Drive To Expand Boy Scouts Support At Race Tracks
crowds at Jamaica and Sheepshead Bay heard New York campaign headlined by McAdoo and United States Collector Big Bill Edwards urging subscriptions to Boy Scouts of America. Officials praised rapid donations, planned follow ups, and direct contributions to Georges Pratt at 200 Fifth Avenue as efforts to reach 1,000,000 associated members.
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Big Bill” Edwards
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Sheenshead Bay
Bill” Edwards
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Boy Scout
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Citizens’ National Committee
Boy Scouts
George D. Pratt
Fifth Avenue
McAdoo
New York City
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Seouts of America
Georges B. Pratt
Boy Scouts Promote War Effort in New York City
City-wide drive features church sermons public park games and canvas life demonstrations. Mayor Hylan endorses the Scouts stressing citizen training and outdoor life, with traffic police displaying semaphores and distributing pamphlets detailing Scout activities and wartime aid.
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New York
Hylan
Boy Scout Organization
Hoy Scouts
Misuse of Army Uniform to Bring Severe Penalties
Police Commissioner Enright calls for harsh treatment of ex service members who misuse uniforms. Chief Magistrate McAdoo to city magistrates, urging strict action to curb frauds in civilian clothes. Navy officer Rittenhouse warns of widespread offenses by undischarged men, urging civil authorities to act now.
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McAdoo
Enricht
Hylan
Navy
Hero
Mcadon
Third Naval District
H. C .Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse
Irish Fund Drive Aims Two Million Help Campaign
Irish fund drive expands as some hundred girls work to raise two million dollars for the Irish victory effort. Friends of Irish Freedom says the fund will be oversubscribed. The 69th Regiment backs the campaign to target theatres and restaurants in its intensified effort.
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Friends of Irish Freedom
69Th Regiment
Three-Fourths of U.S. Dead Will Be Returned
Washington June 14 Three fourths of the American dead in France will be returned to American soil. General March chief of staff said relatives’ replies showed not more than twenty percent favored remaining in France. No date yet set for start of returns.
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Ashington
France
Senator Chamberlain
General March
Hamby the Bank Thief Talks as He Faces Trial in Brooklyn
Hamby, charged with the East Brooklyn Savings Bank robbery and a double killing, goes on trial June 28 in Kings County Court. He chats with jailers and reporters, claims innocence, and praises Detective Roddy while deriding police as he awaits legal proceedings and possible defense appeals.
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Brooklyn
Gordon Fawcett Hamby
Raymond Street
Kings County Court
East Brooklyn
Turnkey
Playgrounds Urged as Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
City leaders and organizations back a neighborhood playground memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. Initiated by the New York City Federation of Woman's Clubs and pushed by City Playground League member Mubill Macomber, with Roosevelt's prior support noted. Major General Leonard Wood endorses the plan, praising open-air learning and cross‑community understanding to unite children and curb dangerous ideas.
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New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Theodore Ransevelt
Two Policemen and Driver Injured in NYC Street Crashes
In New York yesterday two policemen and a driver were hurt in street accidents. Patrolman Louis Kagel of Brooklyn suffered painful contusions after a mudguard collision at Madison Avenue and Forty-fifth Street. Beverly Ferber and her eleven year old daughter were cut by flying glass from a collision involving Marguerite Chaffer and a taxicab driven by Thomas Waters. Policeman Foxendon Drescher sustained a fracture after halting a runaway horse at Seventy-ninth Street and Riverside Drive. his injury was treated at Roosevelt Hospital.
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New York
Trafic
Louis Kagel
Hale Avenue
Brooklyn
Madison Avenue
Forty-sifth Street
Mis
Beverly Ferber
New Weston Hotel
Marguerite Chaffer
East Fifty-ninth Street
Thomas Waters
125Th Street
Foxendon Drescher
West Sixty Eighth Street
Seventy-ninth Street
Riverside Drive
Drescher
Roonevelt Hospital
Gaeta, Russian Baptist, Arrested for Reading Bible in City Street
George Zaite, an Italian Methodists reception worker, was arrested in Long Island City for disorderly conduct after refusing to move while reading a Bible on a curb. Magistrate Conway noted Zaite’s faith and suspended sentence. Separate reports recount police band tours and a Guaranty Trust outing with 800 attending.
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Rosenwaster Sho
Anferson Park
East Four
Long Island City
Cavanaugh
Zaitz
Conway
Briefs on Tipple's Kaidited Status Sparks U.S. Interest
Dr. R. M. Tipple, head of the Methodist College in Rome, was Kaidited recently by the Halian government. Officials anticipate a formal tender in response to the move as international comment grows.
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R. M. Tipple
Methodist College
Rome
Halian
Flynn Promises Arrest in Bomb Case Within Week
William J. Flynn head of the Bureau of Investigation said an arrest would be made within a week in the June 2 bomb outrages. New crews and facts emerged after a Washington conference. Authorities seek the man killed trying to blow up Attorney General Palmer’s home. The paper used in the pink circulars was traced to American Writing Paper Company Holyoke Mass with a Park Row office.
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William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington
Mr. Flynn
Mr. Klyan
American Writing Paper Company
Holyoke
Mass
Park Row
Offley
Paterson Police Told To Watch for Bombers
Paterson New Jersey June 14 police chief Tracey orders full patrols after a tip that bombers aim to hit city landmarks. Night and day squads plus plainclothes officers guard churches and public buildings while housing districts receive extra patrols.
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Paterson
N. J
Feder Secret Service
Tracey
Reds Warn Newburgh Of Bombs On July 4
A June 1 postal card from a Russian Bolshevik group warned Newburgh, New York officials to cancel July 4 celebrations or face bombs and gas. The note, written in English with Russian dysgraphia, prompted police to investigate, though authorities said they were not overly alarmed. Several Russians reside in the city.
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Newburgh
N.Y
Bolshevic Kometate
Nseu
Streste
Russia
Holshevic Kometate
Brown
U S Honors French Admirals at Brest Ceremony
In Brest on June 14 General Pershing presented Distinguished Service Medals in President Wilsons name to French Vice Admiral More and Rear Admiral Grout for services rendered to American expeditionary forces. Admiral Moreau received recognition in the naval prefecture here.
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U.S
Brest
General Tershing
Wilson
More
Grout
Moreau
Ettinger Responds to Mayor's Barrage at City Schools
Superintendent William L. Ettinger told the New York Principals Association that he is not perturbed by Mayor Hylan's barrages. He urged rooting out anti American teachers and cited the National Security League drive against Bolshevik propaganda. The mayor's letter accused Ettinger of seeking higher pay and political manipulation while defending school programs and pool funding.
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Hylan
Anning S. Pratt
Board of Education
New York Principals’ Association
Hotel Astor
Dr. Ettinger
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Ousand
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Bey
York
United
Senate
League of Nations
Ettingovenantager
Tam
Evinger
National Security League
Ettinger
John H. Finley
Hush S. McGill
the Nations] Educational Association
Archibald Shaw
Hamilton Institute
James Cairns
Winchester
England
Pratt
Bribe Giver Charged in Fair Will Case in San Francisco
In a San Francisco deposition William J. Dingee testified a $400,000 bribe was paid to Frederick W. Henshaw, then a California Supreme Court justice, to influence a ruling reversing a decision on James G. Fair's $22 million will. The heir's attorneys seek to reopen the contest. Dingee described delivering $100,000 in checks signed by F. G. Murphy to Henshaw via a “J. Brown” brokerage account.
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William J. Dingee
Frederick W. Henshaw
State Supreme Court
Henshaw
Dingee
Supreme Court
James G. Fair
F. G. Murphy
First National Bank
J. Brown
Jamaica mass meeting to launch memorial for war soldier
Citizens of Jamaica and nearby communities plan a mass meeting at King Park this afternoon to inaugurate a community campaign for 8500,009 to fund a memorial for a Queens Borough soldier who died in the war. Speakers include Rev. John L. Belford and Dr. R. T. Homans.
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King Park
Queens Borough
St. Mary's Hospital
John L. Belford
Te Church of the Nativity
Brooklyn
R. T. Homans
Grace Protestat Episcopal Church
J. Linkind
Robert Hickie
Citiens
Campain
Wil
Charles Wary Fowler
J. J. Munro
Held on Gaming Charges After Telephone Conversation
Four well dressed men were arrested at 1402 Broad Way after police listened to their telephone talk. Paul Recine of 19 West 51st Street was charged with keeping a gambling house. Harry Lipson of 228 West 199th Street Hughie LeBlanc of 1418 Seventh Avenue and John A Gamma of 14 Eighth Avenue were charged.
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Maloney
British Will Drop Propaganda Charge On U S Writer
Coblenz June 14 British authorities will drop the propaganda charge against Robert Minor American writer and cartoonist held by American forces. Minor arrest originated with French action at British request for pamphlets printed in Dusseldorf and circulated in British occupied areas. The British say they do not want to pursue further action.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Robert Minor
Minor
Dusseldorf
Petrograd
Erivans
Third Army
Army of Occupation
Cologne
Passaic Officials Seek End to Hoffmanns Drops Sale
Passaic health officer Dr John N Ryan urged state and federal action to regulate Hoffmanns Drops a high alcohol content nostrum widely sold in drugstores. The board of health opposed unrestricted sale and sought controls after reports of student doping and mill workers relying on the tonic.
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State
U.S
Passaic. N. J
John N. Ryan
Hofmann
United States
East Side
Dundee
Passai
Board of Health
State Department of Health
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Ryan
Internal Revenue
Charles V. Duffy
Newark
Jacob C. Price
Alus Smith
Dry Ryan
Smong
Rymnew
H. Donnelly
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