Relief aid continues for European children after July first
A cable from Herbert Hoover states relief offices in Finland Estonia Lithuania and Poland will persist after American aid ends July 1. He describes dire conditions including malnourished children, breadless meals and typhus in devastated areas. Atlantic City labor meets to reject Debs clemency and to shape postwar policy.
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New York
American Relief Administration
Herbert Hoover
Finland
Esthenia
Lithuania
Poland
Europe
Relief Administration
America
Hoover
Lower Mail Rates Set To Begin In July
Postmaster Thomas G. Patton announced from Washington that effective July 1 the postage rate for first class mail will be 2 cents per ounce or fraction thereof and domestic postcards will cost 1 cent each. First quality stamped envelopes rise by 12 cents per 1,000.
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New York
New York Post Office
Thomas G. Patton
Washington
Don’t Experiment with Catarrh It Leads to Trouble
A historical public notice warns against local sprays for catarrh, explaining the disease is blood based and worsens if untreated. It promotes S S S as a blood acting remedy and invites readers to consult the Swift Specifics Co for guidance and to write for medical advice.
Bliss Native Herb Tablets Promise Clear Skin and Health
An advertisement touts Bliss Native Herb Tablets as a blood purifier and liver cleanser that cures skin eruptions, pimples, and boils by improving digestion and kidney function. It cites a user testimonial from Morris Long of Freedom Ohio and claims a thirty year standard remedy with a money back guarantee. The box contains 200 tablets and costs $1, with genuine seals and nationwide druggists selling.
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Morris Long
Freedom
Ohio
Bliss
Alonzo Co. Bliss
Seventy-Ninth Division Homeward From World War I
General Kuhn expresses pride as the Seventy-ninth Division returns to Pennsylvania and Maryland with about 2,389 killed or missing and more than 5,000 minor casualties. The unit, trained at Camp Meade, captured Montfaucon and fought across Lorraine and Meuse Ar gonne before marching home by spring.
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Kuhn
Camp Meade
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Lorraine
Crown Prince
Montfaucon
Verdun
Bowie
West Virginia
New York
District of Columbia
Dijon
France
United States
St. Mihiel
Meuse River
Seventy-ninth
Legion of Honor
Hill 378
Harrisburg
Burleson’s Flimflam Exposed at Washington
Washington June 9 The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee moved to restore full private ownership of telephone and telegraph systems within ninety days after Postmaster General Burleson asserted continued government control. The plan advances Kellogg's resolution for debate amid discussion of a labor dispute on the Senate floor. Kingsbury of AT&T testified that operation control was relinquished though rates and labor terms remained under Post Office authority. Burleson’s letter denied any action to return property to private owners.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Burleson
Congress
Cummings
Senate
Kellogg
N. C. Kingsbury
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Post Office Department
Baldwin Dropped From National Social Work Conference
In Atlantic City on June 9 the National Conference of Social Work expelled Roger M. Baldwin after Mrs. Florence Kelley raised his name amid protests. Baldwin, a former St. Louis probation officer now in Essex County jail for anti selective service propaganda, had his name dropped by a 262 to 216 vote, with a strong female majority in favor of removal.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Conference of Social Work
Florence Kelley
New York
Committee On Industrial and Economic Conditions
Roger M. Baldwin
Essex County
Baldwin
Kelley
Death Toll in Tunnel Blast Now Ninety-Five
The Baltimore tunnel disaster raised fatalities to 95 as two more men died in hospitals. Forty-two remain hospitalized with many deemed hopeless. a large funeral occurred for 24 St Mary’s Polish Roman Catholic church members in Georgetown. Investigators plan to resume probing the disaster’s cause.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
Baltimore Tunnel
Georgetown
St Mary's
Button
Board of Mine Inspectors
War Hearings Set By House June Twenty Third
Washington reports the Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department will begin hearings around June 23. Chairman Graham will appoint sub committees to audit wartime War Department spending and assess postwar costs for transparency and future safeguards.
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Washington
Special House
Representative Graham
House
Graham
War Department
Promises Relief to All Hungry Czecho-Slovaks
Captain Joseph Shaw of the U S Army pledged that as long as he is in Prague he will ensure no hungry child in the Czecho-Slovak Republic. He spoke on arriving to lead the American Relief Administration efforts to feed starving children, drawing comparisons to historic wartime statements. The Czech press highlighted America’s aid across political and religious lines.
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New York
Prague
Joseph Shaw
United States Army
American Relief Administration
Marshal Jofffre
Pershing
Lafayette
Shaw
Czecho-Slovakia
Republic
America
Hires Instant Soluble Coffee Advertises Convenience
An advertisement extols Hires Instant Soluble Coffee as a flexible, strong or mild option that dissolves in hot or cold water, eliminating grounds and shells. It claims Army usage in France, high flavor, and that a small can equals a pound of premium coffee. Get it at all stores.
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Hires
France
War heroes bring him old memories in welcome home parade
Civil War veteran J. H. Clark of Philadelphia and his niece Mrs. Elizabeth Cope helped greet returning soldiers. Both claim they are boosters for Tanlac, praising its health effects for nervousness and gastritis. The product is sold by local druggists Kramer’s and Steever’s.
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Pennsylvania
J. H. Clark
Vine Street
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Cope
Tanlac
J. I. Gore Co
Kramer's
Steever’s
Hungarian peasants defeated after western Hungary clashes
Armed peasants revolting against the Hungarian communist government were engaged by Hungarian troops in Western Hungary. The clash ended in a defeat for the peasantry as reported by an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Vienna. Four thousand assembled Friday near Oedenburg Soprony between.
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Hungary
Vienna
Oedenburg
Soprony
Peasants Battle Soviet Guard Near Zinkendorf
A bloody clash occurred as peasant forces near Zinkendorf engaged a Soviet garrison from Oedenburg armed with artillery and machine guns. The raid aimed to disfigure the Soviet government but was intercepted during the march toward Zinkendorf.
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Denburg
Zinkendorf
Oedenburg
Zinkendorff
F Kollerhof
Siege rout at Kollerhof leaves peasants slaughtered
Red Guards drove the besieged defenders to Kollerhof where after a brief siege the town was stormed and many peasants slain. The Oedenburg district is now under siege with a military dictatorship proclaimed.
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Kollerhof
Red Guards
Oedenburg
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Debs
Metal Trades Department
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Russia
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Building Trades Department
Hay
F. O. B. Mfg. Company
Sales Office Real Estate Trust Bldg
Philadelphia, Pa
R. M. Baldwin
London
Soutter
Crockery Jardinieres
Madras Athletic Union
Nainsook Athletic Union
25 Cent Department
Market Street
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