Quota milestones reached as Liberty Loan drive surges
The May 4 update shows America surpassing quota across multiple districts with large subscriptions. Maryland Vermont Virginia North Carolina and Ohio districts reported they have gone over the top, while Chicago St Louis Detroit and Kansas City districts lead in over subs and honor flags. States like Arizona Washington Oregon Idaho Colorado and Nebraska pushed totals toward the $5 billion target as cities including San Francisco Los Angeles Boston and New Haven posted strong performances.
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Bhington
America
Liberty
Treasury
Ims
McAdoo
San Francisco
Dallas
Maryland
Vermont
Virginia
North Carolina
Atlanta
St. Louis
Cleveland
Louis
Chicago
Ilinois
Towa
Michigan
Napolis
Indiana
Les Moines
Iowa
Detroit
Milwaukee
Kansas
Kansas City
Cole
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wyoming
New Mexico
Kanas City
St. Joseph
Pueblo
Topeka
Omaha
Tulsa
Lincoln
Oklahom
San Franco
Rizona
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
Colorado
Francisco
Los Angeles
Hand
Seatle
Tacoma
Lake City
Wilson
Alvin
Texas
New England
Boston
Fall River
Lewis
Lowell
Holyoke
Ayfield
Worcester
Hart
New Haven
Ptown
Camp Devens Men Parade in Hartford
Camp Devens Massachusetts May 4 a Boston area regiment the 301st passed in review before Colonel Frank Tomkins on the main parade field. It was the first weekly spring review with the men trim and fit as they swung past the commander to the musical regimental band. Antonio Rekas a boot black arrested in Ayer charged with distributing copies of the Kingdom News contrary to federal orders was taken to Boston for trial. Diagrams were said to have been found on Rekas showing routes to barracks in the cantonment. A soldier in the cantonment also accused of distributing the same paper is locked up in depot brigade guard house. The Kingdom News is said to be a German propaganda agency formed after the suppression of the Unfinished Mystery. The mental examinations of 700 applicants for admission to the fourth officers training camp opening May 15 at this cantonment began today led by Major L. Vernon Briggs and assistants, with conclusions expected early next week. One hundred members of the 303rd machine gun battalion under Major James A. Sullivan went to Hartford to take part in a Liberty loan parade. Four hundred members of the 301st supply train arrived with 150 motor trucks, nearly completing the train’s equipment. Private Carl Eckholm of Foley Minnesota a member of the 303rd engineer regiment died at the base hospital and an autopsy will determine cause. Eckholm fell ill suddenly and died shortly after admission. Among artillery officers sent to the School of Fire at Fort Sill Oklahoma is First Lieutenant Horace H. Griffing of Guilford Connecticut, 301st Field Artillery.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Boston
301St
Frank Tompkins
Antonio Rekas
Ayer
Kingdom
Bostonay
Rekas
Cantonment
L. Vernon Briggs
303Rd
James A. Sullivan
Hartford
Conn
Bridgeport
Carl Eckholm
Foley
Minn
303Rd Engineer Regiment
Eckholm
School of Fire
Fort Sill
Okla
Horace H. Griffing
Guilford, Conn
301St Field Artillery
American Aviator and German Adversary Fall in Flight Duel
In France near Toul on May 4 Aviator Charles Chapman of the American army and a German opponent both crashed after their planes caught fire in a dogfight above the front. Chapman from Waterloo Iowa led four other Americans who pursued the German, four American planes returning safely as the doughboys watched from trenches.
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France
Toul
Charles Chapman
Chapman
Waterloo
Wreck at Grosvenordale Injures No One
Eleven freight cars piled up and 200 feet of track torn up on the New York New Haven and Hartford line at North Grosvenordale after a wreck caused by a falling breakbeam derailing one car. Three flat cars and eight box cars loaded with wire potatoes sugar and merchandise were damaged while passenger trains transfer passengers. No injuries reported.
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North Grosvenorsdale
New York, New Haven
Worcester
New London
Women to Decide Tax on Luxuries in England
London May 4 The parliamentary committee tasked with naming taxable luxury items is deadlocked after two meetings. It may require male members to decide which intimate feminine apparel cosmetics and perfumes fall under taxation.
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England
London
Maryland Exceeds Liberty Loan Goals In State and Baltimore
Baltimore and Maryland announced progress on the third Liberty loan with the state surpassing its $38,229,000 apportionment by 602,650 and Baltimore exceeding its $28,384,900 quota by 347,850 as of today’s market opening.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Plans To Evade Irish Draft Emerges In Ireland
London reports, May 4, that in south Ireland plans are already underway to dodge conscription. The Daily Sketch claims money is being hoarded and that women are sewing warm garments for men to wear if they become outlaws in the hills.
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London
Ireland
The
Daily Sketch
Bacon Arrival Enables London Fried Food Boom
London reports a new consignment of American bacon allowing fried dishes after a period of boiled foods to conserve fat. In other news, John Blake Powell is named solicitor general of Ireland as announced by the Dublin Gazette on May 4.
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London
Solicitor General of
Ireland
John Blake,Powell
Dublin Gazette
Fragmentary ad copy on kidney bladder health claims
A partial, garbled testimonial advertises a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It mentions severe fatigue and implies significant health improvements but the text is incomplete and hard to parse for specifics.
Johnson speaks for freedom of press in Senate fight
Washington May 4 Senator Johnson of California condemned the new espionage bill saying any gag on the press harms democracy at home and aids enemies abroad. He warned the measure would breed hypocrisy suspicion and fear, and cited Cadet Harriott’s death as a preventable tragedy linking the bill to morale at home. He urged rejection of the conference report and argued unity and trust are essential for a brave democracy.
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Washington
France
Johnson
California
Senate
Paul Harriott
Fort Worth
Tex
Harriott
Mass Meeting in Kiev Names Skoropodski Leader
At a Kiev mass meeting on April 29 General Skoropodski was proclaimed Het and inaugurated before St Sophia Cathedral. The rada building housing government troops was attacked, defenders retreated, and Skoropodski now controls the city which remained quiet. The Berliner Tageblatt laments Ukraine’s loss of its republic and urges Germany to press treaty rights.
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Skropodski
Amsterdam
Kiev
Skoropodski
Het
Cathedral of
St. Sophia
Saia
Rada
Germany
Ukrania
Berliner Tageblatt
Aircraft Investigation Underway Amid Confidence
Washington May 4 Administration circles say a justice department inquiry into the aircraft situation will show production improving and no crimin ality will be revealed. The president and Senator Thomas review the matter and believe that even a senate probe would not uncover a scandal. Officials report aircraft output meeting expectations with as many as eighty machines reportedly produced in a single day.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Congress
Thomas
Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Administration
White House
Passenger Held Up at Atlantic Port
Naval intelligence officers investigate Carlos Perrson a passenger on a Swedish steamship arriving from South American ports. Perrson could not account for himself. papers found will be tested chemically. He was not allowed to leave the vessel.
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Atlantic
Naval
Carlos Perrson
Perrson
Fourteen More Planes Shot Down on Italian Front
Rome May 4 war office reports fourteen more Allied airmen planes shot down on the Italian front. The tally marks another setback for the Axis air operations in the region.
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Rome
War Office
New England Far Exceeds Minimum on Liberty Loan Drive
New England finished the third liberty loan campaign strongly, with total subscriptions reaching 284,273,000 dollars against a minimum of 250,000,000 and a regional quota of 300,000,000. Every state met its target, Rhode Island at 101 percent, Massachusetts at 110, Maine 113, New Hampshire 125, Vermont 115, Connecticut 130, with Boston reporting 64,302,300 and total New England receipts totaling 284,273,000.
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Boston
New England
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Cement Rates Unfair in Rail Freight Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that cement rates in carload lots from Troy to Boston and Maine lines and to various New England rail points were unreasonable. The decision also found Hudson district rates to New England stations unfair and denied the carriers’ request to maintain water-competitive rates to certain points. Separately, Jack Dempsey earned a popular decision over Billy Miske in St Paul, though some critics questioned the power behind his punches.
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C. C
Washington
Troy
N. Y
Boston and Maine
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Allentown Portland Cement Company
Boston & Maine
Hudson District
New York
Maine Central
Montpelier
Wells River
Johnsbury
Lake Champlain
Hudson
Lehigh
Dempsey
St. Paul
Minn
Jack Dempsey
Pacific Coast
Billy Miske
Miske
Happenings in this vicinity twenty five years ago
The Rev P M Snyder gave a fine pean lecture on a Trip to Switzerland. A special common council meeting approved buying 160 acres of land with the Russell Nichols farm for a new reservoir. Ira D Sankey arrived at the World’s Fair with Christian workers. Sunday Rev J B Connell begins second pastorate at Cromwell Baptist. Mayor D Luther Briggs and others depart for the Republican convention in Louisville. England hours miners work eight hours underground. Roads muddy and river water highest since 1869. Trains could not run due to high water. Middle Town April deaths total 30. A coal laden barge hung up under Air Line bridge. Oliver Cone sells farm butter 18 cents lb. Coal famine threatened due to mine strikes. Spanish authorities tighten Cuba revolt measures.
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P. M. Snyder
Switzerland
Common Council
Russell Nichols
Middlefield
Ira D. Sankey
Christian Workers
J. B. Connell
Baptist Church
Cromwell
D. Luther Briggs
O. W. Coffin
W. A. Pearne
George S. Allen
Meriden, Waterbury and
Connecticut River
Middletown
George W. Burke
Air Line
Oliver Cone
Cuba
Hood's Sarsaparilla Spring Blood Purifier Ad
An old family remedy promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a standard spring medicine for purifying blood restoring appetite and easing rheumatic fatigue. It claims Boston roots and a formula of roots barbs herbs and berries offered in familiar packaging with consistent taste and proven satisfaction.
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Hood
Boston
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