French Take Grivesnes Park on Somme Front
French forces recaptured Grivesnes Park five miles north of Montdidier after a brief clash, taking 250 prisoners amid intense fighting. British also regained ground near Albert in Picardy, while German assaults elsewhere were repulsed as the Amiens bombardment intensified.
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London
Aveluy Wood
Albert
Vimy
Rebecq
Dickebush
Haig
Grivesnes Park
Somme
Montdidier
Park
Cantigny
Amiens
Delia Radcliffe
Ypres
Voormezeele-Loere
Mount Kemmel
Picardy
Bouzincourt
Flanders
Paris
Haines
Americans Repel German Attack Amid Heavy Artillery Fire
In Picardy May 11 American artillery blasted Cantigny church and nearby fortifications at Fontaine Sous Montdidier Courtemanche and Mesnil St Georges. German efforts to seize American positions failed with two dead on the wires and no American casualties. Two infantry units received the French war cross after repelling a German assault April 14 north of St Mihiel despite enemy disguises and gas alarm cries.
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Voormezeele
la Clytte
Berlin
Picardy
Cantigny
Fontaine- Sous-Montdidier
Courtemanchd
Mesnil-St. Georges
St. Mihiel
PLEDGE ALL TO WIN VICTORY
London May 11 the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom replies to a cablegram from the United States chamber of commerce stating that US business men back their president and government with every resource and dollar and the UK business men share the same resolve.
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London
Association of Chambers of Commerce of
United Kingdom
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
French Advance in Locа Salient Amid Artillery Duel
Paris May 11 French forces pushed their lines forward in the Locа salient as heavy artillery fire continued on the Amiens front. The success comes amid renewed clashes with enemy positions along the eastern sector near Lucre.
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Loca Salient
Paris
Lucre
Amiens
Capture of Five American Officers Reported
Washington announces five American officers captured on May 11 including one captain and four lieutenants. The casualty list confirms their capture during ongoing hostilities.
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Washington
British Raid Sinks Vindictive to Block Ostend Zeebrugge
Allied forces report sinking the obsolete cruiser Vindictive filled with concrete to close Ostend harbor. One British motor launch lost with light casualties. Berlin says Ostend blockade failed. Zeebrugge bombardment by Allied aircraft reported with two enemy planes shot down.
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London
Ostend
Admiralty
Vindictive
Zebrugge
Vindict
Zeebrugge
Mole
Alfred Carpenter
Chatham
Dover
Berlin
German Gas Growing Weaker On French Front
American troops fighting with French along the Picardy front report a German gas shell bombardment near Amiens that killed one American and mildly affected others. Observers say German gas appears to be weakening due to material shortages.
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Amiens
Picardy
Hitchcock Named New Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations
Washington May 10 Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska was named chairman of the senate foreign relations committee succeeding the late Senator Stone in a Democratic reshuffle after several Senate deaths.
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Nebraska
Stone
Washington
Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Powder Blast Kills Man in Newcastle Burton Works
One man died and several others were seriously injured in a Powder works explosion at Burton six miles from Newcastle. The incident occurred in May with details incomplete.
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Newcastle
Burton
National League scores and league results summary
National League results include Pittsburgh 4 New York 2 and St Louis 4 Cincinnati 5. American League games show New York 3 Detroit 6 and Chicago 6 innings, Boston 4 St Louis 1. Washington 2 Cleveland 8 called at darkness. American Association matches list Minneapolis 4 Kansas City 0 and Louisville 9 Toledo 0. St Paul 6 Milwaukee 0. Indianapolis 4 Columbus 7.
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Duatethes Isuks
Chicago Sbuhas Sesirecdeadss
Pittsburgh Stew
Cincinnatey
Tee
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Wood Cove
St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
Peden
Chicago
Washington Il
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Toledo
Minneapolis
Pittsburch
Cincinnati
Detroit
Washington
American Association
Louisville
Milwaukee
Draft quotas set for second WWI conscription by state
Washington announces state quotas for the second draft of 50000 men at 70.1 percent of Class 1 totals. The current Class 1 total is 2,421,480 with deferreds to be revisited, listing state by state figures such as California 19,846 Texas 84,204 New York 609,043 and Illinois 52,085.
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Crowder
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
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Kentucky
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Maryland
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Michigan
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New Mexico
New York
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North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Worming
Borglum Accused in Airplane Deal Amid Wilson Ties
Documents from official war files show sculptor Gutzon Borglum involved in negotiations to form a new aircraft company with Hugo Gibson and Kenyon Mix. Mix withdrew after suspicion, reporting to Howard Coffin as Borglum sought influence via President Wilson. Senate aviation inquiries planned to probe general and licensing issues, with investigations beginning soon.
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Washington
Gutaon Borglum
Borglum
Hugo Gibson
United States
Kenyon Mix
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin
Mix
Howard Coffin
Aircraft Production Board
War Department
Wilson
Henry Harrison Suplee
Harris
Suplee
Aircraft Board
Senate
Senate Military Committee
Thomas
Colorado
Hoover orders drive against high prices for flour substitutes
Food Administrator Hoover declares prices for corn meal barley flour and other substitutes for wheat flour are extortion. He directs dealers to sell substitutes 10 to 15 percent below wheat and 20 percent below in some cases warning wholesalers to stop overcharging and to curb retailers.
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Chicago
Hoover
Harry A. Wheeler
Washington
Russian Bolshevik envoy sentenced in Glasgow
In Edinburgh on May 11, John M. Lenn the Glasgow consul for the Russian Bolshevik government received five years penal servitude in the high court under the defense of the realm act for making speeches prejudicial to recruiting.
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Ross Glasgow
Edinburgh
John M.lenn
Glasgow
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United States District Attorney's Office
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Picardy Front
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Xenophon R. Wifley
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Gardner
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Army Quartermaster’s Department
Ordnance
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