquiry into the low registration of aliens under class C. General Crowder’s directive prompted the probe as 60 551 men aged 21 registered in Pennsylvania while Group C aliens reached 7 198 and Group A white men 49 980 with Group B colored men 3 373.
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Adelphia
Philadelphia
Murdock
Lee
Greenleaf
Sherman
Reral Crowder
Pennsylvania
Our Boys in Camp to Be Addressed at Harrisburg Church
The spring meeting of the Presbyterian Association of Harrisburg and vicinity will be held at Olivet Presbyterian Church next Thursday at 6 p m. The Rev Dr L S Mudge will speak on Our Boys in Camps after spending time in American Army camps delivering a message of special interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Association of
Harrisburg and Vicinity
Olivet Presbyterian Church
L. S. Mudge
Work or Fight Banner Shuts Balloon Vendor in Harrisburg
The Harrisburg police reply to Thomas Zingaro of York states balloons and similar wares cannot be sold on Harrisburg streets. It cites the wartime slogan Go to work or go to jail and notes officers will strictly enforce the ban while able bodied men serve the country.
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Harrisburg
Police Department
Thomas Zingaro
York
Hospital ship Koningin Regentes hits mine off English coast
The Hague June 7 The hospital ship Koningin Regentes carrying English delegates to the Anglo German war prisoners conference struck a mine off the English coast Four firemen died and the rest were saved by the hospital ship Sindoro
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Associated Press
Hague
Koningin Regentes
Sindoro
Dauphin County Bar Outing and Local Election Ties
About one hundred Dauphin County bar members and officials joined a day trip to Inglenook for games and lunch. Judge George Kunkel and Judge C V Henry attended. County election ties were resolved with candidates withdrawing in several precincts. also Judge McCarrell ruled two mining and stone companies not taxed as manufacturers, ordering taxes for 1913 with interest. Theodore Roosevelt began a western speaking tour to promote patriotism through education, scheduling stops in Omaha, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Bloomington University.
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Dauphin County
George Kunkel
C. V. Henry
Lebanon
Ninth Ward
Lawson
Laverty
W. A. Laverty
Derry Township
George W. Yingst
Frank Zentmyer
Haifax
Charles
A. Zimmerman
J. M. Parsons
M. W. Etter
John Albert
C. R. Bartley
Ralph Wiest
W. A. B. Miller
Frank Zarker
McCarrell
Welsh Mountain Mining and Kaolin Manufacturing Company
Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Middle West
Omaha
St. Louis
Harrisburg Rose Show dazzles with amateur blooms
The first annual Harrisburg Rose Show features hundreds of roses from amateurs judged by Miss Bess Trump and H Riebe. Exhibits include rare varieties from Berryhill and Ferryhill nurseries. Proceeds aid Y M C A war work. blooms go to local hospitals after the show.
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Bess Trump
H. Riebe
Berryhill Nurseries
Charles Uttley
Margaret Cumbler
Highspire
S. F. Dunkle
American Rose Society
J. Horace McFarland
Berryhill Nursery
Harrisburg
Ferryhill
Mullen
Ellen Willmore
Pennsylvania
United States
Woman's Advisory Board
Schwab says shipyards to race Britain in shipbuilding
Philadelphia June 7 Charles M Schwab the master shipbuilder told Hog Island engineers the United Kingdom has authorized twelve yards with 100 ways to meet the problem of building ships for the coming year He said Britain will race the United States and Hog Island to boost output and noted his talk with Navy Secretary Daniels about turbine factories at Buffalo and other aids for Hog Island.
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Philadelphia
Great Britain
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United Kingdom
Charles M. Schwab
Hog Island Enginers
American International Shipbuilding Corporation
Adelphia
Schwab
Hog Island
Mr. Schwab
Daniels
Lemon Juice Freckle and Tan Lotion Made At Home
Instructions describe squeezing two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint lotion. Apply daily to face, neck, arms, and hands to reduce freckles sunburn windburn and tan. Claims the mixture is harmless and inexpensive with grocers supplying lemons and drug stores Orchard White.
Plans to boost steel for ships and turbines announced
A military official details moves to accelerate supply for plants at Hog Island. Bowles relayed that if steel delivery hurdles are cleared, the plant can produce ships quickly. A firm offered to build two fabricating plants at Pottsville costing 6 million dollars and provide 10 000 tons more steel monthly from December first. The American Bridge Company and two car makers pledged extra steel within two months, adding 20 000 tons each April or soon after.
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Bowles
Hog Island
Pottsville
American Bridge Company
Standard
Pressed Steel
Hank Duey Injured In Railroad Accident Ends Baseball Days
Tyrone, June 7 Clark Duey known as Hank, a top local amateur baseball player, lost three fingers after his right hand was caught while coupling railroad cars. The injury ends his baseball career.
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Tyrone
Clark Duey
Hank
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North Second St
Harrisburg, Pa
Amy
Inglenook
Britain
McNeil’s
Georgette
James H.brenner
Market St
Columbia
Grafonola
Furniture Department Store
North Market Square
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