Rea and Willard Deposed as Railroads Go Federal
Samuel Rea president of the Pennsylvania System and Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio will not operate the two great systems after June 1. Federal directors chosen by McAdoo will take active management. B L Winchell named southern district regional director based in Atlanta to succeed C H Markham. N D Maher named Pocahontas operating district regional director based in Roanoke. Both resign ties with their railroads.
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Washington
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania System
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
McAdoo
B. L. Winchell
Union Pacific
Southern District
Atlanta
C. H. Markham
Allegheny
N. D. Maher
Norfolk and Western
New Pocahontas
Roanoke
Winchell
Mr. Maher
Hun Hospital Raids Over Red Cross Hospitals
London reports a Hun air raid behind the British front in France Sunday night. The assault on Red Cross hospitals caused greater casualties among women nurses and patients than the Lusitania sinking. Two raiding parties deployed with over twenty aircraft, yet heroic nurses stayed with the wounded and the dead.
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London
Red Cross
France
Lusitania
Woman Charged With Attempted Death and Child Homicide
Mrs. Sarah Goldblum, 31, jailed at Lincoln Hospital New York, charged with attempted death by own action and homicide. Fearing blindness she tried to kill herself and her two young children. The younger Samuel, months old, died from poisoning. the elder of two years and the other child are seriously ill.
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New York
Sarah Goldblum
Lincoln Hospital
Quiet American Sector Battle Front Report
By Bert Ford a wartime dispatch from May 23 notes unusual quiet on the American sector of the Picardy front. It highlights American soldiers in hospital and all their humor and resolve as nurses and doctors aid wounded, including Private Schooling of Wisconsin mortally wounded and the emotional scenes surrounding recovery and sacrifice.
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Bert Ford
J Army
Picardy
Clark County
Wisconsin
Georgia
Memorial Day in France Plans For Observation Of Day
American camps in France will observe Memorial Day May 23 with the usual ceremonies. French graves within American command areas will be decorated, field headquarters services feature brass bands prayers, rifle salute and dirge. Graves of American and French soldiers will bear flowers and flags. a base hospital plans elaborate rites.
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N. C. Parke
France
Bridgeport Drafters Leave For Camp Upton
Bridgeport sent 789 young men to Camp Upton with 145 from Stratford and Fairfield. Escorted by 100 Red Cross women and a band, the parade drew large crowds as relatives packed streets. Mayor Wilson and draft board members spoke at the armory before the entrainment.
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Bridgeport
Red Cross
Stratford
Fairfield
Camp Upton
L. L
Wilson
Americans Helped Defend Paris
Paris reports American air squadrons aided the defense during a raid yesterday. French newspapers praise the Americans for stopping the Germans from seeking battle, noting German forces avoided engagement.
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Paris
Mornt
Civilian Prisoner Exchange Reported by Osservatore Romano
Rome May 24 Osservatore Romano reports an agreement between parties leading to exchanges of civilian prisoners. The note specifies civilian captives involved in ongoing conflict negotiations. The report adds no further confirmed names or locations.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Oom
U boats are beaten says Admiral Sims
Admiral Sims the allied navies co operate with a senior allied command Their fronts are many with a naval council coordinating efforts He praises Zeebrugge Ostend actions and says the submarine threat to Britain is fading with the combined British French Italian and American fleets He notes no precedence among allies and that American sailors earn praise while sharing dangers with their British ally and German hopes fade
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Fred J. Wilson
International News Service
London
Admiral Sims
European
Grosnevor Gardens
Allied Naval Council
Zeebrugge
Ostend
England
France
Germany
Junkers
Charges of Unneutral Conduct in Tokio Dispatch
London reports that charges of unneutral conduct were made in Tokio after the Swedish minister Mr. Wallenberg and fourteen prominent Swedish residents departed. The dispatch from Tokyo to the Express today details the accusation and persons involved.
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London
Tokio
Wallenberg
Express
Weather Outlook for New Haven and Region May 24
Forecast for New Haven and vicinity calls for fair tonight with increasing cloudiness Saturday and a slow rise in temperature. Connecticut expects fair tonight and Saturday partly cloudy to slightly warmer in interior areas with moderate east to southeast winds. High pressure over the eastern lake region and New England brings cool pleasant weather east of the Mississippi. unsettled conditions to the west with showers between the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River. Northeast winds along the coast. observations show varied readings from 48 to 74 degrees across listed cities.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Lake Region
New England
Mississippi River
South Dakota
Rocky Mountains
North Atlantic
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Jacville
Kansas City
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Northfield
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First Red Cross War Fund
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Book Fund
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Main Street
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Portland
War Department
Fred D. Clair
Philadelphia
Whitney H. Joyce
Unadilla
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Tieuts
Aimee D. Genard
Manchester
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Colorado Springs
Col
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Hazelton
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Lionel B. Rothrock
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Elmiray
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Jackson, Ch
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Franklin O. Brun
Muscotah
Kan
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Brainerd
Minn
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Springfield
John Griener
Supemberg
Joseph P. Morris
Evans Pegues
Osborne
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St. Louis
Norman Roberts
Minneapolis
Joseph Williams
Line
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Patrick W. Joyce
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John J. O’mara
John K. Sullivan
Kingston
Cleo C. Hamby
Covington
Thomas C. Mitchell
Southbridge
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Ann E. Garvin
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Joseph A. Giegerich
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Paul L. Hall
Juniata
Wladyslaw Jablonowski
Cleveland
Ohio
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Elliott Street
Wyllys Singleton
Rudd
N.Y
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Cumberland
James W. Sullivan
Eric H. Moody
Tiptonville, Tenn
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