War Front Updates Show Allied Gains and German Setbacks
Western Newspaper Union reports Americans repulsed a Picardy raid while German reserves stay back on the Somme. Italian forces take Monte Corno and capture prisoners. French and Russian actions span Grivesnes Park Locre and Mariupol bombardment. Rostov falls to Germans as massive conscription continues. Luftwaffe losses mount with 1,000 aircraft and 700 crew members reported. British raids sink Vindictive at Ostend as Zeebrugge and Ostend efforts block the harbor.
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Picardy Front
Somme Front
Monte Corno
Grivesnes Park
Montdidier
Paris War Office
Mariupol
Berlin War Office
Leideprey
Col Della Orso
Rostov-on-the-Don
Don River
France
Wyerbeek River
Kemmel
No. 44
Goddezone Farm
la Clytte
Vierstraat
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Foreign Front and Home Front Amid War News
Field Marshal Viscount French sworn in as Ireland’s governor general. A 100000 strong Russian force moves toward Finland from Petrograd via Copenhagen. Two women spies executed in Nantes. Bonar Law signals no home rule bill before May 19. Mothers Day letters flood army post offices in France. German wounded force Western Front towns to convert schools into hospitals. American troops praised in London papers for expected front achievements. Dr Alexis Carrel hospital bombed by German aircraft despite red cross flag. Lloyd George government wins as MPs defeat Asquith motion for a special committee.
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Viscount French
Ireland
Finland
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Josephine Alvarez
Victorine Faucher
Nantes
France
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Flanders
Selzaeter
Getvelde
Terdonck
London
London Sunday Papers
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
National drive urged as June coal collection begins
Consumers asked to join the big coal drive during the first week of June by the national fuel administration. Fire destroyed multiple structures at Copper Hill near Globe Arizona including the post office and general store and several residences. Labor leader George Powell died from injuries in an Ash Peak mine accident in Duncan Arizona. Senator James M. Baird and son Walter M. Baird were indicted for conspiring to obtain a deferred draft classification. trial scheduled May 22.
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National Fuel Administration
Copper Hill
Globe, Ariz
George Powell
Clifton
Ariz
Ash Peak
Duncan
James M. Baird
Otero County
New Mexico
Walter M. Baird
Young Baird
Pope Benedict Urges Global Mass Prayer on St Peter Day
In a Rome issued message to the world a special prayer for ending evils is urged during mass on St Peter’s day June 29. The War Department asks Congress for 33 million more to fund medical care for armed forces and draftees, adding to 130 million already spent. The Civil Service Commission says thousands of women are needed for war work while Congress resists delaying July 1 adjournment for new revenue laws. Eugene Hale Jr son of a former senator and brother of Senator Fred Hale enlists as a private in the regular army.
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St. Peter’s
Pope Benedict
Rome
Congress
War Department
Army
United States Civil Service Commission
Eugene Hale, Jr
United States
Fred Hale
Maine
Washington
New York
Missouri Beats Kansas In College Basketball Rivalry
Missouri defeated Kansas 73 to 36 in Columbia. The report also notes Yale and the University of Pennsylvania teams winning in Philadelphia on the Hen ley course. Colonel J C Miller canceled the Willard Fulton bout after state officials opposed it. Exterminator won the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with a strong showing, while Escoba failed to win as the crowd reacted with a muted thanks.
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Missouri University
Kansas University
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
Col
J. C. Miller
Maryland
Louisville
K. D. Alexander
Churchill Downs
Escoba
United States Aviation Service
Red Cross
Sherwood bill grants minimum pension for Civil War vets
The House passed the Sherwood bill establishing a minimum pension of 25 dollars a month for Civil War veterans. Maj. Richard Bolles Paddock, nephew of Gen. John J. Pershing, reported slightly wounded in France and has served on Pershing's staff since the punitive expedition into Mexico. War updates note enemy agents buying U.S. notes for wartime use in Austria via Switzerland, and jockey Fred Mitchell recounts his perilous four years near the front. Two student aviators, Richard C. McCalla of Toledo and George S. Henderson of Pawtucket, died in a Pensacola crash. Final plans for a United States guard to patrol alien barred zones and protect shipyards and critical war stores were announced by the War Department.
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Sherwood
House
Richard Bolles Paddock
France
John J. Pershing
Mexico
United States Guard
War Department
Red Cross Week Urges Donations For Second War Fund
President Wilson designates May 20 as Red Cross Week and calls for Americans to contribute to the second 100,000,000 war fund to aid troops in France their dependents at home and allied populations. Proclamation cites need for relief and morale and notes related war relief actions and local updates from Arizona.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
Red Cross
American Red Cross
France
American Red Cross War Council
Europe
People’s Trust
United States
Woodrow Wilson
District of Columbia
United States of America
Huns Active in West English Capture Kirkut
British letters from the western front say Field Marshal von Hindenburg is dead, per the Daily Express. Gen von Mackensen is named as a potential victor, while a Amsterdam cablegram says van Hindenburg attended a Kaiser Charles conference on closer central power ties.
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London
France
Marshal von Hindenburg
Western Front
Daily Express
von Mackensen
Amsterdam
van Hindenburg
Kaiser
Charles
Allies Gain On Several Fronts In World War I Conflicts
Paris reports active artillery fighting in Picardy near the Avre, with French and British making small gains north of Kemmel and Hill 44. Italian front sees sharper action with moves near Asiago and Col Del Orso. Mesopotamia notes British advances on the Tigris toward Kirkut and Mosul. Cantigny fires and Montdidier explosions accompany a gun dump by American artillery amid misty weather.
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Paris
Picardy
Avre
Mont Kemmel
Flanders
Kemmel
Ypres
Arras
Somme
Monte Corno
Asiago
Col del Orso
Brenta
Piave
Lake Garda
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Kirkut
Mosul
Nineveh
France
Cantigny
Montdidier
Issue New War Currency for United States
Treasury approves war time federal reserve notes in one and two dollar denominations to appear around July 4. The two dollar note features a Jefferson portrait and a battleship on the reverse. The one dollar note shows Washington with an eagle and flag on the reverse.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Nicaragua Declares War on Germany
Nicaragua's Congress, urged by President Chamorro, declares war on Germany and its allies with only four dissenting votes. A solidarity declaration with the United States is also adopted. This follows Guatemala's previous wartime move, making Nicaragua the twentieth nation to declare war on Germany.
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Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur
Nicaraguan Congress
Germany
Congress
Chamorro
United States
Guatemala
American Forces in France Now in Active Battle
Secretary Baker stated that American forces in France are actively in battle and in trenches. He affirmed that plans aim to form a distinct American army, while current troops in France are used as deemed most effective by General Pershing in coordination with the French commander.
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Washington
France
Baker
Lord Reading
Ottawa
War Department
Royal Ukrainian royalty captured by German forces
Kiev reports that former Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and Grand Dukes Nicholas and Alexander Michailovitch, previously in Dulbar Crimea, have fallen into German hands. They are guarded by twenty five Sebestropol Soviet soldiers sworn to protect them and prevent escape.
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Amsterdam
Ukrainian Press Bureau
Odessa
Maria Feodorovna
Nicholas Nicolaievitch
Alexander Nicolaievitch
Michaelovitch
Dulbar
Aitodor
Crimea
Sebestropol Soviet
Winona Woman Credits Pinkham's Remedy For Nervous Relief
Mrs Albert Sultze of Winona Minnesota says she suffered over a year with nervousness and insomnia until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her symptoms and left her well. The ad touts the product as a forty year standard remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities pains backache dizziness and nervous prostration in women.
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Winona
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Albert Sultze
Olmstead St
Cuticura Promotes Daily Skin Care For Eczema Relief
Cuticura heals eczema and rashes that itch and burn. Prevent pimples from returning by making Cuticura your daily toilet preparation. For free samples address Cuticura Dept Boston. At druggists and by mail Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept
Boston
Three kinds of gentlemen in Ireland a historic classification
The piece notes an old Irish social taxonomy listing three types of gentlemen: the half mounted descendants of Cromwell’s soldiers known as Buckskin Breeches. the second, old aristocrats who had to work for living in trade or professions. and the third, the backbone gentry who retained estates and peasants’ labor.
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Ireland
Emerald Isle
Wise men plan for a century yet face a tomorrow guard
The saying contrasts long range foresight with readiness for sudden departure. It notes that money serves as a guarantee when pledged, implying financial security as a stabilizing factor. The aphorism reflects prudence and caution in facing uncertainty.
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