Congress Plans Clean-Up for Short Midsummer Recess
Washington reports Congress will tidy up unfinished appropriations and revenue measures hoping for a July recess. Hearings resume on the revenue bill with aim to draft an $8 billion tax plan around June 20. Baker to testify on the $12 billion Army bill as conferrees begin naval and other appropriations talks.
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Congress
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Ways and Means Committee
McAdoo
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Senate
Two Billions Due This Week From Federal Taxpayers
Washington reports a record federal tax surge this week with over 2.7 billion dollars in income and excess profits taxes due by next Saturday night. More than 6 million income tax payments and hundreds of excess profits tax payments will flow in, with roughly three quarters from corporations and one quarter from individuals.
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Washington
Iividuals
F Ag
Internal Revenue
Ingt
Treasury
West Point June Week opens with baccalaureate service
West Point June Week begins with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. H. Percy Silver at the academy chapel. Cadet class standings are announced with John Paul Dean named honor man and Ken Wang high on the list. The class of 1919 graduates next Wednesday amid outdoor events and a final Army team game against Camp Merritt.
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West Point
N. Y
H. Percy Silver
Academy
Chapel Hill
John Paul Dean
Worcester
Maze
Patrick H. Timothy
Ohio
Casey
New York
Kimble
Texas
Engineer Corps
France
Ken Wang
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
West Point Graduates Class of 136 on Wednesday
The United States Military Academy at West Point prepares for the 1919 class graduation with Chaplain Silver delivering the sermon in the chapel. The 1918 class will be the third to graduate in fourteen months, totaling 156 men. Two 1918 graduates have Croix de Guerre citations. The week’s lone social event is the hop on Wednesday evening, with outdoor meet Monday and alumni day Tuesday featuring a reception and review by the Secretary of War. Three hundred fifty Belgian soldiers arrive from New York to visit the academy.
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West Point
United States Military Academy
Secretary of War
Sa Diors
New York
Academy
Government Opens Its First Factory For Filling Shells
The American government has completed its first shell filling plant and begun operations. Additional plants, private and government, are planned to reach full production within six months. About 16,000 workers will be employed, with women making up roughly 60 percent. a pneumatic vibrating machine dramatically increases shell loading efficiency.
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Washington
Amerian
C. C. Williams
P Vate
Congress
Ordnance Department
War Department
Russia
Edge at Sea Girt Opens Officers School
Governor Walter E. Edge arrives at Sea Girt with the adjutant general staff as the state militia moves to open a school for officers and non commissioned officers. The state reservation may be used as an aviation station due to the aerial coast patrol now active along the coast.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Walter E. Edge
Adjutant General's Department
Army
Masses at Coney Island After Lights Out Order
About 150000 visitors packed Coney Island despite a lights out order. John Leach, First Deputy Poles Commissioner, spent Saturday night and early Sunday with island business leaders to discuss the issue. A man claimed to represent the Coney Island Board of Trade but that claim was disputed.
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Coney Island
John Leach
Board of Trade
High Winds Postpone Return Of Boston Air Mail Pilot
Postmaster William F. Murray of Boston waited on the Saugus aviation field with lieutenant Torrey H. Webb for the return flight to New York. High winds forced postponement until tomorrow morning and Burrey pledged the flight would go ahead then.
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Saugus
William F. Murray
New York
Torrey H. Webb
Burrey
Bridegroom, Tried as Deserter, Fears Bride May Be Widow
Private Franklin W. Czarnecki at Mineola faced a military desertion trial after two months away from camp. His young wife testified of his plans to return, while witnesses disputed his intentions. The verdict, awaiting approval at Governor's Island and Washington, could end his life or life as a deserter.
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Aviation Field No. 2
Mineola
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East Forty-ffth Street
Brooklyn
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Mars
Czarnecki
Czninec
Roy
Jackson
Ube Seth
Major Campion
Iris
Franklin W. Cearnecki
Governor's Island
Washington
Guard
New York urged to open homes to fighting men during leave
War Camp Community Service official Henry Lutz warns New York must shelter thousands of soldiers from nearby camps Mills Upton Merritt and Dix or they will sleep in parks as hotels fill fast. He notes 2000 plus troopers slept on park benches last Saturday and pleas armories be opened totroops.
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Naval
Army
Henry F. Luts
New York War Camp Community Service
New York City
Mills
Upton
Merritt
Dix
Lutz
Earlington
Twentyseventh Street
Ans
Camp DIX
N. J
Europe
America
National Army
Congress
United States
Austrian Government Seizes Flour From Peasants Amid Shortage
Vienna reports the Austrian government is empowered to take flour from peasants to cover state needs during a flour shortage. A Berlin Tageblatt dispatch cited by a Vienna source notes authorities may requisition supplies to meet public requirements.
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Austria
Vienna
Controversy over Distinguished Service Cross design
A historically debated cross badge features an eagle on a cross with oak leaves. Critics argue the design is flamboyant and inappropriate for a military honor, while others defend its artistic merit. The latest version removes some oak elements to ease concerns.
Patriotism course for teachers announced by Security League
National Security League plans a laboratory program to teach Americanism in public schools nationwide. In Lawrence Massachusetts the course targets teachers as instructors, run by Lawrence and Lowell Normal School leaders with support from local boards and the Normal School faculty.
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National Security League
Lawrence
Mass
Senate Committee Praises Liberty Motors Output After Plant Tours
Washington June 9 Senate military sub committee members returned from visits to Buffalo Detroit Indianapolis and Dayton reporting rapid progress toward quantity production of Liberty motors. They praised tests as satisfactory though some questions remain and noted potential future tours to New Jersey plants as army funding debates continue.
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Indianapolis
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas
Colorado
Reed
Missouri
Smith
Georgia
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Fretinghuysen
New Jersey
Hey
Uhey
Planta
New star appears near Aquilla noted by researchers
In Baker Oregon on June 9, scientists led by Dr George Peters and Prof W M Conrad observed a brighter object near the eclipse field between Altair and Vega. The star, announced by Prof C T Oliver, may be a rare brightening event, a third of its kind in three centuries, possibly fading in weeks or months. It is not new creation, just bright enough to be seen. The object lies at right ascension 18h45m and declination plus 1 degree.
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England
Germans Aid Argentina in Machinery Secrets Disclosure
June 9 report from Navegacion states Count Donhof German chargé has secured permission from the German Ministry of Marine for Bahia Blanca sailors to reveal hidden machinery parts from the vessel prior to requisition. Disclosure will expedite repairs and maintenance of the leased ship.
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Buenos Ayres
Navegacion
Count Donhof
Ministry of Marine
Bahia Blanca
Medals of Honor to Be Presented by Pershing
General Pershing will personally present the medal of honor and distinguished service crosses to American fighters when feasible, with Allied officers eligible for the awards. The War Department outlines criteria for the medal of honor and distinguishes between the distinguished service crosses and medals. When the commander cannot attend, a higher unit commander will present, including a formal troop review if practical.
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Gen. Pershing
United States
War Department
Army Seeks Skilled Mechanics at Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston repair shops urgently need skilled mechanics per Major Mark L. Ireland. Positions include auto repairers, battery repairers, machinists, electricians, welders, blacksmiths, carpenters, sheet metal workers, motor vehicle inspectors and other trades among the long list of vacancies.
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Fort Sam Houston
Mark L. Ireland
Wright
Eva Booth to Lead Salvation Army Mission to France
Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army of America will sail for France soon to inspect equipment and assess future needs for front line Salvation Army workers. Fourteen volunteer workers from the Middle West will sail in the near future, including Dr. Charles T. Wheeler of St. Louis who left his medical practice, Dr. P. J. Howard a St. Louis dentist, and S. P. Van Sant, president of a Sterling Illinois bank.
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Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army of America
France
Salvation Army
Middle West
Charles T. Wheeler
St. Louis
P. J. Howard
S. P. van Sant
Sterling, Ill
Cleveland’s Son Enlists in the Marine Corps
Cleveland plunges into the Marine Corps after finishing his junior year at Princeton University. Dr Thomas J Preston Jr, his stepfather, says the son of the late Grover Cleveland is not yet twenty one and enlisted at his mother’s request.
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Abnard Folsom Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Marine Corps
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Mr. Cleveland
Princeton University
Patriots in Autos Rally for Soldiers at Upton
American Automobile Association drivers and volunteers attempted to transport family members to Upton Camp for visiting soldiers, overcoming strikes and fare barriers. Despite delays, private citizens offered cars and chauffeurs to connect new National Army men with home visits amid a broader drive for citizenship for young volunteers.
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Free Transportation Service
Samp Upton
National Army
Morris Brownstien
Brownstien
New York
James A. Hemstreet
A. A. A. Touring Bureau
Misa Nettie Miller
William S. Gahagan
Ridgewood Avenue
Philadelphia
Hemstreet
Ethel
Miss Gahagan
Private Brownstein
Veteran Fights Back to France for Overseas Service
John F. Moran of 203 Dyckman Street returns to France after three years and three months in a Canadian battalion, relieved by wounds. He quits his British and Canadian recruiting post to accept a Knights of Columbus overseas forces commission as field secretary, saying 220 West Forty-second Street is too far from France.
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France
John F. Moran
Dyckman Street
West Forty-second Street
Knights of Columbus Overseas Forces
Police Arrest 101 as Registration Slackers
Police from Elizabeth Clinton Merger and Fifth street stations tracked draft dodgers Sunday between City Hall Park and Fourteenth Street catching 101 men most foreign born. They will be arraigned before a U S Commissioner. Seventy two jailed at Fifth Street, overcrowding forced transfers. Reward of 50 for each captured shirker funds pension for officers. Prisoners earn rewards by enforced labor. Uruguay Minister Coming to United States on June 12 aboard a warship.
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Fifth Streets
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Fourteenth Street
United States
Reid
Fifth Street
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