Hope Chapel excursion at risk over date clash with Jersey Central
Local report notes Hope chapel may miss its annual excursion if a suitable Saturday date isn’t arranged with Jersey Central. Patrons fear ticket sales drop if the event moves to a weekday. Meanwhile, Sgt Bayer Jr. writes from abroad after being wounded at the Cotigny and other community items include traffic fines and a church charity incident, plus a West Third Street attic fire causing $800 loss.
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Hope Chapel
Hope
Jersey Central
Westfield Italian Joseph Janello Recovering After Shot
Joseph Janello of Westfield Ital ian was shot by a fellow townsperson on uth avenue Fanwood during a June 13 quarrel. He discharged from Muhlenberg hospital Tuesday after two bullet wounds that initially seemed fatal. Janello was taken to police HQ and placed on $500 bail to face his assailant John Mattiano at his Elizabeth trial. Abram Gordon of West Fourth and Liberty streets was arraigned in city court Tuesday for throwing garbage from a milk wagon. Judge DeMeza fined him five dollars.
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Joseph Janello
Westfield
Uth Avenue
Fanwood
Muhlenbergospital
Janello
Ken
Abram Gordon
West Fourth
Liberty Streets
Keefe
DeMeza
Reverend Maguire to Preach twice at Park Avenue
Rev Gabriel R Maguire former Pastor of Park Avenue Baptist and long time pastor at Ruggles Memorial Asbury Mass will occupy his former pulpit here next Sunday both morning and evening His daughter Ruth Maguire will sing solos at both services The morning subject is The Signs of the Times and the evening The Worlds Greatest Tragedy
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Gabriel R. Maguire
Park Avenue Baptist Arch
Ruggles Memorial Church
Asbury
Mass
Iss Ruth Maguire
Macaire
Telephone directory effort under way by New York firm
The New York Telephone Company started its latest telephone directory project this week with distribution conducted by Keiderling who asks subscribers to have their old books ready for return.
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New York Telephone Company
Keiderling
War era clergy receive leave for reserve roles in New York
Dr R F Y Pierce of Lennox Avenue, pastor at Eleventh Street Baptist New York, gains leave to become major and chaplain of the New York reserve regiment stationed at Ash Terminal Brooklyn. Rev J W Flynn, Monroe Avenue pastor, commissioned captain in reserve, sails to Camp Devens for duty. A reception followed Flynn's commission. The J S Polk firm began excavations for a $100 000 Tepper building on West Front Street with plans by White and Associates aimed for a fall grand opening. Plainfield banks will close at 2 PM from August 1 to handle wartime work.
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R. F. Y. Pierce
Lennox Avenue
Eleventh Street
J. W Flynn
Monroe Avenue
Rmg
Camp Devens
Uty
Flynn
J. S. Polk & Comany
New York
West Front
McCutchen
Tepper
By & White
Plainfield
John F. R
Netherwood Avere
W. J. Vail
H. W. Vail
Park Avenue
Isaac M
Harry M. Ransiph
Sumner Ph
Edward P. Stine
View Avenue
Richmond Hill
el N
Stine
William M. Wherry, S Jr
Central Avenue
Spring Lake
Frances DeLacy Hyde
Hydewood Hall
Wah-Wash-Kesh
Ont
Canada
R. F. R. Huntsman
East Front Street
Pemaguid
Walter A. Hennessey
St. Mary’s Church
New Haven
Conn
Fred V. Mills
Kensington Avenue
Walter J. Swaffield
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Alton
N. H
Margaret Martin
Springfield
Mass
Michael Doyle
West Fourth Street
Harry Meyer
Watchung Avenue
Jason
Muhlenberg Hospital
William S. Tyler
West Eighth Street
Meredith
Ariadne Bicknell
John G. Bicknell
South Avenue
James B. Fenner
John Fenner
Somerset Street
Fenner
Naval
Olive Louise Schreibweis
Sterling Building
Pelham Bay Naval Station
Miss Schreibweis
Muhrenberger Hospital
A. W. Duxbury
Franklin Place
Lake Minnewaska
N. Y
Leo Moore
835Th Aero Squadron
Aerial Training School
London
Eng
Corporal Moore
J. A. Moore
Bronx
James M. Cullen
En Pe.wreak Cullen
South Olus Street
Geors
Frederick Ley Company
West Front Street
Eascern
Cullen
Camp Dix
Isabel Morris
Dar
W. H. Morris
al Ls Street
Moon
George L. Yy
Kate Mo
Plainfield Avenue
Bride
BE. R. Brown
Dunelies
Elsie Dannatt
Arthur J. Morris
Sepes Morrison
Camp Haphrey
George D. Morrison
Philadelphy
Michael Griff
Griffin
Anna Bray
Field Avenue
Stephen H. Voorhees
Madison Avenue
West Harwich
Frank Burke
West Fifth Street
Wildwood
Sonth Jersey
Burke
Grover Kretz'l
Vine Street
M.H. Lyon
Marseilles
Charles E. Herring
Nora Regan
Lee Place
James L. Pope
Grant Avenue
Manasquan
Fred J. Dixon
James P. Mottley
Lincoln Place
Guaranty Trust Company
M. J. Keenan
East ‘Street
P. C. Banghart
Jacksonville
Fla
B. H. McCoy
Dauphin
Harrisburg
Outlook for Aircraft Is Much Better
A Senate Air craft Investigation Committee report predicts an optimistic outlook for U S aircraft production. The Handley Paige and Caproni machines with Liberty engines boosted confidence, with 75 heavy planes per week now and 100 expected by September. The Standard Aircraft Corporation is highlighted for its pivotal role and shifts toward heavier types while light planes may cease production in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Handley-Paige
Standard Aircraft Corporation
Bayway
Caproni
Minelo
Plainfield
Elizabeth
Washington
War Department
America
Handley- Paige
Tte
England
France
Guy Empey Receives Captain’s Commission in U S Army
Guy Empey author of Over the Top and famed war lecturer is commissioned a captain in the adjutant general's department. He is ordered to Camp Freeman California. Mrs. Edward L Suffern of Sycamore avenue spends the summer at Craigville Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Empey
Adjutant General’s Department
United States Army
Empey
Camp Freeman
Cal
Edward L. Suffern
Sycamore Avenue
Craigville, Mass
Man Sues Over Black Tom Blast Damaging Wife and Barge
Ellefson filed suit in Trenton claiming the 1916 Black Tom explosion caused his wife Thorn to go insane and damaged their barge Alexander off Black Tom Island. He seeks 61,000 dollars plus 50,000 for his wife’s insanity and 10,000 for her injuries, while noting his own injuries and costs.
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Thorn
Jersey City
Supreme Court
Trenton
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Ellefson
New York Central Railroad Company
Alexander
National Storage Company
Black Tom Island
Rome
Morris Plains Hospital
Ellefsen
After War Priority Board To Control Raw Materials
An international priority board to regulate postwar raw materials is likely to be sanctioned by the Allies. Germany’s admission to global agencies hinges on war outcome and its future conduct. The plan, backed by Britain and U S officials, aims to reserve supplies for Belgium Serbia Northern France and Italy and to support after the war trade policy and peacetime recovery.
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Germany
Teutons
Robert Cecil
Belgium
Serbia
France
Italy
United States Tariff Commissions
Wilson
America
International Economic Directorate
Fourth of July Drops Coal Output in week
The Fourth of July observance reduced week coal production by 2 081 000 tons about 17 percent with total output at 16 259 000 net tons including lignite and coke. Daily average over a five day week stood at 2 052 000 net tons slightly below the prior week. Dr H V Hubbard recently enlisted received telegram notice commissioning him a captain and awaiting possible active duty call.
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United States Fuel Administration
Geological Survey
H. V. Hubbard
Central Avenue
Medical Reserve Corps
Washington
General Crowder Shaped Draft System Ahead of War
General Enoch Crowder among the first to urge a national draft. His study of wartime requirements led to a plan using total manpower rather than volunteers, informing Congress on a concrete Selective Service draft framework. Green noted Crowder’s early memos influenced the drafted bill with few changes.
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Enoch Crowder
Tanai
Sam
House ‘Tory Affairs Committee
Crowder
Texas
Ilwartgraft
Greene
Bern
United
Crowle
Congress
Framng
Bee Military Committee
Gallant Irish Lad Praises Yankee Soldiers From Front Line
An Irish Private Rogers recounts admiration for Yankee soldiers seen at the Western Front. He describes their courage and companionship, notes he would be proud to be an American soldier, and reflects on leaving home to fight for country during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arling
Rogers
Western Front
England
France
Charles
Prient
Plainfield Car Men Form Trolley Union in Elizabeth
Plainfield trolley workers form a local union in Elizabeth bringing together the Northern division after weeks of strike action by Public Service Corporation employees. Central division officers include Thomas F. Shine and Anthony Padden with a provisional board led by John Sheppard Irving Eisner Samuel Heller and others. The union seeks sixty hours and ninety cents hourly rates before wartime labor adjustments take effect.
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Plainfield
New Jersey
Elisabeth
Serf Corporation
Hall
Elizabeth
Thomas F. Shine
Amalgamated Association of Statric Railway Employee& America
Anthony Padden
Pr& c
John Sheppard
Irving Eisner
Sec
Samuel Heller
Financial Secretaary
William Lloyd
Willingt
Michael Canty
M. Finster
J. Smith
Jof Dunellen
John Finley
William O’brien
Herbert Eggers
Crack Aviators Move Toward Trans Atlantic Flight
The Elizabeth based Standard Aircraft Corporation hosts forty young aviation officers ready to train on the Handley Page plane for an ocean crossing. Led by Lt. Willis Boggs, they signed a petition to pilot the first craft over the Atlantic, amid growing confidence from military and aviation officials. Prizes total $210,000 from sources including the London Daily Mail and the Aero Club of America, with congressional support under consideration.
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Standard Aircraft Corporation
Elizabeth
Handley-Paige
Mineola
Atlantic
C. K. Reinhart
Langley
Standard Field
Bayway
Standard
Willis A. Boggs
Europe
Army
Navy
Washington
London Daily Mail
Aero Club of America
Congress
United States
Plainfield Letters Censored by Kingdon Gould at Camp Dix
Plainfield parents learn hundreds of National Army letters will be censored by Kingdon Gould a First Lieutenant and intelligence officer at Camp Dix Gould a multi millionaire selective refused commissions and served as sergeant drawing praise for his linguistic skill and steady work in the intelligence office His later acceptance of a commission follows prior refusals while overseas letters pass through his desk bearing the censor stamp and the inscription Kingdon Gould First Lieutenant N A on the cards
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Kingdon Gould
N. A
Plainfield
National Army
Camp Dix
Intelligence Department
211Th
Gingdon Gould
Lakewood
311Th Regiment
Rice
Gould
Dix
Sergeant Lawrence Leaves Plainfield for Watervliet Arsenal
Sergeant William W. Lawrence of the Ordnance Corps departed Plainfield on Monday after a stay following the death of his aunt Mrs. W. W. Warnock of Craig Place. His home is listed as Brooklyn.
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William W. Lawrence
Final Warning Is Given Sugar Users
Former State Senator Ernest R. Ackerman announces candidacy for Congress in the Fifth District on the Republican ticket and establishes headquarters at North and Watchung avenues. John H. Nicol, secretary to the late Congressman Capstick, will manage Ackerman's campaign and assist in food administration and War Savings Stamps sales in Union County. Nicol had been considered a potential candidate but withdrew from the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R. Ackerman
John H. Capstick
North
Watchung Avenues
John H. Nicol
Capstick
Ackerman
Nicol
Congress
Union County
Washington
Advances in Food Prices Reported by Bureau
Retail food prices rose between April 15 and May 15 with overall March year to date gain. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a five percent annual increase with vegetables down, while roiling beef up 32 percent and cornmeal 30 percent. Milk up 2 cents per pound and pork chops up 20 percent. For the five days to May 15, average food prices climbed 63 percent per the statistics.
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United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Berkeley Heights Plant Damaged by Fire at Essex Works
Fire confined to one shop at the Essex Specialty Company's Berkeley Heights plant caused about 800 dollars in damage. Firemen from New Providence and Stirling aided, with Otto F. Adams taking action to remove flammables. Construction plans call for a hollow tile wall structure for the new building.
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Essex Specialty Company
Berkeley Heights
New Providence
Stirling
Otto F. Adams
New
Aadience Company
Borough Men Pass GFA Physical for Duty Await Call
North Plainfield youths from Somerset County pass the GFA board physicals and await induction. Names listed include John Lisowsky Albert Trutta John Anthony Hurley George W Wilson Emile Clements and Henry Gildersleeve with street addresses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Also Mentioned on This Page
George J. Bayer
Clinton Avenue
George J. Bayer, Jr
Contigny
Bayer
Califon
Board of Managers
Gertrude Sabine
Pillar of Fire
Zerepath
Bound Brook
D. Y. Campbell
West Third Street
Higgins
Third Street
Carl Anderson
Plainfield Car
Trolley Union
Standard Plant
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