Liberty Loan subscriptions exceed district quotas nationwide
Across the United States the Liberty Loan drive shows heavy oversubscription. New York's district leads with about 952 million and estimates total near two to three billion. Chicago reports 274 million with expected rise. Cleveland tops 56 million with final total over 57 million. fourth district anticipates oversubscription beyond 225 million.
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New York
Liberty Loan
New York Federal Reserve District
New York Stock Exchange
Cleveland Liberty
Cleveland
Fourth
Federal Reserve Bank
Weather summary recalls cold wave across the United States
The Rocky Mountain cold wave impacts the eastern and central U S regions while the north and southwest endure heat. Highs around 116 in Yuma and 90 to 100 in Texas. Frost threatens Wyoming and Montana as partly cloudy conditions ease into fall tonight and Saturday in Wayne County.
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Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Rocky Mountain
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Yuma
Arizona
Texas
Wyoming
Montana
Red Cross drives home front preparedness in Wayne County
An appeal urges residents to support a nationwide Red Cross fundraising campaign to equip hospitals and ambulances for American troops in France. Volunteers will canvass households, asking for two actions: volunteer time and generous financial contributions, stressing that there are no slackers in Wayne County.
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France
Red Cross
United States
Wayne County
Wayne County Liberty Loan total tops 1.1 million
Indiana was about two million short of its Liberty Loan goal at noon. Wayne County’s contribution was expected to reach 1.1 million, with exact county subscriptions to be tallied after the campaign closed. Banks will accept late applications under treasury rules as local bankers praise the county’s effort.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Atlanta
Kansas City
Wayne County
Treasury Department
Views of Armenia and Syria to be shown tonight
A free stereopticon lecture in the Morrisson-Reeves library assembly room will depict the Armenian and Syrian situation with 50 new colored slides from Underwood and Underwood. Rev Mead A Kelsey and J E Williams lead, about one hour, with no offering taken and all are urged to attend.
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Morrisson-Reeves
Mead A. Kelsey
J. E. Williams
Underwood and Underwood Company
Turkey
Holy Land
Benson Receives Honorary Degree from Loyola College
Rear Admiral William P. Benson of the U S N was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of laws by Loyola College in Baltimore on June 14. The ceremony recognized his naval service and ties to the city.
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Baltimore
William 3. Benson
Loyola College
Liberty Bonds Campaign Drives Red Cross Support in County
General Howard Dill and Admiral E H Harris lead five colonels each to canvass the county for the 35000 Red Cross drive. Staff includes Handley Nusbaum Taylor Thomason Wood and Price White Bailey Lemon Nicholson. A Sunday Coliseum mass meeting will explain Red Cross work with Judge Woodmansee of Cincinnati. Citizens urged to give at least a day’s income.
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Howard Dill
E. H. Harris
Army and Navy
Red Cross
L. A. Handley
Oliver Nusbaum
F. M. Taylor
Charles F. Thomason
Tra C. Wood
Dill
J. Clifford Price
Fred G. White
W. M. Bailey
E. R. Lemon
R. B. Nicholson
Harris
Richmond
Coliseum
Accidental Death Reported for John T. McCarthy
Word received here today states John T. McCarthy of this city a United States Marine and son of John F. McCarthy grocer and former Commercial club president was accidentally killed in San Francisco presumably at the navy yard. No details yet. A dispatch from San Francisco in an Indianapolis paper says the body will be sent to Richmond. McCarthy was about thirty and once studied at Notre Dame University.
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John T. McCarthy
United States
John F. McCarthy
Commercial Club
San Francisco
Navy Yard
Indianapolis
Richmond
McCarthy
Notre Dame University
Powder Factory Explosion Shuts Plant Near Birmingham
An explosion hit the Aetna Powder company plant on Birmingham outskirts at about 11 a.m. today. All telephones to the plant are out of commission and details remain unavailable.
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Birmingham
Ala
Aetna Powder Company
Basil Walters Chosen for Ambulance Corps at Front
Basil L. Walters a former Richmond Palladium reporter now attending Indiana University in Bloomington was selected for the ambulance corps to go to the front by Major T Victor Keen chief of sanitary inspection at Fort Benjamin Harrison Walters was one of three applicants and was the sole admittee chosen by Major Keen.
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Basil L. Walters
Richmond
Palladium
Bloomington
Indiana University
T. Victor Keen
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Keene
Weatherman Moore Takes Blame For Cold Wave
Weatherman Moore absolves Medicine Hat of blame for the cold wave and accepts responsibility for January weather. He predicts the frigid spell ends by early next week with temperatures rising to 80 degrees in the shade, possibly higher by Monday.
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Moore
Medicine Hat
Red Cross Windshield Sign Request to Motorists
The Red Cross asks all auto owners to keep the windshield sign displayed through Red Cross week ending June 25. Compliance will aid publicity and support for Red Cross work.
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Red Cross
Red Here
Miss White Urges Women to Register in Suffrage Drive
Esther Griffin White, head of the Women Voters Association, spoke to young women at the Adam H Bartel factory about the partial suffrage law and the 60 day registration period. She plans talks in Richmond factories and notes precinct chairmen are established to aid registration.
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Esther Griffin White
Women Voter's Association
Adam H. Bartel
Indianapolis
Miss White
Sohaies Peace
Wactinatenior Council
Richmond
Women Voters Association
Elliott Ganvasses in Henry County
Dick Elliott Republican candidate for congress tours Henry County Indiana meeting hundreds of Maxwell Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet employees in Newcastle He conducts county wide tours meeting voters in New Lisbon Straughns Lewisville Durreith Spiceland Knightstown Millville Mooresville Blountsville Mt Clements Sulphur Springs Honey Creek Middletown Cadiz and Kendal
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Newcastle
Ind
Dick” Eliott
Congress
Maxwell Automobile and Hoosier
Elliott
New Lisbon
Straughns
Lewisville
Durreith
Spiceland
Knightstown
Millville
Mooresville
Blountsville
Mt. Clements
Sulphur Springs
Honey Creek
Middletown
Cadiz
Ken
British to Release Irish Prisoners
The government announced in the House of Commons that all prisoners taken in the Easter Sunday uprising in Ireland a year ago will be released. The decision was disclosed this afternoon in London.
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London
House of Commons
School Board backs Giles and Pickell in signed statement
The school board issued a statement defending Superintendent Giles and Principal Pickell amid recent attacks by Richmond newspapers. It cites Giles’s clean four year record, contract through 1917, and praises his administration. Pickell’s term has ended and the full note continues on page nine.
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Pickell
Giles
Richmond
J. ‘T. Giles
Columbia University Teachers College
Indiana
End of World to Follow War Sermon at Eaton Church
Rev. R. Lee Kirkland of First Christian church in Eaton will preach a Sunday morning sermon on "The Battle of That Great Day of God Almighty" arguing the current world war is the last, with Rev. A. M. Hainer of Utica, Ohio, to deliver the evening message.
British Forces Push Front as German Retreat Advances
British forces in Belgium press the German line between Hollebeke and Ypres Comines canal, capturing key ground including a major public safety item site near Messines. The German retreat stretches from the Lys to the region east of Messines as Haig forecasts further advances in the renewed offensive.
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Berlin
London
Belgium
Eee
Hollebske
Associated Press
Messines
Ypres-Comines Canal
Guren
Kilo Zillebeke
Nouth
Plumer
Warners
Lys
Ypres
Comines
Haig
Italian commission to visit Garibaldi statue in New York
The Italian war commission will visit the Garibaldi Memorial on Staten Island as part of its New York stay. The Staten Island visit is set for Friday June 22, with Mayor Mitchel inviting Italian societies and Italian American residents to attend.
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Garibaldi
New York
Organ Gift Clarified for South Eighth Street Friends Church
A Palladium notice corrects that the organ installed at South Eighth Street Friends Church was given by Benjamin Johnson, not John H. Johnson. Benjamin Johnson, a charter member active in church work, is honored for the gift.
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South Eighth Street Friends’ Church
Benjamin Johnson
John H. Johnson
German Change of Spirit If Kaiser Is Beaten Marburg predicts
Theodore Marburg former Belgian minister and current foreign relations chair in the League to Enforce Peace speaks in Richmond. He foresees Germany changing after the war ending Prussian militarism, enabling a place for Germany at the council table if reform comes from within. He warns a victorious Germany would press total armament on all nations.
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Theodore Marbug
Belgium
The
League To Enforce
Richmond
William Dudley Foulke
Germany
I Jook
Marburg
Council-Table of the Nations
Cincinnati School
Grinnell
University of Cincinnati
Russia
United States
France
Austria- Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
England
Italy
Bernhardt
Nietzsche
Treitechke
Ars
Reeekeee
Marbuis
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Elliott Ganvasses
Henry County
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Lincoln
Europe
Eaton
Cruicer
North
Kaiser
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