Coast steamer City of Athens sinks after collision
Survivors recount heavy loss of life after the Athens was rammed by a French cruiser off the Delaware coast. The 100 aboard included 24 U S Marines. rescue by French ship followed rapid sinking within minutes. A brave Negro fireman and others saved passengers including a mother and child amid chaos.
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City of Athens
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Prain
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Athens
New York
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Ifforence Pickhard Harrison
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James Wallace
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J. Forward
Ocean Steamship Company
Essen
Forward
Criminal charges urged in probe of aviation program
Senate debates urged criminal or civil liability amid investigation of army aviation program spending. Hawley of the Aero Club of America proposes steps to correct past mistakes and ensure supply for air forces aiding the allies in the war effort.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Senate
Hawley
New York
Alan_ J. Hawley
The
Aero Club of America
Wilson
Liberty Loan drive fuels large bond subscriptions nationwide
Telegrams report massive response to buy another bond and match the President contests. National total rises to 2 641 631 850 dollars with projections of further subscriptions. Texas towns show high participation as Dallas reports every prisoner subscribing.
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Washington, D. C
National Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Detention of Munich scholars at Yale raises treason questions
Detention as enemy aliens was announced for Anna Maria Erdmann a Yale biology lecturer and Richard Goldschmidt a Munich University professor who had been living in New Haven since last March and may have had no occupation. The treason charge for Goldschmidt remains unclear.
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New Haven
Conn
Anna Maria Rhoda Erdmann
University of Munich
Yale University Graduate School
Richard Goldschmidt
United States
Spellacy
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Tonight and Friday
Tonight and Friday forecast for San Antonio calls for cloudy skies. Cooler conditions expected with light winds and no precipitation noted in available data.
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San Antonio
Victory
Weather Forecast for Cities Tied to Tourists
Forecasts for St Louis Chicago Kansas City New York and others. Clear conditions with light to moderate winds from various directions. Temperatures range from the low forties to the mid fifties with cool nights and sunny days anticipated.
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Chicago
St, Kansas City
York
Wwaditi Noron
Northeastern Department to be led by Holbrook after Buckman discharge
Major General Holbrook to take command in San Antonio and relieve Buckman who failed the overseas physical. Buckman reverts to brigadier general in the regular army and is ordered to report to Boston. Holbrook, 58, rapid rise from colonel to major general, has long cavalry experience and border duty.
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National Army
Southern Department
Boston
Mass
Regular Army
Northeastern
Willard A. Wolbrook
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
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War Department
Suuckman
Holbrook
San Antonio
Washington
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Buckman
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Bee
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Arizona
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Army Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fifteenth Cavalry Division
G. W. Read
Souther Department
Ruckman
Shice
Ife
Baker Would Bar Limit on One of Army
Secretary Baker appeared before the House Military Committee with Crowder and General March to outline plans for a greatly expanded army. He avoided naming a specific end strength, citing the limit as the ability to equip and transport troops. The administration contemplates 1.7 million now, with potential growth to 3 to 4 million, to be guided by transportation and equipment capacity.
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General March
Baker
House Military Committee
Renee
War Department
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Glass
France
Ferguson Seeks Ballot Spot for Governor Aide’s Name
Washington May 2 The War Department will resume giving addresses of American soldiers named in casualty lists from France. Former Governor James B Ferguson has applied to have his name placed on the Democratic gubernatorial ballot, with filing open until June, and warns of injunctions by opponents while urging voters to back him. He calls for candidates to declare if they would vote to seat him if nominated and elected.
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France
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Baker
James BE. Ferguson
Vo Ta Shurtleff
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Ferguson
Ther
Two Die in Nose Dive At Fort Worth Field
Two aviation officers died in separate nose dives. Lieut. James S. Innis Jr. of New York and Cadet Paul Herriott of Oakland were killed at Hicks Field near Fort Worth while General Greble's staff witnessed stunts. The same day at Moraine City Field in Ohio Oscar A Brindley and Colonel Dania perished when a plane fell 400 feet during a turn.
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Tex
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New York Ily
Paul Herriott
Oakland
Cal
Imicks Field
General Greble
Camp Bowie
Dawpon
Ohio
Oscar A. Brindley
Colonet Dania
McCook Federal
Moraine City
Swiss Spy Executed at Vincennes by Firing Squad
A Swiss citizen named Nivergel was executed at dawn at Vincennes after a death sentence by a court martial. TheProceedings sought to mollify the sentence, but the execution proceeded with Nivergel calmly facing the firing squad.
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Nivergel
Vincennes
Brave RAF Pilots Win Victoria Cross in Heavy Air Battles
Lieutenant Allan Gerrard and Alan Arnet McLend of the Royal Air Force receive the Victoria Cross for outstanding actions. Gerrard attacked five enemy planes and airdrome defenses, rescued a comrade, and fought through when wounded. McLeod, under heavy enemy fire, allowed his observer to shoot down three planes and kept the fire confined to save the crew as they reached the ground.
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London
Allan Gerrard
Alan Arnet McLend
Royal Air Force
Gerrard
McLeod
Germans Launch Renewed Assault Near Villers Bretonneux
British official report notes a heavy German bombardment near Villers Bretonneux as a prelude to renewed attack on Amiens. American and French troops repelled three German battalions with severe losses on March 21 and the Americans suffered significant casualties.
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Amiens
Villers- Bretonneaux
Somme
Flanders
Ypres
von Arnim
French Repel Attacks Near Thennes Sector
French air office says a German attack on the Thennes sector failed. French troops carried out raids on Le Monchel and west of Couchy Le Chateau, capturing twenty prisoners in operations near Le Monchel, west of Couey de Chateau, and north of Pont-Mousson.
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Paris
Thennes
le Monchel
Couchy le Chateau
Couey de Chateau
Pont- -Mousson
Americans Marvelous War Troops Impress French Officer
A Paris Temps letter recounts a French officer praising American soldiers in France. He notes their natural soldiering, enthusiasm, and discipline, while acknowledging early faults such as over- eagerness and imprudence as they learn combat. The dispatch cites close Allied cooperation and frontline display.
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France
Paris Temps
Drance
Oure
Germain Assault repulsed near Villers-Bretonneux
A heavy German attack against American forces near Villers-Bretonneux was repulsed with heavy enemy losses after a two hour bombardment and a subsequent infantry rush. Details note strong resistance by U S troops and casualties for the attackers.
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France
Villers-Bretonneux
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