Baker asks unlimited US army size to France
Secretary of War Baker told the House Military Affairs Committee that Congress should grant unlimited power to raise forces for the war. He outlined a plan for a multi‑billion defense buildup with drafts potentially reaching 1,000,000 or more, aiming for a 3,000,000‑man field army next year and rapid expansion as transport and equipment allow.
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Washington
Baker
House Committee On Military Affairs
France
House Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Dent
Military Committee
House Military Committee
War Department
House
Senate
Secretary of War
Burnquist Aims to File Petition for Re election
St Paul Minnesota May 8 Gov J A Burnquist said he probably would file his petition Monday for re election by the Republican ticket.
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Burnquist
St. Paul
Minn
J. A. Burnquist
Tucker
Rodman Commands Battle Ships in Foreign Waters
Rodman leads fleet operations as ships move into foreign waters amid strategic tensions. Analysts note heightened risk of maritime confrontations and potential international responses shaping the regional balance.
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Rodman
Hugh Rodman
United States
Navy Department
Air Instructor Killed in Aviation Field Crash
Dayton reports Maj. Oscar A. Brindley and Col. Damm, two McCook aviation men, died when their aircraft dropped 400 feet during a turn at Moraine City field. Brindley, recently named Chief Instructor of American aerial forces, died on impact. Damm died en route to hospital. Fort Worth witnesses state Lieut. James S. Ennis Jr. and Cadet Paul Herriott died in a separate 150 foot nose dive at Hicks Field near Camp Bowie after General Grebel's arrival.
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Dayton
Oscar A. Brindley
Colonel Damm
McCoog Federal Flying Field
Moraine City
Major Brindley
Brindley
Colonel Dumm
Wright Brothers
McCook Aviation
Fort Worth
Tex
Lieut
Jamess. Ennis, Jr
New York City
Paul Herriott
Oakland
Cal
Hicks
General Grebe
Camp Bowie
Baseball scores roundup from national and american leagues
National League results show Brooklyn 7 Boston 4, Philadelphia 0 New York 6 Pittsburgh 1, St Louis 0 Chicago 12, Cincinnati 8. American League games end New York 5 Philadelphia 7, Boston 8 Washington 1, Detroit 9 Chicago 6, St Louis 2, Cleveland 3. American Association games list Milwaukee 4 St Paul 0, Columbus 3 Indianapolis 2, Kansas City 10 Minneapolis 7, Toledo 7 Louisville 8.
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Perch
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Steeeet
St. Louis
Boston
Igo
Brooklyn
Aseerere Dessdel Et Ceeres
Cleveland
Siesseedysseis
Detroit
Washington
American Association
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Columbus
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Toledo
Louisville
Cashier Held Embezzlement Case in New Jersey Bank
Henry L. Haines cashier of the Farmers National Bank of Mullica Hill was arrested in Camden on charges of embezzling nineteen thousand dollars from his bank.
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Camden
N. J
Henry L. Haines
Farmers’ National Bank of
French and British Push Germans Back Near Amiens
London reports comparative quiet on the Western front with von Arnim reorganizing before Ypres. Early today British and French forces pushed Germans back near yesterday's action around Amiens and captured Hill 82 southeast of Amiens in the Thennes sector.
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Amiens
London
von Arnim
Ypres
Thennes
General Foch Now Heads Italian Armies Also
Paris May 3 The Italian high command announced that Italian armies are now fully at the disposal and under the command of General Foch.
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Paris
Foch
Senator Hitchcock Claims Liberty Motor Was A Confidence Game
Senators pressed for inquiry into army aviation funds and alleged misuse of aviation appropriations. Senator Knox charged hundreds of millions in public funds were misused while Hitchcock claimed the Liberty motor was Packard's design misrepresented as a project from engineers in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Knox
Pennsylvania
Aircraft Board
Hitchcock
Liberty Motor
Nebraska
Packard Motor
Packard
Brandegee
Connecticut
Wilson
Gutzon Borglum
Senate Military Committee
King
Utah
Dem
Department of Justice
Poindexter
Baker
Kealy Nominated for Major General Rank in National Army
Brig. Gen. William S. Kealy receives nomination for promotion to major general in the National Army. George S. Allen of Topeka Kansas is nominated for the Topeka land office register position.
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Washington
William S. Kealy
National Army
George S. Allen
Topeka
Kan
Register of the Land Office
Detroit Private Sentenced for Desertion at Camp Custer
Battle Creek Michigan May 38 Private Herbert F Atkins of Detroit was sentenced to ten years in Fort Leavenworth after desertion conviction by a court martial at Camp Custer.
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Battle Creek, Mich
Fort Leavenworth
Herbert F. Atkins
Détroit
Camp Custer
Karl Buenz Ordered to Serve 18 Month Prison Term
Dr Karl Buenz former managing director of Hamburg American line and consul general of Germany in New York was taken to Atlanta federal penitentiary to serve an 18 month term imposed two years ago The case reached the U S Supreme Court Buenz is described as a personal friend of the Kaiser
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Karl Buenz
Hamburg-American Line
New York
Atlanta
United States Supreme Court
Doctor Buenz
Germany
New York City
Kaiser
Kaiser Rules Ukraine Move Draw Wide Attention
German forces seize Sevastopol without a fight and establish rule in Kiev arresting Ukrainian government members for weak governance. Von Eichhorn orders peasants to return land and cultivate great estates, conflicting with the Ukrainian rada. An anti German propaganda offset league forms in Washington led by Frank Goodnow with Wilson said to support.
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Berlin
Sevastopol
Crimea
London
Kiev
Zurich
Switzerland
von Eichhorn
Ukraine
Rada
von Fr’ichhorn
Washington
Russia
America
Frank Goodnow
United States Diplomatic Service
Wilson
League
Col. I. M. House
Frank A. Vanderlip
Foe Repulsed in Thennes Sector Front
Paris reports a German attack in the Thennes sector failed as French forces raided Le Monchel and west of Coucy Le Chateau. British and French lines show little infantry action with heavy artillery active on Amiens Flanders fronts. Observers note German raiding and pillage while casualties are estimated around 900,000 since March 21.
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Paris
Thennes
French War Office
le Monchel
Coucy le Chateau
London
Villers-Bretonneux
Amiens
Merris
Flanders
Arras
Lens
St. Venant
Tors
War Office
Field Marshal
Haig
Somme
Ceaditatio
von Arnim
Ypres
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Foch
Senator Phelan Links Cyclops Loss to German Mine Plot
Senator Phelan told the senate mines committee he believes the missing American collier Cyclops was likely blown up by an explosion charge placed in its manganese cargo by Germans. He cited naval reports that the ship loaded at Balda Brazil with ore and that the port housed interned German crews and ships providing an opportunity for sabotage. The committee was examining a bill to conserve ores.
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Phelan
United States
Collier
Washington
California
Senate Mines Committee
Balda
Brazil
Growth of U.S. Churches Over Ten Years Ends 1916
Census figures show U S church membership rising from 35 068 (sic) to 42 044 374, churches from 212 280 to 228 007, ministers from 164 880 to 191 722, Sunday school scholars from 15 387 811 to 20 000 000 plus, and officers and teachers from 1 746 074 to 2 049 208. Data compiled under William C Hunt.
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Washington
United States
ODS
Swiss Spy Ni Vergel Executed in Paris Dawn
Paris, May 8. A Swiss citizen Ni Vergel was executed at dawn at Vincennes for espionage. The Swiss government made representations on his behalf, but France refused to modify the death sentence imposed by a court martial three months earlier.
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Paris
Nivergel
Vincennes
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