Naval bill passed without roll call in Senate
In four hours the Senate approved the naval appropriation bill of 1.61 billion dollars without a roll call, adding about 226 million to the House authorization. Debates centered on time studies in navy plants and bonuses for employees while preserving both provisions, as leaders argued pro and con. The bill advances work on unfinished ships and sustains funding boosts for ship batteries and ammunition.
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Michigan
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Tanho
Swanson
Virginia
Hellis
Naval Committee
Navy Yards
Navy Department
Tobacco Becomes Part of Regular Ration for U S Troops
The War Department, on Gen Pershing's recommendation, will include tobacco in standard rations for American expeditionary forces in France. Each soldier will receive four tenths of an ounce of smoking tobacco and ten cigarette papers daily, with substitutions allowed. Shipments abroad have begun and distributions are managed by the quartermaster in France.
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France
July 4 Great Ship Launching Day Urged Across U S
Washington May 23 A nationwide telegraph appeal urged every U S shipyard to speed output for July 4 as the greatest ship launching day in history Commissioner Colby and Charles M Schwab will attend nine launches in San Francisco some are destroyers for the navy others for the emergency fleet corporation The idea aims to honor overseas convoy in World War I and Hurley favors Liberty launchings across yards with possible presidential participation
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Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
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Wilson
Hughes Urges Senate to Parallel Inquiry on Aircraft Production
Washington May 23 Attorney General Gregory received a Hughes letter directing the Justice Department to continue its aircraft production inquiry unimpeded by a parallel Senate probe. The aviation subcommittee was appointed to visit plants and assess current conditions, with Hughes outlining a full history of production since the war began and any proceeds taken by firms. The plan suggests civil or criminal actions only if warranted, otherwise a thorough historical review will be reported.
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Des Moines Tornado Toll Rises Across Central Iowa
Death toll from Tuesday’s tornado across central Iowa nears and may exceed twenty as reports flow in from Denison to Boone and Newton. More than 150 injured and property damage over 1.5 million dollars are feared to grow with rescuers still uncovering victims in wrecked homes and debris.
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Western Front Quiet Despite German Thruff, RAF Flies High
New York May 23. The British Pic. Service reports the western front remains very quiet as Germany shifts to thoroughness after a stalled offensive. Sunny weather aids air battles in Britain's favor with One Brigade Royal Flying Corps downing twenty one enemy planes without losses. Patrolling has been the main feature since the German standstill, and nightly encounters are frequent but too small for communiques.
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Extend Armistice on Russian Front Reach Voronitz
Associated Press reports the Kursk armistice extending to Voronitz and Briansk. Bolshevik minister of marine Trotzky declares Kuban and Don districts under martial law and orders disarming bands that invaded Russian territory despite the truce.
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Plane Falls After Duel With Seven Germans Delays Public Info
Ensign Stephen Potter naval reserves died in the North Sea on April 25 after lighting seven German single‑seat planes. The London dispatch recounts Potter's daring flight with a British seaplane crew near North Hinder light, his fierce engagement, and his eventual crash as enemy planes closed in. Potter enlisted Sept. 26 as a second class seaman, became an ensign on Nov. 2, and was sent to France and then England. a brother resides in Detroit.
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Two Air Pilots Die In Plane Collision At Gerstner Field
Two lieutenants Lathan Polk of New York City and Spencer C Williams of Buffalo were killed when two airplanes collided at 3,000 feet over Gerstner field Lake Charles Louisiana on Tuesday.
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Austrians Cut Czech States Up
A Vienna decree partitions Bohemia into twelve districts with German majorities to dilute Czech representation in parliament. Rioting at Ostrau Pilsen Nichod amid martial law and 150 arrests. Austria seeks to regain a majority at next June 19 opening of parliament by boosting German deputies in the Diet.
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Law Bulletin
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Message of cheer to Italians from Wilson read tonight
President Wilson will address Italians at Bliss meeting under his patronage to mark Italy’s third war anniversary. Aimed to honor Italy amid a new Austrian campaign, the national observance will spread from Rome to Italian cities. Wilson directs Italian flags to fly on federal buildings Friday. states and embassies follow.
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Little Progress Made In Collinsville Case
Edwardsville May 23 no progress was made in examining veniremen for the Collinsville lynching trial of eleven men alleging German spy Robert Paul Prager. Eight jurors were chosen from 525 talesmen. rulings on alien disloyal acts and court protection were given. The question of drafting as jurors was sent to Governor Lowden, who barred drafted men from being summoned.
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Danish Commission Seeks U S Grain
Washington May 23 The Danish commission now in Canada will come to Washington to press talks on Denmark rationing and release of Danish ships in the United States No final agreement has been reached on Denmark food shipments and cargoes move under a temporary arrangement
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Allies Break Up Plans for Teutons Drive
In France on May 22 the French and British disrupt German offensive plans by local operations. German aims to hold solid positions on Flanders hills Villers Bretonneux plateau Grivesnes and Mailley Raineval heights Leiplemont and Renaud hills have not advanced. Entente forces have gained ground near these sites.
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Renaud
Revenue measure hangs in balance in Congress
Washington May 23 The fate of new revenue legislation hinges on President Wilson after talks with congressional leaders who favor postponement until December McAdoo urged urgency saying taxes must be enacted by next fall to fund war needs and avoid penalties The administration faces House and Senate resistance to summer sessions and to tax plans ahead of elections but leaders say a bill will move if McAdoo and the President deem it essential to sustain finances and prevent a funding crisis.
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Miss Lusk Reveals Life Story in Trial Defense
Waukesha Wis May 23 Grace Lusk testified in her own defense in a trial for slaving Mary Newman Roberts and recounted her life from birth in 1875 in Stoughton to teaching in Menominee Milwaukee Europe and Wisconsin. She said health woes and overwork affected her career and noted grandmothers past insanity among defense witnesses.
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Allied Pilots Bomb Cities Along Rhine Daring Raids
Allied air forces conduct daring raids across Rhine cities with American aviators in the Luneville Toul Somme and Paris sectors. French and British forces also attack and redeploy troops as Germans prepare a possible Somme offensive near Albert Avre and Noyon.
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Patrol raid in Lorraine nets two German prisoners
General Pershing reports to the war department a Monday night patrol raid by American troops in Lorraine. No American casualties. The action involved an officer and 20 men who engaged a German patrol, driving them off, earning two German prisoners with one dying of wounds later. One German was killed in a subsequent outpost clash.
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Lorraine
Lincoln President Resigns to Join Oberlin College
J. H. McMurray resigns as president of Lincoln College Lincoln Illinois to take a position with Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio. Rev Melvin R. Laird of the First Presbyterian Church Lincoln succeeds him.
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Germans Repulsed In Mesnil Hebuterne Raids In WWI Bulletin
London and Berlin battle report details raiding attempts against British lines near Mesnil and Hebuterne. Haig notes successful British raid north of Albert with heavy German casualties and a second enemy raid repulsed southeast of Mesnil. Front activity limited to artillery with few prisoners taken.
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Illinois to send 300 doctors by July 1
At Springfield May 23, E B Cooley of Danville urged Illinois to furnish 300 physicians and surgeons by July 1 to support the army. He called for consolidating Illinois medical schools into a single university centered in Chicago to elevate the state as a medical learning hub. Also discussed Bolivian support for the U S war policy.
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France
da Cooley
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Senor
Don Ignacio Calderon
Republic of Bolivia
New York Aviator Defeats German Plane Over France
Lieut. Wim. H. Taylor of New York chased a German biplane from American lines to Pagny sur Moselle north of Pont a Mousson. After a furious duel at 5000 meters he punctured the foe’s fuselage and rained 450 shots, ending with the enemy plane spinning toward the earth.
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Free Tomato Plants Sparked Near Riot in Chicago
In Washington Park on May 23 nearly 2,000 people rushed toward the park barns as word spread that 600 free tomato and cabbage plants would be given out. The stampede left several women trampled and fainting, with some losing plants in the crush. Police restored order.
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