Third Liberty Loan Surpasses Goals With Billions Raised
The third Liberty Loan closes with official totals near 3.2 billion and potential near 4 billion as subscriptions range from 12 to 15 million nationwide. All Federal Reserve districts oversubscribed and New York City records a late surge, while Delaware doubles its quota.
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Federal Reserve
Delaware
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Washington
Trry
New York
Senate approves sedition bill provisions in war era clampdown
In Washington on May 4 the Senate adopted the conference report on a sedition bill by 48 to 26, aligning with House plans next week. The measure tightens penalties for disloyal acts and speech, expands espionage act powers, and authorizes withholding mail and firing federal workers for disloyal acts.
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Austria Dismisses Parliament and Bars Resumption
Vienna acts to dissolve Parliament by imperial order amid grave food shortages and racial tensions. Premier von SeydlER seeks to prevent sessions while parties clash over postponement and southern Slav autonomy. discussions of constitutional reform continue amid mounting political strain.
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Weather outlook across Ohio Indiana and nearby states
Ohio forecast shows fair Sunday with Monday partly cloudy and showers in the north. Indiana expects fair Sunday, warmer in the northwest, then partly cloudy Monday with possible showers in the extreme north. Kentucky and West Virginia remain fair and warm through Sunday and Monday. Temperatures, highs and precipitation listed for multiple stations.
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British chivalry and German self advertisement clash
Count Reventlow denounces German press praise for British chivalry toward enemy as insincere. He argues the burial of Baron von Richthofen by the British was exploited for war profiteering and asserts all who buried the German hero are profiteers.
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Deutsche Tages Zeitung
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Richthofen
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France to Send Military Band to United States
Paris reports the government plans to dispatch a carefully chosen military band led by Gabriel Pares, former bandmaster of the Republican Guard of Paris. Thirty members are Paris Conservatoire prize winners and four are Rome Conservatory honorees. The group can perform orchestral works in addition to brass repertoire, with many skilled violinists, cellists, and a top pianist.
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United States
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Guard of
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Rome
Italian Drive Seen in Move By Hun Ruler
Vienna reports Emperor Charles leaving for the front as Austro Italian lines show renewed Teutonic offensives. Italian and British patrols claim air superiority with fourteen enemy machines shot down and Allied air forces bombing targets from Assa Valley to Campo Maggiore. The front is active from Lake Garda to the Adriatic as Charles travels with top staff.
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Snow Delay Holds Austrian Offensive On Italian Front
Advices from Rome to the Italian Embassy in Washington report no start of the Austrian offensive. Heavy snow has blocked mountain roads, delaying movement of enemy troops and postponing the attack on Italy. General Amadasi, writing from the front, notes the slow, difficult progress due to snow.
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Violent Struggles in Kiev As Peasant Gov’t Takes Hold
Telegrams from Zurich report ongoing fighting in Kiev between loyalists of the old government and supporters of the new peasant regime. A thousand-strong peasant meeting on April 29 called for overthrowing the Rada, closing the Central Rada, canceling the May 12 constituent assembly, and ending land socialization. General Skoropausk was proclaimed hetman and consecrated at Sophia Cathedral. The Rada initially held but withdrew as troops were guided away to prevent bloodshed. May I passed quietly.
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Treasonable Talk From Outlanders At New York Conference
At a New York social conference, Norman Angell of the British Labour Party declared that the American constitution is the worst in the world and that treason sparked by such views provoked heated exchanges. Speakers from Canada Ireland and the U S debated conscription and universal military training, with resolutions opposing training as harmful to American liberty.
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Justice Miller Withdraws From Kentucky Court Race
Louisville May 4 Justice Shackleford Miller chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals said the high cost of living has cut his $5 000 salary so he will not seek re election in the Democratic primary next August He has served twenty years on the court and will return to private law practice He noted three other judges have resigned and he follows their lead in leaving the bench.
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Louisville
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
Miller
Aviator S T Valentine Dies In Arcadia Plane Fall
Lieutenant S T Valentine of New York City, attached to the army aviation school near Arcadia Florida, was killed when his airplane plunged about 2000 feet during a training flight.
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Naval hydroplane crash claims Ensign Alden in Bay
Ensign Spencer T. Alden of Fort Wayne Indiana was killed and Philip P. Modoser a Boston student aviator was seriously injured when the hydroplane they operated sideslipped from 500 feet and fell into Great South Bay near Fire Island Inlet.
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French Gun Hits German Super-Cannon Near Paris
Paris dispatch reports a French gun scored a direct hit on a long-range German cannon bombarding Paris, putting it out of action. Deputy Lebaucq, who returned from the front, confirms the destruction and credits gunners with skill and courage amid losses while observers await developing photographs. Pinard, the soldiers’ reply, is wine.
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Paris
Lébaucq
Appointment Confirmed: McCarthy Named Hawaii Governor
The Senate confirmed Charles G. McCarthy today as Governor of Hawaii, ending the long nomination process. McCarthy will assume the post with immediate effect following the confirmation in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles G. McCarthy
Hawaii
Senate
Five Hundred Ohio M. D's Needed for the Service
Thousands of doctors and surgeons nationwide are urged to enroll for military service as the General Medical Board of the Council of National Defense maps quotas. Ohio is slated for 500. other states list varied targets. Major Edward Martin announced the plan and Senator Owen spoke on officer rank parity in the medical service.
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French Make Progress in the Score Sector
Report notes progress by French forces in the score sector with a lull in fighting in the Avre sector after a period of hostilities. Observers say the threat level has diminished and military activity has eased.
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American Troops Raid German Lines South of Halleville
American forces in Lorraine carried out a raid on a German salient south of Halleville on a 600 yard front. After a brief artillery prep infantry overran the position to the third line, finding no enemy troops and blowing up works.
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