War Chest Parade Signals City United Effort
A sprawling account describes a downtown parade and war chest campaign in motion this evening. Marchers will assemble at the court house at 7 20 and proceed through Main to the Empress theater and high school for speeches by Harry Parsons and other dignitaries.
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Ite
White Buttes
Liberty Loans
War Chest
Liberty Joan
Silgo
Empress
Livingston Sand
Leonard Mneline
HC. Gardiner
Murface
Gardiner
Lexington Mmine
Hutto & Sue Perlor
Frank Arnold
Livingston
G. Brown
Velock
Alfred Atkinson
Nettie
J” McCormick
Miseoula
Atkinson
Mr. McCormick
Janes E. O'Connor
Herbert 5. Fisher
Hutte
W ‘Kers
Harry Parson
Tom Davis
Y. C.A
Laws
Rudger State Mine
Kim Orlaimine
Electrical Workers Union
Carpenters’ Union Hall
Hoy ‘Scouts
Ty Roll
FA. Higelow
Army manpower and funding plans expand in May call
The Washington report notes 283000 men from 43 states are summoned in May while Congress seeks about 815 million for the army next year. The plan envisions mobilizing up to 860000 additional troops with training, equipment, and expanded cantonments. Secretary Baker says avoid firm figures. aim to deploy quickly. Existing cantonments will be enlarged and national guard camps fully used. Groundwork for new construction is underway as the Army expands facilities nationwide.
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Washington
Baker
Scope
Congress Hs
Yea
Milistary
National Guard
Liberty loan drive nears record subscriptions in final day
Washington reports one last campaign day to raise funds for the Liberty loan. Subscriptions rose toward 100 million dollars, with officials expecting totals near 3 billion as banks stay open until midnight. The treasury aims to surpass prior records, hoping for further resubscribers as campaign leaders urge every possible response before the final hours.
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Washington
Liberty Toan Eam Dalen
Treasury ‘Omiein
Blesent Gay
Ted
Nest
Treasury
Father and son robbed of six thousand at mine
Grant's Pass Oregon May 3 masked robbers bound and gagged Robert Hoswell and his son Robert Roswell Jr at their mine 43 miles from here Tuesday night and escaped with 6000 in melted gold bullion. A sheriff's posse left for the scene. Washington May 3 Senate postal committee appointed subcommittee to report if increased second class postage rates may be included in the office appropriation bill or need a separate bill.
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Grant's Pass
Xanae
Robert Hoswell
Robert Roswell Jr
Niles
Holland
Postagashington
Senate Port Office
Aub-Committee
New Phase in Montana District Attorneyship Debated
Senator Myers announces a shift in the Montana district attorneyship contest after conferring with the attorney general. He withdrew J. Cowley's name for U S district attorney and recommended E C Day of Illinois, noting no reflection on Cowley. The move signals possible changes in the attorney general's department.
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Montana
Myers
J. Cowley
United States District” Attorney
EC. Day
Illena
Cowley
Hame
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Navy manpower plans rise to fifty thousand by year end
Franklin D Roosevelt announced at the YMCA Brooklyn that the navy would grow to about 50,000 sailors by year end, up from 270,000 currently serving in foreign waters, with roughly 170 warships and 40,000 sailors deployed abroad, amid broader naval expansion plans.
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New York, May
United States Navy
Franklin D. Roose
Yo M,c. A
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
United States
Vote today on sedition bill in Senate conference report
Washington reports an agreement to vote at 4 o'clock on a conference report endorsing the sedition bill. The measure aims to curb antiwar speech and widen postmaster and censor powers, drawing sharp attacks from Senator Sherman and others who say existing laws suffice.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman
Mlinois
Fieiata
Gregory
Taker
Teaswood
Townley
Northwest
TW. W
Chicago
King
Baker
Wwe
Sherman Jorney
Germans Press South in Somme and Avre Sectors
Allied dispatches report German forces shifting focus toward the southern Somme front around Amiens and the Avre, with fighting centered between Givenchy and the Nelppe forest and French gains near Villers-Firetonneux. A Abbeville conference led by Foch outlined Allied stance, while German advance into Ukraine's Donets basin signals broader strategy.
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Amiens
Hauies
Cagetel
Detain
Avre
Somme
Paris
Aves
Long Amo
Dee
Cecil figures it peace offensive on Western front
London May 3 Lord Robert Dell the minister of blockade said in an Associated Press interview that Guy's knockout offensive failure will prompt a big peace offensive mainly aimed at Britain. He warned the new push could be attractive but would not yield terms allies can accept. He also believed German rulers know they must rely on their own resources and cannot hold out much longer.
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London
Robert Dell
Minster
Guy
Western
Great Britain
Associated Press
Jobert
Germany
Western Front Update From War Office View
A London report quotes a naval Radcliffe director at the War Office giving a cautious assessment of the western front. He notes German gains at Kemmel but stresses military economy, saying five divisions were committed from the general front, affecting broader manpower balance.
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London
Naval Radcliffe
War Office
Tox Fy
Kemmel
Ree T
Wounded Men from France to Speak in Montana
Four of the wounded units now in the United States from France will tour Montana for two weeks under the state speakers bureau. Sergeants Howat Stephens Andrews and Private Novak will arrive May 7 to assist in Liberty loan and Red Cross drives in Butte and across the state during the week starting May 18. Also, a government policy has commandeered virtually every ton of steel and pig iron for war, with distribution to essential industries and accelerated auto production.
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War Chest Fund
National Council of Defense
Gross Association
United States
Chen
Montana
Butte
Red Cross
Washington
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