Germans Salvage Wrecked Planes Amid Materials Shortage
Special correspondence from the American front reports German salvage of wrecked aircraft, including wheels and parts from Allied machines. A captured German order outlines strict procedures for guarding, salvaging, extracting documents, and reporting to the Army Centre for Hostile Aircraft Activity, with emphasis on recovering parts to support German air production and denying enemy access to sensitive materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pranceh
Toul
Army Centre
T Unit
Army Tre
Ede
Air Vice
Ofi
Parta
Army
Air Service
Maine
von Lossbierg
Bodie
Geimar
Congress Plans Summer Session Amid War Debates
Washington reports Congress aims to sit through most of the summer to push through money measures by July 1 and shape the Revenue bill for presentation around August 1. Hearings on major measures continue, with possible recesses, while war declarations on Turkey and Bulgaria and Siberia intervention via Japan are discussed. Woman suffrage and prohibition votes loom as key issues, with hearings on the Jones prohibition amendment to the Emergency Appropriation bill set for next week.
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Washington
Congress
House
Turkey
Bulgaria
Siberia
Wilson
Tabriz
Persia
Cen
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hurley
Bainbridge Colby
The
Shipping Board
Assails Liberty Loan Plea
A 1918 Times special cable reports The Frankfurter Zeitung accusing American wartime fundraising of propaganda. It cites a Times May 2 image and Canadian soldier atrocity stories to mock Liberty Loan appeals and comment on patriotism and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times Company
New York Times
The
Hague
Frankfurter Zeitung
Times
Zeitung
New World
Wilson Party
America
Wberty
Liberty Loan
German War Weary Daughters Return Home In Paper Clothes
Passengers aboard the Frederick William Worgberg recount their voyage from Norway to Germany and the harsh war years. Olga Wurzberg and family describe hunger, weight loss, and rationed food, noting officer favoritism and hopes amid upheaval. A wartime perspective from Grand Rapids residents who endured travel, checkpoints, and paperless reentry.
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Frederick William Worgberg
Grand Rapids
Mich
Theresa
Olga
Elsie
Dorothy
Germany
Wurzberg
Westphalia
America
Godesberg
Bonn
Rhine
Berlin
Copenhagen
Olga Wurzberg
Bergensfjord
Norway
Turks Propose Peace Terms Reflecting Turkish Supremacy
A Turkish Anti article cited by Swiss press outlines terms for peace: Iraq and Palestine restitution, Turkish dominance in Egypt, Persian independence via British expulsion, a Turkish Black Sea zone, a Turkish Prince in Crimea, a German Prince in Georgia, an Austrian Archduke in Armenia, Bulgaria controlling Northern Dobrudja, free ports at Constanza and Dedeagatch, with Austria delaying Northern Italy evacuation until Cyrenaica is recovered and Crete restored to Turkey.
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Basle
Switzerland
Anti
Turkey
Iraq
Palestine
Egypt
Persia
Black Sea
Crimea
Georgia
Armenia
Bulgaria
Dobrudja
Constanza
Dedeagatch
Austria
Italy
Cyrenaica
Crete
War causes, Barthelme in Berlin lectures on America
A 1918 cable dispatch from The Hague reports George Barthelme, former Washington correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, claiming English influence shaped American war aims. In Berlin he presents new reasons, while the Vossische Zeitung mocks the memory of Charles W. Fairbanks, noting American politics and the vice president's faded influence.
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New York
the Hague
George Barthelme
Washington
Cologne Gazette
America
Berlin
Barthelme
Vossische Zeitung
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Fairbanks
Sinking of a U-Boat by U.S. Officers Confirmed
Maurice Verbrench and Anthony van den Heuvel among thirty American officers aboard a French liner say they helped sink a U-boat off the French coast on May 20. At 4 A M the chaser, after attacking a submarine, fired thirty shells at one mile. a destroyer later dropped two depth bombs, and officials announced the U-boat was destroyed.
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Atlantic
Maurice Verbrench
Anthony van den Heuvel
Twenty Survivors Reported From British Steamer
Twenty men landed at Norfolk tonight, said to be survivors from a British steamer. Observers report they endured severe hardships and likely were aboard an open boat before being rescued. Navy Department awaiting full report. no official statement yet.
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Norfolk
Navy Department
Aero Club Plans Seven Transatlantic Routes From America
The Aero Club of America proposes seven ways and five routes to cross the Atlantic with various aircraft types. Robert J. Collier cites plans from Handley Page, Caproni, and American makers, including flying boats and land planes, with stops from Newfoundland to Ireland and Portugal and fuel support from ships at sea.
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Aero Club of America
Robert J. Collier
Board of Governors
France
England
Handley-Page
Caproni
Mr. Collier
Handley-Pagse
Atlantic
Pernambuco
Brazil
Cape Verde
Africa
St. Paul
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Faroe Islands
New York
Ireland
Newfoundland
Azores
Portugal
Senate Aircraft Committee Reviews Plant Visits
Washington June 25 Senators on the Aircraft Investigating Committee returned from tours of Pratteton Prince ton New Brunswick Elizabeth Plainfield N J and Long Island City L I indicating plants nearing production but with unsatisfactory conditions. Chairman Senator Thomas plans Langley Field hearings in Washington this week and further inquiries into army aviation work.
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Washington
Senate Aircraft Investigating Committee
Princeton
New Brunswick
Elizabeth
Plainfield
N. J
Long Island City
L. I
Thomas
Colorado
Langley Field
Army Aviation Station
Hampton
28th Aviation Field to Open at Mather Sacramento
Mather Field in Sacramento California will open for training aviators tomorrow as the twenty eighth field in active operation. It is named for Second Lieutenant Carl B Mather who was killed in an Ellington Field collision near Houston on January 20. Major D C Emmons will serve as commandant at Mather Field.
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New York Times
Washington
Police raids target 34 hotels and I W W headquarters
Acting District Attorney James F. Smith led raids on 34 city hotels and some rooms at St Mark s Place believed to house I W W operations. Clerks and about 400 guests were subpoenaed as officers seized hotel registers and I W W minutes and posters. Eight suspects were identified as leaders, others subpoenaed. motive cited as guarding soldiers and sailors against conscription.
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James F. Smith
St. Mark’‘s Place
William G. Haywood
Mr. Smith
Tey
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Rives
Frankfurther Zeitung
Liberty Loan Committee
Second Federal Reserve District
Godenberg
T Eon Rains
Rains
Poset
Sweden
Customs Intelligence Department
Halifax
Custom House
Chaser
French
Aero Club
Europe
Accurate Audit Co
H. Ely Goldsmith
C. P. A. Certified Public Accountant
Broadway
N. Y
Mad. Sq
34Th Street
Couturiers
Raglan
AI Moey
Herald Square
Breadway
Mth
35Th St
Iatya
Sith St
Lens —Fifth Fleet
Centre
D. A
Macy @C
Beleour
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