Hospital Raid Proves German Atrocities at Hospitals
British front dispatches describe a German hospital raid on a vast French hospital complex near rail lines. Nursing sisters and medical staff refused evacuation, tending hundreds of wounded under fire as bombs raked tents. One Gotha aircraft was shot down by anti aircraft guns. the piece condemns German barbarity and highlights courageous hospital staff amid the carnage.
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San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Opyrignt
Public Ledger Co
Iflanders
Perry Robinson
Cor
the Times
France
Danning
My David
Edith Cavell
London
Red Cross
Gotha
American Fliers To Help Defend Paris From Luft Raids
May 24. An American escadrille of pilots will aid Paris in defending the city from enemy air raids. The offer originated with the American Aviation Service chief and was accepted by the French government through Minister Dumesnil. The plan, formed after a German raid, was finalized today.
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M. Dumensnil
Photographs Show German Ships Block Zeebrugge Entrance
Photographs taken by British airmen and viewed by the admiralty reveal German ships held fast at Zeebrugge and the canal entry blocked by sunk concrete ships and cut piers. German craft move westward toward Ostend, where the outlet is less obstructed, though water depth there may be insufficient for larger vessels.
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Associated Press
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Zeebrugge
German Mutiny at Western Front Reported
Washington dispatch reports a German division at Dvinsk refused orders to move west. Sixty men were executed and a thousand imprisoned. Nearby troops demonstrated in support. Also cited: over 2.7 million wounded or ill Germans returned to fight and 692,000 discharged from service per Reichstag figures. Caliente Nevada fire wipes out business district across Utah line.
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Weather summary for San Antonio and major cities
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. San Antonio: 64 with southerly wind, chances of showers and cool low of about 24. Chicago: 65 high, rain possible, southeast wind. Kansas City: 70 high, southerly wind, rain likely, low near 64. New York: 60 partly cloudy, northeast wind, rain possible, low around 54. Washington: 60 partly cloudy, northeast wind, rain probable, low near 34.
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Couay
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New York
Washington
Day of Thrills at Kelly Field Features Record Stunts
Three famed aviators Edward Stinson Rodman Law and Johnny Reynolds headline a Saturday program at Kelly Field to raise funds for the Red Cross. Thirty five flyers perform stunt flights bombing formations and combat drills culminating in a 21-plane formation over the field. Law plans a parachute jump from 1500 feet and Reynolds will execute a rope trapeze under an airplane. The display stresses battle formation discipline and close-formation tactics amid a two hour show starting at 4 p.m.
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Johnny Reynolds
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Red Cross
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Johnnie Reynolds
San Antonio
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Reynolds
Kelly Wield
Stinson
Hun
Mr. Law
Warkhera
Son-in-law of Louis F Swift interned on presidential warrant
CHICAGO May 24 Internment of Count James Minotto began this afternoon at Fort Sheridan. Judge Baker refused to continue the $60,000 bond and ordered him held until the case is heard June 12. The habeas corpus petition to block internment was denied. Minotto claimed loyalty to the United States and noted he was born in Germany while his family traces Venetian roots. He said he had no claim to German citizenship.
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Louis F. Swift
Pucker
Demetrius Minotto
Vienna
Venice
Minotto
Germany
Carpenter
New UK Riveting Record Set at Barrow
London May 24. William Moses of Vickers Limited set a new United Kingdom riveting record at Barrow by driving 5804 rivets in nine hours using a 281.2 pound riveting hammer for 9.2 inch howitzers. Rivets were counter sunk and snap head. tools had been in service twelve months.
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United Kingdom
Barrow
William Moses
Vickers Limited
Moses
200000 Chicago Affected by New Work or Fight Rule
About 200000 men in Chicago are affected by the new work or fight order issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder. More than 100000 will be drafted into railroad work immediately, with the rest placed on farms, mills, shipyards, and other war industries.
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Chicago
Crowder
Million Russians Captured by Huns Reported Invalids
Moscow dispatch says about one million of 3,190,000 Russian prisoners in Germany and Austria-Hungary are total invalids. Half of these are tubercular, many with other contagious diseases. Return to Russia is hindered by food and medical shortages. Mixed German–Hungarian commission plans exchange of able-bodied prisoners with Petrograd and Moscow as centers.
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Russia
Germany
Aus ria-Hungary
Austria
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Iugsiang
Petrograd
Siberia
Convict Battalions Formed as Germany Seeks Manpower
Washington reports convicts are being organized into battalions to bolster Germany's manpower. Other drastic steps include stripping munition plants of workers and substituting women, children, and prisoners, while moving troops from the Dane front and Roumanian front to the west. The southern front has left these troops described as unfit for intensive action due to reduced morale from the recent “soft war.”
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Germany
State Department Today
Daten Frontier
Roumanian Front
Training Camps For Army Nurses To Alleviate Shortage
Secretary Baker conferred with Surgeon General Gorgas and Army Nurse corps leaders on increasing nurse availability. Camp training programs may be established to address hospital shortages at home and in France without overburdening private hospitals.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Gorgas
Army Nurse Corps
Renewed German Offensives Feared As Front Braces
Allied air superiority continues to plague German targets as raids deepen along the western front. German preparations persist with numbers along the line from Yprey to Rheims, while British and French fliers claim air victory and damage to billets, depots, and rail targets. Italian and Austro-Hungarian clashes on Capo Sile resume with no major ground action elsewhere.
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Rheims
Germany
Mannheim
Saarebrucken
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Metz
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North Sea
Italy
France
Capo Sile
Front in France: German offensive uncertain but weakened
Report from Paris notes German troops lack confidence after initial losses and broken promises of rapid peace. Allies united, ready to counter any decisive blow with French, British, American and Belgian forces. Transport faster due to interior lines, with potential surprise attack location still unknown.
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Sone Place
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Hes
Lloyd George Says Germans Race 10 Wins Before American Help
Premier Lloyd George warns in Edinburg that a great German attack is imminent and a race will unfold as America and Germany hasten to deploy their full forces. He cites Russia’s collapse and submarine warfare as key factors shaping Allied strength and the looming westward maneuver in July.
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Army Officers Puzzled by Lloyd George Figures
Washington may 24 premier Lloyd George said the United States had counterbalanced less than one fifth of German gains for west front operations due to Russia's collapse. With Baker noting over 600000 American troops in Europe officials question the implied release of 2 5 to 3 million German troops from the eastern front and their westward use.
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France
War Department
Anmulion
East Front
Lloyd George
Germany
Washington, D. C
United States
Russia
Baker
Europe
Eastern Front
Army casualty list names four officers among forty four
Washington D C May 24 the army casualty list shows 44 names by status including four killed in action nine died of wounds four died of accidents ten died of disease sixteen wounded severely and one wounded slightly Officers listed include Captain Frederick J Clair Philadelphia killed in action Lieut Whitney Unc adilla New Hampshire died of wounds Lieut Aimes D Genard Manchester New Hampshire Lieut Eugene Paul Wabben Colorado Springs Colorado died of accident and Captain John A Battin Water Stell NL severely wounded Private Willie Kapitske Converse Texas died of wounds.
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D.C
Frederick J. Clair
Philadelphia
Whitney
Joyce
Uncadilla
Aimes D. Genard
Manchester
N. H
Eugene Paul Wabben
Colorado Springs
Colo
John A. Battin
Water Stell
Willie Kapitske
Converse
Knitting Record Claimed By Detroit Woman
Detroit on May 24 reports Mrs. Fred Springer won a Red Cross knitting contest with more than seven hundred entrants. In two hours she completed 21 inches of a man's sock including the leg and heel, a standout performance amid the strong field.
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Mich
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Red Cross
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