Allies Repulse Huns At Ypres In Major Push
British and French actions around Ypres report gains in the Meteren sector with prisoners taken. French positions near Locre improved while artillery clashes continued near Bethune and along the Somme front. Mont Kemmel remains a focal point as German offensives pause for reorganization.
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London
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Flanders
War Office
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Bethune
Lacre
Somme
Paris
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Avre
Amiens
Villers- Bretonneux
Lorraine
France
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Kemmel
von Arnim
Expansion of shipbuilding to add 200 wooden ships
Washington reports the shipping board will build 200 additional wooden vessels of 4500 to 4700 dead weight tons. The program raises total wooden ships to 580 including completed and planned. Ships will be built in existing yards and allotted to efficiently run facilities. construction begins once current builds leave the stocks.
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Washington
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
American Aviators Down German Plane Over Toul Sector
Captain Norman Hall of Colfax and Lieutenant Edward Rickenbacher of Columbus, both American pilots, shot down a German aircraft behind enemy lines after engaging over the Toul sector. Hall sustained bullet damage but both pilots returned unharmed, marking the third enemy plane downed by Americans in three weeks. Hall previously served in the British army and French aviation, and authored Kitchener's Mob.
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France
Norman Hall
Colfax
Edward V. Rickenbacher
Columbus
Toul
Rickenbacher
United States
Hall
German Rule In Kiev Amid Arrests Reported
London reports Germany has imposed military rule in Kiev Ukraina with several government members arrested. Paris notes German assaults in the Thenes sector were repulsed and French forces conducted raids at Lemonchel and west of Coucey Lechtteau with success.
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London
Germany
Kiev
Ukraina
Paris
Thenes
Lemonchel
Coucey Lechtteau
Stephen Bonsall War Correspondent and Public Utilities Official
Stephen Bonsall, veteran war correspondent, attached to the general staff in Washington. He has covered wars for New York papers in nearly every country over thirty years. Later he served in diplomacy and as commissioner of public utilities in the Philippine islands.
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Stephen Bonsall
Washington
New York
Philippine Islands
German Artillery Active Near Amiens Sector and Merris
German artillery resumed greater activity in the Villers-Bretonneaux area on the Amiens front and near Merris on the Flanders front. Merris lies on the railroad west of Hazebrouck and southwest of Locre, with intensified bombardment reported.
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London
Villers-Bretonneaux
Amien
Merris
Flanders
Hazelbronzk
Locre
U.S. Guns Raze Town on French Sector Front
The American sector shows stabilization with no infantry encounters in 48 hours. Small patrols meet at night while artillery from both sides remains active, pounding German batteries near a village rendered nearly wiped out. German gas shells appear as weather halts air activity.
Ireland Draft Is Deferred
London May 2 An order in council postpones the national service act in Ireland beyond May 1. Some papers attribute the delay to the government's plan to push a home rule bill first and assess its success before enforcing conscription in Ireland. Parliament lobbies expect a home rule bill to be introduced next week, though drafting difficulties remain unresolved.
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London
Ireland
House of Commons
Miss Richrath Leaves Vassar Under Internee Threat
Miss Agathe Wilhelmine Richrath a Vassar College instructor taken into custody for pro German activity announced on arrival in New York that she had offered her resignation to Henry Noble Crane president of the college and that her resignation had not been accepted Government authorities said Miss Richrath would be interned as an enemy alien
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Agathe Wilhelmine Richrath
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
Henry Noble Mae Cracken
U S Plans to Raise Army For France and 4 Million Cap
Washington May 2 The administration seeks authority to raise troops for France with a target potentially reaching 4 000 000 including volunteers Secretary Baker tells the House military committee that 3 000 000 men could be handled this year and more could follow with authority A draft support drive calls for 8 985 additional men to train at 22 institutions and a bill by Chairman Dent proposes a 4 000 000 drafted army cap whilewar leaders discuss equipment and shipping needs
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France
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Crowder
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Dent
War Council
Baruch
War Industries Board
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The
Shipping Board
I. A. S. Franklin
Control Board
Stettinius
Goethals
Europe
America
Auto Train at Chicago First Truck Train in City History
A five Truck Train carrying 16 tons of freight arrived in Chicago from Akron. The five motor trucks were handed to the Red Cross for overland traffic and will depart for Baltimore via Washington with hospital supplies for soldiers in France. The trip is expected to take four days.
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Akron
Red Cross
Baltimore
Washington
France
City of Athens Sinks After Collision Off Delaware Coast
74 are reported dead as the steamship City of Athens is rammed by a French cruiser off the Delaware coast. Fire breaks out in a hold. most survivors are rescued by the French warship while the vessel sinks within seven minutes.
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Athens
Atlantic Port
Atlantic
City of Athens
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Delaware
United States Marine Corps
J. S. Ellinger
N. W. Litlie
N. J. Walls
P. van Hanegren
A. B. Thibodeaux
J. Carey
N. Kahn
HL Tyng
Ro P. McDonough
R. L. Cooper
Hl. R. Weeks
H. Rosenfield
B. J. Graham
J. L. Wilson
J. Spaeth
W. J. Mack
S. Ginsburg
N. Rogoff
F. T. King
Hl. Be. Wetmore
J. J. Funicelle
W. A. Bossett
R. Harrison and Baby
New York City
A. J. Kemp
Richard Bonzeiner
Mobile
Ala
Alden McClaskie
Cit
Savannah
Hoff mans U.S. citizenship denied by German court
Whiteplains N Y May 2 A decree from the royal district court of Leipsig six months before the U S entered the war affects the estate of Ernest Gustav Hoffman of New Rochelle who died in 1908 leaving about 3800000. The court refused to recognize Hoffmans American citizenship noting that no German can become a U S citizen under any circumstances after his widow remarried in Germany.
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Leipsig
United States
Ernest Gustav Hoffman
New Rochelle
Hoffman
Germany
Bohemian Troops Join Italian War Effort
The Daily Mail correspondent reports Bohemian troops aiding Italy against Austria with detachments already in action wearing Italian uniforms.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Austria
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