Plans to force early peace by building a merchant fleet
Washington officials reveal a new WWI strategy to defeat the German submarine blockade by rapidly constructing a 1000 ship merchant fleet. Major General Goethals to oversee. ships 2000–5500 tons, 2000–3000 ton average, three ships a day first year, cost about 300000 each.
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British Gain Despite Bad Weather In Wave Of Attacks
British forces pressed along the line from Lets to St Quentin despite severe weather. They captured two positions north of Vimy ridge southwest of Lens, advancing near the Souchez river and repelling German attempts to retake the ridge. French troops resumed a general offensive from Coucy la Ville to Quincy Bassée and reached the upper Coué forest edge, while the Champagne front's dent was repaired east of Sapignel as Paris cites.
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Sapignel
Peace Move Reported by Bulgarian Delegates
Reports from Rome and Lausanne say Bulgarian ministers in Berne and Bulgarian delegates in Switzerland seek a separate peace with the Entente. London dispatches confirm Swiss sources and Geneva Gazette notes semi official Bulgarian envoys in Switzerland working toward a peace basis.
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Exchange Telegraph
Lausanne
Miss Hamilton to Lecture at Wesley Church Tonight
Miss Meddie Hamilton of Chautauqua Institute will lecture tonight in the Sunday school room at Wesley Memorial church. She will discuss the benefits of a public library and why every city should have one, noting a change from the originally announced First Baptist venue.
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Chautamqua Institute
Chautauqua
N. Y
Wesley Memorial Church
Miss Hamilton
First Baptist Church
High Point
North Carolinians Named as Federal Farm Loan Appraisers
The Enterprise Bureau in Washington lists C. H. Prosser of Hamlet A. M. McDonald of Charlotte W. C. Hammond of Statesville and A. J. McKinno of Maxton as federal farm loan appraisers for the Columbia district.
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Great Battle Near Arras Promises World War Turn
AP reports Major General Maurice predicts Arras will soon yield the war’s greatest battle as the offensive follows plans disrupted by recent actions. Lloyd George tells American luncheon club US entry seals the struggle against military autocracy, noting Prussia’s rule and a promised democracy after the war.
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PF. B. Maurice
War Office
Associated Press Today
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Somme
Lloyd George
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America
Europe
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Prussia
William
Explosion Mystery Pursues Acid Capsule Theory
Chester experts study powder from shrapnel shells at the Eddystone Ammunition plant to determine the cause of the explosion that killed 122 people last Tuesday. Officials consider a theory that an acid capsule may have been dropped into a shell during charging.
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Eddystone Ammunition Corporation
Grady Webb, Train Robber, Captured Near Salisbury
Grady Webb, a train robber being transported to Atlanta from West Virginia, escaped on a train in Charlotte yards last week. He was captured today at Badin near Salisbury and will be taken to Atlanta to begin his sentence.
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H. Grady Webb
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West Virginia
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Salisbury
Two Men Die in Powder Blast at Philadelphia Arsenal
An accidental explosion at the Frankford government arsenal in Philadelphia today killed two men who were the only occupants of the small building. The plant was producing ammunition in large quantities when the blast occurred.
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National Guard Recruiting Resumes to 100 Men Per Company
Washington April 12 Army department commanders ordered to resume recruiting National Guardsmen to the peace strength of the regular army. Each company to recruit 100 men while many units currently hold as few as 65.
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Army Department
Chicago Wheat Futures Hit New May Delivery Record
In Chicago on April 12, wheat futures showed larger-than-advertised export activity. May delivery rose to a record $2.16 a bushel, up 7 1 4 to 1 1/4 cents from yesterday, surpassing the previous peak of $2.15 1/4.
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Will Call S00000 Men for the Arm
The War Department outlined instructions to recruit officers to call 500,000 volunteers to fill the regular army and national guard units. Recruits since war declaration will be discharged at war’s end, becoming war-time volunteers, with 4,355 already enrolled in the regular army under this status. The plan tests volunteer strength versus conscription to sustain an army fit for the crisis.
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National Guard
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Brazil Delays War Action After German Break
Rio de Janeiro reports the government will suspend relations with Germany and holds off on seizing German ships. A declaration of war is not expected immediately while the German minister has been expelled and passports issued.
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Germany
Brazilian
State's First County Ten Hold Mass Meeting
Governor Bickett unveils a plan to conscript idle acres across North Carolina to grow food. Thousands expected in Raleigh for a patriotic demonstration led by Governor Rye and local leaders, with substantial participation from Shaw University and other black communities.
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Shaw University
Cgoveror
Thomas C. Rye
Tennessee
New York World
Thomas Walter Bickett
Bickett
Cotton futures open steady with mixed declines in New York
Scattering liquidation hit cotton as futures opened steady then moved lower. May slipped to 26.18 and July to 19.74, with October down to 18.59 while May 20.35, July 19.85, Oct 18.64, Dec 15.73 and Jan 18.78 quoted on the opening.
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Associated Press
New York
Knoxville Boosters Brief Stop in City Visit
About 109 Knoxville business leaders including Governor Thomas C. Rye rode a patriotic train to Knoxville, then left for Greensboro after a brief 15 minute stay. They were greeted by a citizen delegation and planned Raleigh stop with a mass meeting and rally.
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Tennessee
Thomas C. Rye
Greensboro
High Point
Raleigh
Governor Rye
Horse Thief Detained as Greensboro Man Held Here
Lonnie Toomes, a Greensboro resident, is jailed here awaiting delivery to Greensboro police to answer for allegedly stealing a horse from the King Stewart Livery Co. Officers traced him after a cross county flight and the horse was recovered.
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McFarland
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Clarke
Greensho Force
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High Point
Gray
Lyeck
Eek
David Harumm
British Take Trenches South of Farbous Woods
British forces captured about 1000 yards of trenches south of Farbous woods southeast of Vimy. Reports also state that the British yesterday seized 11 additional guns.
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Farbous Woods
Vimy
Reuter
New York Conducts 16 to 64 War Service Census
New York state will conduct a census next month of all citizens aged 16 to 64 to determine availability for war service. Residents will be directed to enroll at six thousand offices statewide for the process.
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New York
New York State
Wheat market rallies after mixed Kansas Oklahoma rains
Chicago wheat prices moved from slight declines to gains led by May and July futures. Weather in Kansas and Oklahoma reduced new crop deliveries and supported the market, closing above yesterday's finish.
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