Germans Begin New Offensive Near Arras Ypres
Allied fronts report German thrusts between Arras and Ypres with heavy fighting along the Lys river. British and Portuguese troops fall back and counterattacks recover prisoners as French forces repel German efforts near Thingardent and Noyon. Mutinous incidents unfold among German troops before deployment to the French line.
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Arras
Ypres
Lys
Armentiers
Armentieres
Givenchy
Ure
Bethune
Clarence River
London
Foit
Labasse Canal
Fierre
Laen
Lye
Arorsvilte
Helaires
Dac St. Maur
Armentivres
Ypres Comines Canal
Thita
Paris
Thingardent Santerre
War Office
Senator Stone Struck by Paralysis in Distant Washington
Washington April 1. Senator Stone chairman of the foreign affairs committee was stricken with paralysis today while riding a street car. He was taken to his home and his condition is listed as dangerous. A corps of physicians is at his bedside and efforts to check the disease are underway. Overwork is thought to have contributed to his illness.
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Washington
Senator Stone
Retae
Bumbnliier
Town Talk and Local Incidents Reported
A jumble of town notes describes a shower, a fashionable downturn, a private meeting, and a series of minor accidents. Reports include a car accident near Krent with injuries but no serious harm, a telegraph mishap, and residents aiding others. Sheriff Wares and local figures are mentioned in passing.
Caine seeks new courthouse flag in Elko 1918 letter
Elko Nevada April 9 1918 W E Caine asks J H Jones chairman of the Board of County Commissioners to replace the tattered courthouse flag. He urges spending to maintain a worthy flag and proposes a dedicated helper to raise and lower it, noting flag display times.
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Elko
Nevada
H. J. Jones
Board of County Commissioners
Megakit
Red Cross Drive And Dressings Day In Red Cross Room
Tuesday's session under J C Harris and Mrs H Castle saw extensive gauze dressings finished and inspected by Mrs Ennor Mrs Ely led hospital garments folding packing. The Gold Circle branch and various schools submitted shipments while the chapter plans a drive for jams jellies prunes raisins chocolates church candies tobacco soap games for soldiers.
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Red Cross
J.C. Harris
H. A. Castle
Ennor
Ely
Simonsen
Gold Circle
Midas
Ned Cross
Humboldt School
Lamou
J. Welty
J. FE. Sexton
de Armond
Cantwell
Middleton
Eby
Jackson
Weston
J. Henderson
L. O. Henderson
Knopf
Hay
Levery
Hirnee
Smith
Ennor Carroll
Wheeler
Schmidt
Dorsey
Misses Simonsen
Russell
N. J. Welty
Strict Wheat Rules Enforced by Elko County Food Admin
Elko County residents and merchants must relocate all wheat except seed for sowing to millers by May 1. A signed on-hand inventory of wheat and flour products is required from all, with a strict six pounds per person per month limit on wheat products and a three pounds per person per month limit on sugar. Bread falls under wheat products and will be monitored to enforce the limits. Violation leads to prosecution under federal food administration powers. For details call the courthouse at 4611. Frank Middleton is the Elko County Food Administrator.
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Elko County
Federal Food Administrator
Frank Middleton
Alaskans Say Daylight Saving Not Worrying
In Washington a Anchorage resident G B Cullen says Alaskans are unconcerned with daylight saving. He cites a June 21 start of a baseball game at 9 PM and notes residents can work sixteen hours daily in summer darkness.
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S Battle
Wash
Alaska
Cullen
Anchorage
Senate panel finds air program gravely disappointing
The Senate military committee on April 10 described the government airplane program as gravely disappointing and urged drastic reorganization of production. Officers are charged with misrepresentation and misleading the public with procrastination and indecision. A one-man control plan is proposed and production work would be moved away from the signal corps.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Publc
Signal Corps
Jacob Jones Survivors Wear Kid Glove Vests
Eighteen survivors of the United States destroyer Jacob Jones, torpedoed in the North Sea, are in Seattle and at Puget Sound Naval Station wearing new kid glove vests. The vests, a gift from the national league for women's service, are made from cast-off kid gloves sewn together.
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Seattle
Wash
Jacob Jones
North Sea
Puget Sound Naval Station
National League For Women's Service
Marines Hit Baseball To Slam The Kaiser In Cleveland
In Cleveland on April 10 Marine recruits and recruiters keep in shape by daily baseball practice and roof top catch at the federal building as part of morale and fitness efforts during wartime.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Marine Corps
Kaiser
Federal
Memphis Baker Plans Pro German Campaign
Memphis Tenn April 10 Peter A Andreason a German subject who worked as a baker in Memphis boasted of a scheme to poison thousands of loaves burn buildings and flee to Mexico to receive a German government bonus for destruction. Government agents learned of the plot and he faces internment until after the war.
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Memphis
Tenn
Peter A. Andreason
Mexico
Andreason
America
Siberian Soviets Protest Against Japanese Troops
A Siberian Soviet committee sent a formal protest to the Japanese consul in Vladivostok denying that Japanese forces in Vladivostok are in danger. The protest disputes reports of a threat, asserting peaceful intents and representing all Siberian Soviets from Moscow.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Vladivostok
Invents Flying Torpedo at Fairmont West Virginia
Thomas G Aultman a local mechanic has developed a wireless controlled flying torpedo capable of being dropped at any target. The device uses a gasoline engine and can lift 1200 pounds. It aims to counter the German seventy five mile gun and is tested for long distance deployment.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Thomas G. Aultman
Casualties Mark Dark Wa r War Honor Roll Additions
Washington April 10 Two hundred eighty three names added to America's Honor Roll in today casualty list. Described as the darkest batch since entry into the war, noting that all listed men died while fighting with allied troops.
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Washington
America
United States
Batte
Lovely Spot in Ireland Has New Meaning
Free man Chilton, a Portland native aboard the ill fated Tuscania, writes his sister that the song There’s a Lovely Spot in Ireland gains new meaning for him. He recalls the moment of landfall after the ship’s sinking and says the spot in Ireland is lovely despite others’ perceptions.
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Ireland
Portland
Ore
Home Guard trip to Metropolis with band and families
The Home Guard plans a Friday departure to Metropolis with all members and their families, autos provided, leaving about 3 30 p m via Deeth. An evening social and buffet will be held at the Metropolis hotel, followed by dancing. Elko residents return the same night. Mrs May, sister of Mrs J A McBride, left for home this morning after visiting. her two sons and husband serve with allied troops and she aids war work. a third son was denied army admission.
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Metropolis
Elko
May
J. A. McBride
Tibe
Lawyer Keenan Disbarred for Alleged German Utterances
ELKINS West Virginia April 10 L H Keenan fifty four a lawyer had been disbarred for alleged pro German utterances Keenan was given a coat of tar and feathers by his townspeople in January.
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Elkins
W. Va
L. H. Keenan
Keenan
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