Congress to contest higher tax proposals amid showdown
United Press reports May 11 that Secretary McAdoo’s push for a new tax bill could trigger a bitter fight in Congress and delay adjournment. Leaders warn extra taxes would strain morale and business, while the existing revenue law and Liberty Loan surplus reduce urgency.
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Martin
United Press
Washington, D.C
McAdoo
Congress
House
Senate
Treasury
French Enabled to Conduct Quick Raid and Take Prisoners
In the Lorraine sector American artillery foiled a German plan for a gas projector barrage. The Germans aimed to trap the line at the junction of American and French sectors, but a heavy American counterwhell fire disrupted the setup. The French right wing then raided German trenches, capturing over twenty prisoners. an American patrol clashed with Germans on the right and forced a retreat.
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Frank 4. Taye
United Pres
Lonraine
Tool
Gay
Toulage
Aulet
Firemen Killed as Hose Wagon Hits Street Car
Four city firemen died and one was injured in Vancouver RB C on May 13 when a hose wagon speeding to a blaze struck a street car. The crash occurred as responders rushed to the fire.
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Kivaard
Commision
Vancouver
RB. C
British Casualties Officially Tallied at 40,004 Last Week
British casualties published for the last week total 40,004. Officers account for 78 killed 1,630 wounded 368 missing while other ranks show 58 killed 20,669 wounded and 4,901 missing.
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London
Submarine Toll Falls by Half in April Says French Data
French statistics released in Washington show allied and neutral ship losses in April near one half of April 1947 levels. April losses total 81,651 gross tons compared with 643,685 gross tons a year earlier. Attacks now rely more on torpedoes, as merchant ships are better armed, making submarine operations costlier for the enemy.
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Washington, D. C
France
Wilson Names Labor Director
President Wilson assigns Felix Frankfurter as labor administrator to shape national war labor policy. He will coordinate the government labor bodies and is described as part of the liberal, quasi radical element in the labor movement.
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Felix Frankfurter
United Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
New York
Washington
Prankfurter
Frankfurter
Mooney
War shows wisdom of Wilson's Mexican policy
The Chicago Tribune argues Congress should involve itself in selecting America's peace conference representatives. It warns against overreliance on President Wilson and recalls past advisers, asserting Wilson’s policy kept troops near the border to avoid overextension while engaging world war for democracy.
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HY N. Sooowran
Washington, D. C
Chicago Tribune
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Congresa
America
Tribune
Wilson
Doubtious the Tribune
Wilgom
Tovaslon
Pepice
Twelve Wyoming counties exempt from draft rosters
Twelve of Wyoming’s twenty one counties are exempt from the draft of 181 fighting men to be entrained between May 20 and 30. Exemptions come from quotas already filled by enlistment, with remaining counties assigning numbers such as Albany 4, Carbon 4, Converse 4, Promontory 15, Lincoln 42, Niobrara 1, Sweetwater 45, Uinta 11. The total quota changed from 167 to 181 as some units were withdrawn or not assigned.
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Wyoming
Albany
Carbon
Ae Conversa
Promont
Gowhen
Lincoln
Niobraray
Sweetwater
Ulota
Yellowstone
German Ultimatum Demands Turn Russia Into Colony
Count von Mirbach the German ambassador in Moscow issues an ultimatum to the Bolshevik government demanding disarmament of troops and immediate settlement of the prisoner transport question. Berlin reports claim Germany could occupy Moscow if demands are ignored. Rostov recaptured by Russians as peace talks with Ukraine begin.
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United Press
Moscow
Count von Mirbach
Russia
London
Council of the People’s Commissaries
Monctov
Great Russia
Ukraine
Sammies Writing Home on Mother's Day From Picardy
In Picardy on May 11 hundreds of letters will go to American mothers as soldiers in dugouts and on box tables write home in spare moments. Some soldiers, learning their mothers had died since arrival in France, wonder to whom they should send their messages.
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Picardy
France
Explosion Kills Eight Workers at Craft Creek Plant
An explosion at the Loulke Coal company nitroglycerine plant in Craft Creek Wellsburg W Va today killed eight workers and left several others injured. Investigators started examining the cause as salvage crews worked at the scene.
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Wellsburg
Loulke Coal Company
Craft Creek
Plane Crash Kills Two In Practice Flight
Report from Pensacola shows a plane burst into flames during a practice flight off Santa Musa yesterday. Richard McCalla of Toledo and George Echeats Pawtucket were fatally injured and died in the wreck.
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Unitedress
Pensacola
Banta Musa
Richard McCalla
Toledo
George
Lack of Steel Delays Shipbuilding at Hog Island
Philadelphia May 11. Twenty of twenty five warships at Hog Island shipyards idle due to steel shortages. United States Steel Corp Bethlehem mills and other large producers fail to supply needed steel while Charles M Schwab faces a delaying foe. Despite some speed up since Schwab took charge only three keels were laid in two weeks versus five expected. Labor is abundant with hundreds of workers available and thousands more potential, but steel delays persist.
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Walted Press
Philadelphia
Hog Island
Eagon
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Mills
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Federal Employment Bureau
Hox Island
Ohio
Hox ‘Island
American International Stipe Building Company
Weather Outlook for Cheyenne and Vicinity
Paice and slightly warmer tonight then Sunday fair and warmer. Generally fair tonight and Sunday with nightly warming, warmer in the south portion Sunday. Shippers forecast warns to protect shipments against 24 to 64 degrees north and west and 64 to 40 south and cant.
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Cheyenne
Paice
Karl Expects Peace Negotiations Soon
Amsterdam dispatch reports Romanian peace accord cited as trigger for general peace talks. Foreign Minister Taron Borla of Avaiolungerian says he hopes negotiations will follow and that Karl has exploited every possible avenue toward securing peace.
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Karl
Amsterdam
Taron Borla
Avaiolungerian
Budapest
Ate
Min
American Artillery Bombards German Positions in Picardy
May 11 dispatch reports heavy American artillery shelling German reserve areas behind Parc de l Vesnes Framicourt and nearby fronts with large fires seen in Montdidier and an ammunition plant burned at Cantleny. Haig notes French troops advance northeast of Loere with several prisoners taken. A raid near Ypres is repelled and Grivesnea Mailly-Remevral fighting observed with Americans in the line. Fifteen prisoners captured north of Grivesnea in a surprise attack.
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Fred &. Ferguson
United Press
Picardy
Parc-de-ilvesnes
Framicourt
Montdidier
Cantleny
London
Loere
Haig
Merville
Ypres
Paris
Grivesnea
Mailly-Remevral
Aff
Rnvesnes
Austrians May Strike in the West
Henry Woo reports from the Italian front that Austria plans a major offensive with reorganized forces. The Austrian high command divides their army into two groups while reinforcing divisions on the Italian line and boosting artillery and reserves. Allied officials note the move could target Italy or the Franco British front as French and British forces resume activity by winter’s end.
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United Press
Traliana
Italy
Roosevelt accuses Hearst papers of aiding Kaiser
Theodore Roosevelt labels several major publications including the New York Tribune Collier’s Weekly and Metropolitan as aiding Germany under the espionage act. He cites involvement by George Creel and criticizes the administration for not taking action against papers that “directly or indirectly” promote Germany. He accuses Hearst properties of sharing this stance.
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New York
Committee On Public Information
Germany
Hearst Iron
William R. Hearst
opApare
den H
the Tribune
Collier's Metropolitan
Five U.S. Officers Captured by Huns
Five U.S. officers were reported captured by German forces. The casualty list includes sixty nine names with four dead from wounds and four from disease. Seven wounded in action and thirty four slightly wounded are noted alongside others under the general report.
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U.S
United Brows
Washington, D. Oh
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