Earthquake in California Town Causes Severe Damage and Loss
A major quake struck California at 3 30 p m causing wide damage from Hemet to Los Angeles Several towns reportedly destroyed including Hemet San Jacinto and San Bernardino with broken windows cracked walls and damaged buildings One man drowned at Santa Monica pier and a woman was injured fleeing a theater as panic spread through cities and public venues.
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Los Angeles
California
Hemet
Riverside
San Jacinto
Court House
Odd Fellows
Barstow
San Bernardino
Whittier
A. Jacoby
City Hall
Sant Monica
Municipal Pier
Frank E. Darnell
Santa Monica
Canyon
Redondo Pier
World War News Looms Large With Rationing and Policy Shifts
Bohemia faces severe hunger as France releases dispatches while McAdoo orders Erie Canal under railroad control to ease freight. British shipping losses total 15 ships. Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister Burian appointed. training camps open May 15. a national labor administrator to coordinate war production planned. Wool price talks lead to potential fair-price guarantees. modified certificate system to control canning supplies. Chehalis Furniture plant burns at $110000 loss. Recruiting drives in St Paul target 5000 tank regiment enlistees. pension hikes debated. censor board arrest over $7068 theft. bread price advertising banned by food administration. alcohol limits fixed by Baron Unnamed. Alaska draft moved to May 1 with Camp deployment planned.
British warships raid U boat base on Belgian coast
War Review dated April 24 reports British naval forces joined by French craft struck at Zeebrugge and Ostend in a bid to close German submarine outlets. Two cruisers sunk at Bruges canal, Ostend guns damaged shore works, one British destroyer lost, several small craft missing, battle front largely quiet aside from artillery and sporadic raids.
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Belgium
Germany
Zeebruge
Ostend
Bruges Canal
Ypres
Kemmel
Nieppe Forest
Albert
Rebecq
Wytschaete
Lussigny
Noyon
Holland
Uruguay
Argentina
Express Companies May Be Consolidated Under McAdoo Plan
Heads of express companies discussed with the railroad administration a plan to form a single corporation authorized by Director General McAdoo to run all express business. The proposed company would have about 40 million dollars in capital stock divided among the firms by the value of their properties.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Ireland prepares statement against compulsory military service
After a long conference at the Mansion House Dublin leaders from Nationalists Sinn Feiners O'Brienites and Laborites plan to present to the world a detailed case against Britain's compulsory military service. The mayor of Dublin is asked to travel to Washington to deliver the statement to President Wilson.
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Dublin
Mansion House
Ireland
Ford
Dubla
Washington
Wilsos
Esa Ee
Curtail Auto Production Considered by Industry Leaders
Leading representatives of the automobile industry gather in Washington to discuss a further curtailment of pleasure car manufacture with the fuel administration and the War Industries Board. If enacted the curtailment would reduce production to about 25 percent of normal, following a prior 30 percent cut already in effect.
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Washington
Automobile
The
Fuel Administration
War Industries Board
Government experts will test concrete vessel Faith maiden voyage
A committee of experts F. R. McMillan Hi. 8. Loefler and L. Brush will leave for California to accompany the 5,000 ton concrete steamer Faith on her maiden voyage. They will observe for the shipping board the effect of strain on steel reinforcements and wave pressure on the new construction. Exhaustive tests with recording instruments of two new engines will be carried out.
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Washington
F. R. McMillan
Loefler
L. Brush
California
Faith
Shipping Board
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