Quiet Front Amid Global War Lull Reported
Allied fronts from Flanders to Picardy show continued quiet with no German battle plans revealed. The Washington casualty list records 88 names with breakdowns for killed, wounded, missing, and other losses. In France and Britain, gains near Villers Bretonneux and Hailles Castle, plus local artillery actions near Giverny and Nieppe, are noted.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Picardy
Arras Salient
Washington
Quarter Million Call for 6207 Men to Army
Provost General Crowder issued an order to all states except New Jersey directing the muster of 6207 men for national army service on May 17. The message emphasizes rapid mobilization and nationwide deployment plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Army
Crowder
New Jersey
McAnulty Named Chief of Staff for American Expeditionary Forces
Major General James W. McAnulty has been appointed Chief of Staff of the American Expeditionary Forces and assumes duties immediately Brigadier General Jas J Harbert steps down as general chief of staff and takes command in the field this week
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France
Associated Arena
James W. McAndrew
Jas. J. Harbert
Railroads See Earnings Dip Under Government Regulation
During the first three months under government regulation American railroads posted a net operating income of 54.1 million dollars, down from 144.0 million during the same period of private operation, per AP report from Washington.
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Washington
Third Liberty Loan total reaches 2.84 billion dollars
The Third Liberty Loan total stood at 2,838,317,300 dollars with partial reports. Indications show every western state has subscribed quotas. In France, Tremendous gunfire broke out in the Lys region as of May 3.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi
France
Via
Ottawa
Lys
Thirty Million Dollars Melted in Silver Act Talks
Washington reports under the new silver act vast bullion reserves will be used for coinage amid negotiations with Britain and allies. Senate notes draft calls, estimating about a quarter million men to be inducted in May with training starting May 25. A report from Las Vegas notes Mrs. Smith may soon be released on leave if stable, with contingency if mania recurs. G V Price returns from Lovington after tending Mercantile business.
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Washington
Treasury
Red” Smith
State Asylum For the Insane
Las Vegas
Senate votes to raise wheat price floor to two fifty
The Senate again backs increasing the government minimum wheat price from two to two dollars and fifty cents per bushel. The House rejected the proposal but the Senate insists on the wheat clause, though the bill likely dies in conference.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Senate
House
Judges and Clerks Named for May 11 1018 Primary
County appoints election judges and clerks for precincts Carlsbad Malaga Hope Lakewood Artesia listing officers including W R Owen C D Riekm John Plowman W Beeman M Teel H C Holsomb J G Low M Wood among others with clerks R L Phillips A Brage Will Gerlach Sid Brown P C Getawhler Fred Gibson G H Selmeyer J M Stroud and C H Powell N RB.
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Carlsbad
W. R. Owen
M. C. Stewart
C.D. Riekm
R. L. Phillips
A. Brage
Malaga
John Plowman
W. Beeman
John Queen
Will Gerlach
Sid Brown
Hope
M. Logan
M. Teel
J. T. Fanning
P. C. Getawhler
Fred Gibson
Lakewood
H. C. Holsomb
J. G. Low
J. M. Wood
G. H. Selmeyer
J. M. Stroud
Artesia
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Loore
Ypres
Loan Nearing & Bellions
Germany
First National Bank
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United States
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McCumber
North Dakota
G. V. Price
Lovington
Mercantile Company
Liberty
National Bank OF Carlsbad
Federal Reserve Bank
Glendel
W. D. Bales
Raymond Poteet
Ed McKinney
Allan Hardy
Allen
Cottonwood
Morgan
O'Bannon
M. J. Howard
Noah Buck
0. A. Pearson
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