Congress Asked to Provide Five Billion and a Half
Congress was urged to grant 5.5025 billion dollars to finance the war for one year, with allocations for the War Department Navy and Marine Corps Coast Guard and other naval needs. Plans include bond issues and tax increases, with potential loans to Allies not counted in the immediate estimate.
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U S Discusses Bond Issue Funding and War Policy
Officials indicate private funds may cover a large share of the proposed bond issue with broad popular subscription seen as sufficient for the rest. The United States will not sever ties with Austria Bulgaria or Turkey or declare war while they avoid forcing such action. British and Russian patrols have made contact in Mesopotamia, AP reports via Major General Maurice.
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United States
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Bulgaria
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Germany
London
Mesopotamia
Associated Press
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War Office
United States Mobilizes Vast Resources for Great War
Washington reports actual and potential U S resources rival all history. Navy expands to 87 000 active personnel and new submarine chasers guard and coast patrols activated. Army regulars about 120 000 with 150 000 national guard, ready to mobilize to 700 000 if Congress authorizes larger forces.
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Germany
United States
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National Mobilization Plan Advances Amid Wartime Readiness
The Council of National Defense leads daily briefings with top finance, commerce, science, and labor officials to craft an industrial mobilization strategy. Government aims to harness vast equipment and military support to ready the nation, though many details remain confidential as tensions with foreign relations persist.
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German note alleged to offer Mexican bases and reservist move
Representative Miller charged during a House debate that an unpublished Zimmerman note paragraph proposed submarine bases in Mexican ports and sending German reservists to Mexico with arms supplies. Secretary Lansing denied the claim as unsubstantiated while Miller defended his source and insisted on the note's authenticity.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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Villa
Carranza
Ships Carrying Americans Sunk in Atlantic
Destruction of two vessels with American passengers was reported by Consul Lathrop at Cardiff. The Norwegian steamer Sandvik was sunk by a submarine, likely German, while the British steamer Lincolnshire was sunk without sighting a submarine. Crews endured two hours in small boats before rescue.
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Cardiff
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Lincolnshire
Steamer Missourian Sunk Off Genoa With Loss Of Crew
The unarmed American steamer Missourian, sailing from Genoa on April 4 with thirty two Americans among a fifty three crew, was sunk without warning. The crew was saved and the report came to the state department from Consul General Wilbur in Genoa.
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Genoa
State Department
Wilbur
House War Resolution Passes After 17 Hours of Debate
The House approved the war resolution with a 373 to 6 vote, authorizing the president to use military and naval force against Germany. Miss Rankin of Montana voiced refusal to vote for war, while Dem Leader Kitchin sparked a larger antiwar bloc. President Wilson expected to sign after Vice President Marshall attaches his signature.
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Government plans to raise army of millions
War Department outlines a program to build a 1 million man army within a year and 200000 more in training within two years. Key steps include expanding the regular army to war strength, calling National Guard into federal service, and using selective conscription to draft young men aged 19 to 25. Training begins with 100000 officers, 287000 enlisted regulars, and 627000 guard reserves, then adds additional units and a recruitment system. July years not specified.
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Plans for a 2 000 000 strong new army expands
The War Department outlines a phased buildup with 100000 officers and 100000 NCOs for the first cadre, 500000 youths next year, and 100000 more officers drawn from regulars or national guard. The system could train over a million men at once, but initial authorization covers two classes totaling over 2,000,000 trained troops within 18 months to two years.
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Interstate coal rate hike rejected for Western Kentucky to Nashville
The Interstate Commerce Commission disapproved a proposed coal rate increase from eighty cents to ninety cents per ton for shipments from western Kentucky to Nashville Tennessee. The ruling was issued today in Washington.
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War News Conflicting Reports As Fronts See Action
Reports from Paris Berlin and Petrograd describe heavy fighting across Western and Eastern fronts. Germans and French clash near Rheims with disputed outcomes while British advances occur near Peronne and Metz en Couture. Russians push on in Mesopotamia and Galicia with mixed results as Turkish resistance holds. A Belgian relief ship Trevier was torpedoed off Holland with crew lost.
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Bluefield Troops Leave for Camp Kanawha Amid Cheers
More than a hundred Bluefield militiamen depart for Kanawha City with the hospital detachment and Company L among over a hundred volunteers. The crowd cheered as the special train pulled away at 10 o clock amid goodbyes and emotional scenes at the station.
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Explosion Rips Chicago Restaurant Wrecking Building
Explosion wrecked a brick building on Halsted Street near Lake Street in Chicago. Police estimate six or seven persons killed and forty or fifty injured as the blast struck a first floor Italian restaurant crowded at noonday meal.
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Pere Sons
Halsted Street
Lake Street
Hospital Ships Torpedoed in World War Start
London April 5 six hospital ships have been torpedoed or mined by the central powers since the war began. Thomas J MacNamara financial secretary of the admiralty testified in the house of commons that 247 lives are lost and seventy three persons injured.
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Thomas J. MacNamara
Admiralty
House of Commons
German Press Attacks Wilson After Address
Berlin papers import bitterness toward President Wilson. German newspapers repudiate his distinction between the German people and their government, citing his recent address and sparking sharp editorial reactions.
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London
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Willard Telegram to Wilson on Readiness to Fight
Jess Willard sent a telegram to President Wilson declaring readiness to fight and asking when to report, stating I will fight. The message comes as the boxer confirms his availability for service in response to the war effort.
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