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Middletown Times Press

Location

Middletown, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1917

Page

2

Red Cross Fund Reaches Sixty Two Thousand? Questionable

A long list shows contributions toward a Red Cross fund totaling sixteen thousand eight hundred seventeen dollars and forty cents. Recipients include individuals and organizations such as Horace Dunning Wm Shererly King Albert Corwin and Otisville Auxiliary, with amounts ranging from one to several dollars.

Air Horace Dunning Wm. Shererlv XM .W King Alpert H. Corwin Dolson Avenue Carage Stevenson Euleny Post Garage Waldo Hazel Anna Hudvard F. M. Barnesstom Middletown George Doerrance W. EL Bigzip Cleary Frank Wren W. F. Benedict Frank Salvati F. H. Wilcox Ella Louise Kortright Lalu E. Kortright John L. Wiggins Brady Post Wesley Bell AL Knickerboe

Wreck Investigation After Northfield Collision Near Walton

Authorities from O and W conduct a rigid probe into the head on crash on the single track near Northfield Texas. Train 11 crew members are interviewed as repairs continue on engines 311 and 279 brought to the city hospital. Five men were injured in the Friday afternoon wreck and hospital conditions improve as work proceeds.

Northneld Walton Main Ofice Hopkins Beaden Northfield

1800 Boys to Attend Peekskill Camp for Training

Albany June 25 1800 boys aged 16 to 19 from Albany and The Capitol District will travel to Peekskill for a four week session of physical and military training under state military training commission supervision. All expenses except uniforms will be paid by the state, including railroad fares to and from camp.

Albany Capitol District Avenal Guard Peekskill State Military Training Commission

National Guard Field Artillery Units Mustered for France

Washington June 25 six regiments of National Guard field artillery are to be mustered into Federal service for duty at an officers training camp. They will train men who will lead the national army to France on the western front. Units have not yet been selected.

Washington National Guard Frelirtillery Oficers National Army France

Captain Vol mer Chase Dies Suddenly in Night

Washington June 25 Captain Vol mer Chase assistant to Admiral Benson chief of naval operations died suddenly during the night official announcement said Chase served in the naval staff and was prominent in wartime planning his loss leaves a gap in naval leadership and strategy```

Br International News Service Washington Volmer Chase Admiral Benson Naval Operations

Market rises on open as steel leads gains

New York market opens strong with most leading stocks up from Saturday close. Steel issues surge with Bethlehem and Lackawanna Steel climbing while others like Reading and Sinclair slip later. Grain markets in Chicago show mixed gains and losses. A garden note urges harmony with natural beauty and practical rock use. Alaska fireworks swap to March 4 for long nights. Times-Press wants ad column referenced.

New York Steel Common Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna Steel Crucible Alaska

Train Riders Warned Under New Penal Law

Middletown officials of the Erie firm receive copies of a law amending penal sections to curb riding on moving trains and trespassing on tracks. The act declares riding without authority or intent to pay, obstructing, or walking on tracks as a misdemeanor with fines from 1 to 5 dollars. The law takes effect September 1, 15917.

Middletown Erie

Rev Williams Still At Work In Evangelistic Meetings

An Auburn Cayuta county paper notes Rev M W Williams conducted evangelistic meetings in Freeville. At the first invitation seventy responded, forty three had not previously decided for Christ, including many young men and families. After a month’s rest at his Binghamton home he will resume evangelistic work with further engagements this year.

Auburn Binghamton Ar. Williams

Fine Singing by Mrs Harman at Webb Horton Memorial Church

Mrs Grace C Harman gave a fine performance at a Webb Horton Memorial Prestytenan Church service. Selections from Mendelssohn including Hear My Prayer were well rendered with understanding and dramatic intensity. Her singing was colored by a magnificent voice and clear conveyance of the piece, marking the church as fortunate to have her as soloist.

Webb Horton

Aviation cabinet plan sparks opposing views in hearings

Officials debate creating a separate aviation cabinet as 6 secretaries resist. The conferences yield a plan for two departments to draft a bill carrying the appropriation and a personnel section to address the army and navy control over aircraft.

Air Service Navy Artillery Signal Corps Army Daniels

Ask Japan's Premier Demands Loyal Officials

Premier Count Terauchi sternly instructs government officials to remain undivided in loyalty to the Imperial Constitution and the Emperor. He regrets undesirable tendencies among officials and calls for faithful service and adherence to fundamental imperial principles to guide national governance.

Associated Press Tokio Count Terauchi Japan

Britain offers 105 planes at bargain sale

London reports a government sale of airplanes with 103 machines available, most incomplete or obsolete. Only one has engines and is complete. others require mounting, implying limited combat value. Separate dispatch notes Sweden faces food lines as 10,000 Gothenburg residents queue for potatoes amid wartime shortages.

Sy _Assect Press London

If New York Were Paris We Would Know War Feels

Marian Bonsall Davis describes how Americans would imagine Paris to grasp France's war realities. She invokes New York as a proxy for Paris, envisioning hospitals, refugees, and Red Cross efforts, with soldiers returning and cities mobilized in daily acts of sacrifice and prayer. The piece ends urging the American Red Cross to raise 300 million dollars for victory.

New York Paris Marian Bonsall Davis Atre Davis France Red Cross Peris Bettie Pennsylvania Station Grand Central American Red Cross

Higham Corps to Attend Sessions in Newburgh

At a convention committee meeting in Newburgh June 25 plans were laid for the New York State Association gathering to be held in August. Donations were reported to support the convention. many organizations from across the region including Chanler Beacon Nineteenth Separate Poughkeepsie Dutchess of Beacon Oriental Midgetown Rockland Nyack and others were listed as expected attendees or donors.

Newburgh Ea Newburgh Fife and Drum Corps New York State Association Newchurgh Chanler Beacon Nineteenth Poughkeepsie Dutchess of Oriental of Midgetown Rockland Nyack Montgomery of Montgomery Washington Irving Tarmstown Company F. of Hudson Pruran Catskill Walden of Walden Junior Holy Name

Big tobacco tax receipts in Sweden rise sharply

Sweden's tobacco tax receipts for 1916 reached 15,290,000 crowns, far above the 10,000,000 crown estimate. The state monopoly now sells directly to retailers, cutting out wholesale dealers. Prices surged, with cigarettes averaging about 100 percent higher than German brands.

Associated Press Stockholm Sweden Germany

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