United States Army Forming In France To Face Germans
The text reports the rapid formation of a U.S. field army in France, around 200,000 men likely organized into two corps of three divisions each. It notes Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher possibly commanding the new army and Gen. Hunter Liggett commanding a corps, with other generals poised for lieutenant general ranks. The report emphasizes the large American buildup and anticipated near-term impact on the Western Front.
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France
Ield
A. W. Bjornstad
Hunter Liggett
Charles T. Menoher
Congress
Pershing
Washington, D.C
United States
Harp
Fred S. Ferguson
Picardyt
Alman
British and German clashes spark brief wartime action
May 2 reports from London describe renewed artillery exchanges on the Flanders front, with a successful counterattack repulsed and thirty prisoners taken. A raid south of Arras yielded a few prisoners and a machine gun, while shelling near Nieppe Forest, Scarpe, Hill 76, and areas north of Flanders remained active with intensified fire and troop movements.
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London
Pitardy
Flanders
Sattte Shoint
Arras
Nieppe Forest
Tribute to Major Raoul Lutberry Air Ace Remembered
A memorial for Major Raoul Lutberry honors the American ace killed in an air battle Sunday morning. French and American troops attended the funeral at a city hospital, with four French aviators bearing the flag sections to the cemetery behind the hospital. Allies saluted as an American flag draped casket and flowers showered the procession.
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Americas
Raoul Lutberry
Ameria
Wcte
Do 2
Italians Masters of Mediterranean
May 23 Menivte reports Admiral Nelbane of the Italian navy declaring that Italy is a master of the submarine war in the Mediterranean. He asserts many energy submarines have been sunk in those waters and that the nation is regarded with confidence.
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Menivte
Mediterranean
Nelbane
German Leaders Oppose Alliance Clash Over Military Pact
Maine May 21 Count Czernin Austro Hungarian minister and German Chancellor and Foreign Minister von Buelhman opposed the Austro German alliance forged by Emperor Wilhelm and Emperor Karl. Reports from Vienna say Berlin confirms the opposition. Herzing and Kuehlman watched the affair as they objected to the military convention which militarists pushed through.
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Maine
Czarier
Nikter
von Ruehman
Wilhelm
Karl
Vienna
Berlin
Crornik
Herlling
Kuehlman
Shea losses for April announced in London
London May 21 Allies and other than British and neutral merchant ships lost during April totaled 4,393 tons, the admiralty announced today. During the same period British tonnage lost amounted to 220,709. Cadou Staff Officer Eugene J. Cadou, son of Mr. Felix Cadot, who graduated from Indiana University last year, wrote a personal account of his life in Paris. He served in the first Indianapolis training camp and went overseas as second lieutenant in the machine gun squadron. Since arriving in France he passed a French exam and has been made a staff officer with headquarters in Paris.
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London
Admiralty
Sinn Fein Defiance in Dublin After Arrest Sweep
Dubliners lingered in thronged streets as Sinn Fein supporters discussed the day’s mass arrests. Government troops conducted a broad sweep across communities. Sinn Fein leaders pressed for proof of German plots, while some urged action if evidence is not produced.
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Dublin
Sinn Fein
Sin
Casualty List Details From May 31 War Report
Gen Pershing reports 41 names in today’s casualty list with 3 killed in action 6 dead of disease 9 dead from wounds 7 of accident 24 wounded and 2 missing. Capt James Norwan Hall, an aviator previously listed as killed, is now reported a prisoner in a German hospital after serious wounds.
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Washington
Gen. Pershing
James Norwan Hall
Arrisoner
Fire destroys aeroplant works in San Francisco
Fire swept an entire block of wooden structures in San Francisco destroying Powler thrane Company and Finanne Cabinet Feetoryes plants producing aCropylane-Gris. The blaze broke out in several places at once, with workers under a government contract reporting anonymous threatening letters received.
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San Francisco
Powler Thrane Company
Finanne Cabinet Feetoryes
Irmanuel Comaus
Finding Leaves in Elmore Township School Case
Special Judge Davenport ruled the Elmore township school project illegal, enjoining the trustees and contractors from completing the building and voiding the contract. The suit by W Ribble Sears and 200 residents targeted the advisory board and questioned abandoning other township schools. Proceedings note bids and contract changes in 1917, with the contract later deemed null for lack of proper advertisement.
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Davenport
Duifford Farris
W. Ribble
Sears
Elmore Township
Ciffora Farms
Trashe
Five Killed In Kansas Tornado Reported In Salina
Salina Kansas May 21 Five persons were reported killed in a tornado that swept central Kansas today Thousands of delta rainfall damage occurred to farms Most of the loss of life was north of Hass Daisy Gibbe a 37 year old Negro woman died Monday at her mother s home on East Fourteenth street She was the wife of Haywood Gibbe and was born in Allen county Kentucky July 14 1878 Washington May 1 President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Major General Peyton C March United States to be general General Casker H Bliss was nominated brevet general The completion of a chimney 57 feet high at Tacoma Washington transfers the title of the world s tallest chimney from Japan to America
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Salna
Kansas
Kansas Orly
Hass
Daisy Gibe
Henry Ables
East Fourteenth Street
Haywood Gibbe
Allen County
Kentucky
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Peyton C. Mareh
United States
Casker H. Bliss
Tacoma
Wash
Jabab
America
Sagonoseki
Japan
L Orient
Hindenburg's Delay Harms German War Effort
J W Mason reports continued hesitation by Von Hindenburg to resume the offensive in Picardy and Flanders. German divisions reorganized for renewal have not yet unleashed a new push, while Allied reinforcements grow. The article notes divisions with limited offensives by Fach and suggests German leaders seek to placate public opinion amid west front failures.
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J. W. Mason
New York
Picardy
Flanders
von Hindenburg
Germany
West Front
Notheless
Alli
Russia
Hindenburg
Indenburg
Orth
Kainer
Calais
Austro-Hungary
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Brulogzs
Frech
Liebers
Mk. Scherpen
Lufberry
Delbane
Ofttalian Navy
Bertie
Hertiing
Kachin
Alliance
Shea
Drie
Sinn
Ers
Annuynsaas
Ote
Mitherd Farris
Rue For Advisory Board—Attorneys Center
W H Davenport
Vincennes
Sonk
William A Rockeflier
1 Sea
Navy Department
Fach
Austria
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