Allied Troops Repel German Attacks on Western Front
London report by Associated Press dated April 20 details British gains near Givenchy Festubert and Robecq after counterattacks in Flanders. Paris notes German raids near Hangard en Santerre failed with French prisoners taken. British weekly casualties total 12,368 with 576 officers and 1,629 men killed or died of wounds.
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House Refuses to Accept Creel Report Amid Impertinent Remark
Washington April 20 The House refused to accept the Postmaster General Burleson's special report on the amount of printed matter sent to American soldiers by the Committee on Public Information because it contained a statement by George Creel deemed impertinent and disrespectful. Austin April 20 Governor Hobby urges cotton growers in pink bollworm districts to observe the new law as the penalty for violations is lacking. Washington April 20 Lieut Col Robert Wood to be acting quartermaster general of the army, relieving Maj Gen Goethals of the detail.
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Plane on the border to aid bandit search
Juarez authorities announce Mexico will use an aircraft on the border to assist El Paso authorities in the search for bandits. The move was disclosed today in Juarez, Texas, on April 20. The development signals cross border cooperation in tracking down the fugitives.
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Subscriptions Rise to Over 1.23 Billion in Liberty Loan
Washington reports subscriptions to the Liberty Loan have reached 1,238,098,950 dollars as of April 20. The tally reflects ongoing public support and mobilization during the war effort, highlighting substantial participation across regions and sectors.
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Liberty Loan
Revised enemy trading list targets allied products
Washington reports a revised enemy trading list issued today listing over five thousand names including enemy firms in neutral European countries. The move intensifies the unified effort to bar allied products from reaching the enemy.
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Washington
Bankers' Meeting Postponed to May by Referendum
New York April 20. Because many members are engaged in promoting the third Liberty Loan the spring meeting of the executive council of the American Bankers' Association is postponed from next week in Hot Springs Arkansas to the second week of May by referendum vote.
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Intercollegiate Boat Races Open Amid War Adjustments
The 1917 season begins with races on Friday featuring Pennsylvania versus Navy on the Seven Rivers at Annapolis and Princeton freshmen facing Central High School of Philadelphia on Lake Carnegie at Princeton. The Poughkeepsie regatta is again omitted due to wartime conditions, altering the traditional program of big Eastern varsity crews over the next two months.
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Florence H Sunk Near Foreign Port With Loss of Life
New York reports the American steamer Florence H once a Great Lakes vessel has been sunk near a foreign port with deaths confirmed. Details on casualty figures and exact location are unavailable.
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Florence H
St Louis Mother Kills Children with Axe
St Louis Mo April 20 Believing her husband would abandon them Mrs Katherine Skaggs bound the children gagged them with cotton and killed three with an axe while fatally injuring the youngest survivor Dora nine months The mother then told her husband she had killed his babies and appeared to plan suicide.
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St. Louis
Katherine Skaggs
Dora
Boy 9 Charged With Murder In Jersey City Case
In Jersey City on April 20 a murder charge was filed in the criminal court against 9-year-old Frank Machelowski. He admits shooting 4-year-old Edward Choroski with a rifle after claiming the boy stole two marbles from him.
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Edward Choroski
San Jacinto Day Celebrations Set for Texas Cities
Austin reports April 20 observances statewide to honor the April 21 1836 San Jacinto battle that secured Texas independence. General Sam Houston led a small force to defeat Santa Ana’s Mexican regulars near Houston and capture Santa Ana.
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Texas
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Sam Houston
Santa Ana
Houston
Alliied Forces to Be Increased at Vladivostock
London reports on April 20 that allied troops must be reinforced at Vladivostock due to tense anti Japanese and German ties there. The Tientsin Telegraph notes Bolsheviks in Harbin report shells explosives metals and machine tools shipped to European Russia via Vladivostock.
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Vladivostock
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Harbin
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Y M C A Plans Mass Meeting to Recruit 1000 Monthly Auxiliaries
New York April 20 A wartime drive seeks at least 1000 Y M C A hut secretaries and physical directors each month to assist US forces and allied troops in morale recreation. A mass meeting at the Metropolitan Opera House is set for tomorrow afternoon with Governor Whitman presiding and Harry Lauder delivering the principal address.
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United States
France
Italy
Metropolitan Opera House
National War Work Council
Whitman
Harry Lauder
Case of Mrs Stokes to be laid before grand jury
Kansas City April 20 The case of Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes New York Socialist leader arrested on espionage act charges is expected to be laid before the Federal grand jury convening here Monday The charges rest on statements delivered in Kansas City and nearby towns and a signed communication to a newspaper declaring that no government for profiteers can be for the people and I am for the people Since arrest she has been at liberty on a $10000 bond furnished by her husband J G Phelps Stokes of New York
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Rose Pastor Stokes
New York
Mrs. Stokes
Liberty
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Ohio Man's Son Fails Civil Service Tests
An Ohio father laments his son's repeated rejections for a federal civil service post. He notes Bill's deficiencies in spelling geography and arithmetic and fears he must return to teaching for a living as times stay tough for the family.
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What a Father Said
In a Jennings County Sunday School class the topic was food conservation. A teacher asked if parents said grace before meals and a child quoted, My father says now kids dont make hogs of yourselves thats all the butter there is in the house.
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Jennings County
Indianapolis News
Wrestling Chatter Highlights Champion Ship Bouts
Eye sport chatter notes that all bouts are champion ship contests with Pep Young's hitting drawing praise and a radiant smile from Jonathan McGraw, Giants' boss, in a lighthearted sports column.
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