Irish Bill Draft Near Completion for Whitsuntide Debate
London Times reports ministers have nearly finished a draft Irish bill except for financial details and expect it to reach the war cabinet this week. Introduction in the House of Commons may occur before Whitsuntide as the government signals Irish proposals will proceed. Also notes Pan-American Motors Corp of Decatur Illinois misidentified with Pan Motor Co of St Paul Minnesota.
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Quator Artillery Routs Heavy Barrage Defeats Hun Attacks
German aviators resort to un sportsmanlike tricks to mimic allied markings. American fliers report four aerial battles northwest of Toul with decisive outcome. one American plane returned with wing bullet holes and two others damaged by shell fragments. A message from the French front notes ten German planes brought down today.
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Enemy Routed Mar To Toul As Americans Hold Ground
In France near Toul the American forces repelled a German attempt to retake former trenches in Bois Brule. Artillery barrage forced Germans to abandon newly occupied ground with little return fire. American patrols then seized an enemy observation post near Anzervillers, killing three and taking four prisoners.
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Huns Use New Gas on Picardy Front
The Associated Press reports a probable German liquid gas fired in glass bottles over the Picardy front where American troops fight. Bursting bottles release white fumes causing nausea sneezing and coughing but no harm to Americans. Two German airplanes were downed today. George H Ryden, former Yale history instructor, transfers to Camp Travis to join the association training school. second term begins May 8.
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Treasury urges bond buyers to hold Liberty Bonds
Washington May 6 The Treasury paused tally efforts as local committees counted pledges for the Third Liberty Loan. Early reports show subscribers may exceed 17 million and total bond ownership could reach 22 million, with funds near 3.5 billion and final totals likely above 4.0 billion. Secretary McAdoo praised public patriotism and urged investors to keep bonds through the war to aid national defense. Farmers showed strong participation and officials noted substantial over-subscriptions in prior loans to be accepted this time.
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Food Shortage Crisis in Austria and Ukraine Turmoil
Wartime dispatch describes Austrian food shortages as a critical issue with German troops aiding supply, extortion by peasants in Ukraine, and a shifting German led government. It notes imports to Austria and Germany, a new peasant government aligned with Brest-Litovsk terms, and grave central empire economics. Fort Worth incident reports soldier Brean P. Jones charged with murder near Dripping Springs.
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Viscount French Named Ireland Viceroy In Military Move
London mast brief notes the appointment of Field Marshal Viscount French as viceroy of Ireland, a surprise military choice amid delays in naming Edward Shortt as chief secretary. French, Irish by extraction and former commander in chief, would oversee Ireland during a tense period following the Dublin revolt.
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Irish leaders urge continued help against conscription in London rally
In London on May 6 John Dillon and Prof Manard De Valera spoke at a Sinn Fein rally in Dillon's West Mayo constituency. They urged unity to defeat conscription, warned government opposition would backfire, and called for Irish church backed unity with Irish committees to rally against forced service.
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Obituary notices and funeral notices flood San Antonio
A flood of obituaries and funeral notices from San Antonio lists Peter L McBrearty Jr 13 died at 0 30 Sunday at 1021 Lakeview Ave survived by parents two brothers and two sisters with services at the residence and Sacred Heart Church Mrs Matilda I Parks 37 died at her apartments survived by husband and son John Parks Jr three daughters Frances Marie and Melon Funeral sent to Carruthersville Mo Vernice Ellison 2 died at Whitsett Tex buried in Lockhart Mrs Mabel Kitth Lambert 25 died at a sanitarium native of South Dakota in San Antonio five months young husband Rev Kay F P Lambert and brothers survive Funeral arrangements pending Miss Kathleen Stone 1 died at home on Pennsylvania Ave funeral from home to Git Cemetery No 1 John R Edwards 62 former conductor for 29 years in San Antonio funeral Tuesday with Railway conductors pallbearers Interment Cemetery No 6 George Baccus 70 died at 355 Queen Anne Court to be buried in Bowie Texas George Haywood 41 former San Antonio resident died in San Francisco noted in a porters column Beaumont and Jefferson County raise Third Liberty Loan subscriptions totaling 2 9 million dollars with 1000 subscribers headlined.
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Bowie
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Mrs Potter Dies in Florida Home
Mrs Potter Palmer, Chicago socialite and widow of Potter Palmer, died at her Florida residence. She had supported her son Honore Palmer’s political career and hosted a large reception for the Twenty-first Ward Marching Club during his campaign. After Potter Palmer’s 1902 death she managed his estate, valued around $8 million.
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Allied Lines Advance in Local Fights Continues
Reports say French divisions attacked near Bailleul and Kermaniel Hine but were repulsed with heavy losses and over 500 prisoners taken. An English assault west of Bailleul failed to develop while British thrusts south of Hebuterne and near the Somme also faltered. The front saw renewed artillery activity at dusk around Villers-Bretonneux and the Avre river.
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Stripes Move to Right Arm For All NCO Insignia
The army changes insignia rules for non commissioned officers. Service stripes will be worn only on the right sleeve in future. The ruling, announced by department readers, affects cooks, visiting officers, and others who display insignia on sleeves.
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War Department seeks additional billion for aircraft production
The War Department asked Congress for a further one billion dollar appropriation for aircraft production. This would raise total authorized and expended funds from the existing 640.7 million.
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Court Denies Writ Against Sending to France
Federal court today denied habeas corpus relief sought by Missouri’s Robert Cox, claiming to block his draft into France as a National Army member. Supreme Court ruling ends his bid to avoid deployment. Paris reports also note the death of French novelist Ohnet, author of many works since 1875 with several adapted for the stage.
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