Miners Idle as Funerals Halt Short Mountain Colliery Work
In Lykens on June 21, nearly a thousand Susquehanna Coal Company workers refused to work after three comrades were killed at Short Mountain colliery. They attended the funerals of Rudolph Hirsh, Charles Fenstermacher, and Thomas Davis, citing a local UMWA rule linked to the shift of wage deductions after the state workers compensation act. Company officials say workers only want days off and that funeral tributes could be given directly.
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Lykens
Short Mountain
Susquehanna Coal Company
Lykens Union
United Mine Workers of America
Rudolph Hirsh
Charles Fenstermacher
Thomas Davis
Miners’ Union
Republican County Committee Meeting Tomorrow
The Republican County Committee will hold its annual meeting tomorrow morning with representation from every district. County Chairman William H. Horner will call the meeting to order at 10 o'clock in Courtroom No. 2. Congressman Aaron S. Kreider Senator EF EB Reidleman and other candidates will speak along with William M. Hargest and John Pox.
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Republican County Committee
William H. Horner
Aaron S. Kreider
EF EB. Reidleman
William M. Hargest
John Pox
Women urged to wear old clothes during the war
Miss Ruth Fisher told the House civilians should wear old clothes to aid wartime clothing production. She noted the government plans about nineteen billion dollars for the 1918 campaign and that patches could be badges of honor. Mrs. Samuel Freidman chaired the meeting as Rabbi Louis Haas led prayer.
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United States
Ruth Fisher
House of Representatives
Weather Forecast for Morrisburg and Vicinity
Showers and warmer tonight, Saturday showers with rising temperatures. For Eastern Pennsylvania, showers tonight with fair southeast, warmer Saturday showers, moderate winds. Main river expected to fall slowly, stage near 4.0 feet at Harrisburg Saturday morning. Volume notes: temperature around 57 at 8 am, moon full June 24, mean 62, normal 72.
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Morrisburg
Pennsylvania
Fair
Harrisburg
May Eliminate Stops Now Made by Trolley Cars
Harrisburg Railways Company and local fuel administrator Jess A. Hickok plan a conference to discuss eliminating many trolley stops citywide. A state fuel administrator letter to Frank L. Musser calls for a fuel conservation program and a skip-stop system with strict limits of eight stops per mile in business districts, six in residential areas, and four in country districts.
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Harrisburg RailWays Company
Jess A. Hickok
Frank L. Musser
Airways Company
William Potter
Railways Company
Longest Day of Year Marred by Clouds and Cool Start
Summer began with palm beach attire replaced by protective clothing as clouds obscured the sun. A brisk breeze kept temperatures cooler with a 55 degree low and a 64 degree high around 1 pm. Daylight lasts about fifteen hours, sunrise at 5:34 am and sunset at 8:26 pm, marking the year's longest day.
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Harrisburg
D H Ellinger Longtime City Employee Dies
David H. Ellinger aged 71 sanitary officer and city’s oldest employee by age and tenure died at his home 413 Boas street after six weeks bed rest. Born in Hummelstown he moved to Harrisburg forty five years ago and served as express messenger between Harrisburg Baltimore and Harrisburg Winchester before joining Citizen Railway Company and later Harrisburg Railways Company where he became a Prudential Insurance manager.
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David H. Ellinger
Boas Street
Mr. Ellinger
Hummelstown
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Winchester
Citizen Railway Company
Harrisburg Railways Company
Prudential Insur
Train Kills Three In Auto At Erie Crossing
An eastbound New York Central Pullman struck an automobile at a grade crossing in Erie Pennsylvania killing three people and possibly fatally injuring a fourth. The victims are Leighton Mould and his wife of Cleveland Ohio and Laura A Moorehead of Erie. Ida M Sartwell of Erie is hospitalized with a fractured skull. The car failed to stop at an unguarded crossing directly in the train path.
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Associated Press
Erie
New York Central
Leighton Mould
Cleveland
Ohio
Laura
A. Moorehead
Ida M. Sartwell
Buffalo
Draft Call for 8,976 Men Set for July 15
Washington June 21 Provost Marshal General Crowder called for 8,976 draft registrants qualified for general military service to be sent on July 15 to various schools for special training. The call will be held open for volunteers until July 1.
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Washington
Crowder
City men to turn farmers to help food supply
Harrisburg and Dauphin county residents will soon be asked to aid farmers as part of a Public Service Reserve plan. Richard C. Haldeman announces that workers from stores, banks, churches, schools, and factories will be mobilized to provide labor in the countryside, ensuring hay and crops can be harvested to feed the city.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Richard C. Haldeman
United States Public Service Reserve
Mr. Haldeman
Yankee Aviators Bomb Piave Bridge in U.S. Bombing
The first American aviators on the Italian front conducted a bombing expedition and blew two holes in a new Austrian bridge over the Piave river. Italian headquarters praised the Americans as aviation forces on the front showed intense activity.
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Piave River
Draft Dodger Whose Ills Magnified Faces Short Shift
Local draft boards report a new medical test method to weed out malingerers from honest men. Physicians use quick bedside experiments to judge eye and ear claims, with or without apparatus, under guidance from the Provost Marshal General. Publication of the methods is withheld to prevent preparation.
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United States
Austrians Driven Back Near Nervesa In Piave Action
Seventh day of battle sees Italian resistance thwart Austro-Hungarian advances on the Montello plateau and along the Piave. Italians regain positions around Asiago and near Montello while Vienna reports defensive gains and widespread unrest grows amid food shortages.
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Associated Press
Montello
Piave River
Rome
Montebelluna
Susegana
Nervesa
Piave
Austria
Italy
Vienna
Asiago
Zenson
San Dona di Piave
Fossetta Canal
Germany
Germans Preparing For New Assault in Flanders Front
Paris reports warn of grave events on the British front as German Fourth army group under Crown Prince Rupprecht reorganizes and prepares for a renewed drive. Observers cite recent abortive Rheims action as proof of exhausted forces and imminent attack. Prague and Vienna note bread shortages threaten unrest and potential railway disruption. Budapest reports Hungary faces severe food deficits endangering health.
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Associated Press
Paris
Fourth Army
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Prince Rupprecht
Rheims
L'Homme Libre
Yankee Ace Baylies Missing Since June Seventeen
Paris reports First Lieutenant Frank L. Baylies, a leading American ace in the French flying corps, missing after his plane fell aflame about six miles inside German lines on June 17. He fought four German aircraft while patrolling with Sergeants Dubonnet and Macari of the Stork escadrille. the downing occurred at twilight as they mistook four German single-seaters for British planes.
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Associated Press
Paris
Frank L. Baylies
French Flying Corps
Home
New Bedford
Mass
Baylies
Macari
American Machine Guns Inflict Losses at Two Points
General Pershing's communique reports enemy patrol losses northwest of Chateau Thierry and in the Woevre region yesterday. Artillery fighting continues in Chateau Thierry, Woevre, and Lorraine. Section A notes active patrolling and machine gun fire causing losses. Section B reports nothing to add.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chateau Thierry
Woevre
Pershing
Lorraine
Steelton Band Plays Reservoir Park Concert Program
The Steelton Band directed by Zala performs tonight at Reservoir Park. The program includes Sousa Grand selection, Verdi melodies, English airs, Saint-Saens pieces, and instrumental themes from Liberty Loan and Samson.
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Steelton Band
Zala
Reservoir Park
America
Liberty Loan
Sousa
Macbeth
Verdi
R. de Kovén
A. Luigini
Samson
Albion
G. Luders
Delilah
Saint-Saens
Pallet Egyptien
Starvation in Food Ration in Austria Report
The Daily Mail correspondent at The Hague cites the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna reporting a weekly Austrian ration: twenty two ounces of bread one pound of potatoes half uneatable one ounce of black bran mash one ounce of other mill produce one and a half ounces of fat six and a half ounces of sugar one egg seven ounces of meat a little jam and coffee substitutes. Meat allowance requires applicants to wait all night.
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London
Austria
Daily Mail
Hague
Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Use Airplanes to Escape From War Burdened Berlin Copenhagen
Four Berlin residents attempted escape by air on Thursday in two planes fleeing conditions at home. One plane landed in Denmark with two occupants, including a University of Berlin reserve officer and professor. The second plane was shot down by German guardships in the Baltic Sea.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Germany
Denmark
Baltic Sea
University of Berlin
Austrians Urged to Restart Piave Drive or Face Defeat
Italians ready to meet second phase of Piave offensive as Austrian attempts to pierce Brenta and Monte Grappa are seen as possible failure. Italians claim to outclass Austrians along the Piave while both sides mobilize for a fresh assault, with preparations in place to counter any renewed push.
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Associated Press
Valstagna
Brenta
Piave
Monte Grappa
Yankee Grip on 38 Miles of Front
Washington American soldiers now hold 38 miles of front in a tightening line. Allied forces press toward key positions as defense stiffens and supply routes remain under strain.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
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Jones
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Czecho-Slovaks Control Railway
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Russellites
New York
Joseph F. Rutherford
Russell
International Bible Students Association
Army Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Baker
Ordnance
Philip
Bryan
Susan A. Shakward I. Hurley
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