Corporal Wheaton Sacrificed Himself To Save Comrades In France
In Syracuse New York on May 10 the death of Corporal Homer Wheaton of the 101st Infantry is recounted by Sergeant Edward B. Creed. Wheaton reportedly hurled his body over a live grenade during a raid drill in No Man's Land, saving four companions. The grenade exploded, killing him instantly.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Homer Wheaton
101St Infantry
France
Edward B. Creed
Judge Creed
South Boston
Wheaton
Creed
No Man's Land
Worcester Newspaper
U-Boat Losses Decline in April 1918
French official statistics released in Washington show Allied and neutral ship losses in April 1918 were about half of April 1917. The report notes 381,631 gross tons were lost this April versus 634,685 last year, with submarine warfare now more costly for the enemy due to increased Allied countermeasures.
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Washington
France
Submarine activity tied to German land offensives noted
Attacks rely on torpedoes rather than gunfire as merchant ships were properly armed. Each German land offensive was paired with submarine actions. Submarine activity rose in late March, then declined in early April due to Allied counter-efforts.
Lost Boy Found Hidden in Rug by Firefighters
Weymouth fire department members searched woodlands for two hours last evening for four year old Wilfred Loring, son of Hingham firefighter Captain Ernest Loring. He lay asleep inside a rolled rug on his parents’ lawn until Daniel Mc Kenna, passing by, lifted the rug and the child rolled out unharmed.
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Weymouth
Wilfred Loring
Ernest Loring
Hingham Fire Department
Captain Loring
Main Street
South Weymouth
War Probes Planned. Naval Camp Planned at Cambridge Common
Senate military committee outlines aviation and war inquiry probes to be conducted by sub committees. Cambridge Common to host 1800 Navy Radio School trainees with ten two story barracks and support buildings though only five trees will be cut. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt to inspect sites with open mind and pledge return of the common after the war.
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Cambridge Common
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Cambridge
United States Naval Radio School
Navy
Roosevelt
Sub committee to study ordnance production and aviation spending
A Nebraska senator leads a sub committee preparing to meet with senior War Department officials and visit ordnance plants at Bethlehem Steel and other sites. Senator Thomas reports aviation expenditures totaling 749.886 million with 157.453 million in excess authorizations, detailing fixed price and cost plus contracts for engines, parts, construction, balloon division, schools, pay, and seacoast equipment.
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Settinius
Williams
Ordnance
Bethlehem Steel Company
Signal Corps
Thomas
Colorado
Card Announces Son Is German Prisoner
Abington residents learned that Martin V. Holloway’s son, Ber ens V. Holloway, was captured by German forces at Quentin early in the ace drive. The notice bears the German approval stamp Gepruft Kommmandantur and shows Kriegsgefangenensendung with Address Only to be Written on This Side.
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Abington
Gepruft, Kommandantur
Martin V. Holloway
Bersens V. Holloway
Quentin
Kriegsgefangenensendung
Masonic Bodies Recommend Overseas Service Centers
Grand Masters from New York Massachusetts Michigan Illinois Indiana Oklahoma Ohio New Jersey and Connecticut adopt resolutions urging general Masonic headquarters and recreation centres in foreign cities for service to Masons serving abroad. They call for rotating workers from jurisdictions and funding from a general overseas fraternal fund.
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General Masonic
Grand Masters
Masons
Massachusetts
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Oklahoma
Ohio
New Jersey
Connecticut
United States
Arlington Priest Heads Georgetown
The Rev. John B. Creeden, 8S. J., named president of Georgetown University, was born in Arlington on September 12, 1871 and later moved to Medford. A Boston College graduate, he joined the Society of Jesus in Frederick Maryland in 1800 and studied at Woodstock College before theological studies in Europe. He began at Georgetown in 1897, served as dean from 1909 to the present, and will be succeeded as dean by Rev. Edmund A. Walsh of South Boston.
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Georgetown University
Arlington
Medford
Boston College
Society of Jesuits
Frederick
Woodstock College
Europe
Father Creeden
Georgetown
School of Arts and Sciences
Edmund A. Walsh
S. J
South Boston
Order
Whitman vetoes survey for military road plan
Governor Whitman vetoed the Donahue bill to fund preliminary surveys for a proposed military road linking West Point with the New England States and the East. He said there is no military necessity since West Point is not a fort from which U S forces would advance to defend the Eastern seaboard.
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N. Y
Whitman
Donahue
West Point
New England States
East
United States
Seaboard
Wekerle Heads New Hungarian Cabinet
Budapest May 10 A new Hungarian cabinet formed with Dr Alexander Wekerle as premier and interior minister Ministers include Joseph Szteprenyi commerce Count Adalbert Serenyi agriculture Count Johann Zichy education Count Popowitch finance Prince Windisch Graezt food Baron Szurmay defence Count Aladar Zeichy court affairs Dr Gustav Lorey justice Dr Karl Unkelhavesser minister for Croatia Count Paul Teleki social affairs
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Budapest
London
Alexander Wekerle
Joseph Szteprenyi
Adalbert Serenyi
Johann Zichy
Count Popowitch
Prince Windisch- Graeétz
Baron Szurmay
Aladar Zeichy
Gustav Lorey
Croatia
Karl Unkelhavesser
Count Paul Teleki
Baby Boy Killed by Express Train in Westwood
Mr and Mrs William Funk of Carroll avenue Islington Westwood report their baby boy was instantly killed at 615 pm yesterday by the Waterbury express near the New Haven railroad station. The child was playing with two other youngsters when struck and hurled several feet by the locomotive.
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William Funk
Carroll Avenue
Islington
Westwood
Waterbury Express
New Haven
Locemo
Congress balks at July adjournment for new revenue plan
Congress resists delaying its July 1 adjournment to pursue Secretary McAdoo’s push for immediate revenue legislation. Capitol leaders postponed a decision until next week after delayed conferences with McAdoo and President Wilson about funding rising war expenses.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Capitol
Wilson
Treasury Plan Faces Senate House Opposition Title
Mr McAdoo proposed formal submission today but drew instant opposition from Senate and House leaders and rank and file. Senator Simmons and Representative Kitchin object unless immediate action is required. They note $12 6 billion will be available between July and early next year. President Wilson received a treasury survey and will confer with McAdoo and leaders next week. Congress may wait until December or seek a special session after the elections. Leaders think a solution may avoid new legislation by bonds or temporary credits.
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Simmons
Representative Kitchin
North Carolina
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Congress
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U-Boat Bases Ostend and Zeebrugge Blocked By Allied Actions
The raid on Zeebrugge and the Ostend obstruction damaged the harbor works seriously. The blocked Ostend channel will sil t up and threaten harbor access, potentially forcing German submarines to withdraw to home ports. A vast North Sea mine field is said to be planted to curb submarine activity by May 15.
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Zeebrugge
Ostend
North Sea
Jellicoe
Ostend Raid Blockade Falters Under British Report
Berlin cites Ostend harbor blockade as a failure after a naval attack. An old cruiser lies aground outside the channel and the entrance remains free. The statement says two crewmen died, two survivors were captured, two motorboats were shot away, and a monitor was damaged.
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Berlin
London
Ostend
Warrvor
Vindictive Sunk in Ostend Harbor Raid
Dover reports confirm the Vindictive was sent to Ostend after Zeebrugge and sunk by an internal charge as heavy fire from German batteries battered the ship. Crew escaped by motor boats as destroyers took them off under dangerous gunfire amid a secret operation led by Admiral Keyes.
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Dover. Eng
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Thames
London
Admiral Keyes
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for relief from displacement
Mrs S J Semler of Troy New York reports seven months of displacement pain backache and headaches eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She says she now does all her housework and urges other women in similar conditions to try the remedy based on reports from women across the country
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N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
S. J. Semler
5Th Ave
Boston Aviator Reveals War Experiences
Lieutenant Jack Tutt, a Boston aviator on three years in the war, speaks exclusively about his experiences for tomorrow's Sunday Post.
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Boston
Tomorrow’s Sunday Post
France
The
Sunday Post
Tomorrow's Sunday Post
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