Plan for the War: Baker Details U S Army in France 1918
Secretary Baker told the Senate Military Committee that five hundred thousand American troops will be in France this year with 1,500,000 more ready to go. He described plans, equipment, and Allied artillery support, plus massive U S railroad and supply preparations. He emphasized that the war plan is active and evolving with expert help from Allied officers.
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Washington
France
Kaiser
General Pershing
United States
Baker
Star
Chamberlain
Palfour
Joffre
Congress
War Department
Pershing
Metropolitan Magazine
Roosevelt
England
America
National Guard
National Army
Sen
Great Britain
Leonard Wood
War Council
KE. M. House
Seecretary
Senate
Air raid on London leaves 45 dead and 165 wounded
London reports an air raid last night causing 45 deaths and 165 injuries. Official telegram confirms casualty figures and notes the attack targeted the city.
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London
Cameron Forbes Chosen Navy League President
Cameron Forbes has been selected as president of the Navy League chapter. The appointment positions Forbes to lead local naval support activities, veteran outreach, and youth mentorship programs for the coming year.
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Cameron Forbes
Navy League
Navy League of the United States
Col
Robert H. Thompson
Forbes
Philippines
Ohio River boats endangered by breaking gorges
Paducah Kentucky reports the Ohio river gorges breaking and floating ice sweeping away the ice bound river fleet. Many lives and boats are perilously exposed to danger as the river bends and ice jams threaten navigation.
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Paducah
Ohio River
Italians Launch Offensive on Asiago Plateau
Berlin via London reports a powerful Italian offensive on the Asiago plateau with heavy fighting under way. Secretary Baker testifies about National Army camps in the United States and plans to deploy rapidly, while coordinating with Britain and France on ordnance and artillery supply. He defends army conduct, urges decisive action, and frames the U.S. war effort as coordinated and vigorous.
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Belin
London
Asiago
United States
National Army
National Guard
Baker
France
Dynamite Cap Prevents Enemy Plot at Hercules Powder Plant
A dynamite cap found in a bale of paper signed to Hercules Powder Co exploded while being loaded from a Pacific liner. Officials believe the premature blast thwarted an enemy plot to destroy the powder company in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Cain
Hercules Powder Company
Powder Company
Big stores seek Monday opening reprieve
Washington reports New York Philadelphia and Chicago business leaders will ask fuel administrator Gar field to permit department stores to stay open on Mondays. They propose a seven hour day from ten to five, arguing a three hour daily saving on a six day week offsets coal saved on Mondays. Garfield is not expected to grant the request as it would undermine the closing day policy.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Uel
Garfield
Fuel Administration
Three Killed in Wreck on LC All Passengers Are Saved
A Granger Illinois Central combination flyer from Sioux City and Omaha derailed after a broken rail. Ten to eleven coaches left the track, many passengers pinned under debris, three killed, numerous injured, and survivors transported to Chicago hospitals. The crash occurred near Granger, with rescue trains and doctors rushing to aid the injured.
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Andanta
J. J. Holgate
Chicago
Illinois Central
Sioux City
Omaha
Granger
Dwight Henderson
Thinois Central Railroad
Sidney Spitzer
North Western Avenue
M. O. Thompson
Sioux Falls
J. M. Byler
Manson
Viola Berg
le Mars
Jessie Craig
Charles Esche
Town Falls
C. V. Jones
Fort Dodge
Bertha Spitzer
Camp Crant
Simeone
Henry L. Schelling
Camp Grant
Elgin
Ilinois Central
Benivers
Grand Central Station
Twelfth Street
Ilinois Hospital
Fifty-Seventh Street
Freeport
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Poilus
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Germany
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U. S
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Breas
Drome
Marseilles
Ardania
Berlin
Cunarder
Ireland
Cork
Paris
Andania
Vondon
Cunardner
Andanin
Clark
Pingland
J. A. Ffarker
Ministry of Munitions
Rili
Antrim
Granger, Ill
Irs
D. Henderson
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