Privilege to Die: Pilot Sacrifices Plane to Evade Capture
An official report tells of a British aviator who chose to destroy his flying boat and himself to prevent German forces from seizing a secret aircraft design. With his observer aboard, fog separated them from rescue. The pilot readied a bomb as the destroyers closed in, while the observer swam away to safety. The blast sank the craft and killed the pilot, who faced the choice to protect a guarded secret.
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London
Sonny
Gery Again Sues Randolph over Flag at Prescott School
The American flag dispute at Prescott school led to a court order to restore flag raising after weeks of halyard breakage. William K. Spear pressed the case, the selectmen faced legal action, and the court required immediate flag display under state law.
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Randolph
Prescott
William KE. Spear
Split Building to Move It at Camp Meade Maryland
A 300 foot long building was split in two and moved about 300 yards by 800 colored selectives without special devices and with no delay. The crew lifted the structure, then slowly pulled it to place on a new site within seven hours. A French electrician notes incandescent lamp wires reach near 2000 degrees.
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Camp Meade
Roy Beeson
Urbana
Charles Leiman
Champaign
Manuel Jaros
Alton
Elizabeth
Chicago
Nelson Morris
Morris & Co
Camp Grant
State House
Springfield
Red Cross
Capitol
Otto F Heintze
Forest Park
Justice of the Peace
Frank A. McKee
Oak Park
Chandlerville
Board of Health
Atlantic Seaboard
Welland Canal
Washogton
United States Shipping Board
Lake Michigan
Simeon Keck
Wabash
Buffalo
Nlnth
Hillness
Joseph Rayhill
Manning
Hoon Schuyter
Effortve
Vihleh
Nolfer
Rayhill
General Assembly
Tuttle
Aoting
John
Oglesby
Paris War Rumor Ban Targets Gossiping Citizens
Paris authorities crack down on rumor, arresting cafe talkers and gossip mongers as a public warning against defeatist talk. Notable cases include editor Charles Leon Rappoport and teacher Helen Brion, with arrests signaling government intent to silence antiwar sentiment.
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Paris
Police
France
Charles Leon Rappoport
la Verite
le Journal du Peuple
Unified Socialist Party
Rappoport
Sante
Bolo
Calllaux
Humbert
Mile Helen Brion
Chemenceau
Caldwell offers team to plow any Thrift garden
St. Louis stable proprietor J. B. Caldwell, promoting thrift gardens, has offered to furnish a team to plow any Thrift garden in the city. He has received many calls since the announcement.
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Patriotic Liveryman
St. Louis
J. B. Caldwell
Caldwell
Illinois State News Highlights From Freeport to Rockford Then to Springfield
A 114 member Freeport High class will graduate June 13 with 66 piris noted. Rockford bans cider beverages and dealers must clear stock. Peoria hosts the 25th annual Retail Merchants' convention June 10–13. Chicago Prairie Club to inspect Apple River canyon for a proposed state park in May. A Champaign train collision kills Marion McDonald and others. Burke and Sledge among injured.
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Piris
Freeport High School
Rockford
Peoria
Retail Merchants’ Association of Illinois
Chicago Prairie Club
Te Daviess County
Apple River
Marion McDonald
Falstead
P. J. Burke
J. P. Sledge
Helen Burke
Champaign
Aurora
Food Administration
Arthur Englemeier
Compton
Lewis Institute
Chicago
Aviation Service
Don Diavolo
C G Parnell
Boston
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Red Cross
Phip Delaney
Springfield
Henry Hinton
Eldo O'Duffer
Decatur
Wabash
Delaney
Asan Burger
Piper City
Mars
The Difference Wise Guy and Really Wise
A concise quip contrasts single women and married women on economy. A judge notes that when a single woman practices economy she means her money, while a married woman means her husband.
Toledo Public Notice Amid Stated Details
Fragmentary notice from Toledo Ohio referencing Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence on a dated December. Mentions Beal A. Reet Pubic and J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Possible medical or druggist context with mucous and internal usage noted. Source text is garbled but indicates an official affidavit or public record.
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Cone of Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucas Ny
Hall
Two Russians Agree on a Horseman for Grub
A brief exchange has one Russian proposing a man on horseback and the other agreeing that horse meat would help, reflecting a terse wartime or famine era mood with dark humor and scarce resources.
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Hans
F. D. Adams
Universalist Church
Helen &. Adams
Gery
Big
Marne
Llinois State
State Public Utilities Commission
Alton Gas and Electric Company
USA
Triinois
State Department of Public Highways
University of Thm- Nols Alumal Association
Jacksonville
Morgan County
Pew Association
Morgano
Maccupin
Guade
Sherif Russell
Warristtrip
Wis
Southern Express
Cardi
Alan
Shetel Steel
Tron
Russet
Herbert van Hloyt
Issan
Haute
Tesnes
Herbert
Elderada
Florence Carles
Ran Goolwin
Elnols
Chester
State Division of Pardons and
Pardea
Lowden
Chanutefield
Davis
Bloomington
Ellington Field
Houston
Tex
Rantoul
Timets Central Railroad
Chicago City Council
Edward J. Noonan
John F. Wallace
Railways Terminal Commission
Pennsylvania Freldbt
Union
Thull
Mia Dausch
Frichiening
America
Ruth
Aviatrix
Init
Waseesoa
Joe
Carter
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Caleage
Ras
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