Grace Lusk Faces Insanity Defense in Wisconsin Slaying Trial
In Waukesha Grace Lusk, jailed ten months, attends the second trial session for the murder of Mrs Mary Newman Roberts. Dr. David Roberts, the defendant’s rival witness, sits nearby as jurors, mostly farmers, are questioned. The defense plans an insanity case based on expert testimony, with jury selection continuing amid tense exchanges and family drama.
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Associated Press
Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
Mary Newman Roberts
David Roberts
Miss Lusk
Dr. Roberts
Mias Tusk
H. Davies
Amedical Reserve
Fort Riley
Kan
Tr. Davies
Martin Laieck
Talesmen
Miss Tusk
A. PL Tusk
Testo
Henry Lockney
David Tieberts
Gall
United Press
C. P. Lusk
Roberts
Lusk
Middle West Steps Up In War Production Push
United Press reports a shift of war work from eastern centers to smaller cities in the middle west and south. Officials seek suitable plants to handle new contracts, easing eastern congestion and supplying shells from towns like Stillwater Minnesota.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Pennistoa
Middle “West
Middle West
War Industry Board
Allegehenies
Potomac
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Nisgarea Falls
Stillwater
Minn
Trial details reveal family tension and tragedy aftermath
The testimony centers on a daughter believed innocent by her father and a fatal shooting connected to a love triangle. Dr. Lusk places blame on Dr. Roberts while Roberts maintains quiet. Since the tragedy last year, Roberts has avoided travel, and today's proceedings show a lighter mood among participants despite an average crowd.
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Mrs. Roberts
Dr. Lusk
Dr. Roberts
Warning Strike By 15000 Teamsters Paralyzes City
An abrupt strike by about 15 000 teamsters and truck drivers disrupted coal, ice, freight, and building materials deliveries in the city. The action was authorized at a secret meeting of the joint council with no notice to employers or the national union officials. Federal mediation may be sought by team owners as officers of the Brotherhood of Teamsters denounced the surprise walkout.
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Associated Preas
Vermean
Lod
Patrick Barrell
Teamsters’ jJuint Council
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Pork Prices Fall After Administration Order
Substantial pork supplies have built up prompting the food administration to announce there should be no price increases beyond current levels on May 10. As a result pork on the market declined by about $1 per barrel under federal regulations, with room for further decline allowed.
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Associated Press
Food Administration
Board of State
One Step to Death in Car Exit Incident
O Hanken head miller of the Wily flour mill on the road from Kimberly to Appleton late Friday night attempted to exit a moving automobile. The car slowed and Hansen opened a door and fell out, fracturing his skull and dying.
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Associated Press
Appleton
O. Hanken
Muir
Kimberly
Hansen
Caproni Aircraft To Be Built Here In Washington
Italian planes once deafened in Italy will be built in the United States as bombers machines. The Caproni airplane has been demonstrated locally by officials and a trained flyer, and is planned for production here based on favorable evidence and tests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Do C
Italy
Traian
First Million Tons of Ships Delivered by Shipping Board
The Shipping Board reports 159 vessels totaling 1,208,621 tons completed by May 11 to help the war effort. Since January 1 over half the tonnage has been delivered amid ongoing wood ship delays. Deliveries occurred at Seattle, Sparrows Point, Chicago, Ecorse, Gloucester, Wilmington, and New York. New York canal traffic begins with over 100 barges moving toward Buffalo, with further steel and concrete barges contracted for construction to support inland waterways and through freight rates.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Shipping Board
Germany
Enverniment
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Sparrows Point
Chicago
Ecorse
Mich
Gloucester
New York
Inland Waterways System
Railroad Administration
Sruth
Inke Pelnta
Atlantic Seaboard
Cann
Washington to register twenty one year olds June draft call
Washington prepared to register all twenty one year olds in June under the amended selective service law. Local boards will handle registration replacing election organizations and aim to process about 60 000 cards. Registrants will fill two forms for district and local boards with reporting points as needed. A June flag proclamation is expected from the governor after the presidential proclamation is issued.
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Wisconsin
FE. A. Pitapatri Taeda
Tacal
District Board
Jacal Board
Archer A Landon Named Director On Aircraft Production Board
Archer A Landon of Buffalo was appointed director of the division of production of the aircraft board in Washington. The former vice president of American Karlinter company brings broad experience and ability to advance aircraft production efforts according to an official announcement.
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Archer A. Landon
Associated Presa
Washington, D. C
Archar A. Landson
Buffalo
Aircraft Board
Landon Bit
American Karlinter Company
Bandon
John 2
Sunday baseball resumes in Washington after ban lift
The district board of commissioners rescinded Sundays in professional baseball requirements. Beginning next Sunday, May 19, American league clubs will play in Washington. Officials cited postwar population growth and the need for recreation as the justification for the action.
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Washington
D. C
Board of Commissioners of
Germans Try To Buy Tampico Oil Rights In Mexico
United States reports indicate German efforts to gain a foothold in the Tampico oil region by purchasing rights from armed forces there. The move, aimed at disrupting supplies for American and British use, was thwarted. Secretary Lansing testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, downplaying sensational local reports and urging Mexico toward its own destiny.
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Washington, D
Sudeavarsd
Tampico Oil
Lé Garmare
Germany
Carranzyl
Mexico
Nafarette
Agitalntes
Tampico
Lansing
Embezzlers convicted in Chicago bank case
Three officers of the Auburn State Bank Chicago were found guilty of embezzling funds totaling about 274000. Under indeterminate sentence law they face imprisonment from one to ten years. Convicted are Thomex McFarland Mark FP Bransfield and WHMaimn J. Cline as depositors and workers wept in court.
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Chicago
Auburn State Bank
Funda
Thomex McFarland
Mark FP
Bransfield
Whmaimn J. Cline
Thut
Sun
Slaughter in Russia Reports High German Russian Losses
Moscow May 11 United Press reports large casualties as four thousand Germans and White guards die in a battle near Toahux sixty miles northeast of Helsingfora. After Tammer forx occupation eighty five miles northeast of Abo, 560 Russian officers and children are executed in groups of forty or fifty by machine guns.
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United Press
Moscow
Fingigh White Guard
An Batie
Toahux
Helsingfora
Tammerforx
Abo
Chinese railway free breaks from Bolshevik rule in Peking talks
A Chinese eastern railway line declared itself independent from the Bolshevik government after a conference between General Horrah and Ininese officials in Peking. The piece notes the striking image of a policeman detaining a man as a stark counterpoint.
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Presa
Kerfan Tajiway
Ruila Tey Vladivoxtok
Horrah
Oninere
Peking
New steel plant to surpass Krups in Germany
The project near Pittsburgh will house the largest ordnance facility in the world under United States Steel supervision. Construction will begin at Neville Island on the Olle river site and movable heavy artillery and projectiles will be produced in vast quantities for the government.
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Assocklou Team
Washington, D. C
Neville Island
Olle River
Pittahiry
Wat
Ordninos
Nouville Island
Thea Krappa
Germany
Bull
Ani
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Willelalt
Peace talk doubt weighs on war cabinet aims
Austen Chamberlain, a war cabinet member, spoke at a women’s association gathering in London. He urged a limited and decisive policy to secure manpower in exchange for restoring a constitutional government. He argued home rule affects Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England.
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Pathe To Women's Association
United Press
Lomdion
Austen Chamberlain
War Cabinet
Chamberlain
Ireland
Wales
Heatland
Enelsand
Trains Cut to One Third Grown Service Curtailment
United Prawn Wrebington announces curtailment of one third of train service starting June 2. The decision, approved by Director Giners McAdno, aims to save funds with a projected annual drain of $1,172,400. Economy comes from abandoning daytime searches between Chicago and the onset citina and tightening routes to core lines.
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United Prawn Wrebington
D. C
Irector Giners
Theis
Nulvord
Wsklenius
German Imperial Tax Plan Targets Theories And Incomes
Amsterdam Berlin dispatch notes an extraordinary defense levy proposed by the German government. The plan would raise about 1,269,000,000 marks largely through income taxation and non recurring levies.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Cologne
Gazelle Siey
Divorce Granted to Governor General of Philippines Wife
San Diego California reports that Wrencisbur ton Clarrison, wife of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce in superior court on a charge of desertion.
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Philippines
Deerer
San Diego
Cal
Mra
Wrencisburton Clarrison
The
Philippine
Idnada
Bond payment due on bond of the city
The annual bond payment for the city is due tomorrow. The notice, attributed to United … Washington, warns that the payment deadline approaches. The message references Liberty and other terms, but readable text is fragmentary and uncertain about precise entities.
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United Preayy Washingto
Giberty Igan
Allied naval aid praised as vital in war effort
Archibald Hurd, writing in The Daily Telegraph, lauds American support and Allied naval cooperation in countering German submarines. He notes extended British minefields and intensified naval pressure, with US and British fleets coordinating destroyers and other craft.
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Associated Preas
London
Archibald Hurd
Weiting
Baily
Germany
Fluorspar Price Control Debate Highlights Warimpact
Senate hearings in the era center hill steel manufacturers are told fluorspar used in micling and high grade steel may be overvalued as price rose from six to three dollars per ton during the war. R M Rice purchasing agent of Labelle Iron Works cites concerns. Rogers Brown & Company mentioned.
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Prens
Wandington
Dy. C
Ituge
Southern
Peice
R. M. Rice
Labelle
Ron Works
Steubenville
Senate
Hill Steel
Tica
Rogers-Brown
World War News Highlights Across Europe and Asia
War reports describe Soviet power struggles in Moscow and Bolshevik clashes with anarchists in Cheka operations. Troop movements and government shifts ripple through Prussia and Romania while in Mongolia Bolshevik forces advance near Urea. British exchequer chancellor Bonar Law signals a policy shift aligning with French commerce accords, as global tensions intensify.
American Army Hope of Allies in World War I
The article argues American forces in France hold back for a joint offensive with British and French troops. It discusses brigading American units, defensive needs near Amiens and channel ports, and doubts about using Americans for major offensives until urgency requires. It emphasizes American strength and cautions against premature deployment.
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Mason
United Press
New York
Treeroos
von Windenburg
France
Anita
Aimerten
Gener
Fr Tt
Amiens
Channel
Foch
America
Trenink
Germany
Lorraine
Rhing
Uteab
Staten
Political actions and debates on administration power and reform
The article reports on congressional moves to empower the president to seize mining and prospecting on public lands if needed for public interest, with support from Former Speaker Cannon and opposition in the Overman bill debate. It also notes a split between Democrats and Republicans over executive reorganization and a taunting exchange involving Georgie Crow. Washington dispatches cover Thompson promising a committee inquiry into production and war department activities, with War Secretary Baker signaling limited opposition and proposed scope amendments.
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Itha
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Cannery buildings burn in Steveston BC blaze
Devastating fire tore through Steveston, British Columbia, today, engulfing cannery row facilities in a heavy blaze that began around 4:20 PM. The cited cannery complex, including the warehouse and two hotels, suffered major damage as flames spread rapidly. Local crews fought the inferno through the night with no immediate word on injuries or total loss.
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United Presn
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H. C
Steveston
Stlinon
British Columbia
Are
Comjunica
Fa Smolke
Ofelock
Wigithouse
McAdoo's Doctor Halts War Tax Conference
Secretary McAdoo’s physician advised him to avoid contact for several days. The Washington conference had involved Secretary McAdoo, Senator Simmons, and Representative Kitchin discussing a new war tax, but was called off by the doctor’s order.
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Adows
Tetay
Senator Simmons
Representative Kitchin
McAdoo
Sensational testimony links German arms import plan to US shipment
Testimony alleges German authorities planned to smuggle Mauser rifles and cartridges into the United States via Essen and Hoboken channels. Witnesses described boxes stored in New York warehouses and intermediaries named by Holmes and others. An itemized list cited 450,000 Mauser guns and 260 million cartridges among hidden goods.
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York
Heporta
Krupp
Orcestoy
Essen
Hoboken
United States
Holmes
Otter Iit
Ita
Gustave Luains
Judd -Tela
New York
Trom
Broadway
Ivan German
Bana, Tatacher
Norodny
Murray
J . Robert T. Tucker
Ylanner
Charleston
D. C
Judd
Tela’ Tucker
Brooklyn
New “York
Lbeen Wold
Dhone
Lissing
Tucker
Beloit Named for Wisconsin City by Tacoma Shipbuilding
The first boat built by Tacoma Shipbuilding Company, launched today, was named Beloit in honor of Beloit Wisconsin. Governor Philipp received a telegram last night announcing the name and replied this morning with a message praising freedom and democracy.
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Western Company
Wisconsin City
United Preas
Madison
Win
Tacoma Shipbuilding Company
Beloit
Wisconsin
Philipp
Shinbuilding Company
Border cooperation plan drafts talks at Eagle Pass
Governor W. P. Hobby of Texas travels to Eagle Pass for talks with Governor Gustave Espinoza Mierles of Coahuila on plans to reduce cross border trouble.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
W. P. Hobby
Texas
Eagle Pass
Gustave Espinoza Mierles
Coahhulia
Loans to Allies reach new wartime funding totals
Washington D D A today authorized loans to Great Britain of 200 million dollars, France 100 million, and Italy 100 million and sixty thousand, totaling over seven hundred sixty-two million, eight hundred fifty thousand dollars in support of allied powers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dbd
Adoo
Great Britain
France
Italy
Seed Corn Released by Government After Widespread Pleas
United Press reports Cedar Masida states seed corn release ordered by government following pleas from across the state. Details mention timing tied to frost, cooler weather concerns, and regional conditions.
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