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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
2
The Tage France hints the United States emblem should be a carrion hawk symbolizing harsh national traits. The piece claims the American Union has shown itself in the war as a filthy bird plucking at Europe's fallen troops.
International News Services reports Wives of MPs sign a letter urging removal of the grille before the ladies gallery in the House of Commons. They say seats are uncomfortable and hearing is poor, noting debates deserve priority over other assemblies. The page also includes a teacher child exchange about Columbus and Ericsson.
James Williams colored of Maybrook was fined ten dollars by Justice Herbert F. Cox on Saturday for cutting his wife with a favor. He was arrested by Constable Michael Carroll but the hearing left the facts unclear. The item also notes a Red Cross benefit showing proceeds to local auxiliary and other local social updates from Montgomery as of June 18.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church met in the church parlors on Thursday afternoon June 14 at 3 o clock. Mrs. Dunning read prior minutes while Mrs. Robertson outlined current business. Gifts for the Christmas box to Belle Institute were listed, and it was decided no delegate would attend the Silver Bay conference as two delegates from the Young Ladies Guild will attend Northfield. A Missionary Alphabet activity featured the social program along with piano and duet performances. Mrs. Adams spoke on Alaska and Orientals in the United States, read an article on Mexico, Miss Dunning shared Albany conference notes, and Marsden offered a poem honoring Flag Day as the society sang The Star Spangled Banner.
Two thousand machinists at General Electric in Schenectady walked out to demand the dismissal of Robert Dixon Regrossi of Union College. Company officials deny the charge, saying Dixon’s case was not a general labor policy. Union officials say the move targets admission of necro labor.
Six young women in Los Angeles formed an aviation corps offering their services and airplanes to the government for coast patrol work. They study aviation and have already completed several successful flights with Miss Alice La Chapelle in charge expressing belief they can aid the patrol effort while soldiers are engaged overseas.
In Berne on June 1 Associated Press reports Switzerland has enjoyed six months of foreign music and theater, with Paris Sophonic Orchestra, Vienna Court Opera, and Arthur Nikisch drawing large crowds at high prices. Norway’s refusal to sanction Nikisch’s concert trip sparks Swiss backlash over perceived wartime motives and patronage. Critics accuse visiting artists of partial ensembles and profiteering, while some see Norway’s stance as moral courage compared with Swiss sentiment.
Utica June 1 Captain Tommy Sherman of Utica received his commission as major in the New York National Guard and assigned to command the third battalion of the First Regiment. The third battalion includes Company C of Utica, Company D of Ogdensburg, Company K of Malone, and Company M of Mohawk. The change follows wartime organization vs peace structure, with vacancy created by Colonel Hitchcock’s retirement and Sherman noted as son of the late Vice-President James S. Sherman.
At the Italian Mission Sunday evening a large crowd attended the Children's Day program. The service featured prayers, songs by the school, recitations by Eleanor Neyroz and others, a Garden of Roses, America pledge, and a closing benediction. Hoffman Lodge announces its last regular communication until October with the first degree conferred on a class of candidates.
Major and Mrs. John Waller plan their golden wedding at home in Monticello on Wednesday June 20 with a pre-event June supper on Tuesday June 19 at the Episcopal parish house where they will be honored. Waller, a longtime editor and owner of the Sullivan County Republican, is 94 and remains active in printing. Mrs. Waller is in good health and both are celebrated for a long, shared career and service, including his Civil War veteran status and past postmaster role.
Princess Mary toured a munition plant in Middlesex role as a factory worker. She entered on foot, served soup to anxious workers, and mingled by the canteen counter. The scene drew crowds as she sold meals and offered a royal smile before continuing the factory tour.
A British Army veteran Major A. H. O’Conner credits a single piece of gum with saving his life in the trenches after he chewed it for seventeen days because water was unfit to drink. The story sparked a drive to purchase gum for soldiers.
The Liberty Loan Committee adopts a resolution praising the press in the Second Federal Reserve District for its vital, widespread help. Secretary Guy Emerson credits unselfish publicity across columns, editorials, cartoons, and pages, with New York papers aiding free of charge. A. M. Anderson, executive secretary, coordinated volunteers and committees to produce gratifying results.
By AP Stockholm June 18 four hundred mines have exploded or been fished up on Gotland coast since the war began. Seventy five washed ashore along a 15 mile stretch. No injuries from explosions, except the steamer Rumina sank nearby. One peasant on the southern eastern coast has felt four blasts near his home but no one hurt.
The Department of Health ordered a sanitary census of the federal district to enumerate houses and inhabitants to aid health inspectors. Two free public baths were added and compulsory bathing is being enforced as strictly as possible.
London reports a strong revival of bicycling during the omnibus strike. Many had not ridden in years and returned to pedaling to work, with girl munition workers among the keen participants. Even after omnibuses resumed, bicycles remained in use as progress.
List of young men aged 21 to 30 who registered in Mount Hope under the selective draft from First and Second Districts. Names include Baird, Ball, Benton, Brown, Budd, Cali, Cranse, Cuddy, Conklin, Furman, Green, Hill, King, Lee, Loomis, Murray, Moore, Smith, Van Etten, Wilbur, and many others. Also features a separate note about The Curious Elephant and a brief ad tease for Times-Press Want Ad columns.
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