Clerks and Nonessential Workers Face Draft Pressure in War Effort
Employers report many men under Crowder’s War Work or Fight order show little effort to switch to war-related jobs before the July 1 deadline. Large plants like Central Iron and Steel, Bethlehem Steel, and Harrisburg Pipe say they can absorb registered men, with advancement prospects and higher pay cited as incentives.
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Crowder
Central Iron and Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel Works
Steelton
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company
Central Tron and Steel Company
Harrisburg Police Return in Dark Gray Uniforms
The Harrisburg police appeared in court in new dark gray whipcord uniforms with leather puttees for traffic men. Department heads say the color is an improvement over blue that faded with age. The uniforms and badges drew much attention in the streets this morning.
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Harrisburg
Kelster
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair and slightly cooler tonight with a low around 60 degrees. Tuesday partly cloudy. Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair and cooler trends with light north winds and partly cloudy Tuesday. 8 a.m. temperature 66. Sunrise 5 37 a.m. sunset 8 23 p.m. First quarter moon June 16. River stage 4.8 feet above low water. Yesterday’s high 80, low 52, mean 66, normal 69.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Christley Pays With Life for Murder of Wife
John C. Christley, a Harrisburg mail clerk, was electrocuted at Rockview for killing his wife on July 11, 1916. The execution followed his conviction in a Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, court. The crime occurred at the Hughes home on South Thirteenth Street with Verna Hughes and Harriet Geiger present.
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Associated Press
Bellefonte
John C. Christley
Harrisburg
Rockview Penitentiary
Christley
John ©. Christley
John ©. Hughes
South Thirteenth Street
Big Rally Tonight for Palestine Restoration Fund
Harrisburg and Dauphin county Jewish residents plan a 7 30 p m rally at the Technical High School auditorium to support the Palestine Restoration Fund. Speakers include Rabbi Meyer Berlin Charles Cohen of New York Rabbi Romanoff Rabbi Haas and Robert Rosenberg of Harrisburg with musical selections by M Abramson.
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Palestine Restoration Fund
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Technical High School
Joseph Claster
Palestine
Zionist Organization
Zionist Bureau
Meyer Berlin
Charles Cohen
New York City
Romanoff
Haas
Robert Rosenberg
M. Abramson
Keystone Division to Get Further Training in France
Harrisburg reports that the Keystone Division now stationed in France after training at Camp Hancock will undergo additional preparation before deployment to the front. The exact location is not disclosed and troops landed at a British port before moving inland.
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Keystone
France
Harrisburg
Camp Hancock
Pennsylvania
Brethren to Host 1919 National Conference at Winona Lake
The 1919 Brethren churches conference will be held at Winona Lake Indiana next summer with date to be announced. It will mark the fourth Winona gathering and coincide with a two hundredth anniversary observance of American church founding. Sunday school leaders at Hershey session included S G Meyer Elizabethtown R D Murphy Adam Eby and Nathan Martin discussing church workers society opportunities library missions and devotional fosterage.
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The
Brethren Churches of the
United States
Winona Lake
Ind
Hershey
Winona
Church In America
General Sunday School Board
S. G. Meyer
Elizabethtown
Christian Workers Society
R. D. Murphy
Adam Eby
India
Nathan Martin
Rev Robert Bagnell to visit France this summer
The Rev Dr Robert Bagnell pastor of Grace Methodist Church will leave for France next week to spend the summer along the fighting front. His passports arrived this morning and Grace Methodist congregation will cover his expenses. He goes as a representative of the Department of Public Information at Washington with endorsement from the Pennsylvania Commission of Public Safety and Defense. He will preach his farewell sermon next Sunday evening with special services.
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Robert Bagnell
Grace Methodist Church
France
Bagnell
Grace Methodist Congregation
Department of Public Information
Washington
Pennsylvania Commission of Public Safety and Defense
Circus Arrival To Break Peace Of Early Morn
Early morning will bring the Ringling Brothers circus to town as 89 train cars roll into the Pennsylvania Railroad yards. Children await the show from tents set up since nightfall, with elephants expected to arrive and preparations already underway.
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Circus
Ringlong Brothers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delega
Survivors recount sinking of unknown schooner
Sixteen survivors of the American freighter Pinar Del Rio, sunk by an enemy submarine off the Maryland coast, told officials at Elizabeth City that after the attack they sighted the sinking of a schooner nearby. In Washington, a naval official denied reports of German shore bases or nighttime signals along the coast.
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Associated Press
Norfolk, Va
Maryland
Elizabeth City
N. C
Forfolk
Essucigier Fcs
Washington
Atlantic
Halifax
Daniels
Kaiser Innocent Of One Barbarity Charged To Him
A Harrisburg report claims Kaiser is not guilty of a local atrocity planted in American soil by citizens. The piece ridicules anti German pressure and notes calls to stop speaking German in schools and offices. Telephone workers are urged to avoid German phrases amid wartime sentiment.
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Kaiser
America
Harrisburg
German Attacks Repulsed as French Press Counterattacks
Paris reports fierce German assaults between Montdidier and Noyon were checked by French fire and counterattacks. French and American forces advanced in the Marnes region, taking prisoners and inflicting heavy German losses, with 150 prisoners captured east of Hautebraye and 250 more in Brussaires area.
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Associated Press
Paris
Montdidier
Noyon
War Office
Cavilly Wood
Ressons-suratz
Brussiares
Marnes
Courcelles
Ville
Cuvilly Wood
Ressons-sur- Matz
Bellinglise
Thiescourt Wood
Rheims
Hautebraye
Oureq
Marne
Vinly
Brussaires
French Guns Mow Down Huns With High Casualty Rates
Telegraphed from the French Army headquarters the latest battlefield reports say French gunnery inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. The foe fought with density and tenacity, and the French expect several anxious days ahead as the enemy prepares a bitter counterattack.
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Associated Press
London
Ottawa
Mreuter
Limited
Yankee Fighters Put In Good Work Before German Fire
In Bouresches Veuilly the Marines and infantrymen wounded in the fight say they did their duty before enemy bullets stopped them. Theodore J. Waldem of New York City, a Marine, reports his parents were born in Germany and recalls his capture of his mission as he recovers in a Paris hospital with fellow wounded comrades praised for their spirit by nurses.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bouresches-Veuilly
Theodore J. Waldem
New York City
Marine Corps
Germany
Women May Give Up Stays to Help Win War Effort
Washington June 10 women may have to go corsetless to aid the war effort. The War Industries Board indicated the tremendous yearly steel used in stays is needed for war needs, pushing for a reduction in corsetry to conserve materials.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Peace plan would bind Germany and Austria Hungary
Amsterdam report details Friedrich Von Payer's proposed Mitteleuropa union uniting Germany Austria Hungary and subordinate states Russia Poland Bulgaria Turkey under a central power bloc. He argues disarmament peace would follow and the European peace would rest in the hands of the bloc as it expands with Balkan and Turkish ties.
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Russia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Poland
Austria-Hungary
Amsterdam
Germany
Friedrich von Payer
Neue Friepresse
Vienna
Europe
Austria- Hungary
France
Balkan States
Merchants See Brisk Activity and Stronger Pay Reports
New York June 10 In spite of predictions general business conditions stayed solid during the spring season ending. War plant regions and farming areas show brisk trade with higher grade merchandise and better wages boosting mercantile channels. Mercantile agency reports indicate faster collections and lower indebtedness. Last month 80 failures totaling about 12 million dollars, the lowest in ten years. First five months show 20 percent drop from 1917. Crop forecasts grow more optimistic, boosting confidence for the near term.
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New York
Paris Bombardment Continues With Satisfactory View
Paris reports a perfectly satisfactory day according to Premier Clemenceau as long range bombardment in the Paris district continued. The French leader voiced approval of the day's progress amid ongoing artillery activity in the region.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
American Line repulses heavy enemy assault reported
General Pershing's communique dated June 10 reports the repulse of a heavy enemy attack near Bouresches with severe losses. The action featured lively artillery fighting as the fronts steadied.
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Washington
Pershing
Bouresches
Germans Make Slow Gains In French Front
Reports say German forces slow to break Allied line from Noyon to Montdidier with only small sections yielding ground. Deepest advance listed as two and three quarter miles amid heavy resistance after Aisne offensive effort. Paris air service between London and Paris inaugurated with aviator Lorgnat completing third round trip in hours fifteen minutes despite head winds.
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Associated Press
Germ
France
Adva
Noyon
Montdidier
Aisne
London
Paris
Par
Lorgnat
Postponed grade crossings hearing near Hummelstown
Harrisburg Public Service Commission postponed the hearing on grade crossing complaints for the Sta Penn highway and Philadelphia and Reading Railway near Hummelstown Swatara station from Wednesday to June 19. The report also notes military draft and Navy enlistment developments and a blackpox outbreak at Krupp Essen.
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Threay Department
Sta Penn Highway
Philadelphia and Road
Hummelstown
Swatara Station
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Hague
Times
NAVY
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Baker
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Bakers
Senate Military Committee
McAdoo
Walter A. Dearth
Tsburgh
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John R. Hoch
Wington
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Highspire
Edward B. Black
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