Ohio Plans County Food Crop Command Under War Measures
Columbus April 14 Ohio to mobilize farm work under martial law if needed to seed every acre. Each county will appoint a food crop commissioner with agents in townships. Commissioners to act with war commissions. teachers urged to plant plots for school credit. governors and groups promise full cooperation. Arch C. Krimph, Rotary leader, pledges support.
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United States
Ohio
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His Last Goodbye French Soldier Returns to Trenches
A French soldier prepares to return to the trenches as his family bids him farewell. The article notes the strain of war on loved ones and the resolve of those left behind, highlighting the personal cost amid ongoing hostilities.
Russian Foreign Minister Congratulates Wilson on War Entry
Professor Paul Milinkov, Russia's foreign minister, cabled President Wilson to praise America's entry into World War I. He lauded the United States joining the cause of liberty and justice, and pledged support for the new world democracy against autocracy and militarism.
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Washington
Paul Milinkov
Wilson
America
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Germany
Hospital ships Salta and Gloucester Castle sunk in English Channel
London reports on April 14 that the hospital ship Salta was sunk by a mine in the English Channel on April 10 with fifty two drowned, while the Gloucester Castle was torpedoed without warning on March 30 and its wounded saved. A German submarine torpedoed the Gloucester Castle, and Monte Protegido was sunk off the European coast. Tivatha was torpedo floed sailing from Salonika to New York without cargo.
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Salta
English channel
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Gloucester Castle
Athens
Tivatha
Saloniky
New York
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Little Opposition To War Revenue Bill
Washington April 14 Hours of debate on the seven billion dollar war revenue bill in the house showed so little opposition that passage by an almost unanimous vote seemed certain. Senate action likely early next week. Amendments limiting foreign loan distribution to actual wartime enemies will be added. The measure contemplates a five billion dollar bond issue to fund loans to allies and a two billion certificate issue for war expenditures. Interest on all issues is sixteen percent.
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Washington
house
senate
Secrtars McAdoo
Germany
Lenroot
Wisconsin
secretary of the treasury
Kitchin
United States
Purpose of the Approaching International War Council
Washington April 14. The international war council to assemble here within the week will largely aim to help the United States avoid the mistakes of allied entry into war. American officials from all departments will meet foreign commissioners, study lessons from the war, and draft broad principles to marshal U S forces efficiently for the struggle. The talks may cover the United States stance toward final peace terms and envisage entente powers agreeing to terms that warrant unfettered U S participation.
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International War Council
Washington
Great Britain
France
United States
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tein
War Vote Split Maps Black and White Sections
The piece lists representatives who voted against the war with Germany, naming lawmakers by state led by Jeannette Rankin. It notes their districts shown in black on a map while pro war districts appear in white, with many names from Alabama California Colorado Illinois Michigan Missouri Minnesota Nebraska Nevada North Carolina New York Ohio South Carolina South Dakota Texas Washington Wisconsin and others.
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House
Montana
Mias Jeannette Rankin
Germany
union
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
Meyer London
New York
Isaac R. Sherwood
Ohio
Dominick
South Carolina
Tomlinson Picked as Blue Sky Commissioner in Ohio
Columbus reports Governor Cox approved W H Tomlinson as assistant blue sky commissioner with a 3000 salary. Also notes a fatal accident at a farm in Kinsman and a near lynching of Peter Boni in Dillonvale for desecrating the flag. Ohio National Guard to form new infantry and cavalry units pending War Department approval.
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Tomlinson
Columbus
Cox
Berg
W. H. Tomlinson
blue sky
blue sky” department
Steubenville
Peter Boni
Dillonvale
Ohio national guard
Ohio
Baker
Americans Leave Vienna in Mass Exfiltration
Washington reports that Joseph Grew as American chargé d affaires in Vienna cabled the State Department that the Vienna embassy staff and all American consular attaches across Austria Hungary are departing Vienna for home. They will travel via Switzerland and Paris.
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Vienna
Washington
Joseph
Grew
state department
Austria-Hungary
Switzerland
Paris
British Gains and Prisoner Toll in Arras Offensive
British forces shattered German defenses along a broad front around Arras and St. Quentin, seizing six villages near Vimy and Ancres and extending control toward Lens. Prisoners total over 15,000 with 166 guns captured as French and British troops push toward the Hindenburg Line while German thrusts are repulsed. Additional fronts show activity in Galicia and Austro Italian sectors, with arrests of German-descent bankers in El Paso for arms conspiracy.
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selac
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Givenen-en-Gobeile
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Arras-Cambrai
Wancourt
Jlindenburg
Havrincourt
Somme
Paris
Berlin
Angres
Givenchy-en-Genelia
Galicia
Sokal
Bystritza
Petrograd
Baseball scores from American and National leagues
On the diamond reports show American League action with Chicago defeating St Louis 4 to 1 in a game featuring Veotnloh and Balteies with strong pitching by Schalk. National League notes Chicago beating Pittsburgh with Mamanti and Carleon on the mound. Cincinnati hosts St Louis with bats and pitchers delivering in a tight contest.
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St Toale
VEOTNLOHO
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Schalk
Nae
Tfale
Regulating Food Prices and Production in War Effort
Washington reports intensive development plans for U S food production to meet the war with Germany. President Wilson and Secretary Houston discussed federal power to regulate and fix prices if needed and to license large distributors, with Congress to be urged to pass the necessary bills.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Houston
Germany
St. Louis
congress
retary Slouston
Germany to Extend War Zone to All North Atlantic
Washington reports indicate Germany plans to declare a war zone extending to the entire North Atlantic, promising to sink all vessels in that area. Officials cite confidential diplomatic reports as prompting the move to curb neutral trade with the United States and disrupt transportation of supplies. The announcement was reportedly decided after the U.S. entry into the war. Chairman Adamson seeks wartime power to seize railroads and telegraph networks, with president's approval noted as submitted.
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Washington
Germany
north Atlantic ocean
United States
sondstums
Butone
Adamson
house
interstate commerce commates
Germany ships used to speed up shipping board program
Washington April 14 press reports say a cabinet discussion leads to a bill to boost the 50 million dollar Shipping Board appropriation and grant authority to seize German merchantmen in U S ports. The plan includes repairing German ships, deploying two Manila docked vessels, and expanding transatlantic cargo to aid Entente allies with vast shipyard contracts and new allocations potentially reaching 250 million overall.
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Washington
congress
shipping board
treasury department
McAdam
Philippine
Manila
United States
Pacific
Panama canal
scla
Russia
France
England
President Wilson backs Red Cross funding drive
Washington April movements to fund the American Red Cross for soldiers and noncombatants. Wilson plans a national Red Cross day in May and has telegrammed leading men across the country to aid the effort. A meeting at the American Red Cross offices in Washington is urged for April 21 with a small committee to coordinate the drive.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Wilson
Red Cross
Sniper Shoots Guardsman at Elka New Task
Private Murphy of California guardsmen was fatally wounded in an ambush during a trans tal at Elka New. The shooting occurred as guardsmen watched a railroad channel in the Store tas area.
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