French Aviator Extends Victory Run In Air War
Paris reports Sub-Lieutenant Nungesser tallies his thirty third and thirty fourth German planes in five minutes, plus damage to another, after earlier hits Sunday. In three years of air combat he has 17 wounds and 52 bombing missions. Lieut Chaput 16 victories Demieldre 13 and Captain Heffre are dead in the last week.
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Nunmesert
Nungresser
Lieut
Chaput
Demeeldre
Hieffre
Draft age may go up to 40 years discussed in Washington
Washington May 9. Legislation raising the draft age to 40 years was discussed at a meeting of Provost Marshal General Crowder and the house military committee. Crowder gave no specific recommendations but committee members said the war department was studying changes. The conference report on youth registration becoming 21 will be called up in the house with debate expected over exemptions for ministers.
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Washington
General Crowder
House Military Committee
Crowder
War Lords of Kaiser in Dispute
London reports that former influential officers of the German army backing von Moltke are opposing Field Marshal von Hindenburg over unsatisfactory western-front results. A split reportedly exists between Hindenburg Ludendorff and the crown prince versus Chancellor von Hertling and Foreign Secretary von Kühlmann, with the emperor leaning toward Hertling.
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von Hindenburg
Hague
Daily Mail
Ludendorff
von Hertling
von Keuhlmann
German Chancellor threatens Prussian chamber dissolution
Amsterdam reports Count von Hertling the German imperial chancellor and Prussian premier vows to dissolve the Prussian chamber if the third reading of the franchise reform bill is rejected by the Cologne Gazette.
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Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Cologne
Back Pay for Railroaders Cited in Report
Washington reports the railroad wage commission recommended back pay totaling 100 million dollars to January 1 and a payroll increase of 288 million dollars by 1917 for workers earning under 250 a month in December 1915. Increases range from 4.6 to 43 percent with flat raises above 239, apprentices and younger workers receiving reduced shares, and retroactive pay for those discharged since January 1. Director General McAdoo will decide within about ten days, likely not adopting all recommendations.
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Washington
Railroad Wage Commission
McAdoo
Florida girls patrol Mayport coast to root out pro German activity
Captain Stark leads a band of fearless Florida girls armed with rifles and automatics. The group searches the east coast near Mayport for pro German activity, policing against enemy influence. Stark is described as Hoff man Philip's sister and head of the band.
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Stark
Mra
Florida
Hoffman Philip
United States
Colombia
Mayport
Football star hero of battle near Leicheprey
Captain Arthur Griswold of Hartford Conn. earned hero status after repeatedly drawing fire and charging German troops near Leicheprey northwest of Toul. Griswold, famed as a high school football star in New Britain Conn., led his men in relentless close combat and felled multiple enemies with pistol use and hand to hand effort.
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Toul
Arthur Griswold
Hartford
Conn
Griswold
New Britain
War expert to speak on poultry and peace at high school
Sir Edward Brown of London, expert on poultry and animal husbandry, will address Pocatello audiences at 8:30 p m at the high school auditorium. He brings firsthand war experience from London air raids and European travels, urging a national effort to boost poultry production for food security.
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Sir Edward Brown
London
Pocatello
U. S. Department of Agriculture
France
Paris
Belgium
Europe
Serbia
Bulgaria
Denmark
Mr. Brown
U Boat Shot Clear Out of Water in Naval Action
Atlantic Port reports that a United States warship sank a German submarine with a shot that hurled it completely out of the sea and broke it in two. The ship, on passage home, saw three subs. the first two shots missed, the third hit below the water line. No survivors were observed.
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Atlantic Port
United States
Gompers Seeks Removal of Porto Rico Governor Yager
Samuel Gompers calls for the removal of Arthur Yager as governor of Porto Rico charging incompetence in handling the labor situation. The request was made from Washington on May 9.
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Yager
Washington
Arthur Yager
Porto Rico
Samuel Gompers
Abandoned Plan to Vote on Suffrage Amendment
Jones of New Mexico, chair of the woman suffrage committee, said plans for a Senate vote on a House resolution to submit the equal suffrage amendment to the federal constitution were abandoned temporarily.
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Washingtong
Jones
New Mexico
Woman Suffrage Mittee
Senate
House
New Chief of U S Ordnance Bureau
Brig Gen Willams, Pershing's ordnance officer, has been ordered to Washington to become chief of the ordnance bureau. The appointment elevates him to lead the U S Army Ordnance Department.
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U. S. Ordnance Bureau
Gen
Willams
Pershing
Washington
Ordnance Bureau
Huns Fail in Heavy Smash on Short Front
In Flanders heavy fighting continues as German forces renew attacks southwest of Ypres and north of Kemmel. British troops resist with stubborn counterattacks and ground remains contested as Haig reports German incursions repulsed along the La Clytte Voormezeele front and French gains south of La Clytte.
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Amiens
Teutons
Flanders
Associated Press
Kemmel
Somme
Ancre
London
la Clytte
Voormeveele
Field Marshal Haig
Voormezeele
German submarine lands man on Irish coast court martial planned
In London on May 9 a German submarine landed a man on the Irish coast who was arrested. Parliamentary secretary James MacPherson told the House of Commons that the man is in the Tower of London and will be court martialed.
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London
James MacPherson
House of Commons
Tower of London
Asquith Defends Maurice Affair Vote Of CensureStrategy
In London May 9 ex-Premier Asquith denies his Maurice affair stance aimed at a government censure. He moves for a select committee to probe charges, argues it is unbusinesslike to rehash war conduct, while Lloyd George protests and says Maurice should present cabinet criticisms.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Maurice
War Office
Times
France
Lloyd George
Asquith Seeks Select Committee Rejected in Commons
London May 9. Asquith's motion to appoint a select committee to investigate charges against General Maurice was rejected in the house of commons by 293 to 106.
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London
Asquith
Maurice
House of Commons
Soldiers at Front Do Not Get the Ballot
American soldiers in France will not be permitted to vote in the coming elections due to the war department's decision. Training camp soldiers in the United States may vote if their states arrange ballots. Assistant Secretary Benedict Crowell and Adjutant General McCain say voting in France would impede military efficiency.
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Washinon
France
War Department
Rodgers
Massachusetts
Benedict Crowell
McCain
Crowell
Two Naval Aviators Rescued After Sinking Hydro Plane
Two naval aviators were rescued five miles off Miami after remaining afloat in their damaged hydro aeroplane until a coast steamship picked them up. They were exhausted but survived, saying they could not have held on much longer.
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Atlantic Port
Miami
Florida
Hitchcock Named Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations
Washington May 9 Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska was today named chairman of the senate foreign relations committee succeeding the late Senator Stone. Hitchcock was the senior Democratic member of the committee.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
President Wilson Proclaims Red Cross Week in 1918
President Wilson issued a proclamation designating the week starting May 20, 1918 as Red Cross Week. He urged Americans to donate to the second 106,000,000 war fund to aid wounded troops in France, dependents at home, and allied civilian populations.
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Wilson
Red Cross
American Red Cross
France
American Red Cross War Council
Europe
People’s Trust
United States
Woodrow Wilson
District of Columbia
United States of America
Wooodow Wilson
Robert Langing
Leader of the Sinn Feiners De Valera
De Valera emerges as the leader of the Sinn Feiners who seek practical steps toward independence from Great Britain. The movement aims for self rule while maintaining relations with Britain in a evolving political landscape.
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Sinn Feiners
de Valera
Great Britain
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