British Woman Proposes U S Wacs To Aid War Effort
Mrs H Leach executive of the British organization urges organizing an American Wacs volunteer corps to relieve U S soldiers. She offers to come to the United States to train volunteers as hundreds more are planned to serve in France and the trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Butler
News Service
Jlondon
Ymen
H. Leach
Today
America
U.S
United
Rncan
France
Leach
Teace
Waacs
Presint Wilson
Americ
Attack On Toul Front Planned By Germans
War bulletin from CE reports signs of a planned German attack on the Toul front aimed at the American positions. The quiet sector showed unusual activity after today’s failed air raid, with heavy artillery in rear areas and multiple German trucks and nine airmen observed before deteriorating weather limited visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evice
Gers
Toul
Sady
Howard Wolford Sustains Arm Injury In Crash
Howard Wolford son of William J Wolford of Neshannock avenue suffered a broken arm and facial injuries after an accident in which the family car was involved. He drove the car to the family's physician office where treatment was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Wolford
William J. Wolford
Neshannock Avenue
Shenango Valley Hospital Notes Admits Several Residents
Admitted include Stella Leiter of Wampum Hattie Covert of Portersville a Lang Loraine avenue and Harold Parks of Elenburg. The report notes a return for recovery and ongoing care as recorded in the hospital notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Leiter
Wampum
Hattie Covert
Portersville
A Lang
Loraine Avenue
Harold Parks
Elenburg
Italians halt Austrian advance at Caposile on Piave front
British and Italian reports say Austrians failed to renew attacks between Asiago and Montello as heavy fighting continued along the Piave. Italians and allies conducted counter thrusts, captured prisoners, and forced Austrian retreat amid flooded river crossings and destroyed bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Asiago
Montello
Montegrappa
Montebellluno
Italian War Office
Piave
Andrea
Candela
Fassalta
Meolo
Caposile
British War Office
Autos Meet In Collision Near Neshannock School
In New Wilmington on Wednesday evening Fred Williamson and relatives avoided serious injury when a Studebaker driven by Harry Johnston collided with Williamson’s car at the Neshannock school house area. Williamson halted in time with emergency brakes. both cars suffered front-end damage and a wheel loss, but no one was hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
Fred Williamson
Neshannock School House
Williamson
Esther
Studebaker
Harry Johnston
Mr. Williamson
Night Letters Seized By Government Authorities
Postmaster General Burleson ordered inspectors to seize thousands of night letters allegedly routed by Western Union messengers to bypass wire delivery. Letters from out of town points were seized in New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Washington with 1,200 seized locally. Officials plan civil and criminal action for violating the government mail service monopoly and the $500 fine and six month jail term per offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Burleson
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Federal Grand Jury
Odyssey Hint From a Lady in a Long Shot
A humorous exchange notes a lady seeking a book with a queer, odd name. The clerk suggests trying her on the Odyssey, hinting at a literary misdirection or puzzle in a casual street scene.
Parade To Move At 3 For St Mary’s Flag Dedication
A grand parade precedes the St Mary’s service flag dedication in New Castle at 3 PM next Sunday. Chief Marshall Joseph Hannon leads units escorted by police, Sons of Veterans, and the G A R with many patriotic features and a large school child presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
New Castle
Marshall Joseph Hannon
Sons of Veterans
St. Mary’s Parish
F. F. O’shea
J. Norman Martin
Canadian Veteran At Tin Mill
Sergeant Kingsley of the 58th Canadian Infantry spoke to about 1800 Shenango plant workers at the American Sheet and Tin Plate company. The drum corps played patriotic music as Kingsley, a veteran with seventeen months service including five frontline months, delivered an inspiring address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenango
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Kingsley
58Th Canadian Infantry
France
Five Hundred Million Paid In Income Taxes
Approximately $500,000,000 was received by the treasury today in payment of income and excess profits taxes, bringing total receipts to $1,500,000,000 and leaving $1,225,000,000 still to be collected. Payments on the third Liberty loan totalled $3,200,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrcenational News Service
Washington
The
Treasury
Will of Charles Warren Fairbanks Audits Multimillion Estate
The will admitted to probate in Indianapolis disposes of about 2 million dollars in real estate and 150 thousand dollars in personal property. Beneficiaries are three sons Frederick Fairbanks Warren Fairbanks and Captain Richard Fairbanks and one daughter Mrs John Timmons. A large portion is left to charitable and educational institutions including 25000 to Depauw University and Ohio Wesleyan and 60000 to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital and the Deaconness home of Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Frederick Fairbanks
Pasadena
Cal
Warren Fairbanks
Chicago
Richard Fairbanks
France
John Timmons
Depauw University
Greencastle
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Deaconness Home
More Farm Workers Urgently Sought for Upcoming Harvest
The farm labor bureau reports a rising need for hands to hoe corn as hay and wheat crops approach. An urgent call invites patriotic citizens to contact John S. Martin at the employment office or residence. Several farm crews were assigned yesterday including Brinton’s team at E. J. Gardner farm Hickory Twp and Hoyt’s crew at Fred Glenn farm Plaingrove Twp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Labor Bureau
John S. Martin
Bell
Union
John T. Brinton
Geo. Fox
Richard Dana
Clyde Gibson
Leo McAleer
E. J. Gardner
Hickory Township
Frank Hoyt
W. W. Frantz
Rufus C. McKinley
Wm. S. Wheeler
Fred Glenn
Plaingrove Township
Robert L. Wallace
Scott Paisley, Jr
Carl Hanna
Wilbur Farrell
Lester Offutt
Plaingrove
H. A. Wilkison
Alfred McConahy
Pastbrook
Adolph Green
John C. Hart
Mr. Greer
Mr. Marker
John Patton
Harborbridge
E. L. English
C. Eppinger
C. Ed. Brown
George Montgomery
Lieut Rose Killed in Air Crash at Fort Worth Field
Lieut. J. Espy Rose, a former New Castle resident and instructor at Everman field Fort Worth Texas, died in an airplane accident Tuesday. Lieut. Lloyd E. Davis was seriously injured. Rose was the son of Elmer E. Rose of Coatesville Pa. and his mother Mrs. Elmer Rose accompanied the body home to Pittsburg. Funeral services will be held in Sharon Pa. Rose enlisted as a private a year ago and later entered aviation service after ground school in Princeton New Jersey. He had been flying since February and was on leave when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Espy Rose
Everman Field
Fort Worth
Texas
Elmer E. Rose
Coatesville
New Castle
Rose
Lloyd E. Davis
Galesburg
Ill
Elmer Rose
Pittsburg
Sharon
O. L. Rose
Pittsburg Road
Infantry
Princeton
N. J
Information Made Against Lockroot
An information was made before Alderman J. Lee Cooper charging John Lockroot with breaking and entering. The 19 year old was picked up yesterday on the charges of burglary at Wright's and Wylie's stores and reportedly confessed after questioning. He is said to have knowledge of other thefts in the past two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lee Cooper
John Lockroot
Lockroot
Wright’s
Wylie’s
Siminerio
Faella
John Young
Vincent Marillia
Jefferson Street
Plumbo
German depot at Bruges destroyed by allied airmen
Allied airmen destroyed a German military depot at Bruges used for storing torpedoes. Bruges, a key base in Flanders with docks on the Bruges canal and submarine refitting yards, has long been a target for British aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
London
Bruges
Amsterdam
Belgium
Flanders
Bruges Canal
Notice to Retail Clerks for June 21 Meeting
Notice to retail clerks requesting presence Friday evening June 21 at 5 30 o clock at the M Co A auditorium. Business of importance plus an address of interest. Be prompt. Committee Adv 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Co. A
Pageant to present patriotic program at High School
Tonight at 8 15 the High School auditorium hosts To Arms for Liberty a pageant with a long list of dances drills and songs by Oak Street Mahoningtown Lincoln Garfield Terrace and Mahoningtown schools plus a war sequence starring Catherine Bryce The program includes varied choruses and patriotic selections and proceeds will be divided between the Y W C A and the Comfort Packet Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comfort Packet Committee
J. L. Agan
Rachel Wallace
Oak Street
Lincoln & Garfield
Terrace
Mahoningtown
Mahoningtown Orchestra
Catherine Bryce
C.c
Helen Harbison
Sambre Et Meuse’ Prvance
Wesley B. Dodds
Rale _ Britemnia
Wes Sdeoes Chorus
Britain
J. Russell White
England
Sue E. Cramer
Katharine Newman
Peta
Edna Wilson
Poe
Selina Isaac Tering
Canada
Florence Whittaker
India
Amada Toepfer
Australia
Cornelia Gilkey Puuatehs
Cornelia Gilkey
New Zealand
Helen Kirk
Mitchell Palmer Moves to Sell Koppel Steel Plant
Mitchell Palmer, alien enemy property custodian, arrived in Pittsburg to arrange sale of the Orenstein Arthur Koppel Co. steel plant at Koppel Beaver county seized by federal authorities. The company’s stock is German owned and Pittsburg interests reportedly will take over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Piittsburg
Mitchell Palmer
Pittsburg
Orenstein-- Arthur-Koppel Co
Koppel
Beaver County
Submarine Chases Passenger Ship Near Atlantic Port
A passenger ship from a Panama port arrived 180 miles south of New York after being chased by a submarine yesterday. The U-boat was sighted at a distance and the captain zig-zagged as it pursued the vessel for a considerable distance before disappearing. There were 57 passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Panama
New York
Lenine Nearing Fall Warned by German Officials
London dispatch reports German officials familiar with Russia warn the German government that Nicholai Lenine, the Bolshevik premier, is nearing fall as unrest and upheaval threaten his leadership amid the Russian crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholai Lenine
London
Russia
Amsterdam
Omar Reflects on the Value of Precious Goods
A fragment shows Omar recalling writers buying sea treasure as precious, noting he would object to anyone parting with it. The line hints at vanity and desire for rare items. No names of places or organizations are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar
Wrnters
Deaths of the Day Mrs Kate Barnes
Mrs Kate Barnes wife of James Barnes died yesterday at 2 45 PM at her daughter Mrs E N Taylor 828 East Washington Street after a winter illness She was born February 17 1861 in Mercer county daughter of Charles and Sara Blair married 37 years ago She leaves husband three children Mrs E N Taylor Forney Barnes and Mrs W C Hammond one sister Mrs Margaret RyhalUtica PA one brother Charles Blair Utica PA funeral at Mrs Taylors residence tomorrow at 3 PM burial Oak Park Cemetery Remains also of William J Shaner to be buried in New Brighton tomorrow The article notes service time 7 20 PM today and burial plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Barnes
James Barnes
E. N. Taylor
East Washington Street
Mrs. Barnes
Mercer County
Charles
Sara Blair
M. E. Church
Forney Barnes
W. C. Hammond
Margaret Ryhal
Butler
Charles Blair
Utica
Fred Kimmel
Taylor
Oak Park Cemetery
William J. Shaner
New Brighton
Huns Sacrifice 500000 In German Offensive Claim
Berlin accuses Germany of needless losses totaling 500000 men since March 21. The charge was voiced by Herr Hoffman a Socialist member of the Prussian chamber of deputies in Berlin in a dispatch from Amsterdam. The big offensive is said to have begun March 21.
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London
Germany
Herr Hoffman
Prussian Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
Amsterdam
Hoffman
Dr John Snape Receives Doctor of Divinity Honor
Rev John Snape formerly of New Castle received the Doctor of Divinity degree at Redlands University commencement. He delivered the oration and will visit the city with his daughter Alice before heading to New York. He will preach at the First Baptist church next Sunday and is warmly welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Snappe
New Castle
Los Angeles Times
Hollywood
John Snape
Hollywood Baptist Church
Redlands
Cal. . University
Snape
Mattison B. Jones
First Baptist Church
Alice
J. Q. L. Roberts
Park Avenue
New York
Nervous Breakdown Explanation In OLeary Case
New York June 20 Jeremiah O Leary Irish agitator testified he suffered two nervous breakdowns and disease complications from overwork while explaining his disappearance. He spoke during the trial of his brother John J O Leary charged with conspiracy to aid his escape. Jeremiah O Leary will be tried alone on treason charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jermiah O’leary
Pacific Coast
John J. O'Leary
Italians Press On In Asiago Sector Capturing Hundreds
Italian war office reports local counter-attacks around the Asiago plateau are lively with progress near Montello and along the lower Piave. Hundreds of Austro-Hungarian prisoners and machine guns are captured as fighting continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Asiago
Italian War Office
Montello
Piave River
Piave
Chief Of Police Injured in Home Wrestling Accident
Chief M. J. Young sustained a broken arm in two places and a fractured rib after tripping during an exercise match at home with Harold Stevenson. The injuries are not serious, and he expects to resume duties tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stevenson
M. J. Young
Bullet Fire Wounds Bystander Near Pool Room
Mike Plumbo narrowly avoided fatal injury when a gunman, Paul Siminerio, fired at Lewis Broncio inside Angelo Salvadore’s pool room at Home and South Jefferson. A stray bullet struck Plumbo on the sidewalk. Siminerio fled but was later arrested at 912 South Jefferson. Police recovered the revolver hidden in a grate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Plumbo
Paul Simmerio
Angelo Salvadore
Home
South
Jefferson Streets
Lewis Broncio
Mercer Street
Plumbo
Paul Simierio
Paul Siminerio
Division Street
Broncio
Siminerio
Bronco
Simmerio
Alimony Demanded at Quarter Million in Doud Divorce
Mrs Minnie Doud seeks 250000 alimony in her divorce suit against Arthur J Doud filed in Denver. She originally asked 250 monthly but the judge allowed an amendment after attorneys suspected a typist error. Doud is described as a wealthy oil operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Minnie Doud
Arthur J. Doud
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Organization of Women In
Meader
Eng
Land Advocates American
Army of Women
Toul Front
Shenango Valley Hospital
Lawrence Rifles
Armory
Orry
T. R. Miller
Gov't
St. Mary’s
F. F. O'Shea
Red Cross
Tin Mill
Fairbanks
Teer
Lieut
Texas Flying Field
Coatesville, PA
Part
Serbia
Seuss
Helen Leslie
Grieghe
Caroline Dufford
New
Pias
Wanda Pawlaski
Garibaldi
Jennie Conti
Japan
Camille Patterson
Montenegro
Ieseeeeass
Lena Green
Ruth Salada
Portugal
Minnie Federman
Roumohia
Os Ae Lena Vingo Roumanian
Saori Ok
Largo
Margaret Toepher
Redlands, Cal
O'Leary
Just
W.F. Dufford & CO
East Washington St
CNION
Bell Phone
E. North
Chas. R. Kelley
Sea
Sutton
Ulance Service
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