Jim the Great Dane Hero of New York Burglary and Fire Save Lives
Jim a Great Dane earned a bronze bestowed for saving Dr. H T Galpin during a break in and a gas fire. Beaten burglars fled leaving a blood trail as Jim died from his injuries. A book and medals honored him while poems and teas celebrated his courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Hila
H. T. Galpin
Fifty-seventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Dr. Galpin
Galpin
New York
Pittsburgh
Penn
Alps
Irving Twombly
W. H. Hall
Warren Hanford
Hart Gress
S. W. Long
F. L. Foenesome
Great Dane
James Speyer
New York Woman's League For Animals
Fifth Avenue
Kate Sanborn
W. 3
Lampton
Robbery on the Second Avenue Elevated Sting
Mrs. Bella Englehart of 118 East Ninety-seventh Street was robbed on the northbound Second Avenue elevated at Forty-second Street Station. A tall man tore a diamond lavalier from her throat as the train pulled out, and he escaped before help arrived.
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Bella Englehart
East Ninety-seventh Street
Second Avenue
Forty-second Street
Chatham Square
Stray Shot Wounds Girl in Brooklyn Hallway Fight
A stray bullet in Brooklyn wounded 6-year-old Angelina Stele as two Porto Rican sailors fought over a revolver at 53 Degraw Street. The girl was taken to Long Island College Hospital. Sailors Josse Araban and Victor Mattuson were arrested at Amity Street station. one charged with felonious assault, the other held as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Angelina Stele
Degraw Street
Long Island College Hospital
Amity Street
Josse Araban
Deang Street
Victor Mattuson
Aberdeen shell explosion saves fifty workers
Special to The New York Mmea Aberdeen Maryland June 10 A military police officer saved fifty civilian workers from a deadly blast at the Government proving grounds where 1500 tons of German high explosive shells grenades and bombs had exploded previously Fleeing flames forced swift action as the officer warned workers and guided them to safety over a field littered with munitions and detonators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mmea
Aberdeen
Allleg
Paul Hevere
Disease grips southern Europe amid tuberculosis surge
Reports from Telia National Association indicate a high tuberculosis rate across southern Europe. Officials blame worsening malnutrition and food scarcity for the rapid spread among civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Doctors urge immediate aid as TB rises in war-torn Europe
Lieut. Col. Homer Folks warned at the National Tuberculosis Association that food shortages and war conditions have spiked tuberculosis across Europe. He cited Italy Greece Serbia and Belgrade with rates far higher than in the United States and urged American doctors nurses and social workers to deploy to combat the spread.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Europe
Homer Folks
New York
National Tuberculosis Association
Folks
Berbin
Austria
Felks
Belgrade
Serbia
Balkans
The
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons
American Climatological and Clinical Arsociation
Association of American Physicians
American Association of Genite Urinary Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Association
American Pediatric Society
American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists
American Opthalmologists’ Society
Americantological Society
American Neurological Association
American Gynecological Association
American Dermatological Association
American Society of Tropical Medicine
American Laryngological Association
American Surgical Association
Simon Flexner
New York City
Congress
United Synagogue Holds Seventh Convention in New York
The seventh annual convention of the United Synagogue of America and the second of its Women’s League opened at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. About 300 delegates from 110 congregations and 60 sisterhoods attended as Rabbi Solomon Goldman and Dr. Elias L. Solomon addressed war, League of Nations support, and aid to Jews in Eastern Europe. The session discussed war service, fundraising, and youth programs, with a reception at the Jewish Centre afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Synagogue of America
Women's League
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
West 123d Street
Solomon Goldman
Cleveland
Elias L. Solomon
United Synagogue
Wilson
Versailles
League of Nations
Poland
Solomon
United Syracuse
Red Cross
Europe
Palestine
Weat
117Th Street
Students of Columbia
Students Army
Corps of Columbia
Louis Tiinzberg
The
Seminaee
Rabbi Samu
Cohen Mra
Samuel
Hoymar
Charlies I. Hoffman
Dels
Jewteh Centre
West
Eighty-sixth Street
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Benglars
Dogs
Animal
Wan
Sajors
Col. Folks
Telia National Association
New York Times
Rabbi Goldman
Conservative Judaism
Galicia
Rumania
United States
Peace Conference
Solomon Schechter
Professor Schechter
Jewish Theological Seminary
C. A. Snyder
National Cash Register Company
Broadway
A. F. Haenlein
Yonkers
Sip
Fairbanks Company O.K
Fairbanks
Fairbanks Company Ok
Fairbanks Company
U.K
Ford
Service Station Equipment Company of
Chicago
Broome Street
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