Wilson directs expeditionary force to France
President Wilson orders an expeditionary force of about one division of regular troops under General Pershing to proceed to France. The war army bill would raise roughly 2,000,000 total through the draft, with National Guard mobilized beginning July 15 and first divisions joining Pershing within months. Official notices urge no speculation on dates beyond the War Department bulletin.
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Pershing
France
Roosevelt
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National Guard
U. S. Army
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Southern Department
Belgium
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Conscription Proposed in Canada by Sir Robert Borden
Ottawa May 19 The government proposes compulsory military service on a selective basis to immediately raise at least 60 000 and likely 100 000 men to replenish the Canadian army corps if France requires aid. The proposal was placed before Parliament by Premier Sir Robert Borden who just returned from England.
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Canadian Army Corps
France
Robert Borden
England
Proclamation for June 5 1917 Registration Day
President Woodrow Wilson proclaims a nationwide registration on June 5 1917 under the select provisions of Congreve law for males aged 21 to 31, excluding those in active military service, with penalties for evasion. The proclamation directs state and territorial authorities to conduct registration between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. at local precincts and notes future venue dates for territories.
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Lim
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Navy
National Guard
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District of Columbia
Aly
War Department
Woodrow Wilson
States
Board of Commerce
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Marine Corps
Coips
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Trip To Storyland Draws Large West Side Crowd
A Friday evening performance at the West Side school auditorium featuring about 40 children from first and eighth grades, supervised by Miss Leonora DeWolf of Kansas City, drew a large crowd. Proceeds go to the West Side Teachers' and Parents' club. The playlet combines Mother Goose and Storyland characters in a friendly tale, highlighting DeWolf's coaching and the children’s effort from start to finish.
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West Tide
Leonora LeWolf
Kansan
West Side
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Atorsland
Mother Goose
Allhrough
2600 Vets Selected for Pershing Expedition Regiment
Washington May 19 A regiment of Marines commanded by Colonel Charles A Dayan and formed of veterans who served in Haiti Santo Domingo and Cuba will join the Pershing expedition with 2600 men. The unit will be armed and equipped like the main expeditionary force and will be brought home from the tropics promptly.
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Haiti
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Army
Pershing
Ctary Daniels
Toida
Macme
Pershing Expeditionary Force
Tropics
Rehabilitation of the Russian Army Deserters Return Plan
Associated Press reports Russia moves to restore discipline with compulsory return of all deserters by May 28 under heavy penalties. Kerensky, now Minister of War, aims to unify diverse forces and rebuild an effective fighting force amid revolutionary turmoil.
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Iby
Proos
Russia
Kerensky
Two Scots Wander On A Bright Winter Day
A vivid glimpse of two Scots walking ten miles on a sunny winter morning. One older, one younger, discuss the day and the sky as they trudge a frazen road while touching on idle chatter and a tangent about veneers from Ming times. The dialogue weaves through observations of the sun and air with quick shifts to a literary aside about Great Expectations and a garbled office scene.
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Kefrke
Frasen
Dowds Leg 15 Broken Amid Training Hospital Drill
A report from Port Moultele describes Donald Dowds and several youths in training who allegedly simulated battlefield injuries. Parents learned the fracture claim was false, as horses assigned to remove wounded soldiers were used instead of real injuries during camp exercises.
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Port Moultele
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C Dowds
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Weverdl
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedies Cited in Personal Note
A reader from Washington Park Illinois reports nervousness and blue spells affecting her four children and household. She credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with restoring health and youthfulness and thanks the company for free, helpful advice offered from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Pice
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rogt. Storren
Sage Avenue
Washington Park
Illinois
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Cardul Woman's Tonic Praised in Albany Ad
Albany Missouri reader Lilien Alves endorses Cardul as a remedy for weakness female troubles and sick headaches. She credits one bottle with improvement and says she regained strength to care for her baby and perform daily tasks. The ad notes Cardul has been sold for over 40 years and its ingredients are long known to physicians.
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Albany
Lilien Alves
Cardus
Ee Wist
Waite Is Deemed Sane. Death Sentence Next Week
Albany May 14 Dr Arthur Warren Waite the young New York dentist under sentence to die next week for the murder of his patient John Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan has been ruled sane by a governor appointed commission of alienists.
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N. Y
Arthur Warren Waite
New York
Toe Uw
John Peck
Grand Rapid
Mich
Whitman
Wells found guilty of second degree murder
In Columbus on May 19 Weldon HL Wells a former broker's clerk of Kansas City was found guilty of murder in the second degree of Mona Simon at the Hotel Besivher. The jury deliberated about a half hour as the verdict was returned. Additional notes mention nearby movements and visits of relatives.
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Columbus
Weldon HL Wells
Kamsas City
Mona Simon
Besivher
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