Schedule sets 154 games for American League season
Chicago confirms a 154 game Atlantic season with opening dates in mid April. The league will start in the east on April 15 with Philadelphia at Boston and New York vs Washington in the capital. Cleveland visits Chicago as the Western opener.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Fenway Park
New York
Washington
St. Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Ceveland
Sat Sun
Esas
Wwe Bees
Eeaes
Atta
Ship Workers Vote to Call No More Strikes
In Savannah Georgia a mass meeting of shipyard workers voted not to order further strikes on government work. A returning committee reported a wage deal from Washington that is deemed satisfactory. The Terry Ship Building Company and the Foundation Shipbuilding Company operate plants in the area.
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Savannah
Washington
Terry Shipbuilding Company
Foundation Shipbuilding Company
Oregon Senator Chamberlain to Undergo Appendicitis Operation
Washington February 20 Senator Chamberlain of Oregon chairman of the military committee is to be operated on at once for appendicitis. He was improved Tuesday after a prior attack but later examination led doctors to move him to a hospital for surgery.
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Washington
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Dr Anna Howard Shaw to Speak in Southern States
Dr Anna Howard Shaw, chairman of the woman's committee of the council of national defense, has left Washington to visit the southern states. She will urge home production of foods and saving of food that must be transported.
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Washington
Anna Howard Shaw
Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
War disrupts bulb farming in Leyden and Haarlem area
War vessels a blow to bulb planting in the Netherlands. Growers partly abandon bulbing and switch to wiretable vegetable raising. Drying sheds rise along canals with limited capacity for cabbage and carrot drying. In Amsterdam the German army tightens underground hangars at Belgian aerodromes, using prisoner labor to shelter twelve aircraft.
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Leyden
Netherlands
Haarlem
Amsterdam
Echo Belge
Governor Bickett Calls For Nonpartisan War Effort In North Carolina
Goldsboro, Feb 20. Governor Thomas W. Bickett urged end to partisan fights and for a united state campaign to raise 48 million dollars for the war savings program. He said only by serving patriotism and selecting strong workers can the war be won and offices be reserved for strength rather than party. He added he has no stomach for stump speeches on Democrat versus Republican lines.
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Goldsboro
North Carolina
Thomas W. Bickett
War Savings Committee
Three More Deaths Reported Among Soldiers at Sevier
Camp Sevier Greenville S C Feb 20 Special Three deaths reported yesterday Private Joseph Lyrden 20 of Company 5 aviation section father Joseph Dryden Springfield Mo died Friday Private first class Earl Dyer Headquarters Co 120th Infantry and Private John T Higgs Supply Co 115th Field artillery both died Monday morning Dyers nearest relative is Alex Dyer Cortland Tenn Higgs is survived by widow Mrs KE Higgs Joppa Tenn both 26 years old
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
Joseph Lyrden
Aviation Section
Joseph Dryden
Springfield
Earl Dyer
Headquarters Co
120Th Infantry
John T. Higgs
115Th Field Artillery
Dyer
Alex Dyer
Cortland
Tenn
Higgs
KE. Higgs
Joppa, Tenn
Russians Occupy Lutsk Without Fighting, War Office Says
Vienna via London reports that the German army group commanded by General Alexander von Linsingen has seized the Russian town of Lutsk in Volhynia without any fighting, according to an Austrian war office statement.
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Vienna
London
Alexander von Linsingen
Austrian War Office
Lutsk
Volhynia
German Forces Occupy Dvinsk Amid River Bridge Attempt
German forces entered the Russian town of Dvinsk and took control. Russian forces tried and failed to blow up the bridge over the Dvina river, according to the German war office announced on Tuesday.
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Dvinsk
Berlin
War Office
Dvyina River
One in Twenty German Prisoners Working on Farms
London February 20. Only one in twenty able bodied German prisoners in this country have been used for farm labor per the Agricultural Gazette. The journal estimates well over 1,040,000 able bodied prisoners exist and could boost food production if organized, noting that in the last two to three weeks the number actually working on farms was under 5,000.
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London
The
Agricultural Gazette
Italian Troops Active All Along the Line
Rome February 20 Italian forces are showing much activity along the entire front harassing the enemy. Artillery fighting is reportedly heavy, according to a general headquarters report.
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Rome
British Dardanelles Report Delayed Until After War
London reports the government will not publish the Dardanelles Investigation Commission’s second and final report during the war. Officials say immediate publication would not serve the public interest.
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London
New Navigation School Planned for Tampa
Boston reports a new government navigation school will be established in Tampa Florida to train seamen for deck officer roles in the merchant marine. The program aims to expand the network of training facilities and bolster maritime leadership nationwide.
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Tampa
Boston
Merchant Marine
Fla
Dean's Kidney Pills Featured By High Point Reader Case
Mrs Kh McIntyre of 312 Morris Street reports severe kidney pain and back ache improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She says the first dose helped and after one box her back grew strong, with no symptoms for over three years. Manufactured by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Mrs. Kh
McIntyre
Morris Street
Transport Schedule Refined For City Trains
Timed leaves from Winston Zinzendorf Hotel to High Point and from High Point to Greensboro with specific departure and return windows. Separate Guilford Hotel and Elwood Hotel legs listed with 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. windows. Car hire for special trips available via phone 58.
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Elwood Hotel
Winston
Winston, Zinzendorf Hotel
Greensboro
Guilford Hotel
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