Army Increase Indicated by Sec Baker to Congress
Secretary Baker will ask Congress to remove troop limits and mobilize as many men as can be equipped trained and sent to France. The plan envisions at least doubling the current force to about 3.2 million, with potential to expand if facilities allow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baker
Congress
Wilson
France
House Military Committee
War Department
Weather summary and temperatures across states
The notice reports fair and warmer conditions for Ohio and Tennessee Kentucky Indiana on Thursday and similar trends for West Virginia and the northeast. It lists current temperatures and highs at stations such as Jacksonville Denver Pittsburg Phoenix Chattanooga Spokane Chicago Seattle Portland Omaha San Francisco Cincinnati with a May 1 1918 comparison including wind speed and rain. The data notes cloud cover and clear periods and records the May 1 day’s high and low temperatures ending at 7 pm meridian time.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Jacksonville
Denver
Pittsburg
Phoenix
Chattanooga
Igen
Spokane
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
Omaha
Francisco
Cincinnati
N.W
Michigan Goes Bone Dry as Prohibition Takes Effect
Michigan began its first day as a bone dry state after the constitutional amendment for prohibition took effect at midnight. Most of the 3285 saloons stayed open serving temperance beer while breweries halted beer production and some shifted to soft drinks or ice making.
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Detroit
Michigan
Sinking of City of Athens Claims 74 Lives Off Delaware Coast
The steamship City of Athens bound from New York to Savannah was rammed by a French cruiser off the Delaware coast at 10 this morning. Seventy four people perished including forty two passengers, twelve civilians, twenty two U S Marines and eight French Marines.
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Athens
Delaware
Associated Press
Atlantic
City of
New York
Savannah
United States Marine Corps
J. Forward
Ocean Steamship Company
New Arrest in Murder Case Tied to German Interests
Otto Schumann an interned enemy alien is charged by warrant with the murder of Mrs Maude A King a wealthy Chicago widow near Concord North Carolina In August Gaston B Means was tried and acquitted The affidavit alleges Schumann acted under German interests to prevent Means from revealing wartime information and followed the pair from New York to North Carolina before a shooting at Blackwelder Spring.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. C
Otto Schumann
Maude A. King
Chicago
Blackwelder Spring
Gaston B. Means
M. N. Caldwell
Schumann
Means
Germany
United States
New York
North Carolina
Caldwell
King
Expansion of Shipbuilding Adds 200 Wooden Vessels
The Shipping Board chairman announced plans to build 200 additional wooden ships of 4500 to 4700 deadweight tons, bringing total planned or completed wooden ships to 580. The vessels will be Dougherty or Ballin type, built in existing yards, with construction starting after current builds are launched. The board also approves 25 new seagoing tugs, raising tug construction to 100, to support coast traffic.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Dougherty
Ballin
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Treasury mulls big cut in war zone ship insurance rate
Washington May 1 The Treasury weighs reducing the government marine insurance rate on steamers and cargoes through the war zone from 3 to 2 percent. Secretary McAdoo to act after returning Friday. It would be the largest cut since the system began, reflecting lower submarine danger. The rate stood at 6 1/2 percent last August.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Treasury
McAdoo
Raid Nets Twelve Hundred I. W. W. Suspects in Detroit
Federal authorities rounded up about 1200 men and women in Detroit during a hall meeting. Most are described as I. W. W. members and will be examined tonight. The operation is part of a broader dragnet on draft slackers and pro German sympathizers.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Emperor Charles to Confer With German Emperor in Zurich
Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Zurich says Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary with Baron Burian and staffs will go to German headquarters for a conference with the German Emperor. Ukrainian and Balkan affairs will be discussed.
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London
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Baron Burian
Zurich
Government is Asked to Buy Wheat
New York May 1 Representatives of the nation’s grain trade urged the U S Food Administration to buy unsold 1918 wheat and to permit free movement of all grains from producers to dealers. The report, prepared by a 200-delegate committee, calls for stocking reserves, expediting current crops, and allowing open-market sales to support war needs.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Food Administration
Julius Barnes
Food Administration Grain Corporation
E. C. Hikenberry
Camden
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Tartes
President Launches National Buy Another Bond Movement
President Wilson joins the Liberty Loan drive by pledging an extra $50 bond and urges a million others to do likewise. Four minute men across 20,000 locations push "match the President" pledges as the campaign races toward the $3 billion minimum and aims for $4 to $5 billion. Treasury reports show regional progress with varied subscriptions and quotas adjusting to the urgent need for funds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Liberty Loan
Wilson
Ceu
Seip 7
Philadelphia
Treasury
Bohemian Troops Desert Austrians to Join Italian Army
Washington May 1 The Shipping Board plans to supplement American crews with foreign born officers if necessary to move vessels of the new merchant marine prompting protests from seamen's union officials at a conference with shipowners and union representatives. Officials urged speed and efficiency as Secretary Baker noted soldiers head to Europe and Bainbridge Colby urged patience. A plan to employ foreign officers was defended by officials but met with strong union concern over living conditions and American manpower. A committee headed by Franklin D. Mooney will study living conditions and possible improvements for firemen and general crew welfare.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Seomen
Baker
Europe
Hurley
Bainbridge Colby
Henry Howard
Boston
W. A. Wescott
Pacific
Raymi
B. Stevens
Wescott
Howard
America
American Steamship Association
Franklin D. Mooney
Senate Hints July Adjournment For Congress
Senate leaders signal possible July 1 adjournment with Gallinger proposing July 10 and Democrats eyeing July 1 as a tentative goal. Debate centers on pending legislation and remaining appropriation bills for army and navy as the pace to finish Congress accelerates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Overman
North Carolina
Smoot
Utah
Army
Navy
House
Russia to Pay Debts Relief of Bondholders
The Council of foreign Bondholders reports Russia’s repudiation of its national debt as an unparalleled event in financial history. It argues that sane counsel will not support the confiscation of borrowed money by a great nation, despite Russia’s current political shifts.
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London
Council of Foreign Bondholders
Russia
Revolutionary Party
Union Leader Delays Telegraphers Strike Amid War Board Probe
S J Konenkamp, International President of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, postpones any strike while the War Labor Board reviews the dispute with Western Union and Postal Telegraph. Western Union President Carlton will appear May 8 to explain the company’s stance on firing union members. Postal has not replied.
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Telegraphers’ Union
National Labor Board
Western Union
Associated Press
Washington
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
National War. Labor Board
War Labor Board
Newcomb Carlton
Carlton
Konenkamp
New York
Chicago
Senate Passes Housing Bill for War Workers Quarters
The Senate approved a 60 million dollar housing bill for war workers. It adopts Bran-degee’s sale-after-war provision and shifts authority to the President, limits home commandeering, and removes a House street railway provision. The measure now goes to conference.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Brandegee
Connecticut
Secretary of Labor
Jury chosen in I. W. W. espionage case in Chicago
A jury to try 113 members of the I W W charged with violation of the espionage act was completed in Judge Landis court this afternoon in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jtry
American Troops Hold Line At Villers Bretonneux In Big French Front Action
American units around Villers Bretonneux repulsed a heavy German bombardment and three battalions assault. Five prisoners were taken as intense hand to hand fighting showed American bravery in this first major engagement since March 21. Meanwhile Bohemian troops are reportedly joining Italians against Austria, signaling broader realignments on the war front.
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Associated Press
Paris
Villers-Bretonneux
London
Austria
London Mail
Prague
Bohemia
Germany
Count Czernin
Wilson
Ypres
Lacre
Meteren
Flanders
von Arnim
William
Mont Kemmel
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