Loyalty Week and a Call for Genuine Civic Duty
A Loyalist committee marks Loyalty Week with daily demonstrations including a June 18 Newspaper Day featuring editorials in The Call and Hearst’s American. The piece argues loyalty should be shown through voluntary acts of self denial and service, not public theatrics, urging spontaneous, unadvertised acts and restraint in boasting about loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
Committee On National Defence
New York
Call
Hearst
Wylan
Ita
Protection for Conductorettes in Brooklyn Work
Kings County Grand Jury found that overhasty hiring by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company allowed unfit women into streetcar work. The piece notes some women will continue in the job while urging legislative limits on hours and conditions, citing the Bureau of Labor Statistics finding night work harms women’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Grand Jury
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Grand Jury
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Protective laws urged for women on streetcars work
The article describes calls to extend factory hour limits to women on streetcars, seeking nine hour days and bans on work before 6 p m or after 10 p m. It notes Wisconsin regulators adopted similar hours restrictions and highlights Consumers' League push for safe, tolerable conditions for women in this new field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Industrial Commission of
Wisconsin
Consumers’ League
Grand Y
The Turk at War II and the Call for Action
A rhetoric urging immediate U S declaration of war on Turkey argues allies fight Turkey in Mesopotamia and Palestine, states war is already ongoing, and condemns pacifist delay. It calls Congress to repeat its demand for decisive action following the Tabriz outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Tabriz
Congress
National Security League Resolutions Clash With Hearst Papers
The committee adopted two resolutions denouncing Hearst papers and repudiating a statement for The New York American. The action drew mixed coverage: some editions framed it as a Hearst attack by privileged interests, while The New York American later echoed that framing. The piece ends with a sharp barb calling a Bolshevist in a moral panic more ludicrous than a jellyfish eating a toad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Security League
New York American
Hearst
the Times
The
World
the Tribune
Menken
Alton B. Parker
The Ego Energy and the Human Dynamo
The article discusses a universal fund of energy within the ego as the source of vigor. It notes that expression varies by personal makeup, with examples like Schwab and Roosevelt. It argues mental organization governs happiness, citing Dr Nicoll on using interest properly to channel unconscious forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Schwab
Napoleon
Roosevelt
Nicoll
London
Energic view of human faculties in psychology discussion
The piece explains an energic theory where faculties are manifestations of a single force like electricity. It cites Dr Nicoll, new thoughts on religion and socialism, war work enthusiasm, and the subconscious versus conscious self as the source of much unhappiness and psychological disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Nicoll
Freud
Darwin
Newton
Hospitals In Jeopardy From War Strains On Medical Staff
The wartime draft and volunteer service have thinned physicians nurses and orderlies, forcing private practitioners to cover for colleagues in uniform. Hospitals face rising costs and reduced care, with 40 percent of hospitals lacking funds for internet repairs. funding must come from the public and federal planning to train more medical personnel while ensuring steady hospital support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Belgium
France
England
New York
Goldwater
Mount Sinai Hospital
Gay Death in France Poem by William Wallace Whitelock
A wartime poem reflects on death as a gay departure from life. The speaker questions fear in facing mortality and praises the young soldiers who died in France before youth faded, ending with a tribute to their sacrifice.
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Dorth
France
William Wallace Whitelock
Fate of Venice under Italian defense in Alpine retreat
The article argues that Austrian pressure near Venice risks the city if Italians retreat behind the Brenta or Astico while holding the Piave Adige line. It notes Italian resistance strengthens, Austrian gains limited to Montello, and warns heavy artillery near Venice in range. It also cites French success at Rheims as Allied momentum and hopes Venice survives air raids and destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Picardy
Champagne
Flanders
Venice
Piave
Adige
Asiago
Monte Grappa
Caporetto
Montdidier
Noyon
Paris
Brenta
Astico
Adriatic
Sile
Doges
Rheims
Montello
Rome
Aisne
Marne
Moernay
Let Us Cling Fast to Unity in War Time
An editorial urges steady nerves and unity as Allied resolve faces heavy trials in World War I. It lauds Britain France and other dominions for sacrifice, notes France and England’s combined efforts, and recalls Empire Day greetings from King George to President Poincaré, stressing shared purpose.
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Belgium
Serbia
Italy
Romania
Montenegro
Portugal
France
England
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Poincaré
London
Paris
King George
Hearst editorial justifies sinking of Lusitania 1915
column cites Hearst editorial defending the sinking as a spoils of war under civilized warfare rules. notes Hearst control of multiple Hearst papers with large daily circulations and lists publications including The New York American and The San Francisco Examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst
T W. R. Hearst
New York American
The
New York Evening Journal
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Avanta American
San Francisco Examiner
Aircraft Discoveries By Theodore M Knappen
SHINGTON June 19 A cautious House discussion revealed how aircraft makers stretch spruce by splicing and by using fir and white pine. Wood teams ration spruce with laminated wings and propellers built from multiple woods, while standardised processes and jigs guide mass production. The article notes cotton cloth wings, dope finishes, and the emphasis on thousands of identical parts prepared before final assembly.
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Shington
Disque
Northwest
Imperial Valley
Eswalt
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American Hospital
Tagrib
Caspar Whitney
Tribune
Uy the
Thoune Association
Buche
West Front
Great Britain
America
Ypres
India
Africa
Mr. Hearst
Hearst Newspapers
Horner's
Theodore M. Knappen
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