Allied Commanders Shift Tactics Amid Broad Front Pressure
Reports from London say Allied leaders abandon sudden thrusts in favor of constant hammering across a wide front to break German lines. French gains near Moronvilliers in Champagne push French positions, while German attacks yield with heavy losses and more than 10 000 French wounded or captured in recent hours. Austro Italian front sees limited activity with Austrian bombardments and repulsed Italian assaults on the Trento front as both sides maneuver along the Tsonzo corridor.
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London
Prenel
Moronvillieros
Champagne
Dienze
Calin
Vienna
Tillis
Trento
Itome
Tsonzo
Roe Atl
One Man to Be Buyer
Washington. A program would pool government and ally purchasing to form a centralized buying machine. Dozens of experts would join as cog wheels under one man at the helm to run the enterprise and set prices for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tost
Germany
Unclear OCR notes on Liberty law and Western States actions
Fragmentary text references Liberty law, Western States policy, and monetary figures. Names and places are garbled, with mentions of Montini and New Moxie alongside large sums and locations in California and New Orleans. Overall content is indecipherable.
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Montini
Vlantoode
Sao New Moxie
Chregtany
POLO
California
Brest maritime premier voyage from New York ends in secrecy
Fragmentary report notes Varks Marsala Jette and Coriver Premier Vivhintl arriving at Brest from the United States. It mentions Premier Vivhwil Maerstad Joie aiding the French visaion and a May 5 departure from New York, with unclear details and several garbled phrases.
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Varks Marsala Jette
Coriver
Vivhintl
Brest
United States
View
Vivhwil Maerstad Joie Aid
New York
Kew
Rockefeller Pledges 25 Million to Endow Rockefeller Foundation
Ambitious gift drives the Rockefeller Foundation ahead with a 25 million dollar endowment. George Boone Vineville, former president of the University of Minnesota, is noted in association with the announcement.
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Rockefeller
Die
George Bo Vinewill
University of Minniesatye
Armour Subscribes Million China May Second
Armour signs a large subscription amid market moves with reports of finances and regional dealings near Liberty town. The text notes industrial and commodity links as part of a broader economic scene, though details are fragmented and unclear.
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China
Ogden Armour
Liberty Town
Onda
Brazil to Revoke Neutrality Decree Amid War Tensions
In a move unclear from fragmented text, reports indicate Brazil contemplates changing its stance in a global conflict. The notice hints at decrees and policy shifts affecting neutrality during wartime pressures and alliances.
Italians Advance Toward Trieste In Bold Breakthrough
Italian forces broke through Austro-Hungrian positions along a five mile front between Castignavigga and the sea and moved within ten miles of Trieste. Nine thousand Austrians were captured, including three hundred officers, as locals celebrated a surprise advance that shattered two years of stalemate.
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London
Italy
Trieste
Cadorna
Merantine
Castignavigga
Gorizia
Ottawa issues order to curb Canadian military exodus
An order in council effective immediately bans males aged 18 to 45 who reside in Canada from leaving the country without written permission from authorities. The measure aims to prevent evasion of military service and imposes heavy penalties for violation.
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Ottawa
Canada
Labor leader declines invitation to Stockholm peace congress
Washington reports President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor refused to send delegates to a Stockholm trade union congress on labor claims in peace negotiations. The effort to mobilize Americans for peace parleys at Stockholm failed.
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Washington
Stockholm
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Oregon Senator Harry Lane Dies in San Francisco
United States Senator Harry Lane of Oregon died in San Francisco after a brain blood clot caused nervous disorganization. He was 62, born in Carvalis, Oregon, and had been en route to Portland for recovery when stricken. He passed after doctors declared the case hopeless.
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San Francisco
United States
Harry Lane
Oregon
Senator Lane
Washington
Portland
Carvalis
Senator Harry Lane Dies in San Francisco on Home Trip
Oregon Senator Harry Lane died in San Francisco while returning home from Washington. The death occurred during the journey, with Lane on the road back to his state. He had served in the Senate and was a noted political figure.
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Senator Lane
San Francisco
Harry Lane
Oregon
Washington
Redenbaugh Pleads Guilty in Minneapolis Case
Joseph Redenbaugh confessed to the slaying of Mia. Aliee Mc Quillan Dunn of St. Paul and Patrolman Ceorge Connery of Minneapolis pleaded guilty during arraignment in the same court Thursday.
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Minneapolia
Joseph Redenbaugh
Mia
Aliee McQuillan Dunn
St. Paul
Ceorge Connery
Minneapolis
Americans Safe in Switzerland Arrivals Reported
American Minister Stoval in Berne reports safe arrivals of more Americans from Turkey. Consul General George Horton, his wife and daughter are among those listed in the updated tally.
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Washingtone
Turkey
Stoval
Berne
Generel George Horton
Daghtiwe
German Plan for a Prussian World Empire Revealed
Washington reports a German objective to build a North Sea to Mediterranean empire by controlling the Dardanelles Aegean and Baltic seas and uniting territories under a Prussian world power. The plan implies a long war horizon with no early peace and supports allied warnings that peace moves are war maneuvers.
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Washington
Germany
North Sea
Mediterranean
Europe
Dardanelles
Aegean
Baltic
Bismarck
France
Belgium
Russia
Wilson
America
Balfour
Ossining Doctor Executed at Sing Sing for Patricide
Dr Arthur Warren Waite was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison at 17 10 Thursday night for the murder of his father in law John B K Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan. The young dentist walked to the death chamber with a firm step.
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Ossining, N
Arthur Warren Waite
Sing Sing
John Bk, Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Idaho Bankers Meet Concludes in Boise
The Idaho State Bankers association closed its annual convention in Boise on May 24 after three days of banking instruction and a day trip to Arrowrock dam and the northern lumber camps.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho State Bankers’ Association
Arrowrock Dam
Big Iober Camps
Australian prizefighter Dargy Dies in Memphis
Memphis reports the death of middleweight contender Tenny Des Dargy of Australia from pneumonia on May 24. He came to the United States to pursue the world middleweight title and his body will be sent to Australia for burial.
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Memphis
Tenn
Macon Round
Bem
Im Derson
Persous Wis
Tenny Des Dargy
Aghter
Australia
Burkul
Baroness Gean von Kadar Murdered in Hungary Estate
Baroness Gean Duka von Kadar was killed by a staffer on her Temesvar Hungary estate. Her only heir is brother Baron Feodor Nikolle, who is bound for the United States.
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Budapest
Gean Duka von Kadar
Temesvar
Hungary
Feodor Nikolle
United States
Italian Front Prisoners Reported in Julian Offensive
Italian war department released an official statement on May 18 noting that 402 Austro Hungarian prisoners and Italian prisoners were taken as Italians advanced on the Julian front.
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Rome
Itatians
Julian Front
Italian War Department
Fire Devastates Atlanta Districts in Major Blaze
A citywide fire in Atlanta destroys nine blocks, leaving ten thousand homeless. Dynamite used to halt the flames. damage estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars. Guards from Camp McPherson patrol the burned area as aid arrives from nearby cities.
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Atlanta
Camp McPherson
Japanese Emigrants Sail for Brazil on Nippon Maru
The Waseda Maru left Kobe bound for Rio de Janeiro via Cape Town with 1500 Japanese emigrants and a large cargo of Nippon Yusen Kaisha goods. The voyage forms part of a plan to send 40,000 Japanese to Brazil for agricultural work.
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Brazil
Kobe
Japan
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Rio de Janeiro
Cape Town
Bold Burglar Flees Fort Douglis After Shot At Teen
A burglar was detected rifling a room in Captain John H. Hess's quarters at Fort Douglas on Thursday night. The intruder fired at James Hess, 16, the captain’s son, but the shot missed.
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Salt Lake City
John H. Hess
Fort Douglis
James Hess
Supreme Court Orders Reevaluation of Trust Suite Against Major Corporations
The Supreme Court ordered reargument Monday of the government’s anti trust suit against United States Steel Corporation International Harvester Company and three other large corporations.
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Washington
Auth
United States Steel Corporation
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court
Bombing Hits Kishinev Station in Bessarabia
A German air raid struck the Kishinev railroad station, capital of Bessarabia province. A soldier and two children were killed, and five workmen were injured in the attack.
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Petrograd
Kishinevy
Bessarabia
Wilson approves draft law and June 5 registration
President Wilson signs the conscription bill and proclaims June 5 as the registration date for men aged 21 to 31. The measure excludes regulars, the navy, and National Guard members while in service as draft prep moves ahead for a U S division to France under Maj Gen John J Pershing.
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Pershing
President
France
Executive
National Guard
Washington
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Regular Army
Navy
Naval Militia
District Court of
Woodrow Wilson
States
Board of Commissioners
District of Columbia
Aly
Theegular Army
Marine Ips
Territories
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto
Rico
Forte
Hit
Robert Lansing
John J. Pershing
Crowder
Finsl
Europe
Wealthy cattleman slain near El Paso suburb
The body of Thomas Lyons, millionaire cattleman of Silver City, N.M., was found in a ravine near Paso. His head showed blunt trauma and robbery was suspected. Lyons had arrived from Deming, N.M., and earlier came from Rochester, N.Y.
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Thomas Lyons
el Paso
Tex
Lex
Silver City
N.M
Paso
Deming
N. M
Lyons
Rochestit N.Y
Treasury notes out to weather market desultory
A brief notice outlines the government's plan to issue treasury notes over the next days. It mentions the market outlook and the involvement of trust companies, with details indicating a measured release to support national finances.
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West
Liberty Loan
Armour
Stowcote
Oregon Statesman
Redenbaugh
Switzerland
Raider Peage Plan
Dr. Waite
Les Darcy
J. W. Omar
Harbor of
Shelia Kishinev
Volunteer Army
White House
Roosevelt
Western Front
Seliy
Jet
Treasury
Banka
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