This Week's Contents Spirit of Warfare and War Art
Rotogravure feature highlights war themed paintings and posters including The Pursuit of Fortune and The Spirit of France. It showcases five New Recruiting Posters and American Arms on the Mexican Border with 4.7 inch guns and rapid fire weapons. Also featured are The Italian Austrian Battles, The Listening Patrol, Big Guns at Work, German War Pictures, and a Poland Travelogue with sixteen illustrations of Warsaw and Krakow.
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Great Britain
United States
France
de Janowski
Ostend
Cameroons
Newark Pupil Winners in Times Essay Prizes
The New York Times conducted Newark essay contests with six silver medals and six certificates awarded at St James's and St Bridget's parochial schools. George McAneny praised the entrants while noting strong essays on city history and government.
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Newark
NEW York Times
St. James's
Madison Street
St. Bridget’s
Plane Street
Secon
St. James's School
St. James‘’s
George McAneny
Mgr. Cody
McAneny
St. School
George Kiernan
James Garrigan
Edward IL. O'Neill
William Griffin
James Milvihill
August J Krozser
Vincent DE Pau Torppey
Edwin L. Smith
Joseph H. Meehan
John H. Golden
William Cain
John Keough
Mr. McAneny
St. Bridget's School
Helen Monahan
Irene Gilman
Helen Treacy
Rose A. Dowley
Mer. Cody
James
Owners Offer Cars for Government Use in Army Transport Plan
The Motor Truck Club of America launched a program to mobilize private trucks and chauffeurs for government service. Owners will catalog vehicles, set valuations, and keep inspection, with trucks organized into convoys and auxiliary vehicles added. The plan envisions rapid government use or commandeering if needed, with compensation reflecting depreciation.
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Motor Truck Club of America
Army Transport Reserve Corps
Automobile Club of America
Army Motor Transport Reserve Corp
American Legion
Roderick Stephens
The
Army
General Staff Committee On Motor Transportation
R. N. Dickinson
J. D Ballinger
Department of the Ast
Alfred Reeves
National Automobile Board of Trade
George H. Pride
Ellis L. Howland
Ballinger
Mr. Pride
Joint Distribution Committee Allocates Relief Funds
A meeting of the Joint Distribution Committee of Funds for Jewish War Sufferers approved 250000 dollars for immediate aid to Jews displaced by troop movements. The panel urged distribution through American agencies and planned to send a commission of American citizens abroad to arrange relief distribution.
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Joint Distribution Committee of
American Jewish Relief Committee
Central Relief Committee
People’s Relief Committee
Felix M. Warburg
William Street
Unity of Jews in Congress urged at Carnegie Hall
Prominent Jewish leaders including Nathan Straus and Rabbi Wise urged unity for a Jewish Congress in Philadelphia to demand equal rights for Jews worldwide. War secretary Baker sent a sympathetic message while the American Jewish Committee weighed opposition, citing wartime sensitivity.
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Nathan Straus
Rabbit Stephen 8. Wise
New York City
United States
Jewish Congress Movement
Carnegie Hall
Congress of
Philadelphia
American Jewish Committee
Louis Marshall
Europe
Newton D. Baker
Congress Movement
Mr. Straus
Sinout
Wise
Israel
Hugo Pam
Chicago
Joseph Barondess
Maximilian Heller
New Orleans
Harry Friedenwald
Baltimore
Keshullah
Marshall Expected to Contest Arrest
The House voted District Attorney H. Snowden Marshall guilty of contempt. An Assistant Sergeant at Arms will travel to New York with the warrant for his arrest. A long legal fight is anticipated, potentially a writ of habeas corpus, with Kenneth Romney chosen to serve the warrant.
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United States
H. Snowden Marshall
House
Washington
New York
Marshall
Wen St
Federal
George Carr Jenry
W. Salomon & Co
25 Broad Street
Puro Committee
United States Supreme Court
Henry
House of Representatives
Clark
Kenneth Romney
Montana
Five Die As Explosives Plant Fire Rages
A blast at the Canadian Explosives plant in Parry Sound Ontario killed at least five workers and seriously injured twenty. About seventy men were present. most escaped while others perished or were burned. Doctors and firefighters battled flames as ruins smoldered and search efforts continued.
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Parry Sound
Ont
Canadian Explosives, Ltd
Welch's Fountain Drink Promises Refreshment and Vitality
An advertising piece extols Welch's juice at a soda fountain inviting hot shoppers and workers to refreshment. It promotes Welch's pure Concord grape juice in each bottle and urges parents to let children try it. The ad invites readers to obtain Welch's at grocers and request a free booklet.
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Welch
Belief Gregory Will Buy The Supreme Court Seat
Washington officials weigh the possibility that Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory of Texas could replace Charles E. Hughes on the Supreme Court. No official announcement has been made, and Gregory declined comment. If confirmed Gregory, John W. Davis may become Attorney General, while North Carolina urged W. R. Allen for Hughes’s successor.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Thomas W. Gregory
Texas
Charles Bk. Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Gregory
Department of Justice
Supreme Bench
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Davis
North Carolina
White House
W.R. Allen
Supreme Court of
Hughes
Supreme Court
Appointment of AG Causes Supreme Bench Strain
McLennolds appointed to the Supreme Bench from Attorney General blocks from sitting in several cases. Justice Day detained at his Ohio business. One or more justices barred from trials of important cases. Bench may be temporarily weakened by Gregory’s appointment.
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Mcleynolds
Supreme Bench
Justice Day
Ohto
Gregory
Kansas Moose for Hughes in Progressive party
Topeka, June 2 A conference between William Allen White and U S Martin led to the withdrawal of Kansas Progressive presidential electors from nomination records. White predicts most Progressives, except possibly Victor Murdock, will support Hughes in November as electors shift back to the Republican banner.
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New York Times
Topeka
Kan
William Allen White
U. S. Martin
Progressive Party
Moose
Secretary of Statea
Kansas
Victor Murdock
White
Huces
Chicago
Hughes
Woman Has Six Sons in Uniform
Baltimore June 21 report states Mrs Mary Wolfe has six living sons in uniform. Two serve with the Twelfth Cavalry in Mexico as of now, one with the Twelfth Artillery in Vermont, and three are in the Fourth Regiment Maryland National Guard.
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Paltimore
Mary Wolfe
United States
Twelfth Cavalry
Mexico
Twelfth Artillery
Vermont
Maryland National Guard
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Poland
U. S
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Champagne
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Cracow
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Bridget’s Schools
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Commission
Congress
American Committee
Rabbi Wise
Hooven
Barclay
Hooven, Owens, Rentschler CO
Woolworth
Welch's
Welch Fountain
Rm Walch Grane Tube Company
Westhield, NY
J. W. Davis
Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich CO
Akron
Broadway
Ford
Wm. A. White & Sons
Cedar Street
John
All Riker Drug Co
Es Gett Drug Co
United Cigar
All Schulte Cigar
Manches
Times Square
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