Grave Returned for Gold Star War Mother’s Plea
In Indiana a mother pleads to have her son’s body returned from overseas battle, choosing a grave near home so she can pray at it daily. The piece notes delays in repatriation as the government weighs returning bodies and honoring fallen service members.
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Pate
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Isville
Ind
Alice Gresham Dodd
Jimmy Gresham
France
Jimmy
Dodd
National Cemetery
Gov
Booze Flows Into Capitol From Wet Baltimore Town
Washington police seize and destroy a million dollars worth of whisky amid heavy bootlegging along the district line from Baltimore and nearby towns. Decoy cars, hidden flasks, and cross line patrols surround Union Station and the capital area as rum runners evade authorities.
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Capitol
Baltimore
United States Supreme Court
White House
Washington
Ninth Precinct
Eliscett City
Hyattsville Chevy Chase
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Haltimore & Ohio
Haltimore
Union Station
Toronto Strikes Begin With 15000 Workers Walkout
In Toronto 15000 workers across many trades went on strike at 10 a m today with notices spreading fast. Mayor Church formed a citizens committee and warned agitators from Winnipeg. Letter carriers declined to strike, street railway workers vote Saturday, and arbitration for a 44 hour week was refused. Canada wide strike unrest continues with railway shop action and Alberta mining walkouts.
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Toronto
United Press
Church
Winnipeg
Canada
Prince Albert
Sask
Fernie
B C
Lathbridge
Alberta
The Day of Days Opens Monday in If You Thrill
Louis Joseph Vance delivers rapid action and stirring romance in If You Thrill at Love and Adventure. The article invites readers to begin reading The Day of Days Monday, highlighting humor and excitement.
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Louis Joseph Vance
Man Charged With Attempt to Export Gold
Bert Bearkley faces federal charges for attempting to smuggle about 485 dollars in gold out of the United States. He was arrested in Blaine Washington Thursday night under supervision of secret service and customs officials. He allegedly planned to ride a train to Vancouver British Columbia. An officer will transport him to Seattle for imprisonment.
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United States
Bert Bearkley
Blaine
Wash
George Ellsterman
Congress
Seattle
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Proclamation on Returning Gold Star Mothers’ Dead
A wartime pledge urges the U S government to bring home the bodies of fallen soldiers for gold star mothers and to hasten burial at home when requested by the deceased’s parent or next of kin, while continuing to repatriate living soldiers. The appeal stresses urgency and government funding for funerals and grave visits.
Two Men Held After Bold Tacoma Robbery
James Downes and C. W. Wilson are jailed on open charges awaiting Tacoma officers. They were seized at the Wiltshire Hotel after a daring hold up at Lyng’s store, where $300 plus valuables were looted and a gold two and a half dollar piece was found on Wilson. Both men, with $170.47 in Wilson’s possession, are named by Tacoma police and face transport Friday afternoon.
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James Downes
C. W. Wilson
Tacoma
John Lyng
Wiltshire Hotel
Seventh Ave
D. J. McLennan
W. A. Muller
M. M. Peyser
Wilson
Lyng
Downes
Silent Army of Democracy Honored Across France
Paris May 30 American and French crowds honored the 70000 silent army of democracy with memorials from Belleau Wood to the Argonne. President Wilson spoke at Suresnes cemetery while Gen Pershing took part in ceremonies at Dun Sur Meuse Romagne and Thinecourt. French civilians and soldiers decorated graves along dusty roads expressing shared tribute to American sacrifice.
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America
France
Flanders
Vosges
Argonne
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Wilson
Suresnes
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Wallace
Red Cross
Gen. Pershing
Dun Sur-Meuse
Beaumont
Romagne
Thincourt
Dun-Sur-Meuse
Meuse
Picardy
Marne
Lorraine
Toul
Luneville
Soissons
Chamery
Quentin Roosevelt
Service of
Clemenceau
Courses for Militia Are Urged in Wartime Policy
Secretary of War Baker urged military training tied to universities and high schools to shape a peacetime army as an educational institution. He said the army must train in education and matters beyond fence, instructed the general staff to draft plans, and outlined expected wartime to peace funding and field projects including Wright field and Langley field.
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Washington
United Press
Baker
Altho
Kahn
Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Yton Wright
Langley Field
Pla
France
March
The
Navy plans to finish battleship expansion by 1916 standard
The General Board told the House affairs committee that the navy aims to complete the 1916 authorized program including four ships and six battle cruisers. It calls for added protection to turrets and magazines with a slight speed reduction and maintains 16 first class battleships for the next fiscal year split between Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
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Washington
Gress
General Board
Daniels
House
Wal Affairs Committee
A McKean
Tennessee
McKean
Atlantic
Pacific
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