Deadlock grips Picardy and Flanders fronts as German bombardments intensify
The Anglo-French counteroffensive leaves all German targets at Amiens Arras Ypres and Hazebrouck in Allied hands while the enemy masss artillery for renewed attacks. German guns shell Arras Lens St Venant Merris and Villers Bretonneux as infantry actions pause. The war office reports no infantry bites overnight with artillery activity rising in the Villers Bretonneux Merris corridors.
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Frank Charlton
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Flanders
Villers- Bretonneux
Amiens
Ypres
Meuse
Russia
Arras
Hazebrouck
English Channel
London
War Office
Villers-Bretonneux
Merris
Armentieres
Lens
St. Venant
Long casualty list announced by war department
Washington May 2 one of the longest casualty lists yet received from General Pershing announced by the war department carries 96 names. Eleven men killed in action, three died of accidents, seven of disease, two of wounds and three of other causes. Seven wounded severely and 60 slightly. Three missing in action. Captain Francis J Cahill and Lieutenants Samuel Miller and Robert H Jeffrey reported as missing are now listed by the British as prisoners killed in action. Sergeant Fred Mitchell, Corporal Louis Oberman...
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Francis J. Cahill
Samuel Miller
Robert H. Jeffrey
Fred Mitchell
Louis Oberman
Stanley Dobosz
John S. Cunningham
George A. Fairchild
Frank W. Ferraro
Joseph Francis
Arthur C. Franz
Daniel L. Romeri
Jacob Tompoworowsk
Robert M. Wilcox
Manly D. Jackson
Richard W. Judd
Clarence F. Kelley
Louis Page
Harold E. Rowland
Luigi Tallarico
Clayton C. Ingersoll
Forest A. Rippo
George F. Sanderson
August Leo Sundvall
Roy Dixon
Michael F. St. John
Carl Lygrman
Charles A. Winner
R. Feegel
Frederick B. Stokes
Thomas F. Byron
Kenneth W. Lovell
Ward D’olic
Joseph R. Gemski
Raymond E. Jordan
Frank J. Abbott
Will F. Lovett
Edward C. Swanson
William J. Degrenia
Raymond Eckels
Arthur C. Havlin
Carleton R. Pacquin
William H. Turner
Michael J. Quinn
Warren E. Clark
David Goldsmith
John A. Ansalone
Ralph R. Andrews
Harry Atterian
Harry Baterlein
Clarence C
Thomas V. Gardner
Jerome F. Gilbert
Stanton Glover
Charles Haid
Joseph H. Henebry
Carsten Jensen
Eugene W. Jones
Robert A. Joy
Lorne W. Kaye
George Keating
Michael J. Kelly
Lloyd R. King
Henry A. Lamothe
Adelarde Lepage
Joseph H. Leslie
George F. Libby
William F. McKay
Thomas J. Maher
George Merton
Ralph D. Phinney
Harold K. Porter
Robert L. Reid
Horace G. Staniland
Elmer N. Tingley
Charles E. Twombley
Arthur W. Wilson
Joseph Zielinski
James C. Lee
Henry J. Hauflake
Sidney C. Kinch
Germany After Socialists in Olten Surge Suppression
Germany reports from Olten Switzerland claim the nation is stamping out socialism with private meetings banned and typewritten propaganda restricted at risk to life and liberty. Youths distributing pamphlets face front lines or penal servitude. Thousands held on mere suspicion in German jails.
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Germany
London
Young Socialists
Olten
Switzerland
Daily Mail
War Casualties and Community War Chest Meeting Report
The list covers soldiers died of disease accident wounds and other causes along with many wounded and missing in action. A Hartford conference on the Community War Chest is set for next Tuesday at 2 pm with chambers of commerce state defense council red cross and Y M C A participation. Also notes a centenarian teacher in Stafford Springs who outlived his pupils and Spokane club banning evening dress during the war in a wartime economy move.
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Connecticut
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Red Cross
State Capitol
Council
Stafford Springs
Conn
Amasa Morse
Adventist Church
Advent
Spokane
Wash
Spokane Country
Administration to reveal war policy to Congress
Washington May 2 lifting secrecy the administration will disclose plans to Congress on expanding the army and on relations with Turkey and Bulgaria. Secretary Baker to ask authority to extend the draft for emergencies and General Crowder will provide draft figures. Secretary Lansing to explain United States stance toward Turkey and Bulgaria and urge patience before any war declaration.
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Washington
Congress
Baker
House Military Affairs Committee
Lansing
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Turkey
Bulgaria
Senate
Crowder
America
United States
Liberty Loan Rally Promises Unique Features at Town Hall
At the Liberty Loan rally in the town hall Friday at 8 00 pm Arthur L Allin chair of the local committee hopes to announce Middletown has subscriptions reaching a million dollars. Several generous subscriptions to be announced include music by the Weslayan Jibers club and Girls Patriotic league groups under Mrs B R Hyde Speakers include Jib staff B Carlson and Judson Mc Kim. Helpers named include Hoosier Bank Tooker Netherbond Fawyer Cummin Booker Newbond Dyer Buy Dover Bit and Doolittle More Seven usherettes named Ophelia Coupon Lenda Hand Coma Crogs Maketa Million Lona Lot and Yura Patriot The committee plans a surprise feature Abraham Lincoln vs the Kaiser.
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Liberty Loan
Arthur L. Allin
Chai
Middletown
Jibers Club
Wesleyan
Girls’ Patriotic League
B. R. Hyde
B. Carlson
Judson McKim
New Haven
Jare Messrs Hoosier Bank
Tooker Netherbond
Fawyer Cummin
Booker Newbond
Dyer Buy
Dover Bit
Doolittle
Ophelia Coupon
Lenda Hand
Coma Crogs
Maketa Million
Weather Forecast for New Haven and Connecticut
Report from New Haven May 2 predicts fair conditions tonight through Friday for New Haven and vicinity. Connecticut areas expect fair weather with moderate west winds, cool nights and warm days. Observations list clear readings from multiple cities, with New Haven at 50 degrees and other readings ranging from 40s to mid 60s.
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Block Island
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