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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
2
Washington reports measures to seal food and supplies reaching the enemy through peacetime trade with Scandinavia. A cabinet anti trading with the enemy committee is drafting legislation to enforce a comprehensive economic blockade and prevent Swedish and Danish merchants from aiding the enemy.
Amsterdam reports Vienna papers say Dr Urban plans to resign next month as shifts ripple through Austrian government. Several cabinet members including justice, war, and finance ministers quit earlier this month over a graft scandal.
London reports that on Friday the British commissioner of works ordered the American flag to fly alongside the Union Jack over all public buildings as an extraordinary tribute to the United States marking a historic gesture.
A Memphis native with Central American ties arrives en route to Washington to offer services to President Wilson. He resigned his post as Inspector for Honduras after the United States severed relations with Germany.
Reports say fires during attacks on German property near Porto Alegre have spread to Brazilian owned buildings. The war minister was told to place about 7400 federal troops at the governor’s disposal. An official notice says the Rio Grande do Sul situation is now nearly normal.
Major General Thomas H. Barry plans large officer training camps at Fort Sheridan to prepare ten thousand officers for a half million men in foreign service. Ten camps at Fort Riley will host 2,500 each for three months with a pool of eligible reserve officers graduates and cadets.
Berlin Vorwaerts reports the strike extending across Berlin with the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabrik declineing to act as arbitrator.
Federal officer T. W. Taubman arrived to seize a wireless setup on Chris Vetter's farm. He described two masts sixty feet high and antennae extending about 100 yards. No misuse evidence was found during the investigation.
Berlin strike impression spreads among Russians in Copenhagen. They see the demonstration as the start of a German revolution to topple the Hohenzollerns and restore peace. Some disagree, warning against overstating the event's significance.
Warden Fenton plans to convert the Nebraska state prison into a daily military garrison with inmates drilled by Secretary O Connell. If war expands and drafts occur, younger inmates could be mobilized, and the warden may lead prisoners to the front, offering his services and training alongside them.
El Heraldo del Norte, a major constitutionalist paper in northern Mexico, reports ongoing anti American attacks in Chihuahua. It claims the Cuban revolt was crushed thanks to Yankee bayonets and praises Cuban rebels harmed by U S support for President Menocal. It cites the withdrawal of the American punitive expedition from Mexico as forcing severed ties with Germany.
The Kongsli, a relief ship, sank after a mine or submarine explosion in the safe zone near Amsterdam on Friday night. One crewman, the Norwegian second mate, is missing. Of the 34 aboard, including 19 Americans, all others were rescued and landed at Ymuiden by trawlers. The starboard side was struck and the darkness hid the explosion’s cause.
Copenhagen reports the German bread ration reduction has taken effect. The press tone shows great worker discontent and threats of strikes. Metal workers favored cutting work hours by one quarter. Socialists and army papers urge workers to endure shortages as soldiers do, to not endanger munitions output.
An admiralty statement from Berlin notes that the Reuters telegram about a marine event remains in the western half of the Atlantic. No submarine activity is confirmed in the region at this time.
Naval authorities plan to manage ship and shore radio communications in the first naval district. Wireless gear on ships entering ports in this district will be regulated to ensure proper signaling between sea and shore stations.
A Washington Star contributor recalls a Chinese regiment at a field review using long bamboo poles as weapons to trip, splash water, and decapitate in a form of assault dating from prehistoric times. The maneuver is described as an ancient technique explained by a Chinese general.
A city man quizzes a ninety year old peasant on how to live long. The peasant replies to avoid drinking and smoking and stay in the fresh air. The city man says his father did those but died young.
A discussion at a gathering centers on Edinburgh kindness and a hat incident. A traveler praises Edinburgh while another speaker recalls a cable car hat chase, debating whether the story is true and credit should go to the driver. The tale ends with a playful reveal that the hat may have been the driver’s own.
A collector met a farmer noted for his meanness who agreed to subscribe as much as any before. The farmer, jokingly called Mr Hardfist, says he loves music for scaring crows from taters during practice and is grateful.
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