Army asks $15 billion to support next year's war effort
Secretary Baker announced a $15,000,000,000 army request for the next fiscal year as 233,000 more men are drafted from 45 states. Cantonments will be enlarged and National Guard camps fully used to train and deploy new divisions. The draft proceeds May 25 over five days with unlimited power sought to create fighting units.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baker
Congress
California
Oregon
Nevada
District of Columbia
War Department
House Military Committee
Army
March
House Administration
House Committee
Heavy Hand Is Laid Upon Auto Trade
The government has commandeered nearly all steel and pig iron for war use with any remaining supply to nonwar industries under supervision. Auto production faces 75 percent curtailment as officials announce plans to reserve steel for war, with a voluntary 30 percent cut already in effect and a forecast of over two million cars this year otherwise.
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Associated’ Press
Washington
New York
J. Leonard Replogle
War Industries Board
War Industries Board. At That Meeting Mr. Replogle
United States
P. B. Noyes
The
Fuel Administration
George H. Peck
Replogle
Weather Summary for Ohio Virginia Indiana and Kentucky
The bulletin notes Saturday showers near Lake Erie in Ohio and mild to partly cloudy conditions in neighboring states. It cites cooler northward temperatures in parts of Ohio and Indiana with possible evening showers in the northeast. Temperatures across stations show varied highs and precipitation figures with records for May 3, 1918 and comparisons to prior years.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Montreal
Phoenix
Jacksonville
Spokane
Pittsburg
Chattanooga
Portland
San Francisco
St. Louis
Denver
Cincinnati
United States Norway Trade Treaty Signed in War Era
The War Trade Board announces a general commercial agreement with Norway the first of its kind with a North European neutral Norway gains assured supplies to meet estimated needs while permitting unhampered export of Norwegian products to the United States and allies. The pact, signed by Vance C. McCormick and Dr. Fritjoff Nansen, aims to balance wartime needs with neutral trade.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Norway
America
North Europe
War Trade Board
Central
Vancec
McCormick
War On Board
Fritjoff Nanfamous Explorer
Tender Hearted Chi Miss Ruby Dean Acquitted in Murder Trial
Miss Ruby Dean, a cabaret singer, was acquitted on a murder charge against Dr. Leon H. Quitman by a Cook County Criminal Court jury. She becomes the twenty seventh woman tried for murder in recent years to avoid conviction.
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Chicago
Ruby Dean
Leon’ H. Quitman
Cook County
Senate moves to vote on sedition bill amid censorship fight
Senate agreed to a 4 o clock vote on the conference report on the sedition bill that curbs speech and expands Postmaster General mail censorship. Senators Sherman Norris and others attacked the measure and officials including Attorney General Gregory and Secretary Baker for alleged lax prosecutions and political interference.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Sherman
Illinois
Gregory
Baker
Tennessee
E. B. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
Major Stahlman Denies Alien Enemy Status
In Pon, May 3, Major E. B. Stahlman testified in Nashville during Senate postal rate hearings that he is not an alien enemy. He said he was naturalized in 1856 and has lived in Nashville for fifty three years.
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Norris
Nebraska
Campen
Tennessee
F E. B. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
Stahlman
Associated Press
Sher
E. B. Her
Nashville
Senate
Indictments for Disloyalty in St Louis Federal Case
A federal grand jury returned indictments against thirty one men and one woman for disloyalty in St Louis dated May 3. Among the names is Dr Charles H Wein sberg, former president of the Missouri branch of the German American Alliance. Twenty six I W W members are also named in the indictments.
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ST Louis
Charles H. Weinsberg
Th Missouri Prach
German-American Alliance
Capture of Kemmel Secured Right Flank
London May 3. A War Office official summarized the western front situation. He noted the Kemmel capture secured the German right flank while many divisions were spent by both sides, and emphasized the north front's limited strategic gain amid heavy Allied and German attrition. Lord Robert Cecil cautioned that Germany will push a peace offensive unlikely to yield favorable terms for the Allies.
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Associated Press
London
Radcliffe
War Office
Kemmel
Robert Cecil
Germany
Great Britain
Robert
Youve Got a Long Journey Ahead William Amiens
The report notes Hill 82 was taken through allied assault with no infantry fighting recorded. Patrols have been busy and have been bettering positions amid ongoing operations.
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William
Two Cadets in La Jolla Plane Crash Fatal Spin
Flying Cadet Nicholas Healy was killed instantly and Cadet O'Hanley broke his ankle when a training plane dove into a nose spin at La Jolla California after a forced landing. O'Hanley's home is Garden City Long Island.
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San Diego
Cal
Nicholas Healy
O’hanley
la Jolla
Here
Garden City
Long Island
Explosion at Caracas Gunpowder Arsenal Kills Soldiers
Passengers arriving on an American steamship report a disastrous explosion at Venezuela's government arsenal in Caracas. John D. Holby of Stamford, Conn., says thirty soldiers a Major and two Captains were killed.
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Atlantic
Venezuela
Caracas
John D. Holby
Stamford, Conn
Record of Third Liberty Loan's Biggest Day Yet
With one day left in the Third Liberty Loan drive, subscriptions rose to 2.94064 billion dollars, a daily peak and the largest since the campaign began four weeks ago. Banks plan late-hour sales as districts including Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Dallas report progress toward or above goal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Chicago
Boston
Federal Reserve
New England
San Francisco
Dallas
I W W Trial Opens to Present Evidence on Conspiracy Charge
Federal District Court in Chicago hears government witnesses identifying signatures literature and seditious material as it seeks to prove the I W W leaders conspired to obstruct enlistments and war production. Officers question records and funds handling while secret service searches for missing witness A H Bird. Both sides predict a disposition within five weeks to a month.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Federal District Court
Tion
Secret Service
A. H. Bird
I. W. W. and
Bird
Tax Retaliations for Baby Haters in Jersey City
Jersey City officials announced retaliatory measures against landlords who discriminate against tenants with children. Director James F. Gannon said tax valuations for such landlords would be raised to the limit. Residents complained that notices to move follow family increases.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N.J
James F. Gannon
Revenue and Finance
Half Million Men to Be Added to the U S Navy
Franklin D Roosevelt told Brooklyn audiences that the US Navy will reach about 500000 men by year end. He noted naval strength rose from 75600 at war start to 370000, with 170 warships and about 40000 sailors in foreign waters. He warned of U boat threats and urged victory by fighting Germany on the field.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Germany
Austria
Germany Claims Equal Prisoner Treatment in Germany
The German government told the United States through Spain that American prisoners of war receive the same care as other nationals. State Department officials, unsatisfied, demand absolute proof of mistreatment in specific cases before considering retaliatory steps. Separate denial asserted that American aviators were not crossing as Red Cross members on hospital ships.
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Germany
State Department
Gerard
United States
Europe
Red Cross
Spain
Department
German claims of 20000 prisoners in Finland battle
The German official communiqué reports a five day battle near Lakhti and Tavasthus in Southwestern Finland resulting in 20000 prisoners captured. Other fronts report artillery activity with no major infantry fighting. British and French dispatches note limited local actions and shifting German focus to southern sectors.
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London
Finland
Lakhti
Tavasthus
Ham
Reyes
Chaulnes
St. Quentin
Bethel
Asfeld- La-Ville
Struma
Vetrenik
Cerna Bend
Gradesnitza
Flanders Salient
Ypres
Channel
France
Givenchy
Néipye Forest
Lys
Flers
Merv
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Tieres
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
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Haig
Albert
Beaumont-Hamel
French War Office
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Arras-Lens Salient
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