Italian Forces Repel Austrian Assault At Monte Carlo
An Austrian attack to regain Monte Carlo was repelled by Italian forces during dark hours. The fight spilled onto rocky slopes as both sides clashed in a hand to hand engagement, ending with Italian positions intact at dawn.
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Somme
Ancre
Fort Thousand
Talian
May
Associated Press
Monte Carlo
Trent
Roverto
Mongolia
London
Nevada War Stamp Drive Targets June Quota
Nevada officials report the United States treasury aims to fill the June 28 war stamp quota. State director Fred Lo White, with H. A. Lemmon and Raymond T. Avidey, met national head Pruk A. Vagderlip to discuss the Nebraska Plan. County defense councils will lead the June drive as Nevada outlines plans with the Nevada War Conference next week.
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Nevada
Treasury
de Pawani
Hgduweu
Washington
Fred Lo White
Auvng Alam
Cate Pagan
Guat
H. A. Lemmon
Raymond T. Avidey
Wate
Pruk A. Vagderlip
Male
Nebraska
Woman Named District Attorney of Eureka County
Eureka May 13. Eureka selects its first woman district attorney Mrs Ana Covert Plumer wife of K O K Plummer of Mineral Hill. she fills the vacancy caused by A Morgan’s resignation due to health. Plumer admitted to practice in 1912 and to the U S Supreme Court. member of Minors Bar Association Chicago Women’s Dress Association and Pacific Women’s Press Association. active in temperance and war work in Eureka County.
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Eureka
Nevada
Ana Covert Plumer
Kok Plummer
Mineral Hill
Plummer
A. Morgan
Morgan
Limeck
Tenessee
Mim
Mummer
Chicago
Alco
United States Supreme Court
Minors Bar Association
Chicago Women's Drea Association
Pacific Women's Press
San Francisco
Plimmer
Kureka
Kureki
Gazette
Buckshot League Busy Weaver Threat in Pa May
In Buckshot League chatter from Pa on May 13 a warning targets Entaur’s friends urging silence or else danger follows By order from unknown authorities threatening retaliation
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Entaur
Warning placard of squad A in Buckshot League near Bridgewater post office
A placard warning appears beside the Bridgewater post office showing an image of a German figure suspended by a rope. The display is linked to Squad A in the Buckshot League and evokes distressing wartime imagery.
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Buckshot League
Bridgewater
Marine Corps admission test elicits odd Swedish word remark
In St Paul on May 1, an applicant examined for Marine Corps entry misreads a card labeled with letters A B L TY PO EB 1 T and tells the physician he suspects the word is a Swedish sounding term, saying Latin words were never his strong suit.
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ST. Paul, Minn
The
Marine Corp
New Director Named to Aircraft Board Division
May M Archer and A Landon of Buffalo were appointed today as directors of the production division of the Aircraft Board in Washington.
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Aircraft Board
Washington
May M.archer A. Landon
Buffalo
The
Trial of Former Major Postponed in Espionage Case
The trial of former Major John M. Dirk of the U S Army on charges of espionage violation is postponed until the next full term of the federal court in Santa Fe. The court also reduced Dirk’s bond to three thousand dollars.
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Santa FE
John M. Dirk
United States Army
United States
Birkner
Wanted jackass knows when to bray in Alabama
In Rockwell Alabama May 4 residents complain of a jackass that brays every morning at eight before clocks forward an hour during Daylight Saving Time. The animal has disrupted school arrivals for years and locals seek a solution while teachers report children arriving early and causing mischief.
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LAW
Ala
Sf Rockwell
Jace
Uute
Mischiet
Counterfeiter Shortage Attributed To War Efforts
Secret service operatives report a wartime shortage of counterfeiters and say the famous ten dollar note has largely disappeared. They believe wartime mobilization and drafts reduced the illicit group, while ongoing vigilance remains to detect any new fakes appearing.
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Washington
Secret Service
Reliet
Ret
Government seizes precious metals from jewelers and refiners
In Washington on May M the government commandeered all platinum iridium and palladium held by refiners importers manufacturers and large jewel dealers. Officials fixed platinum at 105 dollars per Troy ounce.
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United
Washington
May M
Sovernment
Bles Es Rania
Sailor Proves Alive After Local Death Notice
Thomas L. Peterson of the United States Navy arrived to spend a furlough with his parents within twelve hours of a local death notice reporting his drowning in the Mediterranean Sea. A young woman had sent the notice claiming a letter proved his death.
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Mediterranean Sea
Thomas L. Peterson
United States Navy
Cotton price dispute sparks Southern pressure on Washington
Merchants bankers and printers across the South urge Washington to block any plan to fix cotton prices. While wheat price controls are rejected, cotton pricing remains unregulated and contested among interest groups.
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Memphis
Tenn
May
South
Phinters
Washington
Senident
Fis
House committee blocks oil confiscation clause in public lands bill
Washington May 11 The house public lands committee eliminated the commandeering section of the administration's oil leasing bill and endorsed a favorable report on the rest of the act. The struck provision would have let the president seize any prospecting interests on the public domain when public need demanded it.
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Washington
House Public Lands Committee
New York Herald Proprietor James Gordon Bennett Dies in France
May Me James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, died at Beaulieu France after two days unconsciousness. He had been actively engaged in war relief work in France up to the time of illness.
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Beaulieu
France
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Bennett
Lonely soldiers face court martial for lonely ads
Soldiers who publish lonely notices in newspapers magazines or periodicals face court martial and punishment. Investigations show some have solicited public sympathy and flooded regimental post offices with replies to such appeals from Camp McClellan divisional headquarters.
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S ON
Ala
Mageli
Camp McClellan
Tricks in Trades in Indianapolis
May weeks before the state went dry Indianapolis bar keeps started breaking in the public on near goods. A customer asks if the stuff tastes natural. The text suggests illicit near beer activity but is fragmentary and unclear.
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Indianapolis
Tndianapolis
First Liberty child born in Chicago weighs nine pounds
Dr and Mrs W Moore Thompson of Chicago announce the birth of Liberty on Liberty Day April 26. Their daughter weighed nine pounds at birth and is named Liberty.
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Liberty
Chicago
Church preaches on bait and hooks for sinners
Paul Rader told a Coliseum audience in St Louis that churches use camouflage to lure sinners but lack a real hook with bait. He criticized how Bible characters are perceived, noting many see Satan as a ghastly figure, whereas the Bible portrays him as beautiful.
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Louis
Paul Rader
Coliseum
Rader
Satan
Toe Amputation Boosts Marine Enlistment in Wheeling
James Bolton chopped off a toe to qualify for enlistment in the marine corps at Wheeling West Virginia. He was accepted after the operation.
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Wheeling
W. Va
James Bolton
Marine Corps
Thirteen Year Old Soldier Emerges From Knoxville
Knoxville reports a thirteen year old soldier and cor poral of infantry, possibly the youngest enlisted man in the United States Army. Irwin White, son of Mr and Mrs John P White, formerly of Knoxville now of Moulton Alabama, enlisted in the infantry about eight months ago. His height is five feet ten inches and he weighs 175 pounds, with unusually developed physique.
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U. S. Army
Knoxville
Tenn
United States Army
Elain Irwin White
John P. White
Moulton
Ala
Young White
Ako
Charles Shing
Elko Wan
U.S. Army
Shinn
France
Prisoners Buy $15,000 in Liberty Bonds at Moundsville
In the state prison at Moundsville West Virginia inmates have purchased more than $15 000 worth of the third issue Liberty bonds. The action reflects inmate participation in government bond drives and is noted from Wheeling reporting on May 14.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Intates
West Virginia
Moundaville
Prussian Lower House Rejects Equal Suffrage Motion
Amsterdam May 14 The Prussian lower house rejects a motion to restore equal suffrage provisions in the Prussian franchise bill. Former Private Will Hunt now acting sergeant at Camp Lewis reports quarantine due to spinal meningitis. Sabino Goveo the Portuguese boy wounded in France is said to be in a base hospital with uncertain recovery.
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Amsterdam
Will Hunt
Camp Lewis
Hunt
Sabino Goveo
Sabino Tie
France
Jd Wan
Faye
Tf Sabine
Goven
Hop Hangs Flag As Long Goes To War
Springfield Wisconsin May Te Hop Long proprietor of a Celestial ...fauntry here hung a service flag in front of his purveying establishment. The lone star in the center represents Long Wing, first and only Cham an to come in the draft from Springfield. Wing was deemed a perfect specimen of manhood by medical examiners.
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Long
Nowan
Elght Foot Service
Long Wing
Springfield
Wing
Werweicht
Government ordnance plant chosen for Neville Island site
Neville Island on the Ohio River near Pittsburgh was selected as the first inland government munitions plant site. Construction will proceed rapidly and production is expected to begin within six months.
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Great Interior
Ohio River
Washington
Neville Island
Pittsboro
Congress Angry At Creel Hemmark
Congress denounces a statement attributed to George Creel, chair of the Committee on Public Information, after Rep. Gillett questions its accuracy. The report cites Kitchin’s reply and calls Creel unworthy of respect. The item also notes a letter from Charles Shinn describing France and a new Violano Virtuono in a Salt Lake City confectionery.
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Washington
Gillett
Massachusette
Teadher
York
George Creel
Opmmites
Creel
Congress
Mr. Gillett
Kitchin
United States
Ray Hunt
Tk Bs
Olast
Te Mills Novelty Company
Plae
New Beebe Muntent Co
Salt Lake City
Walter M. Dage
Devic
Bohemia 15 in fierce revolt sparks siege in Smichow
London May 14 A state of siege is declared in Smichow Prague Bohemia with troops ordered out and 150 women arrested in a broad demonstration. The Burgo Master resigns as Bohemia’s ferment grows daily.
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Prague
London
Smichow
Bohemia
Amsterdam
National bank statements called for in Washington
A call for national bank statements was issued on May tenth in Washington. The statements are beginning to come in.
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Washington
Local Liberty Loan Effort Reaches Substantial Support
In Valkle s ville Oklo on May 15 during the Liberty Loan drive a business man gave a solicitor a $5 check for a worker's first payment on a bond. The bank rejected it but after calls the man remained available. The solicitor handed the check to a federal agent who obtained repayment when a government receipt confirmed it.
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Valklesville
Oklo
Alameda Man Builds Floating Garden Off California Coast
Wil Ninna Hull, Alameda resident, responds to the war garden drive by constructing a sidewalk around his houseboat and placing oil-filled boxes on piles to create a flourishing floating garden. He estimates possible harvests over a hundred pounds of vegetables this season.
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Lameda
Cal
Alameda
Wil Ninna Hull
Ile
Maine
First Million Tons of U S Shipping Delivered
Washington May 14 The first million tons of shipping have been completed and delivered to the United States under the direction of the Shipping Board. A total of 159 vessels of 1 800 000 tons were completed, with over half the total tonnage delivered since January. Nine ships of the great wooden fleet have been delivered as war needs mounted.
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Washington
United States
The
Shipping Board
High Seas
Ex-Pert
Lithuania Expected to Help Germany Proclamation Issued
Amsterdam reports Emperor William I issued a proclamation asserting Lithuania will bear war burdens and that Lithuania's independence is allied with Germany, recognizing its independence in the German cause.
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Lithuania
Germany
Amsterdam
William
Principality of
Ever thinning ranks of the Pennsylvania First Defenders
The 530 Pennsylvania First Defenders who occupied the national capital on April 18, 1861, have dwindled to 35 survivors. This year only eight members attended the reunion in town.
Twenty Seven U S Soldiers Missing In Action
Washington May 4 today s casualty sta contained seventy two names fourteen of the men having been killed in action seventy of wounds three of disease twenty one slightly wounded and twenty seven missing in action.
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Washington
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