French and American Forces Make Gains on Flanders Front
French troops on the Flanders front improved positions north of Kemmel and took more than 100 prisoners. At Orvillers-Sorel a German night attack broke down with severe losses, while Berlin reports heavy American losses southwest of Apremont and north of Parroy from mine bombardment.
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Sorel
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London
Flanders Front
War Office
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Verdun
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Amarting
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North Sea
U. S. Appeal Ends Strike at Bridgeport War Plants
In Bridgeport Connecticut on May 13 workers at war plants agreed to return to work after a national appeal to patriotism waned. The appeal urged workers to resume production in support of war effort. Leaders hailed the accord as a step toward restoring full manufacturing output.
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Bridgeport
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Strike Ends as Machinists Return to Work
A machinists and toolmakers strike that tied up 22 ematter factories for over a week ended Saturday after Maj. A. Rogers of the U S Army ordnance department urged workers to resume production of vital war supplies. The plants reopened under prestrike conditions while war labor bureau reviews demands, with retroactive wage increases promised from May 1.
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Maj. A. Rogers
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United States Army
War Labor Bureau
Lejeune to Command Marine Brigade in France
Washington May 13 Brig Gen John Lejeune ordered to France to command the marine brigade succeeding Brig Gen Charles A Doyen who is invalided home Lejeune is also mentioned as prospective commander of the full marine division to be organized in France Duluth Minn May 13 Home guards aided by police sweep town for slackers Five hundred arrested and the hunt continues Portugal Pardons Offenders Lisbon May 13 Full amnesty to political military and minor civil offenders granted by President Sidonio Paes upon his inauguration.
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Charles A. Doyen
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Duluth
Minn
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Lisbon
Sidonio Paes
Memorial Day Proclamation Calls for Humiliation Prayer and Fast
President Wilson designates Memorial Day May 30 as a national day of public humiliation prayer and fasting. The declaration urges Americans to gather in worship to seek divine aid for victory and a peace founded on mercy justice and goodwill. The proclamation cites Congress resolution and traditional appeal to Almighty God for guidance.
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Wilson
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Congress of the
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House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
United Sates of America
Americans Admired by London Crowds on Parade
King George V and the Prince of Wales watched the American National Army units from Camp Gordon march past Buckingham Palace to Stars and Stripes Forever. Crowds cheered the husky, well conditioned troops as traffic halted and London hailed the finest sight of the war.
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Queen, Prince of Wales
Princess Mary
Buckingham Palace
London
Waterton Station
Gremby
Syys
Observer
George V
Prince of Wales
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Ganrids
Veterans Parade In Copenhagen Amid War News
A crowd lined streets as king and heir, Queen Mary and Princess Mary, reviewed troops led by Col. Whitman. Civil war veterans carried We Civil war veterans hail the United States banners while Scots Guards and Grenadiers played period tunes. Amid the spectacle Americans, aviators, sailors and convalescents observed. German leaders von Hertling and von Koehlmann joined Emperor Karl’s quarters for telegraph talks.
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Gen. Pershing
Mexico
Scots Guard
New York
Gen Maurice 19 on Retired List
London May 13 Gen Maurice former director of military operations has been retired by the army council after consideration of his breach of regulations. He wrote and published letters questioning the veracity of Premier Lloyd George and Chancellor Bonar Law leading to retirement on pension. Maj Gen Frederick Maurice was the official spokesman for the army.
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Exchequer
Bonar Law
Frederick Th. Maurice
Italians Capture Peak Monte Corno in Night Assault
Italian troops on the Monte Corno peak in the Arsa valley disrupted Austrian defenses and seized 100 prisoners two guns and machine guns under snow on a night operation. The victory disrupts the Austrians who sought to reach the Venetian plain from Trent and Rovereto. Rome says patrol sections were active along the mountain front.
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Arsa
Trent
Rovereto
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Allied patrols strike Col dell Orso post in Italy
Connoitering parties stormed an advanced post at Col dell Orso and destroyed its garrison in hand to hand fighting. They captured a machine gun. Other patrols engaged enemy detachments with losses, and war materiel fell to our forces in the Asolone area. Enem y parties repulsed north of Monte Mantello and in the Lagarina and Brenta valleys amid artillery exchanges. Seven hostile aircraft were shot down.
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Danes Organize Loyalist War Support League in Chicago
Danish born Americans have formed the Jacob A Riis League of Patriotic Service in Chicago with branches planned nationwide. It aims to bolster United States war policy by quick support for Liberty loans War Savings stamps and Red Cross drives and to keep the fatherland informed of their activities.
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Chicago
Earth
Venus
United States
Jacob A. Riis
Actialnspivative
Couway
Germans Demand U boat Drive in Naval Debate
In a Reichstag discussion on naval estimates Vice Admiral von Capelle said unrestricted U boat warfare drives a strong naval offensive. He noted April reports were favorable and that submarine gains exceed losses, with UK shipyards pressed by British ministry admitting the strike. The text cites American build up as limited and likely to be used by Britain.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Hyrt Plager
von Capelle
Hie
Beitieh
Airman Burns to Death in Florida Plane Crash
Richard C. McCalla of Toledo Ohio student aviator burned to death and George L Henderson of Pawtucket Rhode Island badly burned when their aircraft fell on Sante Rose Island near Pensacola Florida May 13. Henderson expected to recover. Fourteen tons of bombs were dropped by British veterans on Peronne Bapaume Shielt Doual Zebrugge and Bruges docks. Eight hostile planes were shot down and six driven down. nine British planes missing.
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Toledo
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Field Marshal Haig
Hun Leader Declared Dead Amid Rumor Report
A report states that the Hun leader is no more amid circulating rumors. The claim caries uncertainty as officials and observers weigh the veracity of the report.
Hindenburg Reported Dead Doubt Grows
London May 13 German prisoners in France claim General von Hindenburg, supreme commander, is dead. British authorities question the report, suspecting German propaganda to justify a failed offensive. Verification efforts are ongoing.
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Evening Journal
London
War Office
von Hindenburg
France
Borglum to Wilson on Aircraft Program Probe
Guizon Borglum writes to President Wilson saying he will present detailed evidence and affidavits before the senate to challenge the aircraft board's failure to produce airplanes. He accuses Baker advisers of Teutonic origin and urges airing all disputed matters before the Senate Military Affairs Committee.
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Washington
Wilson
Guizon Borghum
Senate
F. B. Brandgee
Connecticut
Borglum
Baker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
HUN TROOPS NEAR HOLLAND
Dispatch from Amsterdam cites German soldiers recalling Dutch capitulation under pressure. They say invasion would have followed a dispute and outline plans to push into Dutch Flanders and seize the Scheldt river bank. Tens of thousands were ready at frontier points with eighty thousand at Ghent including cavalry and artillery. Vessels armed with guns awaited at Ghent to move toward the canal to Verneuser Terneuzen.
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Holland
Germany
Reuter Disputch
Amsterdam
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Flanders
Scheldt
Ghent
Belgium
Verneuser
Terneuzen
Russia Warns of Unrest Amid Ukrainian Evacuations
London reports a wireless message from Russian foreign minister Tebitcherin to Ambassador Joffe in Berlin urging cessation of hostility. The note frames captures of territory as violates peace and describes Ukrainians being evacuated in wagons under harsh conditions. the Dneiper route is blocked by Germans.
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Berlin
M. Tebitcherin
Germany
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