War Department sticks with daily casualty lists in France
The War Department will keep issuing daily casualty lists with names but no home addresses to identify soldiers killed or wounded in France. Officials argue the system shields military information from the enemy and avoids tying names to relatives who are notified officially, while Congress and the public press for clarity.
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Washington
War Department
France
Pershing
Department
Congress
Committee On Public Information
McCain
Army
Tuscania
Senator New
Indiana
Senate
Death list updates WW II casualties and wounded numbers
Casualty list No. 136 reports 15 killed in action and 19 slightly wounded with four deaths from natural causes. Names include Corporal Dean Parish, Sergeant Walter Forsch, Private Albert Hoschler, Sergeant James Wedding and others, with multiple wounded categories listed.
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Washington
Dean Parish
Walter J. Forsch
Albert E. Hoschler
James W. Wedding
Edward Nash
Glen E. Pederson
Clifford J. Worden
Donald H. Macrae
Isaac Davis
Byron van Raden
Guy O. Worley
Alva F. Eaton
John F. Ellis
Russell L. Selix
Elmer James McDonough
William Flyall
Dock Maxwell
Joseph H. Trembley
Samuel Torance
Mofford G. Breese
Marvin Dunn
Lewis Allyn Simons
Lewis FE. Deitz
Raymond L. Closson
Fred A. Bracelin
Fred A. Heintz
Merrill B. Morrison
Robert L. Clausen
Ira J. Rogers
William T. Smith
Ray C. Walden
Arthur M. Shores
Jerry Shultz
John Womacka
Emil F. Kraft
Louis Holmes
Lawrence Wenell
Joseph Ciechowski
Fred S. Becker
Burton M. Baker
Ernest J. Rooney
Leo J
Teutonic Rulers to Hold Easter Conference
A Hungarian newspaper reports a conference of Central Powers sovereigns and allies Turkey and Bulgaria after Easter. The meeting, possible in Sofia or Constantinople, hinges on the age of the Turkish Sultan.
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Amsterdam
Turkey
Bulgaria
Sofia
Constantinople
Germans Ordered to Pay Damages for Sinking Gamma
The Hamburg prize court sentenced the German empire to pay 1,318,800 marks to the Gamma shipowners after the Dutch steamer Gamma was torpedoed in February 1917. The sinking occurred while the vessel carried linseed cake from America to Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam
Hamburg
Gamma
America
Germany Presses Attacks on Western Front Front
Reports say German patrols and attacks continue along the western front in France and Belgium as reinforcements strengthen their line. Observers expect Entente forces and American units to meet more serious thrusts soon.
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France
Belgium
Allied defiance steadies front as spring battles loom
With firm resolve shown by British French and American forces, enemy assaults fail from Belgium to the Swiss frontier. Pershing’s troops repel attacks in No Man’s Land and maintain strong fronts. In northern Italy patrol fights and artillery duels hint at renewed clashes, as Alpine forces brace for spring offensives toward Venetia and the Piave.
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Belgium
Swiss
Pershing
No Man's Land
France
Italy
Venetia
Piave
Mary
Germany Eyes Baltic Dominion Strategy Shift
A wartime analysis outlines Germanys aim to assert control over Finland and the Aland Islands as a barrier to Allied and Russian trade. It notes Swedish neutrality eroding under pro German sentiment and reports raids northwest of St Quentin and southwest of Cambrai with enemy losses.
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Finland
Aland Islands
Count Reventlow
Scandinavia
Russia
Sweden
Spain
Germany
Denmark
British
Scarborough
Count von Reventlow
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Cologne Gazette
Hard Fight on British Front Amid German Attacks in France
On March 9 Allied forces faced heavy German assaults along a 3000 yard front from Poelderhoek to the Menin road. German troops attacked after a heavy bombardment and seized several advanced posts but were repelled in most sectors as British infantry and artillery countered vigorously. A second German assault south of Houtholst Wood attacked at 4 am, capturing six posts before counterattacks reclaimed them.
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France
Poelderhoek
Menin Road
Adme
Houtholst Wood
Raids and shelling rise on front near Ypres area
Reported British troops repelled an enemy raid east of Armentieres and another near Passchendaele. Heavy shelling and increased artillery activity were noted from the La Bassée Canal to Ypres as the conflict continues in the region.
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London
Britinhoff
Elk
Armentieres
Passchendaele
la Baasee Canal
Ypres
Hyde Speaks at University Union in Paris Lecture Series
James H. Hyde president of the Harvard Club of Paris and Harvard representative to the American University Union in Europe spoke on The University today at Universite des Annales. The lecture was part of a series featuring Rostand Richepin Dounnay and Henri-Robert among other eminent speakers.
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Paris
James H. Hyde
Harvard Club of Paris
Harvard
American University Union
Europe
Universite Des Annales
Rostand, Richepin
French Academy
Donnay
Henri-Robert
Child’s Nightie Fire Burns Four Year Old Dorchester
Ebbea Nelson, four, daughter of Nils Nelson of Tiverton Road Dorchester, suffered serious burns when a spark from the kitchen stove set fire to her night clothing after a nap. She was rushed to City Hospital for treatment to burns on her arms body and legs.
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Ebbea Nelson
Nils Nelson
Tiverton Road
Dorchester
Daimler Factory Bombed by British Air Raids
British aviators bombed the Daimler Motor Works at Stuttgart in broad daylight today. The raid also hit the railway station and nearby munition factories according to an official announcement.
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London
Daimler Motor Works
Stuttgart
Daimler Works Hit In Stuttgart Air Raid March 10
Allied war planes bombed Germany in broad daylight, targeting the Daimler motor works at Stuttgart and nearby rail and munition facilities. Over a ton of bombs dropped, with bursts on the railway station and a munition factory southeast of the town. One enemy aircraft failed and went down before retreating home.
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Daimler
Germany
Daimler Motor Works
Stuttgart
Daimler Works
Y M C A Huts At All War Plants
A nationwide Y M C A plan aims to preserve worker morale in war industries by creating huts near munitions plants and shipyards within six months. Trained secretaries would be placed in every large industrial plant, with expansion to the entire country by year’s end.
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New York
France
Funeral services of Rev. Joseph K. Mason at Universalist Church
The Rev. Joseph K. Mason, pastor of the Universalist Church in Waltham for 11 years, was buried at Woodlawn cemetery after services at the church. Rev. Dr. Bisbee, editor of the Universalist Leader, officiated with assisting pastors Rev. Dr. Taylor and Rev. F. H. Page.
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Joseph K. Mason
Universalist Church
Waltham
Bisbee
Universalist Leader
Dr. Taylor
Somerville
F. H. Page
Congregational Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
British Forces Overrun Hit and Advance Along Palestine Front
British communications report occupation of Hit on the Euphrates eight miles upstream from Sahiliyah and a general advance on both sides of the Jerusalem Nablus road. West of the Jordan Valley troops crossed Wady el Aujeh and captured Khel Beiyadat Abu Tellul. On the Nablus road area they reached Burj Dardawil Atta Raajul and Deir ez Sudan with light resistance.
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London
Hit
Bagdad
Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Jerusalem-Nablus
Euphrates
Sahiliyah
Jordan Valley
Wady el Aujeh
Khel Beiyadat Abu Tellul
Jordan
Jerusalem- Nablus
Kefr Makel-Telahur
Selwad
Telahur
Nablus Road
Burj-Dardawil
Atta Raajul
Deir Ez Sudan
Belgians Drive the Germans From Trenches
Paris dispatch reports Belgian forces repelling German footholds in the Kippe region and press raids in the Nieuport area. Artillery actions on the Meuse and Vosges fronts noted. two German planes shot down. A Belgian detachment attacked trench defenders, securing prisoners.
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Paris
War Office
Meuse
Vosges
Kippe
Nieuport
First Church of Christ Scientist to Open New Forest Street Building
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, on Forest street in Lexington will open next Sunday morning March 17 at 10 45 for its first services in the new structure. The exterior is finished in stucco and the building is described as large and imposing.
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First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Forest Street
Lexington
BromO Quinine Tablets Ad With Grove Signature
Advertisement touts Laxa Tive BromO Quinine Tablets promising to cure a cold in one day. Mentions call for full name and signature of E. W. Grove. Product price listed as 30 cents.
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E. W. Grove
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