Arms shipments to Carranza halted amid border policy shifts
The United States slows approvals for munitions to cross the border amid Scott Obregon talks and Carranza demands for troop withdrawal. Officials say no embargo but approvals are delayed to avoid arming factions. Carranza offers 25,000 troops for Northern Mexico upon withdrawal.
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Genevil Carranza
Mexico
United States
el Paso
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Juarez
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Wilson
Baker
Progress Report in Scott Obregon Talks on Troop Withdrawal
El Paso May 2 progress in U S and Mexican conferees over General Pershing’s expedition. Obregon signals no change in U S withdrawal plan while negotiators press for a satisfactory mutual arrangement. A Mexican official notes both sides seek the lesser evil and avoid war.
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Obregon
Carranza
War Department
Arredondo
Lansing
State
Henry Eames
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
United States
Alvaro Obregon
Washington
Pershing
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Associated Press
Scott
Juarez
Kidneyaid promotes health with Cheney herbal remedy
Advertisement touts Kidneyaid as a natural herb product from G. S. Cheney Co. It claims kidneys liver and bladder benefit and criticizes alcohol in liquids. A 30 cent mail offer is included through the Boston firm, founded sixty years ago.
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G. $. Cheney Co
Union St. Boston
Cheney
G. S. Cheney Co
Austrian Front Dispatch Reports Stagnant Italian Front
Wireless Berlin May 2 reports Vienna statement that the Italian front remains generally unchanged. In the Adamello district Austrian troops repelled enemy attacks aimed at Falgorida Pass. Alpini suffered heavy losses.
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Berlin
Sayuille
Vienna
Adamello
Falgorida Pass
Belgians Beat Back Germans North of Dixmude
German assault north of Dixmude fails as Belgian forces counter attack and retake three advance posts. Artillery heavy near Verdun. Russian fronts see mixed actions with Turkish pursuit in Asia Minor and Black Sea shipping losses.
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Diarhbekr
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Black Sea
Italian Alpine Troops Cross Mountain Front in Adamello Conflict
Rome via London May 2 an official general headquarters statement reports Alpine troops crossed Lobbia Fumo ridges and attacked Crozzen Par gorida Covento Pass. They captured 103 prisoners and two machine guns after two days of fierce glacier fighting at Crozzen and Lares in the upper Chiez.
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London
Adamello Zone
Lobbia Fumoridges
Chiez
Crozzon Pargorida
Covento Pass
Crozzen
Crozzen di Lares
Lares Pass
Cordevole
Valeracecolona
Marmolada
Piezzo
Vodgora
Selz
Russian World War I Bulletin From Petrograd
The general headquarters reports on May 2 that a German offensive on the Riga flank near Ragga sam was repulsed. Artillery duels target the Ikskull bridge head and Dvinsk sectors, with action between Lake Narvez and Lake Vischnevskoye. In the Black Sea, mines marked with Christ is Risen were found on open sea lanes. In Caucasus, pursuing the enemy toward Diarbekr, Cossacks killed and captured Turkish infantry.
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Petrograd
London
Riga
Ikskull
Dvinsk
Lake
Narvez
Vischnevskoye
Black Sea
Christ
Caucasus Front
Diarbekr
Pythian Sisters Elect Mrs Clark President in MA
Mrs Angie M Clark of Arlington was chosen president of the Past Chiefs Association of Pythian Sisters of Massachusetts at Tremont Temple. Elected officers include Emma Perkins Roslindale first vice president Minnie Sands Lawrence marshal Sadie Shaw Hyde Park sentinel Annie Tyler Whitman secretary Janette Firby Revere treasurer Stella T Frost Lynn.
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Angie M. Clark
Arlington
Chiefs’ Association of Pythian Sisters of Massachusetts
Chipman Hall
Tremont Temple
Emma Perkins
Roslindale
Minnie Sands
Lawrence
Sadie Shaw
Hyde Park
Sentinel
Annie Tyler
Whitman
Janette Firby
Revere
Stella T. Frost
Lynn
Seven Largest American Families Highlighted in Post Magazine
The next Sunday Post Magazine features a page of photographs of seven of the United States' biggest families. The issue spotlights family size and aims to illustrate diverse household scales across the nation.
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Next Sunday Post
United States
Two Belgian Relief Ships Sunk in Two Days
A wireless despatch from Baavia IV announced the Fridland sank and the Hendon Hall had also been sunk within 48 hours. The Fridland carried 700 tons of wheat from Portland to Rotterdam. Both ships were chartered by the American Commission For the Relief of Belgium.
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London
American Commission For the Relief of
Belgium
Fridland
Hlendon Hall
North Foreland
Baavia IV
Portland
Rotterdam
Hendon Hall
Louisburg
Belgian Relief Commission
Turks to Exchange Townshend and Mew
British report from Mesopotamia states a small force attacked a well fortified Turkish position near Bushire on April 29, driving off the enemy. Casualties included one British officer killed and one native trooper wounded. Khalil Pasha telegram says Townshend’s captured and wounded will be exchanged for a like number of Mohammedan and Turkish prisoners. Evacuation ships have been dispatched for hospital and other duties.
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London
Lake
Mesopotamia
Bushire
Khalil Pasha
Townshend
Hostile Air Squadron Attacks Windau Operal Institutions
A hostile air squadron attacked our operal institutions at Windau Conurland the same day. Our anti-aircraft guns engaged but the attack failed to meet with success.
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Windau
Conurland
Germany Convicted In Tubantia Sinking By Torpedo
Amsterdam dispatch quotes Handelsblad saying evidence from the Dutch shipping council and wreckage supports that a German torpedo sank the Tubantia. Negotiations over compensation are in progress. Albert Ballin offers a large Hamburg America liner as a replacement. Tubantia went down March 16 near Noordhinder lightship after an explosion. affidavits claim torpedo involvement. Germany denies submarine responsibility.
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London
Dutch Shipping Council
Theerlin
Tubantia
Amsterdam
Handelsblad
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Uted
Noordhinder
French and Italian gains and aerial actions on Verdun Meuse fronts
United front brief reports French troops capture a first line German trench near Fort Douaumont and take 100 prisoners while attacks on Dead Man’s Hill yield trench gains. Italian forces seize mountain positions from Austrians and capture prisoners as aerial activity intensifies along the Meuse and Baltic fronts.
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Fort Douaumont
Verdun
Paris
River Meuse
Avecourt
Dead Man’s Hill
Dead Man's Hill
Meuse
Berlin
Rome
War Office Report Details Front Actions May 2
Paris reports artillery fire and counter shelling across Champagne Argonne and Meuse sectors. German air craft downed north of Douaumont and Belgian forces repelled a dawn attack near Dixmude with continued artillery action along the Yser.
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War Office
Champagne
Moronvilliers
Prosnes
Massiges
Argonne
Haute Chevauchee
Meuse
Avecourt
Dixmude
Yser
German Patrol Attacks British Trench North of Loos
Berlin May 2 The official announcement says a Western front patrol drilled into a British trench north of Loos in a surprise attack. The report notes a long German officer led the raid and it is described as a successful operation with limited details on losses or broader consequences.
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Boelke
Pepper Ridge
Berlin
Western Front
Loos
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