March Named Full General and Chief of Staff
President Wilson plans to appoint Major General Peyton C. March as full general and chief of staff, with Tasker H. Bliss to receive a brevet general rank. The move ends March’s acting chief restrictions and signals swift Senate approval, praising March as a dynamic leader who boosted shipyards and troop movement efficiency.
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Washington
Wilson
Peyton C. March
Tasker H. Bliss
Varsalilles War Council
Mother Granted Divorce and Custody of Three Children
In Glouster, Michael McMahon and Lorena Hartley’s 1910 marriage ends in divorce after a habeas corpus bid by McMahon. Custody of Rachel Hartley, six, and Josephine Hartley, three, awarded to Lorena. Michael to pay 15 dollars monthly. The court praised Lorena’s character and condemned Michael’s conduct.
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Common Pleas Court
Michael McMahon
Lorena Hartley
Glouster
John
Sylvia Hartley
Rachel Doris Hartley
Josephine Marie Hartley
Michael
Mary Geary
Submarine sightings rumors sweep Atlantic coast
The Navy Department denied verifiable hostile submarine sightings along the Atlantic coast though rumors spread. It also announced that the American cargo carrier J G McCullough was sunk by a mine or torpedo in foreign waters with all hands saved except engineer Daughtry whose address was not given.
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Washington
Navy Department
Atlantic
Navy
J. G. McCullough
Daughtry
Frankfurter Named War Labor Activities Administrator
Felix Frankfurter has been appointed administrator of war labor activities to centralize labor efforts across government departments involved in war material production. He recently returned from Europe after studying war labor activities in England and France.
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Felix Frankfurter
Baker
United States
Mr. Frankfurter
England
France
Athens County Red Cross drives set to exceed quota
The national Red Cross drive for war relief begins coast to coast aiming 100 million dollars. Athens County will contribute its 25 000 quota from its large war chest while no local drive is planned. President Wilson urged total war effort and full use of ships and manpower. The county has historically met or surpassed drives with plans soon to organize the local collection system.
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Red Cross
Athens County
Wilson
New York
Fifth Avenue
America
Weather outlook: showers early week then fair skies
The Washington Bureau reports seasonable weather for the week with showers at the start followed by generally fair conditions and temperatures near normal.
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Washington Bureau
President Wilson Plans More Week-End Trips
President Wilson, returning from New York, was greatly rested by the trip and decided to take several more week-end outings in the near future.
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United Press
Washington
Wilson
New York
Sailor David Skinner Dies at State Hospital Paralyzed
David Carlton Skinner aged 35 sailor died of paralysis at the State Hospital at 10 30 p m on Saturday His remains were taken in charge and sent to Chillicothe yesterday by Undertaker P G Dowler
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David Carlton Skinner
State Hospital
Chillicothe
P. G. Dowler
Woman Fatally Struck En Route to Church in Mansfield
Flora Downs aged 42 died an hour after being struck by an automobile while crossing the street toward First Lutheran Church in Mansfield. Driver Anna O'Brien is detained by police on a technical manslaughter charge.
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Church Mansfield
First Lutheran Church
Flora Downs
Anna O’brien
Prague declares siege after clashes during inauguration
Zurich dispatch reports Prague under a state of siege amid fighting and street demonstrations against Germany. Processions of Czechs and Yugoslavs chant Long Live Wilson Long Live Lloyd George Long Live Clemenceau at the national theater inauguration as police and military garrisons are reinforced.
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Zurich
Prague
Germany
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
National Theatre
Ukraine towns in flames as Hetman Skoropauski ignored
Report from London datelined Moscow on May 20 states towns and villages in Ukraine are burning while General Skoropauski, the self styled Hetman, is ignored by the public who flee toward Great Russia.
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Moscow
London
Ukraine
Skoropauski
Great Russia
Bolshevik forces hold Baku amid Turkish counterattack
Petrograd reports Bolshevik troops maintaining control of Baku after a Turkish push to retake the Caspian oil center. Casualty figures are tallied at about 2000 killed and 3000 wounded.
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Petrograd
Baku
Caspian Sea
Quiet Day on the Front as Air War Continues
American official report in France notes a generally quiet day aside from mutual aerial activity. Our aviators shot down two hostile airplanes amid ongoing operations on occupied fronts.
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France
Haig Reports Raid Success and Repulsed Attack on Albert Front
General Haig says British troops conducted a raid in the Albert sector yesterday taking a few prisoners. He adds an enemy raid north Hinges was repulsed with heavy losses and that hostile artillery fire increased on the Albert Bucquoy front last night.
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London
Albert
Haig
Hinges
Albert- Bucquoy Front
Casualties Reported by Pershing List
Washington May 20 General Pershing released a public list showing forty five casualties with seven killed in action one dead of wounds one dead of accident seven from disease twenty seven severely wounded and two slightly wounded.
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Washington
Pershing
Lufberry Killed in Air Battle Over American Lines
Major Raoul Lufberry famed American ace and former Lafayette Escadrille member died in an air battle over the American front. He was struck by a machine gun bullet during a running fight and fell from his monoplane. his body was recovered at the American front line.
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Lufberry
Frank J. Taylor
Lorraine
Raoul Lufberry
Lafayette Escadrille
Expect Great Attack Soon on Amiens Front
Paris reports German forces massed for a major offensive aimed at Amiens. The Petit Parisien notes 140 divisions about 1.9 million men, with 82 on the front line or in support, seeking to threaten Amiens and sever the rail link to Clermont.
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Amiens
Paris
Petit Parisenne
Belgian
Oise
Clermont
Ruins of Munition Plant Still Being Searched for Dead Today
Pittsburg May 20 Two hundred employees at the Oakdale plant of the Aetna Chemical Company remain unaccounted for after Saturday’s TNT blast. Officials fear higher death tolls as searches continue and investigations by War Navy and Justice departments probe possible carelessness amid arrests. A petition to relocate the plant was sent to Washington with nearly the whole town signing.
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Pittsburg
Oakdale
Aetna Chemical Company
Navy
Justice Departments
Altho
Wilson
Washington
Presbyterian Assembly Endorses Moral Aims of War
The Presbyterian General Assembly in Columbus condemns profiteering in the name of patriotism and rejects hate speech toward Germany. It endorses President Wilson’s war aims and denounces ministers who curse the Kaiser in gutter language.
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Columbus
Germany
Presbyterian General Assembly
Wilson
Argentina maize burned for fuel amid shipping shortage
In Buenos Aires on May 19 the best maize in years is being burned as fuel due to transport scarcity. The bumper crop resulted from government exhortations to till land and is now selling at 15.30 dollars per ton in gold for industrial use.
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Buenos Ayers
Argentina
Combined services at Cumberland Church on June 2
On Sunday June 2 at Cumberland Presbyterian Church Hebbardsville a joint Children's Day and Memorial Day service will be held followed by a basket dinner. All attendees are urged to bring a dish and the public is invited.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Hebbardsville
Special Conclave For Royal Arch Degree At Athens Chapter 39
Tonight at 7 o clock Athens Chapter No 39 R A M convenes to confer the Royal Arch degree on three candidates Full attendance requested by Gourney E Weller High Priest and Jas A Palmer Secretary
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Athens
Guerney E. Weller
H. P. Jas. A. Palmer
Secy
War Briefs From The Front And Home Front
Japan aligned with China to counter German power as Allies. Western front stalemate likely to break when fog aids German attack. Ireland arrests exceed 500 for revolutionary plots. Austria seeks eighth war loan under Kaiser’s military control. Cologne bombarded by British planes. German regiments shoot mutineers. Americans repel raids in Picardy and Lorraine. American hospitals bombed. Petrograd suffers famine with flour at five dollars a pound.
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Austria
Kaiser
Germany
Picardy
Lorraine
Shaveless Monday Aims to Aid Government in Wayne
Wayne Pennsylvania May 18 Phillip De Marse a local barber launches a shaveless Monday and barberless Monday due to staff shortages. His ad says he cannot secure an assistant and will see patrons at all hours except Monday for gardening and Thursday from 6 p m for Company B. A Danish firm operates a business cleaning and disinfecting telephones.
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Wayne
Phillip de Marse
Billy Gave Large Sum To City Mission
Chicago set piece reports Billy gives a large free will offering of 66 000 dollars to the Pacific Garden Mission at a Sunday close of a ten week campaign. The donor was converted at the Mission twenty years ago. The article notes Chicago score and attendance figures from a separate event.
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Chicago
Reilly
Pacific Garden Mission
Billy
Charles W. Murphey
Chicago Cubs
Wilson Signs Major Measures Enacted Today
President Wilson signed the military registration bill for men twenty one since the first selective service enrollment and announced enrollment day as June 6. He also signed the Overman Bill granting power to reorganize executive departments. A French inventor introduces granulated cork shotgun wads to reduce recoil without weakening weapon performance.
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United Prera
Washington
Wilson
Adjutant General's Office
Overman
Sinn Fein Plot Arrests Reported Across Ireland
Dublin notes a shooting in Skibbereen and arrests tied to an alleged Sinn Fein conspiracy. London reports 100 to 500 Sinn Feiners active in Ireland with a German link and a U.S. discharged lieutenant named Gaffney as a chief propagandist.
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Dublin
Ireland
Ted’ O'Drim Coll
Skibbereen
Sinn
London
Government orders nearly 300 pounds of meat for Britain
Chicago May 20. Lard and orders totaling nearly 300 pounds were placed with packers by the Government for Great Britain's account, it announced here today.
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Chicago
Great Britain
Navy boosts patrols as submarine threat grows
In Washington on May 20 the navy announced expanded patrols in European waters and larger ship forces to counter submarine activity. Acting Secretary Benson warned against over-optimism while the submarine threat remains significant. London reported Bruges harbors blocked with concrete ships trapping German torpedo craft. Philadelphia Frankford High School grants girls equal vote in athletic affairs.
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Washington
Can Navy
Na Benson
London
Flanders
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Ogtend
Philadelphia
Frankford High School
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