Italian Pleads Innocence in Ruth Cruger Case Amid Extradition Battle
Alfredo Cocchi, jailed in Bologna for Ruth Cruger’s New York murder, resists extradition arguing no crime and a valid Italian citizenship. His family and lawyer contest evidence, while Italian law keeps him within Italy. A New York police shake‑up follows, suspending four motorcycle officers tied to a shop linked to the murder case amid suspected extortion schemes involving speeders.
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Bologna
Italy
Alfredo Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
New York
United States
Cocci
America
Senor Venturini
Cocchi
Jettara
Polwe
Cocchis Ware
Caocchi
Ruth
Cruger
Woods
Alfredo Iacchi
Basil
Wos
American sailors in Britain bake bread on mother ship
American destroyers in a British port establish a shore club and home for sailors. The mother ship bakes white bread, provides meals, and runs a large clubhouse with entertainment, showers, and a painting of Old Glory. A British officer lauds the care and efficiency of the crew and crewmen avoid shore leave.
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Britain
Pase
Jackies
British Isles
Atlantic Coast
New Yorks
Broadway
United States Naval Men
London
New York
Ing
Moving Pictures
Destroyers
Destroyer Fleet
Nebraska
Ekirto
Speed Roumanian Harvest
Copenhagen reports German authorities in Roumania speed up grain harvest. Military detachments and native labor parties are enlisted, with Romanian POWs assigned to work. Harvesters receive premium wages higher than peacetime norms to boost output and landlords offered incentives for quick delivery.
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Copenhagen
Roumania
Tells of Women's Work in the War
Capt Robert Bu Pouey outlines the wartime duties expected of American women to supply moral courage similar to French women on the battlefield. He describes French women keeping government machinery running by filling men’s roles and notes thousands of American women already sharing French duties.
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France
College Women's Club
Robert Bu Pouey
French Scientific Mission
du Pontier
The
Univerty of California
Alliance ¥ Francaise
U S Liner Sinks U boat in Atlantic Action
A U S liner reports engaging a German submarine after sighting torpedoes and a lifeboat. The ship fired nineteen shots, hitting the U boat at range and forcing it to submerge. Crew observed black specks and blue smoke from the wreck as the submarine disappeared. The Manchester Port relayed distress signals and confirmed no casualties aboard.
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Manchester
Secretary of the Navy
Heine urges peace and denunciations in Berlin meeting
Walfgang Heine, Reichstag member, argues for peace without annexations or ideologies. He criticizes Wilhelmstrasse and press voices, calls for public stance against war promoters, and urges citizens to remove those responsible for the conflict. London reports Munich socialists favor immediate peace with no annexations.
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Amsterdam
Berlin Vorwaerts
Walfgang Heine
Reichstag
Berlin
Herr Heine
Arthur
Hoffmann
Swiss
Federal Council
Russia
Germany
Wilhelmstrasse
Kreuz Zeitung
Reichsbote
Tagen Zeitung
London
Exchange Telegraph
Munich
Bavaria
Gaffney Arrives in Stockholm to Press Irish Independence
London dispatch says T. St John Gaffney former American consul at Munich has reached Stockholm from Berlin to press the Dutch and Scandinavian socialists' delegation to address Irish independence at the international socialist conference in Stockholm. Also reported is the arrival of the German specialist minority delegation led by Hugo Haane Carl Kautsky Arthur Stadthagen and Eduard Bernstein.
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London
Exchange
Stockholm
T. St John Gaffney
Munich
Berlin
Hugo Haane
Reichstag
Carl Kautsky
Arthur Stadthagen
Eduard Bernstein
Riot among troopers and civilians near Wheeling Bridge
Four members of the West Virginia National Guard are under guard at Wheeling Island after a riot that involved troopers guarding a bridge and civilians in Martin's Ferry. Civilians accused intoxicated soldiers of assault when a trooper asked for a cigarette. Police were driven back during attempts to arrest the soldiers. Guardsmen and Martin's Ferry officials investigate as weeks of local tension culminate.
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Wheeling
West Va
West Virginia National Guard
Wheeling Island
Martin's Ferry
Italian Crisis at End Sees Rosselli and Sonnino Backed
Rome reports clear public and press support for the Boselli cabinet as war aims voiced by Premier Rosselli and Foreign Minister Sonnino reassure lawmakers. Sonnino is hailed as Italy's man of the hour amid debates over Albanian independence and cabinet unity.
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Rome
Boselli
Rosselli A
Sonnino
Senate
Sonninno
Italy
Albania
Porto Rico Unit Full Mobilizes At San Juan
Porto Rico has brought its regiment of infantry to full war strength with 1,963 men through the voluntary enlistment of 600 in under a month and an overall rise of about 1,400 in a year. During the last recruit selection, five were rejected for each volunteer chosen. none exceeded 26. Lieut. Orvall Townshend led the recruiting.
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San Juan
Pffr
Porto Rico
United States Army
Cot Orvall Townshend
Two Young Army Flyers Hurt in Tail Spin Accident
San Antonio June 22 G R King and L Schenck student sergeants at Camp Kelly aviation post fell 50 feet while attempting a tail spin in an army aircraft. Schenck was critically injured with head and chest wounds and may not survive, while King escaped with lesser injuries and is expected to recover. The airplane was completely wrecked.
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San Antonio
Tex
G R King
L. Schenck
Camp Kelly
Schenck
King
Mammoth Tooth Found Near Hindenburg Line
British troops near the Hindenburg Line in France uncovered a mammoth tooth and began exposing the skeleton under scientific direction. The discovery excites soldiers and promises a notable contribution to natural history amid wartime conditions.
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France
Associated Press
Hindenburg Line
New Dash at French Continues in Air War Report
Berlin leans on war office to report modest artillery activity and local advances on the western front while German and French forces clash around Vauxaillon Moronvilliers and Prunay. Air battles yield one German plane down and several out of control as several Allied aircraft go missing. A two line dispatch notes a drowning death of a child in Wiehinnon while visiting grandparents.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Filain
Aisne
Vauxailton
Champagne
Moronvilliers
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Ypres
Armentieres
Warrrton
Houplings
la Hassee Canal
Senere Brook
Lens
Vauxalllon
Vauxaillon
Cariliet
Leave For Leave For the Hot City Colorado
Travel advertisement promotes Colorado as a cool summer retreat from city heat. It appeals to families with children, urging packing for trout fishing golf and forest scenery. The piece advertises information on hotels ranches and boarding places via the Burlington railroad and the Paas agents in Philadelphia.
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Burlington
Turlington
Austin
Paas
Dept. C
Chestnut Street
Philadelphi
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