Bolsheviki recapture four cities from British ship HMS London
Bolshevik troops recapture Nikolayev Kherson and Znamanka northeast of Odessa after a bloody battle in southern Ukraine. The report notes port and naval yards at Nikolayev and considerable warehouse capacity. A Paris dispatch discusses Leon Trotsky's new proposal. Turkish entry into Trebizond is linked to atrocities against Greeks and Armenians. General Korniloff is reportedly surrounded by Bolshevik forces.
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London
Odessa
Moscow
Ukraine
Nikolayev
Kherson
Zmananka
Trebizond
Athena
Black Sea
Korniloff
Reuter
Petrograd
Kornitoff
Don Cossacks
Rostov
Indian Wind River project clause passed in senate action
In Washington on March 27 the wind river reclamation item of 100000 faced renewed opposition as Kendrick’s amendment to restore the appropriation was shot down in the senate committee of the whole. Debate centered on modifying the Indian bill and restoring house appropriations, with strong opposition to such funding at the time and key senators defending the project.
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Washington, D. C
Kendrick
Senate
House
Che
Walwh and Myers
Montana
Ivor Warren
Wyoming
Police report links Jersey City prowler to fatal arson attack
Police said Joe Altman confessed to being responsible for a blaze that killed a man yesterday in Jersey City. He claimed the act was accidental according to authorities.
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Warkhoube
Bourstgur
Joe PO Altman
Jarvier
Jersey City
Laardink
German Wedge Drive Fails as Allied Lines Hold in France
March 7 dispatch reports a failed German effort to split French and British forces in France. Noyon evacuated in good order as French and British troops reaffirm strong positions. Reports of French gunners, Chauny and Montdidier actions, and continued German assaults with stiff Allied resistance amid improving morale and large enemy troop concentrations observed by British airmen.
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France
Noyon
Americans Halt German Attack Northwest of Toul
German assault on the American line northwest of Toul was broken up by American artillery fire. Reports from Amsterdam note counterattacks near La Fère by American troops repulsed the German front, with Allied forces striking heavily at the pivot near La Fère and driving attacks back toward the Oise canal.
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Associated Press
Fpranch
Toul
Amsterdam
la Fere
Vorwaerts
Anne
Oise Canal
Germany's West Front Gamble amid Coal Shortage
Official dispatches reveal Germany’s drive on the western front driven by a coal and fuel crisis. Shortages curb industry and war work. Austrian reserves dwindling. transportation crippled by fuel limits threaten supplies and morale.
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Germany
Mannheim
Upper Rhine
Austria
Streams of Teuton Wounded Go Home
Ambulance trains carrying wounded from the French battle front move through Liege and Namur toward Germany via Ais-la-Chappelle and other locations. The telegraph frontier correspondent reports delays in relief trains and notes a high pace of wounded flowing to rear areas.
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Ametprdam
Liege
Namur
Ais-la- Chappelle
Germany
Namir
Aufferera
French Have Big Reserves In Somme Battles
Paris report says only a few French divisions are engaged while the bulk of the army waits. British reserves arrive as General Maurice notes the situation is less critical than 3 days ago. Fresh attacks expected south of the Somme with reserves near Roye and Noyon.
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Paris
Abrams
London
Maurice
Two Aviators Die in Texas Training Field Crashes
In Wichita Falls American Cadet G O Pranks, 26, of Lydia Ohio, died when his single engine airplane at Call Field plunged nose first and burned. In Port Worth cadet H Wooten, from Montreal, was killed as his airplane crashed at Kver ne field during a British Mylag camp.
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Texas Training Fields
Wichita Falls
Texan
G. O. Pranks
Lydia
Ohio
Call Field
American Camp
Port Worth
Tex
H. Wooten
Royallying Corps
Montreal
Anula
Kverne Field
Hoarded Wheat to Be Seized by U S Government
Washington dispatch reports the U S government will seize wheat withheld from the market to aid the enemy and boost supplies. Officials explained that wheat would be collected and sold in the open market to support wartime needs.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Road Administration
Clemenceau Warns Allies Soon Masters Of Situation
Paris report quotes Premier Clemenceau saying within forty eight hours the Allies will master the situation after returning from the front. He warns the seriousness of the moment while praising Amiens defenses as unlikely to be broken through. Berlin paper claims British saved their heavy artillery.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Amiens
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Rebuilt towns fall to renewed devastation in French fronts
March 27 report describes towns and villages where American workers including Smith College girls Anne Morgan and Elsie de Wolfe funded relief efforts now again suffering renewed destruction. Restoration efforts have been reversed as battles resume, erasing previous recoveries and leaving populations in peril.
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FIDS
Smith College
Anne Morgan
Elsie de Wolfe
Submarines and mines raise British shipping toll in week
LondonMarch 27 Submarines and mines increased the weekly toll on British shipping with the admiralty reporting twenty eight merchantmen sunk in the last week, sixteen of them at or near the bottom.
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Associated Press
London
Admiralty
Bread Rations Cut for French Soldiers
Official advices from Washington report France faces a wheat shortage forcing a reduced bread ration for troops. The Food Administration is working to gather wheat for shipment abroad to ease the shortage.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Food Administration
Allied Reserves to Be Rushed Up for Attacks
Allied reserves are to be hurried to the front as German forces on the Western Front show signs of strain in the ongoing battle around Albert Roye and the Somme. British and French troops hold firm, recapturing ground and repelling assaults while front lines remain fluid along the 50 mile theater.
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Somme
Albert
Hindenburg
von Hindenburg
British Hold Line on Somme Front Amid Counter Attacks
March 27 dispatch reports British forces establishing a firm line on the Somme and Ancre rivers with strong resistance north and south of Albert. French and British reserves are moving into the Koh-Noyon region as German attacks press the front, but Allied lines weather the day with renewed counterstrikes and reported gains at Morlancourt.
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Somme
Ancre
Morlancourt
Chitilly
Proyart
Bray
Arras
Noyon
Mnane
London
Balthy
Somme Anil Avere
Koye-Noyon
War Office
Sinterment
Ashe
Th Lear
Aiaian
LT Os
Albert
Ie Lown
Rush Help Wires Lloyd George to U S
A report from New York notes British Prime Minister Lloyd George urging the United States to send American reinforcements across the Atlantic. Lord Reading reads the message at a dinner honoring the premier, stating the Allies face a war at a critical moment and that German reserves are draining the effort.
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Lloyd George
U.S
New York
Maren
Davids Dayn Toorge
United States
Lord Reading
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Peess
Leonard Wood
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