Death of U. S. Captain During French Raid Reported
Descriptions from the American front recount a raid near Toul in which a Prussian captain led the assault and was killed. Survivors recall heroic actions by medics and soldiers while a plan map showed German preparations and four rehearsals preceded the attack. The prisoners doubted a German victory, and the fallen officer was praised for leading his men.
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France
Toul
Salient
Missouri
Red Cross
Fritz
Kanigsingn
Fair Radio Operator Myrtle Hazard Guards Coastline
Mrs. Myrtle R. Hazard of Baltimore is cited as the United States Coast Guard’s only woman electrician and a rare woman radio operator. She trained in four months at the Baltimore YMCA and passed the government exam easily. The account also recalls a captain killed in action and mentions both American and German dead buried nearby.
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Myrtle R. Hazard
Baltimore
United States Coast Guard
Baltimore Y. M
French Repel German Raids Near Reims and La Pompelle
Paris reports German efforts to breach the Neufchatel salient northwest of Reims were repulsed. French counterattacks retook and held La Pompelle, and the line was restored along the Chemin des Dames to Mause front. Small detachments gained a foothold west of La Pompelle but were driven back.
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Paris
Neufchatel Salient
Reims
French War Office
Papelle Fort
la Pompelle
Camillet
Champagne
Chemin Des Dames
Mause
Barisis
Juvincourt
Neufchatel
Sane
la Bretonnerie
German seizure of Ahland Islands shocks Finland border
Telegraphic bulletin reports German forces seizing the Ahland Islands off the Finnish coast and signaling an imminent clash with Sweden. It notes cooperation with Finnish troops against Bolsheviks, while mentioning a century old transfer from Sweden and a Russian crisis backdrop. A stray line questions meatless meal practices.
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Christiana
Ahland Islands
Filand
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Cen
French Forces Reestablish Position After Night of Bombardment
War office report says French troops drove back enemy east of Tetoo and on the Butte du Mesnil, inflicted heavy losses, and captured prisoners. Patrols on the Meuse near Vaux les Palamiex also took prisoners. Two German raids in Lorraine and the Vosges were checked. British lines near Armentieres repelled raids and captured prisoners.
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Tetoo
Butte du Mesnil
Meuse
Vaux Les Palamiex
Lorraine
Vosges
Fave
War Office
la Pompelle
London
Armentieres
Tow British Ship to Port in Atlantic Rescue
A British steamer towed to port after drifting helpless off the Nova Scotia coast. The government vessel that recovered it battled high seas as the tow line parted four times before securing the ship.
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Atlantic
Nova Scotia
British steamer Tiberia sunk by German submarine
The British merchant steamship Tiberia of 4 880 tons gross owned by the Anchor line was sunk by a German submarine about February 27 while en route to New York. The crew was rescued.
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Tiberia
Anchor Line
New York
Polish martial law declared in Poland and Hungary adjourns
Martial law has been declared in Poland according to official dispatches received in diplomatic circles. At the same time the Hungarian chamber of deputies adjourned on February 26 until further notice.
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Washington
Poland
Chamber of Deputies
Porkless Day Ends Amid Food Administration Readjustment
Washington reports the food administration ends the meatless day and pork ban on Saturdays as meat production rises. The change, effective indefinitely, may last three months or longer and shifts focus to reducing bread and wheat use while beef and pork are limited to one day a week.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Troover
Argentina
Russia Accepts German Terms at Brest Litovsk
Berlin reports that after fear of harsher terms, the Russia delegation at Brest Litovsk agreed to all German peace conditions and planned to sign. The telegram to Lenin and Trotzky notes renewed demands to detach Karaband Kars and Batouwa from Russian territory aiding Turkish interests.
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Berlin
Russia
Great Russia
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Smoliny Institute
Lenine
Trotzky
Karaband
Kars
Batouwa
Turkey
Hatoum
Black Sea
Transcandela
Armenia
Allied Fleet at Vladivostok dominate Far East crisis
News from Tokyo and London reports Bolsheviks seizing a Vladivostok pier with munitions valued at 100 million rubles, and Japan planning troop dispatches with China into Siberia and Manchuria. High-level talks in Tokyo discuss policies while pressure grows on allied responses and security in the Far East.
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Tokyo
Vladivostok
London
Japan
China
Russia
Siberia
Manchuria
Tien Tsin
Dise
Evening News
Tuan Chi Jui
Vindivostok
trans-Siberlin
Irkutsk
Russian Manchuria
Stefansson Delirious Amid Arctic Wintering At Herschel Island
News from Dawson Alaska Territory March 93 reports Vilihal Stefansson the explorer is delirious with a cold and fever while wintering at Herschel Island. Captain K M Tupper and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police arctic patrol return from Thiabel Peporte area after the Polar Bear grounded at Barter Island last fall.
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Tupper
Herschel Stefansson
Stopes Sugar for Mexico and Spain Ports
Loading of sugar for Mexican and Spanish ports halted by order of the port inspector general under presidential instruction. Mexican firms had contracted to ship about 45,000 tons from the port.
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Mexico
Huavane
Menocal
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U. S
Stalzmann
Savannah
Texas
Uncle Sam’s Fair Radio
Pompelle
Tury
Spain
Alphonso
Hoover
Kaiser
Motono
Diet
Tanaka
Siberian
Hayyama
Kato
Togo
Reuter
Sue
Far East
Jaepan
East
Stefansson
Explorer
Herschel Island
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