Spain and Pershing Supplies Delayed by German Threats
Spanish ships and a promised credit deal with France are held up as threats from German submarines and political pressure in Madrid hinder the transfer of American supplied goods. The United States says the March 7 agreement has not yet been ratified and no credit to France is in effect.
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Washington
Spain
General Pershing
France
United States
Madrid
Vigo
Cadiz
Barcelona
War Board
U. S
State Department
Huge Force to Face Hin in Europe War Speech
Joseph P Daniels secretary of the navy rallied 15 000 listeners April 10 urging mass mobilization for Europe. He urged shipyard recruitment and service be made available to workers and warned the nation neglected the merchant marine and shipbuilding for fifty years.
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Chicago
Europe
Josephin Daniels
United States Navy
Bishop Jones Resignation Accepted by Episcopal Body
Bishop Jones of Utah’s resignation as head of the diocese was accepted by the House of Bishops in New York on Thursday. The action follows reports that his usefulness in Utah is dispensed under present conditions, though he will remain a bishop without jurisdiction in the church.
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Jones
Salt Lake City
Episcopal Diocese of
Utah
Chrch
New York
Dones
Farmers accused as a class in Liberty loan bulletin
A bulletin mailed in the seventh reserve district accuses farmers as a class of being Liberty loan slickers with profiteers. The Liberty loan committee distributes the notice to inform and warn the public about suspected profiteering linked to the loan drive.
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Chicago
Liberty Loan
Seventh Reserve District
Liberty Loan Committee
Reimaginings of Vocational Education Support in Senate Draft
In Washington a proposal for reclaiming the injured in military service by funding their vocational education through governmental expense is introduced in the new Lo no administration by Senator Sialth of Georgia. The measure aims to extend training opportunities and support for veterans pursuing skilled trades and further education within federal programs.
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Washington
Benator Sialth
Georgia
Chicago Inmates Depart After Judge Landis Sentences
The immigration bureau reports 108 raft sleeker inmates sentenced by Judge Landis at Fort Ford Mast Samner to be released when their terms end. This correctionary action follows the judge's rulings and marks a major step in the case.
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Chicago
Landis
Hwelee Ford
Samner
Wil
Teuton Attacks Press British Line Between Arras and Ypres
Allied forces stand firm along the western front as German troops renew massed assaults from Arras to Ypres. British and Canadian units hold vital positions at Wytschaete Messines ridge Ploegsteert and Hollebeke despite heavy losses and occasional withdrawals to straighten the line.
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London
von Hindenburg
Arras
Ypres
Hollebeke
Reuter
Armentieres
Wytschaete
Field Marshal
Haaig
Messines Ridge
Lestrem
Ploegsteert
Ploegsteert Wood
Calais
North Sea
Long Range Gun Kills Four in Paris Bombardment
German long range gun resumed bombardment of Paris on Thursday afternoon. Four people were killed and twenty one wounded when a shell hit a sounding asylum during the attack.
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Paris
Cubans to Do Their Bit for France Medical Unit
Havana votes to support the war effort as the senate adopts a resolution to deploy a medical unit to France. The group includes 100 doctors and an indeterminate number of nurses.
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Havana
Senate
France
Marines land in Siberia to aid Vladivostok defense
American marines have landed at Vladivostok along with British and Japanese forces. They control docks while Japanese guards protect railway and ammunition depots. The move aims to reassure Russians amid German claims of a Japanese invasion and to show U.S. participation in protecting allied war materiel with no Russian authority to enforce order. No official count of marines was available.
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Washington
Vindivostok
Vladivostok
Russia
Siberian
United States
Siberia
Navy Department
Dowager Empress of Russia Reported in Need at Yalta
A high authority figure asks American Minister Morris to direct relief funds and aid to Maria Feodorovna in Yalta. The dowager empress is said to live in actual destitution with a reported income under 150 rubles monthly, along with several other exiled Russians. Morris will seek to route aid through Americans in Russia.
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Stockholm
Morris
Maria Feodorovna
Trussia
Crimean
Yalta
Russia
French Officers Sought to Speed US Training
After talks between Major General Peyton C. March and General Vignal the French military attache, a cable to the French government urged sending as many French officers as possible to the United States to accelerate training at national guard and national army cantonments.
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Washington
Peyton C. March
General Vignal
Vignal
United States
National Guard
National Army
Washington War Department casualty list shows 284 names
The War Department issued Thursday a casualty report from the American Expeditionary Forces listing 284 men killed wounded or missing. Entries include numbers killed in action wounded severely and missing, with deaths from wounds accidents and disease.
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Washington
Hero Dies in Rescue at Atlantic Port
Felix Taskowaky a navy quailorester on O Stall Bee slipped in government service died in a vain attempt to rescue two civilians during repair work in a hull compartment after a hole was struck at an Atlantic port.
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Atlantic
Felix Taskowaky
Navy
Jines Thormdaly
New Loan to France Increases US Credit Holdings
A report from Washington states that on April 11 the United States received an additional credit to France of 125 million dollars, lifting France's total credits to 1.08 billion. The overall credits extended to allied nations reach 8 hundred million.
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Washington
Rance
Uyghted Suites Treasury
France
Americans Reach Front in Titanic War Front
The first U S contingent to reach the front includes infantry aviators and engineers. Fighting spans about 125 miles from the Ypres Comines canal toward Amiens as German attacks are repulsed with heavy losses near Castel Hangard en Santerre and Suzcoy.
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London
France
Ypres-Comines Canal
Belgium
Teutons
Amiens
Paris
Castel
Suzcoy
Hangarden-Santerre
Hangard
Submarine Campaign Sees Record Low Weekly Sinkings
The week saw the sinking of four ships over 1600 tons, two under 1600 tons, and two fishing vessels, marking the lowest weekly loss since Germany began its submarine campaign in 1917.
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London
Germany
Wool Price Control Discussed at White House
At President Wilson's weekly conference on Wednesday the idea of government taking over distribution of ox prices on all cotton and woolen goods was discussed as a possible policy.
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Washington
Wilson
Honor Guard Formed by U. 6 Troops for Royal Visit
Six soldiers from the U. 6 formed an honor guard for King George and Queen Mare during a royal visit on Wednesday. The detail aimed to present a disciplined display as officials inspected guards near the royal party.
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U. 6
Louton
Queen Mare
Wyoming State News Roundup From Wheatland to Riverton
Western Newspaper Union reports a Wheatland electric plant plan and Riverton Masonic temple cornerstone. Manville oil field development, Kinney Company’s 750 barrel daily well near Wyoming, and booming Riverton Lander oil activity noted. Navy hospital and carpentry enlistments open. a Rawlins decapitation incident. war gardens offered free land near Cheyenne. multiple oil and refinery expansions across Lander, Glenrock, and Lincoln/Uinta counties.
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Western
Union News Service
Lander
Wheatland
Manville
C. E. McGarvey
Cheyenne
Kinney Company
Wyoming
Salvation Army Fund
Laramie County
Lemon Lotion Claim for Skin Whitening Ad
An advertisement touts a cheap lemon lotion made from two lemons and three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. It promises to whiten skin, reduce freckles sallowness and tan, soften rough hands, and keep for months with proper straining and daily facial massage.
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Ady
Kansas farmer as speaker pro tem antics remembered
A well known legislator compares the Kaiser opposite stance in peace talks to a Kansas farmer elected to the state legislature who, acting as speaker pro tem, simulates a vote to lay a resolution on the table. The farmer’s contrarian quip underscored the moment.
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Kansas
Castoria Alert For Bears Thesignature On Bottles
Important notice advises mothers to examine each bottle of Castoria for the signature of Lat f TAA indicating Fletcher’s Castoria use for infants and children. The message stresses authenticity and safety in remedy labeling.
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Fletcher
Wasted Energy as Narcissus Ponders Modern Fame
The dialogue riffs on Narcissus pining for beauty and imagines a modern twist where constant self admiration could yield fame as a movie idol. The exchange highlights vanity and media value in contemporary culture.
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Narcissus
Hall's Catarrh Remedy Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a treatment that clears catarrh by acting on mucous surfaces. It cites J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and notes the product has been sold for over forty years with a free sample offer.
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Hall
Ball
Sree
Rs J. Cheney & Co
Tolado
Ohio
Paradoxical sayings and a needle threading aid patent
A New York inventor patents a device to help a blind person thread a needle. The piece notes quips about vessels and knots, air castle builders spared from strikes, and that setting type sometimes yields trouble.
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New York
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