Gas Balloon Explosion Kills Two at Fort Omaha Scene
Two soldiers died in a Morence Field observation balloon blast at Fort Omaha. Eighteen others were burned seriously as the balloon storage shed burned. Officials said static electricity likely sparked the explosion and that identities would be confirmed by morning.
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Fort Omaha
Associated Press
Omaha
Morence Field
Army Balloon School
Ft. Omaha
H. .B. Hersey
Army
Fort Hospital
Col. Herseys
Fiorence Field
Reasons Given for Present Attitude Toward Enemy Nations
Secretary Lansing told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in executive session that war declarations against Turkey and Bulgaria are not needed now. He cited that their soldiers have not attacked Americans and American lives are being protected in both countries. The hearing followed calls to recognize Germany's allies as enemies.
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Appsociates Press
Washington
State Department
Turkey
Bulgaria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
Germany
Department
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Congress
Capitol
Rationing A Failure Declares Mrs Hoover At Convention
Mrs Herbert C Hoover wife of the Federal Food Administrator told the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in Hot Springs Arkansas that rationing had not been adopted locally She compared German rationing to failure noting the rich remained well fed Professor Eric of Johns Hopkins urged greater use of dairy products to prevent dairies being sold for beef cattle and warned of long term consequences.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Herbert C. Hoover
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Germany
Eric
Johns Hopkins University
Weather summary and temperatures across stations
Ohio and Indiana forecast mostly fair with cooler near Lake Erie. Virginian states report little temperature change with daily highs in 60s, lows around 40s. CincinnatiMay two 1918 record shows high 63, low 38, no precipitation. Jacksonville readings noted with clear conditions.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Kentucky
Indiana
West
Virginia
Phoenixttsburg
Eeteenetee
Cin Ae Ee
Baumgarten Seat Contest Delayed by Committee Quorum
A House committee failed to achieve a quorum today to consider David L. Baumgarten of Cincinnati contesting the temporarily vacant seat caused by Heintz joining the army. An attempt will be made to reconvene the committee next Tuesday to pursue steps on the dispute.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
House of Representatives
David L. Baumgarten
Cincinnati
Heintz
Young Airman's Brilliant Feat With the American Army in France
Lieutenant James A. Meissner of Brooklyn, 21, a Cornell graduate, downed a German Albatross scout northwest of Toul after a 15,000 foot aerial duel. He protected a photographic plane, dove on the enemy, and drove the craft to crash while Meissner’s Nieuport took damage but remained airborne. An American pilot landed safely on our side.
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Associated Press
France
Toul
James A. Meissner
Brooklyn
Meissner
Cornell
Germany
Lieutenant Colonel Griffiths Killed in Picardy Shell Fire
Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Griffiths commanding an infantry battalion was killed by a shell in Picardy as he emerged from a dugout. A veteran of the Fourth Tennessee and Thirty-seventh Volunteer units with service in the Philippine Constabulary, he had been appointed a major in the national army after leaving the British army. His widow is a Red Cross nurse.
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Associated Press
France
Richard H. Griffiths
Picardy
Griffiths
Tennessee Voluntee
Thirty-seventh Volunteers
Philippine Constabulary
National Army
Red Cross
Bucket Brigade Formed By Women Rescues Cridersville Fire
In Cridersville near Lima on May 2 a major fire destroyed seven stores and several homes, damaging the bank and central store. Women left their babies at the post office and battled flames with buckets until Lima and Wapakoneta fire crews arrived. The fire started when Joe Williams and a 13 year old, Harold Umbaugh, burned papers behind Edward Stepleton's store.
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Lima
Cridersville
Joe Williams
Harold Umbaugh
Edward Stepleton
Wapakoneta
Stapleton
Criversville
Senate Hearing Seeks New Probe of Aircraft Program
The Senate debated charges of irregularities in the aircraft program amid calls for fresh investigation and possible criminal action. Senators urged reopening the inquiry, while Senator Hitchcock questioned the committee's power to act and the role of the Borglum report.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Gaston Borglum
Aircraft Board
Liberty Motor
Packard Motor
Packard Company
King
Utah
Brandegee
Connecticut
Borglum
Wilson
Knox
Pennsylvania
Beckham
Kentucky
Thomas
Colorado
New
Indiana
Kirby
Arkansas
Gregory
Department of Justice
Congress
Department
Wadsworth
New York
Aeronautical Society of America
Baker
Germans Repeat False Charge on American Hospital Ships
London May 2 The German wireless reiterates claims that American aviators cross to Europe on hospital ships to justify possible torpedoing of such ships. The dispatch cites alleged documentary evidence and notes passes and transfers between ambulance, automobile, and air services to support the accusation.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Red Cross
von Hutser
Mooney New Trial Motion Sparks Jurisdiction Doubt
In San Francisco on May 2 Maxwell McNutt, Mooney’s chief counsel, moved for a new trial and to set aside the death sentence on grounds of fraud malfeasance and nonfeasance by District Attorney Charles M. Fickert. Judge Griffin doubted the court’s jurisdiction but agreed to hear further arguments to continue tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Frank K. Nebeker
America
George I. Vanderveer
United States Supreme Court
Henry Veeder
Swift & Co
Vanderveer
Landis
Nebeker
Germany
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Charles M. Fickert
Maxwell McNutt
Mooney
Griffin
Aviators Die in Fall at Moraine Field Dayton Ohio
Major Oscar A. Brindley and Colonel Damm, expert aviators from McCook Field, were killed when their aircraft crashed during a 400 foot turn at Moraine City Aviation Field. Brindley died on impact. Damm died en route to hospital. Brindley recently became chief instructor of the American aerial forces.
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Dayton, O
Oscar A. Brindley
Colonel Damm
McCook Federal
Moraine City
Major Brindley
Wrght Brothers
McCook Aviation
Peasant Deputies Oust Ukraine Government in Kiev
Reports from Berlin state peasant Deputies arrived in Kiev to topple the old Ukraine Government and Rada. The new government declares adherence to the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty.
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Amsterdam
Ukraine
Rada
Berlin
Kiev
Brest-Litovsk
Woman's body found buried in Schmidt home cellar
Irma Pallatinus, wrapped in canvas, was found beneath the cement floor of the Schmidt residence in Detroit. Officials say she was strangled with a clothes line, and the body had been hidden under the floor after Schmidt’s alleged self destruction in Highland Park Jail. Relatives identify the hair strand as Pallatinus’s, while Schmidt’s family disputes the marriage.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Irma Pallatinus
Helmuth, Schmidt
Highland Park
Schumidt
Edward Rederer
Miss Pallatinus
Schmidt
Lakewood
N. J
New York
Tietz-Schmidt
Gilespie
Augustane
Self
Russian Fortress in Crimea Seized Without Firing
Report states a fortification in Crimea fell to enemy forces without combat while other fronts show ongoing clashes. Outside artillery exchanges, a lull was noted near the western front as British repulsed a raid.
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Crimea
Palestine
Britain
Jordan
Cepa
Mt. Kemmel
Somme
Lucebrook
Montdidier
Lassigny
Noyon
Lorraine
Ukraine
War Office
Avrey
Hangard Wood
Bayne Wood
Mailly- Bainevale
Parroy Forest
Vosges
Haig
Hebuterne
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von Eichhorn
M. Dobry
Asian Bank For Foreign Trade
M. ‘Dobry
League For the Liberation of the Ukraine
Dobry
M. Shukowski
M. Dajesk
Ministry of the Interior
Mme. Tkatchenko
M. Bogazki
M. Ljubinski
Foreign Ministry
Dayton Field
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Ottawa
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Ancre
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Altho
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Amiens
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