Fresnoy Fighting Stubborn as War Drags On
British and German troops clash over Fresnoy with control unsettled amid heavy artillery duels. French work to consolidate gains near Chevreaux while Macedonia and Roumania fronts show resumed front line activity and predicted broader engagements. Casualties reported lower than Somme by Commons, though fighting remains intense along Arras and adjacent fronts.
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Arras
Macedonia
Canad
War Office
Prince Rupprecht
German War Office
Fresnoy
Chevreaux
House of Commons
Somme
France
Roumania
Duke of Abruzzi Heads Italian Mission to the U S
The Italian mission to attend world war conferences will be led by the Duke of Abruzzi as executive member. Senators Marconi and Tittoni will be delegates, with other top Italian military naval financial and industrial experts named among the team.
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Duke of the
Abruzzi
Emmanuel
William Marconi
Tittoni
Italy
War Tax Bill Hits Every Home In Nation
The Ways and Means Committee presents a war tax plan adding 1.8 billion in taxes, reaching about 33 dollars per person. It increases income, profit, and internal revenue taxes, with higher postage and luxury taxes affecting households nationwide. Public protests rise as hearings are slated and debate begins with aims to pass by the weekend.
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Great Britain
Washington
House
Ays and Means Committee
British Isles
Senate Finance Committee
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Senate wrangles delay vote on espionage measure
In Washington on May 10 the senate cleared some parliamentary hurdles to the administration espionage bill but failed to secure unanimous consent for a final vote on Saturday after a lengthy wrangle over press censorship and embargo provisions.
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Senate
Washington
Missouri Man Receives War Cross in Paris Orders
George Dock of St. Louis has received the war cross for difficult and dangerous work removing wounded soldiers under heavy bombardment while serving in the American ambulance fight service in Paris.
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Paris
George Dock
St. Louis
Farm Tractor Introduced On Buffalo Rochester Line
Rochester May 10 The first Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg railroad tractor purchased for farm use along its lines began operation on a Freedom New York area farm. The kerosene powered tractor has eight horse power on the drawbar and pulls a three plow gang cutting furrows about 14 inches wide. It plows a day as much as three teams and, operated by one man, offers speed and a saving of bo7 2s.
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Rochester
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad
Freedom
N. Y
U S liner shells sub off Irish coast
An American liner reported firing six shots at a German submarine off the Irish coast on May 2. The periscope was sighted around 6 p.m. the sub disappeared after the first shot and did not reappear. The ship carried crew from two Norwegian barks sunk earlier and 60 passengers.
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New York
Ireland
Andersea
Connecticut Governor's Veto on Sunday Sales Bill Sparks Debate
Hartford May 10 Governor Marcus H Holcomb vetoes a bill to legalize Sunday sales of milk ice baked goods confectionery newspapers smokers supplies and automobile sundries. He argues the amendment would also close drug stores with liquor on other days and blocks a saloon oriented exception under the Sunday law.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Marcus H. Holcomb
State House
War closes Smar bake shops in German cities
Copenhagen reports labor and fuel shortages drive German bakers to consolidation. Smaller tradesmen face ruin as supplies concentrate in larger firms. Berlin bakers join voluntarily while Hamburg bakers resist, failing to agree with beige establishments.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Hamburg
Biege
Congress backs vast shipbuilding push for wartime cargo fleet
Leaders from both parties meet with President Wilson and pledge support for a billion dollar plan to build a steel and wooden cargo fleet. Major General Goethals to direct shipyard operations and establish standardized vessels, including an 8800 gross ton ship model.
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Goethals
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Shipping Board
Denman
Pacific Coast
G. B Goethals
Emergency Shin Cororation
Aso
Wecodes
Pures T Corportion
Ste
French Captain Sweeney Aids U.S. Officers Arrival
Captain Charles Sweeney, a West Point graduate and the only American holding a captain’s commission in the French Army, has arrived in America. He offers to assist the War Department by teaching U.S. officers in warfare methods used on the Western Front and has been decorated with the Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, and the Medal Militaire.
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America
Charles Sweeney
West Point
War Department
Name Change Petition Hears No Hearing Needed
German named Atlantic Civ seeks to change to Alice Sorovh Ab len. Officials note no hearing required for approval, with future grant anticipated in the coming months.
72 year old man tries to enlist in Sunbury Army unit
In Sunbury Pennsylvania a 72-year-old man named James Malone from Pine Towns hip visits Captain Harry S Barton seeking to join Company 1, 13th Regiment of the National Guard, claiming extraordinary vitality and lifelong fitness as he presents himself on guard duty.
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Sunbury
Harry S. Barton
13Th Regiment
Bloomsburg
James Malone
Pine Towneship
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