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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
19
Dramatic broadcast tells of light Army Men patrolling Manhattan streets and Broadway as enemy aliens are reported in large numbers. New York City officials declare heightened alert, deploying police, signal corps, and military observers across Fifth Avenue and surrounding districts amid fears of air raids.
Wireless warns United Fruit steamer Sixtula from U boat danger. Captain Henshaw steers toward port with passengers aboard as wireless warnings arrive via tanker. Lifeboats provisioned. ship reaches Atlantic port safely, voyage to New York resumes after near encounter.
The article discusses U boat activity and U S plans to draw the fleet home. It notes German advances in March and evaluates American destroyer recalls, naval orders, and potential evacuation measures amid naval war tensions.
The text claims Germany aims to ease the Presonive danger from American ships near the African coast by a dramatic demonstration. It suggests Hiv Aferican coast operations threaten American rail and naval weakness, predicting swift German success if the US falls into certain traps, exposing transport and stores ships to destruction.
Telegraphers raise funds for a potential nationwide strike as Jerey Thomas of the Telegraphers Union warns several AF of L branches countrywide to contribute for hardship pay if a strike orders comes. He notes Western Union plans to hire strike breakers in Wilmington California and federal officials protest to McAdoo.
Witnesses testified in Chicago that IWW speakers urged ignoring the draft and ending the war by halting munition plants. Defendants McAvoy, McCutcheon, Baskett, and Sullivan were accused of sedition, with protests tied to Fresno and Jerome July 1917 events and a Fresno raid poster mocking recruitment.
Speakers at the Nations Conference on War Economy in New York urged shifting responsibility from commissions to officials. Governor Frank Lowden noted many independent boards hindered efficiency and urged centralized authority. Frederick A. Cleveland argued for executive leadership over Congress, saying democracy’s weaknesses must be overcome to win the war. R. Fulton Cutting presided as calls grew for reform and better public office readiness.
Washington reports indicate the United States may join a postwar trade alliance shaped by Allied plans. A new American envoy to Rome is expected to proceed, with Italy forming a commission to study postwar economic issues and coordinate with U S credit and material arrangements.
Britain's Sir Frederick William Black proposed a postwar entente among Allied nations at a luncheon of the American Manufacturers' Association. The plan drew hearty approval, with discussion of trade conditions, postwar rivalries, and the need to limit cutthroat competition to preserve global industry.
A new illuminated motto appeared today in the Shipping Board chairman office. It read Noah was 600 years old before he saw to build an ark. Don’t love your grip.
President Wilson urges Louisiana to adopt a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. The telegram emphasizes nationwide support for female suffrage and calls for immediate action by the state legislature to extend suffrage rights.
Washington reports a government plan to cut wartime steel supplies to essential industries. The War Production Board will monitor orders and may extend curtailments to nonessential items to meet Allied needs. Officials say unfilled orders total about 77 million tons, with further reductions possible if curtailments extend.
London dispatch notes a bill in preparation for the German Reich to conscript certain convicts into a separate army unit. The plan envisions convicts kept apart from others and assigned to the most dangerous labor. Marshal von Hindenburg and Emperor William II are cited as observers of the plan.
United Minister to Denmark Francis Kean resigns from post due to ill health, submitting his notice to the late Department.
Washington June 6 final effort to break the deadlock between House and Senate over the rider to the agricultural appropriation bill fixing government price of wheat at per bushel will be made tomorrow. Senator Smith of South Carolina said compromise possible. if not, conferees will seek further instructions. Plan calls for price set at per bushel with No 2 Spring Wheat favored over No 1 Northern. Critics note scarce high grade wheat and argue price rise may occur for the two markets.
In a grim Port Newark case, a 47 year old man is charged with causing the death of his daughter Helen. The incident occurred in a yard where the girl was found strangled with a cloth possibly tied around her neck. Police report describe the condition as a strangulation and the suspect was taken into custody after the discovery by an officer at the scene. The courtroom appearance followed a police investigation.
A 1918 New York federation crisis shows executives disavowing political action by the governors and organizers. The statement cites collapse of unity among major farm groups and calls for a closer, constitutionally guided union led by existing state organizations.
Surgeon General William C. Gorgas told New York University Hospital Medical College yesterday that commission officers in the Medical Department have suffered heavier losses than any other branch since the war began. He warned that Medical Department casul tie will continue to rise and that if the war lasts two more years the U. S. will face the same physician shortage Britain now endures. Over 200 young officers who had completed training were in the audience and cheered when Gorgas announced the figures.
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