President Wilson Urges South Farmers to Boost Food Production
President Wilson appeals to farmers nationwide urging immediate action to increase harvests and ensure abundant food for the army, people, and Allied nations. He calls on all workers, especially Southern farmers, to plant more foodstuffs, resist cotton prices, and unite in efficient distribution to support the war effort.
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Europe
America
South
Woodrow Wilson
Big Sanitorium Proposed in Wilkes County
Moravian Falls editor R Don Laws of the Yellow Jacket proposes a fifty thousand dollar Patriotic Protestant Sanitorium to serve wider Catholic-dominated medical markets. He plans modern facilities and expects operating once mountain roads and good roads are completed, with support from Yellow Jacket readers.
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Wilkes County
R. Don Laws
Yellow Jacket
Moravian Falls
Laws
Wilkey Patriot
First Crack at the Submarine Ends in Dutch Courage
The German submarine was spotted and approached by an armed American ship. The sub tried to dive and fire a torpedo but a precise shot shattered the periscope, forcing the craft to surrender to gunfire. The incident demonstrates the vulnerability of subs above water.
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United States
Lefy
Charlotte Observer
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promote Gentle Regularity
Promote clear health with a mild laxative that regulates congested intestines by removing waste without griping. Take a pill before retiring to relieve heavy head and dull spring fever feeling. Available at your druggist for 25 cents. Desertoriness may signal a full head. thoughtful action matters.
Big British Guns Hammer German Lines At Front
British artillery pounds German positions along the Arras to Lens front as gains occur south of Loos and between Arras and St Quentin. French guns duel intensely with the Germans between the Somme and Oise as the front remains active.
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Arras
Lens
Loos
St. Quentin
Havrincourt
Somme
Oise
British Hospital Ships Sunk with Wounded
London reports the torpedoing of the British hospital ships Donegal and LanFranc without warning on April 17. Twenty nine wounded aboard Donegal and twelve crew missing. LanFranc carried German and British wounded with nineteen British and fifteen Germans believed killed.
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London
Donegal
Official notice of severance of relations
Washington reports the Turkish government broke off diplomatic relations with the United States. The dispatch from American Minister Stovall of Bern e Switzerland cites a note from G Corneil Tarler at Constantinople and references Ambassador Elkus. The communication was sent to the American legation at Berne and forwarded.
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United States
State Department
Stovall
Berne
Switzerland
G. Corneil Tarler
Constantinople
Elkus
Germans Under Surveillance In United States during War
Washington reports about 3 000 German residents in the United States under close surveillance by the Department of Justice. Field officers keep a tight watch on suspects aiding the German government, with the capability to arrest almost all targets within 24 hours if needed.
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United States
Department of Justice
Department
Sue Piclog
First American Loan to Allied Nations Planned
Washington reports the United States will issue the initial 5 billion dollar bond loan to Great Britain and allied powers. Secretary McAdoo expects to publish the amount and terms within days as Treasury and Federal Reserve boards confer with British and French officials. The plan includes multiple bond issuances to avoid market disruption and rapid deployment to meet Allied needs.
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Great Britain
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
France
Lord Cunliffe
Bank of England
Harding
Reserve Board
Government seeks 25 million for wartime food control plan
Secretary Houston asks Senate for authority to have Agriculture supervise food production and distribution and to fix minimum or maximum prices. He requests a 25 million appropriation and ongoing powers for the Council for National Defense to buy and sell foodstuffs if needed. The plan includes surveying the food supply, potentially regulating producers, and prioritizing farm inputs with railway preference. The Federal Trade Commission would assist in stock checks and anti trust matters as the inquiry proceeds.
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Senate
Department of Agriculture
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Council For National Defense
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Iishes
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Federal Trade Commission
Department
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Trade Commission
Stars and Stripes Honored in Paris
Paris hosts a reception honoring Stars and Stripes symbols with dignitaries from military and diplomatic circles present. Local officials confer tribute to service members and veterans amid ceremonial readings and photographs.
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Stars and Stripes
Paris
United States Day Opens in Paris with 21 Guns Salute
In Paris 21 guns saluted the opening of United States Day celebrations. A procession to the Statue of Washington at the Eiffel Tower base followed, with flags unfurled from the American Embassy and other government buildings. About 40,000 American flags were given to the public as dignitaries and veterans attended ceremonies.
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William G. Sharp
Avenue D'Eylau
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Benate Begins Wrestling With Food Problems
The Senate Agricultural Committee held public hearings on the food problem with Secretary Houston outlining the administration's price and production controls. The FTC urged governors to attend a April 30 conference on state cooperation in the inquiry and the labor department announced a national mobilization of one million boys as the United States Boys' Working Reserve for summer farm work.
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Congress
Senate Agricultural Committee
Houston
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Department of Labor
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Steady Progress for French Drives Germans in Soissons and Rheims
French troops push back Germans in Soissons and Rheims as a new offensive reaches the German second line in the Argonne forest. Counterattacks on the Vauclere plateau near Laon resume, with over 19 000 German prisoners taken since the offensive began last Monday and more than 100 guns captured.
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Rheims
Argonne Forest
Vauclere
Laon
Washington Welcomes Arthur Balfour Visit to Washington
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing advised a grave tone as Arthur Balfour and the British commission arrived at Union Station. About 6 000 spectators watched under heavy police guard and two cavalry troops guarding a formal passage to the president’s room. Detectors and guards sealed off the traveling public from the visiting party in a historic security layout.
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Washington
Arthur Balfour
Wilson
Union Station
Second Cavalry
Fenton
Fort Myer
Ines
Official Route of Bankhead Highway Defined
The Bankhead Highway will be secretly traced by a pathfinding committee to map the route from Washington to Little Rock within 30 days. Key waypoints include Lynchburg Virginia Reidsville Greensboro and Charlotte North Carolina Atlanta Georgia and Holly Springs Tennessee.
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Washington, D. C
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Bankhead Highway Association
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Reidsville
Greensboro
Charlotte
N. C
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Holly Springs
Germans threaten to torpedo hospital ships in wartime note
Paris reports an official note stating Germany will torpedo all hospital ships without warning. The French government warns German prisoners will be embarked on vessels under these conditions.
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Paris
Best Remedy for Whooping Cough
A wartime style advert claims Chamberlain Cough Remedy eases whooping cough in children. It asserts the medicine loosens coughs and relieves the dreadful fit, and adds it helps with colds and croup with strong household confidence.
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