Red Cross Plans Big State Conference in City
Officials plan the State Red Cross Conference to be held Thursday June 14 at the Board of Trade with more than 600 workers from 86 chapters expected to attend. Local drive for 100000 will start June 21 as the national goal reaches 100 million. A new campaign committee led by W T Hildrup Jr and others was named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
W. T. Hildrup, Jr
Spencer C. Gilbert
William Jennings
James Cameron
George W. Reily
Morris Jacobson
D. E. Tracy
American Bankers Association
Boy Scouts
Rotary Club
Rotary Club of
Harrisburg
Palm Room
Elks Club
Andrew E. Buchanan
Buchanan
Commonwealth Trust Company
Jennings
Rotarians
KE. J. Stackpole
Prices rise 9.8 percent in year for key food crops
The June 1 report shows prices paid to producers of principal crops up 99.8 percent from a year earlier and 107 percent above the nine year average. Meat animal prices on May 15 rose 48.4 percent from a year ago and 71 percent above the seven year average. Overall crop condition on June 1 was 5.8 percent below the ten year average.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Either Spy or Traitor Has Been Divulging U S War Secrets
Secretary Daniels told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that confidential Bureau of Ordnance files show letters likely obtained from inside the ordnance bureau. He said the culprit is either a spy or traitor and urged investigators to uncover the author and reveal all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Daniels
Washington
Bureau of Ordinance
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Mongolia
Frelinghuysen
Ordnance Bureau
Secret Service
Navy Department
Weather Report for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Fair to night with increasing clouds and little change in temperature for Harrisburg area. Eastern Pennsylvania expects partly overcast skies with possible showers tonight and Tuesday as winds stay gentle. River stage around 7.0 feet Tuesday morning, with most tributaries falling or steady except West Branch which may rise. High 73, low 64. mean 68, normal 60.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Enat Porthon
Virginia
Middle
North Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Misatasippi River
South Dakota
Phas Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Staten
South Carolina
Maine
Northcliffe To Head British War Mission In U S
Lord Northcliffe arrives in the United States on an American steamer to coordinate British industrial efforts here as head of a war mission. He says credentials must be presented in Washington before further statements and notes the welcome for Mr Balfour and associates.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Lord Northcliffe
America
United States
London Times
Andre Tardieu
War Cabinet
Washington
Mr. Balfour
England May Throw Its Trousers Into Discard as War Time Economy
London reports Kilts may replace trousers for civilian dress under war time economy rules. Government advisers cite dye savings and easy care. A fashion expert notes kilts avoid pressing and suit generations of use in Scottish families. Physicians call it warm and accessible for boys. News outlets endorse the kilt as Scottish troops frequent the country.
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England
Associated Press
London
Prohibition Moves Forward in Senate With Food Bill Amendments
Senate Agriculture Committee backs combining prohibition amendments into a separate conservation of grains measure to ban using foodstuffs for beer liquor and distilled spirits. Senate Judiciary favors a prohibition constitutional amendment with Sheppard Texas supported by Culberson Reed Brandegesse voting against it. Advocates vow to push for a Senate vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sheppard
Texas
Culberson
Reed
Missouri
Brandegese
Connecticut
Prohibition
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Cossacks Endorse Stand Taken by Government
Petrograd reports energetic support for the provisional government from Cossacks via delegate M. Kuban. He says Cossacks recognize only the provisional government and will defend its power, ready to take up arms if needed, and that Leninite agitators were met with dismissal when they entered Cossack territory.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Londo
Congress of Peasants
M. Kuban
Kuban
Arma
Death of Baron Von Plener in Flanders Action
Berlin dispatch reports Baron Von Plener, a celebrated German aviator, killed in action in Flanders. His death is noted in a June 11 report filed from Amsterdam via London.
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Amsterdam
London
A_ Berlin
Flanders
Baron von Plener
Germany
Liberty Loan Passes Four Million Mark in Harrisburg Area
Estimates by Donald McCormick and Victor LeCoq indicate Liberty Loan returns in Harrisburg and vicinity will exceed 4 million. Dauphin County oversubscribed its quota. Local canvassers will extend into Lebanon Pottstown and Clearfield counties. Boy Scouts and Rotary Club contribute to the campaign as theater and speeches promote sales.
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Donald McCormick
Victor F. LeCoq
Liberty
Harrisburg
National Committee
Philadelphia
George K. Reily
Mc. LeCoq
Dauphin County
Lebanon
Pottstown
Clearfield County
Charles F. Bentley
Victor F. LeCogg
Slackers in U S Would Have Others Buy Liberty Bonds Says Sec McAdoo
Secretary McAdoo told Louisville business men that slackers exist but the bravest citizens must bear the heaviest burdens. Louisville oversubscribed its $5,000,000 Liberty Loan allotment by over 40 percent, and the local campaign was halted.
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U. S
Sec
McAdoo
Associated Press
Louisville Ky
Louisville
Missouri Town Quiet After Abduction and Death Case
Springfield Missouri faces a return to normal after 36 hours of tension. A 14 month old boy Lloyd Keet was found dead following a kidnapping, while townspeople had threatened to execute six prisoners connected to alleged abduction plots. Four suspects, Mr and Mrs Taylor Adams, Maxie Adams, and Sam McGinnis, are believed jailed in other counties. Two suspects Claude Piersol and Cletus Adams remain whereabouts unknown.
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Springfield
Lloyd Keet
Keet
J. H. Keet
Taylor Adams
Maxie Adams
Sam McGinnis
Stockton
Eaenes
Claude Piersol
Cletus Adams
American Officers Reach Paris to Prepare for Arrival
A first contingent of Majors and colonels from General Pershing’s staff reached Paris this morning to review work and plan for American forces' arrival. Informal talks occurred with French officers as Major James A. Logan Jr. and Captain Carl Boyd met them at the station.
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Pershing
Paris
James A. Logan, Jr
Carl Boyd
U S Government Requisitions Fruit Ship For Transport
An Atlantic port reports the United States government notified United Fruit Company that a steamship now unloading cargo has been requisitioned for federal service and will be taken over within days. The vessel has wireless and refrigerating gear and will likely be used for transport work.
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Atlantic
United States
United Fruit Company
Demonstration Supports War Continuation in Petrograd
A large parade in Petrograd saw hundreds of wounded and sick soldiers march through the streets in favor of continuing the war. Maimed veterans led the procession, and the display made a strong impression on onlookers.
Relating Russia and U S to be Considered at Harrisburg Meeting
Prof Boris E Shatzky of University of UoaYoun will speak on The Political Situation in Russia in Reference to Its Relations With The United States. A J Sack will discuss trade relations as Russia opens a postwar market. The Harrisburg Chamber luncheon is expected to attract wide interest.
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Boris E. Shatzky
Constitutional Law University of
uoaYoun
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg Ub
Shatzky
Constitutional Democratic Party
Russia
Rodzianko
Duma
United States
Wilson
A. J. Sack
Ministry of Finance
Petrograd Telegraphic Agency
Sack
Harrisburg
Guards Units Up to War Strength as of June 10
Strength reports filed with the adjutant general show that Companies D and I of the Eighth Infantry each muster three officers and 150 men. The Governor's Troop is listed with three officers and 103 men.
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National Guard
Adjutant General
Eighth Infantry
Harrisburg Girls Sought to Write to Great Lakes Cadets
Harrisburg Telegraph reports fourteen local young women urged to write to Navy and Marine trainees at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Names listed include C C Tryling E E Lawrence T Harrison L Retherford J Crosby J L Malone G T Malone Willard Garr D E B Linn M McKenzie M E Farrell B W Scanis leco G J Decker and T W Clark arr and Crosby in Bugle squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Naval Training Station
Harrisburg
Naval Training Station
Telegraph By Co
Tryling
Great Lakes, NL
C. C. Tryling
E. E. Lawrence
T. Harrison
Red Cross Seeks 100 Million for War Relief
Washington June 11 The Red Cross outlines specific uses for the 109 million it asks Americans to donate as the war service fund goal. President Wilson designates June 18 25 as Red Cross week and Henry P Davison urges contributions to reach the 100 million target. The group emphasizes its duty to aid soldiers at home and abroad and notes the scale makes a fixed budget impractical.
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Wilson
Red Cross
Davison
American Sailing Ship Magnus Manson Sunk by German Submarine
The American five masted schooner Magnus Manson of 1751 tons gross was torpedoed off the French coast by a German submarine. The master and crew were saved after the vessel was sunk and the ship had sailed from Pensacola for Genoa with a lumber cargo.
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London
Magnus Manson
Mobile
Pensacola
Fla
Genoa
Whale steak said to be succulent and a real war time economy
Washington reports that the Bureau of Fisheries issued a pamphlet promoting whale meat porpoise and dolphin as edible non fish flesh. It describes whale meat as beef like in texture and color darker red with no fish taste and notes May sales in Seattle and Portland at ten cents a pound with hotel and restaurant menus listing it.
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Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
United States
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Lumberjacks Learn of Registration Law After Forest Entry
Clearfield County registrars sought state permission to register lumbermen who had just returned from the woods and were unaware that conscription registration had begun. Permission was granted. The men are lumbermen.
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Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
Massive Allied Offensive Outlook Across Belgian Front
British raids resume from Ypres north to Epehy as plans mount for a larger battle after Messines. Reports hint Sarrail ready to renew Macedonia action while Cossacks back the provisional Russian government amid Wilson’s message hailed in Britain.
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Ypres
Sarrail
Macedonia
Messines
Yprest
Epehy
France
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Baby
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Sam Freedman
Paul Henning
Alfred Minick
Lester Gipple
Blough Depant
Charles Steiger
Paul Schwartz
George S. Reinoehl
General Pershing
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Taylor
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the General Staff
Moore
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Page
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Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Chicago
Army
Navy
Ment
Henry P. Davison
Council of the Red Cross
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Sion
Major W. Goethalz
Grethals
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Tien
Sodersoy and Porter
New York
Maryiana Shipbuilding Company
Baltimore
New York Carpenters Union
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Kenna
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Butte
Mont
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Rome
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Cima Undice
Angello Pass
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Hunter
Dauphin-Lebanon
Lebanons County
Morrisburg
Lebanorki
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Martha Nelson Snoddy
Harriat
John Graff
Elizabeth Caarth
Steelton
Ries Edward Chil
Helen Goodwin Hammon
Marrisbure
S Frank Summers
Grace Pantinones
Mt. Union
Arthur Chester Sheely
Bendersville
Plavia
Edna E Jeman
Aspershan Spangler Kinsey
Camp Hill
Myrtle Rudy
New Cumberland
Alfred Elmo Hundley, Jr
Della Eleanor Shearer
Christian Chester Briggs
Mabel Stabley
York
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