Profiteers in Victory Bonds Still Wax Fat
Bond traders push Victory bonds at steep discounts as hawkers ply pawnshops and street exchanges. Buyers offered as low as 83 for 100 denomination notes while official warnings urged holders to use banks. Dealers cite formalities and costs, with independent sellers resisting, amid a market of profiteering and speculation.
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Down Town
the Tribune
Victory
Spo
Weill
Mhaisteles
Chilean Leader Praises League Opened Parliament
Chilean President Sha Fuentes urged adherence to the League of Nations principles at Parliament opening. He hailed a peaceful era and cordial relations with most neighbors, while noting strains with Peru over territorial issues.
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Santiago
Chile
League of Nations
Universa
Sha Fuentes
Brace
Henene
War Flags To Be Returned To Regiments
Washington June report states demobilized personnel will receive colors from demobilization centers. Flags will be forwarded to the army recruiting officer at the capital of each state and delivered to the state official for deposition. Many such flags exist in the centers.
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Washington
War Department
Teure
Officer in Siberia Decorated for Gallantry
An American officer in Siberia, Lt. Milton otere of Lebaron Kentucky, receives a French decoration for gallantry during the Murmansk front fighting. The report notes his leadership during a French attack operation and his recognition by French authorities.
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Siberia
ARCHA
Milton Otere
Sims Takes Charge of U S Naval College
Rear Admiral William S. Sims assumed the presidency of the Naval War College in Newport as its work resumed after a wartime pause. The opening class includes thirty officers, among them admirals, captains and commanders, with Sims warning that training and military character are essential to apply warfare principles and make logical wartime decisions.
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Newport
William S. Sims
United States
Naval War College
Mose
Dr Davis Finds Social Problems In Europe
The article notes Dr Katherine B Davis of the Y W C A who studied eleven countries and reported that moral conditions among women were exceedingly bad. The relief of returning AEF troops aboard the Graf Waldersee and the Canada is also described with honors earned by officers and men. Governor Robinson expected to greet Oklahoma troops at Camp Mills.
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Frederick
Graf Walderkee
Canada
France
AEF
Waldersee
Nimpe
Fteen
W. S. Sinclair
Galveston
Tex
142D Infantry
B. J. Blooer
Oklahoma
BE. B. Howard
Hoboken
Robinson
Camp Mills
Elgian
Katherine B. Davis
Strawberry Blonde Witness Delays Divorce Decree for Mrs Lee Herreshoff
A divorce granted to Mrs Emilie D Lee Herreshoff over her husband Charles H Herreshoff centers on a witness dispute over the color of a woman’s hair, described as straw berry blond by one witness and auburn by another. The court noted the discrepancy did not affect the outcome. The defendant, a Nichol Copper Company executive and yacht designer, was about sixty nine. the wife requested no alimony, since he has paid her $18 000 annually since their separation. The couple have three grown children and previously lived at 20 West End Avenue and 97 West End Avenue.
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Emilie D. Lee Herreshoff
Herreshof
Chemst
Nichol Copper Company
Herrehott
West End Avenue
Mr. Herreshof
Nat Merreshoff
Rhode Island
Chaloner Libel Victory Held Up by U S Supreme Court
Federal court damages awarded to John Armstrong Chaloner against The Washington Post for libel tied to 1909 article about John Gillard death at Chaloner home in Murray Hill Way. Jury verdict in New York boosted Chaloner’s claim. Judge Hand reduced the amount, Chaloner agreed to accept.
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U.S
The
Washington Post
Wasmourun
John Armstrong Chaloner
Washington Pos
John Gillard
Murry Mills
Supreme Court
Federa District Court of
New York
Thevening Post
Guillard
Augustin N. Hand
Broadway Boosters Start Second Drive To Wake Up Street
The Broadway Association launches the second lap of its Give a Thought to Broadway campaign. Majors and captains leading over 100 prominent New York business figures will rally from Bowling Green to Kingsbridge, meeting at Churchill's at 12 30 for a luncheon chaired by Deputy Police Commissioner Wallis. The drive runs until Friday with prepared canned answers to common objections.
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Broadway Association
New York
Broadway
Bowling Green
Kingsbridge
Churchill's
Wallis
Broadwa
Transports Reported For Next Two Days From Marseille
A historic shipping bulletin lists transports sailing for the next two days. It names ships and units from Marseille to various ports, detailing medical detachments, engineering and supply trains, and infantry divisions along with associated officers and personnel.
Pershing Adds 253 Names to Casualty List of Army Abroad
General Pershing reports the American expeditionary forces casualty total at 4,040 with 253 new names added today. The list includes 4 killed in action, 11 died of disease, 158 wounded severely or slightly, 1 wounded with undetermined degree, and 7 missing. New York City area names appear among the wounded and a long appendix notes corrections to prior entries.
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Washington
Ania
Ames
Desres
Leeds
Harry B
Paulsboro
N. J
Butle
Donovan
Dennis
Bayonne
Thomas F
Jersey City
Patterson
Andrew
West Forty-eighth Street
New York
Tolodzieski
Konstantay
Buffalo
N.Y
Tomaino
Angelo
Utien
Italian Soprano’s Husband Denies Cruelty Suit
Chicago June 2 Luigi Curci in a divorce filing denies Amolita Galli Curci’s claims of cruelty squandering money and misconduct with a chorus. He accuses her of infidelity naming Homer Samuels as correspondent. Curci says they married in 1909 under Italian law and treaty bound U.S. courts to uphold Haitian marriage norms.
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Chicago
Amolita Galli-Curci
Luigi
Curci
Performou
Homer Samuels
Mme. Galli
Plan Recall of Mayor Sparks Controversy in City
Rawal and Nide discussed a recall petition against Mayor Trembley. The mayor is accused of directing a hose stream that knocked Harwood, a Socialist, from a soup box on Saturday night. The mayor also posted bail for Wil n Cook, alleged to have punched Harwood as the hose was turned.
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Wil N Cook
Harwood
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