Borglum accused of secret plan to form aircraft company
Senate records reveal sworn statements and letters from army intelligence alleging that sculptor Gutzon Borglum sought a silent partner role in a private aircraft firm to win war contracts. Documents name Hugo Gibson of the British War Ministry, plus Dodge’s Kenyon Mix, and note Wilson's knowledge remained unclear. The inquiry into graft and incompetence in government aviation is being pursued by Assistant Attorney General Frierson.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Intelligence Service
Senate
Gutson Borglum
Wilson
Berglham
Hugo C. Gibson
Ministry of Munitions of War
United States
New York
Kenyon
Mix
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Indiana
Thomas
Colorado
Senate Military Committee
Marshall
Howard F. Coffin
Aircraft Board
Senator Thomas
War Department
Frierson
Capitol
Borglum
Army General Staff
Henry Harrison Suplee
Gibson
Army
Weather overview for Ohio Indiana and nearby states
Weather report notes fair for Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia with increasing clouds and warmer temperatures. Forecasts call for showers tonight and Sunday. readings show varied highs around the mid 60s to mid 80s across cities with light precipitation in spots. The Cincinnati May 10 1918 record lists high 73 and low 62 with clear at 7 p m and light wind, reflecting a cloudy to partly clear day.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
S.W
N.W
Roosevelt Attacks Hearst Papers in War Critique
Theodore Roosevelt issued a brief statement replying to Burleson and accusing Hearst papers of aiding Germany while Tribune Collier's and The Metropolitan upheld the war. He faulted the administration for not acting against Hearst outlets as it did against other papers.
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Itv Associated. Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Burleson
Creel
Wilson
United States
Collier’s
Metropolitan
New York Tribune
Postmaster General
Post Office Department
Colonel Loosevelt
Hearst
Tom Watson
Georgia
Borglum Denies Charges Over Aircraft Probe
New York May 10 Borglum calls the accusations in Washington a scurrilous frame-up and says he acted to aid a small plane project while seeking genuine investigation. Hugo Gibson of the British Munitions Mission defends Borglum and notes his own 1911 1912 propeller work and intent to become a stockholder if a corporation formed.
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Associated Press
New York
Gutzon Borglum
Washington
United States
Mix
Hugo G. Gibson
Borglum
Gibson
Italy to contribute quarter of a million men for Foch army
Washington May 10 Italy's contribution to the reserve army General Foch is building in France for supreme emergency uses numbers nearly a quarter of a million men. Dispatches say the force is being strengthened and Italy remains part of the entente military and political union growing firmer with the danger. The Abbeville conference is noted as recognizing a united front from the North Sea to the Adriatic as a real reality.
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Associated Press
Washington
Italy
Foch
France
Orlando
Conference of
Tragic Plane Crash Claims Second Lieutenant Louis E Davis
Second Lieutenant Louis Eddy Davis died from injuries after a plane crash at Ellington Field following engine trouble and a tail spin. In the accident, Second Lieutenant A Lawrence in the rear seat was uninjured. Davis hailed from Bloomington Illinois and was visiting with his wife and parents.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Louis Eddy Davis
A. Lawrence
Lieutenant Davis
Bloomington, Ill
McAdoo Plan Faces Hard Opposition in Congress
Congress resists Secretary McAdoo's bid for immediate revenue legislation to fund war costs. Leaders from the Senate and House vow to defer action pending conferences with McAdoo and President Wilson. A Treasury report estimates June receipts near 3 billion dollars, influencing possible tax and bond options.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Capitol
Wilson
Senate
House
Senator Simmons
Representative Kitchin
North Carolina
Senate Finance
House Ways and Means
Treasury
Kitchin
Baker appoints Pew as press representative
Secretary Baker announced he appointed Marlon E. Pew of the Committee on Public Information as his personal press representative to centralize the distribution of information to the public about War Department activities.
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Washington
Baker
Marlon E. Pew
The
Committee On Public Information
War Department
American Troops to Parade in London Under King's Review
American troops will march three miles from Wellington Barracks Hyde Park at noon tomorrow. They will pass fashionable streets and the American Embassy where Ambassador Walter Hines Page will salute. The column will be reviewed by King George at Buckingham Palace before returning to barracks. American flags appear on houses along the route.
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London
Wellington Barracks
Hyde Park
Walter Hines Page
King George
Buckingham Palace
I W W seditious conspiracy trial details exposed in Chicago
Government evidence in the I W W sedition case portrays the group aiming to cripple U S war efforts by opposing the aircraft program and selective service. Articles and documents claim sabotage in trenches and factories and urge disobedience, with references to Mooney and antiwar rhetoric.
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Associated Press
Chicago
France
America
Nebeker
Selective Service Act
Solidarity
Esmeralda
Bowery
Blackwell's Island
Germany
Wilson
Congress
TI. W. W
Thomas Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
Workers of America
Labor of America
Tom
Blocking of Ostend by Vindictive raid hinders German U boats
London May 10 An Admiralty statement says the inner harbor channel at Ostend is blocked by the old cruiser Vindictive sunk under heavy fire. Berlin disputes full blockage claiming the hull lies outside the fairway. The raid threatens to shut Ostend and Zeebrugge ports to German submarines as tides and silting advance.
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London
Ostend
Belgium
Admiralty
Berlin
Zeebrugge
Americans Escape Petrograd Siege Through Finland to Stockholm
An official account details American refugees fleeing Petrograd under bombardment and battle lines in Finland. Miss Ranta, a 22 year old bookkeeper for American Tobacco, helped signal a flag of truce to halt firing. Refugees faced food shortages, baggage loss, and detentions as they moved through Tammerfors and Helsingfors toward safety.
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Washington
Petrograd
Finland
Stockholm
Ranta
American Tobacco Company
Red Guards
Crossley
J. J. Tyer
Tammerfors
Bjorneburg
Wuelifors
White Guard
Helsingfors
Bieneburg
Mentyloto
Mentylo
Crosey
Tver
Miss Ranta
Cros
Russia and Ukraine peace talks begin in war's end
A London dispatch reports a Russian government wireless announcement that peace negotiations with Ukraine have begun. Hostilities cease on the Voronezh Kursk and Briansk fronts and a demarcation line is established. A German Ukrainian delegation is expected to meet the Russians to sign peace.
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London
Ukraine
Voronezh
Kursk
Briansk
Leon Trotzky
Don Cossacks
German Reserves Massed as Allied Forces Hold Line at Ostend
May 10 report from Paris and London notes General Radcliffe says German reserves are concentrated behind the Somme while fighting in Flanders continues. American artillery and infantry aided a French raid in the Apremont Forest near Toul as gas shells were fired. British losses since March 21 numbered about 250,000, with emphasis on staying powers and end of battle outcomes.
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Kaiser’s
General Radcliffe Ostend
France
Apremont Forest
Foorthwest
Toul
Associated Press
London
Somme
Delma Radcliffe
War Office
Flanders
Radcliffe
Washington
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Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Teddy
Davis
Ellington Field
Baker’s
England
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Grivesnes
North Sea
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Don
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High Military Council
Moscow
Council of the People's Commissaries
Count von Mirbach
Great Russia
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