Lynch named as enforcing city rules amid public works disputes
The dispatch praises Commissioner Lynch of the Department of Public Works for enforcing rules amid several incidents. A private property cut for service pipe, unauthorized street digging, and a corporation ripping asphalt without permits are cited as examples. The piece urges firm enforcement and traffic signal improvements to protect taxpayer rights and curb public indifference.
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Department of Public Works
Telegraph
Harrisburg
Treat Em Rough PPYREAT Em Rough Camp Colt Gazette
The Tank Corps newspaper at Camp Colt Gettysburg endorses the chant Treat Em Rough as a bold, morale boosting cue for Cadets and soldiers. It frames the phrase as a brief lesson in training and a stern call to stand firm against German propaganda and aggression.
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Tank Corps
Camp Colt
Gettysburg
After the War What Are We Preparing for Peace
A national editorial discusses postwar plans for Europe’s peace and America’s economy. It urges preparing for peacetime work, high wages, and industrial stability, noting the need for trade recovery measures and a War Trade Board to safeguard postwar prosperity. It cites the Boston Foreign Trade Convention critique of government limits on trade recovery.
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France
Europe
Boston
Department of Commerce
Germany
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
War Trade Board
War Industries Board
New York
Trade Expansion Board
Agency For Trade
They Dont Mix E War Ads From The Stars And Stripes
The Stars and Stripes pages critique home paper advertising amid wartime shortages. The note mocks anti beef regulations and food rationing while lampooning promotion in the trenches. It mentions Gabriel H Moyer and Hoover policy impact on steak and huckleberry pie rations. The panel reflects daily war life and public sarcasm.
Bolshevism Exposed by Herman Bernstein in Kansas City
Bernstein, returning from Russia after six months, declares Bolshevism a sham and tool of German militarism. He argues the Soviet government is anarchy, ruling by fear and mob manipulation, and says nine-tenths of Russians would welcome Allied intervention to overthrow Lenin and Trotsky. The piece stresses Bolshevism harms Russian and world democracy and urges consideration by the U.S. and Entente powers regarding intervention plans.
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Kansas City Star
Herman Bernstein
Russia
Mr. Bernstein
Bernstein
Lenine
Trotsky
Call for Women to Volunteer Red Cross Nursing
The Red Cross calls for 25,000 trained nurses this year with physically fit volunteers deployed to war work and others to hospital duties. Miss Jane Delano urges capable young women to enter regular training, noting the U S has about 98,000 registered nurses and a quarter must volunteer. Surgeon General Gorgas emphasizes nursing as vital to win the war and lessen suffering.
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Red Cross
Jane A. Delano
National Committee On Red Cross Nursing Service
United States
Gorgas
America
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Inez Hayes Irwin
New York Times
Washington
National Women's Party
May as Well Draft Him
The Physical director at Harvard notes that every great athlete inherits physical perfection from his mother while the father becomes less necessary with time. This view appears in the Cleveland Plain Dealer commentary.
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Harvard
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Utopia in Distance and Civil Order Reflected in Blades
The Toledo Blade observes that despite frequent praise of law and rights, practical order requires a traffic officer at busy intersections. The editorial stresses enforcement as essential to public safety and public respect for rules.
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The
Toledo Blade
Editorials on War, Restlessness, and Money
A compilation of editorial quips from major papers lampooning war, labor, travel costs, and Germany. Notes include Kultur as materialism, advancing lines, marines as a failure, Hindenburg, non essential war expertise, Yankee Doodle versus white feathers, strikes and raises, rising travel costs, and Germany already planning the next war. Key figures and outlets include Chicago Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia North American, Detroit Journal, New York Morning Telegraph, St Louis Star, Florida Times-Union.
Our Daily Laugh and a Monotone Job
A light column of quirky gags and banter on daily life. A fan keeps score in a slow game with no runs, a pun about rubber stamps, and jokes about college days and gambling. Short snippets include a husband and wife exchange and a question about a car loss of control.
Sammie in the Air Aero squadrons lead the war effort
The poem extols American military aviation heroes, urging men to join the Flying Corps. It lauds Sammees and the Aero squadrons as decisive in turning the tide against the Hun, claiming air power will win the Honor Rate and boost national morale. It contrasts airmen with soldiers of the soil, praising Hoover era national service.
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Sammees
Keystone
Soldats Noirs Celebrate Valor Of Two Americans
From Stars and Stripes in France comes jubilation over two American Negro soldiers winning the Croix de Guerre for valor in France. Johnson is cited for courage and energy, Roberts praised as a good and brave soldier. The piece links Civil War and Spanish-American War histories to current battlefield acts by Black American soldiers defending citizenship.
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Stars and Stripes
France
Johnson
Roberts
Wage Demands Across Cities Spark Worker Protests
Pittsburgh firemen seek a $180 yearly rise while Montreal teachers and Canadian metal workers push for higher pay. Galt and Dublin builders concede wage gains. German miners earn 244 to 297 dollars yearly. Denmark reports nearly 200,000 trade unionists in 1930 local unions.
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Denmark
Slandering the Workman a Kansas City Star Opinion
The Kansas City Star critiques Hurley and Gompers for suggesting beer is essential for American workers. It argues workers have shown patriotism through sacrifices in taxes goods and rationing and that the notion beer is needed is a poor, unjust estimate of worker patriotism.
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The
Kansas City Star
Food Administration
Hurley
Gompers
Song of a Thousand Years and Faithful Charity
A compact poem set mixes religious exhortation with national pride. It quotes I Timothy on charity and speaks of Columbia rising for a thousand years, urging readers to trust in enduring faith while defying foes beyond the sea and looking to future generations.
Capitol Park Area to Clear of Buildings by August
The Capitol Park extension district will be cleared of most buildings within forty days, leaving only the Russ residence and the Day school laboratory. The Conservatory may go before August, and other structures including the Paxton warehouse and the Lee properties are being demolished. The Harrisburg Public Library closes for a month for repainting and will reopen August 1, while fishery officials announce a new bass season with July 1 to December 30 dates and plans for extensive trout planting and hatchery expansion. Robert M. Ginter of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times visits, noting his prior Washington correspondence.
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Capitol Park Extension
Fourth
North Streets
State Livestock Sanitary Board
State Department of Agriculture
Capitol Park Conservatory
Paxton
Lee
Walnut Street
Technical High School
Capitol Park
Fourth Street
Cranberry
Free Will Baptist Church
Kesher Israel
Bethel Church
State Street
Hast State Street
Pennsylvania
Nathan R. Buller
Buller
Central
State Commission of Fisheries
Bellefonta
Notable Figures In Washington And Pittsburgh Shifts
Senator Boies Penrose signals willingness to stay in Washington over summer to push legislation. Dr. Howard Woodhead, now YMCA secretary, cited in dispatches for bravery. James H. Craig elected vice-president of State Bar Association. Dr. John Royal Harris works on commission exploring mixed races in Pittsburgh. George H. Schwann invited by Mayor Babcock to head housing bureau. Colonel James F. Brady may miss travel from Camp Meade recovering from appendix surgery.
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Boies Penrose
Washington
Howard Woodhead
Pittsburgh
James H. Craig
Altoona
State Bar Association
John Royal Harris
George H. Schwann
Babcock
Housing Bureau
James F. Brady
12Th Artillery
Pennsylvania
Camp Meade
Harrisburg Steel Billets Pass Munition Chemical Tests
Historic Harrisburg notes that Harrisburg steel billets have passed the highest chemical tests for munitions. A historic aside recalls South Street once ran through Capitol Park, linking past urban layout to the city’s enduring industrial memory.
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Harrisburg
Capitol Park
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