Verdun Fort Dismantling and German Losses Reported
Berlin papers say French dismantle Verdun forts and move ordnance rearward as German advance continues. Reported German losses total about 45,000 with regiments formed from remnants. waterways of wounded moving to rear. Dutch and Swiss dispatches note a main German attack planned at Noyon, about 60 miles northeast of Paris.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Berlin
Amsterdam
Vandias
Noyon
Rome
St. Quentin
Ainse
Paris
War Office
Douaumont
Woevre
Manheulles
Lorraine
Twenty-Eight Tonopah Residents Drowned in Adriatic Mine Disaster
Deferred news from the Adriatic reports 28 Tonopah men drowned when their ship the Brindisi struck a mine en route to Montenegro. Andy Kissin, a survivor, describes two hours afloat, German aircraft overhead, lifeboats arriving, and rescue by Servian and Montenegrin Red Cross nurses. Of 286 aboard, 141 were saved. many Tonopah families mourn.
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Tonopah
Andy Kissin
Montenegro
Brindisi
Adriatic
L. Pantovich
Red Cross
Cettinje
Administration Faces Grave Dilemma Over Submarine Policy
Washington dispatch reports Germany to launch new submarine campaign at midnight while Britain denies orders to attack submarines on sight. Cabinet in session as Lansing signals unwarned attacks on armed allied merchantmen could force U.S. decisive action. Also, Albert Knight jailed six months for frightening a girl. judge criticizes degenerates.
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Int'l
Washington, D. C
Germany
Great Britain
Lansing
United States
Albert Knight
Castle
Knight
Senate panel urged to expand aviation corps forces
By Pac and Int'l News Service. Washington February 29. It is understood the Senate committee on Military affairs will recommend extensive additions and improvements in the personnel and equipment of the aviation corps without waiting to definitively determine charges of inefficiency against the present organization. The corps is poorly equipped.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Hames Calendar Proposes 13 Months of 28 Days
A leading proposal by Rev H P Hames would reform the calendar into 13 months of 28 days each, with one annual holiday and an extra leap day every four years. Easter would fall on April 22 each year, and numerous public holidays would shift to fixed weekdays, affecting observances and commemorations nationwide.
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Cerer Nationsty Congress
H. P. Hames
America
Washington
New York
Hames
Lincoln
Le Provence Sunk By Submarine In Mediterranean
Paris reports the Le Provence the largest French liner torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean last Saturday. Dispatches claim about 1000 lives, official note mentions no casualties. 296 survivors landed at Malta and 574 reached Milo. Built 1905, 19200 tons, 1604 passengers, 300 crew, 624 feet long, 66 feet beam, 22.5 knots.
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Int'l News Service
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Mediterranean
Malta
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le Province
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