Red Cross Drive Continues Says Davison In Oklahoma City
Campaigners vow to push on the Red Cross war fund drive as totals reach 1 184 from 17 171 pledges with daily reports showing large pledges from General Deas General Vesper and others. Captain Leslie Vickers reports meeting American Red Cross director Davison who urges a higher goal than 100 million to meet expanded needs in France.
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Oklahoma City
Vail Hickard T. Harris
Red Cross War Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Higdon
L. E. Phillips
Leslie Vickers
America
Independence
Kaw
Harriss
Phillips
St. I
Henry P Davison
National Red Cross
American Red Cross
France
Davison
Carn Re
British cabinet to get evidence of Irish plots
London May 25 dispatch in Dublin reports that evidence confirming the German plot in Ireland will be submitted to the British cabinet today. Edward Shortt, Ireland’s chief secretary, says publication will occur if it serves public interest, asserting arrests justified. delays blamed on new evidence found since arrests. Also notes a separate Chicago item: astronomer Octave Leon Petitidier, born in France sixty five years ago, died at his home.
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London
Ireland
Edward Shortt
Dublin
Oon
Times
Chicago
Octave Leon Petitidier
France
America
General Hoffman Baptized by Fire in France Action
Oklahoma City officer Gen. Hoffman writes a brief letter describing his actions in the fire zone in France. Judge J B A Roberton received the note the same day detailing Hoffman's bravery and service in the fighting.
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Gen. Hoffman
Ken Roy Hoffman
Oklahoma
France
J BA. Roberton
Tulge Roberton
Oklahoma City
British Aviators Rain Bombs on German Depots
British aerial operations Tuesday dropped over 1200 bombs on German depots and targets. Four large airfields near Ghent and Tournai were attacked. sixteen German aircraft were destroyed, two driven out of control, and two observation balloons destroyed. Three British planes are missing. Night raids hit Mannheim, Thionville, and Karthaus with two tons of bombs each. Dawn raids targeted Liege and the railway triangle with multiple fires and heavy bombs on Liege and Mets stations as all machines returned.
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London
Ghent
Tournai
Mannheim
Thionville
Karthaus
Liege
Mets
American Planes In Dozen Fights
American planes engaged in a dozen aerial combats over France with heavy activity reported northwest of the front. Allied forces attempted to down enemy aircraft as patrols clashed and air superiority efforts continued.
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France
Rose Stokes Case Deliberated By Jury In Espionage Charge
Kansas City May 23 The Rose Pastor Stokes espionage act case was handed to the jury at 2 25 this afternoon. The trial centers on alleged violations connected to wartime activities and political writings. The jurors will consider the evidence presented by both sides as the case goes to verdict.
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Kansas City
Rose Pastor Stokes
Italian and Wife Murdered in Bed in New Orleans
Police report a brutal double murder in New Orleans. Joseph Magkio, a keeper and merchant, and his wife were found killed in their beds with bodies cut to pieces by an axe. Robbery is suspected as the motive.
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New Orlane
Joseph Magkio
Eeper
Merchant
Generally Fair Weather Forecast
A brief weather bulletin notes generally fair conditions with partly cloudy to cloudy skies tonight and Friday. Hourly temperatures are listed with ambiguous markings, indicating minor changes, and regional figures seem inconsistent or garbled.
Thirty German Planes Raid Paris Injures Dozens
German aviators carried out another nighttime attack on Paris. Bombs fell at multiple sites, an official report states one person was killed and twelve were injured. About thirty German airplanes attempted to reach Paris.
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Paris
Parit
Ukraine capital torn by riots and siege near Kiev
On May 12 in Moscow a report from Associated Press describes fighting in Krev, capital of Ukrayinia, with troops loyal to the rada besieging the residence of General Skoropaitsky. Forces loyal to the rada mobilize and concentrate near Kiev as the upheaval continues.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Krev
Ukrayinia
Skoropaitsky
Rada
Kiev
W.ae
Emily Ricketts, Parnell's Sister, Dead in Dublin
A Dublin sensation followed the death of Mrs Emily Ricketts at the South Dublin Union workhouse hospital. She was the sister of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, the noted Irish patriot, and her passing in the hospital today drew attention to the Parnell family and Dublin's health facilities.
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Emily Ricketts
Parnell
Dublin
UBLIN
South Dublin Union
Charles Stewart Parnell
Roosevelt Reinstated as Republican Club Member
New York May 23 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is reinstated as a member of the Republican club. He notes he is pleased and will visit the club soon after the executive committee informs him of his readmission following his 1912 split with the Progressive Party.
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Roosevelt
Republican Club
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Tte
Italian Leader Is Taken Prisoner After Pola Raid
Rome reports definite word that Commander Pellegrini and his men who torpedoed an Austrian battleship at Pola on May 14 were captured. The Italian defense force had said the fate of the Italian commander and crew who entered the harbor in a small craft and sank the battleship was unknown.
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Washington
Pellegrini
Pola
Rome
Pi Itches
Tralian
Graces Lusk recounts kiss in Roberts trial at Barings Life
WAUKESHA Wis May 2 Grace Lusk testified today about events leading to the killing of Mrs Mary Newman Roberts. She said Dr Roberts frequently courted her in 1914 to edit his manuscript and later kissed her in her office. She denied any affair and noted his wife’s existence.
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Waukpsha
Wis
Grare’ Jarsk
Mary Newman Roberts
Mies Lusk
Mecca
Roberta
Miss Lusk
Sveral
Roberts
Patch
Waser
Executions in Finland Under German Regime Report
A Finnish socialist who fled to Sweden claims 1782 people were executed in Finland under German control up to May 1. His interview with Folkets Dagblad is transmitted from Copenhagen via Exchange Telegraph and cites harsh treatment by German and Finnish forces, including starvation.
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London
Finland
Sweden
Folkets Daglad
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Probation Officer Sanders Resigns Over Juvenile Case Methods
M. L. Sanders, county probation officer, tendered his resignation today amid friction with Judge WR Taylor over his handling of a juvenile case. The move ends Sanders eight year tenure guiding county youth through the probation system.
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M. L. Sanders
WR. Taylor Over
Sanders
New Draft Rules Seen With Limited Oklahoma Impact
Officials say the new work of fight draft regulations will have little material effect in Oklahoma. Adjutant General Gipson estimates about 10160 men may enter service by next month, with most affected already in the army. Hotels, poolrooms, and mercantile districts show business continuing as usual. enforcement preparations are underway.
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Oklahoma
Ax Aw
Obirer al Ampargre
Gipson
Cousia
Oklahoma City
Nichols
Gipson Says Few Men Affected by Draft Amendment in Oklahoma
Oklahoma adjutant general EH Gipson states only a small share of men would fall under a wartime amendment to the selective draft. He notes many so-called non essential jobs, except farm work, still support the war effort and counties show over 91 percent of non essential workers drafted. Large cities like Oklahoma City Tulsa and Muskogee would feel the impact most.
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Gipson
Met
Adjutant
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Muskogee
Presbyterians Pick St Louis For 1919 Assembly
Imbus Ohio May 2 The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church United States of America chose St Louis as the 1919 convention site with Philadelphia and Atlantic City as other leading contenders for next year.
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Imbus
Ohio
General Assembly of the Presbyteriaty of the United Staf America Today
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
War Savings Club Rally Called In County Chamber
County officials and club members are summoned to the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 8 15 pm to coordinate the war savings drive. Leaders will speak and the Apollo quartet will perform a brief march.
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WAR Savings Club
Oe Ie Ie
These Men Must Work or Fight in Wartime Labor Call
Fragmented OCR lists wartime roles and job categories with a call to workers to report for duties. Names and precise phrases are garbled but indicate a recruitment or propaganda tone urging men to contribute through labor or military service, with various occupations mentioned.
Destroyer Sunk Near Zeebrugge by Air Hit
London May 2 The Admiralty says an enemy destroyer was sunk near Zeebrugge by a direct air strike. The loss was confirmed as the bomber reported a successful hit on the vessel.
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London
Zeebrugge
Admiralty
U S Colonel Receives British Order for WW II Service
Col Jon Hodges of the American engineer corps has been awarded the British Distinguished Service Order for his actions during the March 27 to April 3 period. He is among the first American officers to receive the honor for services on the British front as allies halted a German offensive.
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Jon. Hodges
American Engineer Corps
Horges
Cordele mob incident leaves sixth Black man dead in Georgia
Cordele Georgia May 23 Jamey Cobb the Black man taken from the jail by a mob shortly after midnight was driven to a scene where he confronted Mee Roy Simmons and fatally hurt, dying in the incident The situation notes a deadly outcome amid racial violence with the mob casting long shadows over the town.
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Cordele
Jamey Cobb
Mee Roy Simmons
Russian Prisoners Walking Corpses After Hun Camps
Washington May 21 arrival at Petrograd of the first contingent of Russian prisoners to be exchanged under the Matro-German agreement was reported by the State Department today. The dispatch said the men were veritable walking dead.
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Washington
Petrograd
City Bank Clearings Rise by Two Million
Bank clearings increased by about $2,000,000 for the week, showing growth over the same period last year. The report notes a $1,000 rise in overall clearing activity, reflecting stronger financial movement despite wartime constraints.
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Sao Saiat
Honnold Named County Chairman of War Savings Campaign
Edgar Honnold has been named county chairman of the war savings camp committee to succeed ER Hart as state director. Honnold has previously served as chairman of the sales committee.
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Edgar Honnold
War Savings Camp Committee
Erhart
Vioe
Honnold
No attempt made on Hindenburgs life in Berlin dispatch
Berlin dispatch to the Kölnerische Volkszeitung denies rumors of a recent attempt on Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ladendorff. The denial came via the Amsterdam correspondent of the Morning Post.
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Hindenburg
London
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Ladendorff
Berlin
Koeinische Volks Zeitung
Amsterdam
Morning Post
Regulations Change Daily Life for Idlers in Draft
General Crowder announced amendments to selective service rules targeting habitual idlers. After July 1, registrants found not engaged in useful work must explain themselves or be inducted. Local boards may act even without original jurisdiction, potentially sweeping workers and service trades into the draft.
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General Crowder
Thal
Crowder
Ifer
United States
Chicago
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Rose Stokes
Zimmie
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Ukraine
Grace Lusk
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EH Gipson
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Makhal Crawiter
HMS
U. S
Georgia
Mafahal
Trowder
Wilson
Department of Labor
Gen. Crowder
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