French Repulse German Blows In Thessaly Advance Continues
London reports an entente advance in Thessaly continues with French cavalry reaching Pharsala and Domokos and British contingents occupying Demirli. Rome says Carnia front artillery active with reconnoitering parties taking prisoners and air raids on Gorizia with no casualties. Greek officer detentions reported and Piraeus mayor resumes duties amid stabilizing order.
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Aisne
Hurtebise
Teuton
Bovelle
Armentieres
Ypres
Entente
Thessaly
Pharsala
Domokos
Larissa
Demirli
Rome War Office
Carnia
Val Piccolo
Val Grande
Gorizia
Grivas
Reuter
Saloniki
Piraeus
Athens
Venizelos
Population Decides Draft Numbers for National Army
Washington reports the first draft size will be set by each state ratio to national population, not registration. Indiana, with about one thirty-third of U S population, would contribute roughly 17 000 men, including an estimated 1 009 for good enlistment record.
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District of Columbia
United States
War Department
Indiana
Union
Goodrich
Elkhart
Savings Bank Department
Indiana University
Bloomington
Indianapolis
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Whitte
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Public Service Commission
J. E B. Jones
Interstate Commerce E Commission
Indiana Commission
Alva Banghart
Warsaw
Beatrice Johnson
Ft. Wayne
Rhoda Whitten
Jacob P. Schwenk
Teese
Danville
Roy Blair
Brazil
Clay Workers
Fred H. Ehlers
Kerbie J. Christ
Fish and Game
Russell S. Craig
Lawrenceburg
William McKee
Vincennes
State Reformatory
W. B. Mendenhall
Newcastle
William Rippe
Wayne Oil Tank and Pump Company
Dorothy Hurlock
George Hurlock
Marion
Man Arrested For Wearing Kaiser Photo Watch Fob
Indiana Harbor, June 18. Max Klismalitz was arrested for wearing a picture of the Kaiser on his watch fob. Jeweler Joseph Ginsinger who sold the fob to him was also arrested and his stock of fobs confiscated.
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
Max Klismalitz
Joseph Ginsinger
Frank Proposes Mail Franking For Army Officers
Washington notes a bill by Representative Francis of New York to extend the mail franking privilege to officers and enlisted men in the army navy and marine corps.
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Frank
Army
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Francis
New York
Vrooman Plans Midwest Tour To Improve Farm Marketing
Assistant Secretary Vrooman of the department of agriculture will begin a month long tour starting July 1 through the middle west and west to teach farmers better marketing practices for farm products.
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Vrooman
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Middle West
West
Duma Ratifies Provisional Government Move Against Grimm
Russia moves to oust Swiss Socialist Robert Grimm amid reports he aided German efforts for a separate peace. The pan Russian congress approves the expulsion 640 to 121 and backs ministerial investigations. The Duma orders an immediate offensive and rejects separate peace as treason to allies. A note calls for an entente conference to review war aims.
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Petrograd
London
Russia
Robert Grimm
Grimm
N. C. Tcheidse
Socialist Internationale
Duma
Germany
Senate Passes War Bill To Favor Essential Shipments
The Senate approved without a record vote the administration’s priority shipment bill to prevent interstate commerce obstruction. It authorizes the president to direct shipments essential to the war effort, with a Washington agency for prompt compliance and railroads allowed to enter earnings division agreements with presidential approval. The measure now goes to the House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hoover Organizes Food Conservation Campaign in Nation
Herbert C. Hoover moves to lead a food conservation drive at presidential direction, planning a nationwide registration of women from July 1 to July 15 through national and state councils of defense. Early steps target eliminating waste.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Congress
Defense
Income Tax Collected Across Nation Reaches $330.6 Million
Washington reports total income taxes paid in the fiscal year ending show a national yield of 330,565,628 dollars. Corporations contributed 170,037,040 dollars and individuals 160,528,588 dollars, surpassing officials initial estimates from last September.
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Washington
Lynching of Henry Conly Near Holdenville Oklahoma
A mob of about 11,000 people lynched Henry Conly a Black man near Holdenville Oklahoma after a white farmer's wife identified him as her assailant. Conly was hanged from a tree in an event tied to a reported assault a week prior.
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Oklo
Henry Conly
Holdenville
Jesse L. Burford
Conly
Greathouse Gains Ground as Indiana State Chairman
Charles A. Greathouse is named state chairman by the Democratic central committee and plans to organize precincts statewide. The Indianapolis News accuses him of a political machine, while defenders praise his record as former state superintendent and the state’s debt elimination under Gov Goodrich. The piece contrasts Greathouse with Tory figures and notes GOP rivals Hert and Kealing.
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Indianapolis
Charles A. Greathouse
Democratic State Central Committee
Greathouse
State Committee
Aple
Indiana
The
Indianapolis News
News
Joe Kealing
Jim Hemenway
Tobe Hert
Goodrich
Union
William H. O’brien
O’brien
James P. Goodrich
How She Won Him
After college graduation Donald Barker visits Mayside with Evelyn Clarke and me. Evelyn overestimates knowledge while I bluff through physics talk. Donald grows fond of me, while I hide my limits, fearing discovery after marriage.
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Donald Barker
Mayside
Evelyn Clarke
Evelyn
Donald
Gamaliel
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