Mexico and Cuba Break Diplomatic Relations
Mexico severed diplomatic relations with Cuba amid disputes over sugar supplies and a Havana baggage search incident involving Mexico’s minister to Argentina. The move followed recall of Mexican representatives and was viewed in Washington as a possible prelude to broader tensions with the United States.
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Cuba
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Washington
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Aguilar
Senor Fabela
Argentine
Buenos Aires
Red Cross War Fund Tops Hundred Billion Mark
Washington May 25 The Red Cross war fund surpassed the hundred billion minimum and continues to rise as donations accumulate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Red Cross War Fund
Artillery activity on Lys salient as gas strikes hit Bethune area
London reports intensified German artillery on the Lys salient near Strazee, with gas bombardment east of Bethune. British forces have taken numerous prisoners and two machine guns. M. F. Hatfield and wife and Mee J. L. Williams visit from Malaga as Mrs Hatfield nears full recovery from illness.
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Flanders
Strazeeie
War Office
Bethune
M. F. Hatfield
J. L. Williams
Malaga
Mrs. Hatfield
96 Soldiers Drowned After Torpedoed Ship Sinks
London reports the torpedoing of the British troopship Moldavia off the southeast coast. Fifty-six American soldiers aboard are listed missing or drowned after troops jumped to lifeboats. Names from Company A, Fifty-eighth Infantry, Fourth Division, are reported missing.
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London
Moldavia
McAn
England
Edwin
Clyde Bowley
North Troy
Vermont
Washington
War Department
United States Infantry
Thirteen British Sailors Sentenced by German Court Martial
Reports from London state a German court martial sentenced thirteen sailors to death and imprisoned two for twenty years for treason linked to British raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge. CP Pardue accompanies moving news.
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Associated Press
London
Ostend
Zeebrugge
American Forces In France to Triple by 1918
Secretary of War Baker announced Americans in France would double by mid summer and reach three times their number by late 1918. French high commissioner Torreau confirmed the plan on arriving from the United States. Baker noted that more than half a million had already been sent to France. Clarence Hutchins, a carpenter, has returned home from work on a shipyard project.
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Associated Press
Pari
France
Baker
Roosevelt replies to Burleson over Post Office discrimination
Theodore Roosevelt counters Post Office discrimination charges in a Senate presentation by Senator Poindexter. He accuses the administration of bias for and against certain newspapers and magazines and asserts the President’s direct responsibility. Also notes 4. M. Tedford, a dairyman, remains ill with rheumatic complaints but can sit up briefly.
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Washington
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