Stars and Stripes Honored in Paris Parade Honors
Paris marks United States Day with 21 gun salute from Invalides Tower and a bronze palm laid at the Lafayette statue. Ambassador Sharp welcomes French officials then leads a procession past the Tuileries Gardens with veterans groups and ambulance delegates. About 40 000 American flags are handed out in public spaces.
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Paris
Washington
Ivel Tower
William G. Sharp
Avenue D'ieylan
Altes
Jules Cambon
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
General du Bail
Ambassador Sharp
Place d'Iena
Kittel Tower
Lafayelle Flying Corps
American Ambulance
Nullly
Association of Veterans of the
Washington Welcomes Arthur Balfour and Party
The British minister Arthur Balfour and his delegation were greeted at Union Station by President Wilson and Secretary Lansing amid grave official proceedings. About 6,000 spectators watched from the plaza as bluecoated police and Fort Myer cavalry secured the area for a solemn arrival aimed at fostering wartime peace efforts.
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Lansing
Washington
Arthur Balfour
Wilson
Union Station Plaza
Second Cavary
Penton
Fort Myer
British Guns Hammer German Lines Across Front
British artillery roared along the Arras to Lens sector with heavy bombardment. Gains were reported south of Loos and in the Havrincourt woods area between Arras and St Quentin. French guns pursued intense duels between the Somme and Oise fronts as artillery fire dominated the day.
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Arras
Lens
Loos
St. Quentin
Havrincourt
Somme
Oise
British Hospital Ships Sunk With Heavy Casualties
London reports the British hospital ships Donegal and LanFranc torpedoed without warning on April 17. The Donegal had 29 wounded aboard and 12 crew missing. LanFranc carried German and British wounded. 19 British and 15 Germans feared dead.
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London
Donegal
LanFranc
Government seeks 25 million for wartime food control plan
Secretary Houston asks Congress to empower the Agriculture Department to supervise food production and distribution, license all food and farm material firms, and fix prices. The request includes authority for emergency government purchases, transport preferences, and a market service to reroute supplies, aided by the Federal Trade Commission.
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Houston
Senate
Washington
Congress
Hlouston
Department of Agriculture
United States
Council of National Defense
Agricultural Department
Federal Trade Commission
Department
Wilson
The
Trade Commission
Steady French Offensive Advancing in Soissons Rheims
French troops push back Germans in Soissons and Rheims regions and have entered the German second line in the Argonne forest. German counterattacks south of Laon on the Valleera Plateau are repulsed. Since Monday, over 19 000 Germans captured and more than 100 guns seized.
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Soissons
Rheims
Argonne Forest
Vallelera
Laon
Officials map Bankhead Highway route through major cities
The Bankhead Highway Association votes to have a pathfinding committee chart the route from Washington to Little Rock within 30 days. Planned waypoints include Lynchburg Virginia Reidsville Greensboro Charlotte North Carolina Atlanta and Holly Springs Tennessee.
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Birmingham
Ala
Washington, D. C
Little Rock
Ark
Bankhead Highway Association
Lynchburg
Reidsville
Greensboro
Charlotte
Atlanta
Germans Under Wide Surveillance in United States
Washington reports about 3,000 German residents are under close DOJ surveillance for activities on behalf of the German government. Field officers monitor suspects so closely that virtually any one could be arrested within 24 hours.
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Washington
United States
Department of Justice
Department
Training Camps Designated Will Be Established May 1
Secretary Baker authorized 14 citizen training camps for reserve officers and applicants for commissions in the new war army. Camps open May 1 with instruction starting May 8 under regular army officers. Locations include Fort Ethan Allen Fort Myer Port Niagara Fort Sheridan Fort Riley San Francisco Presidio and others across the northeast south and west.
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Washington
New War Army
Baker
War Department
New England
Fort Ethan Allen
Astern
Long Island
New York City
Plattsburg Barracks
New York State
Pennsylvania
Madison Barracks
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Port Niagara
N. C
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Fort Myer
Eastern Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Fort Oglethorpe
Cra
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Fort McPherson
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Michigan
Misonis
Wisconsin
Fort Sheridan
Ilinois
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Fort Logan H. Roots
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Fort Snelling
Minn
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Fort Riley
Coal Men Cite Car Shortage as Coal Price Cause
East coast coal operators told the Federal Trade Commission that lack of rail transport facilities drove up bituminous coal prices. They accused railroads of diverting open cars from coal to other commodities, seeking steps to secure preferential car supply for essential needs and curtail nonessential shipments.
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Tell Trade Commission
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
T. B. Davis
Island Creek Coal Company
Commission
Chambers of Commerce Offer War Resource Aid
Washington reports the Chambers of Commerce across the nation will mobilize and conserve food and other resources for the war effort. BR. G. Rhett, president, informed Secretary Houston that the federation can place its vast membership resources at the Administration’s disposal.
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Washington
Chambers of Commerce
BR. G. Rhett
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Houston
War Finance Bill Passes With Massive Allied Loan
The Senate approved a seven billion dollar war finance measure to issue securities for an eight billion dollar Allied loan and four billion dollar national war conduct fund. All but one absent senator supported the plan, with conference possible if House objections persist. Amendments limit bond proceeds deposits, allow state banks, set reporting, and exempt most Treasury certificates from taxation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Germany
Federal Reserve Banks
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Successor Named for Colonel of S C Guard
Governor Manning recommended Lieut. Col. Peter K. McCully Jr. of Anderson as colonel of the First regiment South Carolina National Guard to replace Col. I. M. Blythe of Greenville who resigned. The telegram was sent to the War Department under 1916 circular rules.
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Columbia, S. C
Peter K. McCully, Jr
Anderson
Manning
South Carolina National Guard
I. M. Blythe
Greenville
Secretary of War
War Department
Army Bill to be Hastened by Wilson and Baker
President Wilson and Secretary Baker pressed to hasten action in Congress on the administration war army bill with selective draft. They warned that further delay could imperil war plans against Germany. The president consulted with House Military Committee Chairman Dent and later with Republican leaders Mann and Lenroot.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Baker
Germany
Dent
House Military Committee
Mann
Lenroot
House
Nation's business must keep going in wartime economy
Howard Coffin of the National Defense Council warns against hysterical economy and disrupted industry as war demands rise. He calls for sustaining road projects and banks, avoiding hoarding, and ensuring supply lines, transportation, and military production while preserving peacetime prosperity.
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National Defense Council
Washington
Howard Kk. Coffin
The
Council of National Defense
Colin
Coffin
Ways and Means Committee Weighs War Revenue
Washington reporters note the Ways and Means Committee, party lines removed, begins study on raising about 3 billion dollars for half of the first year war costs. Secretaries McAdoo proposes roughly 1.8 billion from income excess profits liquor and other taxes. administration members clash with objections expected.
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Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Trouse
McAdoo
Six Die In Film Exchange Fire In Indianapolis
A film exchange office in the Colfax building downtown bursts into flames after a suspected moving picture film explosion. Six persons are dead and about twenty others, including many women, suffer minor injuries as forty people were in the building at the time.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Colfax
Practical joke boomerangs on South St. Paul man
Al Baumgart a South St. Paul official tried a prank on a new employee. The hoax backfired when the recruit returned with a 150 pound iron sack after a cow anchor task. A box of flowers meant for a friend was filled with paper, and Baumgart had to return the anchor, ending his practical jokes.
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al Baumegart
South St. Paul
St. Paul
Mr. Baumgart
Kidney Health Urged and Swamp Root Endorsed
Physicians urge greater kidney awareness as they clear toxins from the blood. Poor hydration and rich diets strain kidneys leading to back pain bladder issues and other symptoms. An herbal remedy Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted with a sample offer by mail to readers.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
Little tot asked about hair sharpened in hotel elevator
In a hotel elevator a man greeted Isabelle, asking her plans for the morning. The child stammered, finally saying she would go to the cellar to have her hair sharpened, revealing a misheard phrase from the moment.
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Isabelle
Free samples by mail for Cuticura skin remedies
FOR SKIN TROUBLES The Soap to cleanse and purify the Ointment to soothe and heal. They usually afford immediate relief in itching burning eczemas pimples dandruff and most baby skin troubles. They also tend to prevent little skin troubles from becoming great if used daily. Send postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston for a free sample. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Adv
Rivalry Over Singing Sparks Family Quip
Maude asks Maymle if she has given up singing. Maymle answers yes, saying her father loves music but is tired of her breaking in and interrupting the phonograph.
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Maude
Maymle
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