French Hold La Pompelle Fort Under Heavy German Assault
The garrison of colonial troops at La Pompelle near Rheims repelled a major German attack on March 1 after sustained bombardment with shells and gas. German infantry, supported by tanklike assaults and aerial observers, failed to take the fort as French defenders fought from casements and trenches to hold the position amid extensive destruction.
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Associated Press
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Rheims
Crown Prince Frederick
Nogent-l’Abesse
Berry
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Frog-faced Tich Tarpley Earns Military Cross in France
London street Arab turned stretcher-bearer Tapley, nicknamed Frog-faced Tich, wears a twice-awarded Military Cross. His cheerfulness and daring boost battalion morale under shellfire from Lens to St Quentin, as he tenders wounded and carries out rescues in the Chalk Pit north of Loos.
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Associated Press
France
London
Tich
Tich Tarpley
London Regiment
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Lens
St. Quentin
Loos
Army athletics program enlarges in France drive
New York April 15 The Athletic League of North America plans the most extensive US army athletic program for France with 130 directors and 99 coaches released for the effort. Dr George J Fisher says conferences in Garden City Long Island will coordinate 1300 points of organization behind American lines. Athletes Sparrow Robertson Jack McGee Tom Kelly and George Corson expected to participate.
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New York
George J. Fisher
Athletic League of North America
Young Men’s Christian Association
France
Dr. Fisher
Garden City
L. I
Italy
Clemenceau
Painleve
United States Army
Fisher
Sparrow” Robertson
Jack McGee
Bowdoin
Tom” Kelly
George Corson
Pacific Coast
Corson
Bowser’s Remedies and a Doctor’s Bill Conflict
Bowser vents rage over a medical bill after a tense exchange with his wife. Mrs. Bowser recalls past fears of imagined illnesses and credits the doctor with averting a potential cancer, highlighting the tension between medical doubt and professional care.
Simple Remedies Backfire In Backfiring Scheme
Mr Bowser buys a haul of herbs from a boy posing as a supplier. Mrs Bowser narrates the items from a hemlock bark to burdock root and catnip while mocking their dubious medical value. Bowser vows to return to old remedies, tests a summer drink, and confronts the farmers and doctors over a mounting bill.
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Mr. Bowser
Tail
Bowser
Germans Capture Bailleul as British Fall Back North
London reports Germans have captured Bailleul on the northern battle front. The British retreat to new positions north of Bailleul and Wulverghem. Fresh attacks develop in Wytschatee area. German assault southwest of Vieur Berquin is repulsed.
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Associated Press
London
Bailleul
War Office
Wulverghem
Wytschatee
Vieur Berquin
Boy Scouts Record Highlighted in Woman's Home Companion
Anna Steele Richardson notes a strong Boy Scouts of America record in 1917. Scouts planted gardens to aid food production and led Liberty Loan bond sales with tens of millions raised. They earned War Service Emblems and supported War Savings Stamps amid wide national campaigns with Red Cross, YMCA, and public information partners.
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Anna Steele Richardson
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Liberty Loan
United States Treasury
America
Committee On Public Information
Red Cross
It Pays Dividends in Rigorous Study of Great Books
The passage argues that great books demand focused, repeated study rather than superficial reading. It emphasizes that time spent mastering thought outweighs casual effort and that language knowledge alone is not a sufficient substitute for deep engagement with the text.
Not Some Men Exchange Seeks Daylight Benefit
Exchange questions whether an extra hour of daylight would allow some men to return home an hour earlier.
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Exchange
Buffalo Times
Honest Refusal Valued Over Gracious Gift
This note argues a gracious refusal is preferable to a gracious gift. It claims the Canadian government spends about $1,000 annually for each soldier deployed in the field.
Americans Repel Germans Again In Meuse Front
In France on April 14 the U S forces repelled a German assault on the right bank of the Meuse north of St Mihiel. About 400 troops from the Russian front attacked but the Americans held firm. German losses included 64 dead and 11 prisoners with many wounded. The enemy used deceptive cries including shouting gas to lure defenders but the ruse failed. American casualties were light.
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France
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Court Martial Bill Aims Espionage Offenders Jurisdiction
Washington April 16. Senator Chamberlain introduced a bill to bring all persons charged with violations of the espionage act under military court martial jurisdiction. The move seeks unified handling of espionage cases within the armed forces and could affect civilian defendants.
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Associated Press
Washigton
Senator Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Clever Scot Skips Connection Until Fare Paid
In a Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item, Danny Scot notes a pretty girl entering a car with Sandy and John. The Englishman asks to sit beside her and be introduced. The canny Scot delays, remarking she hasn’t paid her fare yet.
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Danny Scot
Sandy
John
Pittsburg
Tattooing Prohibited in Japan Triggers Student Adornments
A Japanese Idzumo teacher explained the law forbidding tattooing to a pupil. The next day four scholars appeared liberally adorned with the forbidden art, illustrating noncompliance with the new rule.
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Japan
Idzumo
No Devil's Job Says Norris in Liberty Pageant
Sioux City Iowa April 13 John W Norris a professional impersonator of The Devil who often appears at press club dinners refused to act the Kaiser in Sioux City's Liberty Loan flag raising pageant set for April 19 in commemoration of Lexington battle Twenty thousand marchers are planned The Kaiser funeral segment is to be featured Norris said That's no job for a decent devil Amsterdam Vienna and the Hungarian government discuss sending 100000 Vienna school children to work in farming districts to improve nourishment this summer
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Sioux City
Iowa
John W. Norris
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Kaiser
Lexington
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