Costa Rica May Be Lost As Ally by Wilson Stand
A 1918 dispatch details U S efforts to block pro-German forces in Costa Rica under Tinoco. It notes Britain’s pressure aided by Canadian bank finance moves, the 1917 seizure of power, Gonzalez’s exile, and Tinoco offering ports to the United States to protect the Panama Canal amid war tensions.
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Costa Rica
Wilson
Federico Tinoco
State Department
Royal Bank of Canada
Alfredo Gonzalez
Great Britain
United States
Panama
Nicaragua
Gonzalez
Tinoco
Germany
Panama Canal
Colombia
Venezuela
Tinoee
Congress
Tinoto
Partment
Suffrage Will Pass Says Mrs C C Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt predicts the woman suffrage amendment will pass the Senate on Thursday barring filibuster. She notes the poll is confidential, pledges guarded, and asserts sufficient votes exist. World interest grows with letters of congratulation from China, Portugal, and New Zealand.
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the Tribune
Washington
Senate
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Association
China
Portugal
Council of Women
New Zealand
U S Ship Schurz Sunk After Collision With Tanker Florida
A U S S Schurz formerly the Geier sank after a collision with the Florida off North Carolina coast. One sailor was killed and six injured. 216 crew were saved by the Florida and rescue liner. Fireman Manuel Gouveia Jr. is missing. Survivors reached an Atlantic port in a dramatic dawn救.
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Atlantic
W. D. Wells
U. S. &. Schurz
Geier
Florida
North Gerolina
Naval
Cape Lookout
N.C
Min
Bell Call
Manuel Gouveia, Jr
Honolulu
T Qnee
Honolulu Harbor
Hearst Linked to Creel Ban on Film at Broadway Theatre
The Yanks Are Coming was barred from its first Broadway run by the Creel Committee on Public Information. Universal Film Company claims Hearst influenced the decision through a big government contract threat, noting many committee members were former Hearst employees. Creel defended sole responsibility for the action as a stand against biased censorship.
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Broadway
Creel Committee On Public Information
James M. Sheen
Stanchfield & Levy
Universal Film Company
Ihe
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Sheen
Creel
Yanks Are Coming Advertised Tonight. Creel Hearst Dispute
A local screening of the film Yanks Are Coming was halted by Creel Hearst committee pressure. An argument in the lobby between Byoir and Frank Atkins centered on permit status and claims of government secrecy. The film had been shown without a permit, prompting closure actions. Continued on next page, column 5.
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Gre Hearst
Byoir
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Hearst
Creel Committee
Frank Atkins
Airplane Company
Creel
Former Hearst Men In Creel Film Bureau
A list of active Creel Committee of Public Information members in Moving Picture Matters, noted by R. H. Cochrane, former Universal Film Company VP, detailing former Hearst organization employees now connected to film and publicity, including Hart Bycir Sisson Berst Hoagland Hetrick Hubbell Simons Hall Donahue Van Arsdale and Smith with Hearst affiliations.
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Fullowing
Creel Committee of Public Information
Moving Picture Matters
R. H. Cochrane
Universal Film Company
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Charles 8. Hart
Hearst Newspapers
Carl Bycir
Edgar Sisson
Cosmopolitan
4. A. Berst
Hearst- Pathe Weekly
H. C. Hoagland
Hearst-Pathe Weekly
E. B. Hetrick
International Film Service
Mr. Hubbell
Lew Simons
R. L. Hall
Mr. Donahue
C. F. van Arsdale
G. A. Smith
Arrivals From Germany Say Revolt Looms
An American group returning from Germany reports growing discontent over food shortages among civilians and soldiers. Olga Wurzburg recounted conversations with German troops who say morale is deteriorating and a revolt may come unless conditions improve. The family had fled via Switzerland after years in German towns near the Rhine.
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Germany
Frederick William Wurzburg
Grand Rapids
Mich
Olga
Dorothy
Elsie
Switzerland
Godesburg
Rhine
Bonn
Coblentz
Mires
Olga Wurzburg
Miss Wurzburg
St. Marcus Hospital
Wilson Attempts to Lift Wheat Price Floor
Washington June 23. President issues executive order authorizing the Food Administration Grain Corporation to raise wheat prices above the $2.20 bushel minimum with Hoover’s approval. Stock capital to rise to $160 million, all government owned, purchased as needed to sustain higher prices amid freight rate hikes and Senate deadlock over the agricultural appropriation bill. The move aims to offset higher costs and pressure Senate votes on raising the minimum price to $2.50.
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Washington
Hoover
Food Administration Grain Corporation
New York
Tze
Food Administration
White House
Grain Corporation
Congress
Senate
House
Senate Ia
Russians Call for Allied Intervention Says Bernstein
Russian political figures and observers urge Allied intervention as the only salvation for a bleeding Russia. Herman Bernstein, former Bolshevik admirer turned anti Bolshevik, reports a disintegrating regime, widespread lawlessness, and growing support for a new moderate party to replace the Bolsheviks. Barons Korff and Tver corroborate the need for a constitutional government and say Germany is undermining Russia through Bolshevik rule.
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Russia
Come
Herman Bernstein
New York
Bernstein
Feveditov
Alfie
Mr. Bernstein
Petrograd
Red Guard
Moscow
Courts of Justice
Prince Lyoff
Trotsky
Lyoff
James
Central Soviet
Prince Looff
United States
Stockholm
Baron Korff
Washington
Lenine
Germany
British Tanks Conduct First Raid Near Bucquoy
British tanks in France conducted their first raid at Bucquoy, with infantry support, moving over the top near midnight. The tanks and riflemen faced heavy machine gun fire but pressed the operation for two hours, leaving marks on the enemy territory and returning with prisoners, casualties for the Germans not fully confirmed.
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Associated Press
France
Bucquoy
Entente appeals to Clemenceau Soviets to halt war on Czechs
Moscow dispatch reports Foreign Minister Tchitcherin says the Soviet government will not alter its course against the Czecho-Slovaks and will pursue compulsory disarmament of counter revolutionaries. Siberian Bolshevik protests influence the stance as tensions rise with Allied pressure. Paris notes Clemenceau meets Pershing at American HQ and outlines Franco American cooperation during a high level military conference with multiple generals.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Associated Press Today
Tchitcherin
Kiev
Semenoff
Siberia
Paris
Clemenceau
Andre Tardieu
United States
Department
Pershing
M. Clemenceau
Oah
Tardieu
Eral
MacAndrew
Mordacq
Weggand
France
America
Czechs Push Bolsheviks Back in Siberia Front
Chinese forces force Russian General Orlov to withdraw to Fichor Manchuria amid fighting along Poghanitshnaya front. Czech deserters and German prisoners bolster Bolsheviks around Nikolsk. Czech forces clash with Red Guards on the Angara Bridge and at a former prisoner camp, capturing arms and machines before a consular compromise limits further actions.
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Warbin
Manchuria
Ortof
Poghanitshnaya
Fichor
Nikolsk
Red Guard
Irkutsk
Irkutak
Voennis
Angara Bridge
von Taube
Vladivostok
George H. Emerson
Great Northern Railway
Krasnolarsk
Red Guards
Emerson
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Siberia
Brilliant French praise for U S raid at Xivray
June 21 reports French army and corps generals lauding American units in the Toul sector after a successful action at Xivray. The commanders commend initiative, defense, and sharp attack, stating the division’s actions honor the American soldier and prove Allied superiority as offensive actions continue.
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France
Toul
Xivray
Y M C A Workers Brave Shells to Aid Wounded
Paris June 23 Several Y M C A workers on the American front north east of Toul are praised for courage in the Xivray fight. Henry Wharton Chestnut Hill Philadelphia Benton Johnston Detroit Alfred Stokes Stamford Conn aided stretcher bearers and gave wounded men drinks and cigarettes under fire. Canteen workers served behind masks as shelling intensified.
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Paris
Toul
Xivray
Henry Wharton
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Benton Johnston
Detroit
Alfred Stokes
Stamford
M.C
Thames BR
Pattison
Smonton
Verte
Homer Toulon
Allies Attack On 33 Miles Beaten Enemy Pressed In Italy Drive
Allied forces renewed the Piave line assault across thirty three miles as Austrian defenses fractured under Italian pressure. Vienna claimed heavy losses and low prisoner counts while Italy warned of renewed Austrian offensives in Tyrol and Trentino. West of the Piave the Austrians were repelled in counter blows and in France British tanks supported a trench raid near Bucquoy as the Allied line held.
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Piave
Montello
Fagare
Orlando
Tyrol
Trentino
Mount Bligny
Champagne
Bucquoy
Arras
Italian Army Drives Austrians From Montello to Adriatic
Italian forces report victory on the Piave front from Montello to the Adriatic. Austro Hungarians retreat in disorder, forced to cross the Piave as Italian troops push them back to the sea. Official dispatches dated June in northern Italy and Rome recount the decisive river crossing and retreat.
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Piave
Montello
Ahe
Italy
Rome
Piave River
Adriatic
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Carter Field
Tribune Copsriaht
The
Tibuna Ass'n
C. C. Catt
U.S
North Carolina
Reel
Suster Baced
Creel-Hearst Committee
Creel Film Bureau
Entente
Fech
Orloff
Echor
Vienna
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