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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
5
Transatlantic plans falter as NC-1 NC-3 fail to take air at Trepassey bay while NC-4 arrives at Chatham Maine. Navy officials fret over C-5 loss and NO-1 NO-3 attempts, with a possible joint start planned for Saturday after noon to reach the Azores.
Petitions circulated in Twin Falls to send delegates to Washington to push for the Bruneau and related Idaho irrigation projects. The move follows a high school meeting where Congressman Addison T. Smith spoke. Soldiers and eastern delegates show growing interest as officials discuss public lands opening for homesteads.
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports Mexican rebels allied with Francisco Villa attacking the town of May, inflicting heavy losses on federal troops under General Pablo Quiroga as forces hurried toward the battle near Chihuahua.
Major General Enoch H. Crowder denies plans to retire from the U S Army and says he has not been offered any Cuban political advisory post. He expects to return to Washington soon to resume work as judge advocate general and foresees no change in his army duties.
An Associated Press dispatch reports total American casualties in France at 286044 with 48909 killed and 237135 wounded. In the 91st division Twin Falls Idaho men lead in deaths and injuries, while the 146th field artillery had no division link. Other divisions show varied losses with 2713 deaths, 13746 wounded, and 102 prisoners for the Forty second division, plus 2168 deaths, 12000 wounded, 461 prisoners for the Twenty sixth and 1990 deaths, 9966 wounded, 405 prisoners for the Seventy seventh.
Verdia Earl Mooney, 13, was acquitted by a district court jury in Buffalo Wyoming on charges of murdering his aunt Mrs. Mary Mooney. The case centered on a family feud and the boy's claim of self defense for himself and his younger siblings after the aunt was killed at the ranch last fall.
Twenty-thousand to thirty thousand workers including firemen gas and water workers and shop employees walked off duties in Winnipeg on May 16 signaling a broad strike. Rail and telegraph services were unevenly affected though trains continued. Conciliatory efforts failed as unions demanded full satisfaction of demands and police remained idle amid fears of further action.
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