Germans Renew Drive Across Somme Front in World War I Action
British and French fronts report heavy German attacks south of the Somme with gains near Hamel Bois de Vaire and the Luce Avre angle. Haig notes initial gains on left and repulsed assaults elsewhere, Canadian cavalry distinguished itself, and French trenches near Montdidier and Verdun sectors saw violent artillery fighting.
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Home
Bois de Vaire
Luce
Avre
London
Somme
British War Office
Hamel
Haig
Marshal Haig
France
Albert
Wake Wood
Hebuterne
Menin Road
Passchendaele
Berlin
Moreuil
Verdun
Parroy Wood
Paris
Montdidier
Reims
Champagne
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
St. Die
Cadet T J Jennings Dies From Plane Crash Injuries
Fort Worth Texas reports cadet T J Jennings of the royal flying corps died in a hospital from injuries after an airplane crash on March 28 at Benbrook wing of Taliaferra field. An instructor in the plane survived. Jennings’ home was in Toronto.
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Fort Worth
Tex
T. J. Jennings
Royal Flying Corps
Benbrook Wing
Taliaferra Field
Jennings
Toronto
British Forces Pressed Back Near Amiens Front
British troops on the western front have fallen back a short distance east of Amiens to positions east of Villers Brettonneaux as German forces throw large bodies into attacks between Luce and the Somme. Central powers concentrate near Albert and in the Scarpe valley while British artillery keeps them under heavy fire.
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London
Amiens
Villers Brettonneux
Luce
Somme
Saults
Albert
Scarpe Valley
Penalty Extended for War Material Sabotage and Interference
Washington reports a conference agreement on a bill imposing up to thirty years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine for acts injuring or sabotaging war materials and utilities. The measure covers weapons, rails, power lines, canals, vessels and other items aiding the war effort with extra penalties for willful defective materials. It allows workers to strike only for bona fide wage or condition improvements.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Department of Justice
President Signs Third Liberty Loan Bill to Fund War Effort
President Wilson signed the third Liberty loan bill as Congress completed action. Bonds mature September 15, 1928 and bear 4.14 percent interest from May 9 with semiannual coupons. Subscriptions may pay in full or via installments, with bonds deliverable May 9 and taxes unchanged. The loan totals 3 billion dollars, with oversubscription rights and nonconvertible, noncallable bonds.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Marshall
Senate
White House
Treasury Department
Treasury
United States
Fire devastates West Bottoms as two cities fight blaze
A massive fire in Kansas City's West Bottoms destroyed warehouses and wholesale buildings with an $8 million loss. Firefighters from Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas battled a northeast gale using dynamite to halt the spread. Investigators blame incendiary origin and spies, tracing flames from the Ridenour Baker Grocery and Abernathy Furniture buildings.
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Kansas City
West Bottoms
Kan
Ridenour- Baker Grocery Company
Abernathy Furniture Company
Ridenour-Baker
Fierce struggle north of Montdidier continues amid heavy fighting
Paris reports the battle north of Montdidier remains intense with heavy German attacks repelled. Eleven German divisions identified by prisoners. French forces claim gains at Epirette wood north of Orvillers-Sorel and St. Aignan farm southeast of Grivesnes.
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Montdidier
Paris
French War Office
Ajectives
Teutons
Miens
Clermont
Epirette Wood
Orvillers-Sorel
Allinson Ordered to Report for Entrainment to Camp Grant
Brent Dow Allinson, a noted pacifist, was ordered by Chicago exemption board No. 44 to report for military entrainment to Camp Grant. His father, Thomas W. Allinson, leads the Henry Booth Settlement House, drawing nationwide attention. President Wilson’s noncombatant service option has not been adopted by the boards.
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Chicago
Brent Dow Allinson
Camp Grant
Allinson
Thomas W. Allinson
Henry Booth Settlement House
Wilson
Illness in Ex czar Family and Ration Plea
Petrograd reports several members of the former imperial Russian family at Tobolsk are ill. The Red Cross asks the Bolshevik government to grant the Romanoffs ordinary soldier rations and an 800 ruble monthly allowance. Czarist income and local Soviet actions are noted in the dispatch.
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Petrograd
Tobolsk
Red Cross
Nicholas Romanoff
Romanoff
Czer
Vologda
Germans to Fight Finns at Hango Coast
German transport ships bring 40 000 troops to Hango Finland southeast of Helsingfors with 800 artillery pieces and 2 000 machine guns. Belgian minister to Russia M D Hstrees is reported wounded by white guards while trying to reach rebel lines.
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Petrograd
Hango
Finland
Helsingfors
Bolsheviki Commissary
M. D’hstrees
Russia
London
Berlin
Sasnitz
Central News
Copenhagen
Indiana Flyer Killed in Ellington Field Crash
Lieuts. Carl KE Ekstrand of Brooklyn New York and Russell H Ewiggins of Waynetown Indiana were killed in an aviation accident at Ellington field Houston. They were aboard the same aircraft.
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Houston, Tex
Carl KE. Ekstrand
Brooklyn
N. Y
Russell H. Ewiggins
Waynetown
Ind
Ellington Field
Frontier Closure Forecasts Troop Movements
Zurich reports the German-Swiss frontier will close Friday. Past closings at the frontier have signaled possible troop movements in the region.
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Zurich
Peace Only by Alliss Victory Speech in New York
Lord Aberdeen former governor general of Canada and lord lieutenant of Ireland spoke in New York declaring peace can be achieved only by a victory for the allies.
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New York
Lord Aberdeen
Canada
Ireland
U S Guard Found Dead With Question On Cause
James King night watchman for the committee on public information was found dead with a non firing pistol. Officials suspected murder though police ruled papers likely not the motive. Authorities examined the scene for war secret papers.
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Washington
James King
Committee On Public Information
King
Secretary Baker Arrives in Paris After Rome Trip
Secretary Baker arrives in Paris after completing a visit to Rome and the Italian front. He traveled from Rome to Paris and is expected to confer with Allied leaders on war strategy.
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Baker
Paris
Rome
British Shipping Losses Fall in Week Says Admiralty
London reports a sharp drop in shipping losses with only six merchant ships of 1000 tons plus and seven under that tonnage sunk in the week ending March 30. Five fishing vessels were also lost.
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London
Admiralty
Botton
Second Camp Funston Named Near Manila
Washington April 5 a second army camp has been named in honor of the late Maj Gen Frederick Funston The latest Camp Funston is at Luneta Ful near Manila in the Philippine department The original training post bearing this name remains at Fort Riley Kan where the Eighty ninth and Ninety second National army divisions are in training.
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Washington
Frederick Funston
Funston
Luneta Ful
Manila
Philippine Department
Fort Riley
Kan
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Charles McKinley Saltzman
United States Air Service
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Leter
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M. Cox
Uncle Sam
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Marshall and Clark
Banks
St. Aignan
Grivesnes
Castel
Arriere Courwood
Mailly Rameval
Kiev
Kokand
Turkestan
Moscow
Indiana Flyer
R. H. Ewiggins
Lieut
C. E. Ekstrand
Brookklyn
Texas
Frontier
U.S
Philippines
Kansas
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