Foch says Germans won't break through in war stance
Chicago report cites General Foch stating the German offensive will fail at Marne Yser Ypres Verdun and other targets. He notes Allied guns and air power stronger and masks useless against fear of new gases. Mary van Kleeck to head women workers housing and munition plant dining huts planned.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald
Paris
General Foch
Boulevard Invalides
Marne
Lassigny
Arras
Yser
Ypres
Verdun
Koch
Foch
Mary van Kleeck
War Department
Uncle Sam
Lost U boat Chaser Safe
Navy reports a 110 foot submarine chaser with a French crew arrived at a European port after being missing since January 15. Separated from its escort in a fierce gale, engines failed and the crew improvised sails from bed covers and voyageed for 89 days.
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Washington, Ed
Navy Department
Europe
World coal record broken in Ameri can mine
Vincennes Indiana February 27 The world eight hour coal production record was broken when the American mine in this county hoisted 6011 tons surpassing the Illinois record.
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Indiana
Vincennes
Ind
Illinois
Naval Tug Cherokee Founders in Gale Off Delaware Capes
The naval tug Cherokee foundered in a gale off the Delaware Capes. Thirty members of the crew are reported missing.
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Washington
Cherokee
Delaware Capes
Swift Packers Labor Quietly Expanded Negro Staff in 1918
Letters reveal Swift & Co and related firms increased Black labor during 1916 to 1918 while funding salaries through the food administration. Figures show Armour 1800 by 1916 rising to 2900 in 1918, with Libby’s and Morris & Co. also expanding. Burns of Swift Denver planned an employment bureau to recruit Black workers for up to 14 percent of plant labor.
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J. Elemis
Food Administration
TM. Collinge
Heney
Collins
Pwhic & Co
Trade Board
W. EF. Priebe
Swift & Co
W. FF. Priebe & Co
State Industrial Board
Wilson & Co
Springfield
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Burns
Denver
Louis PF. Swift
Hoover Denies Charge On Food Admins In Packers Probe
Washington reports Hoover rejects Francis J. Heney claims that Food Administration staffers favored meat packers. Hoover asserts none of the men tied to the Chicago investigation worked for the federal food program and all served the government in other capacities. Meanwhile Western front fighting intensifies with heavy artillery, raids, and prisoner exchanges as American units engage near Toul and Chemin des Dames.
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Washington
Hoover
Francis J. Heney
Food Administration
Packers
Chicago
Therree
France
Toul
Chemin Des Dames
No Man’s Lane
Schelule
Enonather
Germans Near Petrograd The Red Army Fights to Hold Pskov
News dispatches report German forces advancing toward Petrograd as Ambassadors depart. Petrograd defense stiffens around Pskov where clashes continue and Soviet troops reinforce the area amid rumors of heavy ammunition stockpiles nearby. Narva hosts a 10,000 strong local army as resistance persists.
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Pskov
London
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Narva
Americans Slain at Tampico Reported in Dispatches
Reports from Tampico indicate heavy fighting as 278 Federals were killed while fleeing south of Jimenez. Estimated Willy losses run around 800 with no exact figures available. The chaotic exchange highlights violent clashes involving American and Mexican forces near the oil region.
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Wallington
Allied air raids hit German towns last week
German papers received here report raids on Wehlingen, Virmasense, and Mannheim. Wehlingen saw three dead, while Virmasense and Mannheim suffered injuries and property damage. A child died in Mannheim and a woman and child were injured there.
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Amsterdam
Wehlun
Virmasense
Bavaria
Mannheim
Sfy
French Take 16 In Raid North of Allette River
French forces captured 16 prisoners in a raid north of the Allette river Sunday night and seized a machine gun. Early today a hostile party was repulsed east of Armentieres with losses. Enemy artillery activity was noted southwest of Cambrai and in the Messines sector.
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Paris
Allette River
War Office
London
France
Belgium
Armentieres
Cambrai
Messines
British casualties fall to a weekly low
British casualties for the week ended yesterday total 8,571, the lowest in months. Breakdown shows killed or died of wounds: officers 24, men 736, wounded or missing: officers 77, men 2,754.
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London
Port Douglas Prison Plot Spurs New Bomb Discovery
New evidence emerges from Port Douglas third war prison showing plans to kill officers and guards and to smuggle aliens using high explosive hand grenades. A fresh bomb was found in the prison compound, widening the probe in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Purther
Port Douglas
Governor Bilbo Transmits Accounts of Disbursements
Governor Bilbo supplied the legislature with accountant reports alleging misused funds and violations of law by Attorney General Collins covering 1914 to 1919. The disclosures name officials and call for scrutiny of disbursement practices in Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
Bilbo
Collins
Earthquake Kills About 10,000 in Amoy Hinterland
Reports from Swatow say nearly 10,000 people perished in the recent quake that struck the Amoy inland area. The disaster heightens fears for survivors and relief efforts continue.
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Amoy
Feb
Swatow
Senate approves $50 million housing bill for shipyards
Washington February 27 final action was taken on the bill authorizing expenditure of $50,000,000 by the shipping board for housing facilities at shipbuilding yards when the senate adopted the conference report approved last week by the house. The measure now goes to President Wilson.
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Senate
House
Washington
Shipping Board
Wilson
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