Roselli Sees a New World After the War
Lieut Bruno Roselli of the Italian army spoke at the YWCA in San Antonio on fighting in the Alps. He described a postwar world where ties forged in battle bind nations, promoting world unity beyond patriotism. He urged Americans and Italians to view the war as saving civilization and to advertise Italy’s role among allies.
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Bruno Fioselli
San Antonio
Alps
France
England
Italy
Roselli
Gariswaldi
Order of the Crown of
America
Europe
Roselly
Germany
Washington
Rome
Daughter of Major Walton’s Daughter Dies at Camp Wheeler
Miss Helen Walton, 20, daughter of Maj. A. Y. Walton with the 160th Engineers at Camp Wheeler, Ga., died today from a self-inflicted bullet wound after a month of illness. She had la grippe and despondency over ill health. The family came from San Antonio, Texas. The death was reported by her aunt Mrs. George W. Bartlett. The body would be brought to San Antonio for burial with Miss Walton’s friend Miss Martha Green present at the death. Survived by her parents and sister Mrs. Kiber.
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Macon
Helen Walton
A. Y. Walton
160Th Engineers
Camp Wheeler
San Antonio
Texas
Walton
Miss Walton
George W. Bartlett
Martha Green
Daniel H. Kiber
Wiber
A. ¥. Walton
Kiber
Trio of American Scouts Attack at Luneville Sector
May 13 report says three American scouts attacked a German strong point in the Luneville sector, killing an officer and four men, seizing papers including a German code. They retired as reinforcements appeared. 26 more Americans later crossed to the German bastions to resume fighting. Enemy actions at Leicheprey show renewed activity with shelling and machine gun fire.
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France
Luneville
Leicheprey
Scicheprey
Slacker Kills Trigger Widen Border Hunt Continues
News from Whitesboro dated May 13 reports government officers pursuing draft slackers along the Virginia Kentucky border have killed a third man in days. Mullins men are also hunted in the mountains as the clan defies arrest. Constantine's Condition Grave. Paris dispatch notes former King Constantine of Greece ill in Zurich with relapse and high fever. Governor Hobby plans border talks in Eagle Pass with Mexican officials on improving border conditions.
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Whitesboro
Virginia- Kentucky
Mulling and Wets
James
Tilden Mullins
Mul ‘Lins
Constantine
Paris
Greece
Zurich
Petit Journal
Austat
Tex
Hobby
Texas
Eagle Pass
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Tonight and Tuesday fair and warmer. Skies mostly clear with light winds. Temperatures rise through the period with mild to warm daytime highs and comfortable nighttime lows.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
The Light reports daily forecasts for several cities. St Louis shows 48 at night with 8 clear skies. Chicago 46 with NW wind and fair skies. Kansas City 52 with a 6 mile south wind and fair conditions. New York 66 with likely rain and SW breeze. Washington 72 with clouds and rain, SW wind, and mild overnight drop.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Gunfire and raids mark fronts from Somme to Avre
May reports show hostile artillery active through the Somme valley and Albert sectors and between Locor and Nieppe in Flanders. Paris notes continued artillery exchanges along the Avre river and south of it, with a French detachment penetrating German lines north of Nomeny and taking twenty prisoners. a Gestatt raid near St Die was repelled by French fire.
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London
Somme Valley
Albert
Locor
Forest of Nieppe
Flanders
Paris
Avre
Lorraine
Nomeny
St. Die
New Attacks Expected As Front News From Europe
AP reports two weeks after a crushing repulse, German gains are minimal in Flanders and Picardy. French and British redeploy to seize small but pivotal positions, including north of Kemmel village where HM 44 and a farm fell. Italians push on after Monte Corno, wiping out an Austrian outpost near Col Del Orso between Brenta and Piave. Austro-Hungarian patrols repulsed near Lake Garda and west of the Brenta. Mont Corn assault repulsed with heavy losses.
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Associated Press
Mont Isemmel
Flanders
Picardy
Arras
Somme
Monte Corno
Asiago
Col del Orso
Brenta
Piave
Lake Garda
Mont Corn
War Office
French Gain Important Ground Near Wyverbeek River
AP reports from the British front in France on May 12 that French forces captured high ground near the Wyverbeek river north of Kemmel, taking Wath Hill 4 and Goddezune farm as part of a persistent offensive. German efforts on the southern front near Mailly-Faineval failed to hold, with counterattacks driving them off and leaving over 100 prisoners. The period included heavy fighting on Hill 44 and continued raids by both sides, with extensive gas shelling and high casualty counts on the German side, followed by disorganized rear areas and a diary entry noting a delayed attack due to a German naval division's actions at Albert.
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Associated Press
ARMLY
France
Wyverbeel River
Kemmel
Wath Hill
Goddezune Farm
Laclytte
Vierstraat
Acre
Voormereele
Cafx
Albert Fand
Stock prices surge at New York opening amid broad optimism
Stock prices rise at the New York Stock Exchange as the market opens, continuing last week's boom. Both foreign and domestic reports over the weekend are seen as favorable, with active industrials and war shares reaching or exceeding yearly highs.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Death pact soldier leader from Moscow sails to France
May 14 Alime Leonna Botchkurevs founder of the faction Roscian women's Battalion of Death arrived from Prussia en route to France where she expects to die on the battlefield. Mme Hotehkareva says she has been followed since leaving Moscow in peasant garb by Bolshevik agents seeking to carry out orders. it has been tested by the killer on sight.
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Alime
Leonna Botchkurevs
Fstroug Roscian Women's “Battalion of
Prussia
France
Mme
Hotehkareva
Moscow
MISS STINSON PIQUED CHICAGO AS FLIGHT START DELAYED
Aviatrix Stinson did not take off from Chicago to New York today despite ideal weather. Public announcement of the departure time reportedly upset her. At the post office her mail sack waited and officials could not say when she would start. She was sworn in as a postal clerk last Saturday.
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Chicago
Tieeless Wather
Ine Stinson
Aviatrix
New York
Newfoundland conscription starts for unmarried men
May 11 report from St Johns states Governor Harris proclaimed a universal conscription for all able bodied unmarried men and childless widowers aged 19 to 26. Eligible service begins May 24 with calls to the colors. In separate note from Fayetteville Arkansas a 670 star service flag was unfurled at the University of Arkansas today.
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ST. Johns, I
New Foundland
Harris
Big Service Way
Vwayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Man on Capitol Steps Protests Needs by Horse
Washington May 13 J C Gray of Albany New York rode a horse up half the Capitol Steps before police stopped him He told officers the country needed confidence and horse sense and that the horse had the sense Police sent him to a detention ward for mental observation.
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Washington, D. C
J. C. Gray
Albany
Capitol
Gray
Speeding Shipbuilding Campaign Planned in South
A national campaign led by Gen. Julian Carr and Dr. Clarence J. Owens of the Southern Commercial Congress targets accelerating shipyard construction in the South. Beginning in Wilmington, N C, the tour will visit Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Mobile, and on to Louisiana and Texas, with mass meetings, school essays, local committees, and a women’s auxiliary to boost labor mobilization, housing, and supply delivery for shipyards.
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Washington
Ldl. C
Julian
Care
Clarence J. Owens
Southern Commercial Congress
Wilmington
N.C
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Mobile
Louisiana
Texas
Shipping Board
General Carr
Mr. Owens
Southern
Hindenburg Death Rumor and Gas Mask Warning Across Front
Reports from May indicate British officers claim Field Marshal von Hindenburg is dead while General von Mackensen is touted to lead German victory efforts. Swiss media warn Rhine civilians to prepare gas masks as poison gas travels from the western front. In Dallas, Mrs Frinke E Williams and her 18 month old baby boy were killed when a car overturned on a highway. the husband survived.
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London
Ivrance
Vor Hindenburg
Daily Express
von Mackensen
Express
Hindenburg
Geneva
Rhine
Mulheim
Freiburg
Aml
Dallas
Here
Williams
Submarine War Effort Seen Losing Steam in 1918
London reports from James Wilson of the American labor delegation insist the allied army in France and vast tonnage of stores crossing the Atlantic prove the German submarine campaign is weakening. Paris cites Marine Minister Georges Leygues noting submarine sinkings declined since 1917 while Allied shipping losses remain below enemy claims, with increased U boat destruction through coordinated naval actions and new methods.
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London
France
Atlantic
James Wilson
England
Paris
Georges Leyguess
Naval Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Leigues
Reichstag
von Capelle
Germany
New Shipping Rising as Submarines Sink Fewer Built
Washington May 15 4 Officials report in the past three months more submarines have been sunk than built. The policy of a large U S merchant fleet appears to reduce Allied shipping losses. Officials say fewer subs damaging German morale and crews harder to replace.
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Washington
Vpuaris
United States
Congress Narrowly Advances Draft Bill in May Action
Conferees from the Senate and House reached a partial agreement on amending the selective service law. The compromise exempts theological and medical students currently enrolled when the act is signed, while those who enter schools later must register. The rule placing new registrants at the bottom of eligible lists remains.
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Wasilengton
D. C
Congress
Senate
House
Americans Hold In Reserve May Strike Decisive Blow
Allied leaders report growing confidence in stopping German offensives as American troops remain in reserve for now. British war cabinet notes suggest American strength will meet the foe as a complete force, with plans to rush troops and equipment to Europe. Officials predict over 2,000,000 more could be called and deployed this summer, with Americans to join British and French forces when fully ready.
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Washington
Amiens
Paris
Channel
Foch
Montdidier
Germany
Versailles
Generalissins Moch
Maurice
Ditleving
Lexpect
France
Pty
Wil
British Ambassadors Split Over American War Plan Statements
The British ambassador in Washington disputes a Ottawa sourced plan that American troops will wait for a full self supporting army before joining the western front. He says the document lacks prime ministerial or war cabinet knowledge and contradicts British cabinet information.
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Washington
Lord Heading
Ottawa
Dhe Dar
Winker
Amertg
Wigsaus
Foeh
Pershbapy
Ovtawik
Olav
Alles
Bar Cabinet
United States Administration
Plan Carbetlley Discusses Washington Strategy
Reports reveal debate among British war planners over when to deploy American troops in France. One faction urged immediate use in the front line for a continuous counteroffensive aiming to end the war in 1918, while the other favored delaying American involvement until fully organized with artillery and air support.
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Brotherhood of the Battlefields
Camp Wheeler, GA
Virginia-Kentucky
M. Deans
Weather Forecast
Picardy Fields
Allicy
Cergmrae
Paul Mier
Pounder
Battalion of Death
Miss Stinson
Pepwds
Phat Ne‘ib
Livpisia FE
M. Lelgues
Agaiast Survines
Winavies
Toval
British War Cabinet
The
Plan Carbettley Disc
Withield
Muay Ta
Dittanzt
War Committee
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