Aircraft production delays alleged by Curtiss officials
Senator Chamberlain forwarded information gathered by The Providence Journal to Attorney General Gregory for use in the Hughes aircraft investigation. The notes claim many changes and job postings of men with German names at the Curtiss Huffalo plant, and alleged Curtiss failure to share plans for De Haviland and other aircraft types with rivals. A Journal reporter is set to testify before the military sub committee investigating the aircraft situation.
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Washington
Providence
R. 1) Journal
Chamberlain
Oregon
Military Committee
Gregory
Charles B. Hughes
Curtina
Huffalo
Curtiss
de Haviland
Newsrpaper
British ship sighted U‑boat off Jersey during Atlantic run
Passengers on a Brazilian liner said they heard firing near dawn yesterday after a British steamship reported sighting a submarine about 250 miles off Jersey. Officers aboard described a brief encounter, with distant gunfire and rumors of U‑boats in the Atlantic as ships retreated toward Bermuda for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antic
Jersey
Sau
Rts
Atlantic
South America
Navy Department
Bermuda
Roth
Chile
Ireland
Rie Isles
Norway
Orea
Navals
Vice President Praises U-Boat Attacks as War Boost
In Philadelphia Vice President Thomas Marshall says submarine raids hardened American resolve. He argues the Kaiser misjudged American mothers and urges forming an American army in Russia and Serbia to press the war through a back door into Italy and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Atlantic Seaboard
Thomas Marshall
United States
America
Keiser
Russia
Serbia
Geryya
Italy
Swedish Ship New Sweden Torpedoed At Sea
Twelve crew members of the Swedish steamship New Sweden arrived at an Atlantic port aboard a French steamer. The New Sweden, 5819 gross tons, was torpedoed in May in the Mediterranean while traveling from Gothenburg to Vera Cruz and New York. Built in 1913 for the Swedish American line, the vessel carried freight and passengers and was constructed by Barie Shipbuilding Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
New Sweden
Gothenburg
Vera Cruz
West
New York
Barie Shipbuilding Company of
Huil
Austria Threatens Pitiless Suppression Across Empire
Vienna warns it will crush any political offensive in Austria with full force. A Rome congress of oppressed nationalities inspired the move as Slavic agitation prompts Vienna to act. Swiss dispatch notes widespread placards and German press fears a looming push by non German elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Austria
Vienna
Congress of Oppressed Nationalities
Rome
Washington
Austria-Hungary
Switzerland
Slava
Burian Affirms Peace by Understanding Policy
Vienna reports Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister Baron Burian in Az Est interview defends peace by understanding and denies conquest. He cites four peace treaties and says Romanian frontier actions require defense, while denying fresh Quadruple Alliance offers as En tente views London speech criticisms persist.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
Baron Burian
Romania
Carpathian
Lloyd George
London
Great Republican Women Unite In New Headquarters
A meeting welcomed the Woman's Republican Club to its temporary HQ in the men's Republican Club at 4 West Fortieth Street. J Van Vechten Olcott praised bipartisan club cooperation as essential for strong national governance. Mrs James G Wentz urged electing women to district leadership to ensure Republican representation in Congress. Speakers included Mrs John Francis Yanger and Miss Elean Boswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Republican Club
Republican Club
West Fortieth Street
J. van Vechten Olco‘t
Republican Party
United States
James G. Wentz
Congress
John Francis Yanger
Woman's Division
Regubitons
State Committee
Missa Elen Boswell
Woman's Republican County Committee
Two U Boats Sunk by British Ships
Report states two German submarines were sunk by British ships after being dispatched to inspect airplane plants on this side. The liner attacked off the English coast in July 1915 under the same captain, but escaped due to skilled maneuvering and the crew’s actions.
Mine Picked Up Off Virginia Coast During German Raid
An incoming steamship reports finding a floating mine about four miles off Ship Shoal Island near Cape Charles Light. The event ties to German submarine raids last week. Officials sweep the coast for mines and limit shipping at night with escorts near Lewes.
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Cape May
N. J
Ship Shoal Island
Cape Charles Light
Delaware Capes
Lewes
Del
Government Harbor
Arrest of German Alien in Atlantic City Case
Federal agents arrested 51 year old Harry Strassburg an alien enemy in Atlantic City last night. He allegedly flashed signals from his window by using a jet device with a curtain and was taken to Philadelphia for further questioning. Strassburg had been employed as a bartender for Louis Hyman the rooming house proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Harry Strassburg
Strassburg
Inlet Pavilion
Philadelphia
Louis Hyman
No confirmed U boat activity near U S shores June 11
Navy reports no evidence of continued German submarine activity along the American coast as of June 11. No confirmations of sightings or attacks since June 8 and officials doubt a mother ship presence, while theories of a supply vessel in a triangle near the Saragossa Sea are dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Navy Department
Pinar del Rio
Maryland
Department
Franklin Dl. Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
North Carolina
Jersey
Saragosa Sea
Panama
Europe
America
Africa
Brasil
Saragossa Sea
Karlsruhe
le Matin
United States
Immigrant Shuns Citizenship Effort After Three Decades
The Pavilion notes a man who has lived in the country for thirty years but has not sought citizenship despite living here for five years under a local program.
Hint of Another Ship Sunk Off Maryland Coast
The Salisbury dispatch reports Coast Guard units from Ocean City were sent to sea at 4 25 PM from Jewes Delaware wireless station. Firing heard offshore 15 to 25 miles suggests U boat activity. stations aided by heading to sea to assist possible survivors from sunken vessels off the Maryland coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Salisbury
Ocean City Coast Guard
Jewes
Del
Ocean City
Coast Guard
Maryland
Roosevelt Ill but Speaks in Indianapolis at War Pledge Rally
Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the Fair Ground Coliseum despite illness and fatigue to kick off Marion County's $5,000,000 war savings pledge drive. He urged unity, pressed for war effort, opposed German influence in schools and papers, and promoted universal military training. He noted his health improving and planned a morning departure for Bloomington to address Indiana University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Theodore Roosevelt
Fair Ground Coliseum
Marion County
Roosevelt
Bloomington
Indiana University
War Fund for Italians Supports Relief Efforts
The New York Committee of the Italian War Relief Fund of America announced two events to aid Italians in World War I. Francis B. Sayre will speak on June 20 at the Peering Societies Building about his front-line experiences, with photographs. A garden fete hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George D. Pratt will be held June 22 at Killenworth, Glen Cove, L.I., featuring readings by Carlo Liten and the Iasadora Duncan Dancers, with reserved seats and boxes available.
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New York
Italian War Relief Fund of America
Francis B. Sayre
Wilson
Bn Peering Societies
West Erty-ninth Street
Geor. D. Pratt
Isadora Duncan
Pratt
Glen Cove
Fund
Madison Avenue
Aker
Italy
United States
Edmonds Bills Aims At Postwar Reconstruction Commission
A House bill introduced by Representative G W Edmonds seeks creation of a reconstruction commission with a $500000 appropriation to study postwar challenges. The measure mirrors Britain s Ministry Reconstruction which has formed eighty seven commissions in various groups across trade finance supply demobilization labor housing education and more.
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Washington
House
G. W. Edmonds
Great Britain
Reconstruction
Edmonds
Alma
Cobb Insists Night Traffic Should Stop In New York
John C Cobb, appointed by New York Railways directors, urges ceasing 10 pm to 6 am operations citywide. He cites government discord on fares, urges day service shift to save coal, boost workers, and argues theatres could adjust to earlier hours under war conditions. He notes contracts and revenue constraints and suggests limited bus service for food supply workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Cobb
New York Railways Company
Mr. Cobb
Boston
Cobb
Public Service Commission
Great White Way
New York
Protests Hearst Papers in Stamford War Clash
Stamford residents at the First Methodist Episcopal Church class meeting adopted resolutions urging President Wilson to remove The New York American and The New York Evening Journal from the city. They accuse Hearst papers of hindering the war effort and aiding the enemy, calling them unpatriotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Wilson
New York American
New York Evening Journal
First Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Journal
William Randolph Hearnt
Germany
America
United States
Columbia Ambulance Unit Cited for Croix de Guerre Bravery
News from the 575th Columbia Ambulance Unit reports their corps citation after being surrounded in No Man's Land and saved by a French counterattack on April 24. Ten members received the Croix de Guerre for bravery while tending wounded under shellfire. a letter from George H. Schumann describes heavy losses, gas exposure, and near-misses as they worked amid frequent German attacks and shelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
575Th Columbia Ambulance
No Man's Land
Army Corps
George H. Schumann
West Eighty-eighth Street
C. W. Schumann
Red Cross
Kameraod
Indictments target Hindus and Americans in early 20th century case
Federal grand jury returns indictments charging three Hindus three Americans and one Russian with attempting to defraud President Wilson by posing as an accredited mission from the Nationalist Party of India. Defendants include Professor Nath Ghose Tarak Nath Das Ku lin S Hose and Miss Agnes Smedley of New York with other named individuals involved in related India revolutionary plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wilson
Nationalist Party of India
Grand Jude
8 Nath Ghose
Tarak Nath Das
Kulin
Hose
William A. Wotherspoon
Agnes Smedley
New York
Bluma Zalnik
Ghose
Das
India
Seize Big German Plant At Koppel By U S Agents
Government agents led by U S Marshal Joseph Howley seized the large Orenstein Arthur Koppel Company plant at Koppel Beaver County. Warrants were issued for eleven executive officers on grounds of enemy alien status. most are jailed in Allegheny County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Joseph Howley
Orenstein-Arthur- Koppel Company
Koppel
Beaver County
Allegheny County
Play School Aims to Aid Soldiers Children at West Side
Mrs August Belmont of the Educational Dramatic League opens a summer play school for children of soldiers. Four hundred enrollments target with priority for undernourished cases. The program runs July 8 to August 31 at the West Side Y W C A with 10 paid staff and many volunteers.
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August Belmont
Educational Dramatic League
West Side
Elen Ord
Educational
Alheague
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Providence Journal
Chetan
King
Supma
Atta
Mediterranean
Burian
C. F. Church Mfg. CO
Holyoke
Mass
WAR Fund For
Hearst Papers
Bi. Altman & On
B. Altman & Co
Gieve” Life-saving
Nien’s Wear Department
Fifth Avene
Columbia
The
Orenstein-Arthur- Koppel Co
Wi! Open Play School
Ordway
New York Broadway
57Th St
Broadway
S0th St
Nicholas AriGiet
4Th St
Srd Ave
Brooklyn
Fifth Ave
Co Wetita
7Th Ave
Seth Shen
Newark
Newark Avenue
50Th & Broadway
Regal
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