America's Tribute to British Seamen
Campaign opens to raise funds for endowment of convalescent and aged seamen homes. National HQ at 665 Fifth Ave with contributions via checks or securities. Ambassador Davis and Rear Admiral Sims endorse, with Joseph W. Reynolds as director and Francis H. Deane as secretary guiding nationwide efforts.
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America
Great Britain
United States
Fifth Avenue
Joseph W. Reynolds
Francis H. Deane
Liberty Loan Organization
Gerald ¢. Smith
American Air Force
England
France
Tuke
W. S. Sims
Newport
Europe
Charles H. Sabin
Lewis L. Fawcett
John W Davis
Court of St James's
Limpsfield
British Mercantile Marine
Britain
Ito
Admiral Sims
Edward Nicholl
M. PB
Lord Beresford
Wiliam H. Appleton
the &J. Regis Hotel
New York Telephone to Spend 26.5 Million on Plant Upgrades
A program to invest 26.5 million dollars in upgrading New York Telephone Company facilities is under way. Plans include new central office buildings at Grand View Place East 167th Street and other Bronx and Brooklyn sites, updated switch boards, extra cable layouts, special conduits, and extensive central office improvements. The company cites a policy of keeping the system current and notes past war related shortages slowed construction.
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New York Telephone Company
F. H. Bethel
Telephone Company
Grand View Place
East 167Th Street
Bronx
Fourteenth Street
Brooklyon
Liberty Avenue
Strooklyn
Thirtieth Street
Thirty-first Street
Manhattan
Tratman Avenue
Zerega
Rowland Avenues
Bowling Green
Rhinelander
St. Nicholas
Astoria
Academy
Canal No. 2
Knickerbocker
Bayside
Metropolitan Tol
House Refuses to Expunge Johnson Remarks on Pomerene
The House votes not to expunge Senator Pomerene's rent profiteering remarks from the Congressional Record but later passes a resolution striking down Rep Johnson of Demovcrall for his District of Columbia remarks. Speaker Clark asserts courtesy but resists Senate dictation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson Demovcrall
Kentucky
Pomerene
Oho
District of Columbia
Johnson
Clark
Teeth Clue To Suitcase Skeleton Discovered
Police to send dental charts across cities in a bid to identify a dentist who worked on upper teeth of a murder victim found in a suitcase stored at Mills Hotel. The remains, aged about 40, show severed limbs and lime erosion, with limited clues beyond initials N A and A W on the bag.
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Mills Hotel
Thirty-sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
George Hohmann
Hohmann
Arthur Carey
Homicide Bureau
Robbery arraignments for three men in Yorkville Court
James Ryan Antonio Gialorenzo and Peter Scavetti were arraigned before Magistrate Frothingham in Yorkville Court on charges of robbing Police Officer Dominick F Bligh of his watch chain and eight dollars. Police testimony described the June 9 blacktrack incident near a Long Island subway station. All three defendants were held on bail bonds: Ryan and Scavetti at 1000 dollars and Gialorenzo at 2500 dollars for a further hearing Tuesday.
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Dominick F. Bligh
James Ryan
Antonio Gialorenzo
East Fifth Street
Peter Scavetti
Mott Street
Frothingham
Yorkvill Court
Bligh
Long Island
Bellevue Hospital
Ryan
Scavetti
Gialorenzo
War Department Offers Surplus Platinum for Sale
The War Department announced it will sell its surplus platinum at a minimum of 105 per ounce and iridium at 200 per ounce. Sales will be from the New York Assay Office through the New York District Office. Minimum bid is 10 ounces. single purchaser may buy up to 1000 ounces unless larger sales are allowed. Deliveries favor in person cash in advance.
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New York Times
Washington
War Department
New York
Committee On
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