Desperate Irish plotters deported amid unrest reports
Reported across London and Ireland describe 73 Irish plotters moved from Kings Town to dispersal sites as crowds cheered departures. Observers note Sinn Fein detainees and nationalist leaders arrested while authorities claim the Irish situation is in hand, with protests limited to a few outbreaks and security forces patrolling Cork and Swinbereen.
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London
Kingstown
Ireland
Dabln
Contral
Lead
Wales
Sing Felvers
County
Tyrone
Viscount Proned
Barncourt Castle
Swibbereen
Cork
Sinn Feln
Treland
Sayes
Talen
de Vaulara
Sinn Pein Party
Aduiral von Capone
Germany
Helo Uuuic
Triste
Jaquet
Sters
Goel
Atte
Junin Millen
Jelev
Hind
Wilson
United States
Registration date set for youths aged 21
Washington reports a registration period from May 20 to June 6 for youths who reached twenty one since last year’s draft. The resolution authorizing the new registration awaits the president’s signature as the provost marshal general’s office proceeds with details.
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Washington
War Time Propaganda Speech Urges Public Duty
Fragmentary wartime message exhorting citizens to support the fight against Germany and defend American liberty, urging vigilance against un-American influences and calling on every man to prove their patriotism.
Preparations Complete for New Registration Plan
It is estimated that about 100000 dollars will be included in the new registration. In the coming year the plan is to have quarterly registrations.
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Firiually
Wreck Injures 34 on Camp Grant Interurban Train
At Rockford Alabama May 20 an interurban train wreck on the Harrison avenue curve left 34 injured, two seriously. One passenger was reported to have died.
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Rockford
Rockford, al
Camp Grant
Harrison Ave
Food Conservation Pep Talk Calls for Civic Help
A wartime exhortation urges voluntary food saving in America with calls to ration via wheat substitutes, hospital exceptions, and licenses for large institutions. It promotes cottage cheese as a protein and energy ally, notes sugar and flour waste, and cites village and county efforts to garden, urging every person to contribute to the war effort through prudent consumption and neighborly sharing.
Reading ability prompts statewide education drive
One seventh of Alabama youths aged twenty one to thirty one liable for the draft cannot sign their names and many cannot read. The state department of education outlines a large plan to teach literacy before service. Schools will open throughout the state.
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Alapuna
National Army
State Department of Education
Sliterttes
Mey
Army officer disrupts red tape in spruce production
In a Northwest forest scene, Colonel Disque drives rapid spruce output amid a controlled publicity stance. The interview reveals open access to facts on spruce production, with Disque noting improved rates from 2.6 million to 12.5 million feet monthly and stressing frank, direct communication within wartime program constraints.
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Theodore M. Knappen
New York Tribune
Stone
Sienal
General Squier
Stern
Army Aircrate
Palley
Cal. Bence PT. Disque
Disque
Colonel Disque
Portland
Fracee Corne Disque Admits Rule Violations
Fracee Corne Disque concedes breaking rules and scanning routines. He admits burning red tape and encroaching on the Inn. Despite this, he begins corrective actions and aims to ease the situation by organizing spruce cleanup.
Prisoners Use Talent in Jail Break Attempt at San Jose
Three inmates with varied skills planned a clever escape at San Jose jail. Wallace Gladstone, fresh from a prior escape, wove a rope from bedding to breach a fall, Carl Watkins, a painter, fashioned a painter’s cling to cut skylight bars, and Walter J. Wortan, a singer, boosted morale as the others hacked at the bars with a bread knife, but officers detected the plot before they could break free.
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San Jose
Wallace Gladstone
Carl Watkins
Gladstone
Walter J. Wortan
Opportunity to help win by extreme farming in 1918
Lloyd H. Nelson, a New Jersey farmer, declares it his duty to take full risks to boost food production. He leased two extra farms and plans to farm at the extreme limit, aiming to quadruple output if possible. He notes benefits of war work and urges others to join by combining recreation with production.
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Lloyd H. Nelson
New Jersey
U. S
Germany's Guilt Established From London Mission Memoir
Prince Lichnowsky recalls his 1914 London mission as Germany’s policy wrecked the effort, with tears at Aug. 2 and a belief that Berlin sought war. He asserts the British were not at fault and condemns German policy as fallacious and punishing.
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Rixlewett
Prince Karl Tichnowsky
London
Prince Lichnowsky
England
Germany
Asquitft
Berlin
Count Berchtold
What the Victory or Defeat of Germany Means to All Americans
Albert Payson Terhune argues that a German victory would erode America's national morale and faith in right, threatening the country’s history of liberty and its belief in fighting for principled causes. He warns defeat would undermine individual and national confidence in justice and the nation’s charitable aims.
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Germany
America
Needle in Foot Proves Needle Travel Far in Body
Assistant Police Surgeon Conarty of Los Angeles removed a needle embedded in the foot of Mrs Ida Graves after she stepped on it. An X ray located the broken point and showed it had moved nearly two inches from the original site. The needle was removed under anaesthetic at Receiving hospital.
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Conarty
Los Angeles
Ida Graves
Pioneer Sunday School Teacher Honored in Defiance County
Mrs Sarah M. Haver, longtime Sunday school educator from Rherwood, is celebrated as one of Ohio’s pioneer teachers. She taught for 53 consecutive years beginning in her teens, shaping generations in her community.
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Defiance County
Heny
Sarah M. Haver
Rherwood
Haver
Total Abstinence From Wheat Movement Spreads
Reports from Mount Gilead Ohio show Total Abstainers clubs forming amid war sentiment as pledges of wheat abstinence spread nationwide. Americans echo the Bible line that meat may offend a brother, pledging to forgo wheat until victory and security are guaranteed.
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Mount Gilead
Morrow County
Ohio
U-20AT Sunk by Its Own Mine Off English Coast
A German U boat on a mine laying run near the English coast was destroyed when a mine detonated inside the vessel. Seventeen German sailors perished. the submarine broke in two and later sank. A rescued German captain survived, later exposing the mine ordeal before villagers in a small seacoast town near London.
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London
Everett
Cantary
Wea
Prisoner's Letter Said to Hold Eerie War Tale
A young woman in East Tem Town near Kemp received a letter from a German prisoner claiming kindness and promising a keepsake watch. She later learned the attacker had his nose and ears cut off, a note suggesting the letter was a fabrication. The recipient lives in Nacogdoches, with Kemp residents aware of the tale's local circulation.
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Uving Nan East Teme
Kemp
Germany
Nacogdoches
Spain Protests Sinking of Vila Dell Salom incident
Madrid headlines a strong protest over the torpedoing of the Spanish steamship Vila Dell Salom near Mey 1. Officials condemn the attack and demand a full inquiry and retaliation options, as casualties and damage are reported from the incident.
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Spain
Madrid
Gon
Berl
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