Loyalists Condemn Hearst in Mount Vernon Meeting
In Mount Vernon New York a few hundred citizens filled the School of Industrial Arts to condemn Hearst papers and oppose German language teaching. C A Speakman urged action against The New York American and Evening Journal, proposing a resolution to drive Hearst publications from the city as patriots stood and cheered in support.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
William Randolph Hearst
School of Industrial Arts
Board of Education
C. A. Speakman
Hearst
New York American
Evening Journal
Speakman
Mall
Mr. Speakman
Ridgewood Militia Targets Hearst Papers at Newsstands
Ridgewood New Jersey June 28 members of the Ridgewood Reserve Militia Battalion stationed at local newsstands to collect names of Hearst newspaper buyers. An anti Hearst circular was handed to each purchaser and a pledge was adopted to rally the militia against Hearst papers during and after the war.
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Ridgewood
WN. J
Hearst
New York American
New York Evening Journal
Ridgewood Battalion
N. J
M. R
Anti Hearst Lapel Button Draws Massive Demand
Nutley New Jersey June 28 The anti Hearst coat lapel button reading I Do Now Read Hearst Papers has sparked widespread requests. Lieutenant Claude W Boynton says initial orders of 25000 may be insufficient as patriotic residents across New Jersey and New York seek buttons. Local and city offices report heavy inquiries by letter telephone and in person with several thousand buttons asked for in Rutherford and Long Island.
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New Jersey
Nutley
N. J
Claude W. Boynton
Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Boynton
New York
William Street
Long Island
Slim
W. L. Crandall
Rutherford
Hearat
Mr. Crandall
Readers Attack Defence of Hearst In Caldwell Paper
Caldwell New Jersey June 28. Citizens clash with Hearst supporters as The Caldwell Progress publishes Hearst ads and editorials. Hearst agents distribute circulars. editor disclaims responsibility for excerpts from The New York American.
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Hearst
Caldwell
N. J
Caldwell Militia Company
Hearst Newspapers
Caldwell Progress
Progrean
New York American
Letter Reveals Militia Officer In Caldwell Press Ad Tie In
Howell M. Stillman of the militia wrote to F G Johnson, managing editor of Caldwell Progress. The letter discusses distribution plans and notes Hearst paid for half a page of advertising in the same issue as an editorial, suggesting the timing aimed to influence readers who would remember the editorial later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell M. Stillman
Militia Company
F. G. Johnson
Maing
Caldwell Progress
Hearst
Hearst Taint Forces Menken Out of League
S. Stanwood Menken resigns as president of the National Security League citing Hearst press influence. Resolution praises his founding work and loyalty while Lydecker succeeds, urging unity to defeat pro German propaganda and defend wartime goals.
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Hearst
Menken
S. Stanwood Menken
National Security League
New York American
League
Executive Committee
Teutonic Union
Lydecker
Security League
Auid
de- Waennere
United States
Congress
Charles FE. Lydecker
Sazing
Grand Jury Urges Federal War Charity Oversight
The June grand jury urged federal control of war charities to curb misuse of public donations. It criticized fifty fifty and one hundred percent collectors, noted excessive overheads at the Army and Navy Bazaar, and cited the American Ambulance in Russia as mismanaged. It called for a public office with supervision over all war charities. District Attorney Swann and staff were praised.
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McIntyre
New York City
Army and Navy
Russia
Swann
Creel Offers to Tell Of Hearst's Contract
George Creel, chairman of the Committee on Public Information, testified before the House Military Committee in Washington stating he would not oppose a resolution for a report on film contracts. He noted the Hea Pathé arrangement in which 80 percent of theatre receipts go to the government and proceeds are shared among Britain, France, Italy, and the United States.
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Washington
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
House Military Committee
Dent
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Creel
Hea Pathé Company
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Employers Can Now Have Pick Of Office Boys and Girls Too
A surge of teen applicants fills the Centre Street Board of Health building as vacation begins and permits for summer work are sought. Clerks bar some, but others like Rosa Nachtigal face rejections, while teens like Meyer Trutzky pass exams with their birth certificates and diplomas. The scene underscores a juvenile labor rush and the busy exam staff of Dr. S Josephine Baker and Dr. William H. Guilfoy.
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Board of Health
Centre Street
White
Walker
Rosa Nachtigal
Germany
Schol
United States
Meyer Trutzky
Alang
Italy
Tony
Western Union
S. Josephine Baker
William H. Guilfoy
Regulation Union
City stamps sold by boys to broker in graft probe
Assistant District Attorney John T. Dooling heads a probe into stamp theft from the Health Department where three boys, all named a department mailing clerk, confess selling stamps for The School Health News. An office boy, 15, also works at the Health Department and supports his family while studying law. The stamp graft is linked to broader profiteering with a jailed oyster graft suspect, Alexander Liebe, and Dooling expects losses to exceed $100000, possibly many times higher.
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Elwood Banfield
Nassau Street
Health Department
John T. Dooling
School Health News
Banfield
Bath Beach
Brooklyn
Dooling
Iiss
Alexander Liebe
Princesa Bay
Drive for Italian Hospital in New York City
The Italian community launches a fundraising drive to raise one hundred thousand dollars for a hospital serving countrymen in New York. Dr Diomedi Detillo, founder of Favola del Medico, started Hospital Day on June 29. About one thousand young women in white will canvass across the five boroughs, with Boy Scouts and Public School 41 bands joining, and moving pictures filmed during the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Diomedi Detillo
Hygiene Favola del Medico
Jalian ‘Hospital
Boy Scouta
Public School 41
War Board Cuts Automobile Tire Types to 22
The War Industries Board directs a rapid cut from 287 tire types to 22, with all but nine discontinued by November 1, 1920. The remaining sizes range 30 by 8½ to 40 by 6, including standard non skid patterns. Elimination will be phased, with eleven types retired by year end, four by 1913, and nine by 1920. Public inconvenience is not expected as industry standardizes to the new plan.
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War Industries Board
War Industries Hoard
Willis resigns from Federal Reserve Board to join Columbia
Washington June 28 H Parker Willis resigns as secretary of the Federal Reserve Board to take effect at the board's pleasure He plans to devote his life to professorship at Columbia University and writing on economics President Wilson also accepts Frederic A De Tano's resignation to join the army engineers for railway work in France
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Federal Reserve Board
Columbia
Washington
H. Parker Willis
Willis
Columbia University
Wilson
Frederic A. de Tano
Chicago
Army Engineers
Raiway
France
Mandalay to Sail Tomorrow Marks Summer Schedule
The Mandalay will begin its summer season tomorrow and depart from the Battery at 9 80 a.m. 1 45 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily except Mondays when the 9 30 trip is omitted. From Atlantic Highlands return trips are at 11 90 m, 6 p.m. and 0 45 p.m.
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Promince Menumiay
Atlantic Highlands
Ypres Hero McClintock Dies Under an Assumed Name
Lieutenant Alexander McClintock, decorated Canadian Guards veteran, killed himself in a New York hotel room after registering under an assumed name. Details say he paid in advance, left notes and sleeping powders nearby, and had recently written a war memoir titled Best o Luck. Home in Kentucky, his career included Ypres and the Somme, with later service at Camp Dix and Plattsburg.
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Alexander McClintock
Ypres
Somme
Murray Hill
West Forty-second Street
A.M. McClure
Camp Dix
New Jersey
McClintock
Canadian Grenadier Guards
London Hospital
King George
Plattsburg
Longridge
Lexington-Maysville
Fayette County
Canada
Dominion
Province of
Kentucky
Pints Barred in New York After Eight at Night
Albany reports Governor White signed an order banning all alcohol sales in New York City after 8 p m unless consumed on the premises. The rule, effective immediately, aims to curb bootlegging to soldiers and sailors and was issued after State Excise Commissioner Sisson investigated widespread off premise liquor sales. Violations will be vigorously prosecuted under the Newton law allowing suspensions during specified hours near camps and factories.
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Albany
New York City
White
Hylan
State Excise
Herbert
Sisson
Newton
State Commissioner of Excise
Beavers Forecast Storm as New York Zoological Park Predicts Weather
A spoof column notes a wild yarn about New Rochelle firemen, a Brooklyn inn massacre, and a saluting sailor. It then cites Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars of the New York Zoological Park predicting a looming storm, based on beaver activity observed all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Raymond L. Ditmars
New York Zoological Park
Ditmare
Ditmars
German on Trial Under Spy Law Praises Hearst
Stephen Binder testifies in Brooklyn federal court asserting his book Light and Truth aims to end the war without aiding the enemy. He quotes Hearst papers as among the few printing his views while denying intent to hinder the United States or Allies. He opposes Liberty Bonds, praises Red Cross aid, and argues peace is the only path to victory. The trial resumes Monday at 10 o'clock.
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Stephen Binder
United States District Court
Brooklyn
Binder
Germany
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
America
United States
Smith
A. S
Sinn Féin
Ireland
Wilson
England
Charles F. Voogele
Voegele
Meantime We'll Roast Eup Is Slogan of Womeny Summer Campaign
A Washington dispatch reports the suffrage amendment delayed until August as leaders debate timing. Senators Pelosi and Calder among those urging restraint to avoid jeopardizing coalition support before Fourth of July recess. Mary Garrett Bayer of the Woman Suffrage party popularizes the slogan Meantime we'll roast 'em as July battles loom.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Suffrage Co
Ator Jones
Jones
Curtis
Hollis
Calder
New York
Mary Garrett Bayer
Woman Suffrage Party
Suffragists Press Wilson to Personally Address Capitol
Women leaders including Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch and Miss Helen Tod urged President Wilson to speak to Congress on the federal suffrage amendment. They cited allies' examples and wartime achievements, insisting federal passage now hinges on presidential advocacy and Democratic support.
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Wilson
Harriet Stanton Blatch
National Woman's Party
Washington
Pr Wilson
Capitol
Met
Elateh
Rae
Senate
New York
Wadsworth
New York State
Charlotte Perkin Gil Iniat
Helen Tod
Miss Tod
Marion May
Han
Stamp Drive at Mt Janie Park Festival Dedicatory
Notices announce a stamp drive at Mt Janie Park Museum during the spring festival of the campaign. Dedicatory exercises occur at Tree Grounds, Tenet Street, at 3 PM. A meeting of the mall follows at 7 PM.
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Mt Janie Park
Amercal
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