Baker reveals allied artillery support and 2 million U S troops in France in 1918
Secretary Baker testifies before the senate military committee that about 500000 American troops will be in France early in 1918 with 1.5 million more ready to ship. He says Britain and France will supply guns to save ships and notes large American railroad and supply preparations for the army abroad. He also describes Pershing as the army's eyes and defends wartime planning and progress amid charges of inefficiency.
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Washington
France
General Pershing
United States
Paker
Baker
Chamberlain
Pershing
England
America
Great Britain
National Guard
National Army
Seg
Lewis
Leonard Wood
War Department
War Council
KE. M. House
Senate
Air raid on London leaves 45 dead and 165 wounded
London officials report last night's air raid killed 45 people and wounded 165. The late telegraphic bulletin confirms casualties from the raid with authorities releasing the figures.
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London
Ohio River Boats Endangered By Ice Flows
Paducah Kentucky January 29 The Ohio River gorges are breaking and floating ice is sweeping away ice bound river fleet. Many lives and boats are perilously exposed as normally navigable stretches are blocked by ice.
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Paducah
Ohio River
Italians Launch Offensive on Asiago Plateau
Berlin reports a powerful Italian offensive upon the Asiago plateau with violent fighting ongoing. Secretary Baker testifies about national camps, troop mobilization pace, and equipment issues, noting Britain and France will supply land machine guns until American equipment arrives. He stresses war aims and the need for ships, and ends with a resolve that the US is in the war to hit hard.
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Belin
London
Asiago
Dynamite Plot Frustrated at Hercules Powder Plant
A dynamite cap hidden in a bale of paper on a Pacific liner exploded during loading at the Hercules Powder Company in San Francisco. Authorities believe the premature blast thwarted an enemy plot to destroy the powder plant.
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San Francisco
Hercules Powder Company
Powder Company
Department stores seek Monday opening in fuel rule clash
Washington reports New York Philadelphia and Chicago businessmen asking Fuel Administrator Garfield to let department stores stay open on Mondays. They propose a seven hour day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. claiming three hours saved daily over six days matches coal saved on Mondays. Garfield is not expected to agree.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Garfield
Fuel Administration
Fury of mine attacks sinks French transport near Marseilles
Paris reports forty killed when the French transport Drome and a trawler struck a mine near Marseilles. Meanwhile the Cunard liner Andania and the steamer Cork were torpedoed off the Irish coast. Cork survivors rescued. several stokers die in the Andania blast. Passengers mostly saved. drills underway as crews react to the danger.
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Cunarder
Ireland
Cork
Paris
Marseilles
Andania
Vondon
Cunard
England
J. A. Ffarker
Ministry of Munitions
Antrim
J. J. Holgate
Three Killed in Wreck on Illinois Central Flyer
Chicago dispatch reports an Illinois Central combination flyer from Sioux City and Omaha derailed near Granger Illinois injuring many aboard. Three killed, including Mrs. Dwight Henderson, wife of an IC counsel, with several others seriously or lightly hurt as passengers were pinned beneath debris and rescued by military and civilian volunteers.
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D. Henderson
Counsel For Road
Chicago
Illinois Central
Sioux City
Omaha
Granger
Dwight Henderson
Tlinois Central Railroad
Sidney Spitzer
North Western Avenue
M. D. Thompson
Sioux Falls
S. D
J. M. Byler
Manson
Viola Berg
le Mars
Jessie Craig
Charles Esche
Iowa Falls
C. V. Jones
Fort Dodge
Bertha Spitzer
George Cameron
Charles Cameron
Charles W. Ellis
Town Cite
Charles Krollman
Evansville
Ind
Charles Ia. Miers
Herman Ruddick
1610 South Cliftom Park
Avenue
A. J. Trapp
Dubuque
William Winger
L. L. Wright
Camp Grant
Henry L. Schelling
Elgin
Elwin
Grand Central Station
Twelfth Street
Illinois Hospital
Fifty-seventh Street
Freeport
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Kaiser
Metropolitan Magazine
Giles Benjamin Cabanel
Poilus
United
Father Cabanel
Montpelier
Roosevelt
von Hindenburg
Germany
Sennator Chamberlain
Secretary Baker
Late Telegraphic
Berlin
Cameron Forbes
Navy League
Navy League of the United States
Col
Robert H. Thompson
Forbes
Philippines
Drome
Ardania
J. C
Granger, Ill
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