Wilson urges Congress to pass wartime revenue bill
President Wilson appears before a joint session and calls for immediate wartime tax laws. He warns against lobbying and profiteering while stressing the need to tax income, war profits, and luxuries to fund the war effort and prevent inflation. He frames politics as adjourned and urges swift action despite electoral pressures.
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Congress
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White House
Kitchin
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Ways and Means Committee
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson Put Through Most Rigids Grilling
Richmond May 27 Dr Lemuel J Johnson on trial for alleged wife murder resumed testimony facing a rigid cross examination about his conduct and remarks the week before Mrs Alice Knight Johnson died by poison Miss Mildred Taylor a key prosecution witness was identified by Johnson as the ill lady in Richmond linked to a long distance call he made from Middlesex North Carolina He denied referencing his wife’s illness during the Middlesex call and prosecutors sought to prove he knew of her condition the day of the tragedy Johnson appeared rested and cooperative with rebuttal expected from two to three witnesses and possible arguments starting tomorrow morning
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Alice Knight Johnson
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the Ride
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Wise
Dispatch
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North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Josiah Evans Cowles
Antoinette Funk
Cowles
General Federation
Funk
Woman’s Council of National Defense
Statesville
North Carolina
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Hughes
Illinois
Congressional Union
Clarence A. Johnson
George W. Lay
Bickett
Briegz
British and French Hold Line Against German Offensive
Allied forces reported strong resistance as British and French troops maintained their defensive positions while German assault continued on multiple sectors. Brigades and regiments from UK and France reinforced key fortifications amid air and artillery bombardments.
Germans Extend Battle Front toward Rheims and Paris
German forces renewed actions on the western front striking between Rheims and Sezons and in Flanders along the Lys sector. The southern thrust aims to reach channel ports and threaten Paris, with a 40 mile front and large Allied forces under Foch observed opposing the move. The March offensive paused after a reverse in the Somme area.
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Flanders
Lys Salient
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Paris
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Amiens
Foch
British and French repulse strong early German attacks
London reports strong German assaults early this morning against British and French lines from Rheims to Soissons and against French troops near Locre and Voormezeele. Bombardment preceded the attacks and artillery activity remained high on the British front.
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Rheims
Soissons
War Office
Flanders
Locre
Voormezeele
Salient
Germans Renew Attacks Near Paris Rail via Pinon Forest
Paris reports a morning assault between the Pinon forest and Rheims with French and British troops defending vigorously. The Germans then resumed shelling Paris with long range guns at 6 30 this morning as the war office announced.
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Forest of Pinon
Rheims
War Office
Red Cross War Fund Hits Fifty-Six Thousand
Final reports show $56,191 contributed to the Red Cross in the second war fund drive. Luncheon at the M C A announced the total with expectations the final sum may reach about $57,000. Community solicitors and canvassing teams gathered for the afternoon briefing.
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Red Cross
M.C. A
Trolley Car Tumbled Into the Sound Today
A Sunday school trolley car jumped the rails on a Wrightsville Sound trestle around 10:30 this morning spilling 65 to 70 passengers into about ten inches of water and mud. Injuries numbered nine or more, mostly children and young girls, with one serious case. rapid rescue and medical aid followed at the traction company station. Officials praised quick action and noted minimal fatalities.
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John C. Wessell
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Tidewater Power Company
Sound
Freight rate and fare increases announced in Washington
The 25 percent rail freight rate hike and a three cent per mile passenger fare increase take effect June 10 for passengers and June 25 for freight. Director General McAdoo says the changes, the largest in railroad history, aim to cover wage, coal, and supply costs and will raise about 800 to 900 million dollars in the next year. He notes refunds or reductions may follow as costs and rates are reviewed.
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Wilson
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Tig
Small Progress Reported as HMS Small Progress 9 Sees Action
In France May 27 British forces report minor German advances in areas northwest of Kemmerer. Belgian troops claim fresh victories repulsing German raids on three sectors during Saturday night.
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France
Kemrmrsl
Belgium
Wood Will Not Go Overseas With Division
Major General Leonard Wood will not accompany his division overseas and will instead command the department of the west from San Francisco headquarters. A naval patrol of the Alaskan coast has been established to forestall agitation by leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World.
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Leonard Wood
Camp Funston
Kans
Department of the West
San Francisco
J. W. W. Washington
Alaskan
Industrial Workers of the World
Late Dispatch: Gas Failure Delays City News Edition
The Dispatch reports a gas plant problem caused a delay in this afternoon's home edition. An earlier trolley disaster wreck extra went to press around 1 pm, used as the mail edition, but gas outages hindered linotype until after 2 pm, delaying publication by about an hour. This marks a second recent delay for the paper.
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