Syracuse U. Men Missing After Amiens Fight
Four American drivers and two ambulances disappeared in the Amiens battle area. Names include John Clement, Whitde Jones, Donald Caster, Greze Walt, and others from Syracuse, Harvard, Princeton, and New York. Unclear if killed or captured amid Ardennes bombardment and civil relief efforts led by Miss Morgan.
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UPA
Amd
Amiens
Menu
John Clement
Harvard Uelvorsity Paduate
Laurence Lee
New York State College of Fore Estry
Harry Gregary Walt
New York City
Forestry College
Paris
Ae i AE Rayingad
Chi Shipley
Cincinnati
mSahh Glowacki
Jersey City
Antennes
Sanat
Miss Morgan
United States
Ambulance Drivers Evacuate Wounded From Amiens Amid Bombardment
American volunteers in France report four ambulances entering Amiens to rescue wounded children and women as German air raids intensify. Drivers faced direct fire while aiding refugees, with hospitals overwhelmed and fires from incendiaries. Elsewhere in California, the Imperial Valley quake death toll rises to nine as aftershocks continue.
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Coster
American Volunteer Corps
Baris
Amiens
Clement
France
French, Foreign Legion
Nmransfer
Panzer l
Heavi
Harold Wills
Boston
Lafayette Escadrille Air Rard
Eta
Rhildren
Paris
United Press
Insamiens
Patts Deguite
Red Cross
American Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Noutish Mel
California
Jemblers
el Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
William Ward
Negray Sur
Window Bay Boy Known As The Yule Window Dies
Kenneth L. Andrus of Waterbury dies after a three year battle with rheumatic fever. His parents kept him by a large front window for sunshine because they could not afford a sanatorium. The sight drew daily greetings from motorists and passersby.
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Waterbury
Conn
Kenneth L. Andrus
Kenneth
Hios
State Motor Deaths Show Gain for Four Months
New York State traffic fatalities rose for the fourth straight month, according to Motor Vehicle Commissioner Carrol E. Mealey. April saw 182 deaths, up 13 percent from April 1939, with 232 fewer accidents and 337 fewer people injured compared to the same period last year.
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Albany, May
New York State
Carrol E. Mealey
Hitler Ready For Battle Of Century Clash On Western Front
Report from Pierre Jite notes Hitler aims to force a decisive continental showdown with a "battle of the century." German officials boast new corps moving through Belgium toward the channel as Allied defenses fray. Reich commanders promise rapid breakthrough despite British air raids.
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Pierre Jite
Wester Front
Hitler
Fuehrer
Watter
Relchensy
Stratale
Ini
Gerotans
France
England
Miller
Belgium
West Flanders
Ypres
Menten
Urrotls
Reich
Courtrai
Renaix
French
Lille
Armentierres
Terday
Reichenau's
Yser
Uid
Holland
Liege
Reickenau
Worts
Dyte
Maxime Weygand
Reichenau
French Labor Leader Pleads With U S Workers
Paris reports Leon Joubaux, French labor leader, urged American workers to aid French laborers to avoid becoming slaves who would forge arms against the United States. In a transatlantic broadcast, he warned the war's final outcome may depend on American labor and criticized humanity's darkest hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Paris
UNS
Victim of Bandits Slain Police Round Up 15 Suspects
In New York City police rounded up 15 suspects in the slaying of Cal. Charles Patton Echols age 72 a former West Point instructor. Colonel Echols was robbed and pushed down steps near the Public Library on Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UES OF
G17
New York City
Cal
Charles Patton Echols
West Point
Colonel Echols
Fifth Avenue
New Printing Rules Made To Curb Collusive Bids In State
New reforms tighten state printing contracts after an inquiry into irregularities. Governor Lehman and officials announced rewritten specifications and procurement practices to bar any bidder previously involved in collusive bidding from future work. Testimony linked Burland Printing and Lyon Company to bid collusion, with reforms endorsed to ensure fair competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allasy
New York
Lehman
Joseph
O'Leary
Inadvertent Charges Spark Election Controversy
April 27 report notes a contested vote in the state capital over printer costs and a curation debate. Officials directed a recount and a targeted review of the recount documents to resolve the dispute.
Central to Reduce Sune Freight Rates Athuny May 2240
The New York Central Line will cut freight rates starting June 17 for shipments from upstate stations to York Philadelphia and nearby cities. The Agriculture Department and Fruit Bureau planned new rules to repair damage to fruit and vegetable trade as shipments grow.
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Syracuse
U. Man
Gregory Wait
Richman
Richran Brothers
Salina St
Salvation Army
Whitney
Mary Elizabeth Whitin
John Har Whitney
Carson Ciy
Nev
Tudee J
Gui
Apecily
Wilson & & Greene
Hera Batting Coumbeeee
Ow.r. Sea
Waterloo
ENT
Royal Portable World
The
Typewriter Store, Inc
South
WeuPay
J. Grady
Syracuse Senetire Corp
West Genesee AT Wai
Carl Brarder
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