Second Draft 10 Call 802 000 Men For War
Provost Marshal General Crowder outlines the second draft plan as Congress amends the basis of computation. About 800,000 men are considered for the second increment with gradual calls to avoid disrupting industry and agriculture. Fortified with furloughs and technical paths, the plan aims to protect labor while expanding military manpower.
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Washington
Crowder
Congress
Secretary of War
Quartermaster’s Department
Lovett Named Chief of New Railroad War Board
Robert S. Lovett, former Union Pacific chairman and war industries board priorities director, is appointed by Director General McAdoo as chief of a new division of betterments and additions in the railroad administration. The provost marshal general plans a large call for skilled artisans and grammar school graduates for April training and ongoing technical instruction.
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Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific
War Indutries Board
McAdoo
Railroad Administration
States
United States
Bolshevik shifts as Germany expands influence in occupied territories
Reports from Petrograd indicate Moscow as center for resistance planning on all fronts. The bolshevik congress drops “social-democratic” in favor of “communist party.” A treaty with Finnish Red Guards is signed, while German repression spreads through Finland and Estonia. Heavy German forces move toward Smolensk and Orsha fronts as Russians prepare to defend Novozikoff.
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Petrograd
Mace
Moscow
Tutouice
Germany
Japan
Communist Party
Philip Scheidemann
Reichstag
Courthouse Burns in Clark County Fire Ruins Building
Springfield C March 13. Clark county's courthouse here totals loss of about $500000 to replace after a blaze began around one and burned until four in the morning. Origin of fire not known.
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Springfield
Clark County
Long terms for objectors at Camp Dodge court martial
Eight National Army men from St. Paul convicted by general court martial at Camp Dodge for refusing to obey orders. All professed Socialists. A. S. Broms jailed 20 years while the other seven receive 25 years each. Date given March 12.
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Camp Dodge
National Army
St. Paul
Broms
Americans Smash German Trenches Near Toul Sector
United States artillery battered German trenches south of Richecourt in the Toul sector last night. Five groups of gas projectors were destroyed and ten American troops advanced to the second line only to find the Germans dead.
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Toul
Richecourt
Five Ottumwa Soldiers Slightly Injured in Action
Ottumwa reports that Company G of the 168th regiment has seen actual warfare. Five men including Captain Edward Steller and Privates James M. Burns Clinton A. Rhoades George C. Mattox Morris Proctor and William C. Lindsay were slightly injured on March 8.
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Ottumwa
168Th Regiment of
Edward Steller
James M. Burns
Clinton A. Rhoades
George C. Mattox
Morris Proctor
William C. Lindsay
Baker Leads 10000-Troop Warship Convoy to France
Paris report details Newton D. Baker secretary of war visiting France to confer with General Pershing and inspect lines of transportation and supply for Allied armies. Baker and General Bliss held meetings amid air alarms, later proceeding to Versailles and preparations along the American front.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
France
General Pershing
America
Baker
Tasker IL. Bliss
General Bisse
William M. Black
Air raid report and casualties across Britain and Europe
An official British statement reports hostile airships attacking the Yorkshire coast with 20 killed and 45 injured in London. A Frankfurt telegram notes a daylight raid on Mainz killed three soldiers four women and one child with many others injured and no military damage claimed. London also states British aviators dropped bombs on Coblenz, capital of the Rhine province.
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London
Yorkshire
Lord French
Home Defence Forces
Amsterdam
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Mainz
Coblenz
Rhine Province
Prussia
Paris
Sotesans
War Office
Soissons
Foe
Berlin
Stuttgart
Esslingen
Unterturkheim
Malag
Jack Pickford Joins Air Corps in Los Angeles
Movie star Jack Pickford leaves for aviation service in Los Angeles on March 18. He is seen off by hundreds of picture actors including wife Olive Thomas and sister Mary.
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Jack Pickford
Air Corps
Los Angeles
Cal
Aviation Service
Olive Thomas
Mary
Four Airplanes Shot Down In German Raid On Paris
Paris reports say thirty four killed and sixty six hurt in Monday night raid on Paris and suburbs. Crowding at a metropolitan railway entrance caused sixty six suffocations as panicked residents sought refuge from the attackers.
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Paris
Marech
Boris
Gotha
Chateau Thierry
U S 10 RUSH ARMY TO FRENCH FRONT
American forces accelerate deployment to Europe as ships become available. General staff reshapes command with seven generals relieved and physical fitness tests mandated for all abroad officers. Massive depots and record training signal readiness for a $761 million war budget.
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General Pershing
Thomas H. Barry
Couto
Camp Grant
Central Department
Chicago
W. H. Carter
Edward H. Plummer
Camp Dydee
Richard W. Blatchford
Department of Taanaian
Edwin St. J. Greble
Camp Jowie
Tex
Charles C. Morton
Camp McClellan
Ala
William HL. Sage
Camp Shelby
Miss
William A. Mann
Eastern Department
New York
Barry
Morton
National Army
Leonard Wood
France
Murch
Shipping Board
War Department
Atlantic
Alleghenies
Tt Caun
Comstars
Senate
Washington Rental Control Bill Heads to Senate
The house passed a bill to cap rent hikes at no more than 10 percent above 1916 levels in Washington. The measure moves to the senate for action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Railroads Lose 40 Million Suit Over Mail Space Payments
Washington March 12. The court of claims defeated railroads seeking 40 million dollars from the government under the old space compensation system for transporting mail. The court reaffirmed a prior ruling in favor of the government.
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Washington
Court of Claims
Franchise for Soldiers in Europe Franchise Bid Urged
Governor Norbeck called a special South Dakota legislature session for March 18 to consider granting franchise to soldiers serving in Europe.
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Pierre
Norbeck
South Dakota
Europe
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Willfred W. Lufkin
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