Presidential call for broader World War I draft registration
President Wilson issues a public resolution directing nationwide registration for males twenty one and older since June 5 1917. It empowers officials across states to enforce the act with penalties for noncompliance and sets registration for June 6 1918 7 to 9 p m at local boards.
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Ismaels
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States
Dunbar's Revue Last Night of Chautauqua Week
Dunbar's Revue a Joy-night Jubilee by Ralph Dunbar of Mi kado and Hussar fame concludes Chautauqua week. The program features openers, melodies and a travesty with many costume changes plus opera The Mikado and a Grand Parade of the Allies ending with a patriotic climax. Local residents join in scenic vignettes and performances.
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Dunbar
Will Tell Chautauqua Audiences of His 125 Jobs One
Fred Sweet will lecture at the Redpath Chautauqua season recounting a three year span in which he tried over 125 jobs from shoe shining to lumberjacking. He describes diverse roles including cowboy detective and Pullman porter and reflects on being versatile and prepared.
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Fred Sweet
Woods
Ufe
Food Administration to Hold Down Ice Prices
Washington May 29 State Federal food administrators concluded a two day conference and many returned home to enforce conservation rules. They were cautioned not to increase ice prices this winter unless an advance is proven, and that sugar needs for essential products may be bought without limit. Tokyo May 26 Chinese telegraph loan totaling about 20 million dollars was concluded with negotiations between the Chinese government and the Japan China Industrial Bank.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Tokio
Pexing
Japan-China Industrial Bank
FOGH RESERVES NOW COME INTO ACTION
The report notes a slowdown in the German advance and rising Allied resistance. German efforts focus on widening a gap near Pinow and Brimont while French and American forces defend Marne approaches and Cantigny. Air fighting remains intense as American lines hold.
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Soiasone
Rheims
France
Marne
Henue
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Vexilly
Whiel
Draiane
Solasons
Valiquois
Verdun
Poch
Soissons
Canttigny
Toul
Limeville
Americans Contemplate Role in Foe Battle
American soldiers weigh what part they may play as fighting nears in France. All available men in the American Expeditionary Forces could be sent where the French high command orders. Details cannot be discussed until actual engagement occurs amid quiet fronts after Solons Rheims clash.
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France
Solosons
Rheims
Huns and Finn to Kill Prisoners
London dispatch says the Finnish workmen central committee protests White Guard terror in Meland by Baltic forces. It reports 70000 imprisoned or mistreated, 30000 civilians. 158 women prisoners killed daily. field courts martial condemn many to death even after civil war. Proletariat appeals to world to halt terrorism.
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London
Iiisalsih
Central Committee of
Mineland
Sisters of Mercy of the Sacred Guard
Leasowe Castle Sunk by Submarine Off Mediterranean
London reports the transport Leasowe Castle torpedoed and sunk May 26 in the Mediterranean. One hundred and one aboard are lost or missing including 13 military officers and 74 other ranks with the captain wireless operators and crew. The ship, built in 1917 at Birkenhead, belonged to Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. of London.
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London
Lesnowe Castle
British Admiralty
Leasowe Castle
Mediterranean
Birkenhead
Union Castle Mail Steanout Company
Admiralty
Recruit 5000 trained nurses for Army drive in Atlantic division
New York May 30 Special committees to recruit five thousand trained nurses for the army are organized in all cities within the Atlantic division. The ten day campaign opens Monday with a goal of ten thousand nurses available by January 1 1919. Married nurses not actively employed will be urged to enroll as home defense nurses for limited daily work in baby saving stations hospitals or private homes where needed.
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New York
Atlantic Division
American Red Cross
Red Crown
40 More Fuel for Private Yachts
Washington May 20. After tomorrow by order of the fuel administration no coal or fuel may be burned or furnished to any private yacht for any purpose except cooking. The only exception is ships in government service. A private yacht sailing away from its home port on June 1 may obtain fuel to return home by the shortest route.
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