President presses for new war tax laws in joint session
President Wilson personally announced the need for new war taxes and urged Congress to return to a full session to fund the war. He called for taxes on windfall profits and luxuries, warned against lobbying, and emphasized shared sacrifice without political folly. A brief extemporaneous remark noted a German drive, underscoring urgency.
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Congress
Washington, D
Whsen
Charse
Gala
White House
President's Message on Taxes and War Finances
The President appeals to Congress to extend sessions to finance the war, urging definite taxes for 1918 and not waiting until 1919. He warns against credit inflation, calls for early action, and emphasizes national unity, duty, and sacrifice to sustain military effort. The address stresses transparency, economy, and a broad tax base to fund increased expenditures.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Increase in Rail Rates Ordered During War
Washington May 27 Director General McAdoo ordered a substantial rise in rail charges to cover wage hikes and higher coal costs. Freight rates rise about 26 percent and passenger fares by about 3 cents per mile, boosting railroad revenues by an estimated 500 to 900 million dollars next year.
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Washington, D. C
Juan
MeaAdoo
United States
Interstate Commerce Confegsion
Tni
McAdoo
Pan Ordor
Railroad Men Gain Increases Under Adamson Law
Washington May 27 The Adamson act grants wage increases totaling about 300 million dollars yearly to nearly two million railroad workers in the United States with retroactive effect to January 1, 1918. The plan creates a three member board of railroad executives and three labor representatives to oversee the new pay rules.
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Uitroad
Libor
McAdoo
Defense rests in Grace Lusk murder trial at Waukesha
In Waukesha Wisconsin on May 27 the defense rested in the Grace Ask case charged with murdering Mrs Mary Newman Hobart. The trial nears verdict and evidence to counter the insanity defense began. Grace Jack guards her closely as third week opens with jury expected to decide soon.
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Waukesha
Wis
Grace Ask
Mary Newman Hobarts
Grace Jack
Lusk
Alaskan Patrol Forestall 1.W.W. IWW Agitation
Washington May 27 naval patrol to guard the Alaskan coast against agitation by IWW senders. In aviation news Lieutenant Paul F Baer of Mobile Alabama is reported missing as of May 22, believed possibly taken prisoner.
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Washington, D. C
Alaskan
Industrial Workers of the World
U.S
Parla
Paul F." Baer
Mobile
Ala
Allied line subjected to supreme German pressure at two points
German forces renewed a western front offensive advancing between Rheims and Soissons and on the Lys salient north of Belgium. Paris reports bombardment and heavy attacks, with British and French troops holding the front as German aims include reaching Channel ports and Paris, while the French and Belgian lines resist with renewed vigor amid shifting dispositions on the Aisne front.
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Soissons
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Lys Salient
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Paris
Somme
Amiens
Foch
London
War Office
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Laare
Voormezeele
Salient
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Loere
Voormezeek
France
Associated Press
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Ithetms
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Verdun
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Aisne
Corman
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Picardy
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Atrike
Arne
Olke
St. Quentin
Rector
Weather Shuffle Ohio Illinois Showers and Cooler Soon
The bulletin notes showers tonight and Tuesday with cooler air pushing in from the east and south. In Illinois the northern and central regions will see showers and cooler conditions, while the far north remains fair.
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Trronda Hllinois
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