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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
2
John H. Powman, once an outfielder for Wallkill, now a skilled machinist and official with the New York Ontario and Western Railroad, is pictured in a recent feature.
New York December reports the Mutual McDermott Dairy Corporation based at 214 East on Street with many branches in Greater New York filed for involuntary bankruptcy to meet credential obligations. An application for the appointment of a receiver was presented before Judge Vert W. Maher.
Carl E Drohl of this city gained a notable win on the Newburgh wrestling mat by escaping Hans Lehner Metropolitan Champion and then fighting off threats from a strong challenger. The match drew a wary crowd as a dispute arose over the referee decision with spectators contending Drohl deserved the honors. The main event featured heavy holds as Lehner pressed the champion, while an expected preliminary bout failed to occur due to Emil Saunders absence.
American engineers in France were killed by German bombs in a town behind the British front. Details are scarce as reports note a separate attack in a street traversed by American troops. Windows were shattered by bomb fragments, injuring no officers, while two soldiers died from gunshot wounds.
Charles A Higgins of 76 Sprague avenue and Joseph A Nelson of 16 Houston avenue enlist as tool maker and clerk in the signal corps aviation section, both underage and not registered. Fourteen men examined were rejected for disability. seven registered yet too late. Private Abraham Salzman arrived with Recruiting Sergeant Armbur M Brade who returns to Poughkeepsie. Brade has seven years in recruiting service. Clerks assist shoveling as snowbound city workers seek more teams. numerous store employees join aiding efforts on North Street. Army orders detain Neurological Institute in New York for duty at Camp Mrs Long. Watches Press Want Ad.
The December meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society at the Presbyterian church featured a detailed talk on Moravians. Mrs. Le Vedimas contrasted early Bethlehem history with modern church life, noting the Love Feast festival, community houses, and historic buildings.
Major Brookhart of the Iowa State Railway Commission urged government ownership of railroads before the Joint Congressional Railroad Committee in Washington. The Associated Press report notes the appeal as part of a policy discussion dated December 14.
Senator Elon R. Brown of Water town pens a letter to the New York Times urging a wartime push to increase American food production. He argues for drafting farm workers back to farms, expanding local war production committees, and using volunteers with farming experience to boost output. He warns that food shortages threaten public order and allied victory, urging harnessing farmers and leaving soldiers off the fields where possible. He calls for cooperation with the Agricultural Department and stresses that farmers must lead farm production to avert hunger and broader crises.
The Newburgh board is likely to resign in response to discussions of confirming Dr C. E. Townsend to the Board of Managers of the Newburgh tuberculosis district. The Board of Supervisors in Goshen planned to discuss the nomination, but session delays occurred due to a storm and slow arrival.
Mys William T Bora of this city seeks in defense that his wife be allowed to remain in France. He claims he is employed as a blacksmith in the engineer corps and asserts duties abroad.
Mr and Mrs A C Flynn of 121 Academy avenue report their son Raymond enlisting in Newburgh in November and heading to Florida. Sr enlistee in the commissary department. Harry G Stittles of Camp Wadsworth to visit family. Charles H Smith county engineer learns son C Kenneth Smith enlisted in the CU 3 Naval Reserves aviator section. Mrs Fred D Thorne hosted guests at 7 Gening street with Beatrice Devens still at home.
John Johansen helmsman of the Norwegian steamer imo, tied to the Belgian reef collision with the ammunition steamer Ment plane, was detained as a German spy suspect. He was handed to military authorities by Massa-Seuts relief hospital staff after a New York nurse noticed odd behavior. Surgeons say he faked illness and attempted escape, offering a nurse $50 to leave with him.
Word reached Hornell of the sudden death of C. T. Ayers, traveling auditor for the Erie Railroad, a well known visitor to the city who died at his Ridgewood, New Jersey home.
In Monticello on December 14 a fatal blood poisoning case ends with the death of the sister of Miss Camelia Latourette after nursing her brother Richard who had blood poisoning two months earlier. The Latourette family is well known in the county.
London report quotes Sir Eric Geddes stating the submarine menace is not yet mastered yet shipbuilding and merchant shipping destruction trends are improving. He asserts continued effort could shorten the war if Britain economizes tonnage and frees ships for urgent uses while maintaining pressure to defeat submarines.
Washington dispatch reports final returns show S. Beakes narrowly ahead in the Cond Michigan district race against R. Bacon. Irregularities prompted technical questions, carrying the contest to the House. Beakes is noted as a brother of O. Beakes of Bicomin.
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