Kronstadt Secrets and a Yankee Spy in Kronstadt
An American woman narrator explores Kronstadt fortress through a party with Madame Varia Nogloff and engineer Alexander Kovanko. She plans spy work while learning Kronstadt defenses and encounters caution about spies from General Lebedeff and local officials. The tale hints at danger, dream visions, and upcoming revelations.
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Berlin
Kronstadt
Petersburg
Russia
Windau
Windap
S. S. Volmar
Tn Kronstadt
Madame Varia Nogloff
Church of St. Vladimir
Jane
Peter the Great
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Bleasdale
Madame Noglois
Steglau
Madame Nogloff
Askold
Admiralty
England
Alexander Kovanko
Madame Nogroff
Kkronstadt
Fatssian
Gault
Danzig
Kevanko
Siberia
Irkutsk
General Lebedei
Zenia Lebedeff
Whetty
Lebedeff
Alexander Kovankov
Nicolas
City Boys Have Best Ears, Army Medical Study Finds
Army medical men report city recruits show keener hearing than country peers. Only one in five countryside youths matches the average city ear, as rural quiet dulls nerve responsiveness while urban noise keeps senses alert.
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London
Form Italian Battalion Formation in London
London May 1. A battalion of one thousand Italian soldiers is being formed in London. The members are Italian refugees who have recently arrived from Russia.
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London
Forme i
Russia
Great amount of food reached Belgians thanks to U.S. help
Paris April 11 report notes that 6,016,000 periods of food have reached Belgian civilians through the Relief in Belgium commission from Nov 1 1914 to Oct 31 1917. Hoover organized the effort, sending flour and wheat to Belgium under Hugh Gibson. The average distribution was about 5.48 million pounds daily, with potential for higher import figures.
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Associated Press
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Marvelius
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Information Belges
Travre
Herbert CC. Hoover
London
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Gibson
Brussels
Twins Share Careers as Swedish Naval Leaders
Stockholm April 10. An unusual case of twin brothers following the same career and reaching the same rank in Sweden's navy is told by Vice Admirals Gustaf and Wilhelm Dyrssen who just turned sixty. Gustaf entered English service early, earned the English medal for bravery, headed Sweden's naval academy, and became vice admiral. Wilhelm sailed in the Vanadis expedition of 1883 to 1885 and is an artillery expert. Both brothers published standard works on naval warfare.
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Charles Napier
Peter the Great
Europe
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Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Neva
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St. Peter and
St. Paul
Empire
America
England
Russia
Russians
Palestine
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Deutschland
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Kovanko
Noglott
Koyoko
Stockholm
Associated Press
Sweden
Gustaf Dyrssen
Wilhelm Dyrssen
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Custaf
Issi
Eypt
Naval Academy
Sinkings of Belgian Food convoys by German U-boats
The article notes many ships carrying food for Belgians were sunk by German U-boats, a factor shaping wartime supply conditions and relief efforts.
Girl Exonerated in Richmond Killing Case
Luella Foryte was acquitted by a coroner's jury in Richmond Virginia after it ruled she fired the fatal shot that killed Mrs Mark B Alexander on Monday following threats from the victim. The incident began with an assault using a broom and ended in the death of Mrs Alexander.
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Richmond
Luella Foryte
Mark B. Alexander
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