New York Scouts Drive Fails to Meet NYC Goal
Manhattan campaign reports show only $175000 raised of $500000 goal with 48 hours left. leaders urge greater donations from 25000 solicitors as Brooklyn and other boroughs lag behind. McAdoo and Edwards press for support and plan Central Park rally with officials and performers.
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Boy Scouts Drive Public Programme Across City
Citywide Boy Scouts events at noon and all day in multiple venues including Custom House, Luna Park at Coney Island, and Central Park. Speakers include McAdoo Newton Edwards Silverman Rush Wittpenn De Mott Leach and Vogel Elkus Berry Adamson McCrea Libman. bands and theater showcases programmed with proceeds aiding a campaign.
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William G. McAdoo
Byron R. Newton
William IL. Edwards
Joseph Silverman
Thomas Rush
Otto Wittpenn
Harry D. de Mott
B. Leach
Bay Ridge
Department of
Police Glee Club
Sub-Treasury
Martin Vogel
Abram J. Elkus
B. 8. Berry
Robert Adamson
A. C. McCrea
A. I. Libman
U. S. Navy
Coney Island
Luna Park
Pennsylvania
Grand Central Terminal
Public Library
Madison Square
Union Square
Argonne Forest
Central Park
Governor Smith
Colin H. Livingstone
L. W. Barclay
A. E Harrell
A. ©. McCrea
Jerome A. Meyers
A. L. Libmian
Morning Star Mission
Dover Street
Longacre Square
Forty-seventh Street
Broadway
Ninetysixth Street
125Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Iirst Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Fortythird Street
Will of Ex Ambassador creates $200000 Bacon heirs trusts
The will of Colonel Robert Bacon former American Ambassador to France died May 29 filed in Surrogates Court. He left $200000 trust funds for each of his four children Hop L Bacon Casper Griswold Elliott Bacon and Martha Whitney. The life beneficiary wife Martha W Bacon receives income for life and the remainder goes to the donor's children.
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Robert Bacon
Bacon
Martha W. Bacon
Record They Wrote V Are the Records of War Effort by Scouts
The passage credits Boy Scouts for aiding war work and mobilizing American workers. It notes tireless effort and sacrifice by Scouts in collecting contributions and supporting the Red Cross, claiming higher unpaid support than any paid effort.
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Dougie
John R. Poll
New New Jersey
Geert Miles
Boy Scouts
Landers
Agencian
Lynuth
Carila Noida
A E F Is Now One Vast University Says Baker
Secretary Baker told publishers editors and labor leaders at the Biltmore that the American Expeditionary Force became a vast university in France. He recounted eleven colleges at the AEF University and described soldiers teaching themselves calculus and other subjects in makeshift rooms with enlisted men and officers guiding studies. He called for continuing education for returning servicemen and praised the wartime educational effort as a model for America.
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Labor
Wilson
Arthur Woods
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the Treasury
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France
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American Expeditionary Forens University
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Stars and Stripes
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Cambridge
Trinity College
Wilson Deniee
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Catholics Urge Worldwide Fund Drive for Rebuilding France
Catholic leaders report a global Protestant and Catholic fundraising drive aiming to raise tens of millions of dollars to restore devastated churches in France and support Protestant missions, schools, and relief in war-torn areas. Pope Benedict XV and Archbishop Hayes commend the effort as a response to the religious crisis and aid needs. A mass meeting at Carnegie Hall on Sunday June 22 will kick off the campaign with collections at all diocesan churches the following Sunday.
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New York
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Holy Father
Duffy
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Carnegie Hall
Sunda
Congress Cripples Navy Says Daniels
Washington reports say Secretary Daniels warned that proposed Navy budget cuts by the House Naval Armaments Committee will cripple naval aviation and wipe out progress on Atlantic flight plans. He compared the small navy allocation to England and France and warned a transatlantic airship project may fail without adequate funding.
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Washington
Burea
Naval Armts
Meena
Daniels
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England
France
Millon
Navy Plans Recruit Push to Build 200000 Man Fleet
The article describes the navy's plan to recruit as it readies dreadnoughts and eagle boats for christening without crews. It notes that future maneuvers require sufficient personnel and discusses advertising campaigns and fall fleet uses to raise enlistment from about 1200 weekly to a permanent strength of at least 200000 men, per Secretary Daniels.
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Navy
Baker to Plead Against Plan To Cut Army
Secretary Baker and General March will appear before the Senate Military Affairs Committee to oppose a proposed House cut in army funding. Debate centers on maintaining forces around 1.8 million now, with demobilization speed potentially raising political tensions in Washington.
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Washington
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Wadsworth
Senate
Capitol
Public School Children to Celebrate Flag Day
Children from city public schools will gather tomorrow afternoon at the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument on Riverside Drive to sing the national anthem and patriotic songs. A bugler and a squad from Governor's Island will take part in the programme. Evening ceremonies will be held at Mount Morris Park with the police band and arrangements by Mrura B. Prisk.
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Governor's Island
Mount Morris Park
Mrura B. Prisk
Berger Says House Has No Authority To Exclude Him
In Washington on June 2 the House Special Elections Committee adjourned Berger's hearings to July 7 after his request to prepare evidence. Victor Berger faces ineligibility charges tied to espionage act issues raised by editorials. Counsel Henry Fy. Cochems urged a jurisdiction challenge, though no indication was given it would be pursued.
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Victor Berger
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Atain
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Ford Libel Trial Tells of Mexican Massacre Testimony
Residents of Columbus New Mexico recount personal experiences of the Mexican massacre on March 9 1916 as Henry Ford faces a $1 000 000 libel suit against The Chicago Tribune The testimony seeks to show conditions along the Mexican border were worse than government claims in 1915 and that Ford was a public figure opposing military intervention. The trial nears the end of its fifth week.
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N. M
Menry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Henry Ford
Mexico
Ellott G. Stevenson
Tribune
Pershing Delays Return to America from France
General Pershing will remain in France into mid July and will not return to the United States by July 4 as previously reported. Paris dispatch notes no connection to earlier U S statements about his return.
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Paris
France
United State
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