Food survey plan approved to aid Hoover administration
The food survey bill passes the house without a vote and funds a $14.77 million program to study resources and boost production. The Agriculture Department will deploy 17,000 employees and 150,000 volunteers, with initial findings in three weeks and ongoing monthly reports. Miss Rankin pushes gender inclusion. McKensie adds service and testimony limits.
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Washington
House
Agricultural Department
Houston Seld
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Administration
Miss Rankin
Montana
Department of Agriculture
McKensie
Illinois
Russia Faces Economic Ruin as Demands Threaten Industry
In Petrograd the finance minister M. Shingaroff warned that Russia may plunge into economic ruin unless workmen’s demands are scaled back. Socialist ministers at a council urged ending the war as the only way to settle the crisis and keep industry moving.
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Petrograd
M. Shingaroff
Benny Leonard Defeats Freddie Welsh For Lightweight Title
Benny Leonard knocked out Freddie Welsh in the ninth round to win the world lightweight championship in New York. Leonard, after a tough bout, surged with late rushes that drove Welsh around the ring despite an early pounding.
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Gothamite
New York
Benny Leonard
Freddie Welsh
Welsh
Leonard
Oxman Must Stand Trial in Perjury Case
San Franciscan Frank Oxman reading as a witness in a murder trial that led to a death sentence for Thoms J. Mooney was held Monday by Judge Mathews Brady in the superior court to answer charges of attempted subornation of perjury.
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Oxman
San Franciscan
Frank
Oxtoni
Thoms J. Mooney
Mathews Brady
Entertainment for Soldiers Sets Plans for Recreational Centers
Worthington American troops would take rest and recreation centers with them to Prince under planes arranged by the training camp activities committee appointed by Secretary Baker. The committee has already received many offers of aid from veterans and other entertainers.
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Worthington
Prince
Tivicides
Baker
Chandler Acquitted in Neutrality Case at Los Angeles Trial
A directed verdict of acquittal was ordered Monday in the neutrality case involving Thorney Chandler, assistant general of the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Aviles, former governor of Lower California, and four others.
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Chandler
Tow Angeles
Caxye Ugeibet
Thorney Chandler
Los Angeles
Baltowir Aviles
Lower California
Southern Storm Toll Reaches Memphid Areas
Reports from Kentucky Arkansas and Alabama recount a tornado outbreak sweeping multiple towns. The disaster leaves fatalities and property damage across the affected regions in a sequence of severe storms.
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Kentucky
Tonnemee
Arkansas
Alatuia
Italians Cross Timavo River in Bold Offensive
Italian forces push across the Timavo River and reach the village of San Giovan, northwest of Dulne, near the mouth of the Priest. The war office reports capture of key positions including pine ie Lriehe Cian as part of the operation.
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San Giovauni
Dulne
Dinlf
War Office
Poi
Tornado Path of Death Haunts Midwest and South
Massive tornado outbreak devastates several states from Illinois and Indiana to Kansas Kentucky and Tennessee with more than 150 dead and over 1000 injured Property losses reach millions as Mattoon Charleston Andale Dyer County Blytheville and Hebron report heavy tolls. Indiana counties and Illinois towns contribute major counts and damages.
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St. Louis
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Kentucky
Mattoon
Ill
Charleston
Andale
Kan
Dublin
South
Dyersburg
Tenn
Dyer County
Blytheville
Ark
Hebron
Kouts
Tlinois
Tllinois
Kun
Crest
Treasury Noted Loans Push Allies Toward End Of May
Treasury officials said on May 25 the international ledger for May closed with another debit to Britain of 75 million dollars, bringing total loans to 400 million. A 75 million payment was also made to Italy on its 100 million credit. Over the prior thirty days the government lent allies at 25 million per day.
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Washington
T Treasury
International Ledger
Great Britain
Mare
Italy
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Germany
United States
Committee On Foreign Relations
Santiago
Chile
Diaro Tustrade
Braz
Congress
Hydrophobia crackdown in Aube targets all loose dogs
In Troyes France the Aube department enforces a drastic step as hydrophobia spreads. All loose dogs are captured and sent to the pound regardless of muzzling.
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Troyes
France
Department of the Aube
Captain Jules Petit Leads Amiral Aube Into New York Harbor
Captain Jules Petit commands the French cruiser Amiral Aube which entered New York Harbor in a historic first for Allied warships to reach an American port since the war began.
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Jules Petit
Amiral Aube
New York Harbor
Wireless Station Guard Attacked at Norfolk
A guard at a Norfolk wireless station was slightly wounded Saturday during an exchange of shots with two men who attacked the station, according to local reports.
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Norfolk
Van
Hostile Airships Downed in Beligian Sector Raid
Three hostile airplanes returning from Perday eight's raid on Bosiond were brought down by Sirit ish air forces in the Bogneh channel pod of the Beligian enost, the wi sifully announced.
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London
Perday Eight
Bosiond
Siritish
Bogneh Channel
Enost
Germans Execute Women Across Swiss Frontier
Geneva reports a case akin to nurse MisaFadlih Cavell with two women Madame Pfeister and her 22 year old daughter detained on the Swiss Alsatian frontier charged as spies. They admitted smuggling messages to Alsatian families in Switzerland without harmful intent and were executed at Muelhausen after a public trial.
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Geneva
la Suisse
Misa Fadlih Cavell
Brussels
Madame Pfeister
Wonen
Muelhiusen
British War Mission in Canada crosses into Cotmia
The British war mission entered Canadian soil on May 25 after six weeks of conferences that touched every phase of American life and are expected to influence the country and world’s future.
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Canada
Workington
Nilelon
Cotmia
Spanish Ship Sunk Off London With Many Believed Dead
A Spanish steamship OC. de Bigne sank near London sinking the crew and about eighty eight passengers believed to have perished.
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London
Earty
Steahip OC. de Bigneuirre
Women’s strike broadens beyond clothing trade
The movement extends to all jobs for women with four thousand bank clerks, many women, meeting at the Labor Exchange on May 26 to map a higher wage campaign. Also Seattle reports plan to put whale meat on market after May 25 meetings with whaling firms and meat distributors.
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Pario
Labor Exchange
Seattle
Whaling
United Bint
Italians Press Toward Trieste in Sudden Breakthrough
Italian Corso force drives toward Trieste on a five mile front smashing Austro-Hungarian defenses. General Cadorna draws within ten miles of the city as the Italians overrun a town a village and three heights. Nine thousand Austrians become prisoners including three hundred officers amid heavy casualties.
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London
Italy
Corso
Trieste
Italia
Cadorna
Castagnavizen
Riot at Grant Park Peace Meeting Leads to Arrests
In Chicago a riot erupted at a peace meeting in Grant Park Sunday afternoon. Eight speakers who denounced President Wilson were arrested as a crowd unable to enter the Auditorium theater pressed for a clear peace terms demand. About 5,000 people gathered to hear the government spell out peace with Germany.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Wilson
Auditorium Theater
Germany
General J Franklin Bell at Governor's Island HQ
Gen J Franklin Bell new commander of the Department of the East visits his headquarters on Governor's Island and is photographed during the assignment.
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J. Franklin Bell
Department of the East
Governor's Island
Redenbaugh Pleads Guilty in Local Trial
Joseph Redenbaugh admitted guilt in a triest court arraignment here on Thursday. The case names Aliee Mc Quillan Duon of Bt Pant and Patrol Mus George Connery of Minneapolis as co defendants in the slaying of Mia.
Americans Safe in Switzerland Arrive from Turkey
American Minister Stoval in Berne reports safe arrival of more Americans from Turkey. Consul General George Horton his wife and daughter are among those arriving in Switzerland.
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Switzerland
Washington
Turkey
Stoval
Berne
George Horton
Idahoan Admits Brutal Murder in Weiser Ranch Killing
Salt Lake City reports a confession from Dan Ruth in the Thomas Cavanaugh murder case. Ruth says he shot Cavanaugh in the back of the head, hid the body in the attic, and sent a note to his brother in law after the crime. Cavanaugh, 34, Yale graduate, had been offered 87500 for his ranch days before his death.
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Salt Lake City
Thomas Cavanaugh
Weiser
Idaho
Salt Lake
Luke
Dan Rath
Ealt Lake Tribune
Cavanaugh
Welxer
May
Donart
W. K. Walker
Ruth
James Elliott
Welser
Elliott
Yale
Invention Puts U Boats Out Says American Method
A Westminster Gazette correspondent cites an American invention as a simple, lasting way to wear down submarines. The method is said to be infallible and requires little time to become effective, with emphasis on independent development alongside Marconi’s work.
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London
Westminster Gazette
Marconi
Honor Memory of Red Cross Nurse in Evanston
Evanston residents gathered to pay homage to Miss Edith Burnett Wood, a Red Cross nurse killed during target practice at the Monywolin site. The community united in mourning and remembrance for the fallen nurse.
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Red Cross
Evanston
Edith Burnett Wood
Ted Crose Nuries
Cyclone Strikes Tennessee Kentucky and Arkansas, Toll Rises
A cyclone Sunday killed at least twenty one people and injured more than forty as wind and hail lashed western Tennessee Kentucky and eastern Arkansas.
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Memphis
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Chance for Small Adventure
Washington Federal reserve banks nationwide distribute $10 participation certificates similar to New York keepsake bonds to aid buyers of small bonds.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
New York
Americans to Help Russia Expedition Reaches Petrograd
The United States railroad commission to Russia led by John Sr. Blevens of New York arrived in Tokyo en route to Petrograd. The delegation met with British and Russian ambassadors and was entertained during the visit.
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Tokio
United States Railroad Commission
John Sr. Blevens
New York
Toko
Petrograd
Park's Jewelry Promises Engagement Rings for Brides
A newspaper blurb advertises Park's Jewelry offering engagement and wedding rings with guaranteed marks of Park and modest prices to ease purchases. The copy emphasizes that the rings and wedding bands come in boxes marked Park's.
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PARK
Lead Pencil Signifies Value Then and Now
A narrator recalls a schoolyard scene where a boy dismisses a found pencil with a rubber end as trivial. The tale contrasts modern indifference to found items with the speaker’s memory of scarce, coveted lead pencils and era past trades, highlighting changing attitudes toward simple objects.
Spoiling a Story's Effect and a Saw Misunderstanding
A Fort Worth Star Telegram anecdote notes listeners dislike long setups in tales and credits. A humorous memory recalls a better off neighbor borrowing a saw and confusing addresses leading to the saw vanishing down river while the borrower thought it went to another house.
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Callan
Fort Worth
Here's to Laughter and the Joy of Youth
A fragment from a New York Herald piece extols laughter as the soul of happiness, youth, and social balance. It declares humor banishes blues, motivates work, and sustains a clean conscience, praising mirth as the birth cry of mirth and a gentle balm for sorrow.
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Sea York Herald
Fragmented OCR Note on Family Activity and Magnet Use
Fragmentary text describes a family scene with a Juma figure and enthusiastic remarks. It mentions a wife quitting a job, making play of work, and a child helping with a pine door. A magnet for a penny or so is referenced as a device for attracting a shoe or similar item.
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Juma
Apes From Ceylon Mentioned in Fible Passage
Fragmentary note references apes from Ceylon and a biblical quotation at 10 22 and Chronicles. It mentions Bey sending a Valentine from a source that supplied ivory and peacocks.
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Ceylon
K' Pes
Jou
Bey
Valentine
Tev
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