European War News Highlights Severe Ocean Losses and Battles
The Leasowe Castle sank in the Mediterranean after a submarine attack, 101 aboard perished including 14 officers and 79 soldiers. German advances threaten areas near Voronezh and Kronstadt forts. Cheviot Range lost with 25 crew. Italian offensives claim Monte Zigolon and nearby gains with 857 Teuton prisoners. Domestically, Chicago men aged 21 to 60 must work or fight, and ships output expected to rise below.
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Leasowe Castle
Admiralty
London
Leasowe Castile
Mediterranean
Sinking of President Lincoln alights on U S war news
The transport President Lincoln bound for the United States was sunk by a German submarine. Lieut. Edmund Q. Bigelow of Boston serving with the Red Cross in France received the Croix de Guerre for bravery. German Socialists threaten to question the Reichstag naval committee over last month’s troop movements. Sweden and Britain sign a commercial and navigation agreement. Aviators De Vienne and Lorgant fly Paris to London with mail in three hours and ten minutes. Mrs Clara Hamilton Deering dies in Coconut Grove Florida.
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Furness Line
Cheviot Range
Boston
Mediterranean
England
Fastnet
President Lincoln
United States
Navy Department
Edmund Q. Bigelow
That City
Red Cross
France
de Vienne
Lorgant
Paris
London
Clara Hamilton Deering
William Deering
Harvester
Coconut Grove
Fla
Chicago
Wilson Creates War Industries Board Authority
President Wilson, by executive order, forms the War Industries Board as a separate agency to act under his direction. McAdoo informs labor heads of possible strikes' impact. June draft calls 280,000 men. report date June 24. Ways and Means sets June hearings on revenue reforms with a 4 billion dollar plan targeting excess profits incomes and luxuries tax. Claude Kitchin pledges to push the tax bill, blaming publishers for the bill and the postwar tax repeal aims.
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Wilson
The
War Industries Board
Bernard Baruch
House Ways and Means
Claude Kitchin
Kitchin
Madoo Boosts Railroad Rates Across State Lines
The freight rates rise 25 percent and passenger fares increase by 20 percent under Madoo administration. The move aims to raise revenue by about 900 million dollars, abolishing existing state tariffs.
Rail Rate Increases for Passengers and Freight
Washington orders 25 percent freight and 20 percent passenger rate hikes to fund higher wages and coal costs. The move abolishes most special rates, with few veteran exemptions and ticket redemptions for pre June 10 purchases.
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Confederate Veterans
Mississippi River
St. Joseph
Susar
Soldier jokes at Washington luncheon about war medals
General Leonard Wood quips on bravery rewards at a Washington luncheon. He lists medals such as the Victoria Cross and Croix de Guerre, noting a doughboy’s grievance with a martinet captain and a humorous exchange with a YMCA waitress about the officer receiving the Croix de Guerre. The tale ends with the doughboy’s laugh and a sharp line about days.
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Leonard Wood
Washington
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A clipped 1918 wedding era remark cites saving twenty five million dollars in postwar thrift as wise, noting lack of impact from frivolous ceremonies. The note pairs a Houston Post editorial voice with a humorous mustache quip attributed to Buffon about patience.
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Houston Post
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