Reorganization of Army Air Service Under Wilson
President Wilson completes Army Air Service reorganization under a new law, creating a Bureau of Aircraft Production with John D. Ryan as Director and aircraft operations led by Major General William L. Kenly. Signal Corps duty shifts to general signaling. three colonels detached to assist the Attorney General’s inquiry into the air program.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Air Service
Wilson
Air Service
Signal Corps
Bureau of
Army
Aircraft Board
John D. Ryan
D . ‘of Military Aeronautics
William L. Kenly
George O. Squier
Department of Justice
Baker
R. L. Montgomery
FE. A.deeds
S. D. Walden
Gregory
Charles E. Hughes
War Department
Supreme Court Rules Taxable Profits From 1909 Act
Washington May 20 The Supreme Court held that only profits accruing since the 1909 excise tax act are taxable under its provisions in a decision stemming from corporate tax collections. Justice Pitney noted that separating the taxable portion is a precise matter.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Pitney
Weather summary and readings for several states and cities
Ohio reports lingering clouds with showers expected tonight and Wednesday across south and north, while Indiana sees warmer northern areas with showers Tuesday through Wednesday. West Virginia forecasts partly cloudy Tuesday then showers midweek, Kentucky expects showers Tuesday and probably Wednesday. Station readings list highs and temps such as Montreal 0, Denver 0, Jacksonville 0, Chicago 54, St Louis 72, Cincinnati high 82, and a May 20 1918 comparison showing varying highs and rainfall totals with overall cloudy to partly cloudy conditions.
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Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Montreal
Denver
Jacksonville
Phoenix
Pittsburg
Spankane
Chattanooga
Seattle
Chicago
Portiland
St. Louis
San Francisco
Omaha
Cincinnati
Air Post For Soldiers In World War I
Washington reports the War Department now handles mail to and from American Expeditionary Forces. Postmaster General Burleson says the Post Office Department will oversee overseas mail with the army at embarkation ports in the U S and at French ports for troops abroad.
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Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
War Department
Burleson
Post Office Department
France
Postoffice Department
United States
America
Prosecution Requested in Dr Roberts Case in Waukesha
In Waukesh a Wis May 20 the trial of Grace Lusk for the slaying of Mrs Mary Newman Roberts was halted by Judge Martin Lueck who urged Chicago authorities to prosecute Dr David A Roberts for offenses confessed there He testified that Miss Lusk pursued him and threatened his home and that he told his wife of the relationship just before the shooting
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Associated Press
Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
Mary Newman Roberts
Martin Lucck
Cook County
Ill
David A. Roberts
Miss Lusk
Massacres by Turks Put Squarely Up to the Germans
London May 20 Russian Commissioner for Foreign Affairs cites a telegram to the German Foreign Office accusing Turkey of massacres in the Caucasus and blaming Germany for enabling Turkish actions. He demands German intervention to stop killings of Armenian populations in Ardahan, Kars, and Batum and to uphold self determination per Brest-Litovsk terms.
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Associated Press
London
Caucasus
Brest-Litovsk
Ardahan
Kars
Batum
Turkey
Peoples Commissioner For Foreign Affairs
Ardaham
Ars
Germany
Moscow to try 300 anarchists under revolutionary tribunal
Moscow police chief M Cuporoff says 300 anarchists linked to recent uprising will be tried by a revolutionary tribunal. He defends restoring order to strengthen military and industrial sectors and notes hooligans and escaped criminals among the group. He cites seizures of property and says revolutionary law and order will be upheld.
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Moscow
M. Cuporoff
Moscow War Department
Raymond Robins
American Red Cross
Russia
Sinn Fein Delegates Clash With American Labor Mission in Ireland
In Dublin on May 20 a Sinn Fein delegate tried to provoke the American Labor Mission by shouting that Americans mistreated Sinn Fein. The seven American delegates reiterated they would listen to all sides and remained neutral on British internal matters while observing Irish questions. The visit, three days, drew attention as extremist elements tried to exploit it, but the delegation met diverse reporters without causing incidents. Prof. John McNeill, once Irish National Volunteer chief of staff, now linked with the National University, was noted among the newly appointed Sinn Fein leaders.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Sinn Fein
England
Ireland
John McNeill
National University
Irish National Volunteers
Altho
John Dillon
University
America Must Send Planes to Blind the Enemy
Paris May 20 Former Premier Painleve, elected president of the aviation group of the Chamber of Deputies, outlines a wartime aerial strategy in Petit Parisien. He notes Germany’s resources give early edge but argues bombardment aviation, with rapid training of bold young pilots, could turn the tide if America supplies thousands of bombarding planes and aviators.
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Associated Press
Paris
Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
Petit Parisien
Wilbur Wright
Sorbonne
Prof
Germany
America
London Air Raid Kills and Injures Dozens in Night Attack
London area reports thirty seven killed and one hundred fifty five injured in last night raid. Several enemy planes downed with one crashing into the sea amid public accounts of a dramatic aerial fight. Locals recall nurses comforting patients as bombs shattered windows and a hospital scene unfolded with prayers and song.
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Associated Press
London
Heartening War Mercy Fund drive reports roll in
The Associated Press reports brisk progress on the second war mercy fund drive, with towns and states over subscribing their quotas. Governors pledge cooperation and there is lively bidding for White House wool, while the British Red Cross sends messages of support and good luck.
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Associated Press
Washington
New England
Hawaii
Red Cross
White House
Pinkham
Honolulu
Peabody
Mass
Koesutuh County
Pontotoc County
Yolo County
Cal
Boyle
Nevada
Sanitary Commission
Catts
Florida
Frazier
North Dakota
Riggs
Alaska
Bilbo
Mississippi
Pleasant
Louisiana
Capper
Kansas
Whitman
New York
Beechman
Rhode Island
Harrington
Maryland
London
Illinois
Louis If’. Hart
British
Red Cross Society
Letters From Official File Reveal I. W. W. Disloyalty
Chicago May 20 correspondence from Forrest Edwards files read in the trial of 112 I W W members charged with seditious conspiracy. Government seeks to prove antiwar campaign reached wheat fields and lumber camps. Edwards notes discuss wage scales, alliances with the Nonpartisan League, and a push to flood states with I W W literature.
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Tural Workers
Industrial Workers of the World
U-39 Limps to Spanish Port under Guard
A German submarine, U-39, arrived damaged in Cartagena last night after a battle. An escorting submarine accompanied it to the harbor entrance and then departed, while the U-39 remained under guard by the Spanish cruiser Exir ramadura. The craft, 220 feet long with a crew of thirty, has batteries and accumulators wrecked and has been ordered not to communicate with shore. The submarine is linked to the Lusitania sinking and earlier attacks, with speculation it may have been replaced by a newer boat.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Cartagena
Ramadura
Possible U-boat damage in hydroplane clash off Gibraltar
Paris reports a German U-39 submarine may have been damaged after a French hydro aerial attacked while on patrol off the Moroccan coast. The airman fired bombs, scored several hits, and forced the U-boat to submerge. It surfaced with difficulty and was escorted by a second U-boat to Cartagena.
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Kimsale
Munich
Bavaria
Switzerland
Washington
Egypt
Paris
Havas
Cartagena
Gibraltar
Cartagene
Four wooden ships launched in May share new world pace
Washington on May 20 reports four wooden ships launched in a single day for the third time this month, bringing May’s wooden launches to twenty two. Ten steel ships totaling 58,850 gross tons were completed and delivered to the Emergency Fleet Corporation in the past week, with fourteen more ships of 43,000 tons launched, mixing wood and steel. Completed vessels include eight requisitioned and two built on contract, with four of 8,800 tons or larger, delivered to ports in San Francisco, Chester PA, Seattle, Ecorse, Camden, Manitowoc, Ashtabula, Long Beach, and Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
San Francisco
Chester
Seattle
Ecorse
Mich
Camden
N. J
Manitowoc
Wis
Ashtabula
Long Beach
Cal
Cleveland
Lake Vessels Plan Unveiled for 130 Ships
Cleveland May 20 An agreement tantamount to a contract to build 130 vessels costing about 800 000 each totaling around 100 000 000 was reached between Charles M Schwab and great lakes shipbuilding firms. Deliveries to be completed by end of 1919 lake season. Schwab praised yards and urged speed and loyalty.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Wetween
Charles M. Schwab
Great Lakes
Duluth
Mr. Schwab
Charles Piez
Fleet Corporation
American Shipbuilding Company
Great Lakes Engineering Company of
Detroit
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Toledo Shipbuilding Company
McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company
Grove Shipbuilding Company
Welland Canal
Schwab
Pier
United States
Allied advance near Locre drives gains in Flanders sector
British Field Marshal Haig reports French and British forces carried out operations east and northeast of Lacre reaching all objectives on a 4,000 yard front. Over 400 German prisoners taken and several hundred more, with improved allied positions despite minor losses near Albert and Hebuterne.
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Haig
Associated Press
London
Locre
Field Marshal Haig
France
Lacre
Albert
Hebuterne
Bethune
Flanders
Unrestricted U-boat warfare off Norwegian coast
German submarines resumed unrestricted warfare against Norwegian fishing boats in the Arctic north and east of the coast. Survivors report shelling and life boat fire, with eight killed. A U‑boat commander claimed all met vessels would be sunk and Norway’s fish oils are targeted. Russian boats and a crowded mail steamer were also attacked. Public bitterness grows as papers urge fishermen to halt sales to Germany.
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Associated Press
Christiania
Norway
Arctic Ocean
Hammerfest
England
Germany
Vardace
Russia
French Forces Make Gains Near Amiens Front
In the Amiens front area near Hangard and Ayre there was violent artillery action. Northwest of Rheims French detachments penetrated to the third German trench line near Bermericourt and Castel, taking prisoners including an officer and valuable war materiel. German incursions in Vauclero-Chevalier Wood failed. the night was calm elsewhere.
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Paris
Hangard
Amiens
Rheims A
Ayre
Castel
Rheims
Bermericourt
Vauclevo-Chevalier Wood
Rome War Bulletin Reports Local Front Actions
The May 20 official general headquarters communique states enemy patrols were driven back between Adige and Astico, a Cape Sile raid seized trenches, a strong counter-attack was repulsed, thirty-one prisoners and rifles and machine guns remained in Allied hands, eighty tons of bombs dropped, eight enemy aircraft shot down, and joint operations with French troops in Albania reached the Cervoda Ostrovica front amid stiff resistance.
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Associated Press
Rome
General Headquarters
Adige
Astico
Cape Sile
Val Sugana
Albania
Cerevoda-Ostrovica
Semenoff to Attack Chita in Manchuria Driving Advance
Associated Press reports grave events in Manchuria where trans-Baikal Cossacks opposing the Soviets join Chinese detachments and march on Chita. Chita Soviet mobilizes to oppose Semenoff as Moscow wires May 12 of his westward advance along the trans-Siberian Railway toward Chita. A May 14 Hardin dispatch confirms Semenoff pushing forward after reinforcements of Cossacks and Buriats.
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Petrograd
Manchuria
trans-Baikal
Moscow
Semenoff
Chita
Trawler Sinks German Submarine Off French Patrol
A French trawler commanded by First Materoux reports sinking a German submarine after leaving a patrol base. The vessel engaged promptly and captured the entire crew, including the submarine's captain, with all hands taken prisoner.
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Washington
France
First Materoux
Supemarine
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W. D. Haywood
People’s Council For Peace
Middle West
Nonpartisan League
Edwards
Northwoods
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