One Thousand Rookies Leave for Plattsburg Training Camp
Grand Central Station hosts a farewell as about a thousand New Yorkers depart for the Plattsburg civilian training camp. Major General Wood and Major Harrison Hall slated to welcome recruits with 1,850 total campers expected from various cities.
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Grand Central Station
Plattsburg
Peter Murray
Etree
Plattsburge
Plattspurs
Harrison Hall
Ars
Plattsburg Barracks
Lake Champlain
Donardad Wood
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Mitchel
Sev
O Gorman Urges Preparedness After Communion Breakfast
Senator James A. O Gorman addressed sixty members of the Morningside Catholic Club at Kennelly's after a Notre Dame chapel service. He said the United States faced no current danger of war but must prepare for possible attacks until European peace is declared. He emphasized duty to readiness and unity in defense.
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Morningside Catholic Club
Kennelly’s
Broadway
110Th Street
Chapel of Notre Dame
James A. O'Gorman
United States
Liberty E
Notable Voices Rally Defense of Free Government
In defending the nation, Ambrose O’Connell president of the club and Rev Arecibal chaplain spoke alongside the primary speaker about equal privileges and liberties and the responsibilities of every man.
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Ambrose O'Connell
AN. Arecibal
Enroll Boats for Defense as Naval Training Cruise Draws Yachtsmen
A large number of yachtsmen and motor-boat owners have enrolled for a naval training cruise this Summer. Notables include Harold S. Vanderbilt Vincent Astor Thomas W. Slocum George F. Baker Jr Orson Munn Ogden M Reid Harry B Hollings Jr Herman Oelrichs Robert Jacob B H Borden Stewart Davis and Charles H Jackson. They will command their own boats supply their crews. The Navy Department will detail an officer to inspect and classify the vessels. The plan seeks to form a fleet ready for patrols in time of need.
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Harold 8S
Vanderbilt
Vincent Astor
Thomas W. Slocum
George F. Baker, Jr
Orson Munn
Ogden M. Reid
Harry B. Hollings, Jr
Herman Oelrichs
Robert Jacob
B. H. Borden
Stewart Davis
Charles H. Jackson
Princeton Works With City On Municipal Alliance
Princeton University expands its role by joining two statewide efforts to aid municipal governance. The university will host a New Jersey League of Municipalities bureau of information in its library with $1000 annual support. A faculty advisory board will guide experts from Princeton and other colleges to ensure neutral, informed public service.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
League of Municipalities
Trenton
New Jersey League of Municipalities
Department of History and Politics
League
Bureau of Information
Hibben
Englewood Jitneys End Service After New Law
Englewood New Jersey June 4 The jitney law from the recent Legislature session ends Englewood proper’s use of the Englewood Dickman Street ferry. Jitney buses must pay monthly franchise tax on gross receipts and post a $5,000 bond, forcing each bus to pay at least $200. Auto service to the ferry now costs $1.
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Englewood
N. J
Englewood Proper
Englewood-Dickman Street
Hudson River
Cty
Bergen County
U S Plans to Train Militia Aviators in National Guard
War Department seeks 76 000 to fund aviation instruction for National Guard officers and enlisted men at the Signal Corps Aviation School plus 1 000 000 to equip aero units. Secretary of War Newton D Baker informed Aero Club of America of congressionally requested funding and potential probationary recognition for state aero companies upon inspection.
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Newton D. Baker
Aero Club of
Aero Club
Militia Aeronautics
Baker
Alan R. Hawley
National Guard
War Department
The
Congress
United States
United States Signal Corps Aviation School
United States Army
Regular Army
Signal Gorge
Army
Aviation Training and Equipment Plans for National Guard Units
The Aero Club outlines conditions for National Guard aviation units including conformity to regular army standards, aviator capabilities, and training and maintenance provisions. It estimates $100,000 per state to equip an aviation detachment and seeks at least $4,000,000 for forty states, hoping Congress will fund when the appropriation bill reaches debate around June 21.
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National Guard
United States
Befor Congress
Aero Club
Parents See Girl Campers at Emergency Service Corps Camp
Special to The New York Times reports visiting day at a camp near Erskine New Jersey where thirty young women train in military discipline at the bio estate of Edward R Hewitt. Film crews photographed the cadets angering the rookies who promised screening. Captain Candace Hewitt and retired General Breeves oversaw drills and a drum summons. Dorothy Ives cut her finger during axe work as a nurse treated her.
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New York Times
Hewitt
N. J
Emergency Service Corps
Edward R. Hewitt
Erskine
Candace Hewitt
Father Prindle
Ringwood
Mr. Hewitt
Weewappo
BE. Z. Breeves
Gerade
Miss Hewitt
Jecvers
Bella
Dorothy Ives
Dr Farabee Returning With Amazon Collections
A cablegram from Dr William C Farabee of the University of Pennsylvania Museum reports his return from the Amazon expedition. He will bring two years of collections, including first year work in Northern Brazil and British Guiana and discoveries of previously unknown tribes. He plans a full report on these tribes and extends research from Para into the Andes and southward.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Museum
William C. Farabee
Amazon
Para
Brazil
British Guiana
Cariba
Farabee
Amazon Basin
Andes
Husband shoots wife then surrenders in Red Bank
Frank Hodges an insurance adjuster with ties to New York City shot his wife Mrs. Hodges in their Branch Avenue home, then told a neighbor to summon police and surrendered at Borough Hall. The woman was taken to Monmouth Memorial Hospital where doctors say her prognosis is grave. Hodges told authorities he fired to frighten her and had no intent to kill. The couple had been married ten years and Mrs. Hodges, about 35, was previously married to Henry Hagerman of Red Bank.
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New York Times
Red Bank
Nwn
Frank Tl Hodges
New York City
The
Casualty Company of America
Borough Hall
Dorothy
H. W. Young
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Long Branch
Herens
Hodges
Justice of the Peace
Harry
Badeau
Freehonch
Henry Hagerman
Bing
Asbury Parker
Deaf Boy Killed by Train Near Trenton
Louis Bausman a 14 year old deaf student at the State School for the Deaf in Trenton was killed when run over by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near the city while hiking with peers to Bordentown. The group could not hear the whistle and the engineer could not stop in time.
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Trenton
N. J
Louis Bausman
State School For the Deaf
Pedricktown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bausman
Bordentown
Two men shot in Coney Island Italian restaurant brawl
A motor party of five men and three women fought with patrons at 176 West Sixteenth Street Coney Island. Louis Fease and Vincenzo Cazzolla were wounded by gunfire. Fease suffered chest and arm injuries, Cazzolla a chest wound. Fease and Cazzolla were taken to Coney Island Hospital. Police rounded up thirty witnesses.
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Coney Island
Louis Fease
Hester Street
Manhattan
Vincenzo Cargolilla
West Fifteenth Street
Fease
Cuzzolia
Olice
Cuzzolilla
John F. Linden
Join Moresca
Leon Godley
Girl Drowns After Weir Creek Boat Capsizes
Hundreds of Sunday excursionists watched a boat capsize on Weir Creek near Throg's Neck. Tena Despensa, 17, of 27 Monroe Street, drowned. eight others were rescued or found. Two men on shore and two rescuers swam to help. Despensa's body was recovered hours later. others received care at Fordham Hospital. An east river sighting by a Bellevue nurse was ruled as a false alarm.
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Weir Creek
Throg
Tena Despensa
Monroe Street
Julia Ribaldo
Rosaro Pronozanie
Joseph Pronozanie
Harbor B Station
Fordham Morgue
Fordham Hospital
Bellevue Hospital
East River
Harbor A_ Station
Be clever and let who will be good says union college rector
Poughkeepsie June 4 The gradua ting sermon at Vassar by President Charles Alexander Raymond urged women to be clever not perfect saying be good sweet maid and let who will be clever The speech framed social progress as a test of maturity and touched on the European war as a challenge to Christian ethics.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Charles Alexander Raymond
Union College
Vassar
Italians threaten pastor in Denver Italian quarter riot
In Denver on June 4 a mob of about two thousand angry Italian residents trapped Rev Francesco P Salmoenetti at his church for four hours after he quoted that locals lived in squalor like East Siders in New York. Police escorted him to safety as women swore action with clubs and stones while six Italians demanded a retraction.
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East Eidera
New York
Francesco P. Salmoenetti
Francis PF. MetConneil
Methodist Church
Warden Kirchwey doubts Derrick report at Sing Sing
Special to The New York Times from CSBINING New York June 4. Warden Kirchwey expressed surprise at a rumor that Calvin Derrick former Preston School of Industry official had been appointed to a post at Sing Sing He said only a confidential clerk position could be possible and that such appointment would require his knowledge and consent. He emphasized he has heard of no such move and would approve any appointment only with proper consultation.
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New York Times
Csbining
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Kirchwey
Sing Sing
Calvin [Errick
Preston School of Industry For Boys of
California
Derrick
Carter
Confidentia
Actress Violet Fairbrother Sank to Bellevue for Observation
Mrs. Violet Fairbrother, who also used the name Violet Sydney, was taken from St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatry ward after showing signs of mental distress. She claimed past work with the Watch Your Step company and said she is out of work since the revue ended weeks ago.
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Violet Fairbrother
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Bellevue Hospital
Watch Your
West Forty-eighth Street
Violet Sydney
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