Washington Plans Four Routes For Ocean Flight Aero Club
Alan Hawley of the Aero Club of America announced that transatlantic flight plans are ready for government review with four plane types. Three routes proposals include New York to Ireland or Newfoundland to Portugal, using large land aircraft, flying boats, hydro planes, and fuel-toting ships at sea. General Braner and U.S. builders push the Azores route as favorable for seaplanes and long-distance hops.
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Aero Club of America
Rob Nor
Eyee
New York
Ireland
Treland
New Foumlland
Newfoundland
Azores
Portugal
Brancker
Branecker
Mores
Mandley-Page
Caproni
Aero Club
the Club
James V. Martin
Ohio
Europe
Poles to Portray Past Struggles For Liberty in July 4 Pageant
Poles will portray Poland's tragic and glorious history in a Fourth of July loyalty pageant. Living pictures will trace Poland from its first kings and battles to partitions and resurgent hope led by Paderewski. The display ends with a resurrected Poland and a pledge of loyalty by over 30,000 Poles on Independence Day.
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Poland
Josh
Gruenerwald
Jagello
Washington
Kosciusko
Pulaski
Napoleon
Danbrowski
Poniatowski
Europe
Azlachta
Russia
Catherine II
Napoleon III
Muravieff
Lithuania
Petrograd
Muravief
United States
Ship Board Fight On Bone Dry Bill May Go to Wilson
Washington June 29 Hearings on the Jones prohibition amendment to the $11 000 000 emergency agriculture appropriation bill will be resumed next Tuesday by the Senate Agriculture Committee with Chairman Hurley and Bainbridge Colby Shipping Board Director General Schwab Secretary Daniels and Postmaster General Burleson as witnesses. Opposition of the Shipping Board to the amendment because of its effect on ship output may precipitate a controversy in which President Wilson intervention may be a deciding factor. The sundry civil and Army appropriation bills are to be reported to the Senate tomorrow and House fortifications funds are up for action as leaders push to finish urgent measures by July 1. Leaders plan for a summer recess around July 10 to August 6 while the revenue bill is shaped.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hurley
Bainbridge Colby
Shipping Board
Schwab
Emer-geney Fleet Corporation
Daniels
Burleson
Wilson
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Senate
House
Con- Fees
Congress
Thessehien
Intergearkey
Bulgaria
Siberia
Quiet Day on American Front Pershing Reports
Washington dispatch notes a quiet day on the American front with no reports of enemy activity. General Pershing states there was no significant movement or engagements, and U.S. troops remained in defensive positions along the lines.
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Pershing
Washington
Old By
Tb Can
Tobacco Stock Shows Increase Over Last Year
A Census Bureau report notes rising tobacco on hand at year's start totaling 1,176,234,657 pounds, up 12.6 percent from 1916, with 1917 production near 1.195 billion pounds and Kentucky leading states by output. It covers varieties, regional districts, prices, imports, exports, and internal revenue from 1917.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Clarksville
Hopkinsville
Paducas
Kentucky
Orth Carolina
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Marylan
States
United States
British India
China
European
Russia
Dutch
East Indies
Austria-Hungary
Japan
Philippines
Brazil
Carnahan Jr. Dies in Home Accident at Middletown
R B Carnahan Jr vice president of the American Rolling Mill Company metallurgist of national reputation was found dead at his home in Middletown Ohio after an accidental self inflicted gunshot. Body discovered this afternoon. He was a noted metallurgist.
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R. B. Carnahan, Jr
Middletown
Ohio
R B. Carnahan, Jr
American Rolling Mill Company
Mr. Carnahan
National Reput
British Labor Chiefs Issue War Coalition Manifesto
Eight labor ministers in the British government publish a manifesto praising coalition unity and democratic reforms during the war. They warn against anti national factionists, likening them to the Socialists who fail to align labor with their cause, and urge steadfastness to support sea power, resources, and allies against German aggression.
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George H. Barnes
John Hodge
Fensions
G. H. Roberts
Labor
William Brace
Home Affairs
John R. Clynes
Pood
Stephen Walsh
Local Government
George J. Wardle
Board of Trade
James Parker
Russia
Germany
Turkey
America
England
United States
Passengers Scalded as Train Passes By in Saybrook
A valve on a passing locomotive blew out sending scalding steam and glass fragments into three Pullman cars of the Gilt-Edge Express near Saybrook. About a score were injured, two seriously. two treated at Saybrook Hospital, others by emergency crews. Among the injured were Molly Murphy of Norwich and Alden M. Farris of Cambridge.
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New London, Cohn
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Saybrook
Saybrook Hospital
New London
Molly Murphy
Norwich
Conn
Alden M. Farris
Cambridge
Mass
Navy Blocks Brokers in War Bids Says McGowan
Rear Admiral McGowan, chief of the navy’s supply and accounting, says the Navy has eliminated brokers from war bidding. He notes 14,000 firms on the bidders list, only a few still use agents. He defends contractor scrutiny and states that direct bidders have increased while intermediaries declined. Navy bids are open for public inspection.
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Washington
Navy Department
McGowan
Waymaster General of the Navy
Department of Justice
Department
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Lst
U S Ship Sank By Tanker 216 Saved 1 Killed
The incident recalls fall 1914 events when the U S vessel Schurz later Geier was sunk by a tanker after escaping Japanese cruisers. Of the crew 216 were saved and 1 was killed. The ship, interned, later transmitted wireless messages from German agents in the United States to Japan. The October 1914 claim marked a notable episode in early World War I naval actions.
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U. S
Japan
United States
Schurz
Geier
German Gunboat Geier Interred At Honolulu In 1914
The 1500 ton gunboat Geier sailed from Tsing Tau to Honolulu with a German steamer, faced U S neutrality threats, and was interned on November 8 1914 after refusing to clear the harbor. Deserters reached San Francisco and were interned. In June 1917 Geier was repurposed by the U S Navy and renamed Schur.
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Tsing-Tau
China
Lockson
Honolulu
United States
Larconi
America
Geier
Rizon
Asama
Washington
Noither
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
United States Navy
Schur
Laxity in location of nitrate plants sparks debate
Bertrand H. Snell of Potsdam criticizes Muscle Shoals nitrate plant plan amid war emergency funding. He notes Tennessee River water power insufficiency, predicts three months of steam operation, and questions the project’s cost and justification. Lawmakers like Longworth and Almon defend urgency while funding stems from 1917 deficiencies.
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Snell
Muscle Shoals
Una Nere
Lyell
Tennessee
St. Lawrence
Longworth
Ohio
Edward B. Almon
Alabama
House
Congress
United States
French Socialists Denounce German Contact at Conference
Fifteen French Socialist deputies approved the American Federation of Labor stance against meeting labor from enemy countries during the war. They condemned German Social Democrats for aiding aggression and neglecting Belgian neutrality, urging no dialogue with those seen as hostile to liberty. The move backs the inter Allied and neutral Socialist conference opening June 28 in London.
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American Alliance “of Labor and Democracy
Samuel Gompers
Chamber of Deputies
American Federation of Labor
Europe
Isber
Ames Wilson
Pattern Makes
Chester Wright
American Alliantee For Labor and Democracy
Beetary
Paris
America
Berne
Switzerland
Stockholm
France
London
John Spargo
Charles Edward Kussell
A. M. Simon
International
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Call to redefine German Socialists amid war discourse
The passage urges a definitive stance against German Socialists tied to autocracy and militarism. It argues socialists must renounce militarism, align with civilizational progress, and reject any pact with tyranny to preserve liberty and human progress worldwide.
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Karl Liebknecht
Party of
Centuris
Ban On Concrete Ships Blamed On Steel Interests
Washington dispatch reports critics blame steel interests for blocking concrete ship expansion after the Faith proved successful and private builders faced limits in shipyard capacity. The Shipping Board had ordered civilian concrete ships but then restricted private construction, amid wartime pressures and staffing shortages, in a move critics deem protectionist.
Concrete ships and steel interests swirl around Shipping Board
The article notes supposed influence of steel interests on a concrete ship program, arguing concrete ships may supplement or surpass steel after the war. It critiques policy of building concrete ships when possible and not when steel is available, labeling the rationale a mystery.
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Shipping Board
Tin Cans Add Weight to Ladies Silk Garments
Old tin cans contribute from twenty to three hundred percent in weight to the glossy silks worn by women, a claim cited by Popular Science Monthly.
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Popular Science Monthly
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