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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1917
Page
1
Partial OCR text reports a river incident with casualties and possible missing passenger details. Names, places, and exact events are unreadable, leaving only hints of a fatal outcome and a few scattered words.
The program featured Prof Hobgood reporting the nominating committee and thanks to President Hart and Secretary Middleton. Miss Karen Poole rendered a vocal solo and is noted as a prominent figure in Meredith and Anderson College. Sunday offers a Harbor Island Auditorium program with a model Sunday School and sermons by Dr. B D Gray who speaks on the Destiny of Dixie and Pan Americanism.
In Kiev Russian women seize a city council meeting to press for funding for soldiers' wives. They demand 20 rubles monthly and threaten action if not granted, prompting a council vote of 800000 rubles. A separate unit, the Legion of Death, vows to fight beside men at the front next month.
The Senate’s dry wine beer clash centers on whether the President will control production or if beer and wine remain exempt. Gore leads drys backing presidential discretion. Chamberlain pushes a bone dry alternative. A cloture move looms as debate nears the finish line with no clear victor.
The report describes French defense at Verdun repelling German assaults while British forces maneuver around Lens with a small casualty list. Haig pursues localized advances across ten miles, avoiding a single concerted push, while German attacks concentrate on Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill. Russian activity is noted with conflicting German and Austro-Hungarian statements.
Orville High pulls off a dramatic upset in a city competition as local rivals suffer a surprising defeat. Details are incomplete due to damaged text, but the winner is identified and the date is June 30.
Christiana June 30 Bitter denunciation of Germanys methods against Norway features in todays session of the Scandinavian parliamentary congress. President Mowichel reviews Scandinavian shipping policy and bombs found in the German plot against Norwegian shipping and compares Allied conduct with German tactics.
New York reports another missing girl raising the total to 500 since January. Thelma Pomeroy, daughter of Judge C W Pomeroy of Kalispell Montana, disappeared Tuesday after signaling from Jersey City station. Friends blamed police laxity following Ruth Cruger case which had prompted a broad alert.
In Buenos Aires antiwar demonstrators clash with authorities amid high tensions as police concentrate manpower and electric wires are set along routes. Thirty armed men guard the newspaper office while business leaders keep back participants. Argentine Senate approves welcoming American warships as friendly visitors, allowing patrol vessels to use harbors without 48 hour limits.
A cablegram reported by Nicholas Nakariakoff to Abraham Cahan of the Jewish Daily Forward states that thousands of Russian army officers were killed by their regiments at the start of the revolution in New York on June 30.
In Milwaukee on June 30 an incident near the Hast Water street bridge caused a large fire escape at the Yahr and Lange Drug Company building to topple onto the steamer Christopher Columbus as it left the river for Chicago. Several passengers were killed and many injured.
Rome June 30 The Senate of Deputies votes 361 to 63 in a confidence motion for the Boselli ministry. Leaders of all parties decide it would be inadvisable to provoke a government change, averting the crisis.
Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg is expected to reply at the Reichstag session to Lloyd George's claim that there can be no peace without victory. Berlin dispatches note wide German interest in Britain's wartime aims and outline.
Ty Cobb extended his hit streak to 28 games with a three run homer in the second game at Sportsmans Park in St. Louis. The long ball came ten feet over the right field fence and marked the longest hit ever at the venue.
Buenos Aires reports the cabinet will inform Germany that further sinking of Argentine ships will not be tolerated, regardless of apologies or indemnities. Crowds cheered in the streets as the pro-war decision followed a long debate over the submarine menace.
General Pershing and American expeditionary forces arrive at a French port, staging a dramatic landing with two blues teams in uniform, a large cheering crowd, and a celebratory parade as French officials and locals greet the troops. A dockside handshake and distant ships signal the start of Allied collaboration.
Washington June 30 The Senate Finance committee voted to boost taxes on war profits aiming to raise about 730 million dollars and reduce the need for a bond issue until late fall The plan increases the war profits tax from 12 to 40 percent on profits above normal and 150 percent of normal, amid protests.
Noted American critic William Winter, longtime associate of the New York Tribune from 1865 to 1908 and dean of American dramatic critics, died of angina pectoris at his New Brighton, Staten Island home at age 81.
In Birmingham Alabama on June 30 United States District Attorney Bell announced that all liquors shipped before midnight tonight could be delivered here. Citizens faced fears that the dust dry federal law at midnight would block express deliveries.
In Athens on June 30 King Alexander and Prime Minister Venizelos began a government house cleaning by dismissing pro German and pro Royalist leaders. Four vice-admirals of the Greek Navy were formally retired and around twenty magistrates were asked to resign.
Lumberton North Carolina June 30 Chief of Police McLeod who stopped many local drivers for speeding appeared before Recorder Britt and was acquitted of a charge alleging driving with an improper license plate. The case followed a warrant sworn by W G Pittman.
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