Pershing Will Send Forces to France in War Mobilization
President Wilson ordered a regular division under Major General John J. Pershing to France as part of a broad war mobilization after signing the selective draft act. The plan aims to muster up to 2,000,000 troops, with initial enlistment and training underway and the first 500,000 to be mobilized by autumn.
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Union News Service
Washington, D. C
Wilson
John J. Pershing
France
America
Roosevelt
War Department
National Guard
United States Army
Pershing
Company M
Red Oak
Roscoe Crawford
Emerson
Lloyd Johnson
Atlantic
Robert H. Reed
Lester JL. Reef
Cornell College
Mt Vernon
Ft Snelling
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Snelling
Cherokee County
Bennington
Wankon
A. M May
Logan
Garwin
Patriotic Food Producers’ Association
Dan Starner
Boone
Waukon
State University
War Era Headlines Echo Pacific Coast Spy Case and War Prep
Federal actions to crush a German spy ring in America began in San Francisco based on information from Rudolph Flamindinghe who is jailed in Los Angeles. President Wilson authorized a 183000 man buildup in four steps to reach full war strength as Gen Leonard Wood heads south.
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Secret Service
America
San Francisco
Rudolph Flamindinghe
Pacific Coast
Flamindinghe
Los Angeles
Iowa Rural War Effort and Patriotism Run Strong Across Counties
Iowa towns rally for war support with drills, food drives, and first aid displays. Reports note Onawa youth Albert Dalbert amputates a toe to enlist and join the National Guard. Ames women study home nursing and auto care. Des Moines and Anamosa host large patriotic meetings.
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Albert Calbert
Onawa
Sioux City
Dalbert
St Vincent Hospital
National Guards
Drake University Stadium
Co B
Iowa National Guard
Boy Scouts
Court House
Anamosa
Harding
George Urge
Mount Vernon
Fayette
College
Meredith
Lafayette Young
H. C Wallace
Des Moines
J) W Norris
Marshalltown
Iowa
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Releigh
Sigma
Whitacre & Son
West Liberty
National Association
United States War Department
Iowa Agricultural College
France
Ames
Eve Girl
Carlisle
United States Army
National Guard
Great Western
Totus Stoddard
Bellevue
Jackson County
Dee Branscombe
Maquoketa
Benjamin ‘Lampe
Ladies’ Aid Society
Walter Taylor
Red Oak
Harlan Reed
Paul Stratton
Pocahontas Grain Company
Rock Island
Interstate Firemen
Audubon
Shenandoah
Logan
J. N. Warren
Sioux
Congregational
Sheldon
Winterset
Board of Supervisors
Liberty
Lynn George J Kelly
Independence
State Society of Iowa Medical Women
Laura Bronson
Iowa City
Oasis County
American Red Cross Association
Fort Snelling
Iowa Uniersity
Wilson in Conference With Gallinger Lodge and Knox
President Wilson held a one hour talk at the White House with Senators Gallinger Lodge and Knox senior Republican leaders on foreign relations and war measures. The three critics did not discuss specifics but the president was hopeful that key war programs would not face strong Senate opposition.
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Gallinger
Lodge
Knox
White House
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Senate
Congress
Gatlinger
Major Liberty Loan Subscriptions Listed for New York
Large pledges reported include W R Grace & Co at 1,000,000 and Prudential Insurance Co of Newark at 6,500,000 plus 2,500,000 already subscribed. Home Savings Institution Newark 700,000. Anaconda Copper 2,500,000. Inspiration Copper 1,000,000. Greene Cananea Copper 500,000. Tiffany & Co 1,000,000. W J Woolman & Co brokers 1,090,000. Montana Power 500,000. Union Central Life 1,000,000.
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New York
Liberty Loan
W. R Grace & Co
Prudential Insurance Company
Newark
Home Savings Institution
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Inspiration Copper Company
Greene-Cananea Copper Company
Tiffany & Co
Con. W J. Woolman & Co
Montana Power Company
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Liberty Loan Day Appeal Sent to Clergy Nationwide
The Liberty Loan committee issued an appeal to churchgoers across the nation to observe Liberty Loan Day on Sunday June 3. The National Bank of Commerce has applied for 10 million dollars in loan bonds.
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New York
Liberty Loan Committee
National Bank of Commerce
European War News From Ottawa Casualty List and Front Reports
The Ottawa casualty list includes two American deaths W C Clark of San Francisco and A Dinnigan of Springville Michigan. Rome reports Italian offensives have captured 3875 prisoners a mountain battery and 30 machine guns. Berlin says trenches 600 meters east of La Neuville fell. British forces hold Bullecourt with new posts west of the village. A Petrograd manifesto urges continued war. Russia condemned for separate peace. Bethmann Hollweg offers peace if Russia renounces conquest. Seven German submarines sunk or captured en route to US waters. British destroy Zeppelins L 22 in the North Sea. Illinois oats good wheat improving. Vegetables favorable.
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United States
Atlantic
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John D. Rockefeller
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Redfield
Federal Bureau of Standards
Boards of Trade
Baker
Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
Leonard Wood
Charleston
S. C
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Petrograd
Paul N. Milukoff
H. Tereschtenko
Finance
A. Fb. Kerensky
Justice
von Vietinghoff
Strassburg
Amsterdam
Berlin
Walter H. Long
Colonies
House of Commons
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
Russia
B.S. Cutler
Buffalo
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Army
House
War Can Committee
Iowa State News
Commonwealth
William P Chantland
Federal Trade Commission
Chantland
Nan
Gertrude Payer
Pocahontas
Ottawa
Ont
W. C. Clark
Arcadia Street
A. Dinnigan
Springville
Mich
Rome
Laa Neuville
Bullecourt
Reuter
Council of Soldiers
Workingmen's
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Germany
North Sea
Admiralty
Illinois
Federal Weather Bureau
Springfield
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