Explosion at Oakdale War Munitions Plant Kills Over 150
Aetna Chemical Company plant at Oakdale near Pittsburgh exploded destroying multiple buildings. Undertakers report more than 150 killed. Debris and fire spread along Panhandle Railroad. relief trains carried doctors and nurses to Carnegie. Lifesaving efforts continued as authorities estimated a large, uncertain death toll and damage around $1,000,000.
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Pittsburg
Aetna Chemical Company
Oakdale
Panhandle
Carnegie
Aetna
State Constabulary
Casualty List Totals 39 Names With Actions and Status
New List Names 39 in Washington May 18 reports 30 casualties by category including three killed in action eight died of wounds four died of disease five wounded severely one wounded with unknown degree twelve missing in action and two prisoners. Officers listed Maj Alexander Rasmussel Sherwood Oregon killed in action Sher. De Fore Chicago missing Abraham J. Gordon Newark prisoner Ralph A. Johnson Houston died of disease the only Texan named.
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Washington
D. C
Alexander Rasmussel
Sherwood
Ore
Seut
Sherman de Fore
Chicago
Abraham J. Gordon
Newark
N. J
Ralph A. Johnson
Houston
Tex
Kills Slayer's Brother in Texas Overheat of Pursuit
In Nacogdoches Texas D Brown a cousin of Deputy Sheriff Jack Carnier shot and killed Aleck Escoe the Negro's brother after Brown questioned Orange Escoe and the accused refused to halt A posse is in search of Orange Escoe The other item notes Senate passage of a bill to permit importation for immediate slaughter of tick infested cattle from Mexico and Central and South America to boost meat supply
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Nacogdoches
Tex
D. Brown
Jack Carnier
Orange Escoe
Lone Star
Here
Aleck Escoe
Brown
Escoe
Sheppard
Senate
Washington, D. c
Texas
Mexico
Central
South America
House
Army Ranking Third in Mileage On Western Front
Senate Military Committee was told by Secretary Baker and the War Council that the American expeditionary force now ranks third in mileage held on the western front. The French hold the most mileage, the British second, and the Americans third, ahead of the Balkans.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
Baker
War Council
German Chancellor Count Von Hertling Hopes for End of War This Year
Amsterdam May 18 Count Von Hertling told the Berlin correspondent of Az Est that he remains optimistic for peace this year. He expects western events to hasten a speedy end to the war and would join an International peace league if the world unites. He cautioned that current conditions yield little hope, as Germany seeks victory and peace simultaneously.
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Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Berlin
Budapest
Az Est
West
Germany
Missing Utah captain caught in France returned to San Diego
Capt Richard F King of the 145th Field Artillery long missing from his post since December has been apprehended in France where he served as an enlisted man in the American Expeditionary Forces. He is being brought back to Camp Kearny with no charges or stated reasons given for his return.
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San Diego
Cal
Richard F. King
145Th
Utah) Field Artillery
France
Ben
King
Camp Kearney
Claim Report Bias Trial Hears Post Office Pressure
Washington May 18 F B DeBarard of the New York Merchants Association and George A Gardner ex assistant superintendent of railway mail service alleged before the House rules committee that the Post Office used its influence to obtain a commission report opposing government action to quash the pneumatic mail tube systems in large cities.
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Washington, D. C
F. B. DeBarard
New York Merchants’ Association
George A. Gardner
House Rules Committee
Post Office
Allies agree action to guard Liberia reported from Paris
Paris dispatch says Japan and China have been informed of entente military cooperation to meet dangers to the Far East from German penetration. The defensive plan aims to safeguard Manchuria with possible extension to Siberia, with participation currently limited to Japan and China.
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Paris
Japan
China
Ated
Entente
Far East
Washington, D. C
Manchuria
Siberia
Germans Stir Up Strife Across Japan China Talks
AP reports progress toward Japan China cooperation stalled by internal Chinese factional rivalries prompting hundreds of students in Japan to return home. The Japanese foreign minister’s memorandum seeks to calm nerves by stressing military talks target a common defense against Germany and Asia's Russia influence.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
China
Baron Goto
Germany
Russia
Nichi Nichi
Rain Forecast as Texas Lights Up with Heavy Drought Relief
Unsettled weather sparks the first heavy rainfall in over a year from Fort Worth to Dallas with San Antonio reporting. Abilene saw over three inches, Dallas 2.18, Paris 1.56, Eastland 3.5, Greenville 1.3, Weatherford 1.24, Waxahachie 9. Streets and wells benefit while drought relief continues with rain likely later.
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Fort Worth
Dallas
Texas and Pacific
San Antonio
Paris
Eastland
Greenville
Weatherford
Waxahachie
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Nearby Areas
Tonight and Sunday cloudy for San Antonio and vicinity. Forecasts from The Light indicate cooler, windy conditions with possible rain and temperate highs in the 60s to mid 70s at major cities including Chicago Kansas City New York and Washington.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
Noura
New York
Washington
New Draft Registration Date for Men 21 and Over
June 5 will be the registration date for men who have turned 21 since the first draft. The plan calls for about 800,000 new registrants and quarterly registrations throughout the year. The registration bill awaits the President's signature as the Provost Marshal General's office gears up for immediate implementation.
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Washington
D. C
Aircraft crash claims three airmen in separate incidents
In Wichita Falls a 22 year old cadet Jerome Aitken died when his formation plane burst into flames at Call Field during a morning training flight. Ensign Calvin Crawley of St. Louis was killed at Hampton Roads when his seaplane struck a pile during landing. Eugene Gilbert a French aviator died when his plane plunged at Villa Coublay air drome.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Jerome T. Aitken
Call Field
Aitken
Norvolk
Calvin Crawley
St. Louis
Hampton Roads Naval Operating Base Air School
Ensign Crawley
St. Louls
Pats
Eugene Gilbert
Villa Coublay Airdrome
Restocking Medina Lake With 6000 Black Bass
State game and fish commissioner More Bass Wood arranged with W H Furlong Jr of the Chamber of Commerce to receive 6000 black bass from the Dallas hatchery for Medina Lake. The first post dam restocking consignment, 20 containers of 300 fish, will be driven to the lake on a donated motor truck provided via the toll road.
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J. H. Wood
W. H. Furlong Jr
Highway Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Medina
A. E. Staacke
Furlong
Wood
Medina Lake
Two Negroes Lynched in Valdosta Georgia Case
In Valdosta Georgia on May 18 two Black men Will Head and Will Thompson were lynched near Barney after being tied to the Hamp ton Smith murder and Mrs Smith shooting. Head allegedly confessed to framing the plot against the Smiths. Paris unrest ends as leaders vow notices to munition workers to refuse work under Premier Clemenceau.
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Valdosta
Will Head
Will Thompson
Hampton Smith
Mra. Smith
Barney
Head
Paris
Clemenceau
Mighty Assaults Planned Amid Intensified War Activity
The report notes calmer ground fighting but heavy artillery duels continue on key sectors. Germany is believed to be planning a larger assault, while Allied air forces strike German targets and rear areas. Pershing’s American troops reinforce fronts in Flanders and Picardy, boosting Allied morale and power.
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Associated Press
London
Arras
von Hindenburg
Berlin
Paris
Montflicier
Toul
Lorraine
Picardy
British staff optimistic on western front shows cautious view
May 17 The Associated Press quotes the British general staff summarizing a quiet week on the west front aside from minor raids. They say German spring offensive momentum has waned but Germany plans another big effort, with reserves gathering as they wait. If delayed, they could resume large scale action on a 50 mile front, but cannot wait too long.
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Tondon
Associated Press
West Front
Five Million Parade of Mercy Launches Red Cross War Fund
About six million people joined Red Cross parades across hundreds of cities towns and villages to open a 100 million dollar fund drive. National reports hailed the event as the greatest humanitarian outpouring in the nation, with major cities staging elaborate processions and many communities describing large, attractive pageants.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Chicago
New Orleans
German Losses Heavy On Western Front This Spring
London reports the most definite figures yet on German losses since the March 21 offensive. Through March 22 and 23, the 119th division had 40 men left per company, while the 208th division suffered 70 percent casualties. Other divisions ranged from 40 to 60 percent losses on the Somme and Armentieres fronts, with several regiments nearly annihilated.
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London
Western
Associated Press
Western Front
Somme
Armentieres
Ailly-Laurette
General Murray Visits Pratt Family at Brooks Field
Major General Arthur Murray formerly led the Western Department is visiting Colonel H. C. Pratt and his wife at Brooks Field. Mrs. Pratt is Murray's daughter and married Pratt when he served as the general's aide. Murray plans to report to Washington for East duty, staying in San Antonio for several days before departure.
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Arthur Murray
Western Department
H. C. Pratt
Brooks Field
Pratt
Murray
Washington
San Antonio
Bean Crop in Danger in Cuero Texas
A blight attacking castor bean plants in Hocheim and Cheapside communities is under investigation by GB T Wilson a government agricultural expert. Castor oil is a premier lubricant for airplane motors and a large acreage was planted this year at government request. The blight threatens to destroy the crop.
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Cuero
Tex
Hocheim
Cheapside
T. Wilson
Raid on Paris fails as bombs fall on suburbs
German planes again attacked Paris but did not reach the city. Bombs dropped on outlying suburbs. In Texas, Dr. W H Bruce, 83, gave his wife what he believed to be quinine for a cold, then took a dose himself. the wife died and the doctor is dying.
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Paris
Mount Pleasant
Tex
W. H. Bruce
Grain Ships Reach France With Cereal Cargoes
Three large vessels laden with cereals bound for Switzerland arrived recently at a French Atlantic port. They were escorted by an American warship, according to the Tageblatt de Borne in Geneva.
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France
Geneva
Switzerland
Zageblatt of
Borne
Proclamation Declares Treasonous Plot In Ireland
Dublin announces a royal proclamation signed by Edward Shortt and Viscount French exposing a German plot among Irish residents. It urges voluntary enlistment to avoid conscription and notes arrests of Sinn Fein leaders including Edward De Valera Arthur Griffith Countess Markievicz and others amid reports of German activity in Sinn Fein ranks.
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London
Ireland
Dublin
Edward Shortt
Viscount French
Sinn
Belfast
Sinn Fein
Earl of Derby
England
Daily News
Lloyd George
Bryan Mahon
Mahon
Lord Hebtenant
Popane
Sinn Fein leaders and figures jailed after 1916 revolt
Professor De Valera William Cosgrave and Countess Markievicz were arrested for roles in the Dublin revolt of 1916. Sentenced to death, they were commuted to life, then released. De Valera later elected MP for East Clare and accused of planning new rebellion. Cosgrave spoke for Irish resistance and accompanied Dublin’s lord mayor to the US. Markievicz led Sinn Fein troops and was said to have killed a guard at Dublin Castle. Two boys arrested with explosives linked to Markievicz’s Boy Scout group.
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de Valera
Willam Cosgrave
Countess Markievics
Sinn Fein
Dubslin
East Clare
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Dublin
John Dillon
William Cosgrave
Kilkenny
United States
Ireland
Georgenia Markiéglis
Dublin Castle
Lasse
Scotland
Countead Markievicz
Arthur Griffih Han
Fein
Mora
New York
Weirtek
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Hertling
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Medina Loon
Georgia
Beng
British
America
MERCY
Britain
Irish Times
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