Artillery drives spring offensives across European fronts
As spring operations loom, heavy artillery and raids intensify on the western front and in the American sector. Verdun and Grandecourt are noted milestones, with British, French, and German actions around Ypres Cambrai and the Meuse scene. Bolshevik church policy and Polish seizures heighten tension in Russia, while Brest-Litovsk talks resume.
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Verdun
Grandecourt
Somme
Ancre
Hindenburg
Ypres
Cambrai
Meuse
Argonne
Cordenay
Champaigne
Toul
Entente
Padua
Russia
Tikhon
All Russia
Brest-Litovsk Peace Talks Break Off Again
London reports that negotiations at Brest-Litovsk have been broken off. The Petrograd correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph service says he is informed.
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London
Brest-Litovsk
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Gas Oil Shortage Shuts Richmond Municipal Gas Plant
Richmond Va Feb 6 The city gas plant halted operations until a supply of gas oil arrives. Several carloads are en route. The shutdown disrupts manufacturing plants and hundreds of homes including four daily newspapers. A special train with gas oil is being rushed to the city and due this afternoon.
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Richmond
Istrative Board
Gsa
Civil Rights Bill Passes Senate In Original Form
Washington February 6 The soldiers and sailors civil rights bill providing a sanatorium for men in military establishments was unanimously passed today by the Senate nearly in the same form as it cleared the House.
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Senate
Washington
Soldiers and Sailors
House
Negroes to fill first quota in local draft tests
The local draft exemption board postponed white examinations for a week and scheduled the first class of negroes to be examined tomorrow at 1 50 PM in the post office building. Those passing will be sent to Camp Jackson around February 8. 48 men needed, with most likely all but four or five to be negroes. Names listed for tomorrow’s examination follow.
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Camp Jackson
BP. Tate
United States Army
Fire at Indiana Reformatory Destroys Five Buildings
Jefferson Ind Feb 6 a fire destroyed five of the fifteen buildings in the Indiana State Reformatory with an estimated loss of 1 million dollars. Two thousand eight hundred eighty five prisoners were orderly moved to the institutional school building 200 yards from the blaze and none tried to escape.
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Jefferson, Ind
Indiana State Reformatory
Fire Devastates Newburgh Waterfront Warehouses
In Newburgh the Central Hudson Steamboat Company and J W Matthews wholesale grocery warehouse burned, with several nearby warehouses damaged. The fire, likely from an overheated furnace, caused about 500 dollars in losses. In Paterson New Jersey the Great Eastern Food Company storage warehouse also burned, with losses running into thousands.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Central Hudson Steamboat Company
J. W. Matthews and Company
Newburgh
Paterson
N. J
Great Eastern Food Company
McAdoo Forms Traffic Investigation Committee
Washington February 6 Director General McAdoo creates a traffic investigation committee to study nationwide congestion and redirect ships from the most congested gateways to less crowded ports. Members include B L Winchell G F Randolph and T C Powell.
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Washington
McAdoo
Troffic
B. L. Winchell
Chicago
Union Pavine
G. F. Randolph
New York
T. C. Powell
Cincinnati
Southern Railway
Speculation in Green Coffee Ordered Stopped By Hoover
Food Administrator Herbert Hoover ordered speculation in green coffee halted on the New York coffee and sugar exchange. Dealers were forbidden to trade green coffee above 84 cents a pound for type seven on the spot, following a conference with exchange members who agreed to curb speculation.
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Washington
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Herbert Hoover
The
Food Administration
Finnish Troops Defeat Red Guard at Uleaborg Capture
Stockholm Feb 6 General Mannerheim's forces beat the Red Guard and Russians at Uleaborg and seized the city, the chief military depot in northern Finland. The two day battle left several hundred dead.
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RED Guard
Stockholm
Mannerheim
Uleaborg
Finland
German in Danville Registers With Police Chief
Danville Va Feb 6 Carl Jacob a musician is the only German who has conformed with the government order to register with the chief of police for documentation. Residents report only three Germans in the area comply so far.
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Danvile
Carl Jacob
Final Tribute to John L Sullivan at Calvary Cemetery
A final tribute was paid today to the body of a great champion as John L Sullivan was laid to rest in Calvary Cemetery. The service honored the famed figure known for boxing greatness and local impact.
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Boston
John L. Sullivan
Calvary Cemetery
Baker faces cross examination over army readiness
Secretary Baker testifies before the Senate military committee on army preparation and ships for France. He admits possible overstatement and fights to avoid public release of figures while editors dispute the War Department’s claims and discuss reorganization.
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Washington
Pfeby G
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Wilson
War Department
Senate
France
Weeks
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Tru
Amelia Shipping
Whitchcock
Shipping Board
Metropolitan Magazine
Roosevelt
Reid
Will found forgeries contest lumberman Wing estate
Chicago dates show attorney general Edward Brundage alleging a forged 1905 will of James H. Wing and claiming a later will found years after his death is not legitimate. Hearing set for March 12 to challenge the Wing will as Mrs Maude A King linked murder case figures in the dispute over a three million dollar estate.
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Chicago
Edward Brundage
James H. Wing
Mwiljionsire
Attorney Generals
Wing
Gaston Means
Maude A. King
North Carolina
Mrs C V Cummings Dies At Johns Hopkins Baltimore
Mrs. Mary Boone Cummings wife of V Cesmimus died yesterday near noon at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after an operation. A High Point resident for 19 years she was esteemed for charity and service. Survived by husband five children three brothers and one sister funeral Friday at 10 30 from family home with Rev Charles P Coble officiating Interment Oakwood cemetery.
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Baltimore
Mary Boone Cummings
V. Cesmimus
West
Roosevelt undergoes operation for abscess
Oyster Bay New York February sixth Col Theodore Roosevelt underwent an operation for abscess a few days ago it became known last night after his removal from his home here to New York City. While it is understood the operation is minor in character it was deemed advisable immediately by the colonels physician. His removal to New York was to place his physician in closer touch with the case.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
New York City
New York
Five Pound War Bonds to Be Sold at Banks
London announces that national war bonds valued at five pounds will soon be sold at all banks with no forms required. King George initiated the printing of these easily bought bonds during his recent visit to the Bank of England.
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London
King George
Bank of England
Military court upholds light sentence for Lt Tolm Dwyer
Washingon February 6 The military court sentencing First Lieut Tolm Dwyer on hospital duty at Camp Puatrop Kan for negligence refused to impose a heavier punishment as urged by the War Department.
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Washingoon
Tolm Dwyer
Camp Puatrop
Kan
War Department
Merchants Debate Cutbacks in Deliveries at City Meeting
A merchants meeting in the city assembly room discussed economical delivery systems. A committee led by Eli Wk. Ingram was tasked to study conditions locally and nearby and report next Tuesday. Carter Dalton, local food administrator, outlined government expectations on flour sales and planned to return with updates from the county administrator conference in Raleigh.
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Eli Wk. Ingram
Eoint
Cay
Carter Dalton
Mr. Dalton
Enterprise
Raleigh
Heavy sentences by court martial at Camp Sevier
Reports from Camp Sevier Greenville North Carolina cite several court martial verdicts. Privates Triplett Causey Gregory Anderson DeWitt Christmas receive prison terms from five to ten years for offenses including self mutilation larceny desertion forgery and absence without leave.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
N. C
Dover
Tenn
Corp
Oscar J. Gregory
1Sth Infantry
D. M. Anderson
Company VI
U17th Infantry
Louis H. R.dewitt
Hyfan UT. Christmas
115Th Artillery
Cotton futures dip as market opens steady lower again
New York trade opens with nervous activity as prices drift. Active months fall 2 to 25 points from last night’s close after a steady start with May and July near the prior level. March opens at 30.02 with May at 29.4, July 29.45, and later months around 28.10 to 27.82.
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New York
Marel
Piez Challenges Labor Over Shipyard Work Ethic
Charles Piez, vice president of the Foreignship Fleet corporation, told labor in Washington that the shipping board has yards materials and funds but lacks a national will to mobilize a quarter million mechanics into shipyards to raise efficiency. He urged workers to commit to the program.
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Washington
Charles Piez
Fmervencey Fieet Corporation
Shipping Board
Sevier for Immediate Duty in France Selects 370 Men
Camp Sevier, Greenville, S.C. Feb 6. The 370 men of the 30th division chosen for immediate service in France have left for overseas. They are skilled mechanics and tradesmen drawn from the division to avoid weakening any single unit. The list of names includes private soldiers and noncommissioned ranks across multiple companies and corps, with some destined for Field Hospitals, Signal, Ordnance, and Engineer units as part of the division’s broader deployment plan.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
S.C
France
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Enel O. Talbert
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Silas T L.eBee
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First Clas
Roy H. Ritchie
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