Swedish ministry resigns again after cabinet quits
London via Stockholm March 23 The King has accepted the resignation of the entire cabinet headed by Premier Hammarskjold. The ministry resigned March 6 but King Gustaf asked the ministers to stay on temporarily after Parliament defeated the government over a neutrality preservation appropriation, with only a third of the requested sum approved.
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Tockholm
London
Hammarskjold
Stockholm
Gustave
Musterole Ad Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement touts Musterole as a clean white mustard oil ointment that relieves rheumatism by penetrating to the seat of pain. It claims easing of twinges and stiff joints without blistering skin and endorses use for bronchitis asthma and other chest conditions.
Lydia E Pinkham Vege table Compound ad claims nerves relief
West Danby New York resident Mrs Dewitt Sincebaugh praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for nerves and female troubles. The testimonial says it cured sleeplessness irritability backache and headaches and kept it in the house for family use. The ad touts forty years of use and herbal ingredients as a tonic for the female system.
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West Danby
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stomach relief through safe antacid advice from old medical note
The article urges rejecting indiscriminate use of artificial digestents for indigestion. It promotes bisulated magnesia as a pleasant harmless antacid to neutralize excessive stomach acidity after meals and relieve heartburn and fermentation symptoms. It warns against chronic damage from long-term drugging and emphasizes early caution.
Seizure of Germanys Food Urged
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam quotes Dutch newspapers stating Germany's Reichstag committee discussed food supplies. Adolph von Bartoki, head of the Food Regulation Board, declared seizure of all in country stocks imperative.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Germany
Reichstag Committee
Adolph von Bartocki
Food Regulation Board
Meatless days may end under plan to raise prices
M von Batocki hinted at abolishing meatless days and said state aid would fund higher prices at 7% pfennigs for the wealthy and 90 pfennigs for poorer communities per capita weekly. He admitted bread ration compensations were insufficient but offered no other solution, noting supplies were overestimated and pig reserves limited.
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M. von Batocki
Amsterdam
Herr von Batocki
Shortage of Food Stuffs Alarms Berlin Officials
The Berlin Vorwaerts reports from a Reichstag inquiry that Germany faces severe shortages in grain potatoes and other foods. Deputy Ebert says 1916 harvest was overestimated, rationing based on a surplus, and that visible supply fell by half. He accuses farmers of feeding illicit fodder to cattle and hogs, reducing available supplies.
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Copenhagen
London
Germany
Berlin
Ebert
Germany Threatens Deportation of Romanian Germans
An official dispatch from Jassy reports the Swiss minister notified the Romanian government for Germany that by April 14 Romania must release all interned Germans including those of military age. If not, Germany will seize more hostages in occupied Romanian districts and deport them to Bulgaria and Turkey. No reply has been made and Romania is unlikely to yield.
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Germany
London
Jassy
Rumania
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
Turkey
Spain Refuses German Terms on Shipping Returns
Madrid reports Premier Count de Romanones publicize Spain’s negotiations with Germany to return Spanish ships from allied ports without risk. Germany demands a 100 marks per ton deposit and a promise not to insure merchant vessels under government guarantee in the war zone. Spain refuses these conditions, and talks continue.
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Paris
C T de Romanones
Germany
Spain
Britain Buys Australian Metals for Ten Years
The Australian government has sold all base metals output for ten years to Great Britain. The exchange telegraph despatch from Melbourne reports that millions of pounds sterling are involved in the transaction.
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Britain
Australia
London
Great Britain
Exchange
Melbourne
Appam Turned Over to British Owners
The U S District Court in Norfolk on order of the Supreme Court turned over the prize ship Appam to Floyd Hughes representing the British African Steamship Navigation Company, owners before capture by Germans. The court ordered $590000 from cargo sales paid to English owners and unsold cargo restored to them. The German defendants must pay all costs.
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Appam
Norfolk
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Floyd Hughes
British African Steamship Navigation Company
Richmond
Berlin Reports Spring Thaw on East Front
Berlin reports no major military actions on the Russian front for some time due to the spring thaw from the Baltic to the Carpathians. Some activity is noted on the Romanian front, a Russian attack on Magyros failed, and Teutonic forces captured a strongly entrenched ridge south of the Uzul valley.
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Berlin
Sayville
Baltic
Carpathians
Magyros
Uzul
Riga
Petrograd
Rumania
Frigido
Carso
Monastir
No Petrol for Private Motors in England
Lord Hann announced in the House of Lords that petrol supply is so short that when current licenses expire in April none will be available for private motors. The ruling tightens controls on private vehicle use amid shortages in England.
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England
London
House of Lords
French Advance North of Soissons Continues Frontline Gains
French units pushed north of the Ailette River and east of the Leuilly-Neuville line, capturing key positions as artillery remained active along the front. Austrian efforts were repelled with a few prisoners taken, while a French attack near La Fere on the Oise failed with heavy losses and Champagne trenches south of Ripont fell to German forces.
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Soissons
Ailette River
Leuilly - Neuville - Sur - Margival Line
Paris
Frigido Valley
Carso Plateau
Rome
Oise
la Fere
Champagne
Ripont
Berlin
Nivelle
Maisons de Champagne
Paris War Office
Somme
Hssigny- Benay
St. Hilaire
St. Souplet
Tahure
Meuse
Dead Man’s Hill
Tsrvena Stena
Monastir
No Mediation by the Swiss Denied
Paris dispatches report Swiss mediation offer between the United States and Germany denied by the Swiss foreign office. Geneva advices quote Berne stating the foreign office insists no mediation steps were taken by the Swiss minister in Washington and such actions would contradict instructions.
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Paris
Switzerland
United States
Germany
Journal de Geneve
Havas
Geneva
Berne
Foreign Office
Washington
British U Boat Report Ships In And Out Of UK Ports
London reports for the week ending March 25 show 2314 ships over 100 tons net arrived in UK ports while 2433 such vessels sailed out. The losses include eighteen British merchant ships over 1600 gross, plus seven under 1600, and ten fishing vessels sunk by mines or subs. Several merchant ships were unsuccessfully attacked, with Asturias the hospital ship among the casualties.
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London
United Kingdom
Asturias
Social Democrats Back Duma Government Stance in War Crisis
Petrograd dispatch reports a declaration by a group of Social Democrats expressing majority views toward the government. It supports vigorous war prosecution and sets aside social democracy demands until the country is secure from monarchy return risks.
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Petrograd
London
Social Democrats
U boat campaign results over five weeks reported
The British admiralty weekly reports show arrivals and departures at British ports, ships sunk, and unsuccessful attacks. Week endings Feb 25, Mar 4, Mar 11, Mar 18, and Mar 25 list vessels, sunk counts, and attack figures, highlighting the ongoing U-boat impact on shipping.
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British Admiralty
Unik
Allies Again Gain on Western Front
Reports from Paris describe continued Allied gains on the western front with French defenses repelling German attacks near Maisons de Champagne. British cavalry captured Villers-Faucon and Saulcourt as Allied forces pressed along the Boignes-Lagnicourt road and south of Croisilles, while Russian and Balkan fronts show limited activity amid harsh spring conditions and ongoing bombardments along the Austro Italian line.
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Villers-Faucon
Saulcourt
Boisel
Boignes-Lagnicourt
Croisilles
Equancourt
Aix-Houlette
Neuville St. Vaast
Baltic Sea
Carpathian Mountains
War Entry To Boost U S Trade, Says Cambon
Paris March 28 Jules Cambon general secretary of the foreign office said in an Associated Press interview that U S entry into the war would reshape its international and commercial relations. He noted America had shunned European style treaties and did not always receive favored nation treatment but joining the allies would bring closer trade relations that would expand and endure in peace.
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Paris
Jules Cambon
Foreign Office
Associated Press
United States
M. Cambon
America
Manchuria Freighter Reaches Britain Safely
The American Line freighter Manchuria has arrived safely at a British port after a transatlantic voyage. P A Franklin of International Mercantile Marine announced the news. The ship carried 159 crew members, including nine American citizens, all native born except three, with no passengers aboard.
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Manchuria
Britain
New York
American Line
Atlantic
P. A. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
St. Louis
Sing While They Wait for Death on the Tyndareus
The British transport Tyndareus with Middlesex Regiment aboard struck a mine off Cape Agulhas on Feb 9. Troops paraded, sang as the ship settled, two rescuing steamers arrived within thirty minutes, and the ship was saved. The King and admiralty praised the troops and officers for courage and discipline.
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London
Tyndareus
Middlesex Regiment
Cape Agulhas
Africa
Admiralty
Birkenhead
Cape Aguihas
Simonstown
British Adriatic Arrives in English Port With Harvard Unit
The British steamship Adriatic of White Star line reached an English port after leaving the United States the same day as the St. Louis. Among its 65 passengers were six American citizens, members of a Harvard surgical unit bound for France.
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New York
White Star Line
United States
St. Louis
Harvard
France
Birkenhead tragedy noted with naval rank honors
In commemorations of the Birkenhead disaster, ranks uphold cherished tradition aboard the British troop ship after the 1852 sinking off Simons Bay. A separate wartime report recalls a submarine nearly striking the stern on March 17 as a torpedo narrowly missed, with the U-boat unseen at voyage’s end.
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Birkenhead
Simons Bay
South Africa
Cape
Atlantic
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