World War Headlines Echo Ongoing Fronts
Five German attacks on Aisne plateaux northwest of Craonne were repulsed after a single penetration. Romanian forces pressed the Teutonic lines in Moldavia’s Putna Valley with two night assaults. In the Persian border area the Russian northern wing seized three heights from Turks near Sakiz. French and British pushes in Macedonia along the Vardar and Struma were checked by Bulgarians. In New York, Gerard, Gordon, and Vrooman warned that Allied defeat and famine loom without full U.S. mobilization. Southern Austro Italian fronts show a pause as Italians consolidate gains.
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Aisne
Craonne
Putna
Moldavia
Berlin
Persia
Sakiz
Macedonia
Vardar
Struma
New York
James W. Gerard
Major Gordon
Carl Vrooman
United States
Navy War Efforts Reach Wide Scope Across Agencies
Reports show 250 assistant paymasters compete. five pass medicals. Navy to spend 80 million on yards and stations. Allies grain needs set at 971 million bushels by Hoover. U S loans to France total 200 million with another 100 million advanced. 250 more medical units sail for France. War Department trims cantonments from 32 to 16 cities. War tax proposal aims 641 million from autos and motorcycles. Wilson warns slackers face prison. House bill proposes 200 dollar head tax on aliens of military age. Advertising tax proposed. Burleson urges higher second class postal rate. Navy to assign a new droneable type to coast patrol duty.
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Navy
Navy Department
H. C. Hoover
Foe
United States
France
Republic
War Department
Senate
Wilson
House
Burleson
Senator Simmons
German language study barred in public periods
A note lists various news items: New York City school summer programs for language study are halted. A boxy contest led to the death of Young Wheteneh, middlewesert pusitad, at Shenendoan. May 1 construction counts show 447 vessels and LOT wooden cities under way in the United States. The American Engineering Commission plans to move toward the turnnuM soon after a French War Office conference. In Pennington Oklahoma, eight-year-old son and ten-year-old daughter of R L Wilkerson killed their father during a nap. Jersey City mayor asks hospitals to guard chemicals that could be used for explosives by aliens. Wilson hands German merchant ships to convert cruisers and eight to be used as colliers. Policeman J A Black sentenced to one second imprisonment in Selma Alabama for killing Alex Posey. David E Parks, Pittsburgh steel magnate, dead.
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New York City
Young Wheteneh
M.didlewesert Pusitad
Shenendoan
Redfield
Co Aerg Ss
United States
Plec
Veseels
LOT Wooden Cies
Wilkerson
Jersey City
Wilson
Newy
Selma
Ala
J. &. Black
Alex Posey
David E. Parks
Pittsburg
Legacy banners to honor French officers at Pershing parade
Descendants of Revolutionary War French officers will present banners embroidered by French women to Major General Pershing and his command brigade. John Biddle at West Point is named to command a new engineers regiment for service in France. The Mine Workers union presses for broader representation on coal crisis bodies. Retail Grocers urge a war tax on trading stamps and coupons. A Birmingham court holds a guardsman enlisted underage cannot be discharged after war begins.
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Pershing
John Biddle
West Point Military Academy
Engineers
France
Mine Workers of America
National Association of Retail Grocers
Toledo
Congress
Federal District Court
Birmingham
Ala
German American War Echoes In U S Efforts
Louis K. Liggett turns over his 100 foot power boat to the United States patrol fleet. War anti toxins to be produced in New York City for 1 000 000 men. 1 100 German officers and sailors interned at Ellis Island to be moved to Hot Spring North Carolina. House rejects Espionage Act censorship provisions. National Bank of Commerce urges Liberty Loan oversubscription. Yale scientists work on gas masks amid war fears. President Wilson orders an immediate census of interned enemy aliens.
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Louis K. Liggett
United States
New York City
Ellis Island
Hot Spring
N. C
House
Senate
National Bank of Commerce
Germany
Yale
Wilson
Early Baseball Notes Highlight Prospects and Averages
Hugh Jennings praises Carroll Jones as a top young pitcher. Bennie Kauff climbs to the front with a .340 batting clip, while Ty Cobb hovers near .330. Phillies lead NL with .269 team average. Red Sox top AL at .249. Sudhoff dies in St Louis. De Fate ordered to Detroit. Griffen purchased by Philadelphia Americans to join the Athletes. Canadian views on war impact spark a joke about casualties. Leonard wins heavyweight title defense in New York. McPartland stops the ten round bout.
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Hugh Jennings
Carroll Jones
Bennie Kauff
Ty Cobb
Speaker
McInnis
Phillies
Giants
Red Sox
Yankees
Wee Willie” Sudhoff
Cardinals
Browns
St. Louis
Clyde de Fate
Detroit Americans
National Baseball Commission
Philadelphia Americans
Griffen
Lincoln
Unc'e Sam
Enous Leonard
Freddie Welsh
New York
Lnid Mc Partland
Foreign crop reports and world affairs in May note cocoa and wheat changes
Reports show May crop data with zero wheat acreage change in France and Brazil utilizing German assets. Across London readers, drunkenness convictions drop in early quarters while British naval figures urge American parity. Ireland debates Home Rule with Unionist input, Lord Devonport resigns over health, and only six percent cereal cargo losses from submarines are reported.
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Brazil
London
Hermin
King George
Lord Northchffe
Sims
Jutland
Dublin
Lord Devonport
Lloyd George
Millions Enrolled in U S Army Draft Registration
Nationwide registration under the Selective Draft Law attracted patriotic response from men aged 21 to 31 with few disturbances. Officials estimate registrations near 10.26 million, possibly over 11 million, while some areas reported delays and supply shortages for registry blanks.
Rebels in China name a dictator and provisional government formed
Provisional government set up with Hsu Shih Chang as dictator and Wang Shih Chen as Premier after meetings in Tientsin. Militarists push toward Peking with troops, censorship on telegraphs, and a split from central authority as Li Yuan Hung is largely sidelined. Provinces such as Kwang-tung Kwang-si Yun-nan back the president while denouncing military governors.
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Shanghai
Shang-Hsun
Anhwei
Tien-tsin
China
Hsu-Shih-Chang
Wang-Shih-chen
Tuan- Chi-kuei
Tuan-Chi-jui
Tsao-Ju-lin
Chin
Siang-Wan-Chuan
Tientsin
Chang-Soulin
Mukden
Peking
Chi li
Kwang-tung
Kwang-si
Yun-nan
Li Yuan Hung
NO SUGAR FAMINE SAYS HOOVER
Washington asserts there will be no sugar famine and protests past private discussions. Herbert Hoover says Cuban crop doubts no longer apply to current market. response follows prior Senate committee remarks and market movement.
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Washington
Herbert
Hoover
Senate
Japan to Aid U S Navy in European War Effort
Japan and the United States near negotiations to release American naval vessels for operations against Germany. Japan would police Far Eastern waters to free U S ships for European duties, enabling a broader Allied naval effort.
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Washington
Germany
European
Japan
Far
United Shoe Merger Unblocked by Newark Vice Chancellor
Vice Chancellor Merrit Lane dismissed the injunction bid to restrain the merger of United Shoe Machinery Company and United Shoe Machinery Corporation. The operating company carries $25,000,000 capitalization while the holding corporation has $50,000,000.
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Lane
Newark
Merrit Lane
United Shoe Machinery Company
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
Radium in Ship Holds Lights Battleships Bright
Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore, a government radium expert, says the greatest future use of radium may be lighting the holds of battleships at night. He notes radium would provide ample light and be inexpensive over the long run, marking a costly yet efficient illumination method.
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Pittsburgh
Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
Press censor bill beaten in House vote on espionage measure
The House rejected a compromise censorship amendment to the Espionage Bill by 184 to 144, with 37 Democrats and 143 Republicans backing defeat and four independents opposing. President urged censorship, but opposition said the Senate version would be sent to him for signature.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Overman
Webb
Lansing
Gregory
Burleson
Congress
Railroad War Board bars conventions to boost freight flow
Washington reports the Railroad War Board directed railroads to avoid conventions that bring large crowds to one point. Secretary Baker endorsed the move as wise. The rule aims to conserve fuel reduce congestion and prevent interruption of essential freight traffic and troop movements.
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Washington
Railroad War Board
Baker
Kronstadt Seamen Demand Custody of Deposed Emperor
Petrograd sees a demonstration by Kronstadt sailors demanding custody of the deposed emperor and threatening assault on the capital as protests mount over the death penalty repeal. The United States seeks to curb liquor production from grain with a prohibitive tax, while Sweden steps up spy eradication. Filipinos pledge loyalty to the United States and offer to form a division, and Elihu Root leads a U.S. mission arriving safely at a Russian port. A Spanish vessel carrying three thousand revolvers bound for Germans in Brazil is seized in a southern port.
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Petrograd
Kronstadt
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Stockholm
Sweden
Manica
United States
Elihu Root
Navy Department
New York
Brazil
Governor Sees New Camp Site for 33 000 Troops
War Department accepts New Jersey Burlington County site for a 4 000 acre encampment to house 33 000 troops. Rail lines will be extended by Pennsylvania Railroad and a 4 000 000 building plan replaces tents. State officials led by Governor Edge inspect Wrightstown site amid expected state funding needs.
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Trenton
War Department
New Jersey
Burlington County
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cianyas
Governor Edge
Bughee
Mahlon Ro Margerum
Wrightstown
Colonel Margrerum
Clyde HH. Potts
State Health Department
Germany
Alfred
Albert de Lozier
Emma de Lozier
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McDonald's Opera House
Army
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Committee On Public Information
Amer
U. S. Navy
Far East
Upholds United Shoe Merger
World’s News
Edge
Jersey
United States Army
Pennsylvania Rairoad
Camden
Lewistown
Pointville
Sea Girt
Shinn
Mays Landing
Knittel
William J. Garrison
Helen Knittel
Charles B. Wenberg
George Herbert
Garrison
Weinberg
Maclbrame
Gertrude McGowan
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