France Honors Six Americans Decorated for Bravery
Six Americans awarded honors by Premier Clemenceau for bravery in action north of the Toul salient Friday morning. Names listed include William Coleman Charleston Bud Aly Pittman Brooklyn Joseph C Canby Chicago David Alvan Smiley St Louis William E Norton Jonesville and Patrick Walsh Detroit.
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France
Clemenceau
William Coleman
Charleston
Budaly Pittman
Brooklyn
Joseph C. Canby
Chicago
David Alvan Smiley
St. Louis
William E. Norton
Jonesville
Patrick Walsh
Detroit
Navy Pay Office Aide Rated Remarkable Woman
Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan calls Miss Sue Dorsey the most valuable woman in government service. She is the navy pay master general’s lone female appointee and tracks 1,500 pay officers, assigning them to ships and judging their performance.
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Samuel McGowan
Navy
Sue Dorsey
Naval Tug Mariner Lost in Heavy Gale
The navy department announced that the U S Navy tug Mariner was lost in a February 26 gale. All officers and crew were rescued and brought to port, arriving Friday.
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U. S
Washington
Mariner
Navy Department
United States withholds assent to Japan Vladivostok plan
Washington reports the US has not approved Japan's offer to occupy Vladivostok. The note to Tokyo maintains the US stance that Japan must decide for itself, seeks no direct pledge on invasion of Russia, and notes cabinet and state department silence on details. London reports London Evening News questions whether intervention is agreed.
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Washington
United States
Vladivostok
England
France
Ueit
Japan
Russia
Far East
Asia
State Department
White House
Siberia
Germany
Petrograd
London
Evening News
Submarine Sinks British Liner Calgarian off Irish Coast
Belfast dispatch reports a German submarine sank the British liner Calgarian off the Irish coast. Forty eight were killed and five hundred survivors have been landed.
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Belfast
Mar
Calgarian
Irish
John Redmond Dies, Irish Leader in Home Rule Movement
London reports the death of John Redmond, the leading figure in the current Irish home rule agitation, announced this morning as a major blow to the movement.
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John Redmond
London
Americans' Fire Turns Back German Airmen
With American Army March 6 U S anti air craft and machine guns drove away a large number of Hun planes in a daylight attack Artillery fire continues heavily against the Americans.
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U. S
Allied Powers Agree on Immediate Action in Siberia
Dispatch reports sharp fighting at Dioural on the Trans Siberian line where Cossacks under Semenoff clash with bolsheviks as forces retreat to Sharaeuh. Tokyo cabinet sessions focus on the Russian situation highlighting heavy responsibilities for the Entente.
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Siberia
United States
Shanghai
Dioural
Trans-Siberian Railway
Semenoff
Harbin
North China Daily News
Sharaeuh
Optimism Decried as Bolsheviks Falter in Petrograd
Stockholm reports the Bolshevik regime in Petrograd shaken by a peace treaty with the Central Powers. Lenine and Trotzky may resign, while turbulence and possible army resistance loom if the Soviets ratify the pact.
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Christiania
Stockholm
Petrograd
Lenine
Trotzky
Copenhagen
Russia
Planning to Save Potatoes
Chicago March 6 farmers in the middle West with food administrators from Michigan Wisconsin Indiana and Minnesota and Illinois administrator Herry A Wheeler discussed saving millions of bushels potatoes. Officials expect cheap prices this summer due to large supply and transportation bottlenecks.
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Chicago
Middle West
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Minnesota
Herry A. Wheeler
Illinois
Charge Girl With Murder In Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas March six murder charges were filed against Gertrude Ulrich fourteen years old. Officers say a statement from her admits she gave poison to her father.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Gertrude Ulrich
Silk Company Falls in Bankruptcy Suit Filed
The National Artificial Silk Company filed a voluntary bankruptcy in federal court. Liabilities are listed at 495220 dollars while assets total 1286283 dollars.
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Silk Company Falls
Cleveland
W National Artificial Silk Company
Federal Oil Director Named on Pacific Coast
D. M. Folsom of San Francisco was named federal oil director for the Pacific coast. He will serve under Mark L. Requa, chief of the oil division of the fuel administration.
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Washington
D. M. Folsom
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mark L. Requa
Democrats Win Four New York House Seats in Special Elections
New York voters and especially women helped Democrats recapture control of the house by winning four Brooklyn district seats in special elections to fill resignations. Women cast 81 858 ballots out of 78 192 total across the districts and contributed a sizable share of the vote in support of the administration.
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New York
House of Representatives
Democrats
Seventh
Brooklyn
John J. Delaney
John S&s
Gaynor
Coo
ORF
Alex. Praner
Boe
Lieutenant U S Grant IV Marries New York Bride
The grandson of a Union general, Lt. U S Grant IV, announced before leaving Spartanburg for Washington that he wed Miss Matilda Bartikofaky of New York City on October 4. The license was issued by Probate Judge J J Burnett of Spartanburg who performed the ceremony. Relatives in New York seek to learn the bride’s full identity.
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Grant IV
Spartanburg
D. C
Washington
Matilda Bartikofaky
New York City
New York
J. J. Burnett
Grant
Submarine Losses Fall. Allied Efforts Grow in War Report
London reports Sir Eric Geddes stating February tonnage losses were little more than half February prior year as U boats sunk at faster rates. He notes increasing Allied anti submarine success around Britain with American aid and upcoming Brazilian ships, while Mediterranean results remain weak. Geddes cites German exaggeration and warns of night losses increases and output delays from January holidays.
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London
Eric Geddes
The
Admiralty
Eric
England
British Isles
Sir Eric
Mediterranean
House of Commons
Sir Erie
Great Britain
United States
United States Navy
Belgians Repulse German Assault in Recent Night Fire
Belgium reports two days of heavy artillery action with German night attack on the Hols de Trapeze repulsed by Belgian artillery and machine guns. German bombardment targeted Belgian lines at several points.
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Mittereg
France
Toul
No Man's Land
Paris
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Joseph D. Cannon
Colvin
H. C. Ransom
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