Mount Vernon rejects bid to overturn anti Hearst law
In Mount Vernon New York on May 11 the Common Council refused to rescind the 1918 ordinance barring sales of The New York American and The Evening Journal and German language papers. An 8 to 2 vote upheld the original measure while two Aldermen supported rescinding it. The council awaits a Supreme Court decision on legality before further action. A separate measure to rename streets with German names to war heroes was approved.
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Mount Vernon
William Randolph Hearst
New York American
Wilson
Common Council
Evening Journal
R. J. Secor
Fred Wood
Sherman Haight
Height
Supreme Court
Brush
Hearst
New York Evening Journal
Secor
Commissioner of Public Works
Board of Aldermen
Stirling Joins Move to Ban Hearst Papers From Newsstands
Stirling New Jersey joins other towns in banning The New York American and Journal from local newsstands. In a public gathering the Stirling Infantry Company and residents listen as the Rev. Bronk speaks on the issue amid a parade.
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Stirling
N. J
Move
Hearst
New York American” and Journal
Stirling Infantry Company
Stirling Pastor urges boycott of Hearst papers at Memorial Day
L Miller pastor of Stirling Presbyterian Church asked attendees at Memorial Day services to stop reading Hearst papers. He called it patriotic duty and cited actions in other towns. Stirling infantry discussed barring the papers and urged abstention from selling the American and Journal, with one dealer already stopping both.
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L. Miller
Stirling Presbyterian Church
Hearst
Newa
Defence League Puts Newark in Fight to Stop Sale of Hearst Papers
In Newark Roseville branch of the Home Defence League held a Garfield School meeting pledging members to discourage distribution and sale of Hearst papers. Forty nine of fifty members attended. Horatio M. Van Sant, president, said Roseville action would spread to other sections. Committees to enlist four battalion companies were named. The group also opposes Hearst papers over the Memorial Day proclamation deletion.
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League
Roseville
Ieague
State Military Reserve
State League
Hearst
Hearst Circulation Drops Over 300 East Orange Militia Action
In East Orange New Jersey Hearst papers saw reduced circulation after 300 member East Orange Battalion Militia Reserve pledged not to read Hearst papers and to persuade others to avoid buying them. The group endorsed a New Jersey Defence League resolution to keep Hearst papers out of the state led by Major A. S. Hackley.
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Hearst
East Orange
N. J
East Orange Battalion
New Jersey Militia Reserve
New Jersey Defence League
A. S. Hackley
Militia company bans Hearst magazines in Orange New Jersey
Company A of the New Jersey Militia Reserve in Orange passes a resolution pledging members not to read Hearst magazines or newspapers and asks Orange newsdealers to stop selling them. A similar action is anticipated at its next meeting.
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Orange
N. J
Company A
New Jersey Militia Reserve
New Jersey
Hearst
Lalse
Hearst Publications
Ridgewood Militia Officers Bar Hearst Papers
Ridgewood Battalion New Jersey Militia Reserve officers endorsed the New Jersey Defence League resolution to bar Hearst newspapers from the state. At next drill night the battalion will formally back the stand. Several Ridgewood newsdealers agreed to stop handling Hearst papers.
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Rilun Wood
N. J
Ridgewood
New Jersey
New Jersey Defence League
Hearst
Deny Hearst newspapers in mails urged by West Essex league
Caldwell N J May 81 after a West Essex Security League meeting the secretary was told to petition Postmaster General Burleson to bar the mails to Hearst papers and enemy language periodicals. The war work body of nine towns endorsed a Caldwell Militia Reserve resolution calling the purchase or sale of these papers unpatriotic. A Caldwell gathering Tuesday aims to inform citizens about editorials in The New York American and The Evening Journal and to decide action on newspapers.
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Burleson
Hearst Newspapers
Caldwell
N. J
West Essex Security League
Hearst
League
Caldwell Militia Reserve
Samuel M. Evan
Advisory Board For
Warwork
Washington
New York American
Evening Journal
Passaic
Roosevelt
National Security League
Local Security League
New York
United States
National Executive Commiitee
New Jersey
Bird W. Spencer
The
Murray Hill Citizens Form Committee to Suppress Hearst Papers
Murray Hill on Long Island appoints a committee to confer with Flushing United Association to suppress sale of Hearst papers in Murray Hill. Several committee members were involved in burning a bundle of New York Americans on Memorial Day. A Flushing meeting with William H. Walker is planned to discuss similar action. Long Island News Company continues handling papers under contract until further action.
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Murray Hill
Flushing
Long Island
Flushing United Association
Hearst
Murry Hill
New York
Willian H. Walker
Long Island News Company
Passaic Urges National Campaign Against Hearst Papers
Passaic officials endorse Roosevelt to speak on July Fourth as part of the National Security League efforts. A resolution calls for nationwide education to withdraw support from Hearst newspapers seen as disloyal, urging all Americans to avoid The New York American and Journal during wartime.
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National Security League
Hearst
League
Passaic
Germany
Hearst Newspapers
All Hearst Newspapers Barred From Cincinnati Library
Trustees of the Cincinnati Public Library have barred all Hearst publications from library files. The action affects The Cincinnati Post and other Hearst owned papers, reflecting ongoing tensions between library authorities and Hearst media in Cincinnati.
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Hearst
Cincinnati Library
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Public ‘Library
Sons of Best Get a Month In Which to Ferret Out Jobs
New York City and county officials intensified efforts to curb idlers by enforcing Gov Charles S Whitman anti loitering proclamation. The law targets able bodied men 18 to 50, mandating work or registration with state agencies, with penalties up to 100 dollars or three months imprisonment. Police and Sheriff offices prepare July raids and compile lists of habitual loafers while urging employers to offer jobs. Officers will visit known idle spots and warn violators, with proof of employment resting on the arrestee.
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New York City
United States
Goveror
Charles S. Whitman
State Industrial Commission
Sam
Charles 8S
Whitman
State of
New York
Germany
Bureau of Employment
Department of Labor
Industrial Commission
Police Department
Sheriff's Office
Lahey
Chinatown
Coney Island
Broadway
The
Bowery
Richard Enright
Enright
McAdoo
Frederic Kernochan
Robinson
Inrignt
Commissioner Enright
Henry D. Sayer
Commission
Fifty Avenue
East Twenty-third Street
Jay Street
Brooklyn
David R. Knott
Knott
Hearst Papers Removed From Reading Rooms
Daily Hearst titles The New York American and The Chicago American were removed from public reading room files today. A member cited the ban as punishment for Hearst’s alleged antipathy to the U S government and its progress, reflecting ongoing tensions between the press and federal authority.
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Hearst
New York American
Chicago
Coast Artillery Company Bans Hearst Papers During War
Members of the Coast Artillery Company Sth Somat Artillery Corps in New York adopt a resolution at a Memorial Day parade meeting in Brooklyn to buy no Hearst papers for the war duration. The gathering on Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Street was reviewed by Governor Whitman with all but one member present.
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In Company
Sth
Somat Artillery Corps
New York
Suard
Hearst
Ét1
Sixth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Brooklyn
Compa
Whitman
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Shaugnessy
Grand Army of the Republic
Tenth Street
Joseph A. McAleer
Eleventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Flushing Newsdealer Refuses to Sell Hearst Papers
In Murray Hill Flushing, the sole newsdealer Stand on Hearst wacury meyer declined Thursday to sell his stock of New York Americans to a citizens committee. The group later burned Hearst papers. Meyer told the Tribune he would have surrendered papers if he knew the purpose, defending his long service and loyalty to the United States. He opposed Hearst, pledged to stop selling papers if asked.
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Wacury Meyer
Murray Hil
Flushing
New York
Citizen's Committee
Hearst
Tribune
United States
Mus
Subway Wage Increase Averts 7000 Workers’ Strike
The Board of Estimate and Public Service Commission approved a plan to raise subway workers' pay by about 40 cents a day, financed by the city with weekly advances to contractors under the Lockwood law. About 25,000 a week in extra costs, $10 to $12 million overall, requires supplemental wage agreements and consent from Interborough Rapid Transit and Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
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Board of Estimate
Public Service Commission
Lockwood
Craig
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn
Italian Society Accused by Former Kings County A.D.A
Italian Society accused by former Kings County assistant district attorney before Justice Callaghan of loyalty to Italy over America. He sought an injunction to stop the organization from using the Society of Mutual Benefit name. Corrano noted a 1917 separation from the Major State union. Justice Callaghan reserved decision.
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Francis L. Corrao
Kings County
Callaghan
Supreme Lodge
Order Sons of Italy In America
Italy
America
Corrno
Society of Mutual Benefit
Victor Emmanuel
Corran
Justice Callaghan
What Is Going On Today In This District
The item lists a busy day of events and exhibits across venues including the American and Mereupaltan Museum, a war rules exhibition at 47 East Siehoetth Street, and a local meeting at Casio on St Allington Avenue. It mentions a charity drive, a temple event, and a Prudential Insurance Couns affiliated gathering with various attendees.
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Stuseusa
Mereupaltan Museum
Hogial Perth
van Colaane
America Aluweura
Kaiten
East Siehoetth Streete
Grand Ceri Sikirean Uy
Charles
Taunehiton
Menor Clase
Hotel Medupio
Danalea “Bay
Arey
Prudential Insurance Couns
Casio
St Allington Avenue
New York City
Stasonte Club
Farad
Wiveasy Auditors
Migooto ‘Temple
Naturad
Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax in Wartime Wedding
Odd wartime tale as Private Homer T. Orrock and Miss Corrie Miller Carden wed via telegraph across distances. The ceremony cost 3.25 dollars and involved ring exchange and ministers blessing the electric connection. Nearby, Sgt. Shaughnessy of Brooklyn marks Memorial Day with a horse mounted salute until a saloon door foils his ride.
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Camp Mills
Hempstead
L.T
Lenape
Kanane
Homer T. Orrock
Std Machine Tun Co
Corrie Miller Carden
Samuel Morse
Orrick
O Leary Fails In Plea To Reduce Bail To $100000
John J O Leary blocked from lowering his brother Jeremiah O Leary s bail in a federal case tied to espionage claims connected with the Bull publication. Judge Augustus N Hand denied reduction as Jeremiah remains a fugitive. Trial for Jeremiah Adolph Stern Luther S Bedford and Bull Publishing Co postponed indefinitely after bail for Jeremiah forfeited earlier.
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John J. O'Leary
Jeremiah O'Leary
Federal District Court
Augustus N. Hand
John O'Leary
Thomas Felden
O'Learys
United States
Earl Barnes
O'Leary
John Knox
Felder
Barnes
Hand
Adolph Stern
Luther S. Bedford
The
Bull Publishing Company
Leary
John
Long Island Aviator Killed in France
The McCreery family of Port Washington learns that Lieutenant Frank P. McCreery of 24 North Washington Street died from injuries in an aero accident on May 1 in France. He had enlisted at Mineola, earned a commission in July, and served with the 19th Aero Squadron before transferring to plane testing. Born May 28 in Flushing, he studied at Princeton Preparatory School and Dartmouth before his auto sales career and Army service.
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Port Washington
L. 1
Frank P. McCreery
North Washington Street
F. P. McCreery
McCain
McCreery
Frank
Mineola
Wilbur Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
19Th Aero Squadron
France
Hoe
Flushing
Princeton Preparatory
Dartmouth
Chevrolet Company
John W
Navy
Jury to Decide Motive in Prager Lynching Trial
Eleven men deny active role in the Robert Prager lynching as testimony closes. Riegel, the alleged ringleader, contradicts confessions and recounts his presence near the scene. Prosecution rests after witnesses place defendants at or near the mob and crowd.
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Tribune
Edwardsville
Robert Prager
Bernreuter
Frank Trannery
Riegel
Joseph Riegel
St. Louis Pike
Prager
Muller
Gording
Paul Y. Anderson
St. Louis
Anderson
Ricd
Louis Fellhauser
Fellhauser
Trager
Charles Cramer
Collinsville
East St. Louis
Key
Germany
James Dematties
Ciganity
Ther
Curento
Two U S Hydroplanes Reach Cuban Port
HAVANA May 21 Two United States naval hydro airplanes are at a Cuban port after flying from an American base. President Menocal Secretary of War Jos Marti and Cuban aviators Chito Terry and Parla were aboard or present. the trio praised the flight as wonderful.
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Havana
United States
Menocal
Jos Marti
Americana Gonzales
Chito” Terry
Parla
Aidits
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Caygill
Alderman Secor
Mr. Secor
Everett A. Sheridan
Sceor
William
G. Dawson
Dawson
Hearst Magazines
FOES
Fries Aew Club
Burs
By Briggs
Goci
Security League
New York American’ and Journal
Sons of Best
Ward
Wer
Coast Artillery Company
Lincoln
Joseph Sasnowski
Trenton
X. J
J. J. O’leary
U. S
Cuban
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