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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1917
Page
8
Princeton University awarded 238 graduates during a wartime commencement honoring allied envoys. Ambassador Jusserand of France and Secretary Lansing addressed the audience, stressing unity with the democracies and the ongoing fight for freedom.
Evangelist Billy Sunday nears exhaustion as he prepares a final Broadway Tabernacle sermon in a ten week revival. He vows to use collections to benefit the Y M C A while recalling his start and urging war on anarchists with passionate, theatrical imagery.
Cosmos articles from Pus New Yeon Tits discuss practical bases for ending the great war and are being compiled into a multilingual book titled The Basis of Our Peace. The works outline possible paths to armistice and postwar stability.
Reported break in at the home of Herbert Woods, brother of Police Commissioner Arthur Woods. Thieves entered the residence while the family was away, removing jewelry and silverware and leaving other valuables secure before the country trip. Herbert Woods notified police.
Demand for medical training rose as war service interrupted studies. New California course administrations considered pausing full-time education with continuation options in 1918. Students and faculty debated timing and feasibility while wartime needs pressured program adaptations.
A House resolution by Representative William F Borland proposes designating the army raised under the Selective Draft bill as the National Army of the United States. The measure argues the term would reflect a unified force combining volunteers and draftees and would be distinct from earlier forces.
Sacket Harbor N Y June 16 Contrary to belief no discharges were issued after Madison Barracks reorganization. Notices were posted and about 200 engineer and coast artillery student officers left for Washington and Fort Monroe. Some 700 officers may be transferred or commissioned elsewhere while remaining students provide infantry command as companies are realigned and four new battalions formed under Captain A. Jackson.
The Amesia Commission for Relief in Belgium announced that since June ships carrying a large amount of food have departed for Belgium from Rotterdam. The effort aims to feed Belgians amid wartime shortages and will continue as ships reach their destinations.
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