Great Gun of All History Ready for Move
United Press reports Samuel Vauclain of Baldwin Locomotive Works declares America's super gun is ready and to be moved from a Delaware River factory. He says the engine of destruction was planned designed and completed in ten weeks with side gutters weighing 75 tons each. Navy officials refuse to discuss details citing security.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Samuel Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
America
Vauclain
Army and Navy
Council of National Defence
Washington
Navy
Baldwin Locomotive Company
Auto makers agree on voluntary passenger car curtailment
Leading automobile manufacturers met with fuel administration and war industries board officials to accept a voluntary curtailment of passenger automobile production, likely totaling about 75 percent after July 1, following a 30 percent curtailment already in effect.
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The
Fuel Administration and War Industries ‘Board
Local Draft Board Sends Charles McCarty to Laurel
The Athens County Local Draft Board sent Charles McCarty of Nelsonville to Laurel Maryland this morning. He will join the Engineer's Corps there.
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Athens County
Charles McCarty
Nelsonville
Laurel
Maryland
Engineer's Corps
Making Ready For New Draft At Great Camp
Camp Sherman Ohio prepares to receive 11 000 Ohioans who will enter service this Friday. Selectees will be outfitted and begin drills immediately. Company commanders will weed ten percent for officer training starting May 16 with 1 7 percent advancing to second lieutenant after competitive exams.
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United Press
Camp Sherman, CO
Camp Sherman
Glenn
Uncle Sam
Powder plants blown up in Austria amid casualties report
Reports from Zurich say two large Austrian powder factories at Glassenbach were destroyed with many casualties. A Spie nNewsDaners note cites Godduke Eugene summoning all the Austrian Archdukes of Vienna for a conference on urgent matters.
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United Press
Zurich
Glassenbach
Godduke Eugene
Vienna
Spie nNewsDaners
Plotters Guilty in Indian Revolution Conspiracy Case
United States Federal court in San Francisco convicting 29 men for conspiring on American soil to spark a revolution against British rule in India. One defendant was acquitted. two were killed in a courtroom shooting during the trial.
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United Prfas
San Francisco
Calif
India
John F. Craig
Long Beach
Franz Bopp
Genral
van Feet
Attack drill at Camp Sheridan as two mile front readies
Camp Sheridan Alabama on April 24 prepares a major simulated attack. Soldiers from the artillery brigade and infantry from the 74th Brigade will form a two mile front along the southern flank for a large scale exercise involving several thousand men. Washington reports arrest of Frederick C. Miller former German mayor of Michigan City Indiana for discussing naturalization with federal officials to complete his papers. The District of Columbia bars enemy aliens from entering.
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Camp Sheridan
Ala
74Th
Sheridan
Montgomery
Washington
Fredrick C. Miller
Michigan City
Ind
United States
District of Columbia
War Department lists casualties by action, wounds and disease
United States War Department release tallies forty three casualties. Six killed in action three dead of wounds eleven due to disease ten severely wounded and thirteen slightly wounded are recorded for the period.
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United Paraa
Washington
War Department
Allied and German offenses surge along Western Front fronts
United Press reports heavy fighting across the Ypres Somme and Avre regions. German westward drives press toward Amiens from Albert while Haig notes strong infantry actions between the Somme and Avre. Heavy shelling and repulsed attacks marked fierce fighting in Flanders and Albert sectors.
German Attack Resumes Along 9 Mile Amiens Front
General Haig reports strong German attacks progressing early today on a nine mile front east of Amiens and in the Albert sector north of the Somme. Artillery bombarded the British front from north of Albert to south of the Somme. heavy bombardment followed.
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United Preaas
London
Amiens
Haig
Aault
Albert
Somme
Avre
Givenchy
Robecq
Warn Against German Peace Offensive in Paris
Paris reports French leaders warn Germany may launch another peace offensive soon. Maginot calls for victory as the path to safety. Dubost says France at a culminant point with Germany at maximum strength, while noting President Wilson's stance against Germany's aims.
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Paris
Germany
France
M. Maginot
Department of the Meuse
Antonin Dubost
Senate
Wilson
Zeebrugge Sub Base Blockaded by Allied Raid
London reports a Franco British raid on Zeebrugge coast that destroyed the Mole defenses and sank two 300 foot ships filled with cement blocking the harbor. Survivors describe heavy shore fire as landing parties destroyed cannons and munitions while the German garrison fled.
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London
Zeebrugge
Germany
Mole
Allied Navies Control Fate of Democracy
James Wilson head of the American Labor Mission to Great Britain describes the Rosyth visit and the naval base on the Firth of Fourth. He praises the combined strength of the British and American navies as a bulwark for democracy and notes unity against submarine threats.
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Edinburg
Scotland
James Wilson
Great Britain
United Press
Rosyth
Firth of Fourth
Two Aviators Burn In Deadly_field Fall In Texas
Wichita Falls Texas April 24 Second Lieutenant Stephen RP Warner and Cadet Edwin Cryer died when their plane burst into flames fifty feet above ground and plunged to the field. The Chamber of Commerce assists in securing the district Marines quota. Ohio raises Marine manpower by 2600 to be recruited in May per Captain L W Putnam Cincinnati recruiting district.
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United Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
Stephen Rp, Warner
Edwin Cryer
Cal Field
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
L. W. Putnam
U. S. Marine
Cincinnati
Chambers of Commerce
American Troops Going Overseas At Rapid Pace
Washington reports 6000 or more American soldiers arriving abroad daily. Draft calls show 150000 men are added monthly to French reserves, with 304000 called in 40 hours. By May 10 the last increment reaches Camp May 10. Two new divisions form each month as selective service depots expand. Replacement camps in the east convert to hold the influx.
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Washington
War Department
France
New Austrian Foreign Minister Baron Putian Succeeds Czernin
Baron Putian becomes Austrian foreign minister succeeding Count Czernin. Czernin's administration began while Baron Buria h was Austrian finance minister. Putian previously served in a city post from September 15, 1914, to December 3, 1916.
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Baron Putian
Count Catrnin
Zeral
Czernin
Baron Buria
War on Allies of Hun Urged as Vital Step in Open Diplomacy
Washington reports note Senators urged a declaration of war on Turkey and Bulgaria. The debate centered on a King resolution and Brandegee accused the president of bypassing the foreign relations committee and keeping Congress ignorant while touting “open diplomacy.”
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Washington
Turkey
Bulgaria
Senate
Brandegee
Connecticut
Foreign Relations Committee
King
Utah
House
New York
Senate approves bill to melt 850000 silver dollars
Washington April 22 The administration bill authorizing melting into bullion 850000 silver dollars to pay trade balances passed the house late today without amendment. It has been passed by the senate and now goes to the president.
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Washington
Administration
House
Senate
Greater Army Seen Certain for America in War Timeline
General McCain told the House Mills affairs committee that America could put three million men on the French front within a year if ships are available and training is completed. He proposed three months of training at home and a similar period in a war atmosphere abroad. Other testimony noted 376 French and British hospitals in France and at home to support a 1,500,000 man army.
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Samuel L. Johnson
Hawaii
National Guard
National Army
Europe
Washington
America
France
Adjutaat Eral McCain
House Mills Affairs Committee
United
Br. Dence
Sugar Card System Aimed To Protect Canning Season
Washington reports a sugar card or certificate plan for housewives to ensure sugar for the upcoming canning season starting in May. Berlin advices say Uruguay and Argentina are expected to declare against Germany soon, with newspapers alerted to prepare the public for the development.
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Washington
London
Uruguay
Argentina
Germany
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Railway wage increases eyed as back pay total $70 million
Washington on April 24 reported railway administration circles estimate seventy million dollars will be turned over to railroad men as back pay once Dr General McAdoo approves the wage commission plan. The figure rests on a belief the commission will grant general increases about twenty percent, retroactive to January 1.
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Washington
Railway Administration
Rairoad
McAdoo
Railway
Vessels Approved for Emergency Fleet Program Total 215000 Tons
United States officials approved twenty-nine more vessels under the Emergency Fleet Corporation, adding over 215000 tons to the program. Keey L Van Fosen, 55, longtime patient at Athens State Hospital, died after twenty years' residence. body shipped from Stockport today by Newsom Undertaking Company.
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United Past
Washington
Connel Tion
Keey. L. van Fosen
Athens State Hospital
Stockport
Newsom Undertaking Company
Detroit Folks Are Walking on a Rump Strike
In Detroit on April 24 about 600 motor men and conductors struck at midnight disrupting surface lines. They defied union leaders orders after a town hall meeting about arbitration. They demand shorter hours and higher wages.
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United Press
Detroit
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