War Department orders work or fight for draft age men
The War Department announces a sweeping work or fight rule effective July 1. Draft registrants must take useful work or be inducted, with local boards enforcing shifts from idleness to employment in services, retail, hospitality, and other jobs. The plan aims to prevent labor shortages and boost national production.
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The Red Cross Spirit Speaks
Poem by John H. Finley honoring the Red Cross wartime aid. The narrator kneels beside trenches and stretcher-bearers, mourning the dead and tending wounded soldiers Sammy Pierre and Jack. It portrays the Red Cross as a universal avatar of sacrifice and care beyond borders or nations.
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The Emblem of Human Mercy and Red Cross Duty
A public message extols the Red Cross as an emblem of mercy aiding both troops and civilians. It highlights expanded relief work for allies in war zones and calls for robust American funding to sustain its Europe relief efforts and support for servicemen.
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American Red Cross
Europe
Unlimited Army Draft Authorized by House Panel
Secretary Baker wins approval for an unlimited draft under the 1917 act, enabling the president to raise any number of men each fiscal year for the war. The bill totals about 12.03 billion dollars in cash and authorizations, with substantial funds for signal corps and aircraft. Baker calls the move a notice to the world that America's manpower is mortgaged to victory.
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House Appropriations Committee
British and German Air Raids Over France and Belgium
Allied and German air forces clash with heavy bombing of Paris hospitals and Mannheim. German raids on Paris repelled and one Gotha shot down near Verboresis. British and American pilots strike Lorraine Liege railways and airports, with fires at Mannheim and Liege.
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German Troop Revolt in Russia Suppressed
Washington dispatches report a German army division at Devinsk revolted when ordered to the Western front. Fifty men were executed and thousands imprisoned as insubordination was ruthlessly crushed. Other German troops in the area demonstrated in support.
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Hindenburg and Wilson in Race of Preparation
Premier Lloyd George predicts the greatest German offensive and frames a race between Hindenburg and Wilson. He urges the United States to rush maximum troops to the Western front immediately.
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Soldiers' checks ready for April allotments
Washington reports the war risk insurance bureau will mail all April pay and government allowances checks by Saturday night. London notes an enemy destroyer was sunk near Zeebrugge by a direct airplane hit, per the admiralty.
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