British Raid Foe’s Trenches As War Rages On Front
London reports show limited trench raids by British forces on Arras lines and intense artillery duels with German troops near Morinyvilliers and Rheims area. French positions around Soissons remain contested as Austro Italian front activity eases and Italian offensive lessons pause.
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London
Moronyvilliers
Vaucleve
California Plateau
Chev-reux
Soissons
Rheims
Americans Held in Germany and Belgium Prompt Protest
Washington reports Americans detained as prisoners of war in Belgium and Germany. The State Department demands a full statement of Germany's position on American departures. If not reversed, the U S may retaliate by restricting German movement and possibly imprisoning nationals.
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Washington
Germany
Belgium
State Department
Berlin
United States
Milukof
Tereschtenko
Erenski
Brossiloff
Gurke
Russia
United Suites
MccAdoo
Treasury Department
Reot
Petrograd
Berlin predicts Russia may accept Germany peace terms
Berlin’s Vossische Zeitung foresees Russia likely agreeing to a German peace offer. The paper calls for a clear statement of terms and for Germany to extend financial aid to Russia.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Vossische Zettung
Russia
Germany
Papege
Washington
Webb
House Judiciary Committee
House
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Mongolia
Edith Ayers
Helen B. Wood
Chicago
Hoover Named U S Food Administrator With Broad Powers
President Wilson delegated emergency authority to Herbert C. Hoover to prevent hoarding, fix price ranges, license food agencies, and reorganize grain milling. Hoover stresses the role is provisional, not a dictatorship, and hinges on congressional authorization and limited power scope.
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Mr. Hoover
Congress
Senate approves draft bill establishing large wartime army
The war draft bill passes 65 to 8 in the Senate. It creates a comprehensive selective draft system for all males 21 to 30, expands the regular army, and drafts National Guard units into federal service.
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War Department
Washington
Western Hemisphere
Senate
Federal Service of National Guard
Judge Lovett Aids Red Cross War Service
Henry P. Davison announced Judge Robert Lovett former Texas judge and Red Cross chairman will devote nearly all his time to Red Cross work during the war. Lovett said he is too old to serve at the front and accepted assignment from the War Council.
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Union Pacific
Washington
Henry P. Davison
American Red Cross
Robert 8. Lovett
Texas
The
United States
Red Cross
Iam
Lovett
Davison
U S Asks for Railroad Men to Aid France War Effort
The Railroad War Board asks nine regiments of qualified railroad men for service in France to rebuild and expand railroads. Fairfax Harrison president of the Southern Railway and War Board chairman urged immediate action and stressed urgency.
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France
New York
United States
Railroad War Board
Fairfax Harrison
Southern Railway
War Board
President Orders Pershing Division to France in War Push
President Wilson ordered a U S division of 28 000 troops to join the Allied forces in France to aid the war effort Gen Pershing will command the force and training camps for officers are opening nationwide A war budget near 3 4 billion dollars was proposed and a June 5 draft registration was announced Japan sent gun boats to Marseille and may land troops to fight alongside Russians in Europe The article notes British and American naval activity and a recent encounter with a German submarine
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Edward W. Pickard
Admiralty
W. S. Sims
Queenstown
Zebrugte
Beatty
Mayo
Pershing
Wilson
France
Othee
Moai
C.C. Pershing
House
Senate
Abe Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Japan
Europe
Marseille
United States
Aly
Plava
Goritz Ino
Trieste
Germany
Haig
Bullecoure
Queant
Laffaux Mill
Bullescourt
Germins
St. Quentin
Petain
Nivelle
Foch
War Ministry
Verdun
Great Britain
Jellico
Zeebrugge
Wilhelmshaven
Honduras
Spain
Lloyd George
John Redmond
Ireland
Ulster
Redmond
Joseph H. Choate
Canada and United States Unite Trade War in World Struggle
The article notes wartime ties with Canada boosting mutual immigration and farm labor. It cites six thousand Canadian laborers, rising U.S. immigration to Canada, and Ottawa’s wheat duties luring settlers. It highlights new settlers from Emerson, North Portal, Coutts, Kingsgate, Vancouver, and western growth with 1917 early arrivals and farm equipment and livestock movements valued around $150,000 in three months.
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Canada
United States
Nautocracy
Scott
Ottawa
Cananda
Mr. Scott
Emerson
North Portal
Coutts
Oregon
Washington
Kingsgate
Vancouver
Saaskatchewan
Immigration Department
Edmonton
Alberta
Winnipeg Yards
What Bird and the Early Spring Call
Two sisters Margaret and Peggy, students of zoology in high school, tramped a swampy strip in the woods and listened for early spring birds. After a long wait the cry went up as Peggy shouted, there it goes, followed by a deep bullfrog croak.
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Peggy
Margaret
Indianapolis News
Prohibition Advo cates Target School Arithmetics
A fragment quotes a remark about prohibition advocates attacking school arithmetics and notes 67 bird reserves in the United States where wild fowl may live unmolested. The piece ends with a quip about prayer and provender delaying no man's journey.
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United States
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