Tank origins told by Gen Swinton at Astor Theatre
Major General E D Swinton, called the father of tanks, described the first armored tanks built in secrecy. He credited American tractor invention with enabling the design and noted deceptive measures to conceal the project from workers and the public. The tale recounts secrecy around tank development and a Zeppelin sighting before deployment.
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E. D. Swinton
United States Tank Corps
Astor Theatre
Swinton
Egypt
Russia
Petrograd
Eutside
France
Zepp
Ac— Y
Patriot mass meeting extols Negro soldiers at Salem church
A patriotic gathering at Salem Methods Episcopal Church on West 153d Street lauded Black soldiers in World War I. Ensign Charles A. Blackwood and Richard Cronin spoke of U‑boats and convoy safety, while Earl Day urged unity and anti prejudice among workers and volunteers. Isabell Blackwood noted Red Cross roles. Cronin praised Black soldiers as devoted fighters with high Allied standing.
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Salem
Episcopal Church
West 153d
Charles A. Blackwood
Richard Cronin
S Committee On
Miss Isabell
American Red Cross
Cronin
Comforts Drive Seeks Wool for Knitted War Articles
Navy League Comforts Committee at 405 Madison Avenue starts a drive to raise funds for wool to produce 18 000 knitted items including jackets mufflers wristlets helmets and socks for an aviation camp commander. 25 000 worth of wool has been distributed but stocks are exhausted and more is needed to keep workers busy through summer. Donations or offers of assistance should be sent to Mrs Herbert L Satterlee at headquarters with notable supporters listed.
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Comforts Committee
Navy League
Madison Avenue
Herbert L. Satterlee
Satterlee
Cora P. N
Caroline L. Morgan
Ay Burrough
Benjamin Bwrence
Arthur Curtiss James
William H. Hamilton
Will Guggenheim
Louis N
Will Care For Americans Aid to Wounded in France
Cable messages from the American Fund for French Wounded report immediate attention for American wounded in France. The New York headquarters at 73 Park Avenue says the fund, now aiding French hospitals, will respond to cables from the United States and is open to visits by family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Fund
France
New York
Park Avenue
Benjamin Co. Lathrop
S. Fou
United States
Oneida Assemblyman Enlists for Marine Corps
UTICA June 23 Henry PD Williams Assemblyman from the First Oneida District has enlisted in the United States Marines and will depart soon for Paris Island South Carolina for active duty.
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Oneida
Utica
N. Y
Henry PD Williams
United States Marines
Acti
Paris Island
8. C
56 Casualties Reported by General Pershing Include 43 Dead and 13 Wounded Severely
The War Department released a list of 56 American army casualties abroad and a casualty total up to date of 8,634. The report details 23 killed in action 16 died of wounds 1 aircraft accident death 1 other accident death 13 severely wounded and 2 died of disease, naming next of kin and addresses for many identified service members.
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Pershing
Washington
War Department
James H. Hughes
Don R. Cope
Thomas Arthur Goodwin
Seehvesess
Wigsend Ek
Oh Saidind Eee
Munhian
Steph Oa kuWreeeyen
Five Marine Casualties Named in France Frontline Fighting
Special to The New York Times reports five Marine Corps casualties from fighting on the western front in France. The list shows three killed in action and three severely wounded with next of kin and emergency addresses. Names include Oscar A Vollrath and Gilbert W Young among the KIA, and Lawrence W Esckilsen, Hershel Carver, and Charles F Pretty Man among the wounded.
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New York Times
Washington
Marine Corps
France
Vollrath
Oscar A
John Weilrath
Quincy
Soldiers cared for as new clubs aid leaves in war effort
The city organized to shelter and feed soldiers on forty eight hour leaves. The Temple Beth El basement became a soldiers club with 178 beds, then expanded to 183. Red Cross workers provided meals and cleaning, with plans for a library and music room. War Camp Community Service and YMCA units increased capacity and opened annexes including Hostess House and Margaret Louisa Home. Several casualty notices followed, naming Corporal Edward F. McCutcheon of Brooklyn, Carl R. Bohncke of Queens, and others with ages and enlistment details.
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Soldiers’ Club
Temple Beth-El
Seventy-sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Women of the Ages Red Cross
Travelers’ Aid Society
Lexington Avenue
Hostess House
Vest Fifty-first Street
W.C. A
Henry P. Davison
The
Red Cross
Margaret Louisa
East Sixteenth Street
Edward F. McCutcheon
Congress Street
Brooklyn
Company A
France
Carl R. Bohncke
Fourth Street
Woodside
Queens
Max Bohncke
Sohneke
28Th Infantry
Frederick M. Griswold
St. Ann's Avenue
Bronx
77Th Engineers
165Th Infantry
Griswold
Young Griswold
Pennant Club
Herbert V. Price
Jack Price
6Th Infantry
Harry S. Lax
Walton Street
War Department
East 110Sth Street
Manhattan
Lax
Shell Kills Clergyman in France war report
The Rev Walton S Danker of Worcester Massachusetts Chaplain of the 04th Infantry died Tuesday from a shell wound and was buried near the spot he fell. He was the first American Chaplain to die on the American front and received a gallantry citation about a month earlier for fighting at Apremonta. His brother Rev Frederick H Danker was with him when he died.
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France
Associated Pressa
Walton
Danker
Worcester
Mass
04Th Infantry
Apremontha
Frederick H. Danker
St. John's Church
Little Falls
N. Y
Trinity College
General Theological Seminary
Bayonne
Milford
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Mines Menace Dutch Coast After Severe Storm
Special cable from the Hague reports that 50 or more mines washed ashore along the Scheveningen coast in the last two days. Authorities deem the coast unsafe with dunes and sea-front streets patrolled and access restricted.
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New York Times
the Hague
Scheveningen
Navy discourages middlemen bids for direct navy contracts
Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan announces Navy policy to cut intermediaries and have manufacturers bid directly. He notes over 14,000 bidders on the list, supplying more than 60,000 items, as the Navy expands during wartime. Direct bidding is encouraged and brokers are reduced.
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New York Times
Washington
Samuel McGowan
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of the Navy
Navy
Admiral McGowan
Navy Department
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Uus
Minhulbelurels Uh Ueaiera Anu
Leary
Year &So
Seni Gus
United States Chamber of Commerce
Lst
Carsyne
Three Destroyers Named for Revolutionary War Heroes
Washington June 23 three destroyers under construction will be named Thomas Haraden and Abbot honoring earlier wars and current conflict. Thomas commemorates Lt Clarence C Thomas lost at sea during a torpedo attack in April 1917. Haraden honors Captain Jonathan Haraden and Abbot honors Commodore Joel Abbot. A separate note reports Frank Bush of Vallejo California commended by Secretary Daniels for extinguishing a blaze in a destroyer engine room on June 11.
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Washington
Thomas
Haraden
Abbot
Clarence C. Thomas
Fort
Owl
Grass Valley
Cal
Naval Academy
California
Annapolis
Columbia University
Jonathan Haraden
Masachusetts
General Pickering
Bay of Biscay
Achilles
Joel Abbot
Congress
Frank Bush
Vallejo
Daniels
Push
Quiet Day for American Front Troops Pershing Reports
General Pershing's dispatch dated June 3 notes the day passed quietly at all points held by U S troops. No engagements reported and movement limited to routine patrols.
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Washington
Pershing
Y M C A Tent Shelled and Fire Struck front lines
Paris reports a Y M C A tent near Toul shelled and set ablaze while Charles Patterson and Homer Toulon kept the post running under siege. Patterson suffers shell shock but stays at work as Arthur Morton is removed for treatment. Several workers are cited for exemplary conduct under fire.
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Paris
Charles R. Patterson
University of Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Homer Toulon
Fountain Street
Philadelphia
Penn
Patterson
Arthur
Morton
Emira
Toul
Henry Wharton
Chestnut Hill
Benton Johnston
Detroit
Mich
Alfred Stokes
Stamford
Dressae
German plane attacks YMCA canteen car in war zone
A German fighter fired from 150 feet, hitting a YMCA canteen car chased by enemy forces near American lines. Driver Edward D. Ranck of Duluth escaped unharmed. YMCA workers keeping up supply runs as front lines shift, with canteens set up in sandpits and roadside spots under fire.
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National War Work Council
Edward D. Ranck
Duluth
Minn
Rondslde
SIMS Writes to Sailors About Testaments
A letter to Dr. George W. Carter from William R. Sims explains that Testaments given to American sailors abroad describe the handbook of manhood. It emphasizes duty to keep body and mind strong as essential naval equipment and cautions against dissipation and loose company.
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George W. Carter
New York Bible Society
William R. Sims
William 8. Sims
Paris to honor Wilson with boulevard proposal
Paris officials consider naming a new boulevard after President Wilson. The route would run from Place de la République to Place de la Bastille, replacing the current Boulevard of the Temple and Beaumarchais. Paris already has Lincoln and Washington Streets.
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Paris
M. Fiancette
Municipal Council
Place de la République
Place de la Bastille
Gasred soldiers return to Fort McHenry Hospital
The first detachment of Pershing's gassed and wounded men arrived at Fort McHenry Hospital in Baltimore. Among them is Sergeant Hubert Hill from Lufkin Texas, suffering mustard gas poisoning and speaking only in whispers. Private William G. Rowland of Los Angeles also was gassed. Private Charles G. Hopkins of Madison Texas was the first American wounded in action. Sergeant Harry D. Marrell of San Francisco California incurred a left arm fracture while testing a plane at altitude. the haystack spared him from death after a fall from 5 000 feet.
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Baltimore
Pershing
Fort McHenry Hospital
Hubert Hill
Lufkin
Texas
William G. Rowland
Los Angeles
Cal
Tth
Ammuniion
Toul
Charles G. Hopkins
Madison
Hopkins
Harry D. Marrell
San Francisco
Aviation Corps
Marrell
Marvell
Motor ambulance presented at Camp Upton ceremony
At Camp Upton New York on June 23 a motor ambulance was presented to the base hospital by the Improved Order of Red Men of New York State. Rich ard F. Elmore Port Chester Great Sachem of New York made the presentation and Lieut Col Jay D. Whitham accepted. James Y. Rogers Great Senior Sagamore of the United States gave an address as medical officers, nurses and a 150 man medical detachment looked on.
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New York Times
Camp Upton
Red Men
New York State
Richard F. Elmore
Port Chester
New York
Jay D. Whitham
James Y. Rogers
Sagamore
United States
Eet
All Pulpits Unite for Jewish Aid in Newark Drive
From pulpits of all denominations in Newark New Jersey yesterday appeals were made to congregations to aid in the drive that will be inaugurated tomorrow night for the Hebrew relief Fund. The captains of the fund forty five in number will start the campaign at a dinner at which Governor Edge and other speakers are expected.
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Newark
N. J
Hebrew Relief Fund
Governor Edge
Navy and Marine Corps Reach 450000 Mark in World War I Draft
Washington reports the armed services surpass 450000 including regulars reserves and Marines with recruiting surging. In the week ending June 6 eleven thousand plus joined the Naval Reserve and midwest districts supply about half of new enlistments. Since March 1918 the Naval Reserve nearly doubles to over 145000 and the Marine Corps grows to about 50000 as the Naval bill aims for 75400.
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New York Times
Washington
Department
Navy
Daniels
France
Marine Corps
Naval Reserve Force
Middle West
Naval Reserve
Germany
Vta
Germans in Belgium Invent New Cruelty
The Ame Belge reports Charleroi atrocities where nineteen people including a priest and railway officials were tried for spying on German troops. Six were condemned to death, and families waited in anguish as bodies were revealed after executions.
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London
Ame Belge
Charleroi
Rescue of 216 from sinking warship after collision at sea
Passengers arriving from the West Indies report a Friday sea rescue as 216 officers and men from a United States warship were saved from a sinking vessel after a collision. The steamer picked up most survivors and ferried them to safety as the warship sank. One fireman, Samuel Gouvois Jr., was killed by an iron bolt in the stokehole. The warship’s commander, wearing a lifebelt, was injured but able to direct efforts before the ship went down. The other vessel involved stood by the wreck and remained undamaged.
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Atlantic
West Indies
United States
Samuel Gouvois, Jr
Honolulu
Empty Navy Observation Balloon Basket Found at Coney Island
A navy type observation balloon basket washed ashore on Dreamland beach at Coney Island. Police report to Bath Beach Training Station and Brooklyn Navy Yard has no information on its origin. Officials speculate it may have blown from a nearby station or wrecked during Saturday’s wind.
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Dreamland Beach
Coney Island
Naval
Bath Beach
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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