Navy cruise aims to train civilians for wartime service
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank M. D. Roosevelt spoke at the Harvard Club on a plan to enlist 400000 sailors and build a naval reserve to man ships. He cited Lt Gen Leonard Wood and Admiral Helm and described a summer cruise for civilians, with Maine and Kentucky assigned to New York and Plattsburg cited as a model.
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Navy
Frank M. D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Admiral Helm
Leonard Wood
T. Evans
W. B. Tardy
Thomas W. @iecum
Third Naval District
Navy Department
Plattsburg
Helm
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Europe
Tish Isles
Britain
United States Navy
United States
America
Alaska
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Canal
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Revenue Cutter Service
Army Transport Service
Merchant
Maine
Kentucky
New York
Philadelphia
Willard
Wood
Evans and
Tardy
Lawyer Accused of Fraud Over Missing Bonds and Policy
Captain Charles Tilden Westcott of the USMC reports eight US Cuba sugar bonds worth 6000 and an insurance policy worth 4000 sent to attorney William Mayne for mortgage payoff help. Mayne was arrested in New Brighton and released on 5000 bail to face Manhattan DA today amid misappropriation accusations. Westcott says bonds were not recovered and Mayne failed to find a market or return the securities.
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Charles Tilden Westcott
United States Marine Corps
West Virginia
Swann
Ninth Branch Bureau
William Mayne
New Brighton
8. S
Tiernan
Mayne
Manhattan
Westcott
United States-Cuba
California
Portant Agricultural
Madgeburg
Germany
Magdeburg
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Kausfrau
Association of
Germans complain of sugar shortage across beet regions
Reports from Germany indicate a sugar shortage as beet acreage remains low and wartime controls curb consumption. Critics point to government policy and weather as factors, while refiners and traders warn of stock hoarding and looming preserves and meat demand impacts.
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Germany
Imperial Sugar Bureau
von Batocki
Berlin
M Deburg
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germans in Java Complain of Anti German Feeling
A Surabaya merchant reports strong anti German sentiment in the Dutch East Indies in a Hamburg Nachrichten letter. He cites local papers attacking Germans and notes German publications and fundraising totaling nearly 300000 florins for the war effort.
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Dutch East Indies
Surabaya
Java
Hamburger Nachrichten
Thad
Surabayasch Handelsblad
Nieuws van den Dag
Soldiers Keep Mails Busy in War Effort
British Postmaster General praised Tommy Atkins as a voracious reader and letter writer as he reported wartime mail volume. More than 450 million letters and 40 million parcels have reached troops, weighing about 1,500 tons weekly, with 900,000 books and magazines also distributed weekly.
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Tas
New York Times
London
Tommy Atkins
Kent
Parous
Disorders Persist in Northern Mexico Amid Protests
Americans urged to stay on the U.S. side as anti American demonstrations flare in Chihuahua San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon. Carranza forces struggle to hold areas while tensions rise and calls for a border response intensify. Two Villa followers Francisco Alvarez and Juan Sanchez were hanged in Columbus New Mexico after a March raid.
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Washington
Mexico
Chihuahua
San Luis Potosi
Nuevo Leon
State Department
Carranza
Saltillo
Chihuahua City
Monterey
General Pershing
Baker
Funston
Whson
Columbus
N. M
New Mexico
W. C. McDonald
Deserters Captured and Mexican unrest reported
Ben Arnold and Harry Miller, two U S soldiers, were brought to Juarez from Chihuahua City under guard after deserting from the American expeditionary force. A hospital corps member reported nineteen coffins shipped from Namiquipa to Parral, linked to riots. Eleven Villistas surrendered at Madera and were sent to Chihuahua City for trial.
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New York Times
EL Paso
Texas
Ben Arnold
Harry Miller
United States
Juraz
Chihuahua City
Namiquipa
San Antonio
United States Hospital Corps
Boate Ac
Parral
Madera
Juarez
Genero Trevino
Eer
Chihuahua
W. B Ballard
Cinco del Mining Company
Exico
Villa
Battle Near Chihuahua City as Const Roams to Crush Bandits
June 9 dispatches report a 600 band of outlaws camped on the Rio Florido fifty miles south of Parral. General Ignacio Ramos seeks to join with General Jacinto Hernandez to trap the outlaw group led by Calixto Contreras Uribe Beltran and Geronimo Padilla near Torreon De Cana.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Rio Florido
Parral
Ignacio Ramos
Los Nieves
Jacinto Hernandes
Rosario
Calixto Contreras Uribe Beltran
Geronimo Padilla
Nicholas Hernandez
Torreon de Cana
Russians In Want Yet Do Not Ask Aid From Abroad
Thomas Whittemore of 471 Park Avenue, recently returned from Russia, praises provincial Zemstrov unions for war relief. He notes refugees, including Jews and Poles, moved across Russia toward the Volga, with Zemstrosffs feeding centers and lodgments tying the vast humanitarian effort, though exact numbers remain unknown.
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Thomas Whittemore
Park Avenue
Russia
Tatiana Nikolaevna
Committee For War Relief
Russian Relief Commission
Mr Whittemore
Volga
Zemstroffs
Russian War Relief Efforts and Mass Displacement
A wartime account describes immense death rates in Russia, massive refugee flows, and the extensive relief work led by a diverse committee headed by Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna. It notes shelters for children, barracks housing thousands, and government aid for food and medical care. The piece highlights relief through bathing and disinfection, with shipments planned from the United States and preparations for winter.
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Russia
Tatiana Nikolaevna
France
Belgium
Whittemore
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