Wax wartime rations showcased at Grand Central Palace exhibit
A wax modelled U S victory ration and historic food remnant display teach housewives substitutes for allied needs. The exhibit includes a soldier’s daily wax diet, Napoleonic era bread prices, and a Paris 1870 price poster to illustrate shortages and caloric goals.
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Grand Central Palace
Paris
England
United States
American Museum of Natural Justacy
Revolutionary Times
Schoolgirls Demonstrate Food Preparation Efficiency Exhibit
About 78,000 New York public school girls study domestic science. A large exhibit led by Mr Hoover opens here, showing a gigantic loaf with a third cut away to illustrate sending one third of wheat abroad. The show, run by the National League for Women's Service, continues to teach production, preservation and use of food products with Arthur Williams aiding as New York City Food Administrator.
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New York Public Schools
Hoover
National League For Women's Service
Arthur Williams
New York City
Public Asked Not to Buy Platinum Jewelry
Washington reports the Bureau of Mines urges the public to refrain from buying platinum jewelry during and after the war. With high fashion demand, unmanufactured platinum stocks are under 25 percent of normal, threatening war production needs for acids, nitrates, magnetos, and telegraph contacts.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Peorle
Bureau
Central Federated Union Opposes Barmaid Legislation
The Central Federated Union voted against any law legalizing barmaids employment and urged government control of telegraph systems. It argued the barmaid position is not essential and accused the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association of inventing a pretext to replace men with living wages. It also labeled telegraph company control as un-American and harmful to labor. John Drew Becomes Grandfather as his daughter Louise bears a son named John Drew Devereaux at Camp Dix after marriage to Lt. John Devereaux.
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Central Federated Union
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
John Drew
Louise
John Devereaux
John Drew Devereaux
Pistisburg
Camp Dix
Five Thousand Yorkville Children Pledge Allegiance in Central Park
A Fing Day pageant in Central Park drew five thousand Yorkville children in bright costume from diverse origins to pledge allegiance to the United States. Mayors Hylan and Wagner led the oath as flags of many nations fluttered overhead. Babies in red white and blue carriages, veterans, immigration groups, nurses and Farm erettes joined a broad patriotic parade and pageant in a city loyalty demonstration.
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Yorkville
United States
Central Park
Europe
Greece
France
Italy
American Guard
Johnny Mahoney
Hylan
Robert F. Wagner
Red Cross
Joseph Gertner
Sam
Red and Blue Turners Lead Yorkville Civic Display
A Czecho Slok gymnastic corps staged a parade with stalls of red Mouses and gray trousers. The program included oath rest, military drills by American Guard and Scouts, first aid and signalling demos, gymnastic displays, Camp Fire Girls, parish groups, and a human flag formation. Prizes were awarded by a mixed judging panel. Afterward, an ice cream riot followed the ceremonies.
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Stall Hoya
Freman
American Guard
Sienna Scouts
Yorkville Naval Marina
United States Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Fire Girls
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Yorkville
Staten Island Flag Day Parade Draws 12000 Strong
Twelve thousand men women and school children took part in a Staten Island Flag Day parade held Saturday. Fifty seven survivors of the Lincoln naval transport in a line led the procession from Livingston to Port Richmond Park as 4000 students and civic groups followed. At Port Richmond Park officials spoke including Thomas Brown and Murray Hulbert while Calvin D. Van Name accepted a city flag.
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Staten Island
Lincoln
Europe
Livingston
Port Richmond Park
Home Defence League
Knights of Columbus
Red Cross Boy Scouts and Women's Organization
Thomas Brown
Murray Hulbert
Calvin D. van Name
Miss Calder Weds Naval Lieut R C Lee in Brooklyn Church
Miss Elsie Francen Calder daughter of Senator William Musgrave and Mrs Calder of 561 Flint Street Brooklyn married Lieutenant Robert Corwin Lee U S N son of Mr and Mrs William A Lee of Blackford Idaho. The ceremony at Twelfth Street Reformed Church Brooklyn was conducted by Rev Dr John Rauscher with maid of honor Miss Sarsh Murphy and bridesmaids cousins and friends. A noted gathering of prominent men attended including Jacob A Livingston and Public Service Commissioner Frederick J H Kracke.
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Elsie Francen Calder
United States
William Musgrave
Calder
Flint Street
Brooklyn
Robert Corwin Lee
U.S.N
William A. Lee
Blackford
Idaho
John ©. Rauscher
Twelfth Street Reformed Church
Sarsh Murphy
Marion Calder
Magdeline Harlo
Helen Halvert
Alice Kenny
Ruth Harle
Janet Baxter
Tucker Gibbs
Merwin Rennion
U.sn
Reginald Ve
Charles P. Murphy
A. G. Calder
New Picture Palace Opens at Broadway and Fifth
The Symphony Theatre at Broadway and 5th Street opened to the public after a preview night. Aubrey M Kennedy owns it, a former market owned by Vincent Astor and later a skating rink. The program features a patriotic tableau, a large orchestra, and the feature film The Undhastened Woman starring Grace Valentine.
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Symphony Theatre
Broadway
5Th Street
Vincent Astor
Samuel Rothapfel
Aubrey M. Kennedy
Chateau Thierry
Battlefront
France
Coney Island
Johnstown
Metropolitan Opera House
la Gioconda
Mlle
Clara Tosca
Grace Valentine
Miss Valentine
Victor Sutherland
Mildred Manning
Custom House
Frank Mills
White Plains Honors Soldiers Tablet Unveiled Before Thousands
In White Plains on June 15 a bronze tablet bearing 719 names of county service members was unveiled on the county courthouse lawn after a parade of 3 500 participants. The ceremony drew about 10 000 spectators.
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White Plains
Camera Causes Arrest of Henry W Fike at Power Plant
Henry W Fike of the Hotel Glendening Broadway and ass Street was arrested yesterday afternoon by special guard William Keating at the United Electric Light and Power plant 209th Street and the Harlem River. Keating says Pike attempted to take a photo with a small camera at the dock foot of 209th Street. Pike, an American Coast Artillery member, is held on a charge of violating a Federal statute.
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Glendening
Broadway
Ass Street
William Keating
United Electric Light & Power Plant
209Th Street
Harem
Keating Saya Pike
Gustave Jorbeck
Sherman Avenue
Pike
Coast Artillery
Ask Lansing if China Bars U. S. Tobacco
Secretary Lansing was asked by Southern Senators whether China plans to bar American tobacco shipments. They cited reports that China may hand control of its tobacco market to Japan and urged a protest if confirmed. Lansing said inquiries would be made and representations prepared if needed.
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Washington
State Department
China
America
Lansing
Japan
Ruan
Russians Urge Armed Help for Russia at City Club
Russians at the Russian Political Club on River side Drive thanked President Wilson for withholding recognition from the Bolsheviks and urged immediate military intervention. They argued Brest-Litovsk freed new battalions against the Allies, contended Bolsheviks are not a real party and Germany seeks to use Russia’s confusion for its ends.
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Riverside Drive
Wilson
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
Delos W. Cooke to devote all time to war work
Delos W. Cooke vice president of the Erie Railroad announced he would give up traffic duties to devote all his time to war activities. He will remain Erie vice president and continues as traffic executive of the Allies and as chairman pro tem of the French High Commission in Chairman Level's absence.
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Delos W. Cooke
Erie Railroad
Trafic
The
Erie
Cooke
Allies
French High Commission
Red Cross Aids Swiss Chapter With 125000 Gift
The American Red Cross war council appropriated 125000 to aid the Swiss Red Cross relief work for Swiss people and soldiers and Allied troops in transit from Germany and Austria. Carl Taylor reports burdens on Swiss relief operations and low fundraising in Switzerland amid war conditions.
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War Council of the
American Red Cross
Swiss Red Cross
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Carl’ Taylor
War Council
Red Rose
Red Cross
Striker Heirs Lose Court Upholds Property Title
The court sustained the title of current holders to thirteen West Side properties worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, held from Elsworth Striker as executor and trustee. Josephine R. Striker, guardian ad litem for her infant son Joseph L. M. Striker, brought the suit. The Title Guarantee and Trust Company defended, having insured several titles. The ruling also dismisses other actions held in abeyance pending this decision.
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Elsworth Striker
Elsworth L. Striker Estate
Josephine R. Striker
Joseph L. M. Striker
Just Company
Army order bars alcohol from Panama Canal Zone
Ancon Panama Canal Zone June order restricts alcohol, drugs, and possession within the canal zone. The military command states the ban applies to 60,000 Americans and 200 West Indians and bars U S soldiers from entering Panama and Colon unless Panama enforces new limits.
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Panama Canal Zone
Ancon
Panema Canal Zone
United States
Panama
Colon
Australis Sinks After Collision With B F Jones on St Clair River
Lake freighters collide in the St Clair River near Port Huron at noon. The Australis of the Pioneer Steamship Company sank in about thirty feet of water after a bow split. The B F Jones, though damaged, stayed afloat and tied up beside the Australia. All crew members are believed to have escaped.
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Port Huron
Mich
Australis
Pioneer Steamship Company
St. Clair River
B. F. Jones
Australia
New York Railways Seeks Purchase Of Central Crosstown
The New York Railways Company has filed with the Public Service Commission to buy the Central Crosstown Railroad Company’s franchises and tracks foreclosed by a Supreme Court order. Guaranty Trust Company, as trustee, holds the mortgage default triggers the sale. A June hearing date is set. Key lines include Twenty third Street, Fourteenth Street, and Eighty Street routes.
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N. Y. Railways
Central Crosstown
New York Railways Company
Public Service
Tecms
Central Croapetown Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Guaranty Trust Compan
Twenty-third Street
Fourteenth Street
Eighty Street
I R T Faces New Strike By Power House Workers
About 300 Interborough Rapid Transit power house and substation workers met at Teutonia Assembly Rooms in New York to protest conditions. They unanimously demanded a 46 percent wage increase and a 44 hour week with double overtime pay, citing living costs and higher wages elsewhere. Skilled mechanics earn only 2.75 to 4.24 daily and may seek better pay in other lines. The group remains with the Brotherhood of IRT Employes and will send their demands to the Interborough company.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Teutonia Aesembly
Third Avenue
Interborough
Interborough Company
Engagement of Lieutenant Keogh to Miss Palen Named
Lieutenant Grenville Tempie Keogh son of Supreme Court Justice and Mrs. Keogh announces his engagement to Miss Mary Pallen daughter of Dr and Mrs Conde B Palen of 197 Weyman Avenue The officer serves with the French Aviation Corps Army of the Orient in Macedonia and is home on leave.
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Keogh
New Rochelle
Grenville Tempie Keogh
Supreme Court
Martin J. Keogh
Mary Pallen
Conde B. Palen
Weyman Avenue
Army of the Orient
Macedonia
Galbreath and Cameron wed at Christ Episcopal Church
Lieutene ant T Maury Galbreath recently returned from service in France married Miss Margaret Stewart Cameron daughter of Edward Cameron and granddaughter of the late Richard Arnold today in Christ Episcopal Church Babylon Long Island.
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Galbreath
Cameron
Babylon
L. I
T. Maury Galbreath
France
Margaret Stewart Cameron
Edward Cameron
Richard Arnold
Day
Christ’ Episcopel Church
Miss Victoria Lewin Engagement to Walter Bruckenstein
Mrs Arnold Lewin announces the engagement of daughter Miss Victoria Lewin to Walter Bruckenstein. A reception and dance are planned for June 25 from 3 to 6 at the Hotel Majestie.
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Victoria Lewin
Arnold Lewin
Walter Bruckenstein
Hotel Majestie
France Offers Free Milk to Communes in Bonft Performance
An announcement claims France will provide free milk to communes as a gesture tied to cultural efforts including a dramatic production by Yeats and a stage show titled Hawks Well. The plan, described as tentative, awaits a final date.
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Atic Commues
France
William Butler Yeats
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