Unclear speech on war effort and Red Cross duties
President urges unlimited US war effort and support for the Red Cross. He argues no limit to sending ships and supplies, defending allied unity, standing by Russia, and stressing personal sacrifice over wealth. He praises friendship, mercy, and international Red Cross work as central to liberty and world peace.
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Russia
Red Cross
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Italy
America
San Francisco
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Heart
American Red Cross
Murphy temperance meeting notes and town updates
About 1 560 attendees gathered for the second Murphy temperance meeting at North church. Charles Brockway offers No 29 Columbia bicycle for 130 dollars. Friends of Louis Wilcox from Portland helped raise funds for a new tobacco barn yesterday. The emperor of Germany pushes larger armed forces against popular wishes. Svea Society of Portland marks its eighth anniversary Monday. Gildersleeve ferryboat chartered for several river excursions this summer. County commissioners approve a direct tax to raise 30 000 dollars for the new building. Asa B Stow finishes three cottages on Stow avenue Broad Street being macadamized by Street Commissioner McDonald. Connecticut legislature creates attorney general at 5 000 dollars salary.
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Murphy Temperance
North Church
Charles Brockway
Columbia
Louis Wilcox
Portland
Germany
Svea Society of Portland
Gildersleeve
Asa B. Stow
Stow Avenue
Broad Street
McDonald
Connecticut
Probe Oakdale Explosion Forces Probe for Cause
Pittsburgh May 20 Rescue crews combed the smoking ruins after a deadly Oakdale plant explosion at the Aetna Chemical works. Investigators from government, state and county agencies quote a grim toll: about seventy five known dead, thirty one missing and ninety four injuries, with many likely to die. A second fatal blast damaged TNT tanks and left little coherent survivor testimony. Two men questioned near the scene were detained without explanation.
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Pittsburgh
Oakdale
Aetna Chemical Plant
County and Company
TNT
Five Negroes Lynched Over Georgia Murder Case
In Valdosta Georgia five Black men have been lynched for the murder of Hampton Smith. Mary Turner Hayes Turner’s wife was hanged at Folsom's bridge after alleged remarks about the execution. Authorities pursue Sydney Johnson and other suspects as whites remain inflamed. The victim, Hampton Smith, was killed when his shotgun was stolen and he was attacked. his wife survived.
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Valdosta
Hampton Smith
Mary Turner
Hayes Turner
Brooks County
Folsom
Little River
Sydney Johnson
Smith
Johnson
Peterson Joins Air Aces In French Skies
In France on May 18 Captain David Peterson American aviator and Lehigh graduate shot down his fifth enemy plane east of St Mihiel just before dusk. Peterson thus joined the ranks of the aces alongside Thaw and Lufbery. He first victory came last September and since then four more Germans have fallen to his guns.
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David Peterson
Lehigh University
St. Mihiel
Peterson
Thaw
Lufbery
Lameville Front
Ous
Bodie
Chita Held by Forces Near Trans-Siberian Route
A Moscow news agency dispatch reported that forces occupied the city of Chita, which sits on the Trans-Siberian Railway at its junction with the Amur line. Chita lies about 260 miles east of Lake Baikal, marking a strategic location near major rail links.
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Chita
Moscow
Amur
Lake Baikal
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