Wilson Approves War Labor Agency Plan
President Wilson endorses a centralized War Labor Policies Board plan creating the United States Employment Service to recruit workers for war needs. The plan, to take effect August 1, 1918, urges employers to source unskilled labor only through the central agency and outlines coordination with government departments to prevent labor misallocation.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
William B. Wilson
Department of Labor
War Labor Policies Board
United States Employment Service
California
Buffalo
Newark
Mississippi
United States Ployment Service
Wartober Policies Board
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Ian
United States
Yale Alumni Gather for Class Ivy Planting
Yale University held a simple commencement with ivy planting by the seniors. Alumni met at class headquarters for luncheon and board business while class day exercises were skipped. Tomorrow Alumni Day will feature graduate gatherings and a patriotic meeting replacing the Harvard Yale baseball game.
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New Haven
Yale University
College and Scientific School
Konovalov Arrives to Press for Allied Action in Russia
M. Konovalov, Russian Minister of Trade and Industries under the Kerensky government, arrived in New York and heads to Washington to meet State Department officials. He favors allied intervention to restore order and democracy in Russia and to revive its role against Germany.
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A. I. Konovalov
Kerensky
Russia
New York
Mr. Konovalov
Washington
State Department
United States
Siberia
Japan
Boris Iakhhmetieff
M. Konovalot
Germany
M. Konovalov
Moscow
Konovalov
Monovalov
New
Soctie
Berlin
Brest-Litovsk
Rusexport
Rin
Mist
Brest- Litovsk
M. Lomov
Count von Mirbach
Turks occupy Tabriz amid Caucasus war advances
Turkish troops have seized Tabriz, a major Persian city near Tehran, as part of their Caucasus campaign. Reports note gains along Urumiah shore and suggest routes to Baku and across the Caspian, with allied movements and regional shifts described. A separate item mentions Louis Weisendanger, brother of a former Westchester Sheriff, fined for misusing public funds after pleading guilty.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Turkey
Transcaucasian
Baku
Caspian Sea
Dieredt
Caspian
Turkestan
Alexandropol
Tiflis
Georgia
Turka
Tabas
Persia
Uramiah
Azerbaijan
Caucasus
Teheran
White Plains
Louis Weisendanger
Westchester County
Young
Weisendanger
Department of Public Works
Yonkers
Germany Plans to Abrogate Economic Clauses of Treaty
Moscow reports that discussions open as the Russian economic delegation departs for talks on revising treaty terms. The Associated Press notes the new menace to Russia involves Germany seeking erasure of economic guarantees.
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Germany
Moscow
Associated Press
Mercantile Cruiser Patia Torpedoed and Sunk
The British armed mercantile cruiser Patia of 6 108 tons was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on June 18. One officer and fifteen men are presumed drowned according to the Admiralty announcement.
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London
Admiralty
Men Return to Work on All Subways
Subways labor resumed after a weekend meeting with the General Contractors' Association. Secretary Daly of the Allied Union reported fewer than 300 absentees and many who had taken other jobs returned to their old posts. The Public Service Commission plans to support contractor relief and appeals to allied unions for more workers to finish the project.
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General Contractors’ Association
Daly
Allied Union
Public Service Commission
Police appoint Hamilton to head Missing Persons Bureau
Police Commissioner Enright announced yesterday the appointment of Police Sergeant Richard Hamilton to head the Bureau of Missing Persons and Unidentified Dead. The bureau has been led by Sergeant John Diefenthaler since Acting Captain Grant Williams retired last week. Hamilton serves as secretary of the Sergeants' Benevolent Association and sits on the Police Executive Board.
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Missing Persons Bureau
Enright
Richard Hamilton
Bureau of
Grant Williams
John Diefenthaler
Sereant Hamilton
Police Sergeants’ Benevolent Association
Police Executive Board
Tufts and Several Colleges Award Honorary Degrees
Tufts College in Medford awarded degrees to 300 graduates with many absent for war duty. Three honorary degrees went to Major Ralph D. Mershon, Rev. J F Newton, and Ephraim P. D. Adams. In Middletown Wesleyan conferred five honorary degrees as World War I servicemen filled seats. Trinity College in Hartford granted degrees to eighteen, with five in war service, plus several honorary degrees. Williams College in Williamstown conferred four honorary degrees amid many war students, dedicating a service flag with 1,062 stars for Williams students serving in the military.
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Medford
Mass
Tufts College
Ralph D. Mershon
Nava Construction Board
Ohio State University
J . F. Newton
City Temple
London
Ephraim PD. Adams
Stanford University
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
William R. Riddell
Supreme Court
Ontario
Canada
Frank North
New York
Federal Council of Churches In America
Albert G. Kynett
Padelphias
William L. Beach
First Methodist Church
Robert E. Jones
New Orleans
Hartford
Trinity College
Russell Jordan Coles
Danville
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
George Shiras 3d
Washington
George Wharton Pepper
Williamstown
Williams College
Phili Marshall Brown
Princeton Graduate College
William A Pew
Massachusetts National Guard
Williams
New England Colleges
George L. Richardson
Philadelphia
Raymond Dodge
Named Aviation Commanders
Paris reports Captain David Mc Kay Peterson of Honesdale Pennsylvania and Captain Kenneth Marr of San Francisco have been appointed to the rank of commander of a squadron of American flying machines.
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Paris
David McKay Peterson
Honesdale
Penn
Kenneth Marr
San Francisco
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YALE
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Tabriz
Urumiah
Toy
R.v
Er Ett
Refland
New York City
Granville Hudson Sherwood
Springfield
Lll
Paul Matthews
Trenton
N. J
William Butler Davis
Nathaniel H. Batchelder
Windsor
Meigs Haywood Whaples
Beal
Nature
Diva
Mellor & Allen
Jack
Sion
America
United Shirt & Collar CO
TROY
Broadway
Columbia Graphophone Co
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