French and German forces clash on multiple fronts
War Office bulletin reports French troops falling back to positions between the Vesle and the Alene Canal while British and French lines resist along the Veale River. German artillery fires north of Albert and east of Robecq. Allied raids southeast of Arras yield prisoners and a machine gun. repulsed Givenchy-La Bassee attack and post near Ypres.
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Poath
Gt. Thierry
Vesle
Alene Canal
Veale
London
Albert
Fian- Gers Salient
Robecq
War Office
Arras
Lens
Merville
Givenchy-La Bassee
Prisoners Out of Germany Demand Grows in Britain
London voices cry to free prisoners held in Germany as evidence of brutalities multiplies. Public opinion shifts toward harsher handling of the Teuton enemy, with America hinting at decisive action and calls for retribution for both soldiers and civilians.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
America
War work plan puts interned Germans to farm toil
Crowder's work or fight order applies to interned enemy aliens. About 100 Germans from Fort Oglethorpe Ga to Camp Devens Mass join farm labor crews. Quotas next shift to Camp Dix NJ and Camp Grant IL. A 400 acre plot will be worked at Camp Dix with 3 soldiers supervising each 100 aliens.
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Washington
Crowder
Fort Oglethorps
Camp Devens
Masa
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Grant
Taft and Roosevelt Meet in Chicago After Convention Rift
Former presidents Taft and Roosevelt, once at odds after Roosevelt’s 1912 walkout, were seen together in Chicago. The gathering marked their first face to face since the nominating convention, with brief talks reported and no further details disclosed.
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Chicago
Taft Gad Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft
Escaped Murderer Captured in Cincinnati Neighborhood
James Lawler, an convicted murderer who escaped Covington jail, was captured in a East Avondale Cincinnati house after a revolver date. Police reported the suspect appeared unarmed and surrendered without further incident.
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Cincinnati
James Lawler
Covington
East Avondale
Draft dodger brothers prefer death to exam
Wil Mam and Christian Hoag, brothers, told United States Commissioner Knox they would rather die than face a physical examination after being charged with evading the draft. An Atlantic port survived a collision 800 miles at sea between ships of a submarine squadron, the United States submersible H-14 was involved with no crew losses.
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Pittebure
Wil- Mam
Christian Hoag
United States
Knox
A, & Ebmtring
Atlantic
Bas
Army Bands to Be Enlarged to Sixty Pieces
Washington reports the army general staff has ordered regimental bands expanded from 28 to 60 instruments following Gen. Perusing's recommendation, with details released by the War Department.
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Washington
Army General Staff
Perusing
War Department
Thirteen Germans to Die after Naval Court Verdicts
Reports from the port recount a court martial finding that 18 German sailors are sentenced to death and two to imprisonment for a disputed time. The cases stem from incidents at sea and reflect wartime justice as ships return to port.
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Reid
Zee
Germans are Set Back Front-Line Attack Reinforced by Americans
In Pi cardy American forces repelled a three-pronged German assault on front lines. Germans reached first American positions but were driven back as U S troops counterattacked with hand grenades and bayonets. Several Germans were captured while heavy shelling and mustard gas preceded the raid. Military experts say the Germans sought to gauge Allied strength and suffered a severe defeat.
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Picardy
Germany
Restoration talk shifts to Mecklenburg grand duke
London dispatch from the Petrograd Daily Express cites an enemy source detailing plans for restoring monarchy. It notes none of the Romanoffs can wield power, proposing Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg Schwerin as a new candidate backed by his mother Grand Duchess Anastasia Michailovna and the Kalers circle.
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London
Petrograd
Daily Express
Mecklenburg Schwerin
Anastasia Michailovna
Kaleer
Emery Freed From Custody in Germany Return
A message from Stockholm to the State Department says Henry J. Emery once chairman of the United States Tariff Commission has been released from custody and is free to travel within Germany as booked.
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Washington
Fran Btockholm
State Department
Henry J. Emery
United States Tarif Commission
Germany
Washington appoints Carey as director of operations
Washington announces W. Carey has resigned as director of operations of the shipping board and will assume charge of board operations and their facilities.
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Washington
Ties Captives to Trees Stories of German Cruelty
London reports severe abuse of prisoners of war in central empires. The Navy League's Ladies Emergency Committee details brutal tree punishment where roped men are left on a board 24 to 48 hours or longer without water or food, with sixty three dying. Newly captured POWs receive only one sixth rations until relief parcels arrive, leading to starvation and wasting away.
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London
Navy
League
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Hat room tips proposed to aid Red Cross in Cleveland
In Cleveland a new plan to raise funds for Red Cross and other war causes suggests placing Red Cross girls in charge of hat and hat checking rooms at hotels and similar venues. The aim is to replace easy tipping with charitable giving, hoping to garner substantial donations. Influential locals reportedly favor the idea, though its adoption remains uncertain.
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Red Cross
Cleveland
Ohio
Atin
Cadet Charles Paws Killed at Hemperhead Field
New York cadet Charles B. Paws from Noblesville Indiana died during a test at Hemperhead aviation field He attempted a tall 5 mm maneuver at about 2000 feet altitude The incident occurred during a training exercise with the aviation unit on duty in the area.
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New York
Charles B. Pawswater
Noblesville
Ind
Hemperhead Aviation Field
Allied airmen bomb Landau, damage reported
Amsterdam dispatch reports ten allied airmen bombed Landau Germany recently. Tageblatt Berlin notes buildings in the city were damaged as a result of the raid.
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Amsterdam
Landau
Germany
Tageblatt of
Berlin
No New Factories Within Delaware Valley District
Washington bars new factories and extensions in the district covering New England eastern New York eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware unless urgently necessary, reflecting a regional restriction on industrial growth.
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Washington
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Pew
Division Transferred to Camp Sherman from Louville Kentucky
Maj. Gen. Harry Hale commander of the Eighty-fourth division of the national army has received orders to transfer the entire division to Camp Sherman Cuilli cothe O.
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Louleville
Harry €. Hale
Eighty-fourth Division
National Army
Camp Sherman
Cuillicothe
Army Bill Reported in Congress With Large Direct Appropriations
The army bill carrying direct appropriations of 9.643 billion dollars and authorizations totaling 2.458 billion was reported to the house by the military committee in Washington DC.
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Washington
DD. C
Bone
Military Committee
Illinois district reports 46000 Lutherans in service
The Illinois district of the Missouri Synod Lutheran church released figures showing 46 000 members had joined the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Gboldiers
Chicago
Illinois District of Mintouri Synod
The
Lutheran Church
Queer Plague in Spain and London Dispatches
Dispatches from Spain report a mysterious epidemic spreading across the country causing widespread alarm. Estimates say about 40 percent of the population is affected, with concern rising over the illness.
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Spain
London
Soap industry talks with Food Administration set for June 3
Washington officials announce a meeting to coordinate the soap industry as a War Measure with the Food Administration. The committee of soap manufacturers will convene Monday, June 3, to discuss production and supply constraints.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Six prisoners released to join army in St Louis
Benton Illinois report notes six inmates confined at Franklin county jail were released under order to travel to St Louis immediately and enlist in the army.
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Benton
Ill
Franklin County
St. Louis
Land Opened to Entry in Oregon District
Acting Secretary Vege lang of the Interior approved regulations opening about 160400 acres of agricultural land to entry under the homestead laws in the Portland land district Oregon.
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Washington, D. C
Socretary
Vegeleang of the Interior
Portland Land District
Oreges
Hindenburg Suffering Typhoid in Strasbourg Hospital
Geneve Switzerland reports indicate Field Marshal von Hindenburg chief of the German general staff is in a hospital in Strasbourg with typhoid fever. The anonymous dispatch cites Chailly as the source of the information.
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Hindenburg
Geneve
Switzerland
von Hindenburg
Strasburg
Chaicliy
Work or Fight Edict Targets Idle Labor Draft Changes Aim to Mobilize Nonworkers
Washington May 23 General Crowder issues a sweeping work or fight amendment to the selective service rules. All registrants not in useful occupations must take a new job or join the army. Gamblers, race track workers, waiters, bartenders, theater attendants, and many service staff face conscription if found idle. The plan expands to include food service, elevator operators, club staff, and others connected to public venues.
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Washington
General Crowder
Selective Service
Wilson
Department of Labor
Crowder
United States
Chicago
New York
War Draft Rules Limit Idleness and Route to Helpful Labor
General Crowder explains new selective service regulation aimed at removing idleness and nonuseful employment from the draft pool. The plan extends a nonuseful list to cover more occupations and allows boards to consider domestic hardship, gender employment concerns, and the need to keep factories running. Every draft-age man will must work or fight, with exemptions tied to industrial contribution and family dependency.
Senator Lewis Outlines War Supply Plans and Strength
United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis outlined mass production of weapons and growing naval strength. He cited 1,000,000 soldiers abroad approaching parity with England by December 1, 700,000,000 pounds of explosives in process, 10,000 rifles manufactured daily, 4,500,000,000 rounds of ammunition contracted, and 159 warships plus six warlike vessels in European waters. He noted 350,000 machine guns contracted with 100,000 delivered and 276,000,000 rounds produced last month. Navy manpower at 400,000 with expected reach of 500,000 by October 1.
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Chicago
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
England
Ordnance Department
England Sees Average Crops for 1918 Harvest
A London report from the Director General of Food Production indicates UK crops for 1917-18 surpass previous records with over 4,000,000 tillage acres. Wheat barley and oats acreage is at a peak while potatoes rise to a 1872 high. If seed and light corn are deducted, wheat and barley plus portions of oats and potatoes could yield enough bread flour for a 40 week supply for the current population.
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London
United Kingdom
Director General of Food Production
Americans Brilliant Fight Wins Cantigny Village Capture
In a French official dispatch an American regiment overran Cantigny village and held a 2000 yard wide by 600 yard deep salient with 170 prisoners. The assault began after 644 artillery prep, advancing 600 yards in 10 minutes. They seized machine gun positions with grenades, took houses and cellars, and reached the German second line, with French observers praising the Americans as wonderful.
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France
Cantigny
Fire tragedy at state hospital wards and missing patients
A Columbia hospital fire severely burned eleven patients, five badly, with one dying later. Fire crews reported many patients unaccounted for as the blaze overwhelmed the ward and trauma unit.
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Colubia
Stite
Geneva Admits Gun Accord With Holohevthen Group
The Swiss government acknowledged a gun accord with the Holohevthey faction led by M Hersine, a Lithuanian, agreeing not to provoke disorder while aiming to maintain stability. Switzerland has not clarified further details.
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Geneva
Gun Anvision
Holohevthey
M Hersine
Switzerland
Lighthouse Radiophone Fog Warning System Tested
Point Judith light near Newport is equipped with a radiophone fog warning machine. The words Point Judith light repeat every five seconds and are audible within about eight wires radius. After every third warning the phrase You are getting closer, keep off is sent, audible up to two miles away. Wave lengths vary between 660 and 00 meters to aid parsing ships hearing the message. The system may be improved periodically and could benefit other lighthouses if proven effective. Belting weed up machinery in Martian oil Gelds is made of camel's hair resisting grease.
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Point Judith Light
Newport
R. L
Dcience Monthly
Wood to lead Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor
London The Daily Telegraph reports Sir Maurice Joseph Wood has accepted the post as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Governor Frank Lowden of Illinois reportedly bought wool from the president's sheep at 125 per pound.
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London
Sir Monry Joseph Wood
Boston Symphony Orcheatra
Gov
Frank
Army takes over 2000-bed London hospital for wounded
United States Army seizes a 2000 bed British hospital in London to treat American wounded. An American medical staff of 150 nurses, 60 doctors and 300 orderlies will operate the facility.
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London
United States Army
Tuto
Four Die in Train Plunge at Alpington Bridge
Waterloo Iowa area reports four men killed and between 20 and 30 injured, some seriously, when an Illinois Central engine and four cars plunged through a Beaver Creek bridge at Alpington near here. Damaged track and cars scattered along the creek, survivors describe a sudden collapse and chaotic evacuation.
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Waterloo, Lh
Illnois Central
Beaver Creek
Alpington
Here
Girls Volunteer Harvest Crew for City Farms
Two thousand Los Angeles high school girls have volunteered to help harvest crops. They will join the Woman's Land Army of America and be ready after June 21 when schools close. The effort leverages city youth to support wartime food production.
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Los Angeles
Thin City
Woman's Land Army of America
Ica
War Industries Board Sets Aluminum Price Floor
Washington reports a new maximum base price of 23 cents per pound f o b United States producing plants for ingots 6 to 9 percent in aluminum for W tons and over.
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Washington
F. O. B. United Bistes
War Industries Board
Browning’s Invention Noted by Royal Figures in Odd Quotation
A garbled, era-blurred report attributes a fictitious invention to Joho Mo Browning and claims unsupported connections to royal and foreign figures. The piece includes misrendered names and nonsensical phrases, with scattered references to King Albert of Belgium and Ottoman or European locales, yielding a distorted, unverifiable anecdote.
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Joho Mo Browning
Albert
Jaton
Ani Roglishman
Ein Mo Browning
John ML Dirowning
Farmer and horse collapse in field mishap
A New York Telegram report describes a farmer and a horse entering a field where the horse slipped and fell after the owner counted the money. The horse refused to rise and the former vowed fairness by shifting the horses to avoid another collapse.
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Lester
Peter Pol
New York Telegram
Fragmentary line from a poem or verse observed
A mangled OCR fragment shows a baby Hercules reacting to two large reptiles advancing toward a cradle. The line reads in part I suppose he cried out Great ethos, with unclear surrounding context and punctuation.
unclear fragmentary quotation from Crooklyn Engle
The text appears as a damaged quotation describing a dramatic personal purchase and a dramatic action involving a person and spouse. The source is fragmented and lacks clear context, dates, places, or names beyond a few idiosyncratic terms.
Morin fate unfolds in Partties BCT Ung’ saga
Pare 1 TUNIC Partties BCT Ung’ Fate tale follows Morin as events unfold after a reed es dk. Read seeks answers during a reshaped sequence, with key figures and places hinted in the fragment.
Why They Call Jawyere Briefe Seven
A brief joke exchange about why jaws are called jawyere brief and the punchline that someone makes dents short. The lines play on wordplay and a humorous self reference to brief dent making.
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