French Troops Capture Hill 82 in Brilliant Somme Attack
Allied forces report a French assault southeast of Amiens driving Germans from Hill 82 overlooking the Avre. The win strengthens the Entente line along the Somme with gains near Hainles, Castel, and the Villers-Bretonneux ridge. German pressure on Flanders front remains uncertain as a renewed strike is anticipated.
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Sither
Feld
Amiens
Hainles
Castel
Retain
Avre
Two Southern Men among Today's Casualties
Washington May 3 casualty list shows 88 names with two killed in action and two died of wounds including Lieutenants Thomas F. Mooney of San Antonio Texas and Dinsmore Ely of Chicago. Lieut Louis M Edens of Caboot Missouri reported missing. most names from Connecticut Massachusetts New York and Midwest. Public disclosure of home addresses resumed after long dispute with the committee and Wilson administration over privacy and military advantage balancing families’ need to identify their kin.
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Washington
Gel Nema OS
Thomas F. Mooney
San Antonio
Texas
Dinsmore Ely
Chicago
Louis M. Edens
Caboot
Mooney
Edens
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Middle Western
War Department
Department
Baker
Committee On Public Information
Wilson
Lieutenant Meyering Receives Distinguished Service Cross
In France on May 2, Lieutenant William D. Meyering U S R earned the Distinguished Service Cross after leading a platoon under enemy attack on April 6. He refused aid after being wounded and walked through a barrage to a dressing station, inspiring his men to repel the enemy. his right hand was later amputated.
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France
William D. Meyering
Meyering
Officers Rush to Foreign Service in Ordnance Bureau
Washington May 3 applied for foreign service by all 5000 officers on duty in the war department ordnance bureau. High officers deny charges of staffing abuses and say cases of reprimand for seeking active and dangerous service were not uncommon. Brigadier General C O Williams assumed acting chief ordnance duties after relief from the American expeditionary forces.
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Washington
War Department
Ordnance Bureau
Ordnance Corps
Ordnance
France
C. O. Williams
Still Investigating Aircraft Program In Senate
Washington May 3 Reopening of the senate military committee investigation of the aircraft program depends on weight of new information to be submitted by Gutzon Borglum the sculptor Borglum who reported unfavorably to President Wilson on the program conferred with committee members after charges of irregularities and delays in airplane production were raised on the Senate floor Borglum agreed to provide additional information and the committee will await his report
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Gutzon Borglum
Borglum
Wilson
Senate
Brooklyns Lieut Meissner Downs German Plane
Lt James A Meissner of Brooklyn reports a successful aerial combat northwest of Toul. He chased a German plane from 5000 metres, fired about 200 shots, and saw the enemy go down in flames before returning safely to American lines.
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France
James A. Meissner
Brooklyn
Toul
Meisaner
Meissner
Bocie
Jimmy
Red Cross
Switzerland
Mer Eseener
Germany
Liberty Loan
Liberty
Officials Attend Minister's Funeral
Washington May 3 President Wilson and cabinet officials along with the diplomatic corps supreme court justices and foreign relations committees attended the state funeral for Dr Carlos De Pena Uruguayan minister to the United States at St Patrick's church. The service included a requiem high mass with full military honors before the body was placed in a vault for transport to Uruguay aboard a United States warship.
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Washington
Wilson
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Carlos de Pena
United States
St. Patrick’s Church
Uruguay
Socialist Measure Defeated in Prussian Lower House
Amsterdam reports the Prussian lower house rejected Socialist Bryan's plan granting suffrage at twenty with no sex distinction and approved a committee resolution for plural voting.
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Amsterdam
Bryan
West of Mississippi Goes Over the Top in Liberty Loan
The Liberty Loan total reached 2 838 317 300 with partial reports. Chicago district subscriptions topped 453 640 850 toward its 425 000 000 quota. West of the Mississippi appears to have met its targets. Dallas reports strong over-subscriptions amid drought areas. Ohio exceeds its quota with 167 937 700. New York near 750 400 000 of 900 000 900 goal with 48 hours left. Seaboard Air Line workers alone subscribe over 650 000 with 50 000 more expected as other railroads push drive.
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Washington
Chicago
Mississippi
Dallas
San Francisco
Treasury
Texas
Ohio
Cleveland
Atlanta
South
New York
Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line
Liberty
First Three Months of Railway Control
Washington May 3 During the first three months of government regulation 114 American railroads showed a net operating income of 541,086,661, compared with 5144,011,399 for the same period under private direction in 1917. For the three month period ending March interstate commerce commission statistics issued today show operating revenues of 5726,011,329 against 5688,173,857 in 1917. Operating expenses were 5637,784,602 against 5512,775,369, and net revenue from railway operation 588,226,421 against 5175,398,488. The operating income for March was 559,628,302, vs 557,592,087 in the same month last year.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railwey
South Progressing in Shipbuilding
Washington May 3 Wonderful progress in shipbuilding operations in the south was reported to the shipping board today by L. A special investigator sent by the board toured southern yards to assess the work.
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Washington
South
The
Shipping Board Today
Foch Named Commander of All Allied Forces in West
Paris May 3 The authority of General Foch extends to all western fronts after Italian adhesion. Foch becomes commander in chief of all allied armies in the west, as reported by Marcel Hutin in Echo De Paris. Clemenceau, returning from Abbeville, voiced satisfaction with the conference results and offered only that Foch is very optimistic about the front.
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Paris
Foch
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
M. Hutin
Clemenceau
Supreme War Council
Abbeville
Finnish press urges monarchy with German king
London May 3 Finnish newspapers urge a monarchy in Finland. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports Svenska Tidningen the peasant party organ advocates appointing a German as king.
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London
Finland
Copenhagen
Svenska Tidninzen
Peasant Party
Wilmington Building and Loan Plans New Stock Series
A plan to offer a new stock series for the Wilmington Building and Loan League aims to raise funds for house building to house influx of shipyard workers. All city associations approve the idea to broaden ownership and boost lending for construction. A committee will publicize the move and call a citizens meeting to stimulate interest and set dates.
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Wilmington
Wilmington Building & Loan League
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph W. Little
J. O. Reilly
Herbert F. Wilder
John D. Bellamy
Weye
Jia&s
T Se
Friction Between HU and Bolshevik Heads Over Occupied Territory
Reports from Vladivostok via Berlin describe sharp friction over Brest-Litovsk terms. Germany interprets Russian warship provisions as forbidding port departures, while M. Tchitcherin seeks a commission. Germany blocks 300000 refugees and tightens control as clashes erupt in Kiev and Minsk.
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Momeow
Vladivostok
Brest-Litovak
Germany
M. Tchitcherin
Berlin
Tchitcherin
Black Sea
Crimea
Irkutsk
China
Chita
Kiev
Minsk
Surry County Commissioner Pleads Guilty in War Assault
Chairman J. J. Wallace of Surry County Commissioners pleads guilty to a secret assault in superior court. The judgment requires him to buy $1,000 in liberty bonds and deposit with the clerk, give $100 to the Red Cross, $100 to the YMCA, and resign from the board. The dispute arose from pro war remarks by Wallace.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Surry County
South Carolina Admits First Woman Lawyer
Miss James M. Perry of Greenville becomes the first woman admitted to practice law in South Carolina after passing the bar exam following a Charleston legislature change. The board of examiners informed the Supreme Court of her successful completion of the examination.
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Columbia, D. CC
James M. Perry
Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
Perry
Board of Examiners
Supreme Court
Chile to Release Three German Merchantmen
Santiago May 31. An agreement with Germany to release three German merchantmen laid up in Chilean ports during the war has been completed. The ships must be used to carry cargoes only to neutral ports. Metals salt petre and other products will be exported.
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Santiago
Chile
Germany
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