Holland to decide on shipping pact as ships move to aid Allies
The United States awaits Holland's reply to a voluntary shipping agreement with Britain to bypass seizure under international law. If Holland consents, 1,000,000 tons of Dutch shipping will transfer to Allied use. officials expect action by Tuesday with no change to the U S ultimatum.
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Washington
Holland
Germany
United States
Hague
Russia
Roumania
Japan
Siberia
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Death of Mike Cassidy a Seaboard Storehouse Leader
News of Mike Cassidy's death reached the city after a hospitalization in Chester following an operation. He lived a secluded life, never married, and was about sixty. Cassidy, long a local merchant and for two decades in charge of the Seaboard Shops storehouse, was a member of Clinton Lodge No. 3 A F M. His burial will take his body to his niece Mrs. W E Ward in Fernandina Florida.
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Mike Cassidy
Hospitl
Chester
Mr. Cassidy
Seaboard
Blue Hill
Ireland
Our City
Cassidy
Clinton Lodge No. 3
Fifty Japanese slain by Bolsheviki in Asiatic Russia
Reports from Blagoveshchensk say 150 Japanese were killed by Russian maximalists. The city lies near the Manchurian frontier in Amur province. Washington says President Wilson may issue a statement on U S policy toward Russia and the Siberia expedition.
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Tokio
Blagovieshhtensk
Amur
Asiatic
Russia
Blagoviesehtensk
Manchurian
Washington
Wilson
United States
Japan
Siberia
Lieut Neuffer Visits Home From Camp Sevier
Lieut Gottlob A. Neuffer Jr. of Camp Sevier spent Saturday night with his family. He reports good health and enjoyment of camp life and says he is eager to be sent overseas.
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Lieut
Gottlob A. Neuffer, Jr
Camp Sevier
Cochran to Return to Waynesville Motion Picture Theatre
Bob Cochran spent Sunday and Monday with his home people in Waynesville N C He has wintered in Savannah where he ran the Odeon Theatre and will return to Waynesville to prepare for the tourist season and again manage the Motion Picture Theatre.
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Bob Cochran
Savannah
Odeon
Waynesville
N. C
Motion Picture Theatre
Mrs Elizabeth Shilite Leaves for Chattanooga Home
Mrs Elizabeth Shilite has gone to Chattanooga to live with her grandson and his family, Mr and Mrs H H DuPre. Her move is a long distance from her home and she will be missed by neighbors and friends.
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Elizabeth Shilite
Chattanooga
H. H. DuPre
Red Cross Plans Four Part Service of Home Communication
Paris March 14 The American Red Cross forms The Service of Home Communication to connect every camp hospital and grave with families in America. Henry Allen of Kansas leads the four section bureau handling missing men sick wounded and dead correspondence and burial photographs.
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Paris
American Red Cross
Service of
France
America
Henry Allen
Kansas
Prin
Red Cross
Home Service Department
Sammy Stalks German Sniper and “Plugs” Him
In France on March 16 an American sergeant, a cavalry veteran, crept into No Man’s Land to finish a German sniper. He found the shooter in a tree, fired once, and watched the enemy topple to the ground. The sergeant noted the fall would have killed him even without the shot.
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France
No Man's Land
Edgar Long preach at Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Prof. Edgar Long filled the pulpit at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Due West and delivered an excellent sermon to a delighted congregation. He is described as a young man with a pleasing personality and a bright future, highly regarded in ARP church circles.
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Edgar Long
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Long
The
Ehureh
Teutons raid American lines in heavy artillery exchange
France, March 16. After a fierce artillery prelude, enemy forces crossed No Man's Land on the American sector near Toul. Few reached American trenches as patrols probed German positions east of Lunéville, locating snipers and machine gun nests. Allied artillery targeted these posts to disrupt the German foothold under constant bombardment for the past day.
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France
No Man’s Land
Nortwest Toul
Switzerland
Luneville
Patral
Patro
Russia
Ton
Four Aero Squadrons Parade Through the Square
Four Aero Squadrons numbered 224 225 227 and 228 passed through the square yesterday from Kellyfield Camp near San Antonio. They marched with yells and congs, looked fine, and were led by Lieut. Brady in command.
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Kellyfield Camp
San Antonio
Lieut
Brady
Harrison Family Heads to New York for Business
Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Harrison departed yesterday for New York. Dr. Harrison will conduct business there and they will spend several days at Port Monroe with Lieut. Frank Harrison.
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F. E. Harrison
New York
Dr. Harrison
Port Monroe
Lieut
Frank Harrison
Meeting Forms Dixie Highway Association in Asheville
Delegates at Asheville organize a Dixie Highway movement association with officers and a board including two county highway officials from each county the highway would pass through. Dr C C Gambrell mayor of Abbeville S C says his city and county will cooperate and have funds for necessary repairs.
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Asheville
C. C. Gambrell
Abbeville
D. C
Gambrell
Back Home for a Day Reverend Bristow Returns
Rev. Louis J. Bristow came from Columbia last Saturday and filled the Baptist pulpit Sunday morning and evening. The congregation and friends were delighted to have him back after a recent illness.
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Louis J. Bristow
Columbia
Baptist Church
U S Plan to Curb Dixie Wheat Use Implemented
The United States food administration ordered restrictions on wheat use in the South. Texas food administrator E K Peden was told to issue limits, with possible extension to other Southern states. Officials say wheat substitutes are more popular in the region. The fifty fifty order raises wheat demand while efforts seek conservation and substitute fulfillment.
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Washington
United States Food Administration
E. K. Peden
Texas
Food Administration
South
Good Roads Club urged support for statewide automobile movement
South Carolina automobile advocates form Good Roads Clubs with J J Enloe as field secretary to unite local motorists in Abbeville and across the state. The effort links clubs with the State Automobile Association and national bodies, counting on business leaders to join for strength and unity.
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J. J. Enloe
South Carolina State Automobile Association
Abbeville
Asheville
Greenville
South Carolina
Enloecomes
C. W. Cofield
Two
Carolinas
Enloe
American Automobile Association
National Association
Spring Weather Revives Infantry and Artillery Moves
The season brings heightened fighting as infantry and artillery intensify across theaters. Soviet congress dissolves after peace treaty with Germany. Moscow moves capital to Budapest? No. German advances press into southern Russian territory near Nikolaiev and Odessa as Japan holds firm. American front near Toul continues active gunfire forcing German withdrawals.
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Moscow
Washington
Germany
Russia
Nikolaievy
Odessa
High Command
Black Sea
Wea
Petrograd
Americans Clear Outposts as German Artillery Repeats
April 4 reports say American gunners removed snipers listening posts and machine gun nests while Germans answer with heavy artillery. Macedonian fronts see increased action from Lake Ochrida east. Monastir remains a target. Red Cross women plan an April 4 entertainment in the Opera House featuring The Living Pictures with Miss Wedge and Magill Orchestra.
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Macedonia
Lake Ochrida
Monastir
Ladies of the Red Cross
Opera House
Living Pictures
Sng
Miss Wedge
Due West
Magill
Abbeville
The
Red Cross
Professor A. Mason DuPre Reassumes Fitting School Post
The Southern Christian Advocate notes Professor A Mason DuPre, former headmaster of the Wofford Fitting School and later a professor at Wofford College, has agreed to return as head master after Professor Wyche's death. His return is welcomed by local parents and supporters.
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A. Mason DuPre
Wofford College
Wyche
Professor DuPre
South Carolina
Southern Christian Advocate
Civic Club to Meet Thursday Afternoon at Mrs Greene's Home
The Civic Club holds its regular meeting Thursday afternoon at four thirty at the home of Mrs. W. P. Greene. Mrs. J. M. Morgan and her young son are visiting Chattanooga with Mrs. H. H. DuPre for several days.
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Civic Club
W. P. Greene
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Congress
Lieut. Neuffer
Sammy
Teutons
Toul
Lunaville
U.S
A Good Roads Club
Se ‘Berin
Terauchi
Wofford Fitting School
the Civic Club
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