Lions in France July First and the Allied Reserves
A WWI era dispatch discusses American manpower forecasts reaching 1,000,000 by July 1, with forces in France and Italy. It highlights Goethals reforms, convoy protection, modern artillery, and new troop and supply movement methods, asserting US steel and manpower will overwhelm German efforts as the Atlantic defense tightens.
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John Edwin Nevinshington
America
Conson
Army Reserve
France
Italy
Secretar Baker
Atlantic
Japan
United States
Genny
Ibers
George W. Goethals
General Goethals
Germany
Britain
Toul
Buty
Paris
Sam
American Steel
Fonger
Lloyd George
Uncle Sam
War bonds appeal sent to every town in Connecticut
An appeal issued by the Connecticut War Department urges all towns and residents to invest in savings and thrift stamps maturing May 15. The policy aims to secure the interest and principal of accumulated savings by supporting government bonds and wartime finance.
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Connecticut War
Spaulding Freed At Camp Devens After Court Martial
Private John Austin Spaulding former German professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute was released from confinement at Camp Devens and sent back to the depot brigade. Officials would not explain why he left the guard house before court-martial review. This action is unprecedented at the cantonment. The decision in his case remains pending and will not be announced for about two weeks as Spaulding may gain freedom of the cantonment during that period. Harold Janvrin former Red Sox star is recommended for officer training with the 301st field signal battalion, cited for leadership and judgment. he captains the Camp Devens baseball team. Major Parker M. Cort named division tuberculosis specialist with the 3011st sanitary train. Private Joseph Madison of the 31st depot brigade died today in the base hospital from pneumonia. he had arrived from Palm Beach, Florida with a delegation of colored draftees.
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Camp Devens
John Austin Spaulding
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Spaulding
Harold Janvrin
Red Sox
301St Field Signal Battalion
Janvrin
Parker M. Cort
Springfield
Joseph Madison
Palm Beach
Fla
Dry Campaign Opens in Chicago for War Time Prohibition
Headquarters of the national dry federal convention led by William Jennings Bryan opened in Chicago to press for federal prohibition for the war duration. The drive, lasting sixty days, targets Congress with a plan to send about 250000 telegrams. The federation counts 2997 branches and 18 million members, with Arthur Capper as treasurer and Charles Scanlon as secretary.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Congress
Federation
W. G. Calderwood
Minneapolis, Minn
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburg
Japan’s Goto Assures Bond With Britain on Victory
Baron Goto, Japan’s new foreign minister, sent a message to the British ambassador reaffirming Japan’s unwavering commitment to the Anglo-Japanese alliance and his implicit faith in ultimate victory.
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Japan
Tokio
Baron Goto
No Opportunity Yet For Peace Paris May
The foreign affairs committee of the chamber of deputies adopted a resolution stating Austria's tentative peace talks have never provided an acceptable chance for peace. Herdling May Resign. Amsterdam May 9 Count von Hertling German chancellor will resign after Prussian diet rejected the manhood measure.
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Paris
Foreign Affairs Committee
The
Chamber of Deputies
Austria
Open hearings urged as aircraft inquiry splits Congress
Washington May 9 Congress debated whether aircraft program investigations should stay secret or be fully disclosed to the public. Senators argued for open sessions to reveal the facts behind secret inquiries led by figures like Borglum and Snowden Marshall, while opponents warned of damaging testimony and reluctance to testify.
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Washington
Congress
Gutzon
Borglum
Snowden Marshall
Senate Military Affairs Committee
British Ship Output Reported By London Press
London reports Brit ice output figures with May data. The May 9 bulletin notes production, with tonnage and vessel figures for March and May cited by officials. Details remain partially obscured due to OCR errors but stress output levels across the British fleet.
Sub Treasury Report Brief in New York May 9
Sub Treasury notes a cash movement as banks remit funds totaling 3 801 000 dollars. Report notes the net cash balance and ongoing treasury operations in New York.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Enans
Het
Hobey Baker Becomes Ace Flying Hero of France
Paris reports Hobey Baker football and hockey star now First Lieutenant with the Lafayette Escadrille has downed five official German planes in a few weeks. He unofficially claims two more, unseen, bringing his total to seven, as he rises among famed aces like Lufbery and Nungesser. In London, Woolwich Arsenal workers pledge support to Lloyd George, praising him as the people's premier and vowing to oppose Germany.
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Paris
Lafayette Escadrille
Bowie
France
Lufbery
Nungesser
German Prisoners Report Low Morale on Front
British dispatches say German prisoners in recent days show waning morale due to heavy bombardments and supply failures. Some divisions report no rations since May 1 and despondent talks of desertion amid shelling and gas attacks near Amiens and the Amiens front as 42 rounds of ammo remain.
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Washington
199Th
Arrest Six Russellites In Brooklyn Raid
New York May 9 Federal authorities arrested Joseph B. Rutherford successor to Pastor Russell and five other leaders of the Russell founded International Bible Students movement. They were charged with seeking mutiny unrest and urging men to refuse military service through The Watch Tower Bible Student and The Kingdom News. The kingdom News had been suppressed last week. Also detained were William E. Van Ambergh Giovanni de Cecca A Hugh McMullen Robert J. Martin and Frederick A. Robinson.
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New York
Joseph B. Rutherford
Russell
International Bible Students’ Association
Society
Brooklyn
Watch Tower
Bible Student
Kingdom News
Russell Sect
Rutherford
William E. van Ambergh
Giovanni de Cecca
A. Hugh McMullen
Robert J. Martin
Frederick A. Robinson
Happenings In This Vicinity 25 Years Ago
A MEMORIAL DAY report notes Mansfield events in Middletown and a new lunch room opening by Henry Hubbard in East Berlin. Wheat and corn prices moved in New York and Chicago while Wesleyan beat Yale 4 to 2 on the local diamond. Other items include Polish expulsions, a mower sharpening machine, a death in West Crofton, and a Messiah performance at Middlesex.
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Mansfield
Middletown
Henry Hubbard
East Berlin
Reichstag
New York
Chicago
Wesleyan
Yale
Poland
Pratt & Read
South Main Street
Martin K. Hurlburt
West Crorftwell
Middlesex
Thomas Cooke
I. E. Palmer
State Agricultural Society
Kaiser William
B. H. Ranney
Cromwell
Whitman Frees Stielow With Commutation
Albany March 9 Charles F Stielow once sentenced to death for a double murder in Orleans county in 1915 has been declared not guilty by a governor appointed commission and his life term is commuted. Nelson I Green Stielow’s brother in law also implicated received 20 years and both men will be freed in days.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles F. Stielow
Orleans County
Ana Rae
Whitman
Stielow
Nelson I. Green
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