French Hold The Whiphand In Fierce Front Battles
Paris dispatch reports French forces repelled multiple German offensives along Lat faux Draye to Cracone and along Chemin des Dames. General Nivelle’s troops advanced, capturing key ground including parts of the Chemin des Dames and pushing toward the Oise canal. German counterattacks were described as severe but unsuccessful, with French casualties and prisoners mounting, while an Allied parade in Springfield honors French and American flags for the visiting mission led by General Joffre and Marshal Joffre.
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Great welcome for the French in St Louis parade
At St Louis on May 7, a demonstrative welcome greeted former Premier Viriant, Marshal Joffre and other French leaders. The procession followed a city parade marking an anniversary, with crowds recalling the war era visitors.
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British Take German Ships From Portuguese Ports
Lisbon April 20 Correspondence of the Associated Press Sixty of seventy six German merchant steamers held in Portuguese ports at Portugal's entry to the war have been turned over to Great Britain on a rental basis England rents the ships for seven million dollars a year to be paid after the war The leasing has drawn criticism amid rising shipping costs and impacts on Portugal's exports The famine and coal prices are cited as consequences with large increases in freight costs reported
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Bombing Hits London Suburb In World War II Raid
In northeast London suburb four bombs were dropped by a hostile aircraft. One man died and five people, including a woman, were injured as buildings suffered damage. Residents awoke to explosions but saw nothing of the plane before it disappeared.
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Sugar crop trends show 1916 yield nearly double 1918
Sugar crop data from the Department of Agriculture indicate the 1916 season produced about 807,800,000 pounds or 276,000 tons, roughly double the 1918 output. The average can size in 1916 was around eighteen tons, with about eleven tons reported for 1918.
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Jews Driven Out of Jaffa Evacuate Under Turko threat
New York May 7 The entire Jewish population of Jaffa Palestin n about 4000 men women and children of many nationalities were forced by the Turks on April 10 to evacuate their homes and flee the city A cablegram to the provisional executive committee for general affairs says roads from Jaffa were crowded with starving people some dying by the roadside and mutilated bodies of rich Jews were found on the sand dunes Two downes were hanged for opposing rioters prior to the evacuation 300 Jews were deported from Jerusalem for cruelty.
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Berlin reports prisoners taken in arena battle
Berlin reports say German forces have regained all positions between Soissons Laon and the north of Laffanr, with initial statements noting gains and a large capture tally. The Arena battle is cited as also fruitful for the Germans as they claim fourteen British and French aircraft shot down on the western front.
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Young Aviators Fall to Death in Mineola Flight
Two novice student aviators, Rawson Merrit of Lockport and Anthony Stileno of Tina serelt, died when a Salafartart device climbed steeply, then stalled at 1000 feet. The $12,000 aircraft was destroyed.
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Exchange firm Tower and Sherwood fails in New York
New York May 7 The failure of the stock exchange firm of Tower and Sherwood was announced on the exchange today The firm a former member of the exchange in 1904 is credited with an active commission house business It was composed of Arthur M Sherwood and Frederick J Tate board member.
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Eastern Roads Ask Advance in Freight Rates
Hearings opened before the Interstate Commerce Commission on a general 15 percent freight rate increase. Railroads say the rise is needed to cover rising coal and material costs and to maintain credit and service, while some shippers oppose the size though many favor an increase. Leaders like Samuel Rea and Alfred G. New York Central push that higher rates are essential to handle traffic and share in national prosperity.
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Harvard Men Train At Cambridge Memorial Camp
Candridge Massachusetts May 7 Soldiers Field is used today as the training ground for nearly a thousand Harvard students under French and United States army officers. About 560 from the original Harvard reserve officers corps return for the camp along with 400 Harvard scholars and students from other New England colleges. Each day includes six hours of drill and military tactics plus four hours of study.
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Munitions Plant Explosion Fatalities Reported
May 7 report from Kingapont Tennessee that a blast at the Federal Dyesun Chemical plant tore through munitions facilities. One man killed fatally, several burned, another missing, and an investigation underway. In Kentucky, Louisville reports pitcher Hubb Perdue and catcher Frank Crossia to be released by the Louisville club as roster moves adjust to the American Association.
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British Troops Advance at Bullecourt on Hindenburg Line
British forces push into Bullecourt area during heavy fighting astride the Hindenburg Line as reports from London and British headquarters describe hand to hand combat, intense bombardment, and German prisoners taken amid ongoing operations west of Bullecourt and near Oppy.
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Irish question unsettled in London talks May 7 1916
Labour representatives to press Premier Lloyd George and the war cabinet for a definitive settlement of the Irish question. The Pall Mall Gazette notes officials understand that if a satisfactory agreement is not reached quickly, the government may be forced to reconsider its position.
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