World War 1 Frontline Advances and Global War News
British troops push south of the Scarpe as Arras battles resume with heavy fighting. Fifteen German planes are shot down and six British aircraft lost. British forces in Macedonia gain five hundred yards on a mile front near Saloniki. Canada and allied forces coordinate air and ground operations while US officials report food, shipping, and economic measures related to the war. Other items cover gas industry suspicions, shipping, diamond shipments, and political moves in Washington and abroad.
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Arras
Scarpe River
The
War Office
Macedonia
Doiran Lake
Doldzeli
Saloniki
French War Mission Talks With Baker In Washington
Marshal Joffre and his staff held a long briefing with Secretary Baker and Gen. Scott at the White House area to discuss American expeditionary force aid to France. Rene Viviani, head of the mission, told reporters that U S cooperation would bring victory for France and morality.
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Marshal Joffre
Baker
Washington
Germany
Wilson
Marshall
Lansing
Daniels
Scott
Henry White
France
Joffre
United States
Faithbheld
Rene Viviani
M. Viviani
Emile Hovelaque
Wilson opposes censorship blocking public criticism
President Wilson pledges no support for any censorship system that would deny Americans the right to criticize public officials. In a letter to Arthur Brisbane he says Congress action must not shield him from criticism and he values patriotic, intelligent critique during the crisis.
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Washington
Wilson
Arthur Brisbane
New York Journal
United States
Congress
Root Accepts Chairmanship of American Commission to Russia
Elihu Root, former Secretary of State, after talks with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing, accepted the chairmanship of the American commission to Russia. The group will include three or four principal members with staff, and is slated to depart for Russia within days to provide political, financial, transportation and commercial guidance.
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Washington
Elihu Root
Wilson
Lansing
Russia
Root
American schooner Percy Birdsall sunk by submarine fire
The American schooner Percy Birdsall was sunk by submarine gunfire off Washington on April 27. The crew was rescued by a patrol boat shortly after the attack.
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Washington
Percy Birdsall
State Department
New York Bread Goes Higher as Prices Rise
New York reports higher bread costs with the cent cheapest loaf and its size to be cut. The note signals upcoming price and portion adjustments affecting bakers and shoppers in the city.
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New York
Farmers pledge aid at Missouri war food conference
Missouri farmers and groups gather in Jefferson City for a war conference on food feed and forage with wide seed supply concerns. C O Raine of the state grange sends a telegram to President Wilson pledging support to feed both civilians and Allies and asking for a postwar minimum price to ensure farm profitability.
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Wilson
Europe
State Board of Agriculture
Missouri
Jefferson City
Jeweel Mayes
Missouri Bankers’ Association
State Federation of Commercial Clubs
Granges
Farmers’ Unions
C. O. Raine
State Grange
Carroll County
Panama Grange
St Clair County Weighs Settlement Offer On Old Railroad Bonds
Taxpayers in St Clair county empowered a committee at Osceola to meet bondholders and seek a compromise for the over one million dollars in judgments plus interest. The committee includes John W. Minks, Howard Higgins, and John S. Pence. A prior compromise proposal failed at a December election after forty years of litigation.
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St. Clair County
Osceola
John W. Minks
Collins
Howard A. Higgins
Monegan
John S. Pence
Roscoe
United States
Bank Closes Over $33,000 Shortage Found in Hermann
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hermann was closed by state bank examiner N. S. Macgruger after he found a shortage of 33000 dollars. The action marks a decisive end to the bank amid the financial irregularities uncovered during the inspection.
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Soang
Wilson
Mérahail
Capitol
Ambassador Jusserand
I¢H
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hermann
N. S. Macgruger
State Bank
Forced to Take Allegiance Oath After Treason Charge
Ash Grove resident Ben Carter was arrested in Springfield on a treason charge and for abusing President Wilson. He was fined and ordered to take a wartime oath to support the United States in every way.
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Ben Carter
Ash Grove
Springfield
Wilson
United States
Bakeries offer to supply government with plants
C. H. Wortz, leader of a biscuit company with bake plants in St. Joseph and Fort Smith Arkansas, has tendered the government the entire use of both plants for any purpose it desires.
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Bakeries
C. H. Wortz
St. Joseph and
Fort Smith, Ark
Train Kills Three in Auto Crash Near Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Deal and their daughter in law Mrs Leslie Deal were killed instantly when their car was struck by a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Marshall.
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Milton Deal
Inlaw
Leslie Deal
Marshall
Missouri Pacific
Funeral Trip Ends in Fatal Meter Car Crash
Earl Bodle aged 22 died from injuries after the meter car he drove skidded and overturned near Marysville while returning from a funeral with a party. Bodle sustained fatal injuries at the scene.
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Earl Bodle
Marysville
Bodle
Missouri dairy campaign gains statewide prominence
E. G. Bennett state dairy commissioner visited Macon to promote Missouri dairy efforts. He asserted Missouri will soon become a leading dairy state in the nation.
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E. G. Bennett
Macon
Missouri
Disastrous Columbia Fire Destroys Four Buildings
Four businesses in Columbia were destroyed by a recent blaze causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. Insurance coverage stands at 60000 dollars.
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Western Transportation Company
Great Lakes Transit Corporation
Erie
Columbia
Flag Raising Draws Five Hundred at Archie
Five hundred persons attended a flag raising in Archie with a large procession of school children and patrons led by the Archie band marching through Main Street. J. R. Nicholson.
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Archie
Main Street
J. R. Nicholson
Corn Production Urged Across Wider Agricultural Regions
The U S secretary of agriculture urges increasing corn output to the fullest extent this year. He notes corn as America’s most important cereal grown across a wider area than any other, feeding people and livestock. He highlights eastern regions and top corn counties in Illinois Iowa Nebraska Missouri and other states as targets for expanded planting and seed and labor considerations.
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America
Food and land drive wartime uplift in Canada
The piece urges Americans and Canadians to boost agricultural production to meet wartime shortages. It highlights two dollar wheat, strong grain and meat prices, and calls for citizens to farm, rent, or buy land. It extols Western Canada’s 160 acre farms, low production costs, abundant yields, and rapid settlement incentives as a path to prosperity and national security.
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Europe
Canada
Western Canada
Western
Couldn't Keep it Up The City Man Question to a Peasant
A city man asks how to live to ninety among a peasant. The peasant replies that abstaining from drink and smoke and staying in the open air do not guarantee longevity, noting his father did those things yet died, while others who did not endure.
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