First 1918 Western Front attack dented German defense
French forces broke the German first line north of Bures and east of Moncel in Lorraine, capturing over 400 prisoners. The action, the first large 1918 Western Front assault, followed by air activity in allied sectors and concurrent raids by French, British, and Italian air forces. Submarine losses and merchantmen damaged were reported in the Mediterranean and Atlantic theaters.
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Western Front
HUN
Lorraine
Bures
Moncel
Chauteau Salins
Luneville
Nancy
Four de Paris
Argonne
France
Toul
Entente
Germany
Ladives
Mediterranean
Rail workers to gain extended hours under new agreement
Washington reports a settlement between Director General Mc Adoo and O A Wharton head of the AFLs employes department. The accord plans longer weekly hours for over 500000 workers on locomotives and rolling stock with potential 10 to 11 hour shifts and overtime pay, plus a 4 pm early departure once weekly in some shops. Local hours will be set by railroad executives with union leaders.
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Washington
McAdoo
O. A. Wharton
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Wave Commission
Favorable Report Ordered On War Finance Corporation Bill
The senate finance committee reported unanimously a bill to create a war finance corporation with 4.5 billion capital to aid war industries. Amendments shifted licensing power from corporation directors to a capital committee, limited direct loans to railroads utilities and key war organizations, and required presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. McAdoo supports the measure with expected Republican backing.
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Federal Reserve Board
Senate
McAdoo
Army aviation school approved site at Sacramento Cal
Washington reports a site in Sacramento California has been approved for an army aviation school. The decision marks a step in expanding air service training, with officials noting strategic location and potential for training capacity in the western region.
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Washington
Sacramento
Cal
Market Shows Early Cotton Advance Amid Notices
New York Feb 1 The cotton market rebounded after yesterday's drop with March firming as notices totaling about 2500 bales were halted. Futures opened firm with March 30.70 May 30.40 July 30.04 October 28.90 December 28.73. Washington Feb 21 Preliminary estimates indicate the 250000 ship workers enrollment target will be exceeded with thousands of union workers joining without restriction.
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New York
Washington
Lutheran convention canceled due to travel congestion
Columbia S C Feb 21 Dr Jk C Cronk secretary of the Lay mens Missionary movement of the Lutheran church announced that the biennial convention of the Laymen's Missionary movement of the United Lutheran synod of the south planned for Salisbury North Carolina in April has been called off because of railroad travel congestion.
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Columbia, S. C
Jk. C. Cronk
Laymens Missionary Movement
The
Lutheran Church
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
United Lutheran
Synod of the South
Salisbury
N. C
Control of the Air Belongs to 10 Germans
In France on February 21 the American front reports that German air power dominates the skies. German planes cross the lines freely while anti-aircraft fire struggles to reach them. German aviators photograph and observe with ease, staying at high altitudes around 35,000 meters where they are largely beyond reach.
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Bocie
CHAP GAME HALTED BY TWO PATROLMEN
Sam Gatlin was arraigned in municipal court for fast and reckless driving after an accident on South Main Street injuring Cy Hayworth and Wiley Newsome. Judge Austin said a decision would be announced tomorrow morning.
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Sam Gatlin
South Main Street
Cy Hayworth
Wiley Newsome
Austin
Allen
Morpheus
Ira Willard
Hobson to Advocate Bone Dry Prohibition in High Point
Richmond Pearson Hobson, famed Merrimac hero and Alabama congressman, will speak on America in War at High Point High School auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. He urges ratification of the federal prohibition amendment and has long pressed nationwide liquor prohibition in Congress and on Chautauqua platforms. The article details Hobson’s career and the amendment’s aims and timelines.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
The
Merriimac
Alabama
High Point
Hobson
North Carolina
America
Santiago
Cuba
United States
Congress
Taw
Nation Wide Plot to Chen Government Disclosed
New York Feb 21 An alleged country wide plot involving illegal profiteering in army clothing at government expense led to federal indictments of 11 men including a clerk in the army quartermaster department on fraud charges. Investigations. government loss estimated at 5 million, indictments to curb further conspiracies and save millions.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Committee revises the Overman bill in war reorganization push
Washington February 21 The senate judiciary sub committee revised the administration plan granting Wilson authority to coordinate government agencies and ordered it reported to the full committee next Monday for action in the war reorganization effort.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Judiciary
Flour theft at Dixie Milling plant prompts police alert
In a third break in at the Dixie Milling plant in the city’s south, four 24 pound sacks and four 4 pound sacks of flour were stolen Tuesday night. Police and the food administrator seek leads to identify hoarders and prevent further shortages.
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Dixie Milling Company
Bolsheviki vow guerilla defense as German advance widens
Petrograd dispatch reports Bolshevik leaders pledging Red Guard harassment against advancing German forces from the Gulf of Finland to Volhynia. They deny plans to evacuate Petrograd, declare a new war, and urge a united front. Germans reach Minsk, Vitebsk, and key rail centers as occupation of Disko shocks civilians. Berlin cites potential east peace while Austrian premier rejects allied aid.
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Red Guard
Russia
Gulf of Finland
Volhwnia
Reval
Ekthona
Pskola
Dvyinsk
Minsk
Vitebsk
Olodechno
Teutons
von Kruehlmann
Reichstag
Germany
Administration's Rail Bill Near Senate Passage Tonight
Washington report says both houses labored on the administration's rail control bill as war measures push Congress toward final adjournment tonight. Senator Lewis warned the measure would foreshadow broader public utility control and dominate the next presidential campaign. In the House, Rep Esch of Wisconsin opened debate opposing the bill as drafted by the committee.
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Judiciary Committee
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
Post Office To Observe Holiday Hours Tomorrow
Postmaster J Farriss announces George Washington's Birthday legal holiday. The postoffice will close for holiday hours with morning deliveries only and general delivery window open until 10 30 a.m.
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George Washington
Postoffice
Austrians Urge Peace Talks With United States
The Austrian socialist press petitions Premier von Seydl to accept Wilson's peace principles and begin negotiations between Austria Hungary and the United States. They demand immediate steps to open discussions for a general peace.
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Amsterdam
Wireless Press
von Seydler
Wilson
Austria- Hungary
United States
German Troops Headed to Russia From Vase Arrival
Four steamslips arrived at Vase in the Calf of Bosna bringing German troops including Finnish volunteers and many German machine guns rifles and munitions. A strong offensive is reported planned against Tamnaneres and Viborg.
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Switzerland
Vase
Bosna
Germany
Frerman
Ie 4
Ag Inet
Ta Mnaneres
Fors
Viborg
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