Draft plan aims to force workers into useful labor
The War Department announces a drastic amendment to selective service. After July 1 draft-age men must work or fight, with nonuseful occupations and idlers targeted for reclassification into military service. Local boards gain authority to enforce changes, affecting waiters, clerks, elevator operators, gamblers, and many service workers. The policy seeks to end labor shortages for farmers and shipbuilders and to boost wartime output.
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Washington
Selective Service
General Crowder
W4lgon
Department of Labor
Crowder
United States
Chicago
New York
Germany
Bill Carries 12 Billions for Unlimited WWI Draft Power
Washington May 24 unlimited draft power was granted to the president by the house military affairs committee under the May 11 1917 act as amended. The bill totals about 12 billion including cash authorizations and a large sum for medical corps and aircraft. Secretary Baker hailed the move as a pledge of American manpower for victory and said the world is notified by this action. Baker also noted discussions with the appropriations committee on the 1918 19 bill.
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Washington
Baker
House Military Affairs Committee
United States
Sicneal Corps
America
Congress
Wilson
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
Army size debate narrows to draft limits in house
The house confines its remaining question to army size and potential limits. DP urged no host. The draft age change was not prepared, and industrial use of men was not discussed. The committee report was unanimous. The DIN sets an army of 2,700,000 including current service and future draftees.
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Deeniow
Three U S Flyers Shot Down On Lys Battlefield
Berlin reports three American airplanes were brought down on the Lys battlefield Wednesday after frequent Allied attacks on the Avre bank. General Pershing announced Lieutenant Kurtz was killed accidentally within American lines.
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Berlin
Lys
War Office
Avre
Washington
Pershing
War Department
Kurtz
Italian Heroes Are Prisoners of War
Washington reports definite information that Commander Pellegrini and his men who torpedoed an Austrian battleship at Pola on May 14 were taken prisoners. The dispatch details Allied and neutral shipping losses in April and notes a British destroyer’s depth charge action against a German submarine, with the submarine sinking after attempted ram and depth charges.
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Washington
Attack British Hospitals and Allied Air Raids Over Rhine
Paris reports German raids near Paris repelled with a single Gotha shot down. Hospitals behind the lines bombed by German airmen killed and wounded hundreds. British and American aviators hit Mannheim Liege and nearby targets with multiple fires set and planes destroyed.
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France
London
Lorraine
Liege
Belgium
Mannheim
Rhine
British and German Air and Ground Actions Reported
London reports show Allied pilots engaging German aircraft at high altitude with limited success. Haig notes repulsed attacks at Aveluy wood Habucher ne Picardy and French operations near Bailleul Loere with ongoing raiding and normal artillery activity. British air forces harass German airfields and bomb Mannheim Liege Metz Thionville railway targets.
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London
Aveluy Wood
Habuterne
Picardy
Amiens
Haigh
Bailleul
Loere
Flanders
Arres
Somme
Destroyer Sunk Near Zeebrugge By Air Hit
The admiralty announced that an enemy destroyer was sunk near Zeebrugge after a direct hit from an aircraft.
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London
Zeebruggee
Admiralty
Carnegie Gives Million to Second War Fund in New York
Andrew Carnegie contributed 1,000,000 dollars to the second Red Cross war fund announced by Henry S. Pritchett in New York. Presbyterians pick St. Louis for 1919 convention. Columbus, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City were contenders.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Second Red Cross War Fund
Henrys. Pritchett
St. Louis
Columbus
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Rose Stokes Loser In Court Defers Sentence Pending Motion For New Trial
Mrs Rose Poster Stokes was found guilty by a federal jury on all three counts of the indictment for espionage act violation in Kansas City Missouri. Judge Orban Van Valkenburgh deferred sentence to June 1 for a motion for a new trial. The judge cited lines from a Star statement and warned that false statements harming morale may violate federal law. The matter involves government opposition criticism during wartime and procedures proceed in federal court.
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Kansas City
Rose Poster Stokes
Francis M. Wilson
United States
Seymour Stedman
Chicago
van Valkenburgh
Stokes
Kansas City Star
Warning Sent From England and America
A terse warning message notes threats or actions tied to England and America. The note mentions international tones and potential implications for diplomacy or security. Details remain sparse in the readable text.
Lloyd George Warns of Imminent German Offense
In Edinburgh on May 24 Premier Lloyd George warned that Germany plans its greatest offensive yet and declared victory hinges on a U S troop rush to the western front. He framed the battle as a race between Hindenburg and Wilson.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Lloyd George
England
Germany
Hindenburg
Wilson
United States
German Army Division Revolts in Russia
The state department reports a German division at Dyinsk Russia revolted when sent to the western front. Fifty were shot and a thousand imprisoned. Nearby German troops demonstrated in support of the rebels.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Dyinsk
Russia
Kaiser Lover Kills Man Near Fort Crook
Harry F. Lefholz a film promoter from Omaha returning from Plattsmouth was shot near Fort Crook just after midnight. He was in an auto with three friends when a man stepped into the road and fired, striking Lefholz near the heart. The assailant fled into darkness and police suspect a German sympathizer.
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Omaha
Neb
Harry F. Lefholz
Fort Crook
Lefholz
Plattsmouth
Teman
Poster May Win Pardons For City Murder Suspects
Dallas May 24 A claim that the Red Cross poster The Greatest Mother in the World originated with Leonard Dodd who with Walter Stevenson is to hang today for murder was presented to the state board of pardons as part of a commutation plea. The counsel said a draft of the poster was sent to the Washington Red Cross and later drawn by an eastern artist.
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Dallas
Tex
Red Cross
Leonard Dodd
Walter Stevenson
State Board of Pardons
Dodd
Washington Red Cross
Red Cross Drive Exceeds Half of 100 Million Quota
Washington reports show more than half of the 100 million Red Cross quota subscribed in the first two days of the campaign. State totals are still to come as the nationwide drive gains momentum.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Mob Hangs Woman’s Slayer Near Cordele
A mob seized James Cobb from the Cordele jail around midnight and hanged him at the scene where Mes oy Simmons was killed, near Cordele in Georgia.
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Cordele
James Cobb
Mes Oy Simmons
Wiles
Cordéle
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Zeebrugge
Rose Stokes
Western Front
Evening Journal
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RED Cross Fund
MOB
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