Tiger Pitchers Show Up Well Under Donovan
Detroit’s pitching staff shows potential under Bil Donovan as he aims to recreate pennant-era success. Previous coaches failed, but Donovan’s spring results suggest improvement, with stars like Cobb and Veach in the lineup and notable pitchers under his guidance.
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TIGER
Donovan
Cobb & Co
Ty Cobb
Bobby Veach
Harry Hellman
Sluegorse
Frank Nafin
Ahi
Au Minimnan
Thiers
Yankees
Nick Collop
Bob Bhaykey
Ban
Stmlew
Ray Caldwell
Detroit
Bootleggers War With Marshals Rises in Memphis Area
MEMPHIS Tenn May 7 Bootleggers in the Memphis vicinity have escalated violence as U S marshals go armed with automatic shotguns and heavy rifles to crack down on rum running The gangs have grown bolder and one group uses impersonation to seize liquor from rivals Pan Pilon of Saratoga is registered in town today.
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Memphis
Tenn
United Lives
United States
Pan Pilon
Paul Pion
Saratoga
Dogs Loosed on Prison Camp Captives in Germany
Washington dispatch quotes a Belgian survivor’s diary from 1914 1915 detailing German camp conditions. Sentries with dogs hunted prisoners beat them daily and deprived inmates of food with bare feet and packed barracks. The account covers Belgian English and Russian captives and describes torture hunger and attempted escapes.
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Germany
Sammies Ready for Hun Attack on French Front
On May 7 German forces launched a heavy attack against American troops on the Picardy front. The assault features 16 000 mustard gas shells, intense artillery, and night fighting with enemy aircraft. Antiaircraft guns downed one German plane as the Americans brace for possible further offensives.
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Picardy
Amercan
Perahing
Fragmentary note on World War I frontline actions
The text hints at German intentions at the start of an offensive near Ypres and Arras. It mentions Allied responses and renewed strength after French and Allied troops halted a fleet advance, with emphasis on the need to defend against further German offensives.
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Ypres
Wyoming Draft Quota Raised After Washington Error
Provost Marshal Ray K. Olde corrected a Washington error that inflated Wyoming May quota to 1677. The May 26 figure is 947, with about 1000 Wyoming men to be called this month, the largest one-month total yet. Several hundred enlistments were miscounted.
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Wyoming
Washington
Ray K. Olde
Camp Lewis
San Francisco
Good Results From Foley Kidney Pills
A Detroit woman reports she slept better and felt less back and side pain after using Foley Kidney Pills. She says she will continue taking them. The letter highlights relief from kidney and bladder trouble symptoms and is presented as a testimonial.
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Womn
Foley
Mia
Chas. Gray
Detroit
Mich
Sammmies Not Immoral Run: Lie Is Nailed by Investigator
New York May 7 Those men are the finest Mower of America the plck of our Universities shop and business houses. If they have permitted themselves to sink to the moral level described by some writers even the Lord have mercy on our country. Dan Poling associate president and citizenship superintendent of the United Society of Christian Endeavor reports on moral problems seen in France. He notes Pershing rules on vice and says officers control no booze where they are in charge. He recalls Pershing personally checking wine shops after rumors of high jinks. He describes soldiers as eager for phonograph records and hymns even under artillery fire.
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New York
America
Dan Poling
France
Poling
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Pershing
All Saints
Army Lse
Weather summary for the date with temperatures and rainfall
The report lists highest 66 degrees at 4 p m on the 6th and lowest 43 at 4 45 p m. The mean temperature for the date is 44 degrees, with 66 and 43 as extremes. Wind reached 24 mph from the west at 10 p m. Total precipitation since January 1 is 5.47 inches, above the normal 4.27 inches. George W. Pitman signs the report.
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George W. Pitman
Leadership potential in Y M C A work in France
W C Carter in charge of YMCA work in France cables that the hut leadership abroad shows greater national service promise than most bank and college presidents in America. He urges that only red-blooded men of high moral character be sent abroad to do war work for the YMCA.
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W. C. Carter
France
America
Y. M. Cs A
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