Old Hickory Plant Opens Du Pont War Powder Facility
Wilmington June 1 The largest smokeless powder plant in the United States began operations at Old Hickory near Nashville Tenn built by Du Pont Engineering Co at a price of one dollar The plant includes a town for workers housing about 20000 people and will require 109000000 gallons of water daily and 4500 tons of coal each operating day It features 68 boilers delivering 12000 kilowatts of electrical power and will support war production ahead of schedule as Governor Ryce and Mrs Glancy christened the plant with a wine bottle breaking ceremony
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Wilmington
Del
United States
Germany
Nashville
Tenn
du Pont Engineering Company
Carris
H. P
Reception Held for Women Physicians on Way to France
A reception at 37 Madison Avenue welcomed women doctors and nurses bound for France with the American Women's Hospital Association unit. Dr Barbara Hunt, director and Johns Hopkins graduate, left Bangor to aid civilians. The team includes Drs Frazer Getty Doherty and nurse staff, plus an ambulance crew and support personnel, coordinating a traveling dispensary to serve malnourished civilians unable to reach hospitals.
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Gail
France
Madison Avenue
American Women’s Hospital Association
Barbara Hunt
Vassar
Johns Hopkins
Bangor
Vilage
de M. Conger
Women's Hospital Assocition
American Red Cross
Dr. Hunt
Margaret_ E. _ Frazer
Mary Getty
Kate Doherty
Nora Annette Merrick
Lillian Pet | Hinghill
Lenoir Lekman
Misa Ada Tebbitt
General Rafferty Relieved 54th Artillery Commander
Brigadier General William C. Rafferty of the National Army is honorably discharged from active service. Colonel Gilmore of Atlantic City, N J, assumes temporary command of the Fifty fourth Artillery Brigade. The War Department order also promotes several New Jersey officers, including Chester A. Williams to captain and second lieutenants to first lieutenants Everett Trenton Walter G. Jewark Stephen A. Sabol Thomas B. Lang Ellis J. Carmen Ernest C. H. McKitterick N Carver Camden.
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Gilmore Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Willliam C. Rafferty
National Army
Washington
War Department
Rafferty
Fiftyfourth Artillery Brigade
New Jersey
Gilmore
Atlantic City
N. J
Men 21 to Register Next Wednesday for Draft
The notice lists local draft boards and registration hours for men who turned twenty one after June 8, 1917, urging compliance at designated boards across New York and nearby districts. It details numerous board locations and street addresses to cover the jurisdiction.
District Registration Schedule by Local Boards June 5 1918
Districts covered by local boards for registration on June 5 1918 arranged by counties. Bronx and Kings counties listed with assembly and election districts as of November 1917. The document details division of districts within each county and the corresponding board areas.
Draft Rules for Men 21 Since June 5 1917
Notice from Martin Conboy director of the draft for New York City outlines the June 5 1918 registration for men who turned 21 between June 5 1917 and June 6 1918 not already in U S military service. Registrants must file a card at the local board or send to the Mayor or County Clerk with a stamped return envelope. Police guidance aid locating boards and early reporting to avoid delays. Failing to register brings penalties and potential induction.
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United States
Martin Conboy
New York City
Fragmentary City Assembly District Listings
Readable fragments hint at election districts and assembly terms in Queens and Richmond Counties. Mentions Dirck street and various district numbers, with monetary figures such as 2 and 10. Lacks coherent events or dates, leaving district designations and candidate names unclear.
Columbia Awards Twenty-Six Annual University Prizes
Columbia announced twenty six annual university prizes including Barnard College and College of Pharmacy awards. Among honorees are Sara Tonsdate for Love Songs and Robert Sessions Woodworth for philosophy and educational theory. Other prizes honor mathematics, American literature, modern history, diplomacy, and civil government, with winners from New York City and beyond.
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Columbia
Joseph Pulitzer
Barnard College
College of Pharmacy
United States
Pocire Society
Sara Tonsdate
Hutter
Robert Sessions Woodworth
van Ameinge
George G. de Witt
Tate
John
Elaberg Prise
Isidor Ginsburg
Ths
New York City
Green Prise
John Jvans Randall, Jr
New York
Ity
Rolker
Celine
Taldue Thicustore Rosen
Shutaro Temings
John Herman Randall
Escend Prise
Horace Leland Priess
Ick Rockwell Sanborn
William Robert Anderson, Jr
Orange
Nation
Casper Charles Latour
J. Winthrow Chanler
Mothers' Mail Delights 75,000 New York Mothers
American soldiers in France sent a Mothers' Day letter drop labeled Mothers' Mail reach 75,000 New York women after a three week wait. A Columbia Ambulance Unit member Merrill Van Cott describes a sunny apple orchard scene and notes he will wear no carnation but a letter for Mothers' Day. He mentions diary entries, wartime shelling, searchlights, gas masks, and hopes for a mother's letter arriving soon.
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France
New York
Atlantic
Merrill van Cott
Columbia Ambulance Unit
D. M. van Cott
Morningside Drive
Merrill
Curtis medal and various prizes listed for New York students
Curtis medal for oratory goes to Joseph L Freedman and Edward J Bchoenbrod of New York. Law prizes include Ordeonaux School of Law $3,000 annual income to George Ernst, UK medal to Wendell G. Bogs. Toppan prize to Francis B. Goertner and Emanuel Schoenzeit. Business prize to N. M. Miller. Barnard College Gerard medal to Josephine Magen Powell. Herrman prize to Elizabeth May Hoffman. Kohn prize to Elsa Brandon Grimm. Speranza prize to Concettina Jeanette Scancello. Tatlock prize to Leonie Fuller Adams. Pharmacy prizes awarded but not listed.
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Curtis
Joseph L. Freedman
Edward J. Bchoenbrod
New York
Ordeonaux School of Law
George Ernst
Wendell G. Bogs
Toppan
Francis B. Goertner
Emanuel Schoenzeit
School of Business Prize
N. M. Miller
Madison, Wis
Barnard College
Gerard
Josephine Magen Powell
Herrman
Elizabeth May Hoffman
Buffalo
Kohn
Elsa Brandon Grimm
New York City
Réed
Marion Josephine Benedict
Orth Tarrytown
Speranza
Concettina
Jeanette Scancaello
Flushing
N.Y
Leonie Fuller Adams
Brooklyn
College of Pharmacy
Arnold Wins Breitenbach Prize And Seabury Scholar Named
Henry C F Arnold of Quogue New York receives the Breitenbach prize of 200 dollars for top senior course proficiency. Mr Arnold also gains the Kappa Psi gold medal for top proficiency in both junior and senior courses. Louis R Hyman of Port Jefferson New York awarded the Seabury scholarship covering tuition during his senior year.
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Breitenbach
Henry C.F. Arnold
Quogue
Kappa Psi
Arnold
Seabury
Louis R. Hyman
Port Jefferson
Girl Flees Home as Parents Seek 14 Year Old Helen Peterson
The 14-year-old Helen Peterson of 1522 Charlotte Street The Bronx disappeared after a week ago yesterday when a 6 PM curfew led her to flee. Her parents Mr and Mrs William Peterson reported the disappearance to police and cited strict rules as a factor in her departure.
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Helen Peterson
Helen
William Peterson
Charlotte Street
The
Bronx
Missing Girl Description Seeks Help After Disappearance
Police report details a girl five feet six inches tall, about 114 pounds, last seen wearing a light tan coat, black hat with blue ribbon, white middy blouse, blue skirt, black shoes and stockings. Authorities investigate whether an older companion influenced her departure or she was held captive.
Workers pledge aid for Mooney case and Wilson program
The Independent Workmen's Circle, meeting in Springfield Mass on June 1, passed resolutions pledging moral and financial support to efforts to obtain the acquittal of Thome J Mooney sentenced to death in California for murder linked to a bomb plot. Debate split over the Jewish Nationalist movement with a motion of approval deferred.
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Springfield
Mass
Independent
Workmen’s Circle
Thome
J. Mooney
California
Wilson
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Clisten
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Pueneee
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Broklyn Water Works
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Cleveland
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Poate
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Hin
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Damatra Ave
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Sematon
Bronx County
Kings County Leal Assembly
Klaxon Factory
Klaxon
United Motors Service Inc
West 56Th Street
Toa
Queens County
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Quick Tire Service
RED Patrol
NEW York Tire Service, Inc
Broadway
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Sara Teasdale
Midy
Bowie
Aviona
Mooney
Bradford
Sterling
Stoddart
Chickering
Hall & Son
E. Gabler
Wheeler & Co
Weser Bros
Stuyvesant
Hazelton Bro
Weber
Huntington
Lohmer & Co
Decker Bros
Victor
Jings Tanos
Pata Funle
Jano
Pala Pianos
Goetz &Co
Moon Motor Car Company
William J. Coghlan
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