Gulliver’s power to shift war ships discussed
A May Washington dispatch imagines Gulliver’s industrial reach turning the tide by building a massive submersible cargo fleet and war materiel. The piece critiques U S war power delays, calls for swift action to commandeer shipyards, and questions congressional limits on mobilization while noting Hoover era debates on national preparedness and control of resources.
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Sericea Day
Americas
Gulliver
Gantry
Commissea
Golliver
Congress
Shipping Board
Fire Alarm Costs Boy’s Life at Wagon Mave Station
A boy ran to see a wagon move at a station and was killed. The accident occurred near his home at 1467 venth Street as a faulty alarm or device malfunction contributed to the fatal incident.
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Venth Street
Rintelen and two others guilty in munition plot
Captain Franz Rintelen the Kaiser's agent and two allies were found guilty of conspiring to halt munitions shipments to the Allies by inflaming strikes via Labor's National Peace Council. Jurors later deadlocked on four co defendants including Buchanan Fowler Taylor and Schulters with sentencing set for 3 pm.
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Franz Rintelen
David Lamar
Wolf
Wall Street
Monty B. Martin
National Peace Council
Frank Buchanan
Chicago
H. Robert Fowler
Elizabethtown
Ill
Jacob L. Taylor
Orange
N. J
Buchanan
Herman Schulters
East Orange
Rintelen
Cushman
Rintesen
Atlanta
Aiready
Hie
United States
Lamar
M Hiim
Kirkwall
Lars
Labor
Bethlehem Steel
Remington Arms
Kirkwat
Fowler
Taylor
Roosevelt Disbands Army Of 285000 Volunteers
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt formally disbanded his volunteer army of 285000 amid President Wilson’s stance against organized divisions for immediate combat. He urged volunteers to serve in any capacity, thanked supporters, and noted the aim to aid war efforts while prioritizing public interest over personal gain.
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France
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Wilson
Washington
Baker
Oyster Bay
New York
John C. Groome
Pennsylvania
Pershing
Brooklyn Eagle
General Staff
U. S. to Rush Work on Big Flying Fleet
Coffin to head aircraft board as the United States moves to accelerate development of a large air fleet. The appointment signals a swift push to organize production and military aviation efforts amid wartime needs.
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U. S
Coffin
Aircraft
United States
George C. Squire
D. W. Taylor
Bureau of Construction
S. D. Walden
Packard Motor Car Company
B.A. Deeds
National Cash Register Company
Miami
U.S
A. K. Atkins
J. H. Towers
C. Hunsaker
E. S. Gorrell
Vienry Souther
Signal Corps
Aircraft Board
Russia to Save Invaded Lands Says Premier
Premier pledges to defend occupied territories and uphold a stance against annexation while signaling readiness to engage in stabilizing actions across Ukraine's disputed regions amid ongoing conflict. The pledge frames Moscow's position on territorial claims and future negotiations.
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Russia
British Open Drive For Douai Shatters Hindenburg Line
British forces press the offensive along the Arras front and push toward Douai. South of the Scarpe river the Hindenburg line collapses as Haig’s troops capture trenches and advance toward Fontaines les Croisilles and Queant. German counter moves falter as Allied artillery maintains intense bombardment across a wide 15 mile front.
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London
Haig
Arras
Searne
Hindenburg
Bullecourt
Fontaine-les-Croisilles
War Office
Scarpe Valley
Acheville
Oppy
Douai
Queant
Fontaineres
Croisilles
Woten
Fonteine
Heninel
Fontaine
Hullecourt
Arleux
Queant-Drocourt
Wotan
Line
France
Chemin des-Dames
Cerny
Britain Has Grain For Twelve Weeks
London reports Kennedy Jones, Director of Food Economy, says the United Kingdom has grain stock to last twelve weeks. He spoke in Edinburgh noting that as this stock exhausts the new harvest will be available, with the coming year's output covering about twenty four weeks of consumption.
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Great Britain
Canada
United States
London
United Kingdom
Kennedy Jones
Food Economy
Edinburgh
Teutons Rebuffed in Two Attacks on Russians
British dispatch from Petrograd reports two Teuton assaults on Russian lines below Riga and at Kelacem near Mitau repulsed. Attacks on the Romanian front near Koverka by the Bystritza valley were dispersed by artillery. Two Turkish and Kurdish companies were repulsed near Bitlis in Armenia.
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Teuton
Riga
Kumsnia
Petrograd
Mitau
Kelacem
Koverka
Bystritza
Bitlis
Armeni
Spain Suspends German Relations Over Patricio Sinking
Madrid reports the Spanish government has suspended all diplomatic business with Germany after a German submarine attack on the steamer Patricio. The note demands replies to prior protests, adherence to safety-zone assurances, and compensation for the Patricio incident.
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Madrid
Germany
Patricio
French Troopship Colbert Sunk in Mediterranean
The French steam ship Colbert carrying military passengers was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on April 30 by a German submarine. Fifty one people died including the auxiliary commander Lieutenant Commelin who led the vessel and had been given a high honor. The sinking was announced by the French Admiralty stating the ship was in Admiralty service and carried military passengers.
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Colbert
Mediterranean
Paris
Admiralty
Commelin
Targedy
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