Middletown community events loom large this week
Middletown prepares for a busy week hosting New York State Automobile Association delegates, followed by Christian Endeavorers. Local efforts push supervised play for children, with a $25 kickoff at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, urging city action and park and playground development for youth welfare and future democracy.
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Chamber of Commerce
Common Council of
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United States
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Nomination of Candidates in Hands of Enrolled Voters
The Republican County Committee met in Goshen and elected George F. Gregg as county chairman, replacing resigning John B. Rose. It endorsed Governor Charles Whitman and pledged support if nominated. Enrolled Republican voters will decide nominations, focusing on positions and stance on ratification of the Federal Prohibition amendment. Women voters are active. local option results suggest informed ballot use.
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Republican County Committee
Goshen
George F. Gregg
John B. Rose
Charles Whitman
Senate and Assembly
Senate
Assembly
Newburgh
Frivols and War Time Wit in Quotations
A jumble of comic fragments and civic blurbs reflects wartime thrift humor and local voices. Notable lines lampoon politicians, urge thrift via Thrift Stamps, and tease readers with playful vignettes about savings, football, and daily life across Cincinnati Newerk contrasts.
Give Your Boy a Chance by Captain Samuels
Arthur H Samuels of the Surgeon General's Department recounts a rebirth tale of a doomed panhandler who, after losing a limb, rebuilt his life to become educated, a lawyer, and a family man. He argues for vocational rehabilitation, central workshops, and community support to help disabled soldiers reintegrate, aided by mothers and wives, and warns against sheltering them into dependency.
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Germany
Germans Invent New Night Horror Bat Bombs
Paris reports a German bomb nicknamed the Fledermaus or bat aims to intensify night city bombardments. Weighing under two pounds, it allows a pilot to carry two dozen for a single mission. Instructions describe a tactic of dropping incendiaries first to draw crowds before attacking the target.
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Paris
Flaming scene as Aviator dives to throw a Federmaus
A dramatic aviation sequence unfolds with the pilot swooping low and hurling a federmaus into a gathering, creating a tense moment as bystanders react.
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Federmaus
Personal Items About the Movie Stars
Fred Stone closes his Broadway engagement in Jack O’Lantern and heads to California to start a Paramount picture. Maurice Fallet, 34,338 FL, a Verdun veteran. discharged from the French army, enlists in the Canadian army and serves with the Second Battery, Light Artillery, Ontario. Fallet, who acted with Kitty Gordon in World Pictures, is 17 and has Croix de Guerre honors.
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Fred Stone
Jack O'Lantern
New York
California
Paramount
Maurice Fallet
Verdun
World Pictures
Fallet
Light Artille
Stationada
Ontario
Canada
Faller
Kitty Gordon
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Who's Married to Whom Eien Curran is Edith Storey
Metro star Edith Storey comments on the demanding nature of a businessman's life while describing film industry output. Jack Barrymore begins work at Fifty-sixth Street studio on a new contract with Famous Players-Lasky. The piece notes Universal City locations for The Brass Bullet and the star pair Juanita Hansen and Jack Mutha in a fast moving serial.
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Jack Barrymore
Famous Players-Laskr
Fifty-sixth Street
Chester Whitey
D. W. Grifith
West Coast
Universal City
Ben Wilson
Universal
Juanita Hansen
Jack Mutha
Star Rosses
Milk Situation in New York May 1918 Report
The Milk Report notes New York milk and cream shipments for May 1918 totaling 1,955,488 cans of milk and 133,140 cans of cream and condensed milk. Compared to May 1917 there are increases of 134,598 cans of milk and 23,392 cans of cream, with a daily average gain of 3,082 cans. Prices hovered at $2.45 per 100 pounds for grade B milk in the 151-164 freight zone, with minor price adjustments for dairy products. Market conditions show a fairly satisfactory balance with some concerns over a group alleging improper shipping and pricing. The report names the Federal Milk Commission and debates price setting for July.
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Cornwall Tire Company Chartered to Trade Automobile Pli es
Albany June 24 The Cornwall Tire Company Inc of Cornwall has been chartered by the Secret State to deal in automobile tires with capital stock 15 per share. Directors named Daniel Hanle Francis Byrne and J B Wentworth. Old Baptist Church at Slate Hill stands over 120 years, weathered storms with a high steeple and spared by the Ring.
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Ireaud,g. Company, Inc
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Daniel E. Hanlé
Francis J. Byrne
J. B. Wentworth
Slate Hill
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