Eight Billion War Bond Bill Passes House
The House approved an eight billion dollar war bond bill with near unanimous support and minimal debate. It expands borrowing for the war effort, targeting a fourth Liberty Loan in October and bringing total wartime authorizations to twenty two billion dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kitchin
North Carolina
Gillett
Massachuaetts
Congress
Mr. Gillett
Fordney
Michigan
Ways and Means
Longworth
Ohio
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Germany
Investigators Balk At Garbage Odors
Staten Island grand jury investigating Lake Island Plant garbage issues ordered dumping of fifteen barges of refuse at sea after sniff test and safety concerns. Committee to confer with Burr, McStay, Knansa, and Fach on possible actions.
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Lake Island
Staten Island
Burr
McStay
Frank Knansa
Board of Health
Alfred C. Fach
Richmond County
Daniels to Make 3 Speeches Here July 4
Secretary of the Navy Daniels will deliver three speeches in New York City on July 4. He will address Independence Day events at the Tamany Club in the morning, preside at flag raising at Pelham Bay Naval Training Station, and speak at a mayoral ceremony at night. He is expected to announce the number of ships to be launched in all yards that day.
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Tribune
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
New York City
Navy Department
Dan- Selw
Pelham Hay
Hyland
Dar Peechen
Women pirates taken in inland sea band crackdown
TOKIO May 80 By Mail reports six women are among Inland Sea pirates gendarmes have identified. The group of fifty raiders is under pursuit and authorities expect most to be captured soon.
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Tokio
Jin
Neo-Salvarian Auction Halted by Injunction
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction stopping a public sale of 1 247 tubes of neo-salvarian seized last December. Former Controller Herman A. Metz sought to protect alleged patent rights, arguing the government would violate its own patent by selling. The injunction lasts until July 12, delaying disposal and maintaining the drug’s scarce status with prices cited prior to the war.
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Herman A. Metz
Julian M. Mayer
Federal District Court
United States
Thomas McCarthy
Metz
North
South America
Tha Company
Farbwerke Hoochat
Hudson Street
Y W C A to Supply Recreation for Women Workers
The Y W C A plans a recreational program for women in twenty two munition cantonments built for the war effort. Miss Ernestine Friedmann leads the project with support from Miss Mary Van Kleeck and the industrial service section. Each center will offer a club house, cafeteria, recreation hall, gym, and a soldier like War Service Club with elected captain and drills. A pledge commits members to loyalty and service. Training for women industrial managers will be funded by Bryn Mawr, combining three months labor with eight months coursework.
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United States
Women’s Industrial Army
Ordnance Department
Washington
Mary van Kleeck
Woman's Industrial Service Section
Ernestine Friedmann
Y. W. C. A. Work Council
du Pont
Williamsburg
War Service Club
Red Cross
Misa Friedmann
Bryn Mawr
Detective Impersonator Solves Paint Theft in Brooklyn
Detective O Connell disguised as a Gold Seal employee at Driggs Avenue and North Ninth Street Brooklyn sought to unravel a white lead theft ring. Henry Granatasio and Louis Grossman faced Williamsburg court on grand larceny and receiving charges after extensive inventories revealed ongoing robberies.
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Gold Seal White Lead Company
Driggs Avenue
North Ninth Street
Brooklyn
O'Connell
Henry Granatasio
East 116Th Streets
Manhattan
Louis Grossman
Norfolk Street
Williamsburg Court
Granatasio
Ples
Boy Fatally Injured by Auto in City Crossing
Fourteen year old Louis Saulier of 129 East 117th Street was struck and fatally hurt by an auto delivery wagon on Park Avenue at 119th Street. The J. J. Stolts Company casket maker owned the car. driver Frank Lary, 32, an embalmer, was arrested on a homicide technical charge. Also, John Devoy editor of The Gaelic American faced trial for criminal libel after editors waived examination and posted $1,600 bail furnished by John OLeary.
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Park Avenue
119Th Street
Louis Saulier
117Th Street
Harlem Hospital
J. J. Stolts Company
East 106Th Street
Frank Lary
Lary
John Devoy
the Gaelic American
West Side
Patrick J. McNulty
West Fifty-sixth Street
John O'Leary
University Avenue
The
Bronx
Shipping Board Swamped by War Tonnage Demands
Washington June 28 Diffi culties of the Shipping Board in meeting wartime tonnage demands were described to the Senate Commerce Committee by P A Franklin chairman of the board's ocean traffic unit. He compared the task to putting five gellows in a pint pot and warned of a possible Atlantic coal shortage next winter as bunkering for round trips to Europe and shipments to South America and the Pacific Islands strain supplies for manganese nitrites and other war materials.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
P. A
Franklin
Ike
Atlantic
American
Europe
South America
Pacific Islands
Harmony plans hit snag at Barnes led meeting
Barnes allies push to block a Washington merger plan between Wadsworth Calder assembly and Glynn Gleason led state committee move toward forming five person conference committees to merge the mass meeting with the state convention. Opposition centers on accrediting delegates and the authority to vote. Wadsworth Calder backers cite Roosevelt Taft pledges to stir mass meeting. Barnes allies eye Albany talks around Thurlow weed Tames death and Lewis campaign treasurer appointment.
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Friends
William Barnes
Albany
Washington
Wadsworth and Calder
Republican Assembly
Saratoga
George A. Glynn
Lafayette B. Gleason
Republican State Committee
Assembly
Mr. Barnes
State Committee
Republican Club
Wadsworth and Galder
Wadsworth-Calder Assembly
Jeys
Whitman
Wadsworth-Calder
Assembly of Mass
Mosers
Glynn
Gleason
Lft
Murray Hill
Mr. Lewis
George Slater
George Cromwell
Robert R. Lawson
N. A. Bleberg
Robert C. Morris
Justice Colman
Jacob A. Livingston
Fred W Kavanaugh
Waterford
Assemblyman
Blenhogen
Slater
Sage
E. J. Staley
M. Leroy Austen
Belmont
Barnes
Roosevelt
Taft
Friends of
Woah
Thirty-ninth Street
Jesse Phillips
Steuben County
John S. Parsong
Qswézo County
Samuel S. Koenig
New York
Franklin B. Lord
B.W. B. Brown
Charles C. Pratt
H. G. Tennant
Bertrand H. Snell
Potsdam
Norman Gould
F. J.T. Kracke
Wadsworth
Calder
George W. Aldridge
Rochester
Thur
Lewis
Perley Morne
Lewis Campaign
Ninth Street
Merbert S. Sisson
Erle
Frank R. Cutter
Alleghany County
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Lewin
John Poole Elected Head of Rotary Clubs on Second Ballot
John Fools of Washington was elected president of the International Association of Rotary Clubs on the second ballot in Kansas City Missouri. His election was later made unanimous on a motion by Rob inson A McDowell of Louisville. Reed vice presidents were Albert P Adams Edward R Kelney and Willard I Lansing. Alfred E Ro lands was elected sergeant at arms and twenty four district governors were chosen. Possible 1919 meeting sites included Lake City New Orleans Cleveland and Chicago.
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Washington
John Fools
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Robinson A. McDowell
Louisville
Ree
Albert P. Adams
Atlanta
Edward R. Kelney
Toledo
Willard I. Lansing
Providence
R. J.ulan I. Chopin
Chi
Alfred E. Rolands
el Pano
Tex
Lake City
New Orleana
Cleveland
Chicago
Roosevelts views on language stir Dutch Reformed visit
Oyster Bay June 28 Intern and deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church of the North Clausia on Long Island visited Sagamore Hill to petition a prominent denomination member. Roosevelt welcomed them but opposed keeping Dutch in church services urging all to speak one language and embrace Americana.
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Oyster Bay
Dutch Reformed Church of the
North
Clausia
Long Island
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Father Dead Attacks Driver in Connecticut Corners
In Stamford on June 28 Mrs. Lena Hyman of New York City struck Julius Waldhouse, the driver, and Joseph Burns of Bridgeport near the Town Hall as an inquest into Samuel Bodnoff’s death began. She pursued Waldhouse, then attacked Burns until restrained by her mother and officers.
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Glenn Sno Arrows
Stamford
Conn
Samuel Bodnoff
Lena Hyman
Henry Street
New York City
Julius A. Waldhouse
Joseph Burns
Bridgeport
Forday
Bodnoff
Waldhouse
Bodnor
Burns
Print Paper and Woodpulp Makers Get Wage Increase
The War Labor Board announced a general wage increase of ten cents an hour for wood pulp and newsprint workers with equal pay for women. The scales, binding on nineteen companies, range 43 to 50 cents per hour with eight hours daily for mill workers and nine for outdoors, plus overtime. The decision includes annual revisions and four holidays. The FTC fixed a minimum 3.1 cents per pound for newsprint. Several mills and paper companies are covered by the award.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Taft and
Walab
National War Labor Board
Labor Board
OC. A. Crocker
T. M. Guerin
International Paper Company
Abitibi Power Paper Company
Fort Praneix Pulp and Paper Company
St. Regia Paper Company
Tidewater Paper Mille Company
St. Maurice Paper Company
de Grasse Paper Company
High Falls Pulp and Paper Company
Spanish River Pulp and Paper Mills, Limited
Taggerta Paper Company
Indiana Prohibition Law Upheld by State Court
Indiana statewide prohibition law was upheld by the State Supreme Court in Indianapolis. The decision was four to one, Judge John W. Spencer of Evensville dissenting. The state has been dry since April 2 when the bone dry law took effect amid ongoing questions of constitutionality.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
State Supreme Court
John W. Spencer
Evensville
Train Hits Auto Truck Killing Four in Elmhurst Incident
A westbound Aurora, Elgin and Chicago limited electric train struck an auto truck at Elmhurst Illinois. Major Robert E B Brooks, U S, and nine other men were killed. A score or more injured, many seriously, in the crash tonight. Brooks was instant recruiting officer for the Chicago district. formerly a captain of Philippine Scouts.
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Robert EB. Brooks
U. S
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Limited
Elmhurst
Brooks
Chicago
Women Open Largest Club for Enlisted Men in New York
New York's largest club for sailors and soldiers opens tonight on Manhattan Street by the National League for Woman's Service. A dance for enlisted men inaugurates the opening. The club will be open daily from 1 PM to the early hours until midnight.
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New York
Manhattan Street
National League For Woman's Service
Enright to abolish nine branch detective bureaus on Monday
Police Commissioner Enright announced a planned Monday abolition of nine branch detective bureaus. Detectives will join station-house precincts with a supervising officer, reducing rents and telephones by about 50,000 dollars and improving response near crime scenes.
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Enright
Houes
Townsend Wins Libel Suit Second Time
Mrs Townsend, author of Little Lord Fauntleroy, again prevails in a $50,000 libel suit after the Appellate Division reversed and sent the case back for retrial. The letter in question alleged malice by Archibald Fahnestock and described family tensions surrounding his wife and sister of the plaintiff.
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Supreme Court
Francea Hodgson Burnett Townsend
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Yy Mre
Anna. Pratt Fahnestock
Washington
Justice Brown
Fahnestock
Repair Dock Found Adrift in Atlantic
A British steamship master reporting on arrival described spotting a double pontoon craft six miles away that could serve as a floating drydock for submarines. The craft appeared derelict, drifting for weeks with no crew aboard. Sailors noted it might have drifted from a shipyard or been towed lost at sea, but there was no identifying marking or owner.
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Helgian Relief
Snd
Pearl Button Makers Forbidden to Fix Prices
In Des Moines on June 28 a federal court decree permanently enjoined 26 pearl button firms and officers from fixing prices or controlling raw material output. George Bierrell Incorporated and Button Exporting Corporation, along with 24 subsidiary-listed concerns, were named, accused of restraining trade and controlling shell button machine output.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Bierrell, Incorporated
Button Export’ &Lvding Corporation
New York City
Muscatine
Towa
Curtis Buys Evening Telegraph in Philadelphia Deal
Cyrus H. K. Curtis, owner of The Evening Public Ledger, has purchased The Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia. The afternoon paper will resume publication with a note that the sale was announced today in Philyavernia.
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C. H. K. Curtis
Evening Telegraph,” of
Philadelphia
Vote on Mail Tubes Changed by Error Reversal Adopts Report
Washington recheck of yesterday's House vote on the postoffices appropriation bill reversed an erroneous ballot for Representative Rose of Pennsylvania. The 160 to 149 tally against the report became a final adoption. contracts for pneumatic tubes in New York City Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis may be renewed to March 4 and IC C investigate feasibility of continuing or replacing tubes with autos for mail from post offices to rail hubs.
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Rose
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Senate
New York City
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission 3
Prac Ucable
Hudson Tunnel Bill Sent to Congress for Funding
A joint bill in Washington proposes a federal $6 million tunnel under the Hudson River to serve vehicular traffic. It would also have New York and New Jersey each contribute $3 million over two years to aid construction, cited as benefiting mail service troop movement and freight.
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Tribune
Washington
Hudson River
Senate
House
Senator Galder
New York
Egan
New Jersey
Calder
New York Central Wins Right to Build Hudson Bridge
Albany June 28 The Supreme Court overruled New Yorks demurrer against the railroad proposal to build a Hudson River bridge at Castleton near Albany gaining federal supremacy in the case. The bridge would ease grades cut freight costs and double capacity by linking West Shore Boston & Albany and New York Central lines, easing congestion at Albany.
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Albany
Hudson
War Baker
Hudson River
Castleton
New York
New England
New York Central
West Shore
Boston & Albany
Gigantic School for U S Soldiers Planned
Cleveland July 28 Dr Frank E Spaulding head of public schools granted eight years leave to join a three member American educators commission to organize a vast school and university system for U S soldiers overseas The plan approved by General Pershing aims to place soldiers in school during spare time with courses from illiteracy to law engineering medicine and technical fields in preparation for civilian life. Spaulding to sail for France in August
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Cleveland
Anson Phelps Stokes
New York
American University Union
France
Frank E. Spaulding
United States
Cleveland Board of Education
Spaulding
Stokes
General Pershing
Army Y. M.C. A
New Synagogue Head Elected President of United Synagogue
New York’s Dr. Elias L. Solomon was elected president of the executive committee of the United Synagogue of America at a meeting in the Jewish Theological Seminary after the convention. Officers named include vice presidents Louis Gonzberg Mor decai M. Kaplan Her man Abramovitz and Charles B. H. Kauvar. treasurer Meyer Goodfriend. recording secretary Jacob Koh. corresponding secretary Rabbi Charles J. Hoffman. Additional members listed are Cyrus Adler Julius Greenstone Max D. Klein Alexander Marx Mrs. Solomon Schecter Michael Seliz William Levy Rabbi Herman Rubenovitz William Rich and Herman Spivak from multiple cities.
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Elias L. Solomon
New York
United Synagogue of America
Jewish Theological Seminary
Louis, Gonzberg
Mordecai M. Kaplan
Herman Abramovitz
Montreal
Charles B. H. Kauvar
Denver
Meyer Goodfriend
Jacob Ko
Government to test Garabed’s air power device
Washington reports an engine designed by Garabed T. X. Giragoesian of Boston will be tested in Boston tomorrow by scientists approved by Secretary Lane. Authorized by Congress, the seat will be tested to demonstrate an inexhaustible source of cheap power from the air.
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Garabed
Washington
T. X. Giragoesian
Boston
Lane
Congress
Food Prices to The Consume An Economic Snapshot
Market diary notes meat prices remain high amid low demand and scarcity. Beef and lamb fluctuate with wholesale shifts. fish prices rise as storms affect supply. Vegetables and fruits show mixed trends with potatoes and watermelons varying. advice urges milk intake and leafy greens for health.
When Iowa Chickens Reach Broadway Ad Sparks Debate
Algona Iowa letter to the editor analyzes chicken pricing from farm to retailer. It notes 20-22 cents live price to farmers, 8 cents for assembling and shipping, 2 cents for robbery, 5-10 cents for grade, and 45-48 cents a pound in NYC. It questions socialistic ideas vs profiteering.
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Algona
Iowa
New York
Fresh eggs and groceries offered by Tribune Institute clubs
Fresh eggs candled for quality offered to club members at 44 cents per dozen with delivery in dozen lots, superior to the 47.6 cent straight candled eggs. Extra grade butter 50 cents per pound, tub butter 52 cents, prunes 15 cents for 25 pounds large or 18 cents small, dried lima beans 15 cents per 5 pounds, navy bean substitute ink beans 11 to 19 cents. Contact Morningside numbers to place orders. market data from the New York Bureau of Markets with collaboration from the York Federal Food Board. market column appears on Saturdays.
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Federal Food Board
Food Board
Navy
teslePhone Morningside
New York
Bureau of Markets
U' Department of Agriculture
York Federal Food Board
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