Foch Deploys Troops as Western Front War Run Refined
American colored troops aid French lines west of Verdun as Pershing reports a fresh casualty list. German assaults surge between Rheims and Soissons while bombardment resumes Paris area. Strong attacks target British and French positions across multiple fronts as Foch masss troops for a decisive defense.
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Verdun
Associated Press
New York
Germany
Rheims
Soissons
Flanders
Foch
Paris
London
Pershing
Washington
Pinon Forest
All Railroad Workers Gain Eight Hour Basis Wage Increase
Director General McAdoo announces an eight hour day and wage boosts for 2,006,000 railroad workers across the Qutario & Western Erie cit é& New York Susquehanna & Western in Middletown and Kenier. The pay rise follows the Railroad Wage Commission with modifications and becomes effective next Saturday retroactive to January. Back pay, varying up to 200 dollars, will be distributed in a few weeks. The new on sight hour days for age computations mark a key victory for labor.
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Qutario & Western
Erie
Cit. É
New York
Susquehanna & Western
Middletown
Kcinier
Times
McAdoo
Adamson
Railroad Wage Commission
Bali
Wege
Archdeaconry Meeting in Orange Opens at 1 P M
Rev F S Smithers Jr travels to Kingston to attend Archdeaconry of Orange gathering covering Orange Ulster Sullivan and Rockland counties The day includes a dam tour around Ashokan Dam and an evening laymen dinner Program features Bishop Charles Sumner Burch Dean Robbins John R Mou and Chaplain Dr Manning from Trinity Church New York
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F.S. Smithers, Jr
Kingston
Archdeaconry of
Orange
New York
Ister
Sullivan
Rockland
Church of the Holy Spirit
Ashokan Dam
Charles Sumner Burch
Diocese of New York
Dean Robbins
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
John R. Mou
Dr. Manning
Trinity Church of New York
Novelty Works Fire at Sidney Causes Severe Loss
A Sidney fire destroyed the Novelty Works and fourteen dwellings on Division Street, with damage around 300000. Clifford Godfrey, an Ontario and Western Railroad employee, was badly injured from a falling brick and may die, as rain later helped prevent further spread. Assist came from Oneonta Norwich and Walton. An inquiry yielded no information on Godfrey’s condition.
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Binghamton
Sidney Novelty Works
Division Street
Sidney
CiYord Godfrey
Godfrer
Bride Married Before Leaving for Camp Wadsworth
George Sannwald, one of the young men enlisting for Camp Wadsworth, wed Miss Bessie Lozier at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church parsonage. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Lozier of 146 Wickham Avenue, was married by Rev. G. A. Fechner.
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George Sannwald
Camp Wadsworth
Bessie Lozier
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
G. A. Fechner
Alexander.h. Lozier
Wickham Avenue
Men 21 Must Register Under Draft Law
On Wednesday June 5 all young men who have turned twenty one since 1917 must register under the Selective Draft law. Failure to register is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year imprisonment and possible induction into military service.
Rail freight and passenger fares soar under new rate order
Washington May 27 Director General McAdoo orders rail freight rates up 25 percent and passenger fares to three cents a mile from about two and a half. The program aims to net about 900 million dollars, wiping out all interstate lower rates. June 25 for freight and June 10 for passengers. Travel in sleeper and parlor cars costs three and a half cents more. Pullman rates unchanged.
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Associated Fress
Washington
McAdoo
Colonel Bradley Suffers Stroke at Home
May 27 Col Thomas W Wey suffered an apoplectic stroke at his home at 2 AM with convulsions lasting hours. He remained in a comatose state all day Sunday but improved today, fully conscious and able to eat. no paralysis noted. He had been active Saturday, resigning to his duties as president of Exempted Board No 3 and organizing post departure for camp. Local team: Middletown Junior Holy Name defeated Port Jervis Holy Name 4 to 2 at Hayes Field Sunday afternoon.
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Walden
Thomas W. Wey
Exemptwa Board No 3
Camp Uias
Hayes Field
Middletown
Holy Name
Port Jervis
Boys Leave for the South on First Transport
Enthusiastic crowds cheer as 94 men from the Third Exemption District of Orange county depart for Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg South Carolina to join the New York National Guard in France. A big banquet at the Mitchell Inn precedes the sendoff with speeches by local leaders and Patriot supporters.
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Orange County
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
S.C
New York State
France
New York National Guard
Middletown
Berlin
Fie
Wickham Avenue
Home Guards
A.C. N. Thompson
Exemption Board
Majoner and Greene
George A. Yaeger
Uni
Joseph LE. Dukland
Chamber of Commerce
Civie
Italian Brotherhood
Halian
O. B. Neyroz
James Street
West Main Street
North Street
Franklin Square
Sullivan
Cister Countries
Tooms
William Seeholzer
A. C. N. Thompson
Yaeger
Sean
Monopoli
Italy
Dr Kirkwood recalls life in army camps at First Presbyterian
The Rev Dr Kirkwood spoke at First Presbyterian Sunday evening about his month touring 20 camps in the Washington and Tidewater districts. He praised the MCG A uncle’s sponsorship and the huts as the heart of camp life, noting Gen Scou’s remark on the organization’s importance. He described camp life across services and gospel work, with many soldiers requesting interviews after talks.
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First Presbyterian Church
Kirkwood
Washington
Tidewater
M. CG. A
Scou
Army
Navy
Flying
Marine Corps
J W Crans Dead at 62 in New York Home
Joseph Willis Crans of Crans Sons mineral water workers died at his home in the city Sunday afternoon after a period of illness. He was 62 and his will is expected to be filed tomorrow.
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Joseph Willis Crans
Ira
I Crans’ Sons
Union Street
West Main Street
Hindenburg Ill With Typhoid in Strassburg Hospital
Geneva reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg, chief of the German General Staff, is hospitalized at Strassburg with typhoid fever, with word that his death is not confirmed though his condition is not stated as critical. Typhoid is spreading in the German army, and recent death rumors have circulated from Western Front prisoners. Dances at Masonic Temple are discontinued for the summer.
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Geneva
von Hindenburg
Strassburg
Teperis
Western Front
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J. W. Crans
Hindenburg
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