Censor Creel Sets Out Rules for Newspapers
Washington May 27 The Committee on Public Information led by George Creel releases a preliminary statement to the press proposing voluntary regulations for the periodical press during the war The note urges publicity of information to the people while warning against discussing ally or neutral differences and enemy propaganda News releases emphasize transparency and oppose strict private censorship while noting the administration’s push for a criminal statute.
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Washington
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Departments of State
Nav
Department of State
England
Germany
Creel
Hite
Corps of Washington
Senate
Reel
Wilson
Webb
House Committee On the Judiciary
Congress
House of Representaties
Committee On Pubic Information
Cree
United States
Destructive tornadoes kill 143 across six states
Tornadoes rip through central and eastern Illinois and western Indiana killing dozens and injuring hundreds. Mattoon and Charleston suffer extensive damage with 92 known dead. reports from Dyersburg Tennessee Bondurant Kentucky Dub Lin Kentucky and other towns indicate multiple fatalities and widespread destruction.
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Illinois
Indiana
Germans Plan to Deport Belgian Women Next
The Belgian authorities released a German order showing Mons must supply one young man to a cavalry barracks by noon the next day, with 300 marks due for each missing recruit. Indications suggest deportations may extend to women as Germans census women and girls as well as men.
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Mons
Tornado Toll Forces Mattoon Relief Effort in Central Illinois
Mattoon and Charleston in central Illinois face extensive damage after a Saturday tornado that killed more than 100 in the region. About 2,000 people are homeless, 54 dead in Mattoon, 38 in Charleston, with many injured and missing. Emergency crews distribute shelter in public buildings and Peterson Park as property losses top 2 million dollars.
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Mattoon
Charleston
Duquoin
Murphysboro
Dublin
Graves County
Hondurant
Dodd
Bondurant
Memphis
Hickman
Dyersburg
Dyer County
Tenn
Tims Point
Blytheville
Ark
Clear Lake
Sayre
Ala
Birmingham
Ilinois
Indiana
Peterson Park
Dstricta
Springfield
Denman Rebukes Goethals Over Ship Policy Talk
Denman defends wooden ship plan and denies rift with Goethals while warning no capitalist group can provoke a quarrel. He stresses the Shipping Board’s aim to defeat the German submarine campaign and notes Congress will decide the $750 million shipbuilding bill amid public contention.
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Shipping Board
Washington
Berlin
Steel Trust
Denman
Congress
Afernoon
Mir
Goethals
Senate
Treasury Department
Council of National Defense
Department of Commerce
Army
Navy
Department of Labor
General Goethals
Mr. Denman
Clemenceau Pleads For Col Roosevelt In War Plea
Clemenceau urges President Wilson to bring Roosevelt to the battlefront promising that American intervention will hasten peace. He praises Roosevelt as a key leader whose presence would lift Allied morale and emphasizes public support for deploying four volunteer divisions. The plea centers on uniting U.S. action with French aims.
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New York Times
Georges Clemenceau
Cabie Paris
Homme Enchainé
Wilson
Tam
United States
Atlantic
France
Roosevelt
Creat
Senate
Congress
Poilus
McAdoo Reports West Rally for Liberty Loan Push
Secretary McAdoo returned from a Westward tour praising patriotic unity and strong support for the Liberty Loan. He warned against overoptimism but urged continuous effort to reach as much as possible, noting Minneapolis house to house canvass sold 10,000,000 in bonds and urging at least 1.8 billion dollars from the new revenue bill. The trip covered Chicago to Columbus with bankers and business leaders backing the effort.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
West
Liberty Loan
Secre
Sam
United Purpose
America
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Denver
St. Joseph
Omaha
Topeka
Kansas City
Columbus
Ohio
Central West
United States
Quebec in a Ferment Over Conscription
Montreal reports widespread anti conscription demonstrations and growing tension as authorities consider martial law. Protests, clashes with soldiers, and police interventions mark a volatile scene with both government resolve and Quebec resistance evident.
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Quebec
Blondin
Wilfrid Laurier
Martin
Louis Letourneau
Quebec East
Montreal
Mayor Hall
Leprechon
Cer
Spanish Mail Steamer Co. de Elzaguirre Sunk With Heavy Loss
London dispatch reports the Spanish steamer Co. de Elzaguirre sinks in five minutes after a sea disaster. About eighty to one hundred thirty five dead or missing, including the Spanish Consul at Colombo, as survivors endure foul weather in a small boat. Begona and other vessels also involved in related sinking reports.
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Reuter
Colombo
Ceylon
Madrid Rally Shows Spanish Sympathy for the Allies
In Madrid the Entente friendly gathering at Plaza de Toros drew about 25 000 supporters amid a German counterdemonstration ban. Speeches by Progressive leaders including Miguel de Unamuno praised Allied aims and a final resolution urged Spain to declare its sympathy with the Allies. Several arrests followed, and a shot was fired at Republican Deputy Alejandro Larroux as the crowd dispersed.
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Madrid
Paris
Plaza de Toros
Progressive Party
Spain
Miguel [Onamuno
Salamanca University
Alejandro Larroux
German Confidence in U Boat War Wavers
A London Dispatch notes German press reacting to Lloyd George's House of Commons speech on submarine warfare. The Cologne Volkzeitung questions English rejoicing over reduced U-boat danger while France faces a grave economic outlook presented by Minister Violette. Continued on Page 32.
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New York Times
Amsterdam
London Daily Chronicle
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
Cologne Volkzeitung
England
Violette
France
Germans Execute Mother and Daughter on Frontier
Geneva reports a case akin to Edith Cavell involving Mme Pfeister and her daughter aged twenty two who admitted smuggling letters from Alsatian families to Switzerland. They were executed at Mikhausen after being charged as spies, the mother witnessing her daughter's death.
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Geneva
la Suisse
Mias
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Mme. Pfeister
Switzerland
Mikhausen
New War Inventions Expected in Germany
Copenhagen May 27 A London dispatch reports spy hunts and safeguards against leaks as Germany tightens cross border information flow. Five frontier meeting sites are named for furloughed soldiers and families while alien workers are barred from factories making airships submarines explosives and close range weapons.
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Copenhagen
London
Germany
Rights of Soldiers Defined by Kerensky
Petrograd May 27 report on a war ministry announcement bringing into force new rights for soldiers under the Provisional Government. Paragraphs grant freedom of conscience and political opinion, allow civilian clothes off duty, abolish obligatory salutes, and require trial before punishment though commanders may restrain troops during war. Kirensky urges troops to uphold liberty and duty forging iron discipline.
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Petrograd
Kerensky
London
Heuter
Vetrograd
Germans Jubilant Over Big Catch Of Fish
Copenhagen reports Germany enjoys an oversupply of fish from Baltic catches and imports. Newspapers urge eating more fish now freely available and cheap. Denmark advises limiting shipments as German authorities cut grain and ration potatoes amid shortages.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Baltic Sea
Denmark
Severe earthquake rattles Southern California
A severe earthquake shook Southern California tonight with strong impacts in Brawley Imperial County. In a local school during exercises several women and children fainted prompting a panic but a disaster was narrowly averted.
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Los Angeles
California
Brawley
Imperial County
Italians Break Through On Trieste Front Near Medeazza
Italian forces smashed Austro Hungarian lines between Jamiano and the Gulf of Trieste and advanced to a few hundred yards from Medeazza. North of Plava they seized Hill 368 and the Palkova valley heights, linking Monte Cucco with Hill 363 defenses. About 1,200 prisoners and 11 guns were taken, with bombing raids continuing on enemy lines and a machine enemy aircraft shot down.
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Palkova Valley
Monte Cucee
Jamiano
Montfalcone
Duino
San Giovanni
Medeazza
Castagnevizza
Goriata
Gargaro
Britovo
Plava
Palliova
Monte Cucco
San Lucia
Tolmino
Hrntove
Vertotba
Italian Outposts Close to Trieste After Vecent Battle
Italian Sev enth Army Corps holds a line near Medeazza about 20 000 yards from Trieste after a day of bombardment and counterattacks. The Hermada stronghold proved a focal point as Italian forces pressed the new line south from Jamiano and fought through heavy artillery fire toward Hermada.
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Newyork Times
Omyaat
New York Times
Carso
Seventh Army Corps
Medeazza
Triest
Italy
Jamiano
Hermada
Gunpit
Monte Kuk
Trieste
Corso
Monte Santo
Gorizia
Austrans
Farmiiano
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