Hindenburg's Desperate Stand Against French Offensive
Henry Wood reports on May 5 as German forces near exhaustion with around 90 000 men available to reinforce defenses. French and British offensives push the line, breaking four kilometers of front and exposing German casualties amid gas and heavy bombardment.
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United Press
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Klindenburg
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DerRaaers
Sana ' An
Riday
Thousands of Chicago Workers Welcome Marshal Joffre at Dexter Pavilion
In Chicago 50 000 workers pack Dexter pavilion to hail Marshal Joffre and his French mission. Crowds at the stock yards hall erupt in cheers as Joffre, Viviani and aides are welcomed with tears and reverent acclaim. Charles Dawes leads the crowd with a pledge to see the war through to the finish.
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Chicago
Middle West
Dexter
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Rene Viviani
Papa” Joffre
Stock Yards
Marne
Joffre
Charles Dawes
West
Chicago University
Viviani
France
America
Aviation Corps
Foreign Legion
Michigan Boulevard
Final Effort Planned In Vawter Sanity Case
In Christiansburg Virginia the Vawter murder trial nears closing with a possible verdict split as jurors weigh second degree murder or not guilty. The defense seeks to show sanity while the commonwealth plans a strong summation by Lee to link Mrs Vawter to Vawter's debts and actions.
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United Press
Christiansburg
Charles Vawter
Commonwealth
Stockton Heth, Jr
Vawter
A. N. Keith
Heth
Keith
Milukoff Says Russia's Pact With Allies Aims At New Borders
Foreign Minister Milukoff tells United Press that the allied pact aligns with democratic aims, plans national borders and a basis for lasting peace. He notes the agreement was approved by the Czar but remains not fully revealable, and follows days of worker and soldier unrest.
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William G. Sheppard
United Press
Petrograd
Milukoff
Russia
Europe
Milakoff
Hickory man taken as spy accomplice in Richmond
Charles D Littman of Hickory North Carolina once with the U S Army recruiting department and a U S sailor were arrested in Richmond on a Justice Department tip about a German spy on a train from Washington. They were held for a May 16 hearing after 20 quarts of whiskey were found. Littman said his wife in Hickory is expecting a child.
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Charles D. Littman
Hickory
N. C
United States Army
United States
Department of Justice
Washington
Littman
Saunders aims to end U boat menace with new plan
Washington hears hopeful news as W L Saunders of the naval consulting board announces a plan to curb German U boats. Officials caution details are restricted by censorship while Edison assists with government experiments in Orange New Jersey.
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United Press
Washington
W. L. Saunders
Naval Consulting Board
Saunders
Germany
Lsitania
Daniels
New York
National Council of Defense
Balfour
Bridges
Council of National Defense
Labor Party
Charles Bowerman
M. H
Charles R. Garrett
Thomas A. Edison
Orange
N. J
Taft Army Bill Conferees Postpone Agreement
Washington May 5 United Press says congressional conferees on the selective Army bill adjourned to Monday without agreement on key points. Senate and House committees will report early next week. Core issues include army age limits and whether Colonel Roosevelt will command an army into France.
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United Press
Washington
Congress to take up key war measures this week
Washington May 5 The coming week promises action on major war bills. The Senate and House will consider the Lever food control bill the selective conscription army bill and a revenue measure expected to raise 3 600 000 000 by taxes. The shipping bill to empower the President to seize yards and materials will be introduced. The food control bill looms as the most important measure with potential revisions before Senate passage. Senator Kenyon calls the bill one of the most powerful ever proposed.
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United Press
Washington
Germany
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House
Senate
Senate Agricultural Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Wilson
Senate Committee
Kenyon
Rivers and Harbors Bill Cuts NC Waterway Funds
The Rivers and Harbors bill approved by the House committee calls for 35 000 to finish Cape Fear river work below Wilmington and 85 000 for Northeast Black and Cape Fear river maintenance. Total bill value 26 893 000 with 100 000 for Norfolk to Beaufort inland waterway. earlier 1 000 000 was approved but here reduced to 100 000.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
House
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Norfolk
Beaufort
North Carolina
Haig reports stalemate as air war favors Allies
London May 5 United Press dispatches confirm ongoing battle on the British front with Haig noting nothing of special interest yet reports show shifting gains. Air fighting favors the Allies with six German planes downed and four driven from control. two Allied aircraft are missing.
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United Press
London
Haig
Eighteen Hundred French Captured on Front
Berlin reports thirteen hundred prisoners captured on the French front with over 35 machine guns seized. French attacks near Lens Fresnoy and Aisne Brimont were repulsed with heavy French losses. English prisoners reach 1235 and several machine guns captured. counterattacks regain ground east of Nuville and Maury.
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United Press
Berlin
London
Lens
Fresnoy
Winterbury
Aisne
Brimont Heights
MD Vy
Nuville
Maury
Pope Benedict Urges World Prayers for Peace
In Rome on May 5 Pope Benedict appealed to belligerents and especially their peoples to pray for a just peace, urging June be set aside for such appeals. He notes past Vatican pleas were general and emphasizes individual prayers amid unrest in Austria-Hungary and rising antiwar sentiment there.
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United Press
Rome
Pope Benedict
Vatican
Austria-Hungary
Carl
Spannell Found Guilty in Butler Murder Case
Coleman Texas May 5 Harry Spannell was found guilty of murdering Major M C Butler and sentenced to five years He was acquitted on a separate charge of killing his wife in the same incident and today’s verdict concludes the trial in Coleman.
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United Press
Coleman
Texas
Harry Spannell
M. C. Butler
Butler
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