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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1917

Page

13

First 25 000 Men to Go Forward Under Pershing War Plan

United Press report from Washington on May 19 details the planned deployment of the first 25 000 American troops under General Pershing. Marines join as infantry under Colonel Dogan while aviation training sites and National Army distributions are announced. Army recruiting lags with only about 1100 yesterday. President Wilson outlines food control aims to shield consumers and preserve supplies.

United Press Washington America France Geemral Pershin Navy Department Pershing Dogan Haiti Santo Domingo Cuba National Army National Guard Cincinnati Army Navy War White House Wilson

Russia Rejects Separate Peace and renews war aims

Petrograd reports the Provisional Government led by Kerensky and three Socialist ministers rejects a separate peace with Germany and pledges no annexations while seeking Allied acceptance of their program. The coalition vows vigorous wartime prosecution as ministers travel to the front.

Russia Germany Petrograd Wilo Marine Kerensky Godneff Pieschehonoff Committee of Workmen and Soldiers Front

Site Offered for German Sailor Internment Camp

A Lumberton woman offers a 1500 acre unimproved tract near Pembroke as a potential government site for housing thousands of German sailors captured from war bound ships. The offer was made to the Secretary of Labor as officials weigh suitable locations for the internment camp.

Lumberton Lumberton Woerman Pembroke Secretary of Labor Lumberton Graded Schools First Baptist Church G. E. Moorehouse The Presbyterian Church O. Max Gardner Margaret Pope Rachael McNamara Mary Lee Caldwell Helen Sentelle Evelyn Sentelle Marjorie Steele Ethel Boone Viola Boone Pearl Edwards Sarah Branch Carl Greaves Abner Nash Harold Humphrey Eugene McWhite R. D. Caldwell Annie Ruth Sunken Garden Robeson County Food Conservation Commission L. E. Blanchard Philadelphua County Farm Life School Superior Court Geo. W. Connor Wilson Carlyle R. E. Lewis

Position as Bookkeeper and Stenographer Desired

A trained female applicant seeks a bookkeeping and stenography post in a lumber or wholesale business. Experienced in general office work and available for reference if desired. Respond to B. M. care Dispatch. May 20.

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