Congress Urged to Act on Training Camp Funds
Executive Committee of the Military Training Camps Association urged House Military Affairs Committee to report a bill quickly to fund 50 000 volunteers for federal civilian training camps this summer. They cite War Department estimates of about two and a quarter million dollars needed, with current funds far short, risking thousands of young men being unable to participate due to costs. The telegram, sent from 31 Nassau Street, stresses immediate action to enable camps in Texas Georgia New York Indiana California and more, and notes employers have offered four weeks unpaid leave.
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Military Training Camps Association
Mitchel
George Wharton Pepper
Robert M McElroy
Princeton University
House Committee On Military Affairs
Lattsburg
United States
Secretary of War
War Department
Texas
Georgia
New York
Indiana
California
Union
Military Affairs Committee
Executive Committee
Nassau Street
French Halt German Big Drive at Verdun Front
Across the Meuse sector from Thiaumont Farm to Damloup French and Allied units report fierce fighting with German assaults repulsed and heavy losses. In Ypres salient British lines withstand bombardment and repulse infantry gains as air and artillery actions continue.
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Argonne
Vauquois
Courtes Chaussées
Fille Morte
Meuse
Caurettes
Cumiéres
Thiaumont
Vaux
Damieu
Douaumont
Caillette Wood
Vaux Pond
Vaux and
Fronc
Bar le Duc
Ypres
Hooge
Ypres-Comines
Vimy Ri
Vimy
Loos
Norma
la Bassée Canal
Arras
Ver Somme
Jepstal
Germans Drive Forward Along Meuse Front After Sharp Fighting
German troops report a final break through the French line west of the Meuse forming a junction with positions on the east bank. The Meuse front advance followed an 80 fierce action concluding with control of Caurettes wood and hills near Avecourt Wood Hill 304 Dead Man Hill and Cumbères.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Dead Man Hill
Cumiéres
Meuse
Caurettes
Forges Brook
Cote de Talou
Pepper Ride
Avecourt Wood
Hill 304
Winter Weather Alerts Across Russia Freeze Damaging Crops
Winter cold grips Russia with stopped street cars in Kazan and Nizhni Novgorod at freezing. Berlin wireless report from May 23 cites crop disaster from severe frost across the Volga region and Kazan and Samara governments, damaging early spring crops.
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Petrograd
Russia
Kazan
Nizhni-Novgorod
Berlin
Volga
Samara
Industrial England Fired by War Zeal and Munitions
Special correspondence from Geneva notes Britain’s vast wartime industrial effort surpassing Krupp, with workers shown loyal despite wage fears. The piece compares German efficiency to British overwork, praises the Ministry of Munitions, and argues Britain will win by lathe and forge as France watches the daily battle communiqué.
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France
Belgium
Europe
Poland
Baltic
Russia
Ngland
Italy
England
Germany
Great Britain
Muddie
Republic
Navy Build Up Battle Sows Party Split and Debate
The House approved a $270,000,000 naval construction plan amid a party split as Democrats largely supported the bill while Republicans opposed the minority amendment. Speaker Clark opposed a recommit motion, while armor plate plant funding passed 235 to 196.
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Attile
Jutland
Clarkainst
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee Passes Expanded Naval Bill
Chairman Lemuel P. Padgett and Republicans push a naval bill through with broad support. The measure totals 269,970,000 in cash and appropriations, up from 241,000,000. Amendments add 6,000,000 for equipment, boost navy personnel by 2,700, and raise aeronautics funds from 2,000,000 to 3,500,000 while increasing submarines to fifty.
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Padgett
Naval Affairs Committee
Lemuel P. Padgett
Lee
Invasion Advances in German East Africa Says Official
London reports the northeast district of German East Africa is under Allied attack with German forces retreating from the railway line between the South Pare Mountains and Pangani to Mkomasi. One column reached Buiko station and another reached the Mkomasi River on May 31.
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London
German East Africa
South Pare Mountains
Pangani
Mkomasi
Buiko
Embargo Hits America As Order Curbs Imports
London reports the latest Order in Council restricting imports to become effective June 5. It targets mainly American exports, with few exemptions for food cargoes and cash registers. Hops exemptions are possible for the Pacific Coast, while starch and dexteria restrictions have been removed after Manchester protests.
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London
America
Denmark
Sweden
United States
England
Pacific Coast
News Thas
Manchester
War Ends Dreyfus Affair Amid World War I Hostilities
Paris reports the war shifts public focus from the Dreyfus affair as divisions persist. Pierre Dreyfus, cited for heroism at Douaumont, joins Emile Dreyfus who died after receiving the Legion of Honor cross. Commandant Dreyfus remains active at Paris artillery amid promotions for du Paty de Clam and relatives.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Action Francaise
Court of Appeals
Pierre Dreyfus
Lauth
Pauffin de Saint-Morel
Antoine
Dunphy Loss Upheld Appeals Court Reverses Reinstate Ruling
Appellate Division reverses Justice Erlanger and upholds dismissal of Mrs. Mary C. Dunphy as Superintendent of the New York City Children's Hospital and School on Randall's Island. The decision addresses whether the Commissioner Kingsbury acted with bias and whether a mandamus to reinstate was correct.
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Supreme Court
Mary C. Dunphy
New York City
Children's Hospital
Randall's Island
Justice Erlanger
Charities
Kingsbury
Dunphy
Appellate Division
Justice Laughlin
Corporation Counse Hardy
Mitchel
Thompson
Department of Charities
State Board
Robert W. Hebberd
Father Farrell
Department of Public Charities
Henry Moller
Turks Make New Gain on Caucasus Front
Constantinople reports Turkish forces push Russian lines in Armenia despite heavy fighting. Grand Duke Nicholas’s troops pulled back from Mamakhatum near Erzerum as Turkish War Office says the center saw the enemy abandon positions after a Turkish attack on the left wing.
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Constantinople
London
Armenia
Nicholas
Mamakhatum
Erzerum
Turkish War Office
Caucasus Front
War boots win favor with boys in Berlin
Berlin reports wooden soled war boots aimed at conserving leather. The Lokal-Anzeiger notes comfort even for flat feet and varicose veins, and Charlottenburg authorities plan wide distribution to poorer residents to prioritize military needs.
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Berlin
Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger
Aarlottenburg
Seizure of Swiss Food Stock Amid War Shortage
Reports from Geneva via Wolff News Bureau state that Switzerland seized vast stores of coffee soap tea chocolate cocoa fat and mineral oil stored in Zurich and held by foreign agents. The Swiss Foodstuffs Division announced decrees to curb speculative purchase and inventories were taken with many goods requisitioned and appraised for transfer to government possession including 1 780 700 kilos of rice.
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Switzerland
Neue Ziricher Zeitung
Geneva
Council of State
Zurich
Wolff News Bureau
Swiss Department of National Economics
Federal Council
Department of National Economics
Kitchener Heckled On Conduct Of War
London June 2 Earl Kitchener faced parliamentary heckling over war conduct. Harold J Tennant read a prepared statement in the House of Commons as about 200 MPs, including the ginger group, pressed for a stronger war effort. The War Office officials and staff were present while Westminster Palace was closed to the public.
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London
Earl Kitchener
War Office
House of Commons
Harold J. Tennant
Westminster Palace
Atrocities in Erzerum as Russians advance
A bulletin from the American Board recounts the fall of Erzerum to Turkish forces and the massacre of about 20 000 Armenians. It notes 200 escaped and 30 saved at the Stapleton home, with Mrs Stapleton defending Armenian girls and tending wounded after Turkish violence.
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American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Board
Boston
Erzerum
Stapleton
American Board
Mr. Stapleton
Erevium
Stapleton House
Staple
Turkey
Kharput
Mardin
Swiss metal workers barred from leaving homeland
Indignation grows among Swiss metal workers after army authorities issue a March 24 order that effectively forbids cross border emigration for better pay. Labor leaders plan protests while employers had pressed for limits to keep skilled workers from leaving to foreign armaments industries. The measure blocks furloughs for metal workers in army service, reserves, or with the colors.
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Switzerland
Federal Council
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