Haig Holds Fast At Arras Front In Slow Crawling Battles
British forces on the Arras front repel repeated German attempts to recapture lost positions. Haig’s troops advance on the Roeux to Gavrelle sector, seizing key positions amid brutal fighting. German distress at home grows as strikes and political unrest mount. Spain warns Germany over neutrality while Britain presses the offensive amid Verdun echoes.
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Douai
Heig
Cambrai
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Lokal Anweiger
Junkers
Washington
Varius
Spain
Arras
Haig
Roeux
Gavrelle
Allied Forces Push Across Fronts in Western Europe and Mesopotamia
French and British units report gains along multiple fronts. The wedge toward Douai advances as French infantry exploit the line near Arras Cambrai and on the Aisne. In Mesopotamia General Maude’s forces advance north from Samarā, reaching the foothills between the Diala and Tigris as Turks fall back.
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Douai
Monehquemappe
Arras-Cambrai
Aisne
Cracone
Paris
Cerny
Vanelerc
Boy Scouts to Census Vacant City Lots
The Boy Scouts will census vacant city lots tomorrow under the citizens committee to boost garden plots and reduce living costs. Scout Master W M Marrit says the survey will show lot location and ownership and be shared with the committee of Mendenhall Tate Cox Hackney. The plow committee plans a city plow day next week to prepare plots for growers contacting 713 in the Commercial club industrial department.
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Boy Scouts
Citizens Committee
W. M. Marrit
Tomor
Citizens’ Committee
O. BE. Mendenhall
A. &. Tate
Clara Cox
Bessie Hackney
Industrial Department
Commercial Club
U D C North Carolina division to meet in Charlotte
The third division of the North Carolina division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet in Charlotte. Cities represented include Charlotte Shelby Gastonia Lincolnton Kings Mountain. Welcome address by the mayor. Chapter address by Mrs C W Tillett with response by Mrs Clyde Hoey.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Shelby Gastonia
Lincolnton
Kings Mountain
C. W. Tillett
Clyde Hoey
Shelby
Rationing Scheme for England Nears Implementation
London reports that the latest shipping losses assessment has heightened public awareness of the food crisis. Officials expect rationing to begin within a few weeks, to be administered through county and borough councils under new measures.
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London
Spirit of German Troops Remains Positive Despite Discouragement
Copenhagen reports German War Minister tells Reichstag committee that soldier letters show some discouragement but overall morale is good. He warns wars bring uneven victories. Amsterdam notes Berlin papers publish Groener appeal urging workers to avoid strikes and keep supplying the front.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Berlin
Groener
Demurrage Rates Slashed by 100 Percent Increase
Washington April 27 railways and major shippers in the National Industrial Traffic league agree to 100 percent rise in demurrage charges from December 1 levels. New rates take effect May 1 at $2 per day for the first four days of detention after arrival and $5 per day thereafter.
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Washington
National Industrial Traffic League
Garibaldi Grandsons Offer to Train U S Soldiers
Peppi Garibaldi and three brothers, officers under him, visited Rome to offer their services to the United States. They believe their Argonne front experience can aid American forces and asked Ambassador Page to convey the proposal to Washington, subject to Italy’s approval.
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Rome
Paris
Peppino Garibaldi
Argonne
United States
Garibaldis
America
Garibaldi Brothers
Thomas Nelson Page
Washington
Italia
William Lee Mc Coy Dies at Home Near Charlotte
William Lee Mc Coy aged 56 a prominent Mecklenburg citizen died at his Steel Creek township home yesterday after being healthy at retirement He suffered apoplexy at midnight and died within hours He was twice married leaving eight children and a second wife plus other relatives He was a Presbyterian.
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Charlotte
William Lee McCoy
Mecklenburg
Steel Creek Township
Bankers Meet to Plan Farm Credit Support
About 500 bankers from across the state gathered in Louisville on April 27 for a conference convened by Governor Stanley to devise a program providing financial aid to farmers.
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Louisville
Stanley
Sentry Found Dead Near Asheville in Suspected Suicide
Robert F. Jones, 21, from Hickory and member of Company I Second North Carolina Infantry, was found on railroad tracks near Asheville with a crushed skull. Death appears instantaneous and suicide is suspected. He was on guard at a railway bridge and his gun lay propped nearby.
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Asheville
Robert F. Jones
Second
North Carolina Infantry
Jones
Walter Jones
Hickory
National Guard
Earthquake Damage Reported in Umbria and Tuscany
A Rome dispatch notes a violent earthquake in Tuscany and Umbria on Thursday. Many killed at Monterchy and substantial material damage reported. Umbria lies north of Abruzzi, which suffered catastrophic losses on January 13, 1915 with twenty four thousand two hundred three dead and fifty towns wiped out.
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London
Tuscany
Umbria
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Monterchy
Abruzzi
Sprunt and Son Plant Guards Office Staff as Night Officers
Wilmington April 27 The score or more clerks in the Alexander Sprunt and Son office have been sworn in as special officers and guard duties are performed at the company compresses and warehouses each night. Also Tidewater Power Company plans May Sunday school trips to Wrightsville Beach with a full May schedule. Frank P Lamb offers 100 acres of Pender county farms to New Hanover or Pender counties to be used for food stalls if the soil is kept productive.
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Wilmington
Alexander Sprunt and Son
Wrightsville Beach
Tidewater Power Company
St. James
Pender County
New Hanover
Bickett
America
Harris Named Temporary Clerk of Stanley County
Judge W J Adams of Carthage has appointed A P Harris as temporary clerk of the Stanley County superior court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of P B Goggin. Harris, already cashier of the Stanly County Loan and Trust Co, will serve only as an emergency officer. Several candidates are reported for the eventual appointment.
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Albemarle
W. J. Adams
Carthage
A. P. Harri
P. B. Goggin
Harris
Stanly County Loan and Trust Company
Will Overcome U Boat Menace
Rear Admiral Sir Dudley R. S. De Chair, veteran British naval officer, told Washington correspondents a first hand account of two years commanding a patrol fleet chasing German submarines. He said the threat would be overcome despite the gravity of the menace.
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Wahington
Dudley R. S. de Chair
Great Britain
Balfour Reports Joyful News on Negotiations
Arthur James Balfour, leading Britain's mission, sent his first report from Washington on April 27 detailing the reception of the commission and progress in negotiations. The report promises to share details with the British and American publics through the press, excluding only military and naval information.
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Washington
Arthur James Balfour
Great Britain
England
Balfour
Revival at Wesleyan Church Near Jamestown
A revival is in progress at the Wesleyan Methodist church one mile south of Jamestown railroad station. Evangelist Rev E W Black leads the services with strong congregations attending each evening at 745 and three times on Sunday. The public is invited to attend.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church
Jamestown
E. W. Black
Pennsylvania Students Join Service Army On Farms
Philadelphia April 27 more than 200 University of Pennsylvania students have enrolled in the service army recruited at the university for duty on farms to aid agricultural needs during the period.
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Philadelphia
University of Pensylvania
Service Army
First Lutheran Social Evening in Albemarle
The congregation of the First Lutheran church in Albemarle will hold a social meeting in the Sunday school room this evening at 8 o'clock. Refreshments will be served and several talks will be given by attendees. The North Carolina synod of the Lutheran church meets in this church sometime in May.
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Ory Albemarle
First Lutheran Church
The
North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church
Census of Egypt Reports Population Near Fourteen Million
Cairo says the decennial census occurred on the night of March 6 with nationwide simultaneity and midnight hour. Officials expect the total to approximate the normal growth rate, reaching about 14 000 000 inhabitants across Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Elon Men Enlist for Fort Oglethorpe Training Camp
Elon College reports a strong patriotic spirit with 98 young men signaling intent to join the Fort Oglethorpe training camp. Faculty vote grants service credit to accepted students based on spring term grades.
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Elon College
Elon
Fort Oglethorpe
Swedish Mission Coming to United States on Trade Mission
Stockholm reports Herman L. F. Lagercrantz former Swedish minister to Washington will travel to the United States on a special mission. The trip centers on Swedish imports from America and financial relations between the two nations.
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Stockholm
Herman L. F. Lagercrantz
Washington
United States
America
British Steamer Kildare Torpedoed in Mediterranean
The British steam ship Kildare bound for Malta was torpedoed on April 12 in the Mediterranean. As the crew fled in lifeboats a submarine surfaced and fired on the boats with a mounted gun and rifles, killing one and wounding eight.
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London
Kildare
Malta
Mediterranean Sea
Destroyers Raid English Coast At Night
German destroyers attacked Ramsgate last night. land batteries drove them off. Casualties: one man and one woman killed, one man and two women injured. Damage included 21 dwelling houses two stables and one horse killed. Marshall French notes the losses in the west Kentish coast bombardment.
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London
Ramsgate
War Office
Marshall French
Lord French
West Kentish
Validity of Negro Segregation Ordinances Reached High Court
Washington April 27 The Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of Louisville residence zone ordinances separating whites and negroes. Atlanta Richmond Baltimore St Louis and other cities have similar laws whose fate hinges on this decision.
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Washington
Cities
Supreme Court
Louisville
Atlanta
Richmond
Baltimore
St. Louis
Mexican General Calls for Suppression of Villa Juntas
General Francisco Murguia, commander of the northeast military zone in Juarez, urged the United States to suppress Villa juntas operating in American border cities. He argued that both nations face Francisco Villa as a common enemy and that Villa propagandists across the border aid international crime. He spoke before departing for Casas Grandes in pursuit of Villa.
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Francisco Villa
Murguia
Villa
Villa Juntas
Dr. Smith to Address Pamlico Christian Church Conference
Dr. Smith, president of Atlantic Christian College, will speak at the Pamlico district convention of the Christian church held Saturday and Sunday. Wilson County Farmers' Union stockholders met yesterday declaring a 30 percent dividend on $86,000 in stock.
Charles Walters Suffers Injured Foot at Blanche
Charles Walters of Blanche North Carolina was brought to Danville General Hospital after a circular saw severed half his foot. Dr Julian Roberson operated that evening removing a large portion between the ankle and toes. His condition is reported as satisfactory.
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Danville
Charles Walters
Blanche
N. C
General Hospital
Julian Roberson
Wheat futures react to peace rumors in Chicago trading
In Chicago on April 27 prices swung after yesterday's peace rumor scare. May wheat moved from 2.53 2.54 to about 2.70, July from 2.16 2.18 to around 2.85, then settled back to 2.58 2.22 with later setbacks.
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Chicago
Debate over Army Bill Ends as Kenyon Proposes Tax Rise
Washington April 27 debate on the war army bill reached final stages. Senator Kenyon proposed taxing incomes above 100000 a year to help finance the war, arguing the move would support government expenses and aid the effort. Talks also covered U S France loans and allied cooperation.
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Kenyon
Washington
House
Senate
Jones
Iowa
Roosevelt
France
United States
French Commission
Balfour
M. Viviani
Cotton futures open steady with losses across contracts
The New York cotton market opened steady with a 1 point gain for May, but most months traded 4 to 19 points lower. May eased to 19.77 after the call, July to 19.60, and October to 18.53, about 6 to 10 points under yesterday's close. Trading was quiet with May at 19.88, July 19.60, October 18.58, December 18.60, and January 18.65.
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New York
Hester-Cole Manufacturing Co Chartered in Durham
The Hester Cole Manufacturing Company of Durham with capital of 500000 dollars, of which 50000 has been paid in, was chartered today by the secretary of state. The firm plans to manufacture cotton mill machinery.
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Raleigh
Hester-Cole Manufacturing Company
Durham
Medical Council Named in North Carolina
Raleigh April 27 Governor appointed the North Carolina council of medical preparedness. The physicians include O. H. Laughinghouse of Greenville J. Stokes of Salisbury and J. W. Long of Greensboro appointed to serve on the council.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Council of Medical Preparedness
O. H. Laughinghouse
Greenville
J. ¥. Stokes
Salisbury
J. W. Long
Greensboro
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Verdun
Inferno
Garibaldi
William Lee M’coy
Sprunt and Son
A. P. Harris
Stanley County
Mr. Balfour
Pennsylvania
ARMY
English
DR. Smith
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