Germans Launch Heavy Gas Attack on Americans Frontline
On the Picardy Front the Germans released over 15 000 mustard gas shells at dusk followed by intense artillery fire and night flights. American anti aircraft guns shot down one German plane and damaged another as troops countered with harassing fire amid high morale and readiness to meet further attacks. Berlin reports say American prisoners were captured southwest of Blamont.
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Berlin
Blamont
War Office
Montdidier
Cantigny
Mesnil-St. Georges
Conferees Reach Draft Law Agreement on Youth Extension
Washington May 7 senate and house conferees agree to extend the selective draft law to youths twenty one since June 5 2017 with registrants placed at the bottom of current eligible lists The house accepts the senate exemption for theological and medical students and seeks immediate ratification Provost Crowder opposes the bottom placement proposal to the new registrants.
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Senate
House
Representative Hall of
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Crowder
Agreement on housing program funds reached in Washington
Washington May 6 agreement on the bill appropriating 60 million dollars for housing war workers was reached as house conferees accepted the senate plan to vest power in the president rather than the secretary of labor.
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House
Senate
Secretary of Labor
Peace bids ignored as German emissary reports no progress
Foreign Secretary Balfour stated no peace offers had been received and no neutral nation officially involved in talks. A Hague dispatch described Jonkheer Colyn’s mission in England outlining eight proposed German concessions including Belgium restoration and Alsace Lorraine autonomy. The Daily Mail notes the envoy’s efforts yield no progress and a Dutch financier returns with no results.
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China
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M. IP
Derby
France
Japan
America
Mutiny Spreads in Austrian Slovenian Districts
An uprising grows across Slovenian districts in Austria with rapid mutiny. German and Slovenian clashes reportedly end in bloodshed as sources from Serbia are cited by Reuters.
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Austria
London
Reuter's Limited
Senate approves wartime sedition bill amid protests
The Senate agreed to the conference report on the espionage act amendments and the so called sedition bill. It would impose up to 20 years in prison or a 10000 dollar fine for disloyal or seditious writings during the war. The final vote was 48 to 26 along party lines.
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Senate
Department of Justice
United States
Hardwick
Georgia
Reed
Missouri
Stricken as Guests Dine at Park Avenue Dinner
New York May 6 112 of the French Blue Devils were guests at dinner in a Park Avenue hotel. Host Charles Sargent aged over seventy and son in law Ripley Hitchcock arranged the affair. Hitchcock was stricken with heart disease as he welcomed guests and died at the start of the feast. The host later learned of the tragedy.
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New York
Charles
Mr. Sargent
Ripley
Ripley Hitchcock
British losses total 86 262 for last week
London May 6 official lists show British casualties last week total 86 262. Officers 522 killed 6 084 wounded 28 004 missing 679.
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London
NO PEACE MOVE SAYS POPE
Rome reports no favorable occasion for a peace move by Pope Benedict has appeared nor is one near. Vatican statement cites his efforts to remain impartial, limit war's horror, and work to restore concern and brotherhood among peoples. It warns against predicting new action without a propitious moment.
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Benedict
Vatican
Huns Gather in Mexico Amid Propaganda Drive
Official advices state Germany is gathering men from South and Central America in Mexico including escaped interned sailors. The objective is to use them for propaganda and to organize a fighting force in the region for wartime aims.
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Germany
Washington
South
Central America
Mexico
American Aviator Downed Sixth Enemy Plane
Paris reports Sergeant Bayliss of the American air service attached to the French air force has shot down his sixth enemy aircraft. In Pittsburgh Bishop Franklin Hamilton of the Methodist Episcopal Church died at his home from pneumonia. Hamilton gained international fame in 1901 for a sermon addressing the private character of King Edward II.
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Bayliss
King
Pittsburgh
Franklin Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Imeumenia
Hamilton
King Edward
England
Attack on Unsinkable Ship Sparks Legal Action
A British sea captain arrived in Mobile Alabama declaring the steam ship Lucia, recently praised as unsinkable, was attacked at sea by a German submarine. The vessel reportedly had its smokestacks blown away by shell fire but no casualty details could be confirmed.
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Lucia
Mobile
Ala
Navy Death Rate Sets Low Mark in Navy History
Incomplete reports to Surgeon General ralsted show the week ending April 27 had the lowest death rate in navy history. The general health rate improved and contagious diseases were far below normal.
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Navy
Washington
Ralsted
Navy Medical Corps
Noted French Novelist Georges Annet Dies in Paris
Georges Annet, renowned French novelist, has died in Paris. The author, celebrated for his literary works, passed away on the date reported, leaving a significant mark on French letters.
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Paris
Georges Annet
British Gain on Somme As Australian Drub Germans
British forces advance along a front between the Somme and Ancre rivers near Morlancourt and take 200 prisoners. Australians report a 500 yard gain over 2 000 yards of front with 150+ German prisoners and light own losses as heavy shelling and artillery duels intensify on multiple fronts in Europe.
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Lys
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Vienna
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Trentino
Tyrol
Rome
Italian War Office
Piave
France
Entente
Yankee Dies Leading Men in May Frontline Action
Maj. A. Rasmussen of Portland Oregon was killed by a German shell while leading reconnaissance. Rasmussen and Lt. Col. Griffiths, who fell last week on the front, previously served in the Canadian American Legion before joining the American Expeditionary Force.
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Portland
Ore
Montdidier
Rasmussen
Griffiths
American Expeditionary Force
Gough Praises Irish Troops In Fifth Army Retreat
In a Belfast letter to the lord mayor General Sir Hubert Gough reviews the Fifth Army retreat from St Quentin. He credits Irish troops with steadfast fight and says despite being outnumbered early and later, their tenacity saved Britain and France by delaying German offensives and enabling reserve arrivals.
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Ireland
Hubert Gough
St. Quentin
Genersl Gough
Pitth
Great Britain
France
Ukrainians Would Not Welcome Germans as Liberators
The Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna condemns German and Austrian conduct in Ukraine. It says Ukrainians will view occupying troops as a military regime seeking food for the central powers, deepening Russophile sentiment and reducing Ukraine’s separation from Russia to the duration of Austro German presence. Bolshevik demands on Vladivostok consuls prompt no official reply from Ambassador Francis and French Ambassador Noulens in Moscow.
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Ukraine
Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Russia
Moscow
Vladivostok
Francis
Noulens
Tehitcherin
Count von Mirbach
Siberian
Schwab and Fletcher rally Hog Island shipyard workers
Charles M. Schwab and Senator Duncan A. Fletcher addressed several thousand Hog Island shipyard workers in Philadelphia. Schwab praised the workers, stressed shared responsibility and credit, and spoke of encouragement over criticism in supporting the war effort.
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Philadelphia
Charles M. Schwab
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Hog Island
Mr. Schwab
Tam
Dismissal of Habeas Corpus Protest in WWI Era
Federal court decrees dismissing habeas corpus proceedings by Robert Cox of Missouri to block his sending to France were sustained by the Supreme Court. Cox was later sent to France and motions to hold Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood in contempt for permitting the transfer while the appeal was pending were refused.
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Washington
Norway loses more ships in April war toll
The Norwegian legation in Washington reports April war losses total ten vessels of 14 704 tons and 20 seamen. Through April Norway has suffered 1 115 919 tons sunk and 1 006 seamen killed with about 1000 more men aboard vessels mirning, two thirds of whom are war losses.
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Washington
Norway
Mystery of Stella Johnson Death Sparks Joint Inquiry
Reported in May 1966, Mrs Stella Johnson aged 20 died after a late night joy ride when she fell from a speeding car. Authorities from the military and civil side investigate the companions said to be student aviators from a local ground school or Chanute field. Her husband, returning home, learned she was dead, and she left small children.
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