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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1918
Page
6
Mayor Hylan urges Ice Controller Odell to set fair ice prices for summer to ease burdens on the public. He cites City of New York plans to distribute cheaper ice and accuses profiteering as unpatriotic during wartime, urging dealers to adopt a humane, reasonable price scale.
Premier Hughes arrives in London for a secret mission as reporters and aides insist on discretion. The Australian leader had hinted Australia would defend South Pacific lands, with islands, stations, and submarine bases settled after the war.
Katherine Stinson completes the Chicago to New York aerial journey amid cheers at Sheepshead Bay 108 painted on wings and a red cross on the tail. She had previously stopped in Bing hamton after a broken propeller shaft, breaking the American nonstop flying record and delivering the first Chicago to New York air mail.
London June 1 Justice Darling barred individual testimony in the Noel Pemberton Billing libel case. Mrs Keppel, present, left the court after being unable to refute statements not relevant to the issue. War Office records for Captain Harold Sherwin Spencer were also disallowed. Lord Alfred Douglas condemned Oscar Wilde and Salome, calling Wilde a diabolical influence.
A musical and tea to aid the Music School at Dobbs Ferry will be held at Llewellyn Hall Springhurst on Saturday afternoon from 2:10 to 7 o clock. Mrs Franklin Q Brown chairs the committee with many local society figures assisting and Miss Winifred Rogers directing the program. Stages will meet trains at Dobbs Ferry Station and stop at the library for local passengers.
Two New York YMCA workers Halliday S Smith of Nyack and Hadley H Cooper of Piermont were killed by gas in the trenches on May 25, per a cable from the Paris YMCA office. The men were working among the...
Wounded in a front line dugout, two men died of gas fumes after staying at their posts. Hedley H. Cooper, born in Adrian Michigan and rector of St Christopher's Oak Park, became a chaplain and served as war secretary for the YMCA with American forces in France. Halliday Smith, ex Union Square Savings Bank clerk, joined as a YMCA hut secretary after a shoulder injury prevented service. Paris reports praise two American women, Miss Maria Herron and Miss Jane Taylor Bowler of Cincinnati, for steadfast work near Soissons amid repeated bombardments as soldiers sought a moment of happiness.
Harvard authorities condemn the Lampoon issue for ridiculing staff and the university. The burlesque titled Lampy's Peerage of Cantabrigia mocks President Lowell with fanciful royal styles and armorials, naming Elinor Eliot and other notable figures among two dozen satirical "peers" in Cambridge.
A public reception in honor of the American labor mission to Europe will be held during the AFL session in St Paul next week. Speakers will include Governor Burnquist and Samuel Gompers, announced by the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy.
Dr Curtin delivers a pointed reply to Mayor Hylan amid calls for federal aid. He says the incident may push the city to seek broader federal support and cooperation.
A man recounts his decision to join the Army despite being beyond the draft age. He felt compelled by the urgent call of service and volunteered immediately after hearing the need. He adapted to training and serving with others who shared similar motivations.
The Daily Mail interview quotes Count Terauchi saying an alliance with Germany is impossible under present conditions and that Japan’s relations with the Entente remain unchanged. He stresses Japan’s future depends on the Entente’s victory and defers on Siberia intervention.
An article cites a tentative alliance scouting report by Terauchi between Teutons and Japan amid political tension. It also surveys a New York blind children’s theater at the Lighthouse on East Fifty-ninth Street, detailing a staging of Rose Red and Snow White by visually impaired performers.
Readable parts describe a chaotic scene aboard a train with a self critical passenger and a repeated performance by a singer or siren figure. The text is garbled, with multiple misspellings and missing names, dates, and places, preventing a clear, factual summary.
A large Thrift Festival concert at the Polo Grounds features Lieutenant John Philip Sousa conducting 10000 voices and 200 instruments in Elijah with Sophr Breslau Marie Sundeling Metty McKenna and Charles Harvicon as principals. The event promotes war thrift, with gates opening at 1 30 p m and a 3 p m performance. De Wolf Hopper will auction Sousa s baton before the start and aku war stamps awarded to the buyer.
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