First Phase of Officers Training Camp Wrapped Up
About 2,500 rookies at Fort Snelling indoctrinated in basic infantry and common officer duties as they near the end of the first month. Classification will place trainees into infantry coast defense artillery and other branches for specialized work. Discharges for inefficiency are rising as the unit system tightens pace and further weedings out likely officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Fort Snelling
Minn
Northwest
Uncle Sam
America
Cedar Rapids
John A Marquis
Coe College
Marquis
The
Presbyterian Church
Donald Flynn
Mason City
Great Western
Grinnell
P. Sprague
Department of Physical Education
Main
John A. Ryan
Washington, D. C
State University
Albert Westendorf
Rock Rapids
Westendorf
F H. Shallabarger
West Liberty
Greene
Commercial Hotel
Mills County
Harry Farrington
Silver City
Duran Summers
Malvern
Kenneth Shaw
Emmerson
Clem Shaffer
Solomon
Signa Applegren
Sioux City
Persia
Miss Applegren
Leslie Inglebright
Mount Pleasant High School
Oakland Mills
C. C. Nutting
National Museum
Washington, D C
Harrison County
van Wert
Freight Steamer Mississippi Sunk by Submarine
The 6677 ton French freight ship Mississippi was torpedoed and sunk about 145 miles from Brest on June 2. Forty seven officers and crew survived in open boats, one sailor drowned. Survivors were landed at Fayal, Azores. The vessel, owned by General Trans Atlantic Steamship Co of Havre, last appeared in New Orleans March 13 from Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brest
France
Fayal
Azores
General Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company
Havre
New Orleans
Air Supremacy Plan Seeks $600 Million Aid Aimed at Training Base
The War Department approves the air supremacy program of the defense council and the aircraft board. President Wilson is asked to back the project with a $600 million appropriation. The plan would turn the U S into a major elementary training base for allies and expand production of training machines while developing a serviceable battle craft type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
Defense Council
Aircraft Board
Wilson
United States
To Train Airmen in France by Aero Club of America
The Aero Club of America announced that all expenses for twenty young Americans will be paid to send them to France for training with the La Fayette Escadrille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
Lafayette Esacadrille
The
Aero Club of America
Board of Governors
World News Flash: War Memos and U-Boat Actions
Shipping board orders immediate commandeering of all shipbuilding contracts as Goethals chairs emergency fleet actions. Morenz sinks after two hours at sea with four crew dead. Pershing arrives in Paris to a rally and meets Joffre Sharp and Painleve. Wilson proclaims in Washington that US entry was forced by German aggression and vows flag into battle. Kroonland sinks a submarine after ramming it in harbor. Italy to name a high commissioner to the United States akin to Andre Tardieu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Morenz
Pershing
Paris
Marshal Joffre
Ambassador Sharp
Paul Painleve
Wilson
Germany
Kroonland
United States
Andre Tardieu
Anarchists Arrested as Draft Conspiracy Case Rises
Domestic Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, labeled anarchists, were arrested by federal authorities in New York at the No-Conscription League office for conspiring to disrupt the selective draft. Adolph Germer, Nazi party official, surrendered in Grand Rapids amid similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Adolph Germer
National Socialist Party
Grand Rapids
Mich
European War News From The Front And Sea Reports
British armed merchant cruiser Avenger torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea with all but one crew saved. Norweigian vessels sunk. German retreats in Belgium and front shifts reported. Entente forces land at Piraeus and Castella as Greece moves toward Athens. Fort Salifs captured. Messines offensive praised. London confirms air raid casualties and torpedoings at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
Belgium
Berlin
Hollebeke
Douve
Warneton
Piraeus
Castella
Greece
Phaulerum Bay
Athens
Government to release all prisoners from Trish rebellion
In the House of Commons in London the government announced its decision to release all prisoners taken during the Trish rebellion on Buster Sunday a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
London
Registration Law Opens Enlistment Across Military Branches
The selective draft law does not restrict men from joining any government forces. Men aged eighteen to forty may volunteer for the regular army navy Marine corps National Guard or Naval Militia. Immediate recruitment is needed to fill all branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Naval Militia
Gompers Urges Russian Democracy at Petrograd Conference
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, cabled from Washington to James Duncan, who heads the U S organized labor mission to Russia, urging democracy and national independence at the socialistic conference to be held in Petrograd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
James Duncan
Organized Labor
United States
Russia
Petrograd
Senate Adopts War Budget and Arms Inquiry
The senate at Washington adopted the Smoot resolution to learn if the Enfield rifle is used by the army and to obtain facts on standardization of arms for allies. President Wilson signed the $3.34 billion war budget, finalizing it into law. Senate finance cut manufacturers tax on athletic goods to 2 percent. The conference report on the army and navy budget passed without dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Secretary of War
Wilson
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Iowa State News Highlights Wartime Activities Across Counties
Iowa reports show university women aiding war effort through gardens and canning. Clarinda raises funds with a $1500 Liberty bond gift and a $50 Red Cross donation, while 800-plus join the local Red Cross. Poultry and egg figures boost Cedar Township wealth at 15418 75. Infrastructure grows with a $400000 Des Moines river bridge contract and Webster City telephone holdings sale. Local incidents include a Des Moines hospitalizing crash and a Mason City boy's death investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Greater Clarinda Club
Red Cross Fund
Clarinda Red Cross
Farm Labor Bureau
Clara Lint
P. L. West
Des Moines
Mercy Hospital
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Iowa
Wilson
Cedar Township
Blackhawk County
Homer Hughes
Iowa City
D. E. Thomas
Horrabin
Iowa Telephone Company
Farmers and Merchants’ Telephone Company
Webster City
Newton
Harding
J B Kirbye
Des Moinés
Hartford
Red Cross
Orpheum Theater
Iowa County
Lyn George J. Kelly
Joseph E. Merritt
Cedar Rapids
Ernest White
Glidden
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Snelling
Mississippi
U. S
Teutonic War News
War Emergency Committee
Baking Industry
Chicago
National Army
Rockford
Yupbank
South Haven
L. I
Annapols Junction
Petersburg
Via
Chatfield
Federal Court
Brooklyn
Herman P. Levine
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Washington University
St. Louis
Frederick Jerger
Martin Ferry
Sater
Columbus
Delaware County
Jerger
Foreign Office
Copenhagen
Hindenburg Line
Bullecourt
Lys River
St. Yves
Fort Salifs
Red Sea
Messines
F. B. Maurice
British War Office
House of Lords
Earl of Derby
Iowa State
Commonwealth
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