Wilson Pushes War Draft Bill With Limited Enlistment Term
President Wilson and Secretary Baker push for a selective draft to win the war. Kitchin hints at limiting enlistment to the war period if lawmakers accept a temporary universal service plan. The administration also advances a 7 billion war financing bill with bonds and treasury certificates and a 287,000 regular army target.
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Kitchin
House
Washington
Wilson
War Department
Congress
Baker
Capitol
Peaker Clark
Department
National Guard
Senate
Army
Military Academy
Sherman
Mlinois
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Site for U. S. Armor Plant To Be Announced
Washington April 12 Formal announcement of the site for the government's armor plate plant and projectile plant is to be made at the navy department. Congress members interested in the locations have been told informally that new Chat Apagon West Virginia has been...
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
W. Va
Herbert Hoover Named Head of U.S. Food Board
Herbert C. Hoover, head of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium, accepts the chairmanship offered by the National Defense Council for the new U.S. food board after consultations with commission colleagues.
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Hear
Loneste
Herbert C. Hoover
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
National Defense Council
New Food Board
United States
House Sets 5 Billion Bond Issue To Aid Allies War
Washington April 10 the house plans a 5 billion bond measure with 3 billion for loans to allies and 2 billion to conduct the war the funds to cover expenses through June 30 1918 Secretary McAdoo and Rep Rainey of Illinois announced a joint resolution creating a wartime conduct committee in Congress to oversee the effort the panel would include six senators and six representatives split evenly between parties.
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Washington
House
McAdoo
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Ways and
Weeks
Massachusetts
Representative Madden
Senate
British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to visit United States
Arthur J. Balfo of the British Foreign Office will undertake a diplomatic visit to the United States. The trip aims to discuss international affairs and deepen Anglo American relations with key officials and policy leaders.
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United States
War brides are warned by judge over hasty marriages
Judge Stelk in Chicago court of domestic relations warned girls against rapid wartime marriages. After 1,198 permits issued in a day with hundreds more waiting, he said a boom in the court could follow if the trend persists and a man who marries to shirk duty to his country won’t value duty to his wife.
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Chicago
Stelk
Judeoe Stelk
Arthur Balfour to Depart for Washington on Special Mission
London April 12 Foreign Secretary Arthur J Balfour is to depart for Washington on a special mission official announcement says. During his absence Lord Cecil will act as foreign secretary and Lord Robert Cecil duties as minister of blockade will be handled by a subordinate.
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London
Arthur J. Balfour
Washington
Lord Cecil
Lord Robert Cecil
Secretary Houston Urges More Crops
David F. Houston urges farmers to increase crop production citing wartime needs and national food security. He stresses improved farming practices, investment in soil and seed, and coordinated government efforts to boost yields and stabilize prices.
Texan Guards U. S. Flag in Vimy Fight
An unofficial dispatch from European Canadian headquarters reports a Texan enlistee who carried the Stars and Stripes into the Vimy ridge assault. He advanced with the flag on his bayonet and was wounded in action during the battle marking the United States entry as a belligerent in World War I.
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Ottawa
Stars and Stripes
Vimy Ridge
France
Europe
Ontario
United States
Thelus
Naval Course Cut a Year at Annapolis
The Naval Academy announced that the current third class will graduate in June 1918 instead of June 1919, adjusting the schedule at Annapolis Maryland. This change shifts the Class of 1919 to an earlier graduation.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Germany Halts All Mail to United States
Berlin reports Germany has stopped all mail service direct and indirect to the United States and has also suspended telegraph service.
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Germany
U. S
Berlin
United States
Enormous U S food waste blamed on household neglect
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture estimates $700 million annually wasted as household food losses from spoilage improper cooking and wasteful habits. Experts urge public education and efficient methods to recover costs, noting losses before retail and post sale handling also contribute.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Grand Army of Economy
Chicago Markets Report Live Stock Hogs Cattle Grain Prices
The Chicago live stock market shows hog receipts at 29 000 with prices $15.99 to 16.20 for light shipping and up to $16.30 for heavy packing. Cattle receipts 21 000 with steers $12.25 to $12.75 and cows $9.25 to $9.85. Cash grain lists corn No 3 white $1.37 1.98 and oats No 3 white 66 67c. Regional quotes include butter eggs poultry and fresh produce futures. Sioux City and East Buffalo sections show varied cattle hog and lamb prices with modest declines and steady to strong markets respectively. Calves around $15.00.
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Chicago
Sioux City
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
Ship Carrying American Sunk in Atlantic
Washington reports the sinking of the Norwegian bark Marion with one American aboard as per Consul Frest. The incident highlights dangers faced by merchant mariners during wartime mining.
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Washington
Marion
Consul Frest
Convicts to Pack Meat at Hauser Plant
Michigan City prison warden Fogarty closed a lease for the Hauser packing plant near Hudson Lake to employ convicts in slaughtering cattle and hogs. The scheme will supply meat for state institutions and establish a large packing operation while using prisoners on a 3000 acre tillage project amid wartime harvest efforts.
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Michigan City
Ind
Fogarty
Hauser
Hudson Lake
Wogarty
Goodrich
Indiana
Girls Offer War Census Springfield Illinois
Twenty five Illinois girls volunteered in letters to Adjutant General Dickson to assist in a state war census. A bill to appropriate fifty thousand dollars was introduced by Senator E C Curtis and recommended for passage. Dickson said several thousand people may be needed and much of the work may be done by volunteers with no pay. Illinois is estimated to need seventy five thousand soldiers, per the adjutant general's office.
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Springfield
Ili
Dickson
E. C. Curtis
Illinois
Adjutant General's Office
Treason May Close Bars In Hammond District
Federal agents in Hammond Fast Chicago Gary and Whiting plan to seize federal licenses and shut numerous saloons accused of treasonable talk by German and Austrian sympathizers. Enforced prohibition may affect many saloons in the manufacturing district.
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Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Gary
Whiting
Manu Salcone
New Hampshire Senate Passes Lewis Prohibition Bill
Concord reports the New Hampshire senate approved the Lewis prohibition bill and will forward it to the governor for signature. The measure is not a bone dry law and takes effect May 1.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Senate
Lewis
British Gain in Arras Front in April Battles
London reports describe rapid British advances near Monchey and La Bergere as part of the Arras fighting. Canadians seize Vimy ridge area with Hill 145, capturing thousands of prisoners and many guns while German artillery is muted.
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London
Moncelreux
Vilage
la Bergere
Monchy
Arras
Reuter
France
Louveral
Cambrai
Battery Valley
Hill 145
Drill Master Loans Soldier To Geneva High School
The Geneva High School board accepts Colonel George Fabyan’s offer to loan Sergeant Michael Timmins of the regular army for military instruction. Boys’ training has started with nearly every pupil, while Timmins has previously trained River Bank employees at Fabyan’s estate near Geneva for eight months.
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Geneva
Todd's Services Accepted for Government Duty in Atlantic District
Hammond Ind April 11 R B Todd president of Fast Chicago company and Calumet region real estate operator offered yacht for U S use when Germany relations broke and served as master mariner now ordered on active duty placed in charge of a district on the Atlantic coast Todd a millionaire has sailed trans Atlantic and coast races for years.
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Hammond
Ind
R. B Todd
Fast Chicago Company
Calumet
United States
Germany
Atlantic
Todd
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American Press Association
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Great Britain
David F. Houston
U.S
City Street Bureau of
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Ohio
Slav
Ambassador Bakhmeteff
Trusties of Indiana Penitentiary
Calumet Re
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Militia Department
Vimy
Col. Fabyan
Sargeant
Geneva High School
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