War Relief Drive Surges Across Nation On Day One
Early reports from Red Cross headquarters show 137 cities reporting 3.203 million dollars pledged to the 100 million war fund on the first day. Northern states led, with the Middle Atlantic and New England following, while the South pledged over a million as mass meetings marked Red Cross week in many cities.
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Associated Press
Wollaston
Red Cross
New York
Sub -Criceler
Pew
Tri Vey
North Central States
Middle Atlantic
Micast
New England
Metivo
Ilaita
Richmond
New Orleans
Savannah
Birmingham
Kivou
Memphis
Mobile
Rotary
Macon
Children of War In Northern France Audited By Frontline Relief
Correspondents describe French children evacuated by German forces and sheltered by Entente troops. Orphans and wounded youths endure shell shock and malnutrition while specialists in France shield them behind the front. Some recover slightly in quiet wards, others succumb to injuries and mental decline.
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Associated Press
France
St. Vitus
Seaboard Delivers Gas Electric Train Service
Seaboard Mir Vine railway introduced a gas electric train between Savannah and Jacksonville, replacing steam locomotives. The gasoline electric car runs up to 65 mph, carries several light passenger cars, and will operate double daily schedules. It is the first such equipment in the South.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Seaboard
Mir Vine Railway
Srate
Jacksonville
Tts
Third Arrest for Keet Abduction Sequel in Kansas Case
Associated Press reports in Jitchinson Kansas that Dick Carter of Springfield faces a first degree murder warrant over the disappearance and death of baby Lloyd Kes. Indictments name two other suspects Claude Ts and Cletus Adams, who were moved from county jail to St. Louis as custody continues.
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Associated Press
Sprint
Field
Dick Carter
Hinson
Baby Lloyd
Claude “Ts
Cletus Adams
Meen City
St. Louis
Cuban Revolutionists Brought From Hayti In Custody
Five Cubans who sought refuge in Haiti were brought to New York on a Dutch boat and placed in custody of American officers. They arrived under orders from Washington and were taken into U S custody to be dealt with by authorities.
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Rtesa
York
Stesam
United States
Edit “9
Wash- Eton
Distinguished Red Man Thomas Henry Jeffries Profile
Thomas Henry Jeffries born in Atlanta on April 16 1854. He grew up near the city and earned an A M from Emory College. He joined multiple fraternal orders including Masonry and the York Rite and led several bodies. He was adopted into Cherokee Tribe No 1 in 1889 and held high rank in the Scottish Rite and Knights of Pythias.
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Thomas Henry Jeffries
Atlanta
Fulton Country
Emory College
Ter
Masons of
Georgia
Grand Royal Arch
Court of Honor
Knights of Pythias
Thomas Henry Vver Fris
Order of
Red Men
Wilmington
North Carolina
Belgium Grants Final Gratitude to America in Letter
The Belgian king Albert thanks President Wilson for U S aid and justice in a letter delivered by Baron Moncheur and Lt General LeClercq. He lauds America for its wartime support and expresses hope for continued friendship and prosperity between Belgium and the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
King Albert
Baron Moncheur
United States
America
Belgium
Pry
LeClerccg
United States of America
Albert
Hardware Men in Session at Seashore Hotel
The thirteenth annual Hardware Association of the Carolinas meets at the Seashore Hotel Wrightsville Beach. Forty four new members elected, secretary salary raised to 1500, and four welcoming addresses set the tone for a year of growth and cooperation amid record hardware prices.
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Harbor Island
Clement S. Acker
The
Hardware Association of the
Craig
T. W. Dixon
Charlotte
Maurice J. O'Neil
Roy F. Soule
Dixon
W. L. Gilbert
Statesville
Mr. Dixon
Food sharks grab quarter billion dollars in war era issues
A dramatic wartime dispatch reports a vast sum in dispute or corruption linked to food supplies, the phrase food sharks alleged to have seized about 250 million. The report notes fiery exchanges between press factions and a U S ambulance detachment arriving at a French port amid ongoing western front fighting.
Hoover Explains Food Control Bills Purpose to Senate
Hoover tells senators allies depend on America for success amid food shortage fears and rampant speculation at home. The report covers World War I front activity in France and Belgium with Petain offensive gains and Haig raids, plus American Ambulance Corps arrival in Paris and Swiss efforts on peace mediation viewed critically by French press.
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Herbert Hoover
Senators
Haig
Paris
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York
Robert Grimm
Russia
M. Hoffman
Federal Council
Germany
Grimm
Hoffman
Hoffmann
Federal
National Council
Switzerland
M. Hoffmann
Massing Aircraft by the Germans on the British Front
British pilots report German air forces massing big formations of 15 to 60 planes in recent days after Messines. From 70 to 80 machines fought in heavy engagements inside German territory, with British crews tallying enemy losses while suffering few casualties themselves.
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France
Belgium
Petain
Champagne
Mont Camillet
Mont Blond
Associated Press
London
Messines
Royal Flying Corps
British transport Cameronian sunk by submarine
London announces the British transport Cameronian was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the eastern Mediterranean on June 2. A small number of troops were aboard and 63 people, including the captain, are presumed drowned.
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Associated Press
London
Cameronian
Mediterranean
Hoover outlines food bill aims amid Senate clash
Washington lawmakers argued over the food control bill as Herbert Hoover defended its aims before a four hour Senate conference. He warned against continued food shortages, cited speculative losses, and urged a national price stabilization plan including a wheat commission and centralized administration across states.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Herbert C. Hoover
Mob confronts police over diggs case in St Louis
A mob of about 30 Black people gathered early today in front of police headquarters in St Louis muttering threats against Walter Diggs who confessed to confronting and causing the fatal harm of Pearl Newbold a nine year old girl. The body was found in an ash pile behind Diggs's home and Diggs implicated another Black person.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Walter Diggs
Pearl Newbold
Diggs
Get Behind Hoover Slogan Backed by Women’s Committee
The slogan Get Behind Hoover is adopted by the women’s committee of the Council of National Defense for a food conservation campaign. They plan to assist in registering women between July 1 and July 15 and inform them of food administration plans and principles through 48 state divisions. Women will be urged to pledge to follow household management advice from the food administration.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Hoover
Council of National Defense
Food Administration
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