Verdun Entangled as German Army Advances and Forts Threaten
Paris dispatch reports the German forces entangling Verdun and threatening forts as two thirds of a defensive line fall. Four villages seized and over three thousand French officers and men captured. Turks drive off Russian warships. French retake Champagne trench east of Maissons de Champagne with prisoners. Verdun’s northern front holds after a night of violent artillery bombardment.
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Champagne
Maissons de Champagne
Verdun
Paris War Office
German Ambassador Seeks Afternoon Conference in Washington
German Ambassador Von Bernstorff requested a meeting with Secretary Lansing this afternoon, a surprise since tomorrow is the regular diplomatic day. War briefings say the conference aims to discuss developments near Verdun and Meuse with limited official detail. experts note French artillery reinforcements offset German bombardments.
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Int'l News Service
Washington, D. C
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Lansing Fins
Puzzle Prize Letter Hunt At Universal Pictures
A reader puzzle invites solving a letter selection from names like King Baggott to spell a sentence about gaiety. The note promises $2.50 to the first correct solver who leaves the answer at the office by next Tuesday and notifies a disinterested party will receive the solution.
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Universal Pictures
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Turkish Ambassador to Resign Post
Ambassador Morganthau plans to resign as Turkish envoy. He will offer his resignation if the president believes he can better serve the administration in Washington.
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Intl News Service
Washington
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Turkey
America
Lent and Fashion Tie Into Modern Observance
The piece notes Ash Wednesday signals Lent, yet many Catholics and youths treat it as a season of fashion and social activity. It observes shifts from strict fasting to dispensations, cites science and theology on fasting, and contrasts historic piety with contemporary focus on spring clothing and millinery.
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Actors from the Jungle and Hearts that are Human at the Gaiety
Universal City hosts a wild animal feature titled Actors from the Jungle with nearly a hundred beasts led by a frail trainer. The film blends danger and education as scenes show ferocious fights and trainer peril. Also shown is Hearts that are Human in three acts, praised for its usual strong cast.
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Laemmle
Universal
Ady
Steel Firms Indicted by Ohio Grand Jury
In Youngstown Ohio on March 8 the United States Steel Corporation and five other steel companies were indicted by the county grand jury.
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Ohio
Pac
Int'l News Service
Youngstown
United States Steel Corporation
Elko County to Install White Engine Fire Equipment
County Commissioners as Town Board of Elko decide on a White fire engine with 750 gallon chemical tank and 150 feet of hose. They aim to meet Board of Underwriters requirements to reduce insurance by about twelve percent and plan an adjacent fire alarm system. The move follows years of debate and a mass meeting favoring upgraded protection. Indictments relate to conspiring over wages and iron and steel prices in Maponing Valley after January riots.
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Nevada Advertising Drive Aims to Boost State Growth
Wantland of the Southern Pacific lands department arrives in Reno to map a statewide campaign. He promotes Nevada lands as cheap yet productive, cites clover seed and alfalfa potential, and predicts rapid growth with 200000 residents by 1920. Accompanied by John C. Martin, the team plans half a million folders for distribution statewide.
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Southern Pacific Company
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Nevada
United States
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Idaho
Reno
Colorado
Dean Scrugham
Tahoe
Steamboat Springs
Wantland
California
John C. Martin
Southern Pacific
Middle Weath
Carlin Road Right of Way Settled with J W Puett
At the County Highway Board meeting, J W Puett of Carlin agreed to a right of way for a road through his land east of Carlin. The long contentious project is now settled amicably and to the satisfaction of all parties. Puett's liberal action is commended.
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Carlin
Puett
Striking Export Gains Amid December Trade Surge
United States export trade in December showed sharp gains across key goods. Explosives exports rose from 2.2 million to 46.1 million dollars, iron and steel manufactures from 14 million to 45.8 million, copper and brass up over double, copper products from 7.1 million to 18 million, and brass products from 0.9 million to 9 million.
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Gy Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
United States
E. E. Pratt
Sam
Commissioners settle on engine meeting Underwriters’ standards
A difference of opinion over suitable apparatus ended when the commissioners ordered an engine that passes Underwriters’ requirements. The engine will cost $8000 and is to be delivered on or about April 1.
Teuton memorandum on armed merchant ships crisis
Ambassador Von Bernstorff presented a lengthy memorandum to Secretary Lansing outlining Germanys position in the armed merchantman dispute. It states Germany would operate submarines under prewar international law if Britain guarantees not to violate those laws, while noting submarines are a new weapon not fully covered by existing rules.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington, D. C
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Lansing
Germany
Great Britain
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