Meeting of Veterans Object Lesson to American Youth
Washington May 14 veterans of the United Confederate veterans plan to hold their 27th annual reunion in June in the capital. Col Robert N Harper leads the effort and endorsed by Union veterans with letters from Gen Eli Torrance and Col Myron Parker praising cross party reconciliation and youth education.
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Washington
United Confederate Veterans
Robert N. Harper
Soldiers of Dixie
Tanner
Mron M. Parker
Grand Army of the Republic
Eli Torrance
Minneapolis
Minn
United States
Lee
Jackson
Minnesota
Arlington
Col. Herbert
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Alabama
Torrance
Burnside
Rappahannock
Appomattox
Grant
Hawley
McKinley
L. C. Lamar
John B. Gordon
Andrew Cowan
Myron M. Parker
Geo. P. Harrison
America
Comrades In Blue
Mirage delays advance on Egyptian front during World War I era
A Cairo report says operations at the Diaia front paused by a mirage. The note notes thirst heat and mist as ancient factors affecting Far Eastern campaigns, with references to Sinai Mesopotamia and past campaigns by Napoleon and Alexander.
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Cairo
Diaia Front
Sinai
Mesopotamia
Joshua
Alexander
Napoleon
Base Hospital for Canadians May Open in Liverpool
Base Hospital for Canadian troops planned in Liverpool with space for at least 1500 convalescent soldiers. The site, currently owned by church interests, comprises sixteen churches ready to convert for wartime medical use.
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Liverpool
Church Interests
North Carolina Commencement to Hear Baker and Daniels
Chapel Hill May 14 officials announce that Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels will speak at UNC commencement on June 6. President Edward K. Graham calls for a patriotic celebration and loyalty to the government.
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Chapel Hill
Newton D. Baker
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
University of North
Memorial Hall
University
Baker
Daniels
School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina
Pharmacy School
North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
Carolina
Department of Pharmacy
Army and Navy
Fort Oglethorpe
Cavalry
Aviation
Army
Navy
J. B. Bullitt
Government Circular Promises Free Voting Rights
President Carranza announces the government is not backing any candidate and assures citizens full freedom to vote. He says governors were removed and elections postponed in some states to prevent influence on voters.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Typhoid Outbreak Investigated in Haywood County
State epidemiologist Dr. A M R Crouch was sent to Canton Haywood county to lead the typhoid outbreak investigation. Reports indicate 18 to 25 cases with actions planned to locate the source and curb spread. The new health department law creates county quarantine officers and empowers the bureau of epidemiology to enforce disease control measures.
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Raleigh
A. McR. Crouch
Canton
Haywood County
Crouch
Boarch of Health
Department of Health
General Assembly
State Department
State Board of Health
Bureau of Epidemiology
Diplomatic Legation 620 Anchored Near Piraeus
Athens May 14. A ship marked His Majesty's Legation K-620 anchored near Salamis serves as a diplomatic vessel for British Russian Serbian Belgian and Romanian legations that left Athens after the December ultimatum. The ship houses ministers staff families and aides with a central saloon as the hub for negotiations and correspondence amid a multilingual toiling crew.
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Athens
Piraeus
Salamis
Legation
Roya
Piraey
Entente
Constantine
Noah
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Belgium
Rumania
Serbia
Maharajah Rejects British republican plan for empire
The Maharajah of Bihaar denounces a London letter proposing a republic for the British empire. He vows to uphold the imperial system, speaking for Indian princes, the army, and the masses, and rejects any weakening of governance. He says Indian leaders and people will repudiate the idea.
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London
Mpire
England
Biharr
India
Abolition of State Governorships in Australia Likely
The New South Wales government contemplates ending British appointments for state governors as Sir Gerald Strickland retires. If NSW persuades the Colonial Office, the move may extend to all six states, ending a long standing post. The report notes Speaker’s batting hiatus did not affect his average.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Gerald Srickland
Colonial Office
Special committee to distribute captured guns postwar
London notes a special war office committee to collect and distribute captured guns. The trophies will go to home districts of the captors, with a considerable number slated for shipment to Canada.
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London
War Office
Canada
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Ceneral Torrance
Secretary of War
Secretary of Navy
Helen Holmes
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Hearst-Pathe Weekly
W. B. Reduso
Reduso
W.B. Inform
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Nant
Tris Speaker
Sisson Motor Supply Co
High Point
N. C
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