Railroad rate boost to meet higher costs in 191
Washington May 28 Director General McAdoo orders freight rates up 25 percent and passenger fares to 8 cents a mile from 2 1/2 cents to cover wage and oil cost increases. The measure, the biggest rail rate rise in U S history, affects intrastate rates and other charges with June 10 and June 25 start dates and plans for readjustment if savings arise.
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McAdoo
United States
Interstate Cormmegee Commission
Interstate Commerce Core
Profiteers Rebuked by Presider in War Tax Talk
President Wilson personally urged immediate passage of new war tax laws, warning of profiteering and the need to raise revenue beyond the 4.0 billion earmarked. He pressed Congress to stay in session, adopt definite tax measures, and ensure fairness to curb inflation and sustain the wartime budget.
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Wilson
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Germans Renew Offensives Across Front in 1918 Drive
British and French reports describe German attacks across Flanders and the Aisne-Reims sector. Haig notes the foe pressed to a second line on the Aisne. French repulsed assaults near Locre and Veurne, with heavy losses to the Germans and renewed fierce artillery bombardments from Soissons to Reims.
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Chemin Des Dames
Flanders
Locre-Voormezeele
Hangs Line Compelled to Fall Back
Command reports say forces on the line hung under pressure and were compelled to fall back leaving allied positions to retreat as they faced coordinated counterattacks.
Great German Offensive Presses Aisne Front West of British Lines
Special report from London dated May 28 says German forces forced a passage across the Aisne river west of the British sector, forcing a retirement of British units. Terrific fighting is reported along the Aisne front with renewed actions in Flanders and on the Lys, as observers fear a major new German offensive aimed at Paris and northern channel ports.
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Evening Journal
London
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Aisne
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Lys
Engineers Under Two Fires In World War I Report
General Pershing notes no renewed German drive as American troops face infantry assaults in Picardy and Woevre. Fifty American engineers, misled at night, fought back to the U S lines amid gaps in trenches, while French and American air power harasses enemy units.
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Silver City
Oxford
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No Man's Land
Yanks Kill Foes 3 to 1 in Air Encounter
London May Reuters correspondent reports American airmen inflicted three times as many casualties as they suffered in five weeks. High altitude bombers were shot down or driven out of control. one was bogged by ground fire. British losses were noted.
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London
May
Reuter
Red Cross War Fund Campaign Totals Reach $1330000
Washington May 25 The Red Cross war fund campaign closed last night with total subscriptions of $1330000, an oversubscription of $823700504, the minimum amount asked for the fund was $1740000000.
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Great War Fund
Washington
Red Cross War Fund
FoE Persecutes Americans in Germany Report
Miss Bonventura Spink of Indianapolis, returning from six years in Berlin, says Americans face bitter persecution after Wilson's Baltimore speech appeared in German papers. She details that children are starving to feed soldiers, noting her time with an opera company.
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Germany
Wilson
Baltimore
Bonventura Spink
Indianapolis
Berlin
Italians Win From Foe In Mountains
Italian forces report an important attack capturing multiple mountain positions near the Austro Italian frontier. They say 800 prisoners were taken and key peaks and passes including Monte Zigolon Presna and Monticello Pass were wrested from the enemy near Trent.
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War Office
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Presna
Monticello
Italian War Office
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Mrs. Clara H. Deering Dies in Florida
Chicago reports the death of Mrs. Clara Hamilton Deering widow of harvester maker William Deering at her winter home in Coconut Grove Florida. Her sons Charles and James were at her bedside. She was born in Maine in 1835 and married in 1866.
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Clara Hamilton Deering
William Deering
Coconut Grove
Fla
Charles
James
De Ullinitta Reaches Twentieth Aerial Victory
Paris May 28 Capt De Ullinitta announced his twentieth aerial victory in World War I. The pilot was a former partner of the late Captain Guynemer, famed French ace, adding to his own combat record.
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Guynemer
Paris
de Ullinitta
Restrictions on Wheat Stile In Force
A May 28 telegram from Herbert Hoover to J. F. Deems states that wheat conservation remains necessary. He notes the current supply supports home use at about one third of normal until harvest, with 75 million bushels in storage for roughly three months, or two weeks shorter with early harvest.
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Ore
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Tulsa
Kin
Evening Journal
Burlington
J. F. Deems
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Big Bertha fires on Paris killing three and wounding many
Paris witnesses a renewed long range bombardment by German guns. Three people die and 14 are injured as shells burst with a distinctive ping. The attack, resumed Monday at 6 25 am, signals multiple heavy weapons in action and alarms residents.
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Mexico reassures Cuba on severance of relations
A Cuban legation statement says Mexico informed its Havana charge that recalling the Mexican charge at Havana does not cut ties. Minister De Cespeeds added that Cuba hopes for a satisfactory solution. Havana dispatch notes Cuba and Mexico have not ruptured diplomatic relations.
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