British Airmen Down Nine More Enemies in Six Days
British airmen report destroying nine enemy aircraft, bringing their total in six days to nearly 100. German peace talks with Russia are delayed as Bolshevik guerilla resistance intensifies. Jericho captured secures Palestine front, enabling Allenby to threaten Damascus rail links.
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Berlin
Dr. von Kuehlmann
Bucharest
Leon Trotzky
Batic
Dvinsk
Finland
Minsk
Berascina
Napoleon
Arloseow
Boshevic
Red Guards
Jericho
Palestine Army
Mediterranean
Jordan River
Allenby
Damascus
Revenue tax filing deadline extended to April 1
The revenue board announced an extension from March 1 to April 1 for income and excess profit tax returns. Taxpayers are urged to file early to avoid a rush at the end of the period.
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Washington
the Revenue Board
Allied conference backs British war aims program
London reports the inter allied war conference in session reached an agreement to support the British war aims program as of February 23.
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London
Near Ukrainian Capital Bolsheviki Hold City Tight
London reports Austrian and Romanian forces advancing toward Kiev the Ukrainian capital, which remains under Bolshevik control. Strategic movements unfold as forces converge near the city.
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London
Wiev
Turks Open Offensive Ahead of Armistice End
A correspondent reports the Turkish army in the Caucasus has launched an offensive before the armistice expires. Turkish forces occupied Tha and paralyzed retreat of the Caucasian troops, who are positioned along the coast.
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London
Caucasus
Tha
Man Fined 75 Dollars In Driving Incident Case
Sam Gatlin, the white man, was fined 75 dollars plus costs in municipal court after injuries to Cy Hayworth and Wiley Newsome from Gatlin’s truck. Hayworth testified. Newsome was not yet able to appear due to injuries. Judge Allen Austin delivered the decision.
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Sam Gatlin
Cy Hayworth
Wiley Newsome
Gatlin
Allen Austin
Hayworth
Newsome
Juniors Buy $500 War Stamps in Guilford Council
Guilford council No. 23, Junior order of United American Mechanics, bought 500 in war savings stamps. A committee led by J. W. Sechrest will solicit members personally. Trustees were told to purchase 500 in stamps at the reg war meeting. High Point fraternal groups are among district leaders in stamp purchases, pleasing the workers.
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Guilford Council No
Order of United American Mechanics
J. W. Sechrest
High Point
Uncle Sam
Spanish steamship Mar Caspio sunk by submarine
Madrid, Feb 3. The Spanish steamer Mar Caspio en route to New York with cork cargo was sunk by a submarine. The crew were rescued by the steamer Cladio Lopez Y Lopez, which was halted but later allowed to proceed. The submarine commander opposed the decision to let the Cladio Lopez Y Lopez sail. He wished to sink the liner due to cars bound for the N Span ish northern railroad, partly French owned.
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Madrid
Spain
New York
Cork
Cladio Lopez Y Lopez
Spanish Northern Railroad
Republican Named to Succeed Hughes in New Jersey
David Baird of Camden, a Republican, was appointed by Governor Edge to fill the late Senator Hughes’s seat in the United States Senate. He will serve until the successor for Hughes is elected at the November 1918 election.
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Trenton
N.J
David Baird
Camden
Edge
United States
Hughes
English and American women form Liverpool American Aid society
Liverpool reports the formation of an American Aid society by English and American women to assist visiting U S naval and military officers. A series of teas dances and entertainments has been planned to provide social diversion during their stays.
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Liverpool
Price of 1918 wheat may rise to 2.20 a bushel
Washington reports indications that the 1918 wheat price could be increased by presidential proclamation under food control laws. The president could set a higher price than the 2.20 minimum, aiming to release wheat supplies and spur planting amid congressional talk of up to 2.75 per bushel.
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Washington
Special Wheat Committee
Harry A. Garfield
Congress
Steamship lines seek higher cotton freight rates to New York
The Mallory and Clyde steamship companies asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for rate increases of 30 to 40 percent on cotton shipments from the south and Atlantic gulf ports to New York and Boston. The Clyde line seeks 20 to 80 cents per hundred pounds for upland cotton from Georgetown and Wilmington to New York, and 46 cents for sea island cotton from Charleston Jacksonville and Brunswick to New York with 44 cents to Boston.
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South
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
New York
Boston
North Atlantic
Clyde
Georgetown
S. C
Wilmington
Sea Island
Charleston
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Clyde Line
British Order Protects Jerusalem Holy Places
London reports a British commander’s conception after Jerusalem’s capture promising safe passage for lawful activity and protection of sacred sites. It contrasts with German decrees coercing Udine women and children to sixteen hours of field labor daily under occupation.
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London
Udine
Italy
Jerusalem
Entente
Centra
Mine Disaster in Amaza Porter Mine Kills 16
Central Falls Michigan February 23 revised figures confirm 16 men were killed when a bulkhead failed allowing water and quicksand to flood the Amaza Porter mine. Rescue teams fear more water may inundate the workings as recovery efforts continue.
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Central Falls
Mich
Amaza Porter
Compulsory Food Saving Favored by Agricultural Committee
Washington February 25 members of the house agricultural committee today submitted their report on the bill granting the President power to regulate public eating houses and the manufacture and distribution of foodstuffs.
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Washington
House
Agricultural Committee
German forces reach Walk in Livonia and Volhynia town
Berlin reports in their new invasion of Russian territory that German units have reached Walk in Livonia, about 90 miles northeast of Riga. Elsewhere the army advancing from Lutsk has reached the town of VDubno in Volhynia.
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Walk
Berlin
Livonia
Riga
Volhynia
Teuton
Rom Lutsk
McAdoo bans new high salaried railroad jobs
Washington February 23 Director General McAdoo ordered railroads to stop creating high level positions without approval and to report monthly on salary increases and new posts. The directive targets positions above general manager and seeks detailed data on officer and employee salaries and related expenses to curb overrun under government control.
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Washington
McAdoo
Rail
New York
Diplomatic Missions Prepare to Leave if Petrograd Threatened
Petrograd dispatch reports that allied embassies will depart if German advance menaces the city. They will not break relations, and if Petrograd is attacked the embassies would likely move inland with the Bolshevik government, wherever it relocates.
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Petrograd
Keb
Pei
Thie Eit
Russia
Ambassadors Consider Leaving Petrograd If Germans Threaten
Ambassador Francis informed the state department that the diplomatic corps in Petrograd may depart with the Bolshevik government if the city is menaced by German forces. He gave no details but noted the Soviet government plans to defend the city if needed.
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Washington
Francis
State Department
Petrograd
French Troops Raid German Positions North of Aileppe River
Paris announces French troops conducted a raid into German positions north of the Aileppe river in Champaigne last night. Prisoners and war materials were captured and brought back by the French forces.
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Paris
Aileppe River
Champaigne
War Office
Watering the weary Poilus near French lines
The old well behind the French front lines serves as a vital respite for Poilus returning from trench duty. With city water systems vanished, the French rely on groundwater, while Red Cross workers supply water to a nearby base hospital.
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Poilus
Red Cross
Two Men Charged With Hosiery Larceny in High Point
Fred Suits and Paul Payne both white prisoners in the city jail face larceny charges for stealing more than 100 dollars worth of hosiery from the High Point Hosiery mill and Amos Hosiery. Police recovered most of the goods, including items sold to a merchant, after a few days of investigation and a major haul at a southern city residence.
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Fred Suits
Paul Payne
High Point
Amos Company
Suits
Payne
Robert Amos
Man Knocked From Train Door By Falling Box
M F Griffith of Winston-Salem, an express messenger based in Charlotte, is hospitalized after falling from a southbound Southern Railway train near Concord. A box toppled from the car door, injuring him yesterday afternoon.
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Concord
Griffith
Winston-Salem
Southern Railway
Charlotte
Bubonic Plague Threatens North China
Reports from northern China indicate a bubonic plague outbreak in Shansi province with serious spread, prompting warnings to missionaries and aid agencies. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions received advices from staff in the region detailing the expanding danger.
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Boston
Shansi
China
American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions
Raleigh to get camp if war plans allow says Baker
Washington reports War Secretary Baker promised due consideration to Raleigh for establishing further camps in North Carolina but did not confirm plans. Raleigh seeks a camp as earnestly as Fayetteville, which has faced only soft promises. Local hope remains high despite odds. Meanwhile Representative Pou pushes a bill for a 15 percent pay raise for postal workers, except route carriers and contract workers. He backs the measure as fair after a 43 percent cost of living rise, arguing it is due for government workers.
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Raleigh
Mayetteville
Tavereville
Poul
North Carolina
Pou
House
Postal Department
Postmaster General
Pau Friday
City pastors plan census drive at Lutheran church
A meeting of pastors and Sunday school superintendents is set for tomorrow at 3 pm at the Lutheran church on English Street to finalize preparations for a city religious census. Each committee will be named and tasks assigned as the group begins immediate work, with the census itself to start after a short preparation period.
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Lutheran Church
English Street
Hobson Warns Prohibition Urgently for World Peace
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson told a full high school auditorium that liquor fuels German propaganda and endangers democracy. He argued America must lead in making the world sober to boost war efficiency, citing brewers’ funding and national waste while urging organized anti liquor action.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
High School
America
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