President to Call a Million Men for War Effort
The President outlines a prepared stance against Germany with a broad policy to be pursued after defining the nation's status. Officials expect some Congressional opposition, but public opinion is believed to back governmental readiness and a future league of nations. Delegations of war opponents will press Congress on Monday.
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Germany
United States
Mexico
Japan
Republic
League of Nations
Europe
Congress
Thimaelf
Jst Pe
Aobe
Veyuile
Baker
Daniels
U S To Favor Citizens-To-Be In Time Of War
Washington reports that aliens seeking American citizenship would receive favored treatment if wartime restrictions are needed. Declarations of intention will be given due consideration. The stance suggests no internment of foreign nationals within the United States while they observe laws, and property rights will be respected.
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Washington
State Department
Labor Department
United States
Sixth Regiment Receives Mobilization Orders
The Sixth Regiment is ordered to mobilize with early departures for service. I Company was mustered into federal service at 11 p.m. last night, followed by plans for D Company to train and entrain. General orders from Major-General Leonard Wood’s U S Army Department are expected today. Governor McCall received the call at 4:10 p.m. and Colonel Warren E Sweetser coordinated responses. By nightfall more than 7 percent of guardsmen reported for assembly across 12 cities and towns. Enlisted strength stood at 66 officers and 1173 men with multiple companies spread across Boston, Quincy, Fitchburg, Wakefield, Lowell, Framingham, Marlboro, Stoneham, Concord, and Milford.
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Department of the Host
United States Army
Leonard Wood
McCall
General Sweetser
Warren E. Sweetser
Sweetser
South Armory
Irvington Street
Adjutant-General’s Office
Boston
Quincy
Fitchburg
Wakefield
Lowell
Framingham
Marlboro
Stoneham
Concord
Bulfinch Street Armory
Milford
L Company
Bulfinch Street
J. H. Prior
James J. Holmes
Charlestown Navy Yard
National Guard
Cambridge City Hospital Offer to Navy by Mayor
Mayor Rockwood of Cambridge sent a message to Secretary Daniels offering the new Municipal Hospital to the government for any use deemed expedient. The hospital has four beds with potential to expand.
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Rockwood
Cambridge
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Chicago Adopts Beachwear Rules For Summer
Chicago officials approved an ordinance setting beach attire standards for the season. The measure imposes a 5 to 20 dollar fine for violations and outlines permitted styles such as blouses with sleeves, bloomers at least four inches above the knee, and jersey knit suits with or without stockings while ensuring outfits stay within armpit to chest guidelines.
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Chicago
Board of Fashion Censors
Council Committee On
Eugene Block
Kellermann
Block
Shippers Oppose Rates Call for Chicago Conference
Representatives of 14 national shipper groups called a Chicago conference for April 13 to address the railroad petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking a general freight rate increase. They urge no increase without full legal investigation and demand hearing before any final action.
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Chicago
United States Interstate Commerce Commission
German Raider Sinks Several Ships Off Trinidad
The French bark Cambronne arrived in Rio de Janeiro with 200 sailors from vessels sunk by a German raider off the Island of Trinidad. Many of the crew were drowned, according to reports.
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Rio Janeiro
Cambronne
Trinidad
Twelve Lynn Men Missing at Sea
A group of twelve young men from Lynn, including Hudson Robertson and Lester McClearn, disappeared after taking a 23-foot motor boat from the Biltmore Club. Police and harbor craft search Lynn Harbor and the Massachusetts coast for the drifting vessel, fearing the worst while relatives hold faint hope. Road to recovery includes assistance from Boston harbor police.
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Hudson Robertson
Nahant
Lester McClearn
Warren Street
Lynn
Francis Girard
Fosdick Terrace
Tratthew Pashby
Franklin Street
John Murphy
Tony Scala
Washington Street
Thomas McQueeney
South Elm Street
James McQueeney
South Street
George Gaffney
Bates Street
Allen J. Kelley
Summer Street
Clarence D. Maloon
Matthew’ Welch
Union Street
Lyn
H. Brown
General Electric Company
Robertson
R. H. Robertson
Pond Street
Ruge
Lynn Harbor
Massachusetts
Biltmore Club
Munroe Street
Boston Harbor
Thaw Extradition Case Heard In Philadelphia
Attorney General Brown argued for Governor Brumbaugh in seeking Thaw's extradition to New York for trial on charges related to beating Frederick Gump Jr. the Kansas City schoolboy. Thaw, declared insane, remains in a hospital after a suicide attempt. six Thaw lawyers supported removal, one opposed, and an opinion will be filed with the governor.
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Philadelphia
Brown
Brumbaugh
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Frederick Gump, Jr
Kansas City
Thaw
Harvard Juniors See War Movies
Four hundred Harvard juniors attended a preparedness smoker at the Harvard Union last evening where 15 reels of war related films were shown. A government sent film titled America Preparing was shown among others depicting trench fighting in Europe and aero troops on the Mexican border.
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Harvard
Harvard Union
America
Trench
Europe
Americans Held as Prisoners of War in Germany
More than 40 Americans are among prisoners taken by the German commerce raider Moewe and held in a camp in Westphalia. The men were aboard the Esmeralda when she was sunk, with one American named Smith aboard the Brecknockshire. Benson, a released prisoner, says the Americans were captured with British crews three days after Moewe arrived at Kiel.
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London
Germany
Moewe
Jack Benson
Benson
Smith
Westphalia
Kiel
Hamare
Staut
Norfolk
South Georgia Islands
Staat
Queenstown
St. Theodore
Equator
Skaggerak
Sound
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