Small Casualty List 18 Reported Today
Washington May 7 One of the smallest casualty lists in many days was announced by the war department today. Forty one names appear with four killed in action two died of wounds one listed as missing in action and others dying of disease or other causes. Fifteen wounded severely thirteen wounded slightly and one missing. Names include Corporal Herman Bjormhang Tofte Minn and Lieut Edmund J LaPorte Plainfield N J among those killed or missing. Several others are listed for disease wounds and non fatal injuries with multiple addresses given.
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Herman Bjormhang
Tofte
Minn
Oscar C. Griffith
Gadstren
Ala
Marcus Jones
Dupont Street
Minneapolis
War bride on troop train from Seattle to New York
Mrs Peggy Tait a University of Chicago co ed war bride recounts traveling on the same troop train as her husband Corporal Fred Tait from Seattle to New York on May 7. She wore a soldier's uniform and slipped past officers to join him then hid in the mess car after being briefly put off. After attempts at newspaper and magazine work in New York she came to study in Chicago.
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University of Chicago
Seattle
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New York
Fred Tait
France
Gifts for Gunners as French Honor Big Gun Crew
Paris reports rare wine presented by Paris municipal council to French gunners who disabled a German long range gun that had bombarded the city. French shells, heavy German fire, and air support characterized the effort, with several French gunners killed or wounded and aviators aiding in destruction.
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Italian Flyers Do Damag Rome Bombing Foretold
Italian forces claim damage in Rome as raids disrupt rail links between Hungary and Austria. Report notes damaged supply lines and railway yards, with authorities warning of continued air operations affecting military logistics.
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Rome
Foavistete Pare
Germans Fail to Control the Air
London reports that despite massive German aviation efforts spurred by the U S entry, German aircraft fail to shake Allied air superiority. German single seaters, Hannover monoplane, Pfalz biplane, and a newer faster monoplane prove inferior to French and British fighters, while the Albatros Aviatik two seater remains their best machine. Allies use scout planes for artillery work and photo tasks. Anti aircraft accuracy declines as top pilots are drafted to machine gun service.
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United States
Hannover
Morane
Pfalz
Drive for suffrage in full force today
Washington May 7 The drive for national suffrage for women is under way in full force in the Senate despite yesterday's setback. Leaders expect a vote on the measure by week’s end or early next week unless parliamentary issues alter plans.
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Chamber
No Booze Ban Kills Chicago Cabarets
A new city ordinance takes effect in Chicago ending alcohol in cabarets. About 3,000 to 5,000 performers previously employed in these venues face immediate unemployment as the traditional nights of wine and song end when the clock strikes midnight. The era of drink fueled cabaret shows is replaced by sober orchestras on stage.
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Chicago
Mayne
Lusitania Anniversary Caustic Charge Against Kaiser
London on May 7 Lord Rhondda commented on the Lusitania sinking anniversary calling the Kaiser "the Twentieth Century Herod." He criticized the exultation over the medal struck for the sinking and urged continued effort to destroy the foe's evil spirit, saying Germany remains unchanged.
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Rhondda
Herod
Germany
British Reprisals Not Brutal, Says War Official
Lord Newton of the War Department states British reprisals for ill treated prisoners in German camps are not brutal. Methods include limits on recreation tighter confinement and fewer comforts as part of wartime discipline.
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London
Lord Newton
War Department
Black Sea Fleet to Be Returned to Odessa for Ukraine
Copenhagen May 7 report from Vienna says the majority of the Russian Black Sea fleet will be returned to Odessa and placed at the disposal of the new Ukrainian government.
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Odessa
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Germans Make Their Captives Work Hard
A French prisoner in France recounts the mistreatment of Allied POWs by German guards in Hanover. An American prisoner, a New Yorker, endured three months in salt mines losing 33 pounds, beatings, hot steam, starvation, and brutal discipline, with many dying. English and French prisoners faced similar torture, rendering some too weak to lift a cigarette.
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N. C. Parke
France
Germany
Hanover
Prussia
Women decorated after gas attack in Belgian front
Baroness Tserclaes and Miss Marie Chisholm risked their lives tending wounded Belgian soldiers after a German gas attack near Nieuport-Ypres. They discarded gas masks to help casualties, both were decorated by King Albert and now recover in London.
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Marie Chisholm
Hile
London
Miss Marie Chisholm
King Albert
Albert
Nieuport-Ypres
Germany
Prague Without Bread Breadless Prague News
Prague, capital of Bohemia, has been without bread for three weeks, according to advices reaching Paris today.
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Paris
Bohemia
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