Col Frank White Arrives Safely in France
Col Frank White, former governor and North Dakota regent, has arrived in France with a thousand soldiers after serving at Camp Mills. His wife Mrs White will remain in Baltimore while he serves over there as he helps in the munitions effort and awaits the end of the war.
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Frank White
France
United States
T. Melvin Lee
Middlewest Trust Company
Col. White
Barnes County
Hank White
Philippines
North Dakota
State Board of Regents
Germany
White
Gov. Frazier
Second
North Dakota Infantry
Camp Mills
Valley City
Salvation Army Women Do Good Work Near Front Lines
Irene and Gladys McIntyre Salvation Army nurses from Mount Vernon New York return to front line service feeding soldiers with doughnuts pies and other treats. Officials reluctantly allow their resumed work praising Salvation Army girls for doing wonders with nothing at the new post along American lines.
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Irene
Gladys McIntyre
Salvation Army
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Fresh French British reserves arrive to aid allies in Flanders
Fresh reserves from France and Britain are being brought up and made available to the allies in Flanders. The war minister says the situation there can improve though it will remain anxious for some time.
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Flanders
Minot Platform Endorses Pro War Nonpartisan Reform in North Dakota
The Minot conference endorses a broad platform urging unconditional war support and swift victory. It calls for nonpartisan ballots, initiative and recall, grain grading tied to milling value, public ownership where needed, civil service tests, bond protection, farm tax relief, and education campaigns while condemning gang control and restrictive constitutional changes.
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Minot
North Dakota
N. D
United States
Saanequesader Aarquisiza
Major C E Hunt Describes French Hospital Life In 1918 Letter
Mrs Hunt forwards excerpts from Major C E Hunts letter dated April 14 1918 from France. He details a French army hospital now run by Americans with 300 beds an operating room a large bacteriological laboratory and sterilization facilities. He notes wards staff equipment Red Cross aid Y M C A entertainment moving pictures and a bustling kitchen with multiple cooks and a sizable hospital fund.
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Minneapolis City Hospital
Red Cross
Paris
John’s Hopkins
North Dakota
Ny 1
Buit
American Artillery Blots Out German Trenches in Attack
Paris reports American artillery fired 60 000 shells into German trenches before a recent assault, completely blotting out the enemy according to official announcements.
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Paris
Department Head Seriously Ill in Washington
Washington May 6 Frank W Polk consular of the state department is seriously ill at his home following a breakdown caused by overwork.
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Washington
Frank W. Polk
State Department
Shipping Small Armies To Allied Fronts
Washington reports America ships small armies to allied fronts with May and June shipments exceeding the combined Italian and Portuguese forces on the western front. Strong emphasis on rapid reinforcement and coordinated Allied effort through spring campaigns.
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Washington
America
Ships Launched and Tonnage Report for Week Ending May 5
The shipping board launched sixteen vessels totaling 89,195 tons, with ten steel ships and six wooden ships. Additional tonnage acquired reached 80,080 tons, including two tankers of 10,475 tons each.
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Washington
Shipping Board
War Expenditures Outlined For Next Year By Army
General March briefing the house committee outlined war costs for the coming year heavy ordinance fortifications total seven billion dollars light ordinance three billion three hundred seventy eight million eight hundred one thousand two hundred and one the quartermaster corps would need five billion dollars for equipment and pay for soldiers in the United States and in France
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Washington
Gen. March
House Committee
Quartermaster Corps
March
France
Reward Offered for Rochester Murder Suspect
Gov Burnquist in Minnesota offers a $500 reward for the capture of Thomas F Armstrong wanted for the murder of his wife in Rochester last month. Local authorities pursue leads across the region as the deadline on the case nears.
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St. Paul, Minn
Burnquist
Thos. F. Armstrong
Rochester
Probe Ordered into Aircraft Scandal by Wilson
President Wilson directs War Secretary Baker to proceed with the probe, asking the Department of Justice to assist the Senate committee in examining Gutzen Berglum's charges regarding the matter.
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Washington
Wilson
Baker
Department of Justice
Senate Committee
Gutzen Berglum
Russian Fleet Seized as Sebastopol Falls to Germans
May 6 report from Constantinople says German troops occupy Sebastopol on the Crimean peninsula and find in the harbor most of the Russian Black Sea fleet including cruisers destroyers torpedo boats submarines and merchant ships. The Sultan Selim and the Hamidieh have arrived.
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Constantinople
Sebastopol
Crimean Peninsular
Sultan Selim
Hamidieh
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Selena Tanner
Athens
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Lowhpa Rio Grande Valley
J.C. Engelman Land CO
South Fourth St
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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N. Dak
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