United States Takes Another Step Toward War
The story reports a fourth air raid against England with 31 killed and 67 injured as London endures attacks from German planes. It notes American General Pershing and staff arriving in France, the Russian mission reaching the United States, and continued British offensives around Messines and Lens with artillery actions near the Souchez river.
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London
Pacific
Plummer
Messines
Gasper
Lens
Souchez River
Congress Adjournment Pushed To September First
Washington reports Congress will not adjourn before September 1 amid division in the finance and ways and means committee over the revenue bill. A Guilford county Democrat predicts the Fifth district will elect a business man, not a lawyer, to Congress next term.
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Washingtn
Congress
Overman
Pou
Finance and Ways and Means
Guilford County
Russian Mission Lands in U S At Pacific Port
Washington June 13 The Russian mission to the United States led by Boris A Bakhmetieff as special ambassador has landed at a Pacific port. The party of about 40 members will stop at Seattle and then proceed here.
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Washington
United States
Boris A. Bakhmetiel
Pacific
Seattle
Governor Bickett Pardons Nine-Year to Life Prisoners
Raleigh June 13 Governor Bickett after an investigation by prison authorities pardoned prisoners serving terms from nine years to life for various offenses most of which were second degree murder.
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Raleigh
Bickett
Shuford Gold Mine Property Sold at Auction
The Shuford gold mine property in Cantawha township, comprising 13 tracts, mineral interests, and machinery, sold at Newton courthouse auction. J. A. Chambers of Pennsylvania, representing T. P. Chambers heirs, bid 16000 and won. W. R. Fry of Newton was the competitive bidder. The sale was for the property as a whole.
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Newton
Shuford
Cantawha Township
J. A. Chambers
Pennsylvania
T. P. Chambers
W. R. Fry
Anarchist Sentenced in Conspiracy Case in New York
Lewis Krammer, a self-confessed anarchist, was sentenced to two years in Atlanta prison and a $10,000 fine for conspiracy to distributing anti draft literature. He also received one year for failing to register. He was convicted yesterday.
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New York
Lewis Krammer
Atlanta
Women urge conscription of husbands in wartime letters
Washington dispatch reports wives and sweethearts pressing for exemption and, in some cases, urging that husbands be conscripted. One letter notes a reluctant husband with no good reason to avoid service and suggests the War Department make a soldier of him.
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Washington
War Department
Red Men Banquet For Great Sachem Henan Hughes
High Point Red Men will host Great Sachem Henan Hughes of Graham at a royal banquet in the Sherrod building on East Commerce street. After toasts, the event becomes a general meeting expected to draw over 75 Red Men from nearby cities and promise one of the city's most interesting gatherings. The banquet starts promptly at 8 o clock.
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High Point
Henan Hughes
Graham
Order
Sherrod
East Commerce Street
Pershing Lands in France Amid Military Honors
General Pershing landed at Boulogne and sailed to Paris welcomed by General Pelletier and officials. British troops lined the quay, ships and air craft provided honors while bands played The Star Spangled Banner as Pershing and his party departed aboard.
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Paris
General_ Pershing
Boulogne
General Pershing
General Pelletier
Marseilles
Richmond Buys $1,000,000 in Liberty Loan Bonds
Richmond reports subscriptions yesterday totaling over 1,500,000 as part of more than 5,000,000 in the fifth district Liberty Loan drive. A mass meeting of financial leaders sparked bold pledges with plans for a Thursday patriotic demonstration at St. John’s church, where Patrick Henry’s call for liberty is recalled. Mayor Ainslie will ring the church bell to urge bond purchases.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank
Fifth District
Liberty Loan
Ricthmond
St. John’s Church
Patrick Henry
Ainslie
Concord Banks and People Take Liberty Loan Bonds
Three banks in Concord report daily subscriptions to liberty loan bonds with high totals. Banks have already received over 340000 in subscriptions including institutional purchases corporate commitments and many individuals.
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Concord
Liberty
Famous Pianist Madame Carreno Dies in New York
New York June 13 Madame Terese Carreno renowned pianist died at her home after a long illness at age 63. She was stricken in Cuba in March with paralysis but continued concert engagements this spring with the Philharmonic Society.
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New York
Terese Carreno
Cuba
Philharmonic Society
Wheat Prices Slip Then Rally In Chicago Trading
In Chicago on June 13 wheat prices showed a downward drift with bearish crop yield signals. Opening bids fell 1 to 3 cents, July at 2.30 and Sept at 2.07, followed by a brief rally and subsequent decline.
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Chicago
Liberty Loan subscriptions near two billion as workers urged to sacrifice
New York reports Liberty Loan subscriptions reach 1 646 000 000 by 6 o clock with most districts included except Dallas and San Francisco. Treasury officials expect furtherThousands of small subscriptions and a push to reach the two billion mark before Friday night Secretary Wilson appeals to workers to buy bonds even on instalment plans or by pooling efforts urging every dollar to support free institutions.
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New York
Liberty
Treasury Department
Washington
Federal Reserve
Dallas
San Francisco
Treasury
Wilson
National Bank Leads Liberty Loan Subscriptions
New York reports the first National bank has filed applications for Liberty loan subscriptions totaling 100 million 600 dollars, the largest single-source amount announced to date.
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New York
First National Bank
Liberty Loan
Currency chief says banks may subscribe to Liberty Bond six percent
The comptroller of the currency announced that national banks could subscribe on their own account to Liberty Bonds up to 6 percent of their resources. He also said a roll of honor would be published after July listing banks with 6 percent or more subscriptions.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
A and T College Supplies Majority of Des Moines Camp Recruits
Greensboro attendees report that the A and T College furnished seven of the eight local recruits for the Des Moines citizens training camp for officers. J B Dudley notes the college contributed a large share of the state total of 49 recruits. D J Gilmer, a Negro with Spanish American background, is identified as the eighth recruit from Greensboro.
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Greensboro
J. B. Dudley
A. and T. College For
A. and T. College
Des Moines
D. J. Gilmer
Cotton futures open steady after nervous session
New York June 13. The cotton market opened irregular with a sharp Liverpool close triggering a 2 to 22 point decline in New York. Early offerings absorbed around 24.70 for July 24.15 for October and 24.82 for December as liquidation appeared.
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New York
Liverpool
Gurley Sues Southern Power for 25000 Over Son's Death
In Greensboro on June 13 the court heard Mrs. Gurley's suit against Southern Power for 25000 after her son Samuel Shropshire drowned at the company's lake near its Washington sub station years ago. Also noted: Edward Schmid of Washington elected grand monarch of a mystic order and the council voted to buy 10000 in liberty bonds.
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Greensboro
Mary J. Gurley
The
Southern Power Company
Washington
Edward 8. Schmid
Washington, D. C
Supreme Council of the
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the
North Carolina Secretaries Meet in High Point
The North Carolina Commercial Secretaries Association holds its semi annual convention in High Point on June 27 with about 75 leading secretaries expected. A school for secretaries will educate on state affairs and common problems. Activities include a morning session at the Commercial Club, lunch at the Elwood Hotel, an afternoon school, and an evening business session led by noted secretaries J C Forester E N Farriss E B Lewis and Miss Bessie Hackney.
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North Carolina
High Point
Commercial Club
Elwood
J.C. Forester
Greensboro
E. N. Farriss
Charlotte
E. B. Lewis
Sinston
Bessie Hackney
Catholic University Holds Commencement Amid War Service
Graduation exercises at McMahon Hall presided by Bishop Shahan honored about 200 graduates across all university departments while many senior members were absent in active military service. The ceremony at Catholic University of America in Washington DC occurred June 13.
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Washington, D. C
Catholic University of America
McMahon Hall
Shahan
Danville College Principal Resigns Over New Insurance Offer
Professor W. W. Rivers of Danville College for Young Women has resigned after three years as principal. Trustees accepted the resignation effective immediately, noting Rivers received a flattering offer to enter the insurance business in Mississippi.
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Danville
Tyne
W. W. Rivers
Danville College For
Rivers
Mississippi
Duke in Philadelphia Sanitarium Stricken
Benjamin N. Duke, tobacco manufacturer, is in a Philadelphia sanitarium in a serious condition. He arrived from Durham, North Carolina, a month ago with a suspected nervous breakdown, and officials report a deeper illness has since developed.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin N. Duke
Durham
N. C
New Food Control Bills Introduced in Senate
Washington reports a new food conservation bill seeking to ban manufacture of liquor during the war, including distilled and malt liquors. The bill would authorize the President to seize existing supplies as needed to conserve food and supply hospitals and war efforts.
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Washington
Sefiate Agricultural Committee
Gore
Oklahoma
New Troop Units Authorized for North Carolina
Raleigh reports the adjutant general says the War Department has authorized a light field artillery regiment a machine gun troop of cavalry a radio company a motor truck company a supply train and an engineer motor train for the North Carolina National Guard. Headquarters are set for New Bern Washington Rocky Mount Durham and Winston-Salem with another battery split between Wadesboro and Monroe. The artillery regiment totals 1200 enlisted men and machine gun and motor truck units have designated headquarters in Charlotte and Raleigh. Recruiting will draw from across the state and a training camp for officers is planned to be ready before July 25.
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Raleigh
Adjutant General’s Office
War Department
North Carolina National Guard
Light Field Artillery
Cavary
New Bern
Washington
Rocky Mount
Durham
Winston-Salem
Wadesboro
Monroe
Charlotte
Penitentiary Term For Draft Reg Defaulter in Brooklyn
Federal Judge Chatfield sentences Herman P. Levine a school teacher and college man to 11 months and 29 days in a Brooklyn penitentiary for failure to register under the draft law.
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New York
Chatfield
Brooklyn
Herman P. Levine
Senate approves Jamestown site naval base budget bill
Washington on June 13 the senate enacted a war budget totaling 3.28 billion dollars accepting the house compromise for acquiring the Jamestown exposition site as a naval base and sent the measure to the White House.
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Washington
House
Jamestown Exposition
Senate
White House
City Council Votes Railway Spur and Asphalt District
The council granted Southern Railway permission to lay a spur to a manufacturing site. It created a Louise avenue assessment district for 150 feet to pave with asphalt. The body discussed weekly meetings and noted the desk sergeant now serves daily at police headquarters and municipal court duties.
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Southern Railway Company
Lindsay
Louise Avenue
Thomas J. Murphy
Southern Railways wins grants to curtail passenger service
The Alabama railroad commission grants Southern Railway Company's petition to curtail passenger trains to conserve motive power men and fuel for wartime service. South Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky already approved the petition, with hearings in other states scheduled this week in Atlanta on June 13.
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Atlanta
Alabama Railroad Commission
Southern Railway System
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Southern
Accident at French munition factory in Paris
The French ministry of munitions reported an accident at a major auto factory producing munitions. Wounded workers were removed and the ruins were being searched, but no definite information was available.
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Paris
French Ministry of Munitions
Italian Mission Tour Reaches Atlanta On First Stop
The Italian mission on a south and central west tour arrived in Atlanta today led by Enrico Arlotta in the absence of the Prince of Udine, who was ill.
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Atlanta
Prince of
Udine
Enrico Arlotta
London Air Raid Rocks East End With School Strike
London raid over the east end brings heavy losses as a bomb hits a school house killing 10 children and wounding 50 while reports from the Commons and Lords list dozens dead and hundreds injured. British planes engage German invaders amid anti aircraft fire and a German aircraft is reported down.
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London
House of Commons
Bonar Law
House of Lords
Earl of Derby
Osthea
Sequana Liner Sunk With 190 Dead Off Atlantic
Paris June 13 The South Atlantic liner Sequana torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic with 550 on board and 190 lives lost. The vessel owned by South Atlantic Navigation of Paris carried a detachment of Senegalese rifles. Tonnage 6 557 gross and 430 feet long.
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Paris
Sunnk
Atlantic
Anglian Torpedoed and Sunk by German Submarine
Boston reports the Leyland liner Anglian which sailed May 30 for Liverpool was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Cable advices confirm the loss and note the ship departed from Boston.
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Boston
Liverpool
Beck Delivers Pitt Commencement Address
James H. Beck of New York former assistant at torney general of the United States delivered the graduation address at the University of Pittsburgh. The exercises followed the usual format as students prepare for military service, with nearly all graduates present.
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James H. Beck
Pittsburgh
New York
United States
University of Pittsburgh
Indiana Registration Totals Reported by Governor
Washington June 13 The governor reports Indiana total registration at 265145 with 230272 white 10073 negro 13051 alien 1490 alien enemies 131693 indicated possible exemptions 260011 state estimated eligibles.
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Washington
Indiana
Danish Lutheran convention to be hosted in Neenah
Neenah Wisconsin June 13 the national convention of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran church is to be entertained in this city during the remainder of this week Leaders of the denomination both lay and clerical were present from nearly every state at the opening of the proceedings today.
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Neenah
Wis
United
Danish Evangelical Luthern Church
Large Goldsboro crowd enjoys Odd Fellows concert program
Goldsboro June 13 The concert class of the Odd Fellows Orphan Home drew a large audience for an evening program. Every number on the program was carried out in a pleasing manner and highly enjoyed by the crowd.
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Goldsboro
Odd Fellows’ Orphan Home
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