City to Go Over the Top With Thrift Stamps by Jan. 1
War Savings Stamp Campaign pledges reported at a luncheon for workers in Harrisburg area show the city on track to exceed its goal. Ward teams led by George W. Bogar Edward J Book and James M Cameron posted top totals of 124 460 and 3915 bonds respectively.
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Chestnut Street
Harrisburg
Harrisburer
W. M. Donaldson
Frank C. Sites
Fifth Ward
George W. Bogar
Edward J. Book
James M. Cameron
Charles H. Hunter
Charles J. Pass
Edward Fl. Spensler
J. W. Ellenberger
J. Clyde Myton
Herbert BE. Sloat
Lighth
Stanley G. Jean
Edward J. Stackpole
Red JL. Morgenthaler
Wilson Sees Covert Purpose in Chamberlain Probe
President Wilson opposes the Chamberlain resolution seeking an aircraft inquiry and a general war conduct probe. Senate leaders agree not to act before Monday, signaling a possible compromise and administration victory.
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Wilson
Chamberlain
U. S. Army
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Creel Apologizes for Indiscretion at Congress Speech
George Creel chairman of the Committee on Public Information apologizes to Congress for his New York speech quote about not exploring Congressmen hearts. He says he regrets the indiscretion and deeply apologizes in a letter to Chairman Pou of the Rules Committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Congress
New York
Creel
Pou
Rules Committee
Weather forecast for Harrisburg area noted
The forecast calls for fair skies and a gradual warm up tonight and Saturday. Light to moderate winds shift to southeast and south as temperatures rise across central Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Vicinnity
Manylvania
Keystone Division Reaches France Safely Without Loss
The Keystone Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard has arrived in France after months of training at Camp Hancock. The crossing was accomplished without submarine loss, with transport ships delivering most units under tight sailing secrecy. Some men along with the Old Eighth Regiment visited home before deployment. further units await sailing dates.
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Keystone
France
Pennsylvania
Camp Hancock
America
Harrisburg
Germany Holds Off Attack On Allied Front
German forces pause major fighting on the western front as aerial and artillery activity rises. Both sides hammer lines from Lys to Picardy with shell bursts while air warfare shifts to raids behind allied lines. German losses reported at fifty six machines, with forty three claimed destroyed by allies.
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Germany
Lys
Flanders
Somme
Picardy
London
Paris
Berlin
Ines
Ben
U S hopes for 1.5 million troops by January drop
Washington reports over 500000 American troops were in France and officers remained cautious about promising 1500000 fighting troops before January 1. They doubted Célenceau press claims and sought confirmation from Paris on the pledge.
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Washington
France
Paris
Clemenceau
Lafean Praises War Savings Drive Progress
Commissioner Daniel F. Lafean says counties in this state section report strong Pledge Week for War Savings, with Harrisburg alert and Thrift Stamps urged to push totals higher to match favorable state conditions.
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Lafean
Harrisburg
Daniel F. Lafean
Military drill course planned for Tech High students
Sergeant Blake of the local recruiting station will conduct after school drill for nearly all Technical High School students to address physical defects and prepare for potential Army service. The voluntary program, not part of the curriculum and not earning school credit, aims to promote fitness and future advancement. Similar courses will begin at the Academy and Central High School.
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Blake
Technical High School
Academy
Central High School
Plea of Patriotism Promised by Prager Lynching Suspects
Edwardsville Illinois May 17 Eleven defendants in the Robert Prager lynching case will use patriotic murder as a defense for home protection. Attorney J M Baady said the defense will invoke an unwritten law amid jury-selection difficulties. The plan references Illinois murder statute defining as unlawful killing with malice.
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Edwardsville
Robert Prager
Collinsville
J. M. Baady
Mr. Brady
Illinois
Women to March for Red Cross in city action
Five to seven thousand women will join a grand demonstration led by the Red Cross organization. Mothers will form the front line as the mass procession moves through the city streets to show support and solidarity for wartime relief efforts.
Half Dollar Gift to Red Cross Moves Soldier’s Spirit
Mercer B Tate at Red Cross workrooms records a deaf and dumb donor who gave fifty cents with the note I am deaf and dumb I don't have much money But I want to help the Red Cross He writes Just say a friend The record shows A Friend he hesitated fifty cents in the Red Cross books
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Mercer B. Tate
Red Cross
Mr. Tate
Parade Details Set For Red Cross Campaign March
The executive committee shapes tomorrow afternoon procession with about seven thousand in line. The parade starts promptly at 4 o clock and includes new groups such as the W E A of the Maccabees in white uniforms with Red Cross banners. Participants include the Military Service Corps Mechanicsburg the Lykens Red Cross auxiliary the Naval auxiliary and the Harrisburg Nursing section. Headquarters Company leads the first division with a full lineup of departments and services. Out of town auxiliaries may store wraps at the Library basement for checking. The parade will be reviewed on Front Street at State Street with a reviewing party led by Col Jere Lehman and Major Gray.
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Red Cross
Maccabees
Bell Telephone Company
Military Service Corps
Mechanicsburg
Lykens
Naval Auxiliary
Harrisburg
Front Street
State Street
Jere Lehman
Adjutant General of
Pennsylvania
Gray
Kill the Rooster, Poultry Advice From County Agent
County Agent H. G. Niesley urges farmers to kill roosters to cut costs and boost egg production. He argues that keeping males offers no economic return beyond ornamentation and that breeders should replace one male with a female to realize gains.
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H. G. Niesley
Agent Niesley
Niesley
Colonel Rooster
Germans Propose Compulsory Marriage Before Twenty
The German Commission studying the birth rate back a plan for compulsory marriage before age twenty with state financial aid. It also calls penalties for those not complying and punishments for couples who remain childless, per a Daily Express dispatch from Amsterdam.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Battle Might Decide War In Western Front
German artillery activity grows from Locon to Meteren as weather favors fighting on the western front. British and French forces await Von Hindenburg's move while air operations intensify and American troops receive praise for their readiness and training.
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London
Locon
Hinges
Flanders Salient
Forest of Nieppe
Meteren
Salient
War Office
Resnati Killed Testing New Bombing Plane
Captain Antonio Silvio Resnati of the Royal Italian Flying Corps was killed at Hempstead airfield while test flying an American built Captroni bombing biplane. He rose about 100 feet, the aircraft collapsed, and a heavy engine crushed him as he was strapped in.
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Associated Press
New York
Antonio Silvio Resnati
Royal Italian Flying Corps
Washington
Hempstead
Resnati
United States
Huns Give Up Hope For Victory in 1918 Speech
BERNE Switzerland May 17 In a Wuert temberg Diet speech Herr Hausemann leader of the progressive party said a fifth winter of war was inevitable. He urged Germans to face disappointment rather than expect victory in the coming summer.
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Berne
Switzerland
Wuerttemberg
Herr Hausemann
Progressive Party
Germans Use Explosives Against American Patrols in France
North of Toul German forces plant incendiary devices to disrupt U S patrols. A U S patrol trod a harmless wire and a bomb exploded, triggering a brief clash as the men sheltered in an abandoned trench and waited for German counteraction.
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Associated Press
France
Toul
Americans to Fight for Ports Front in France Brigaded with British
American troops arriving in northern France join British forces in a zone near the channel ports. The "new American army" trains with British units on the Flanders front and is not detached to General Pershing's forces, signaling a broader mobilization.
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France
Channel
Washington
Flanders
General Pershing
Sta
Martial law and political participation clash abroad
Reports indicate martial law declared at Odessa by the Austrian commandant per Berlin, amid German interests. A New York or London relay notes tension as political participation faces questions of state involvement for police and officials.
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Berlin
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