Plattsburg Men To Be Trained in Real Trench Life
Plattsburg officers in training begin a three month course at Plattsburg Barracks with trench life drills. A facsimile Western Front sector will be built on site, including dugouts and bombproofs, as cadets sleep, eat, and learn to move under simulated combat conditions.
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Plattsburg
Tesh Matteburg
Sam
Platteburg Barracks
Tomorro
Western Front
United States Army
Sring
Wool and cotton clash over all wool clothing claim
A trade paper quotes a conference participant accusing woolen producers of abandoning 100 percent all wool slogans under government pressure while alleging broader industry deception. The piece asserts our wool garments remain 100 percent all wool with fast color, noting valid prices and fair business on Broadway and Lith Street.
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Economy Board
Trench Training and Camp Life Echoes From War Barracks
Four thousand uniformed men gathered in the open-air amphitheatre for evening songs under Arthur Farwell and the New York Community Chorus. The camp enforces stricter regulations as officers and students tackle mock trench warfare using British and Canadian methods under Lieut Colonel Pat A. Wolf.
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No Man's Land
Dommien
Pat A. Wolf
Gett
Arthur Selden Lloyd
New York
Yomc. A
Arthur Farwell
Two Killed and 12 Hurt in New York Motorcycle Auto Accidents
A series of crashes in New York and vicinity left two dead and twelve injured. An unidentified woman at 140th Street and Fifth Avenue died from a fractured skull after being struck by a motorcycle driven by 16 year old Walliem Broeker of Amsterdam Avenue. Broeker was held on homicide charges as his father rode behind him. In White Plains, McConkey and McConkey’s companion died or were injured in separate crashes. Several others, including seven passengers in a large touring car at Castleton Corners, sustained injuries when the vehicle overturned after a collision with a police vehicle. Hospitalized victims include Frank Devitt and Theodore Carney of Ossining and White Plains respectively, with various fractures reported. A fire at a Rockaway Beach boulevard scene left James Nichols hospitalized after attempted extinguishment. Benjamin Langton of Jamaica suffered skull and internal injuries after a vehicle roll at Rockaway Beach.
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New York
Pecker
140Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Walliem Broeker
Amsterdam Avenue
Broeker
John Broeker
West 12Id Street
White Plains Hospital
Devitt
Castleton Cornerston Island
Staten Island
St. Vincent
Bugo Borstron
Broadway
Astric Frickvon
Davidson Avenue
Bronx
Samuel Barrell
Greenpoint Glass Company
Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn
Cold Spring
Barrell
James Nichols
Fichange Place
Pennsylania Railroad
Robert Gibson
Linden Avenue
Gibson
Rockaway Beach
Benjamain Langton
Jamaica
Sy 1
Langton
Prejudging About Judgment Day In Irish Sermon
An Irish parishioner questions the pastor about who will appear at judgment day repeating the claim that Cromwell and the AOH and AP will be present. The exchange unfolds as the priest confirms their attendance. A second fragment recalls a New York club conversation about a Sunday cocktail, a Manhattan.
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Oliver Crompell
A. P. Ace
New York
John
Manhattan
Ar. Vonnut
Chinaman Actor Volunteers For US Army Campaign In Chinatown
Charlie Fang, a Chinese actor and former Dewey era cook, travels Chinatown recruiting conscripts for the West Front. Amid mixed reactions in Sam Kutinsky’s Chatham Square venue, Fang pledges service and later secures fifty four Red Cross subscriptions, while locals debate American and Chinese troops in the war effort.
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Charlie Fang
Charlie Chappel
Red Cross Fund
Admiral Dewey
Olympia
Chinatown
West Front
France
Tara
Pell and Moyers and Mott
Charlie
Sam Kusinthy
Chatham Square
Pang
Jay Iin Metro
Frances X. Kushinian
Ah Suey
Won Soy Wong
Newark
Motto Street
Studebaker
Fang
Charlie Boston
Astoma
Yat Norwood
Lucy
Boston
Wu Ting Fang
Charlie Wang
Won-on
Kee
High Fook
Fell Street
Dewey
Menila Hay
San Francisco
Sam Kutinsky
M Chen Yen Wing
Wills Recruiver Funny
Stan
Manila
Cook
Stewart
Red Cross
Mr. Boston
Sve
Port Arthur
Army
Hare Ofer
Walter Murphy
the Harris
Ea Nerwood
Charlie Hoxton
Ce Inver
Red Crom
Second Officers Training Camps Open Aug 27 Across Regions
The War Department announces a second officers training series from August 27 to November 24 to prepare 500000 men for the draft. Camps will be in Fort McPherson Georgia and multiple New York and Tennessee divisions with qualified officers and NCOs prioritized.
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War Department
Army
Governor's Island
Forty-fourth Street
Admission Instructions for Applicants Amid War Effort
The notice states applicants must be twenty years and nine months old, with preference for men over fifteen applying to the course. Applicants may obtain application blanks from their department heads or, if residing in New York State or the Atlantic States, by writing to the Commander of the Eastern Department on Governors Island.
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New York State
Sovernoe’s Island
Home Defence Duty Extended Across State, Whitman Says
Albany June 17 The Home Defence corps to replace National Guard after muster July 1 may be sent anywhere in the state in emergencies. Governor Whitman states he will not use them for police duties locally but will mobilize units as needed to suppress disorder. Nassau County unit reviewed by Colonel Roosevelt on Memorial Day. 1000 members drilled by Captain Samuel D. McAllister U S Army retired.
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Albany
Orga
National Guard
Whitmnn
Frank L. Crock
Locuet Valley
Long Island
Nassau County
Atte
Home Defence Corps
Nassau County Home Defence Corps
Roosevelt
Samuel D. McAllister
U. &Ay
Laurier to Try to Beat Draft Bill in Parliament
Ottawa reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier will challenge the government as it moves to read a conscription bill. Opposition from Quebec grows while Ontario and Western provinces stand firm. The outcome may force an election if the vote is close or if a strong majority emerges.
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Tenarate
Treva
Ottawa
Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec
Comra
Ontario
Borden
W. E. Knowles
Moose Jaw
A. McGrath
Congress Debates Food Control Bill in War Powers Clash
Congress opens debate on a broad food and necessaries control bill urged by the President. House leaders expect passage by July 1 with Senate likely delays, as Hardwick objects to revenue provisions and argues the bill must originate in the House. Administration allies aim to sustain steady Senate debate for weeks.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
Representative Lever
South Carolina
Herbert Honver
Department of Agriculture
Gore
Chamberlain
Iorn
Hardwick
Agriculture Committee
Marshall
Chamberlain Toonight
Menete
Pinvice
200 French Women To Drive War Motors
About 150 to 200 French women will soon drive military motor cars behind the front. The Club Feminin Automobile led the effort, gathering signatures from many Paris women with driving licenses. They must endure three months of military rules and discipline and may first fill ambulance driver roles before possible reassignment to other automotive duties. The four military regions have requested women recruits for driving service.
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Jarvis
Associated Press
Club Feminin’ Automobile
Paria
West Swamps Navy With U-Boat Devices
West coast ideas threaten U boat warfare and ship protection as the Naval Consulting Board establishes a Chicago branch at 120 West Adams Street to collect inventor designs from the western region. J. W. Richards of Lehigh University joins Captain William Strother Smith in directing naval offers evaluating promising inventions.
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Washington
Naval Consulting Board
West Adame Street
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Alsa
J. W. Richards
Lehigh University
William Strother Smith
Navy
Army Enlisted Pay Increases Take Effect June First
Army enlisted personnel begin receiving higher pay under the May act. Base pay up to 21 dollars monthly gains 15 to 24 dollars, with higher steps for privates, corporals, sergeants, and first sergeants across artillery, cavalry, infantry, engineers, ordnance, signal corps, and quartermaster corps. The War Department announced the schedule applies June 1, detailing new monthly amounts for all grades including hospital corps members and various classes.
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Washington
War Department
Artillery
Cavalry
Infantry
Signal Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Engineers
Ordnance
Weale
Pomerania
Brat Claes
Pei Raion
Steond Elas
Autoists Tangle at Roosevelt Estate Gates
About 100 car parties crowded Sagamore Hill the Roosevelt home at Oyster Bay, blocked by T R Hucks man and lawmen to keep curious picnickers away. Drivers reckless and trespasses led to gate closure. A week later a trespasser crashed into several pedestrians injuring a wife and child.
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Chiid
X Chanteur
Fume Sickness in Munition Plants Kills 53 This Year
Washington reports an official study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics led by Dr. Alice Hamilton showing nearly one third of about 90,000 Eastern munitions workers are exposed to industrial poisoning. In 28 plants over about a year 207 cases occurred including 53 fatalities, mostly from nitrogen oxides and nitric acid. TNT also caused many injuries.
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Th. M Hamilton
A Ot
Texson
Glacier and Yellowstone Park Tour By One Railroad Line
Tour brochure touts travel through Glacier art Yellowstone National Parks and Cody Road with stops at Rocky Mountain and Garden of the Gods. Travel arranged by the Burlington Route with one ticket covering all. includes folders for each park and no charge for the promotional material.
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Yellowstone Nativnal Parks
Cody Road
Rocky
Water) National Park
Colormo
Denver
Colorado
Meg Peak
Burlington
Berger
A Wise Woman Says Here For Tools Door Scene
A fragment shows an agent praising a versatile utensil set as essential, listing items such as a corkscrew opener pocket knife screwdriver tab hammer and glass cutter. A woman at a doorway questions the practicality and the need for multiple tools at once.
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