Intense Artillery Fire Across Fronts Amid Pressed Allied Lines
Daily front reports describe massive artillery exchanges as Allied troops under heavy fire hold key sectors from Flanders to Picardy. German shells target Somme and Arras areas while Canadian and American positions repel renewed pressure. Rome notes modest Austro Hungarian activity against Italy as May 7 marks the Lusitania disaster third anniversary.
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Germany
Flanders
Picardy
Arras
Somme
Mont Kemmel
Flanders Font
Avre
Jarze
Arrasins Amiens
Rome
Switzerland
Adriatic
Lusilatia
American Steamer Defeats Submarine in Atlantic Clash
Washington reports the American steamer Tidewater engaged a German U boat on March 17 at about 11:30 p. m. off the starboard bow. The ship fired three shells, with the second hitting near the wake. the submarine submerged and was not seen again as the Tidewater resumed zigzagging. The navy notes a probable sinking but details remain unconfirmed.
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Washington
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Navy Department
Tidewater
Navy
Armed Guard
Hemneer
Anus Cco
Mies
Uig
Department
Senate probes 640 million aircraft fund misuse
Washington May 7 investigation into the aircraft program gains momentum as Justice and Congress move to uncover malfeasance in the 640 million appropriation. Senate leaders push for inquiry behind closed doors with a public report later, while Baker asks secrecy on details.
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Chamberlain
Senate
Baker
Department
House Military Committee
H. Snowden Marshal
Vardaman
Mississippi
Methodist women gain push for laity rights at southern conference
Atlanta May 7 announcement that the committee on revisals will concur with memorials granting laity rights to women sparks jubilation at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. It notes possible minority report, proposes removing restrictions on women serving as district conference members and stewards, and mentions a possible expansion to seven bishops. Bishop E E Hoss slated for retirement, and James Atkins presiding. An open letter urges ending dancing theater going and card playing bans, suggesting including movies.
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Atlanta
Committee On Revisals
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Oklahoma City
E. E. Hoss
James Atkins
North Carolina
A. J. Lamar
Nashville
J. Henry Smythe, Jr
Washington
Book of Discipline
Roderick Must Pay the Death Penalty
Immanuel Roderick Jr. sentenced to death for wife murder and to be sent to the state penitentiary after executive clemency delays. His execution date, previously set for November 16, 1917, will be rescheduled by the governor following the Supreme Court’s advisory ruling.
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Immanuel Roderick, Jr
Hanover
Supreme Court
W. N. Harriss
Superior Court
Roderick
Jackson
Raleigh
State Penitentiary
Clyde Line
Do Your Duty Mr. Voter Editorial on New Hanover election
An editorial urges New Hanover County voters to approve two school measures tomorrow. A 10 cents tax and 30 cent poll levy fund teachers and facilities, while a $250,000 bond funds repairs and new buildings. It warns failure harms children and ties passage to duty as citizens and wartime needs.
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New Hanover County
New Hanover
Mr. Voter
Nellie Bly Missing Rumors Stir Brooklyn Suit
A Brooklyn Supreme Court suit reveals that since the United States entered the war Mrs Mary J Cochrane has had no word from her daughter Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman Nellie Bly who circled the globe in under 80 days for a New York paper. Seaman went to Austria in 1914 likely on a newspaper mission and officials blamed optimistic signals from military leaders for the lack of communication.
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Nellie Bly
New York
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
United States
Mary J. Cochrane
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman
Globe
Seaman
Austria
Concrete shipyard to hire 1500 expert workmen
Lieu tenant Commander K J Powers of Wilmington N C aboard an American steamship reports he survived the torpedoing of the Lake Moor on April 11 in European waters. The ship was sunk with 44 Americans lost. Powers was one of 17 survivors.
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Atlantic
K. J. Powers
United States Naval Reserve
Wilmington
N. C
Frank P. Morse
Washington, D. C
Pacific
Faith
San Francisco Shipbuilding Company
San Francisco Bay
United States Shipping Board
Pacife
Wavins
New Zealand
Shipping Board
Wilmington Concrete
Wew
Carolina
Steamship Tyler torpedoed off French coast with 11 dead
The steamship Tyler, 3,390 tons, built 1913 and formerly an Old Dominion freighter, was torpedoed and sunk off the French coast. Eleven lives lost include six merchant crew and five navy gunners. The ship left Portland, Maine, March 6 for Genoa with grain cargo through the Italian Ministry of Shipping.
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New York
Tyler
FE. W. Mears
Washe Creek
Clarence E. Knowlton
West Thirty-first Street
Norfolk
F. Kaua
Jose Roderigues
Gregorio Carro
Fernando Lasse
Corunna
Spain
Portland
Genoa
Ministry of Shipping
United States Shipping Board
Million Dollar Corporation Forms to Build Housing
A mass meeting at the courthouse outlined plans for a million dollar corporation to house workers drawn by shipyard activity. About half the funds were subscribed, with a committee appointed to continue soliciting subscriptions and report at Thursday’s adjourned session. Directors include Henry C. M. Queen, C. E. Taylor, Thomas E. Cooper, and Marcus W. Jacobi among others.
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Court House
C. C. Chadbourn
L. Clayton Grant
Roger Moore
Dave Chadwick
Louis Shrier
J. A. Taylor
James H. Cowan
Marcus W. Jacobi
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor
J. B. Rice
I. W. Cooper
W. D. MacMillan, Jr
Henry C. M. Queen
C. E. Taylor
Thomas E. Cooper
Fred W. Dick
J. W. Yates
F. F. Wilder
J. W. Taylor
Walter P. Sprunt
A. M. Chinnis
J. C. Williams
John D. Bellamy, Sr
M. J. Corbet
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London
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