Germans Seize Odessa As War Spreads Across Front
Berlin reports German troops have entered Odessa giving access to wheat stores and potential routes to Persia and India. The move follows Entente pressure from the North Sea to Switzerland while Soviet congress in Moscow delays its meeting to Thursday amid peace talks with Bolshevik delegates. American actions in Lorraine and Croat artillery raids intensify the fight on the French front.
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Germany to Make Peace Plea Before Drive Opens
Washington reports a new German peace maneuver on German terms may be offered before the drive. It seeks to retain the founder in the near east while Germany yields in the west, aiming to rally pacifists but facing allied resolve and U S opposition. President Wilson pledges aid to free Russia from Teuton rule. Samuel Gompers cables Russia urging resistance.
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Liberty Motors Pass New Test for Seaplane Fleet
America's first fighting seaplane fitted with Liberty motors has been tried and accepted. The craft are being delivered to the naval air service as the vanguard of a larger anti submarine fleet. A Bristol model army fighter is entering production and a second two seater type is being manufactured. Details of construction remain unpublished. The Liberty powered seaplanes use about 700 horsepower per ship, exceeding British equivalents in power and expected performance.
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Naval Air Service
Pandy Dress for Men Declared Taboo by Clothiers
Denver March 13 A closing session of the Colorado Retail Morhing Dealers association heard dealers condemn pandy dress for men. Fred F. Hassell of Colorado Springs warned that government urged a patent fashion for clothing. Long on staples yet weak on fancy goods was the dealers’ verdict.
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End Meatless Days Prediction Hurried by Meat Trade Leader
EAST LAS VEGAS N M March 13 Meatless days soon may end says T W Tomlinson of Denver secretary of the American National Live stock operation addressing the annual convention of cattle and horse growers He recently returned from Washington where he conferred with Food Director Hoover and other officials He said enough meat transport to France will keep the troops supplied through the war
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Las Vegas
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T. W. Tomlinson
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American National Livestock Aperation
Washington
Hoover
Urge Oil Land Control by U S Martine Kelly Marsh Tell House
Washington March 13 Former U S Senator James E F Martine of New Jersey with Representatives Si Kelly and Benjamin Marsh urged legislation granting the president power to seize coal oil iron timber lands and water power and to sell produced goods at cost before the House Interstate Commerce Committee today.
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House Interstate Commerce Committee
United States
James EF. Martine
New Jersey
Kelly
Benjamin
Marsh
Towns Menaced by Big Floods
South Central West Virginia including Charleston and Huntington faces what may be the worst flood since 1841 after 24 hours of rain. All streams overflowed and landslides across the mountains have paralyzed railroad traffic.
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British Gain 3 Miles in Drive on Palestine Front
London reports that on an eleven mile coastal front in Palestine British and Indian forces pushed forward to an average depth of about three miles. An official War Office statement released tonight details the advance amid ongoing fighting.
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War Office
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Cyclone Ravages North Queensland Villages
A Sydney cable reported a cyclone hit North Queensland on Monday destroying villages in Babinga Herberton Mount Garnet Cardwell and Cairns. Casualties are heavy with no precise toll yet due to disrupted telephone and telegraph lines. extensive suffering reported in the districts between Cairns and Babinga.
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Bahbinga
General Wood Asked to Testify on War Zone Trip
The senate military committee issued a request that Major General Wood appear before it to relate his tour of inspection at the western battle front. The panel aims to question divisional commanders who have visited the fighting line about conditions in Europe and at their home camps.
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Senate Military Committee
War Department
Wood
Western Battle Front
Europe
Allies to Change Pact with Dutch Allies to Change Pact with Dutch
The Hague March 13 The foreign minister Dr London presented to the state general a note on negotiations for an economic arrangement with the allies He said allied governments may withdraw their promise to exempt vessels in the danger zone The note says America will supply 100000 tons of wheat to Helland if Holland provides half a million tons of shipping as if an agreement already existed.
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Rumania Under Huns Pressure As Americans Flee
American Minister Vopicka reported to the state department that Romania faces harsh persecution despite peace terms. Frontier adjustments are being formed under specified boundary clauses as American missions move from Jassy to Odessa with safe conduct from the Romanian king.
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Vopicka
Jassy
State Department
Jussy
Odessa
156 Die in Army Camps in Week
Deaths among U S regular army national guard and national army totaled 156 in the week ending March 8 with an increase of three. Pneumonia caused 71 deaths. The regular army reported 60 fatalities, the national army 54 and the national guard 42. The field sanitation report states troop health remains frankly unsatisfactory.
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National Guard
National Army
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Workless Days Proposed to Aid Farmers in Harvest
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Ousley told the Senate Agriculture Committee a statewide workless period of fifteen days during harvest could mobilize nonessential industries to send workers to farms. He urged a broad shutdown by businesses and cities, noting it should be state and city action, not federal, and that nonconsecutive days could suffice to relieve labor shortages.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture
Ger Laia
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Rail Control Bill Passed by Senate
The Senate approved the administration’s railroad control bill after rejecting a state tax limitation provision. The measure, 47 to 8, now goes to the House for final action likely tomorrow. Several Republican and Democratic senators supported the report in voting.
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Americans Spoil Foes Gas Attack in France Raid
Allied reports say American forces northwest of Toul raided German lines Monday night, breaking into the second line, with many German dead and few prisoners taken. American pioneers cleared dugouts as artillery obliterated 200 gas projectors, replacing the earlier 75 in the last attack. new plans foresee a larger assault.
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War Department Casualty List Reports Losses
Today's casualty list from the War Department records six men killed in action three dead of wounds seven dead of disease two wounded severely and eleven slightly wounded The only officer reported is Captain Archibald Roosevelt who was slightly wounded.
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Admiralty Losses Reported in Last Week
London report shows the loss by mine or submarine of eighteen merchantmen and one fishing vessel. Fifteen of the ships exceeded 1600 tons in tonnage, with other vessels smaller than that.
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Smoot's Son Commissioned as First Lieutenant in Aviation
Washington March 14 The war department announces the appointment of Marold Reed Smoot son of Senator Smoot of Utah as a first lieutenant in the aviation section signal reserve corps He is the wireless service officer in the air.
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War Department
Escs Coast Raid at London Reported
A terse South Coast item notes an east coast raid near London with unclear details and fragmented phrases. The report references Pagal Coavigelot and Mareh b-lhosiih Hirshiyo in a detached context, leaving the incident specifics vague.
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German plan eyed against Russian fleet in Baltic report
Copenhagen dispatch reports German operations against the Russian fleet in the Baltic Sea are possible. A larger squadron is believed in Finnish waters. Some Russian ships were at Vilnius? and others off Petrograd, with exact movements uncertain.
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German bombardment and raids report in World War I
From London dated March 17 the war office describes heavy German shelling near Messines Loos Paschendaele and Cambria. A British raid near Long penetrated German trenches and took prisoners. Armentieres on the Franco Belgian frontier saw a strong British raid with several soldiers missing.
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Messines
Loos Paschensdaele
Cambria
War Office
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Ciwmnoane
Sailors Die in Shell Explosion Aboard S85 Von Steuben
The Navy Department announced a shell explosion on the S85 Von Steuben during loading that killed three men. Details of how the blast occurred were not disclosed.
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Washington
Mareta
Nivy Department
Argentina May Enter War If Hun Sinks More Ships
Reports from Buenos Aires quote Chilean correspondent Julio Keane predicting Argentina would join any war against Germany if U boats sink more ships. The piece cites public opinion leaning against war, with President Trike and other officials defending a cautious stance amid German defeats and shifting European tensions.
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Manel
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Brandan
Trike
Bolshevik Ship Crew Mutinies in U S Harbor
In Norfolk Virginia on March 13 sailors from the Russian decamer Omsk paroled by federal authorities armed themselves and tried to seize the ship. Police arrested forty nine sailors after immigration authorities refused custody. crew demanded Bolshevik style governance with the captain deposed.
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Roosevelt's Son Wounded in Action in France
Archibald Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, was wounded in action in France according to a cable from New York. Captain Archie Roosevelt was said to have been decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French government for gallantry.
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England to Raise Workers' Rations
London reports food controller Suwreh announced plans to boost rations for workers in hard physical labor by 60 percent and double the ordinary rate for the most strenuous work. Wheat prospects remain uncertain, but authorities promise continued provisioning and price controls.
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