Ford built submarine destroyers ready for summer work
The Navy takes up Henry Ford’s new steel submarine destroyer design. Naval architects favor the concept, contracts for several dozen vessels have been let, and Ford’s Detroit plant is under way building the boats for early summer delivery. The vessels will be motor driven with advanced armament and represent a hybrid of submarine chasers and destroyers.
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Warhington
Kenry Pord
Fond O
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Ford
Detroi
Ath
Suimintner
Smalgare
Navy Department
Raid on American Sector in France Ends in Casualties
In France, American forces suffered casualties after a German raid on a small American salient. Two soldiers were killed, four wounded, one seriously, and one captured. The assault began at 7 15 am amid heavy bombardment and a dying mist that concealed rockets and disrupted communications. The fighting was described as heroic in the face of superior odds.
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France
America
Whisky shortage warning sparks nation wide concern
Washington officials warn that rapid whisky consumption could exhaust all U S stocks by the summer of 1919. Only about 157 million gallons remain in warehouses and normal yearly demand runs about 100 million gallons. In Paris the chamber approves bread rations of 400 grammes per day after Socialist criticism.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Talkative Telegrapher Arrested in Vandalia
Frank Kelly a telegraph operator was arrested by federal authorities in Vandalia for alleged pro German utterances and opposition to the selective draft and Red Cross.
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Vandalia
Frank Kelly
Selective Draft
Red Cross
Torpedoed escort vessel Mecha nician wrecked in channel
The admiralty reports that the escort vessel Mecha nician was torpedoed and stranded in the English Channel becoming a total wreck. Three officers and 10 crew members were lost at sea.
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London
Admiralty
Mechanician
English Channel
Five Men and Woman Held in Detroit Detention
Federal agents detained five men and one woman in Detroit amid an investigation into alleged activities of Merkes Ali, reported as a figure described as a general in the Turkish army. The case involves suspected operations linked to Ali and related organizations.
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Detroit
Mich
Merkes Ali
Germans Issue Peace Ultimatum Amid Food Crisis
Zurich report in Vorwaerts says Berlin strikers have grown bolder and issued an ultimatum to the government. Demands include rapid peace with no indemnities, universal workers’ delegates in all nations, improved food distribution, end of siege, restoration of public meetings, dismantling militarized war factories, release of political prisoners, and democratization of state institutions, plus equal electoral suffrage by direct secret ballot.
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Zurich
Switzerland
VorWaerta
Berlin
Baker Before Congress Defends War Effort in 1918 Plans
Secretary of War Baker testified before the Senate Military Affairs Committee outlining plans to deploy more than 600000 American troops to France early in 1918 with 1500000 more ready by year’s end. He defended the War Department as Congress weighs war management amid calls for reform.
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Washington
United States
France
Spia
National Guard
National Army
War Baker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Chamberlain
Oregon
War Department
Russia's policy approves all measures and repudiate debts
A Russia government proclamation reports confidence in the national commissaries and approval of all measures enacted by them. It outlines rejections by the constituent assembly of land treaties, workers control, and the soldiers and workers republic, leading toward a federation and bank nationalization.
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Soldiers and Workmens Republic
Soldiers’ and
Workmen's Republica
Roads Must Cut Soft Jobs Under McAdoo Order
Director General McAdoo orders railroads to remove legislative and political agents and nonessential attorneys from payrolls. The move targets passes and will trim many well paid staff and hundreds of lawyers nationwide, reducing legal retainers under the new management.
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Washington
McAdoo
Senator Thompson Denies Involvement With Packers
Senator Thompson of Kansas defended himself against a federal inquiry into the packing industry. He denied handling Swift & Co business, rejected links to letters calling him “a good man,” and said no Gates campaign contributions were received. He supported congressional probes into the packing basin.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commissione
Thompson
Kansas
Biles of Swift & Co
Swift
Kansas City
W. H Gates
Cates
Gates
Packers
Prisoners' Pay Cut After Silent German Reply
Washington reports Germany has not answered the US proposal to swap pay for privileges for officers held in both nations. The War Department ends payments to German officers. A second inquiry into the Malvy case is approved by the high court. The Senate Commerce Committee votes to loosen railway control within a year after the war.
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Washington
Germany
United States
America
War Department
Parie
Malvy
Bolo Pasha
High Court
Senate Commerce Committee
Administration
Railroad war view from Hale Holden sparks talk in Chicago
Hale Holden of the federal railroad operating board urged government control at entry into the war and called for rationing of coal to ease the strain on rail lines. The piece notes the coal shortage and cross hauling concerns as trains face heavy demand. In Windsor Ontario, a Michigan Central collision left 12 injured and Thomas Catharyn, 24, believed dying, with 11 others seriously hurt in a work train collision.
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Chicago
Hale Holden
Federal Railroad Operating Board
Holden
Chicago Equal Sufrage Association
America
Windsor
Ont
Thomas Catharyn
Michigan Central
Government seeks confidence vote wrecked by Socialists
Amsterdam Berlin dispatch reports the Reichstag government desired a vote of confidence but a joint party meeting failed the proposal due to Socialist opposition.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Weser Zeitung
Reichstag
Supreme War Council Meets In Versailles Session
Versailles France Great Britain Italy and the United States attended a supreme war council presided by Georges Clemenceau The agenda included outlining operations for the coming campaign The US was represented by Gen Tasker H Bliss and diplomat Arthur Hugh Fra zier Other participants included Lloyd George Sir Henry Wilson Orlando Sonnino Cadorna Pichon Foch and Weygand Pershing reported four American service member deaths from natural causes including Hiram Murray of Ardmore Oklahoma and Ray M Waples of Nokomis Illinois.
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Versailles
France
Great Britain
Frince
Italy
United States
Supreme War Council
Georges Clemenceau
Tasker H Blvin
Staf
Arthur Hugh Frazier
Paris
Lloyd George
Henry Hughes Wilson
Orlando
Baron Sonnino
Cadorna
Stephen Pichon
Ferdinand Foch
Ministry of War
Maximo Weygand
Pershing
Washington
War Department
Hiram Murray
Ardmore
Ray M Waples
Nokomis
New York appoints first woman deputy police commissioner
Police Commissioner Wright appoints Mrs Ellen O Grady a Brooklyn probation officer as fifth deputy police commissioner in New York.
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New York
Wright
Ellen O'Grady
Brooklyn
President Wilson Proclaims Wheat Curtailed Diet Plan
President Wilson urges strict food conservation with two wheatless days weekly and a 30 percent cut in wheat use. The proclamation targets manufacturers bakers and consumers to reduce wheat products and encourage substitutes to support wartime overseas needs.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
Food Administration
Homer
Negro shoots a nurse in Chicago incident
Miss Helen Finnegan, 25, a nurse at Wesley Hospital, was shot and likely fatally wounded by a Negro attacker as she walked from the nurses sleeping quarters to work. In Washington, the Supreme Court set aside a federal court ruling denying the Knights of Lothins the right to raise assessments on endowment class life insurance.
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Chicago
Helen Finnegan
Wesley Hospital
Washington
Supreme Lodge of Knights of Lothins
Supreme Court
Tumulty Plans Senate Run If Hughes Retires
Joseph P. Tumulty, the president's secretary, will seek the U S Senate from New Jersey if Senator Hughes weighs out of the race due to health concerns.
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Tumulty
Senate
New York
Joseph P. Tumulty
U. S. Senate
New Jersey
Hughes
Eelp Cleanse Promises Natural Scalp Brilliance
Ad copy touts La Creole Hair Stressing as a solution to dull scalp and "ugly" balding. Claims steady use will rejuvenate hair and darken naturally with a low price of $1.00.
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Advice for Business Women From a Prudent Era
Fragmented advice piece offers guidance to women in business on social interaction with men, urging frankness, controlled tone, and careful presentation. It discusses attire, demeanor, and balancing assertiveness with politeness, framed as timeless etiquette for professional encounters.
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