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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
6
Readable parts note men’s gloves socks underwear neckwear and toe items in a store advertisement. Ignites interest with a range of apparel and accessories for men, implying price or sale emphasis.
The Naval Sub-Committee approved a five year program totaling 153 ships including ten battleships, six battle cruisers, ten scout cruisers, fifty torpedo boat destroyers, and fifty eight submarines. For the coming year three battleships four battle cruisers and ten torpedo boat destroyers are authorized with fifty four ships in total. The plan emphasizes heavy ships and aligns with Senator Tillman and party leaders while noting contrasts with the General Board and Navy Department recommendations.
The Fortifications Appropriation bill carries 34 300 000 for defenses and artillery. It was approved by the House by a wide margin, 185 to 9, with total funding about 17 million more than last year. An amendment aimed at ending watch systems and blocking labor bonuses in arsenals passed 197 to 115 amid labor opposition.
Hunter College honors 165 Bachelor of Arts, 38 Kindergarten diplomas as 908 graduates are announced. Exercises at Park Avenue and Sixty-eighth Street feature Dr. Davis invoking tradition in education, with prize awards to 16 honor students and a program of music by the Hunter College Orchestra.
The document lists multiple prizes in mathematics and music with winners and honorable mentions, plus Bachelor of Arts degrees conferred. Notable names include Adelbert Meta Steeneck, Sarah Berenson, Elisabeth E. Mary Kari, Beatrice Rosenthal, Phyllis Perry, Marian Fidelis Moran, Florence Goldstein, and many graduates such as Rosetta Chess and Florence Cohen.
Hundreds of babies marched past 120000 spectators on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City as a pageant of peace and goodwill. The procession featured 450 Boy Scouts, dress uniforms, and performers including Miss America, Uncle Sam, and Liberty with roles like Red Cross nurses, brides and grooms, and animals. Admiral George Dewey reviewed the turnout as about 1100 babies ages nine months to five years participated.
London dispatch reports no foundation for renewed Irish rebellion rumors as Belfast hosts a nationalist conference amid Cabinet divisions Over Catholic bishops opposition and Ulster mood the aim is to advance Lloyd George Home Rule proposals with possible temporary Ulster six-county exclusion.
London June 22 reports that Sir Roger Casement detained on high treason charges in connection with the Dublin insurrection would not surrender to mercy. Michael Fyfe, his Philadelphia attorney, said the case would be fought on other lines and declined to reveal defense specifics.
The article notes an English solicitor visiting a client in prison with advisory role akin to US counsel. It also reports Premier Asquith accepting Baron Wimborne's resignation as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland following the Irish rebellion. The remarks mark notable cross country legal practice and political changes in London.
Duke Durazzo and his wife Elizabeth Hanan are named in a Supreme Court suit for 10000 damages against the Norman L. Monro estate after Durazzo fell down an elevator shaft at 36 West Fifty-ninth Street on November 18, 1914. He testified about his background and financial history, and the hearing is to continue Monday.
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