Cyclones Slaughter Southern States Damage Reaches Millions
International News Service reports cyclones sweeping Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Missouri Arkansas Kansas and other areas killed hundreds and injured over a thousand with property losses pegged near six million dollars. Wires down hinder full tallies as officials race to communicate with affected districts and gasped towns may be wiped out.
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Washington
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Albama
Kan
Missouri
Arkansas
Alabama
Ilinois
Pacific News Service
Chicago
One Hundred Thousand U S Troops To Battle Front
London May 28 A government announcement confirms one hundred thousand regular U S troops will soon be on the battlefield and six thousand aviators are being trained in Britain. Troopships are in reach and backed by allied fleets as detachments of the United States hospital corps land in Beance. American units will work with French forces and occupy key positions on the front.
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Atlantic
United ‘States Hospital Corps
Beance
England
Jean
Une
Funeral for Mongolia victims draws vast Chicago crowd
Thousands attend the funeral of Edith Ayer and Helen Wood, Red Cross nurses killed aboard the Mongolia. Full military honors mark the service with a large Red Cross contingent and brass volleys at Oakdale cemetery. Senatorial and military officials join the Havana procession. Fresh eggs and chickens advertised at Prosser's Harness Shop.
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International News Service
Chicago
Edith Ayer
Helen Wood
Red Cross
Mongolia
State Street
Spectacular air battle ends with French victory
Paris reports a dramatic air clash at Bamles during which nine German planes were shot down from a sixteen‑plane fleet. The German squadron aimed at London but was defeated by French flyers who suffered one forced landing. no French losses occurred.
The Heart of a Painted Woman at Dream Tonight
The Petrova film The Heart of a Painted Woman plays tonight as the last showing. It features five reels of melodramatic situations and rapid plot twists with elaborate staging and careful camera work. Tomorrow night the feature Satan Sanderson will be shown.
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Petrova
Satan Sanderson
Mongolia Ammunition Tampering Sparks Naval Probe
Washington May 28 The Senate discussed the Mongolia accident and ordered an immediate naval affairs committee investigation. Earlier findings say ammunition was tampered to cause premature explosions in light quick firing guns, with unsafe material inserted in the base cavity. The Navy has examined explosives in munition depots ships and shore batteries. The committee is named and will meet tomorrow. All Loyal Moose are urged to attend tonight's meeting.
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Teries
Nugget Carrier Notice for Household Part Payment
Notice requests immediate action from Mr Husband regarding Mrs Wifey's entitlement to the Nugget in the household. States ed two dollars per month by carrier responsibilities and payment.
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Wifey
May Not Gall Married Men
International News Service reports Secretary of War Baker hinted married men with dependents might be exempt from the draft. A formal decision was not reached yet but likely to appear in an upcoming message. If official, married men would register on the existing date and be drawn from the first call’s pool.
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International News Service
Washington
Ying
Baker
War Department
Alaska for Alaskans dispute letter sparks controversy
A 109 word dispatch from Ju signed Juneau accuses Gay-Strong of spreading misleading and false statements. The Nugget says the Juneau Empire did not send the message and notes a phrase "There's a Nigger in the Woodpile somewhere" tied to the Nugget era. The Nugget pledges full discussion in tomorrow's issue pending reply.
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J. F. A. Strong
Governor Strong
Alaska
Italians Reach Gate of Trieste in War Advance
May 28 dispatch reports Italian troops crossing the Timavine near Divio and approaching Trieste. General Cadorna says his line of communication remains secure as Austrian and Hungarian forces resist, with Ital ian forces noted for advancing and capturing prisoners. Vienna reports over thirteen thousand prisoners captured in twenty days.
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International News Service
Rome
Timmare Vives
Divio
Trieste
Sey Lothe Ble
Aastra Agiomani
Cape Forets
Cadorna
Vienna
Spanish Steamer Delaguive Sunk by U Boat
A Gibraltar cablegram reports the Spanish steamer Delaguive torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean by a German submarine with no warning. Official tallies list seventy eight lives lost, with forty passengers and sixty crew aboard, only twenty two rescued. Survivors were taken to Barcelona then to a British ship after two more boats were found. The captain said the ship flew the Spanish flag when attacked.
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Delaguive
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