German Forces Renew Attacks as Bolsheviki Push Holy War
International items report German forces south of Petrograd renewing attacks around Orsha amid reinforced units. Bolsheviki leaders renew demands for a holy war against invaders while Russia braces to defend Petrograd and Moscow. Embassy and consulate movements shift to Vologda. French and British dispatches note Romania insisting on acceptable peace terms and possible early negotiations. China and Japan may deploy troops to counter German moves in the Far East.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Orsha
Moscow
London
China
Japan
Far East
Morning Post
Farmers to Hear Splendid Program at Court House
County demonstration agents from thirteen North Alabama counties present a full day program at the courthouse with government experts from Washington and Auburn. The schedule lists hog markets, nitrogen sources, fertilizer policies, peanut and bean culture, and discussions led by state and district agents to boost North Alabama agriculture in 1918.
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Court House
Washington
Auburn
Wade
J. J. Watson
Ala
Geo. S
Empleton
Fred Stewart
Limestone County
North
Alabama
J. C. Ford
J. A. Wade
Commissioner of Agriculture
C. M. Mauldin
E. S. Pace
J. T. Watt
North Alabama
J. D. Wood
Franklin County
M. H. Pearson
E. R. Jamieson
Hale County
C. L. Hollingsworth
Lauderdale County
R. Mangrum
Office of State Food Administrator
Montgomery
J.F. Duggar
Extension Service
Decatur City Hall
L. L. Gilbert
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Albany Board of Commerce Meeting Aims for Large Turnout
Brunswick stew will headline a membership meeting at the Albany Board of Commerce in its new quarters. H. T. Henley, new secretary, will be formally introduced. President Otto Moebes expects many attendees and extends an invitation to old and prospective members. stew served as late as 10 o clock due to pay day.
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Brunswick
Commerce Board
New Quarters
Albany Board of Commerce
Colonial Club
H. T. Henley
Otto Moebes
Photographer Nearly Blinded by Flash Powder Explosion
Sullivan a well known local photographer was seriously injured when powder used to wake a flashlight photo at the YMCA exploded. His eyelashes and eyebrows burned part of his hair singed and his arms blistered to the elbows. He was led to a drug store for treatment and credits heavy glasses with saving his eyesight. The powder was of the kind used in flash photography.
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Sullivan
Big Bunches of Men Appearing Before District Medical Board
Daily arrivals of men to appear before the district medical board for examination after appeals by the government. Many were deemed physically unfit by county examiners. 26 from Florence scheduled March 5 and 30 from Colbert county yesterday. Government covers costs. board fears upcoming workload surge. Dr. F. P. Pettey, chairman, was at Atlanta for instructions. no report yet on the cases.
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District Medical Board
Florence
Colbert County
F. P. Pettey
Atlanta
Four Score Men in Hospital From Gas Poisoning
With American forces in France on March 1, a German assault on the Chemin des Dames failed after heavy shell bursts. Four gas-poisoning cases emerged from the Tuesday attack, with over four score men in hospital and six reported dead. On Monday German fire caused nine US casualties.
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Fuesday
British Forces Launch Strong Attacks in West Flanders
British troops attacked in the Houthoulst forest sector of West Flanders and penetrated German lines to about 1209 yards. Near Gonnileu on the Cambrai front they entered a German trench and inflicted severe losses, according to the war offices.
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International News Service
London
Houthoulst Forest
West Flanders
Irr
Gonnileu
Cambrai
Garfield's Order Remains Mystery in War Effort
Washington says the true reason for suspending industry under Dr Garfield’s drastic order will be known only after the war ends. Officials say withholding enforcement for five days, as senators requested, was impossible given the government’s position. The administration answered criticism from Senators Reed and Lodge in the house this afternoon through Representative Rainey of Illinois.
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International News Service
Washington
Garfield
Senate
Reed and
Lodge
Rainey
Minois
Grandstand Collapse Kills Hundreds at Hong Kong Racecourse
A Hong Kong dispatch reports seven hundred people died and three hundred were injured when a grandstand collapsed at the Hong Kong racecourse on Tuesday. The casualties include an American among the dead.
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International News Service
London
Hong Kong
Ten Meet Death In Mine Accident in New Mexico
Ten men are reported killed and many entombed after a mine explosion near San Antonio New Mexico. The incident occurred in the San Antonio mine and the cause remains under investigation as rescue teams work to reach survivors.
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International News Service
Denver
San Antonio
N. M
Patterson Speaks Sunday Night at Masonic Theatre Albany
Former Tennessee governor Malcolm R. Patterson, a leading temperance advocate, will lecture twice in Albany this Sunday. He speaks at 11:00 a.m. at Ninth Street Methodist Church and again at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Theatre on The Mind of a Nation.
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Albany
Ninth Street
Methodist Church
Masonic Theatre
Patterson
Twin Cities
Somerville
Josiah Patterson
Memphis
Tenn
Edward Ward Cormack
Tennessee
Lieut Harkreader Receives Rank Promotion and Transfer
John R. Harkreader of the regular army is promoted from second to first lieutenant of cavalry and transferred to Indio Texas. He enlisted five years ago and rose from private to first lieutenant through sergeant and corporal. He has served on the border with the Eighth Cavalry and fought in campaigns against Mexico. He has written war verse for border army publications.
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John R. Harkreader
Regular Army
H. D. Harkreader
Indio
Texas
Ijieutenant Harkreader
Eighth Cavalry
Mexico
Harkreader
Border Army Publications
Selectmen Call For Physical Examinations Of Class One Men
A list specifies March examination for numerous Class One men led by Jacob Gray and James A. Polk with many others including Ernest F. Mittwede Thomas Sanders Omer Roan Houston Robinson J. Garland McClanahan Grover Eaton Osmond Garner Felix Sams Edgar Johnson Frank Fennell Charlie Hollingsworth Thomas McDonald Levi Burns Eugene Brown Omer Tidwell Henry C. Lawrence Thomas Parker J. Raymond Burns Thomas P. Tuton Alvin J. Prince Freddie Johnson John Boyd William Fricke James Woodrough Floyd Herbert Donnie Sharp Robert Young Joseph A. McGee Eddie Mainard Robert Criscoe and others.
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Osmond Garner
Felix A. Sams
Edgar Johnson
Frank Fennell
Charlie Hollingsworth
Thomas N. McDonald
Levi Burns
Eugine Brown
Omer Tidwell
Henry C. Lawrence
Thomas Parker
J. Raymond Burns
Thomas P. Tuton
Alvin J. Prince
Freddie Johnson
John Boyd
William F. Fricke
James Woodrough
Floyd Herbert
Donnie Sharp
Robert N. Young
Joseph A. McGee
Eddie B. Mainard
Robert O. Criscoe
Gen March Arrives in U S for Army Chief of Staff Role
Gen Peyton V. March arrives from France at an Atlantic port and is greeted as the United States appoints him as chief of staff. He expresses strong support for American forces while praising their performance in combat.
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International News Service
Atlantic
United States
Peyton V. March
United States Army
France
March
America
Orange
Washington weighs sending troops amid war aims talks
Washington anxiously awaits authoritative word from Kent Wilson on war aims as reports circulate of possible troop deployment from the Philippines Hawaii and west to aid Russia in Siberia, with Japan coordinating actions and Entente powers seeking Pacific safeguards amid a volatile global balance.
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Washington
International
Kent Wilson
Bowe
Philipp
Hawaii
Siberia
Vladivostok
Sibert
Pean
Entente
Pacific
America
Japan
Sui
Dallah
Britain
France
United States
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Francis
Red Cross
Vologda
Edward Sisson
Committee On Public Information
Tredwell
State Department
Internatiaget News Service
Maret 1
Roumantia
Jassy
Times
Berlin
von Kuehlman
Count €Zernin
Lansing
Wilson
Pan
Sberia
Terest
Tird Row
Edly
Mr. Sullivan
Chemin Des Dames
Ing
Paterson Spears
Tennes
Malcolm R. Patterson
Gover
Lieut. Harkreader
Jacob Gray
Ernest F. Mittwede
Thomas Sanders
Percy W. Winton
Army Goodwin
Soldieron
Albert H. Hamilton
Omer Roan
Houston Robinson
H. Gordon Nelson
J. Garland McClanahan
James A. Polk
Stephen L. Parker
William J. Cobb
Herbert Patterson
Grover A. Eaton
Congressional
White House
Germany
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