More Men Gallled Iowa quota to 1910
The Western Newspaper reports a new draft call for 49 843 registrants to be mobilized by May 1 and 10. Quotas favor Illinois with 8047 and Iowa at 1910 while Nevada has the smallest at 49. Chiefs note posts at Fort McDowell Port Loran Fort Sam Houston and Vancouver Barracks as the army accelerates mobilization to reinforce Europe.
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Nevada
Western
Washington, D. C
Crowder
War Department
Baker
Europe
District of Columbia
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
Delaware
Wyoming
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Fort McDowell
Cal
Port Lorsan
Colo
fort.Sam Houston
Tex
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Allied Line Holds Firm In Belgium and France
German efforts to break Haig lines fail as British and American forces repulse assaults. Allied troops hold ground near Ypres and St Mihiel, with heavy German casualties and strong American defense tipping the balance in battle.
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Belegium
France
Flanders
Field Marshal Haig
Ypres
Field Marshal Hair
English Channel
St. Mihiel
American grain to Holland relief plan announced
The American war trade board offered two shiploads of grain to Holland and facilitated a third from Argentina, sparking relief over potential relief from food shortages.
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The
Hague
American War Trade Board
Holland
Argentina
War News From Fronts and Liberty Loan Appeals
Casualty lists for April 2 to 8 reveal 447 names with 18 killed in action 11 died of wounds 21 captured 4 died of accident 46 died 3 unknown cause 103 severely wounded and 241 slightly wounded. American engineers and Canadian counterparts fought together to curb German advances as submarines and destroyers aid Allied navies. General Pershing urges full support for the Liberty loan and home-front self denial. Secretary Daniels announces a large American warship fleet in the war zone and troop transports to France accelerate. Two German raids northwest of Toul are repulsed. Atlantic Sun torpedoed. first officer captured by U-boat.
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War Department
Baker
Navy Department
Atlantic
France
General Pershing
Cleveland, O
Daniels
Atlantic Sun
Foch Appointed Supreme Allied Commander Sparks WWI Shift
Premier Lloyd George disclosed in the House of Commons that General Foch is now supreme director of Allied strategy on the Western Front. Kerwood of Bryn Mawr and Woodward of Philadelphia, Lafayette Escadrille, are missing since April 1 after combat and scouting returns. French British tenacity disrupt German plans for Picardy while Allied position improves under Foch.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
London
Foch
Western Front
Versailles War Council
Charies Kerwood
Bryn Mawr
Houston Woodward
Philadelphia
Lafayette Escadrille
Kerwood
Woodward
Picardy
War Department
Foeh
Liberty loan drive aims five billion nationwide goals
Washington reports show campaign committees in many cities racing to meet their half period quotas of subscriptions and plan to double the apportionment in the second half. Greece to receive thirty million dollars after Creek parliament passes legislation. Dr August Philips departs due to poor health, unrelated to Dutch ship requisitions. President Wilson subscribed to a thousand dollar Liberty bond amid a fifty thousand dollar total. Surgeon General Gorgas orders elimination from the army medical reserve of non eligible men, about fifteen hundred commissions to be revoked. Senator Lodge calls for death penalties for spies and traitors as the antisedition bill debate continues in Wisconsin.
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Treasury
Washington
Army Medical Reserve Corps
Gorgas
Tawa
Kaiser-Ally
Sears
Camp Pidge
New
National Army
Omsha
Missouri Valley
Harley
Controversy Over Conscription Spurs Commons Debate
In London the house of commons debates Premier Lloyd George's proposed manpower bill to extend conscription to Ireland as Irish party members challenge the government. Reports note Paris revelations by Bol0 Pasha, a royal warrant changing army promotion rules, and protests in Ireland against conscription.
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House of Commons
London
Lloydscorge
Ireland
Mafin
Paris
Bolo Pasha
King George
England
Obituary for Rear Admiral John D. Ford
Retired U S N Rear Admiral John D. Ford died in Baltimore Maryland at age seventy eight. He served proudly through a long career and was honored by the naval community.
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John D. Ford
Baltimore
Empire State Express Collision Claims Dozens Injured
An Empire State Express freight collision near Amsterdam New York injured about twenty people and killed engineer John R Bougy of Albany New York. The crash prompted federal help and investigations while obstructions and debris closed the line. Detroit launches a 36 million dollar Liberty loan drive with early subscriptions topping ten million.
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John R. Bougy
Albany
N. Y
Empire State Express
New York Central Railroad
Amsterdam
N.Y
State Food and War Efforts Highlight Iowa Updates
Iowa officials warn of coal shortages this spring as Administrator Webster considers statewide speaking tours. Reports from Waterloo and southwest Iowa detail limited coal, rail car shortages, and trucking to Omaha markets due to railroad delays. World War I concerns include Red Cross auctions, Liberty Loan progress in English River township, and patriotic displays. Local incidents cover a German hall flag incident, ptomaine poisoning at Iowa State University, and a fatal railroad yard accident near Dunlap.
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Charles Webster
Arch WoMc¢ Farland
Waterloo
Webster
Iowa
Clarence Dykstra
The
State University
University of Kansas
Professor Dykstra
English River
Washington
United States
Atlantic
Iowa University
Currier Hall
Rolf Arenholz
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Rockwell City Reformatory
Anamosa
W. B Baird
Dunlap
St Bernard’s Hospital
Council Bluffe
Virgil Harrold Nics
Shenandoah
Transfiguration on the Mountain and Lessons for Faith
A religious study outlines Jesus’ transfiguration with Peter James and John on the mountain, Moses and Elijah appearing in glory, and the divine pronouncement. It contrasts this vision with the disciples’ failure to cast out a demon and confirms faith through Christ’s power and authority.
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Peter
Jesus
Christ
James
John
Luke
Jesus Christ
Moses
Elias
Palestine
God
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Wilson
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Teutonic War News
Gemiman
Schniltz
Crowell
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Greece
Treasury Department
August Philips
Netherlands
Sait
Oan
Lodge
Senate
Victor Berger
Borah
Treland
Premiser Clemenceau
Czernin
Austria
Stevens Railway Commission
Harbin
Lowden
Illinois
Gregory
Detroit
Joseph Daniels
M. W. Kirwen
Royal Flying Corps
Fort Worth
Toronto
Nova Scotia
Ile
Tampa
Fla
Hawkeye
State News
West Liberty
Red Cross
J LL Peters
Camp Cody
Kingdom OF God
Israel
P. B. Fitzwater
Dames of English Bible
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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