AUANS SMASH AUSTRIAN LIMES VICTORIES REPORTED
Italian troops smashed Austro Hungarian positions from Jamiano to the Gulf of Triest and advanced near Medeazza and Mont Cucco lines gaining prisoners and guns. British and French fronts saw raids and intensified artillery duels with limited gains as both sides pressed along the Loos St Quentin and Chemin des Dames fronts.
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London
Jamiano
Gul
Triest
Italian War Department
Lens
France
Loos
British War Office
Haig
St. Quentin
Aisne
Champagne
French War Department
Lauffaux “Mill
Chemin Des Dames
Moulin de Laffaux
Hurtebise Farm
Craonne
Draftable Men Estimation in U S Military Draft Range
Washington May 28 By a census bureau estimate classifying the more than 10 000 000 men within the military draftage limit the number of single men is placed at 5 372 400 and the number of married men at 4 545 900. The estimate rests on population growth since 1910 and the same married to single ratio. The government will not exempt specific industries but will handle cases individually with exemptions only for workers essential to maintain economic balance.
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Washington
Census Bureau
War Department
Indiana Storm Ravages Hammond North Vernon Bloomington
Reports from Indiana detail heavy storm losses across multiple towns. Hammond reports several lives lost and numerous injuries with nearly 1 million dollars in property damage, North Vernon about 100 thousand, and Bloomington expected damages over 300 thousand.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Hammond
North Vernon
Bloomington
Policemen Damages Suit Against City Dismissed
Policemen enforcing the prohibition law smashed saloon fixtures in a large hotel in Seattle. The city was not held liable for 20000 dollars in damages sought by the hotel company in the suit decided against the plaintiff.
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Seattle
Wash
Wireless Operator Shot in Virginia Beach Clash
Fifty shots were exchanged during a clash between guards at the government station in Virginia Beach and supposed enemy agents, wounding wireless operator Frederick Roach.
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Portsmouth
Frederick Roach
Virginia Beach
Tornado Kills Two in Black Hawk Indiana May 28
A tornado that swept the Black Hawk neighborhood killed two people Mrs Ada Peirson aged forty and Murray Flayard aged eighty seven. The storm damaged every house in the community.
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Black Hawk
Ind
Ada Peirson
Murray Flayard
Brazil Move to End Neutrality in War Crisis
The Brazilian foreign relations committee drafts a measure to cancel the April 24 1917 neutrality decree and authorize President Hraz to take steps to end neutrality toward Germany and the United States. It cites sinking of Brazilian ships by a German submarine and urges defense measures while restricting confiscation of ships.
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Rio Delaneiro
Foreign Relations Committee
Grazilian Congress
Brazil
Germany
United States
Hraz
Paris
Neutras
Parana
National Congress
The
Hague
Wenceslao Braz
Nilo Pecanha
Ruy Barbosa
Rodriguez Alvea
Congress
Rio Frande Do Sul
Army Needs 5,000 Doctors Immediately
The army requires 5,000 doctors at once with a goal of doubling that by year end. Ten medical officers per 1,000 men are planned. To train the needed doctors four camps will be set up at Ft. Riley Kansas Ft. Benjamin Harrison Indiana and Ft. Oglethorpe Georgia, with a fourth camp to be announced.
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Washington
Ft. Riley
Kas
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Ft. Oglethorpe
Police to Begin Strenuous Drill at Convention Hall
Kansas City police will start foot tactics and floor evolutions in Convention Hall following Chief Hammill's order. Patrolmen and their commanding officers will participate, marking the first steady drill in years aside from a brief period last summer.
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Kansas City
Hammil
China Issues New Coins Put On Market
The Chinese government announces issuance of three subsidiary silver coins the half dollar twenty cent and ten cent pieces and two subsidiary copper coins the cent and the half cent. The coins are now on sale in Peking.
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China
Peking
Indiana News Hints Political and War Efforts Across State
State defense councils planned in every Indiana county. Governor Goodrich names delegates to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in Pittsburgh June 6, and sets June 26 for a special Sixth district election to replace the late D W Comstock. Women are barred from the June 26 election by the Indiana suffrage ruling. Public service commission challenges in coal pricing and property valuations are outlined amid war effort directives and local incidents.
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State Council of Defense
Council For Defense
Indiana
Goodrich
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Pittsburg
D. W. Comstock
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
Indianapolis
Harry B. Tuthill
Wilson
Ele Stansbury
Lae
Daniel W. Comstock
Public Service Commission
Indiana Power and Water Company
Vincennes
Dugger
Petersburg
A. B. Anderson
Evansville
Frankfort
United $4 Supreme Court
Hollister
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Indiana Public Service Commission
Charles A. Edwards
J. W. McCardie
Turkey Run
McCormick’s Creek Canyon
Marion County Grand Jury
Colfax
Sereinsky
William Churchman
Oxon Chemical Company
Wirley R. Rudd
Indiana National Insurance Company
John Monaghan
L. Ert Slack
John Loomis
Jeffersonville
Arthur E. Craig
Muncie
Indiana Reformatory
Sullivan
James Denny
Charles Rooksberry
George Ma‘lone
Edith Cain
Ft. Wayne
Council of National Defense
Selah Pearl Coin
Oliver Coin
Host
Harvey Hendrickson
Bloomington
Catherine FB. Crump
Francis J. Crump
Columbus
Francis T. Crump
First National Bank
Public Service Commission of
Terre Haute
The
Service Commission
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Call to Canadian Landowners to Boost War Food Production
The Christian Science Monitor argues that Canada and the United States must mobilize all available workers to produce food for the Entente. It lauds patriotic sacrifice, notes farms can expand sowing, and urges board of trade led campaigns to extend holidays to three weeks for field labor.
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Canada
United States
Christian Science Monitor
Kaiser’s Prayer Calls for German War Plots
Poem in Boonville Enquirer satire mocks Kaiser Wilhelm II pleading with God to ally with Germany against the United States and Edison patenting a destructive device. The piece imagines submarines, world conquest, and a threat to “unleash” weapons, turning to Heaven for partnership or doom.
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