Big Proposition in Hands of Colonel House and Associates
In 1917 Colonel House heads a national inquiry to prepare American delegates for the peace conference. An executive committee and specialists coordinate data from universities libraries and societies to produce maps and reports on territorial economics and ethnology for Versailles.
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Colonel House
Europe
United States
Germany
Austria
Asia
Africa
House
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Library of Congress
New York Public Library
American Geographical Society
National Board For Historical Service
Bessarabia
Equatorial
Newsboys Campaign for Third Liberty Loan Drive Today
Newsboys who excelled in the last Liberty Loan tour will lead a campaign for the third Liberty Loan. They start on Newspaper Row at 10 30 this morning and finish at the Old South Meeting House. City leaders including Mayor Charles Sumner Bird and Arthur Ashley join the event with Scouts buglers aiding public notices.
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Old South Meeting House
Charles Sumner Bird
Edward Creed
Arthur Ashley
Liberty Loan Committee
Boy Scouts
Air Craft Scandal Probe Considered by Baker
Secretary Baker said he would study the Borglum report on aircraft production and seek an official inquiry if the findings justify action. The May 3 statement follows publication of the report by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum.
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Washington
Baker
Gutzon Borglum
Aviation program overhaul eyed after Marshall committee report
Mr. Baker said he possessed Borglum charges and all aviation related information but had not decided on action. A full Snowden Marshall committee report to the President is pending. Reorganization ordered with John D. Ryan and Kenly leading the aviation division if warranted. If wrongdoers are found, Baker may seek court martial or civil action.
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Baker
War Department
Aviation Prosgramme
Special Committee
Snowden Marshall
New York
Wilson
John D. Ryan
Aircraft Board
Kenly
Division of Military Aeronautics
Marshall Committee
Attorney-General
Clothing Drive At Industrial School Seeks Donated Garments
The Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children requests clothing for boys and girls of all ages. Winter garments are preferred, plus fabric scraps for bandages and old boots and shoes for cobbling repairs. Donations to Miss Perry, superintendent, 241 St Botolph Street, Boston.
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Miss Perry
Industrial School
St. Botolph Street
Roston
Spinsters Endow Bridge Street Patrol for Girls
The joint wills of Misses Margaret and Henrietta Wright, elderly spinsters of Northampton, bequeath $5000 to the city to fund a Bridge Street patrolman and convert their home into a girls shelter. The city may use the interest yearly to hire the guard, creating a perpetual patrol. Officials weigh how best to carry out the bequest.
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Northampton
Margaret
Henrietta Wright
Bridge Street
U S Prisoners Reported Treated Equally by Germany
Washington May 3 German government answered a State Department inquiry by Spain stating American prisoners of war receive the same treatment as prisoners of other nationalities.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
H Company 301st Holds Dance at Convention Hall
The Dorchester and Cambridge based H Company of the 301st Infantry plans a dance at Convention Hall tonight to raise funds for the overseas drive. Cmdr Captain Carleton D. Morse leads veterans who already contributed 2000 dollars to Liberty bonds this week. The event features a drill program and a social night to follow.
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301St
Boston
301St Regiment of Infantry
Convention Hall
Dorchester
Cambridge
Carleton D. Morse
Boston critic Braithwaite awarded Spingarn Medal
William A Braithwaite of Cambridge a Boston Evening Transcript critic and noted poet received the Spingarn Medal at First Baptist Church in Providence. Governor Beeckman presented the award named by Joel Saginarn of New York for distinguished achievement by an African descended American.
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Providence
R. I
William A. Braithwaite
Cambridge
Boston Evening Transcript
Spingarn
R. L. Beeckman
First Baptist Church
Braithwaite
England
France
Joel B. Saingarn
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
E. B. Just
Charles Young
Liberia
Harry T. Burleigh
Cambridge Common Likely Not Used by Naval School
Naval officials oppose commandeering Cambridge Common for the Naval Radio School. decision postponed to May 13 for Alternate site review by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt who resided in Cambridge and is Harvard educated. He notes unneeded use of the Common and will assess sites when in Cambridge May 15 for Harvard overseers meeting.
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Washington
Cambridge
Mass
Naval Radio School
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Harvard
Bureau of Navigation
Board of Overseers
Expect a big peace offensive from Germany says Lord Robert Cecil
London May 3 In the personal opinion of Lord Robert Cecil minister of blockade the failure of Germanys knock out offensive on the western front will result in a big peace offensive directed mainly against Great Britain The peace offensive would be attractive in form but would not offer terms the Allies can accept He believes the new campaign would be largely for German consumption as rulers know they cannot hold out much longer if forced to rely on their own resources.
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London
Robert Cecil
Germany
Western Front
Great Britain
Associated Press
Robert
500 Foot Fall Kills Cadet in La Jolla Flight
Flying Cadet Nicholas Healy was instantly killed and Cadet O Hanley had a broken ankle after an airplane spun into a nose dive from about 600 feet near La Jolla. The cadets had made a forced landing for unknown reasons before restarting. O Hanley’s home is in Garden City.
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San Diego
Cal
Nicholas Healy
O’hanley
la Jolla
Here
Garden City
L. L
Artillery Activity and Prisoners Reported on Front
Haig says local fighting south of Villers-Bretonneux yielded a few prisoners after cooperation with French troops. Enemy artillery was active north of Albert in the Beaumont-Hamel sector, with other sectors quiet.
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Haig
London
Villers-Bretonneux
Albert
Beaumont-Hamel
Three Marines Slightly Wounded in France
Navy Department reports three Marine privates in Europe mildly wounded in action in France. Named are Roy B. Graham Charles A. Gordon and Thomas S. Killion.
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France
Washington
Marine Corps
Europe
Navy Department
Roy B. Graham
Charles A. Gordon
Thomas 5
Lieutenant Parker Newhall Wounded in France
Mrs. W R Newhall of 79 Sumner Avenue reports that Lieutenant Parker Newhall, serving with British forces in France, has been seriously wounded in action and is now at a base hospital.
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Springfield
W. R. Newhall
Sumner Avenue
Parker Newhall
France
ROTC Battalion Trains at Wakefield Range
The second battalion of Harvard ROTC conducted target practice at the Wakefield rifle range yesterday with practice slated for today and tomorrow. They will be housed in tents and march back to Cambridge Sunday afternoon under Major Flynn, commandant.
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Harvard Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Wakefield Rifle Range
Cambridge
Major Flynn
Patriot Call Urges Bond Purchase to Support War Effort
A public pledge urges citizens to buy bonds to speed wartime funding. It warns against delaying the country's programme and frames bond purchase as a patriotic duty.
War books and personal accounts dominate new titles
Review highlights Broun's The A. E. F. With Pershing's Army in France and Gerard's Face to Face with Kaiserism, noting their vivid war scenes and sharp insights. Pennell's Pictures of War Work in America, White's Martial Adventures of Henry and Me, and Over There s With the Australians follow, with Canada and British war memoirs also featured.
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Scribner’s
R. Hugh Knyvett
New York
Egypt
Gallipoli
France
Liberty Bond Promotion Urges Public Support
A public appeal calls for citizens to buy liberty bonds to support national defense. Officials emphasize urgency and patriotism as war financing remains a priority across communities.
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Kansas
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Macmillan
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