Roosevelt Urges Expanding War Effort With Fighting West
In Chicago on April 30 Colonel Roosevelt urged raising an expeditionary force for overseas service and placing the flag on the firing line until victory. He appealed to the West and to Civil War descendants to back the President's message and prove the nation’s resolve through deeds, not words.
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Roosevelt Urges Immediate Army Action and Duty to Fight
Colonel Roosevelt appeals to Chicago crowds for rapid mobilization and universal military training. He argues the nation must place the flag on the firing line this summer and send a fighting force to France at once to preserve democracy and end tyranny.
Baseball Results From St Louis Chicago Extra Innings
St Louis edged Chicago 6 to 5 in eleven innings while Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 3 to 0 in another game.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Pitsburgh
Revivalist Billy Sunday Recruits for Lord and Army
Evangelist Billy Sunday announces a campaign recruiting for religious revival and U S Army service. He calls on believers to join the movement and contribute to moral reform and national defense. Local churches mobilize volunteers and support networks for the effort.
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Tabernacle
New York
Uncle Sam
Roads Shortage of Labor Thwarts Rail Track Work
Penara III April 30. Spring brings a labor crisis for railroads as track maintenance workers are scarce. Pay has risen to two dollars a day, but attractors fail. decades ago section hands earned one dollar and European and African labor had filled the roles, while southern states curb new importations for their railroads and plantations.
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Penara III
Germans Slain by Thousands and Prisoners Count Rise
London reports British forces capture a German trench south of Oppy after heavy fighting with a front of about a mile. Since Saturday morning 976 German prisoners, including sixteen officers, have been taken. French quick victory claims 200 more prisoners as shelling and counterattacks unfold along the Chemin-des-Dames area and near Rheims.
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Conscription Bill Passed by Congress Amid Wilson War Effort
Washington reports the conscription bill cleared both houses to arm the nation for war. House vote 297 to 24, Senate 81 to 8, with the Harding amendment in the Senate gaining support to send Col Theodore Roosevelt to France. a list of dissenting members is noted.
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Unrestricted U‑boat Range Sinks 1.6 Million Tons
In two months of unrestricted submarine warfare German figures show shipping sunk exceeding 1.6 million tons. Dr Karl Helfferich told the Reichstag committee the campaign is a great success with monthly results far above prior records. He said most sunk freight was British, with exact figures not released.
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Karl Helfferich
Reichstag
Ford in Canada on Mission
Halifax April 80 Henry Ford of Detroit arrived with several Americans. He said the party came on an important mission and declined to discuss the reasons for the visit.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Wheel of misfortune as insane mother bears 24 boys
Terre Haute Indiana April 80 Mrs John Russell aged sixty six adjudged insane at El Nora has given birth to twenty four boys most of them now dead She weighs eighty five pounds and is five feet high
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Barbers' Itch Closes Shops in Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana April 80 barber shops closed by state health board order for disinfection after Edward McEldowney city clerk appealed to Dr I N Hurty for inspection. The city clerk and many residents suffer from barbers itch.
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Ind
State Board of Health
Edward McEldowney
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