Huns Give Ground At Amiens As Baker Seeks More Forces
Secretary Baker urges Congress to grant unlimited power to raise and equip a larger Army for war. He and House Military Affairs Committee discuss drafting up to 3,000,000 men and rapid expansion of artillery plants, with the aim of quickly training and transporting forces to the front.
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Washington
Baker
House Committee On Military Affairs
Freece
House Military Afsa Committee
Congress
Walter
Dent
Military Committee
House Military Committee
War Department
House
Senate
Baker Iseues
Secretary of War
Lomas Row
Hindenburg
Ludendorf
Foch
Transportation facilities and equipment funding approved
Approved by the committee and acted on by Congress. The measure will be supplemented by subsequent appropriations as transportation facilities and additional equipment increase.
Probe Crash Off Delaware Sinks City of Athens after collision
The Atlantic Port May 4 reports the steam ship City of Athens sank off the Delaware coast after a French cruiser rammed it. The ship carried 242 lifeboat capacity but 60 lives were lost among 185 aboard. Thirty-three passengers and 32 crew were saved by boats from the warship. Two investigations opened, with testimony from ship officers and French naval personnel.
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Atlantic
City of
Athens
Delaware
L. Collins
Ocean Steamship Company
U S Church Membership Grows 19 Percent in Decade
Washington May 3 Census Bureau data show United States church membership rising from 35,068,688 to 42,044,574 during 1906 1916, a 19 percent gain. Churches increase from 212,230 to 225,007. ministers from 104,890 to 191,722. Sunday school scholars from 15,097,811 to 20,808,081. and Sunday school officers and teachers from 1,746,074 to 2,040,208.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
William ©. Hunt
Radium Placed on Export Conservation List
Washington reports that radium has been placed on the export conservation list by the War Trade Board, affecting trade controls amid wartime measures.
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Washington
War Trade Board
U S to Supply Millions as Needed to Win War Says Daniels
Secretary Daniels told the Philadelphia chamber of commerce that the United States will send as many millions as needed to win the war for the Liberty Loan program. He warned against fixed numbers and argued manpower and ships determine the effort, insisting Congress provided for a selective draft and that all resources will be used to defeat Germany. He also noted labor’s role in wartime production and praised labor’s support against German propaganda.
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Philadelphia
Daniels
Philadelphia Chamber of Conmmerces
Third Liberty Loan
Congress
France
Ggermit
America
League Island Navy Yard
Hiller
United States
AK Board 9 Charged With Graft in Liberty Motor Inquiry
Senate hearings demand probe into army aviation costs with emphasis on alleged misuse of funds. Senator Hitchcock accuses the Aircraft Board of a gigantic confidence game, citing the Liberty motor as a Packard design and urging criminal or civil action if warranted.
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Hitchcock
Board
Liberty Motor
Washington
Senate
Ghoss
Koex
Pennsylvania
Washington Hete
Nebraska
Packard
Beandegee
Connecticut
Wilson
Gutzon Borglum
Senate Military Committee
King
Utah
Dilso
Senators Contend Over Responsibility for Aviation Delays
In a heated discussion Senators Hitchcock Poindexter and Knox debated who bears civil and criminal responsibility for wartime aviation production delays. They questioned the secretary of war for being deceived and for reorganizing aviation personnel while raising concerns of conspiracy and misuse of aviation funds.
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Hitchcock
Department of Justice
Poindexter
Washington
Baker
Tlan
Ae W
Hirchcock
Knox
Air instructors killed in flight near Moraine City field
Dayton Ohio May 3 Maj Oscar A Brindley and Col Damm two expert aviation men from the McCook federal flying field were killed when their craft dropped 400 feet during a turn. Brindley recently named chief instructor of American aerial forces and a Wright brothers graduate. Both men were attached to McCook in Fort Worth Texas.
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Dayton, O
Oscar A. Brindley
Damm
McCoog Federal
Brindley
Diauiut
Major Brindley
Anwricoen
Wright Brothers
McCook Aviation
Fort Worth
Tex
James S. Ennis, Sr
New York City
Peel Hermont
Omkland
Cal
Grebel
Camp Bowie
German Offensives Falter In Flanders And Somme Fronts
Paris reports a German attack on the Thennes sector failed while French and British lines see increased artillery activity but little infantry fighting. Observers note a lull in major action across the Somme and Flanders as German losses mount and Allied strategic positions strengthen.
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Paris
Thennes
French War Office
le Manehel
Coucy le Chatéau
Villers-Bretonneux
Merris
Arras
Lens
St. Venant
French
War Office
Haig
Somme
Flanders
von Arném
Ypres
Buy Loan Match Wilson Rally Boosts Liberty Bond Drive
Telegram reports from Washington show the buy another bond and match the president campaigns boosting Liberty Loan participation. The national total reaches 2,641,631,850 with 82,000,000 added and the treasury expects over 1,000,000 participants in the match the president contest and 350,000,000 to 100,000,000 more subscriptions.
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Washington
National Liberty Loan
The
Treasury
Swiss Spy Executed at Dawn in Vincennes
A Swiss citizen named Nj vergel was executed as a spy at dawn in Vincennes. Despite representations from the Swiss government, France upheld the death sentence issued by a court martial three months earlier.
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Vincennes
Paris
Njvergel
Bill to curb the I W W gains senate committee approval
The Senate judiciary committee approved a bill targeting the Industrial Workers of the World and similar groups advocating force to alter government, society and industry. Introduced by Senators King Utah and Walsh Montana the measure was ordered favorably reported.
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Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
Senate Judiciary Committee
Uis
King
Utah
Walsh
Montana
Kaiser Now Rules Ukraine Capital
Berlin reports German forces occupy Sevastopol in Crimea without battle. London says Kiev is under military rule with arrests of Ukrainian government members for weakness. Von Eichhorn orders peasants to return land and cultivate estates, provoking Ukrainian rada backlash. Washington notes an anti German propaganda organization forming in Russia.
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Berlin
Sevastopol
Crimea
London
Kiev
War
Zurich
Switzern
von Eichhorn
Ukraine
Rada
Centen
Minister of Agriculture
Washington
Russia
Peo
Tables Turk When Allies Strike Back
British and French forces launch renewed attacks against Turkish positions in a coordinated offensive. Allied troops push forward aiming to break defenses and seize key terrain as the war intensifies.
OCH LEADS ITALIANS AT FLEET AMBUSH IN FRANCE
British and French forces launched a fierce counter thrust near Amiens driving back German defenses. Southeast of Amiens they attacked Hill 82, a strong German position, which was abandoned after sustained Allied pressure.
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London
Amiens
Hill 82
Italians recognize General Fochy in supreme command
Rome May 3 General Fochy has been placed in supreme command of British, French and American forces and now commands Italian forces on the Italian front and the western lines.
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Rome
Fochy
League aims outlined by prominent figures in 1910s politics
A conference here launched a movement on political and commercial aims of America. Dr Frank Goodnow was elected president. President Wilson was said to be in sympathy with the league's purposes. Col E M House and Frank A Van derlip were named among participants.
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America
Frank Goodnow
United States Diplomatic Service
Wilson
League
Col. E. M. House
Frank A. Vanderlip
Man offers Lincoln dollar for Liberty bonds
A impoverished man lends a prized gold Lincoln dollar from 1860 with Mattoon origin to the Treasury in a bid for Liberty bonds. He recalls Abraham Lincoln joking about his vote and rewards his honesty with the coin, which has drawn offers up to 2500 dollars. The Treasury seeks a method to dispose of the rare piece.
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Washington
Treasury
Abraham Lincoln
Mattoon
McAdoo
Uncle Abe
Tiy
George
Tam
France
British advance and village taken in Palestine
A British official communication reports a one mile advance near Mezrah and occupation of the village. Troops east of the Jordan River attacked foothills south of Es-Gatt Puddaz, with mounted units within sight of Es-Salt. The tally includes 260 prisoners.
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London
Palestine
Mezrah
Jordan River
Es-Gatt Puddaz
Es-Salt
Saya
Hedjaz
Cashier Held Embezzlement Charged in Mullion Bank
Camden New Jersey May e Henry Haines, cashier of the Farmers' National Bank of Mullion II, was arrested charged with embezzling $19000.
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Camden
N. J
Henry Haines
Farmers’ National Bank of Mullion II
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