One Day Hookworm Cure Used at Camp Travis
A one day cure for hookworm is being applied at Camp Travis with strong results. Several hundred soldiers treated with worm seed oil show improvement under medical supervision. A sanitary survey by Maj. Charles A. Kofoid plans to test all men, assessing prevalence and guiding prevention.
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Camp Travis
Charles A. Kofoid
Sanitary Corps
Oklahoma
Texas
Keford
Ioford
Kofold
Tropics
Tidewater Beats U-Boat After Night Long Duel
The Navy Department reported the armed guard aboard the American steamer Tidewater engaged a German submarine on March 17 off the starboard bow. A volley scored a clean hit just ahead of the wake, with a third shot aimed at the sub's last submerged position. The submarine then disappeared as the ship zigzagged and prepared for daybreak, with no further signs of contact.
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Washington
Tidewater
Navy Department
Armed Guard
British Bombard Ostend Zeebrugge Area and Zeebrugge Base
British naval aerial forces from Dunkirk bombed Ostend Westende the mole lock gates and the seaplane base at Zee brugge and attacked nearby enemy shipping. German reaction notes the Zeebrugge raid was a bold and successful operation with implications for future attacks.
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London
Dunkirk
Ostend
Westende
Mole
Zeebrugge
Admiralty
Maddin Summers Dies in Moscow Under Overwork Strain
The American consul general in Moscow, Maddin Summers, died suddenly with Russian doctors initially reporting poisoning. Subsequent certification said death was caused by brain hemorrhage after he collapsed from overwork and illness lasting one day.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Maddin Summers
State Department
Fron
Summers
Klan Parade Warns Idlers to Find Work in Birmingham
One hundred fifty white robed men in Ku Klux Klan uniform with an American flag and fiery cross led a Birmingham procession last night warning idlers to find work and do it.
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Birmingham
Ala
Weather Preview for San Antonio Tonight and Wednesday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for tonight and Wednesday to be partly cloudy with mild temperatures and light winds. No precipitation is expected and temperatures should remain in a comfortable range for outdoor plans.
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San Antonio
Weather snapshot for five cities during travel week
In St Louis the day shows 68 degrees with a south wind 22 mph and mixed clouds. Chicago reports 64 degrees with a southwest wind 24 mph and clear skies. Kansas City has 66 with a northeast wind 16 mph and partly cloudy skies. New York records 68 with an 8 mph southwest wind and cloudy conditions. Washington DC notes 4 degrees with a south wind and cloudy weather.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Lane
Washington, D. C
San Antonio Liberty Loan drive exceeds quota at luncheon
San Antonio exceeded its third Liberty Loan quota with a total subscription of 34,348,000, an over subscription of 415,000, at the Gunter hotel luncheon attended by men and women workers. A focal bank not in the Eleventh district caused 80,000 in bonds to be credited to New York instead. Speakers praised civic effort and pledged continued support for the war, with two local boys in the army cited and plans to retain the organizing committee for future drives.
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San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Eleventh
Federal Reserve District
New York
Hugh McLellan
Kelly Field
W. W. V Collier
America
J. K. Beretta
Floyd McGown
Women's Liberty Loan Division
Bexar County
Franz C. Groos
Can
Will
Mr. Groos
Groose
Treasury Department
W. W. Lipscomb
Frank M. Lewis
British Casualties Reported for Week Ending Today
London reports a weekly total of 38,691 British losses with 6,555 officers and men killed or died of wounds and 32,138 wounded or missing. Casualties split into killed or died of wounds and wounded or missing among officers and men, with 499 officers and 6,060 men killed or died of wounds and 1,859 officers and 30,277 men wounded or missing.
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London
Collows
Americans Starved and Overworked in German Salt Mines
An Associated Press report from the American army in France recounts a French soldier’s interview with an American POW in Germany. The prisoner describes severe hunger, brutal labor in Hart salt mines at Hameln, and punishment with rifle butts and hot chambers, with multiple deaths among English prisoners.
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Associated Press
France
Germany
Hameln
Hanover
Overman Act Moves Forward in Judiciary Committee
The Overman bill granting broad presidential powers to reorganize government departments was favorably reported to the House by the Judiciary Committee by 16 to 1. An amendment to exempt the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Reserve Board was defeated 12 to 6. A language-change proposal was defeated without record vote.
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Washington, D. C
Overman
House
Judiciary Committee
Representative Walsh
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Webb
Denies He Sent Envoy to London on Peace Proposals
Berlin issues an official denial of a report that a Dutchman traveled to London to seek peace terms for Germany under Foreign Secretary Von Kuhlmann. A Berlin dispatch says no peace with Roumania will be signed before midweek.
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Amsterdam
London
von Kuhlmann
Berlin
Roumania
Nicaraguan Congress Declares War on Germany Allies
On May 7 in San Juan del Sur the Nicaraguan congress declared war on Germany and its allies amid escalating World War I tensions. The move marks a formal alignment with allied powers during the global conflict.
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Congress
San Juan del Sur
Nicaraguan Congress
Germany
Berlin Bolshevik embassy opens as party fuels German polemics
The Berlin Bolshevik embassy opens at Unter den Linden amid a lavish house warming where champagne claret and vodka flowed. Attendees included Independent Socialists led by Haase who toasted the Red Internationale as Ambassador Joffe replied. Observers say the feast cost about 40 marks per head with the treasury reportedly paying.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Socialists Whose Bhnder
Herr Haase
Joffe
Four Die in Action Casualty List Published
Washington May 7 casualty report lists 41 names. Four killed in action, two died of wounds, five died of disease, one in other causes, fifteen severely wounded, thirteen slightly wounded, one missing. Lieut Edmond J Ta Porte of Plainfield N J is the only officer named and he died of disease.
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Wasidington
D. C
Edmond J. Ta Porte
Plainfield
XN. Oj
Lusitania Survivor Calls for Resolve Against Germany
Baron Rhondda, aboard the Lusitania when it was torpedoed, urges intense effort in the national war bond drive. He condemns Germany for planning the sinking and praises wartime resolve, calling Kaiserism an evil that must be crushed.
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London
Baron Rhondda
Mack‘worth
National War Savings Committee
Lusitania
Herod
Rachael
Germany
Prussia
German Guns Active In Flanders And Picardy Fronts
The German artillery has been most active on the northern half of the Flanders front and south of the Somme to below the Avre in aerty. Canadian troops have overrun much of the Arras sector with heavy shelling from German guns. Allied generals fear simultaneous attacks on the Flanders Arras and Amiens fronts as the Austro Hungarian front remains quiet along the Italian line. May 7 marks the third anniversary of Lusitania’s sinking with 1278 lives lost.
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Associated Press
Germany
Flanders
Picardy
Arras
Raenadius
Somme
Mont Kemmel
Flanders Front
Avre
T‘eardy
Tlanders
Amiens
Minow
Rome
Switzerland
Adriatic
France
Lusitania
Artillery Fighting Intensifies Near Amiens
Paris reports heavy firing on both sides of the Avre river south east of Amiens with active artillery overnight. The war office notes a German raid against a small French post near Ilangard was repelled and a local operation nearby brought back prisoners.
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Paris
Amiens
War Office
Avre
Ilangard
British raid near Neuville Vitasse captures machine guns
London report says a raid near Neuville-Vitasse southwest of Arras captured three machine guns with slight casualties. The enemy raid near Boyelles was repulsed and no further details were released. A separate note mentions women admitted to the Wigwam at the New York Wrestler.
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London
Idlers Refused Jobs Placed in City Jail
Police arrested about forty Mexicans for vagrancy after they refused work offers near the city market house. Contractors and farmers complained that laborers loitered in parks and sidewalks daily, demanding high pay and blocking traffic. Arrested individuals carried amounts from two to fifty dollars.
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West Side
Chinese in vice raid net six arrested at west side dwelling
A Tuesday 3 am vice raid led to the arrest of six Chinese workers accused of running an American game of chance. Officers seized a deck of cards and red white and blue chips. Trials were postponed at defendants' request. Police also booked three men and two young women for further inquiries after Monday night arrests. A chauffeur faced a charge of transporting women as passengers. Women faced vagrancy charges. A white man was booked for associating with undesirable characters. One intoxication arrest occurred early Tuesday.
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Corporation Court
Gas masks ordered in Mulhausen Alsace amid gas drift
Municipal authorities in Mulhausen Alsace require all inhabitants to obtain gas masks by May 10 to guard against aerial gas attacks. The Lausanne Gazette notes that contrary winds are blowing German poison gas toward Rhine towns, already causing effects in the region.
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Geneva
Mulhausen
Alsace
Lausanne Gazette
Rhine
Combging Out in Australia Aimed at Service Abroad
London May 6 The Australian military authorities will stop employing Australians at home for service abroad after two years of agitation a rigorous combing out is under way All men not in active service face medical exams Those fit for general service will be sent abroad Paris May 7 The Paris municipal council plans to send good wine to French artillerymen countering long range German guns
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London
Sydney
Daily Mail
Paris
Chamberlain
Borglum
H. Snowden Marshall
Benate
Squier
Signal Corps
France
Senator Walsh
Montana
Moe
Lodge
Massachusetts
Thomas
Colorado
Walsh
Brance
Senator Chamberlain
Antee
Probe Planned Into Aircraft Program Misuse
Justice Department and Congress move to probe a 640 million aviation program. Senator Chamberlain vows thorough inquiry to identify responsible parties and expose any misuses amid concerns over training and aircraft availability for U.S. war efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Congress
Gregory
Wilson
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Senate
Brandegee
Connecticut
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Hans
House Judiciary Committee
Kaiser
Converryan
Lenine
Russia
Times
Council of National Commissioners
Kerensky
Leon Trotsky
NLA
Northern Front
Lammany Hall
Fourteenth Street
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