Germans Drive Across Aisne River To Threaten Vesle Front
German forces crossed the Aisne between Vailly and Berry-Au-Bac and pressed south toward the Vesle as French lines bore the brunt of the attack. British and French counterattacks aimed to blunt the thrust while reserves moved to threatened points along a near 20 mile front.
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Chemin-des-Dames
Aisne
Vailly
Berry-Au-Bac
Vesle
Barmicourt
Rheims
Craomelle
Berry- Au-Bac
Flanders
Dickenbusch Lake
Ypres
Soissons
Amiens
Paris
Foche
Six Mile
Locre ‘O Voormezeele
Flanders Batttlefield
Mont Kemmel
Voormezeele
Somme
T He Avre
Picardy
France
Flanders Salient
Dickebusch Lake
Loere
Voormezelle
Dickenbusch
Pompier
LaClytte
Interned Enemies to Work on U S Farm Camps
Washington May 28 Provost Marshal General Crowders order extends to interned enemy aliens. Germans formerly in big city business will farm at troop camps, cultivating vegetables for soldiers. One hundred sent from Fort Oglethorpe to Camp Devens. Next quotas to Camp Dix and Camp Grant. A 400 acre farm to be worked at Camp Dix with 25 soldiers supervising every 100 aliens.
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Washington
Crowder
Fort Oglethorpe
Camp Devens
Mass
Camp Dix
Airman Wilfred Winnett Dies After Camp Borden Crash
Royal Air Force private Wilfred H. Winnett died in camp hospital after an airplane accident at Camp Borden Ontario. His next of kin is Mrs. T. B. Winnett of Los Angeles California.
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Camp Borden
Ont
Wilfred H. Winnett
Royal Air Force
T. B. Winnett
Los Angeles
Cal
President Nrgoyen postpones Buenos Aires trip
May 28 report that President Nrgoyen has postponed a journey to outlying provinces to meet the British mission to South America led by Sir Maurice DeBunsen. The mission is expected to arrive here by week’s end.
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Buenos Aires
Nrgoyen
South America
Sir Maurice DeBunsen
Southern Red Cross drive tops four million total
The southern division raises 4,740,642 with expectant rise past five million as leaders praise unprecedented enthusiasm. Tennessee leads with 1,265,883, Georgia second at 1,041,509, and multiple cities such as Memphis Nashville Columbus and Jacksonville contributing but varied amounts across states.
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Atlanta
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Memphis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Macon
Augusta
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Columbia
Jacksonville
Pensacola
Palm Beach
Athens
Columbus
Brunswick
Salisbury
Concord
Greensboro
Florence
Miami
Key West
South
Aged French Women Tend Graves of American Soldiers
In Picardy villages aged Frenchwomen gained permission to care for American soldiers’ graves. Many are widows who lost husbands and sons, sharing sorrow with the troops. Language barriers fade as villagers and Americans exchange mutual aid amid frequent shellfire.
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France
Four Die in Boiler Explosion at Hammer Lumber Plant
Four men killed and several others scalded when boiler No. 4 at the Little River plant of Hammer Lumber exploded just before noon. The coast workplace between Southport and Georgetown, 55 miles away, suffered wrecked boiler house but the mill continued running due to a second boiler room. The blast is blamed on cold water entering a steam‑charged boiler.
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Little River
Hammer Lumber Company
Southport
Georgetown
Here
S&s. T. Abbott
Plans Under Way For General Revenue Bill In Congress
Washington May 28 Plans by Congress to enact a new general revenue bill this session were announced following President Wilsons address to both houses. Public hearings by the Ways and Means Committee will begin in June with joint sessions possible in drafting the bill. Leaders expect a House presentation in July as Secretary McAdoos views shape tax and bond allocations for the coming year with about 8 billion of the 20 billion to be raised by taxation.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House Committee
McAdoo
Cole Recalled From Houston by St. Louis Nationals
Clifton H. Cole Penn State outfielder was recalled by the St. Louis Nationals after a spring tryout and a stint with Houston in the Texas league, announced by President Branch Rickey.
Gas Attacks Made on American Lines
Washington reports Pershing's communiqué detailing enemy bombardments and gas attacks on American positions in Picardy and Lorraine. It notes counterattacks repelling incursions, partial trench breaches in Woevre, and light American casualties with several enemy losses and captured prisoners.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Picardy
Woevre
Lorraine
LAX‑FOS WITH PEP SIN Digestive Laxative Claim
A 50c bottle of LAX FOS WITH PEP SIN is advertised as a pleasant liquid digestive laxative for relief of gas indigestion or constipation. The copy promotes ease of use and sleep relief from stomach discomfort.
Germans Bombard American Hospitals Amid Funerals
German air raids and shelling targeted American hospitals in Picardy while funerals were held nearby. The attack, begun about ten days earlier with the new moon, injured some eye patients but caused no hospital damage. Soldiers and civilians express indignation, while Americans seek medical discharge and a chance to retaliate.
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France
Picardy
Flanders
Carry More Rounds Of Rifle Ammunition
Washington reports that American and British infantrymen use light web belts to carry 100 more rifle rounds than German troops. With web belts, the American soldier carries 220 rounds, while the German carries 120, aiding repulses of superior forces on multiple occasions.
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Washington
Ordnance Bureau
Democrats Name Successor To Late William A Jones in First District
Newport News Va May 28 Democrats in the first congressional district assembled in convention to name a successor to the late William A Jones for the unexpired term. Seven candidates are in the field with diverse regional support and no clear forecast emerges as the convention reconvenes at 2 pm after lunch.
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Newport News
William A. Jones
Berkley
Downing
Lancaster
Northumberland
Westmoreland
Richmond
Goolrick
Spottsylvania
Carolina
Fredericksburg
Essex
Houston
Ware York
Elizabeth City
Hampton
Jones
Basex
King and Queen
Middlesex
Mapp
Accomac
North
D Searsfi
Mat- Piage Teased
Midthews
Gloucester
Part Dlesex
Coal production must rise to meet war needs
May 28 1918 Philadelphia J D A Morrow of the US Fuel Administration told the National Coal Association that US coal production for the year starting April 1 must reach 735 million net tons, with bituminous mines providing 85 million tons more than 1917. He warned a rail transport question looms as managers plan to move the increased output.
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Philadelphia
United States
J. D. A. Momrow
United States Fuel Administration
National Coal Association
Morrow
Mr. Morrow
Germany Needs Sia to Get Raw Material
Amsterdam reports Admiral von Tirpitz telling the Dassel branch of the Fatherland Party that Germany must retain Belgium economically politically and militarily. He says central Europe the orient and northern Europe cannot supply the needed raw materials and calls for a sea free from Anglo-Saxon tyranny. Bachmeister also spoke optimistically on submarine warfare at the same meeting.
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Amsterdam
Belgium
Admiral von Tirepitz
Dusseldorf
Nachrichten
Dassel
Fatherland Party
Germany
Central
Europe
Orient
Northern
Bachmeister
Opposition grows against Germans in Ukraine
Moscow dispatch reports rapid peasant resistance in Ukraine to German and Central Powers support, with peasants burning forests destroying buildings and hindering German food requisition efforts. German troops move into Poltava amid serious rioting as peasants form large detachments and arm with machine guns and rifles.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Poltava
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Bel
Frech
Cegoright
John PT. McCut
Dixie
Red Cross
Virginia
SIA
von Tirpitz
Hans
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