New York Tenants Fight Landlords In Bronx Heat Dispute
In June 19 dispatch from New York, tenants organize to curb high rents and heat charges. Legal bills seek mandatory heat between October and April and penalties for landlords failing to provide heat. the issue sparks holdover battles and mass occupancies as 50 000 families face eviction pressure amid rent hikes and court resistance.
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Bronx
State Assembly
Reading
University Are
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Council Demands Huns Executed in Wartime
Division No 4 of the patriotic service council unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the firing squad for convicted German spies agents and traitors. Alfred Prather introduced it and the audience applauded then sang America. United States District Attorney Robert C Saunders spoke urging strong liquor law enforcement and denouncing bootleggers aiding the enemy.
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Council of Patriotic Service
Alfred Prather
America
United States
Robert C. Saunders
Queen Anne High School
British Medical Delegate Arrives for Chicago Congress
Surgeon Col. Herbert Alexander Bruce, a prominent English medical leader, arrived as the British delegate to the American Congress of Medical Secession in Chicago.
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Congress of Medical Secretion
Chicago
War Department Reports 144 Casualties
Washington June 19 war department announces 144 casualties in the latest tally. Killed in action 24 died of wounds 12 died of airplane accident 2 died of disease 1 died of accidents and other causes 3 wounded severely 87 wounded allegedly 1 missing in action 1 prisoners 23.
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Washington
War Department
Saskatoon Hail Storm Damages Homes and Streets
A Saskatoon report details a Tuesday evening hail storm that struck June 18, breaking windows, stripping light globes from streets, and causing extensive damage to vegetation around a hall area in Sank.
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Saskatoon
State agricultural tractors shown at Auburn in Ford program
Agricultural men gathered in Auburn on Wednesday to view Ford tractors allocated to the state commission of agriculture for distribution. Henry Ford provided 25 tractors on a non profit basis, supervised in Seattle by Alfred G. Ayerst. The Amphion Society plans a concert at the naval training camp on Wednesday evening.
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Auburn
Henry Ford
State Commission of Agriculture
Ford
Seattle
Alfred G. Ayerst
The
Amphion Society
Naval Training Camp
Food from U S saved Allies in spring drive
The article recalls American aid and food shipments easing London queues from 220000 in line to about 1200 daily by April as German spring offensive began. Hoover warns on wheat reserves and futures, urging storage and continued grain movement while pledging steady flour prices and beef and pork supplies for soldiers and allies.
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London
Big Spring
Hoover
19 Year Prison Sentence for Grace Lusk
In Waukesha Wisconsin Grace Lusk received a nineteen year term for murder from Judge Martin Lueck. Lusk collapsed and was carried from the courtroom after the verdict. The court criticized Dr. David Roberts whose wife was Mina Lusk in a marriage case spun by the defense as insane but a committee found Lusk sane. London reports Edith Cavell's mother died at Henley on Thames aged 81 after a period of illness following her daughter's death.
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Grace Lusk
Martin Lueck
Atorney
Judge Lueck
David Roberts
Mina Lusk
Miss Lack
Roberta
Alleniata
London
Edith Cavell
Henley On Thames
Winlock Miller Named State Fuel Administrator
Winlock W. Miller, regent of the University of Washington, is appointed state fuel administrator succeeding David Whitcomb. Miller, born in Olympia, has deep Seattle and state property ties and resides at 1720 University. Camp Lewis reports update as Y M C A supplies troops with extra quilts.
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Winlock Miller
University of Washington and Capitettat
David Whitcomb
National Fuel Administration
Washington
Miller
Olympia
Winlock W. Miller
Jeremiah J. Meladden
Territorial Supreme Court
Mary M. Miller
Seattle
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Camp Lewis
Honolulu
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Advisory Committee Urged for City Survey Guidance
The Chamber of Commerce committee recommends Mayor Hanton appoint a 25 member advisory panel from labor, business and community groups to guide a city government survey and to form a government research bureau to implement wartime efficiency. The report, submitted by Perry Polson and colleagues, notes broad local interest in wartime efficiency and cooperation with officials.
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Hanton
Chamber of Commerce
Perry Polson
C. T. Conover
Wintock W. Miller
C. J. Smith
C. EB. Horton
Co. & Wills
M.A. Gottste’o
Frank McDermott
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