War Chronicle: British Gains and German Attacks Across Front
British forces recapture large portions of Fresnoy and Bullecourt while repelling German counterattacks near Laon and Lens. British aerials down seven German balloons. Zeebrugge raid damages submarine base with casualties. Dozens killed in Zeebrugge and Do-bropolye Heights see trench losses. Do-bropolye Heights and Craonne attacked as French lines hold.
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Fresnoy
Great Britain
Germany
Bullecourt
Laon
Lens
America
Scarpe River
Arras
Roeux
Norfolk
Davis
Souchez River
Teuton
Zeebrugge
Belgian
Craonne
Rheims
Maisons de Champagne
Campaign to curb waste sparks Phoenix meeting
A campaign against needless waste of foodstuffs opens with a Phoenix Arizona meeting. Other items note German Socialist peace talk, Oceanic Highway Association meeting in Globe Arizona, and California national parks opened for cattle and sheep grazing to boost food, wool and leather output. The National Council of Women in Chicago pledges to focus all energies on wartime service.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Kaiser
Joe V. Prochaska
Oceanic Ocean Highway Association
Globe, Ariz
California
National Council of Women
United States
Chicago
Secretary Redfield Aims Pond and Fish for Farmers
Secretary Redfield seeks pond construction and fish farming for farmers nationwide. The article notes a push for aquatic investment as part of agricultural policy during the era.
Foreign. A Russian coalition ministry to be formed
A report states a coalition ministry will be formed in Russia while Minister of War Bossboom resigns to Queen Wilhelmina. The socialist conference excludes extreme wings, and a ruble collapse marks the foreign exchange market amid Russia’s chaotic state.
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Russia
Bossboom
Queen Wilhelmina
Stockholm
Golf Association pledges 3000 to liberty loan effort
The Western Golf Association will subscribe 3000 to the liberty loan using nearly all its surplus. A Nebraska, Minneapolis, defeated Minnesota in a dual track meet 66 to 59. A dispatch from Youngstown Ohio says Charles Chuck Barrett of Bellevue Pa has enlisted in the naval reserves mosquito fleet and left for duties. Red Tower ex Denver star now plays for the Ray Ariz team and seeks Colorado stars for Ray club. Tower was a former corner jot and Western league standout born in Colorado.
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Western Golf Association
Liberty
University of Nebraska
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Youngstown
Ohio
Charles
Chuck”) Barrett
Bellevue
Naval
Red Tower
Denver
Ray, Ariz
Colorado
Ray
Tower
German newspapers face suspension amid paper famine
A list of global wartime concerns includes German papers facing suspension due to paper shortages. Other items note church reunions, a Manila Filipino parade staunching allegiance to the United States, and broad wartime economic figures from Britain and beyond.
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Manila
United States
Frank Millen
Elkton, Ky
Charles Millen
Betty Millen
Elmore
Amy
Arizona State News in Wartime Activities and Local Events
War era reports from Arizona note the state’s copper output near 60 million pounds in April, enlistments from Clifton and Morenci, and plans to raise a volunteer cavalry regiment along the border. Local efforts include Red Cross chapters expanding, store hours shortened for home guard drills, and civilian mobilization via conservation and food measures.
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Arizona
L. F. Martin and Associates
Calexico
Dan and
Dick Thompson
Tombstone
No Deals For Two Days As Trade Boards Stop Futures
Washington reports the Senate clashed over food speculation amid wartime fears. A proposed amendment would suspend boards of trade and stock exchanges for futures trading in food, but the measure failed 49 to 24. Chicago’s Board of Trade then barred two day trading in wheat futures and barred May corn and May oats for the month, with prices listed as May at 3.18 and July wheat at 2.75. Other board suspensions followed in St Louis Minneapolis Duluth Kansas City and Toledo as delegates plan uniform action to halt futures trading.
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Board of Trade Labor Gazette
Austria
Italy
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Washington
Senate
Chamber
Thomas
Dem
Colorado
Congress
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Boards of Trade
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Duluth
Kansas City
Toledo
Omaha
Kerensky warns of crisis as Russia falters at front
In Petrograd on May 16 A F Kerensky the justice minister warned delegates that Russia faces a deep internal crisis. He urged a rapid infusion of spirit in the army and a shift to defend the country, warning that without changes the war effort may fail. Russian reverses cited on Caucasian and Mesopotamian fronts. British forces report gains at Roeux and Bullecourt. a sixth Zeppelin is claimed by the Royal Navy in the North Sea.
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Petrograd
A. F. Kerensky
Russia
Roeux
Arras
Bullecourt
Gavrelle
Royal Navy
North Sea
Embargo Placed on Enemy Aliens Bound for Russian Ports
The secretary of commerce issued an embargo prohibiting enemy aliens from sailing to any Russian port on American vessels. The measure targets nationals of hostile powers and aims to restrict wartime maritime movement.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Editors Pledge Help in War Crisis
Denver editorial leaders vow cooperation with state and federal governments in all war activity. A committee will confer with the governor to aid future war plans, and the first day of universal service act registration will be treated as a holiday.
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Denver
Colorado Editorial Association
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Home and Abroad
Union News Service
Macedonia
Dobropolye Heights
Cerna River
Western
Redfield
House
Roosevelt
France
Marshal Joffre
Wilson
Chicago Exchange
Agricultural Department
Carl Vrooman
Lansing
Bolivia
Republic
Joseph Jacques Joffre
Montreal
Tiger
Spain
Reichstag
London Chronicle
William
Arthur Newton Davis
Piqua
Havas
Milan
Corriere de la Sera
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Committee
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Lincoln
Sioux City i
Des Moines
Omaha Tee
St. Joseph
Setee
Joplineis
Wichita
Charles M. Schwab
Dundalk Company
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel Company
Vado de Piedra
Ojinaga
Presido
Texas
Jose Ynez Salazar
Villa
Federal Office of Markets At
Turkey
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper
Eiiks
Prescott
Arizona National Guard
Clifton and
Morenci
Tucson
Star Daley
Florence
Roy Gibson
Wandering Jew
Patagonia
First Arizona
Red Cross
Higgins Mine
Bisbee
American Red Cross
Arizona Corporation Commission
Mildred Gold Mining Company
Hassayampa
Calumet & Jerome
Arizona Council of Defense
Senator Fall
Martin Mulroe
Shattuck
Mulroc
Kingman
Home Guard
Court House
W. L. Linville
Kingman ‘High School
Women’s Club
Professor Linville
Inspiration Copper
Detroit Copper Company
Arizona and
Shannon Copper Companies
Clifton
Ray Copper Company
Magma Copper Company
University of Arizona
San Francisco Presidio
George Leroy Brown
R. B. Leach
Navy League
Uncle Sam
Navy
Stop Trad
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Gentaur 2 Company
NEW Yori
Ee Mac Eyeal
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
San Francisco
New York
Brockton
Mass
Rite
Spenceet
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
Spark St
Brockton, Mass
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Ind
U. S. Ac
Dept. L
Boston
U.s
Levi Strauss & Co
P.P.I.E
Marold Somers
DE Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Ser
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Larters
Carter
Cartershron
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