World War I News Highlights From Allied Air Actions and American Losses
Allied air squadrons bomb German lines in large operations with up to 120 planes in one raid. Lt. William H. Taylor of New York drives off a German biplane near Pont-a-Mousson. Ensign Stephen Potter is killed in the North Sea while engaging seven enemy aircraft. Representative Caldwell notes 90,000 American troops shipped abroad in early May and predicts up to 1,000,000 in France within a year. Maj. Raoul Lufbery’s death prompts airmen to shoot down two German planes. Maj. Lufbery’s killer is targeted. An American field army of about 200,000 is described as forming in France, led by Col. A. W. Bjornstad. Capt. James Norman Hall is reported alive but wounded behind enemy lines. Tanker William Rockefeller reportedly lost at sea with formal navy notice pending.
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Wi Llam H. Taylor
New York
Pugny- sur-Moselle
Pont-a-Mousson
Roche
Stephen Potter
United States Naval
North Sea
Washington
London
Committee On Publice Information
Ensign Potter
House
Caldwell
United States
France
Og Ke
Maj
Raoul Lufbery
Lufbery
Domestic Count Minotto to be interned as alien enemy
Judge Carpenter rules in Chicago that Domestic Count James Minotto son in law of Y Louis F Swift milenaire packer will be interned in a government camp as an alien enemy. Three St Louis socialist publications suspend The Social Builder Paladin and the Melting Pot. A San Francisco murder sentence for Thomas J Mooney hangs on May 28 following a 1916 bombing. A severe early 20th century storm kills nineteen in Iowa and nine in Wisconsin with heavy property losses. An Ambassa dor Francis report on Russia reaches Pacific port via James G Bailey. A Kansas tornado kills ten and injures dozens in Ells and Rooks counties Cadell wiped out.
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James Minotto
Y Louis F. Swift
Milenaire Packer
Carpenter
Chicago
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Commonwealth charters American ships to carry wheat
A Melbourne dispatch reports that in response to a request from the United States the commonwealth decided to charter American vessels to transport wheat to the United States.
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United States
Commonwealth
Melbourne
Australia
German and Finnish Commands in War News Recap
Berlin signals warn that Prussian regiments will crush any Skoropadsky driven insurrection if called. Mannerheim resigns amid Finnish conservatives plan to invade Kalela. London reports twelve German planes downed by British forces. London raid casualties total 44 killed and 170 injured. Italian Navy records loss of Pellegrini after sinking an Austrian dreadnought. Abo captured by Germans with Russians captured. London air raid kills 37. 161 injured. four enemy aircraft shot down. 14 women and six children among the dead.
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Eichhorn
Ukrainia
Berlin
Skoropadsky
Mannerheim
Kalela
London
Copenhagen
Presbyterian convention chosen site amid bids
The 1919 Presbyterian general assembly selected Columbus Ohio as the host with St. Louis, Philadelphia and Atlantic City as top contenders. Other items note destruction of 50 government airplanes in San Francisco, German registration for women, a Manitowoc drowning, and two pilots killed in a Gerstner field collision.
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Columbus
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
McAdoo Ends Credit System for Shippers as Railroads Go Federal
An order from Director General McAdoo abolishes the credit freight system, forcing large shippers to pay cash. The House military affairs committee votes to empower the president to draft unlimited numbers under the existing act. A federal director will oversee each railroad, reporting only to the railroad administration, with presidents potentially named as federal directors.
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McAdoo
Baker
House Military Affairs Committee
United States
Railroad Administration
Railroad Employees to Receive Major Wage Increases
The pay rises retroactive to January 1 cover nearly two million railroad workers and total over 300 million dollars yearly. Overtime remains, eight hour day not fully applied, and a new Wage Board will address local pay inequities while no wages are to be cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union News Service
Washington
McAdoo
Railway Wage Commission
Wage Commission
Federal action destroys 10000 pounds beef for troops
Federal Trade Commission accuses Wilson and Morris of selling meat unfit for human consumption to U S troops in Texas. Over 10000 pounds of fresh beef shipped to Camp Travis were destroyed by order of the Food Administration. Hoover cites 26 carloads condemned nationwide with no prosecutions or licenses revoked due to legal limits.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Wilson & Co
Morris & Co
Federal Trade Commission
Camp Travis
Food Administration
Herbert C. Hoover
First Democrat Inspired Words at Brooklyn Field Mass
Father Joseph Mulry of Fordham University elevated the crucifix before about 80 000 at the 16th annual military field Mass at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He urged that men should die to aid others, not for selfish ends, as he preached by Father Chadwick, former Maine chaplain.
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Savier
New York
Father Joseph Mulry
Fordham University
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Father Mulry
Mer
John P. Chadwick
St. Joseph's Seminary
Maine
Havana Harbor
Fourteen Houses and Factory Destroyed by Fire
A large blaze here destroyed fourteen houses and a novelty factory, leaving extensive damage to the neighborhood and prompting efforts to assess losses and embers. No injuries are reported in the readable text.
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Sidney N
Swamp Root Kidney Aid Ad Urges Early Treatment
An advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root as a premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims widespread efficacy and offers sample bottles for ten cents by mail to Dr Elmer & Co. in Binghamton New York with a note to mention the paper.
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Kilmer
Dr. Elmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Easy Money and a Liberty Bond Purchase Caper
A banker asks a young woman how she will pay for a Liberty bond and she replies charge it. The ad touts Roe man Eye Balsam for irritated or burning eyes and closes with a wartime style line about the American eagle and overcoming setbacks.
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America
Col
A. W. Bjornstad
James Norman Hall
Colfax
William Rockefeller
Navy Department
Social Builder
National Rip Saw
the Paladin
The
Melting Pot
Towa
Wisconsin
Smels
Iowa
Boone
Lone Rock
Francis
James G. Bailey
Vologda
Pacific
Ells
Rooks Counties
Kansas
Cadell
Rooks County
Pola
Pellegrini
Abo
Finland
Moscow
Fowler Airplane Corporation
Department of Justice
Gretna Fetzer
Henry Fetzer
Sturgeon Bay
Raymond Napledinski
Manitowoc
Wis
Lathan Polk
New York City
Spencer Charles Williams
Buffalo
Gerstner Field
Lake Charles
Hoover
Roeman
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
Illinois
U.S.A
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