Brazil urged to revoke neutrality decree impact on wartime policy
Reports from Santiago through the Diaries Illustrado say Brazil faces pressure from Chile and allies to modify its neutrality stance. The piece notes Brazil’s March 25 decree and President’s authorization for necessary steps, as Congress is urged to respond to the shifting foreign situation stemming from German actions.
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Germany
Illustrado
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Congress
Tornado toll rises across states with Mattoon toll high
Revised reports from Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas and Alabama show 160 dead and 660 injured from Sunday tornadoes. Southwestern Kentucky suffers 66 fatalities and over 100 injuries while Alabama sees one million dollars in property damage. Rehabilitation plans for Mattoon and Charleston in Illinois project relief costs of 9 million and 150000 to 200000 respectively with recovery before snow.
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Kentucky
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Arkenness
Alabama
Mattoon, Ill
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Charleston
Illinois
Matteon
Benny Leonard Wins Champ Title with KO in Ninth
Benny Leonard defeated Roddie Welsh in the ninth round of a ten round lightweight title bout in New York. Leonard surged with lefts and rights, driving Welsh to the ropes and floor after a tough start, securing the championship at the nine count.
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Benny Leonard
K. O
New York
Henny Leonard
Leonard
Welsh
Largest Extra Vote Offer Closes Saturday June 9
The State Leader announces a high stakes campaign window over the next eleven working days. The plan urges immediate contributions to maximize votes with a special vote certificate issued at close, while regular certificates will follow.
Government urges all citizens to aid selective service
Washington May 25 The provost marshal generals office announced a plan turning every citizen into a civic police to expose nonregistering males. Sheriffs in over 200 counties will receive notices to report persons failing to register or registering falsely. Severe penalties deter evasion while some police are ordered to stop men of military age on streets to verify registration certificates.
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Washington
D.C
Acute Crisis Grips Russia Dictated by Finance Minister
Petrograd May 28 The industrial crisis in Russia grows acute per Finance Minister Shingaroff who says only a miracle can avert economic ruin Demands of the Workmen are enormous and the once guiding industrial wheels may halt unless a salvation is found Socialists and ministers debate a cure as ministers warn of dire consequences
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Food Survey Bill Passes House Amid War Tax Cut
The administration's food survey bill, first of the food control measures, passed the House without a record vote. It appropriates 14.7 million dollars for immediate investigation of food resources and production stimulation. Hoover named head of food administration. Rankin amendment requires use of women in survey work where practicable.
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Herbert Hoover
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Montana
Department of Agriculture
Livestock Men Protest Rail Freight Rate Increase
Western producers testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission against a 15 percent rail rate rise. T. W. Tomlinson of the American National Livestock Association warned higher freight costs will curb meat production, citing a harsh winter and hay shortages that raise feed prices. Attorneys for railroads argued costs have risen broadly, while farmers’ council spokesmen highlighted low farm incomes and rising expenses.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
T. W. Tomlinson
American National Livestock Association
Rallronds
Chtiop Thorn
National Council of the Farmers’ Coon Association
Two Employees Killed In Powder Plant Explosion
Two workers at the Grant Powder Company plant near Richmond were killed when a nitroglycerine house blew up this afternoon. The blast was felt twenty miles away. Officials said there is no suspicion of enemy action despite the munitions production.
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Grant Powder Company
Richmond
Wreck in Montana Kills One. Three Hurt in Head-On Collision
In Sheridan on May 28 a head-on wreck near Grass Lodge, Montana fatally injured brakeman E L Erickson and lightly injured two passengers. Conductor Hammond and others sustained minor injuries as derailed cars including two engines and five rail cars scattered across the track. investigation pending into possible disobedience of orders by light engine crew.
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Erickson
Allen
G. D. Grace
Cheyenne Voters to Decide $75,000 Storm Sewer Bond
Cheyenne residents will vote on a bond issue of $75,000 for storm sewers after the city council approved the ordinance. Fire chief McCleave pushed for a motor propelled aerial fire truck at about $4,000. current horses have served nearly twenty years and fire relief notes time lost to fires.
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Citizvens
Cheyenne
McCleave
Sali
Speakers Urged Men to Register in Topeka Draft Meeting
Kansas City May 25 4 Fred Robertson federal attorney for Kaylone said he began an investigation into a draft objectors meeting reported as held at Topeka Saturday. Reports said speakers urged young men to go to jail rather than register.
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Kansas City
Fred Robertson
Kaylone
Topeka
Germany may declare war on Brazil report in Rio
In Rio de Janeiro on May 28 a German press circle asserted that Germany will declare war on Brazil within two or three days. The report cites circulating rumors and unnamed observers.
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Brazil
Romor
Rio Janeiro
Senate tax plan exempts many House levies and shifts to stamps
The Senate Finance Committee moved to exempt numerous House levies from tax, replace the manufacturers gross sales plan with stamp taxes, and study new taxes on second class matter. Support for taxing advertising space in publications was voiced by Senator Hardwick and post office leaders, with a proposed graduated ad tax projected to raise about 20 million dollars this year.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
House
Hardwick
Rockefeller increases Liberty Loan stake to 15 million
John D. Rockefeller subscribed five million more to the Liberty Loan, bringing his total to fifteen million in bonds. The move is reported from New York on May 28.
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New York
John Rockefeller
Liberty
Roosevelt urged by Clemenceau to send colonel and companions
Paris May 28 Former French premier Clemenceau writes an open letter to President Wilson urging the United States to dispatch Colonel Roosevelt and his companions to assist in the war effort. The missive argues Roosevelt’s leadership and warns against delaying intervention despite war weariness.
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Clemenceau
Wilson
Roosevelt
Meémieihan
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