Roosevelt Urges U S to Put Flag on Firing Line
Chicago April 30 Colonel Roosevelt called for the United States to place the flag on the firing line at the earliest moment and keep it there until the war ends He asked to raise an expeditionary force for overseas service and urged the American people to make the President's war message a great state document through deeds not words He framed appeals to the West the Civil War generation and the nations of mankind urging courage and unity for victory in World War I.
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Sheridan
Sherman
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Lee
Patrick Henry
France
Flanders
Balkan
Congress
War Department
National Security Towrite
Eneglane
Canada
Australia
Stock Yards
National Security League
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Viviani
Marshal Joffre
Arthur J. Balfour
Roosevelt Urges War Front Time to Fight for Liberty
Colonel Roosevelt calls for immediate volunteer fighting force to support the war effort and argues for universal military training. He warns against delay and emphasizes national morality, self-respect, and the need to place troops on the front in France or elsewhere. He also supports grain use for food and opposes alcohol production during the war.
BaseballScores From St Louis Chicago Drawn In Extra Inning Hit
Baseball results show St Louis beating Chicago 6 5 in eleven innings and Cincinnati defeating Pittsburgh 3 0.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pitsburgh
Sunday Says He Will Welcome Army Recruiting Office
Revivalist Billy Sunday jokes he would permit a U S Army recruiting office at his New York tabernacle to reach converts. He even offers to build a runway from the platform into the office and turn recruits over to God.
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Tabernacle
New York
Uncle Sam
Labor Shortage Hits Railroad Track Maintenance
Railroads face a serious labor shortage as section hands, once paid a dollar daily, fail to attract workers even with pay rises to two dollars. Recruitment shifted from northern European emigration and African American labor, but southern states fear shortages for plantations and roads. Other industries lure workers with higher pay.
Germans Slain by Thousands and Capture near Oppy
London reports British forces captured a German trench south of Oppy after heavy fighting on a front of about a mile. Nearly 2,000 prisoners taken since Saturday morning, including sixteen officers, as Germans countered near Arleux entichelle. French officials note over 200 German prisoners in the Chemin des Dames region with continued shelling and grenade fighting around Hurtebise and Courcy where over two hundred prisoners were taken.
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London
Dard
France
Arleux-entichelle
War Office
Oeht
Scarpe
Monchy
Roeux
Paris
Chemin-des-Dames
Hurtebise
Rheims
Champagne
Courcy
Conscription Bill Passed by Congress Across Nation
Washington reports Congress approved conscription with House votes 397 to 24 and Senate 81 to 5. The Roosevelts amendment to authorize him to France gained strong support, while several named members from multiple states voted against the measure.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Theodore Roosevit
France
Harding
Alabama
Burnett
Hudleston
California
Church
Hayes
Nolan
Randall
Colorado
Hilliard
Keating
Florida
Gordon
Sherwood
Dijll
la Follette
Gore
Hardwick
Kirby
Thomas
Trammell
Borah
Gronna
Vardaman
Submarine War Sinks 1 600 900 Tons in Two Months
Berlin reports that in the first two months of unrestricted submarine warfare German submarines sunk freight tonnage exceeding 1,600,000 with over 1,900,000 tons British. Dr Karl Helfferich told the Reichstag committee that the campaign shows great early success with month one outperforming prior results by about 25 percent and month two by about 50 percent.
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Amsterdam
Karl Helfferich
Reichstag
Ford in Canada on Mission
Halifax April 80 Henry Ford of Detroit arrived with several American companions on an important mission. He declined to discuss the visit's purpose.
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FORD
Canada
Halifax
Henry Ford
Detroit
Terrible birth of 24 boys shocks Terre Haute mother
Mrs John Russell aged sixty six was declared insane at El Nora as she reportedly gave birth to twenty four boys most of them now dead. She weighs eighty five pounds and stands five feet tall.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Russell
el Nora
Barbers Itch Closes Shops in Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana April 30 barber shops shut by state board of health order for disinfection after city clerk Edward McEldowney petitioned for inspection of sanitary conditions. Dozens suffer from barber’s itch as shops remain closed pending cleanup and approval.
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Hartford City
Ind
State Board of Health
Edward McEldowney
I. N. Hurty
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