Ostend and Zeebrugge silenced by British raid
British navy operation sinks the concrete-filled cruiser Vindictive blocking Ostend harbor. Ostend and Zeebrugge bases rendered ineffective as submarine retreats, forcing Germans to rely on Heligoland. Local Albert sector victory accompanies broader pauses in front lines as fate of renewed German drive remains uncertain. May 10 report notes renewed offensive expected toward St Pol and Arras salient, with Italian front activity anticipated. High School Meet and Arkansas Valley Interscholastic events follow in Wichita.
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Sells Entire Village McKinleyville near Phoenixville Pa
William McKinley ex coroners of Chester County has sold the village of McKinleyville near Phoenixville. The property includes store dwelling three small houses a blacksmith shop grist mill barn and other farm buildings. McKinley bought it 25 years ago. Lucius German of Memphis Tennessee changed his name to Woodrow before serving to fight Germans.
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William McKinley
Chester County
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McKinley
Yale Harvard Princeton Debate Set Tonight in New Haven
In New Haven tonight the Yale Harvard Princeton debate will discuss conscripting labor for war and related government policy. The event features speakers from the three institutions and is expected to attract student and public interest.
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New Haven
Princeton
Cambridge
British Bottle Up Ostend U-Boat Base
London reports a British raid on Ostend and Zeebrugge to block Belgian coast submarine bases. The obsolete cruiser Vindictive was sunk across Ostend harbor entrance as a block ship, with minimal British casualties and all German bases rendered out of commission.
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Ostend
Zeebrugge
Admiralty
Ostend Horbor
Germany
Keyes
Hobson
Santiago
Americans Await Boche Offensive on French Front
Report by Bert Ford from May 9 describes American troops on the Picardy front awaiting a German offensive. Americans in good condition, well trained, and eager for action while French allies admire them. Observers note trench conditions, camouflage, and civilian hardship near the battlefield. London reports a German poison-letter incident killing a girl, attributed to irritant poison.
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Bert Ford
Sas
Short War Department casualty list lists twenty one names
Washington May 10 wartime notice lists twenty one casualties including four killed in action one died of wounds three of disease and one of accident. among the names Private Carroll J Scully Toledo Ohio identified from the Tuscania disaster Lieut Justave H Kissell missing in action and several others wounded missing or lost at sea the report names Private Wesley Clyde and multiple others with home towns and kin details included
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Washington
War Department
Carroll J. Scully
Toledo
Ohio
Justave H. Kissell
Wall Street
New York City
Angles Day
Line Fork
Alex Drelich
Passaic
N. J
Karol Dusaski
Lester R. Luringhouse
Oakland
Cal
Bloomsburg Iron Man Phenis Thomas Dies at 80
Bloomsburg Pa May 10 Death claims Phenis Thomas famed for volunteering in surgery on his left leg. He refused anesthesia, aided the surgeon as bone was removed, and died of gangrene at age eighty.
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Bloomburg
Bloomsburg
Phenis Thomas
Weather forecast for New Haven and region May 10
Forecast calls for probably showers tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions. Connecticut reports unsettled showery weather from the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast, with high winds along the coast. Observations across cities show varied cloudiness and temperatures from 30s to 70s, with clearing and cooling expected by Saturday.
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