Germans Press Forward As Allies Brace For Storm
In London reports the Germans push artillery and reorganize forces while a lull may end in a greater clash. British and Entente lines show cautious strength with patrols, counterattacks, and a plan to hold the Luce valley amid fighting near Arras Roeux Mezieres and Demlin. Sixteen German planes were shot down and Allied prisoners taken in counterattacks. A heavy German advance threatens Amiens, while rescue workers recover casualties at a church in Paris. Public dispatches note the Cuban American Jockey Club season ending and a large Elks Home cornerstone ceremony in New Orleans with patriotic parades.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Brit B
Roeux
Ger
Ammst Me
Allied Counter Move Looms as German Attacks Rattle Front
Paris dispatch reports renewed German assaults along a 25 mile front from Moreuil to Lassigny near Mont Didier. French resistance with reserves holds a salient while British lines hold. General Foch appointed supreme commander signaling imminent Allied counter action.
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Mont Didier
Paris
Moreuil
Avre
Amiens
Salient
Lassigny
Oise
Roye-Amiens
Messers
Maison Blanche
Thiepval
Laboiselle
Albert
Foch
War Office
Enemy Takes Mezieres
The War Office announced that German forces captured Mezieres, with reports of advancing actions on the front as March 30 details emerged from London.
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Mezieres
London
War Office
Battlefield strewn with German dead in France reports
The Morning Post correspondent in France says prisoners describe a battlefield strewn with dead Germans along roads and villages. The air is foul from the corpses and Wells cannot be used.
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London
Morning Post
France
Battefield
W.S.S
Spies at Curtiss Plant Allegedly Uncovered
Newark police report an admission that a group of German spies worked at Curtiss Engineering in Hempstead New York. The confession came from Lydia White arrested with airplane blueprints, held on $10000 bail along with Frederick Arnold, a boarder. blueprints found in their rooms.
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Associated Post
Newark
N. F
Curtiss Engineering Corporation
Hempstead
New York
Lydia White
Large Louisiana Timber Land Deal Totals Nine Million Dollars
About 102000 acres of virgin long leaf yellow pine timber in Rapides Vernon and Winn parishes were sold from Jay Gould heirs to a syndicate led by Captain J Ab White of Kansas City. Price reported at $9,000,000 with substantial cash payment. Hudson Potts HKernstein and Scholars represented White and Gould interests in New York. Local mills at Oakdale Fisher Clarks Victoria will likely process the timber.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Henry Bernstein
New York
Bernstein
Jay Gould
Forest Lumber Company and Allied Concerns
J. Ab. White
Kansas City
South
Einstein
Hudson, Potts, Hkernstein
Capt. White
Gould
Louisiana Central Lumber Co
Clarks and
Standard
Forest Lumber Company
Oakdale
Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company
Fisher
Victoria
Vernon, Rapides and Winn
C. KE. Slagle
Clarks
New Citizens’ Natonal Bank
Louisana Central Lumber Company
32 drafted Negroes leave this morning for training camp
Crowds gathered at the U S and P station to bid farewell to 32 drafted colored men enlisting for Camp Pike Arkansas. Only 82 of the 115 increment were sent today with three more to be sent Tuesday. Nine white men will entrain Monday for Camp Pike.
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U., S. and P
Camp Pike
Ark
Naaman Barnes
Andy Stevenson
Boston Williams
Sam Clark
Walter Taylor
Wm. Wesley
Haywood Ford
Vick Jackson
John Tugwell
Cornelius Kedley
Leroy Woodward
Dosie Williams
Arm
Ennis Broadnay Broadnax
Wesley
Matthew Jones
Richmond Dunn
R. R. Bondurant, Jr
el Paso
Tex
Camp Travis
San Antonio
Andrew H. Hare
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
Hare
42D Engineers
Lawrence Henry Turner
Fort Leavenworth
Loyal Citizens Plan Monroe Home Guard
A mass meeting at City Hall on Monday to form a Home Guard organization for Monroe Ouachita parish. Prominent citizens signed the call urging loyalty against pro German activity and pledging to expose financial slackers during the third Liberty bond issue.
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Monroe
The
Ouachita Parish
City Hall
Finish Red Guards defeated at Tammerfors reports say
A Petrograd dispatch claims the Finish Red Guards were defeated at Tammerfors north of Helsingfors by government forces. Rebels purportedly suffered ten thousand prisoners and twenty one guns lost.
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London
Petrograd
Red Guards
Tammerfors
Helsingfors
Torbay Brelaithan Tag Day Raises Aid for Refugees
Mrs. Abe Arent heads a Belgian and French refugee relief drive in Torbay with Young Ladies patrolling streets collecting funds. The campaign uses the Allies slogan They shall not pass with a prompt to contribute.
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Abe Arent
Negro Shot in Lec With Soldiers in Uniform
A Black man, son of Ned Ford, says he was attacked near Johnston's Point by men in civilian and military dress, then shot in the leg. Deputy Roper reports four more shots fired as attackers fled. police consider deserters among them. The wound is deemed flesh by Dr. O'Donnell.
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Ned Ford
Johnston
Roper
R. W. O'Donnell
Prothers
Durden
Henry Willams
Death Penalty Proposed for Espionage Acts in Congress
Senator Overman head of the Senate Judiciary committee said a bill to impose the death penalty for many espionage acts will be introduced in Congress after government agents testified on anti spy work. Washington dispatch notes the move.
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Associated Pros
Washington
Congress
Senator Overman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Move Up Your Clocks to Save Time for War Effort
The nation shifts clocks forward one hour tonight as daylight saving time begins. The Associated Press reports the change aims to aid wartime efforts and warns people they will be late to church if they fail to adjust.
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Associated Press
Washington
Allied Porches Put Under Supreme Commander French General
The report states that the French General has been placed in charge of all Allied and American porches. This marks a central command shift with the objective of unified porch management across the coalition. No further details are provided.
Unification of Armies Pleases Allied Officials
Paris reports General Foch named supreme commander of all Allied and American forces in France. General Pershing placed American expeditionary forces at Foch's disposal, signaling unified command to hurl back the German advance. Washington awaits official comment as war department notes Pershing message confirming resource readiness.
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Associated Press
Paris
Cgeneral
Pershing
Foch
Washington
France
White House
General Pershing
War Department
General
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Itish
Selle
Luce River
Meziers
Luce Valley
Demlin
Demuin
Mizieres
Somme
Montdidier
Sommee
W.S
Shipping Board
the Shipping Board
Mareh
Havana
Elks
Grand Lodge
Order
West Monroe
Waldorf Cafe
Curtiss Aircraft Plant
Jay Gould Hectas
Coshocton
Ohio
John M. Parker
KE. O. Smith
H. M. Williams
Chas. Garvey
J. T. Bryant
J. Q. Graves
J. Ll. Adams
Louis Hoffman
J. C. Amman
D. A. Breard, Sr
F. B. Chase
J. W. Collens
Fred C. Amman
Burton H. Wolf
G. T. Cross
A. G. Cook
Ouachita Natural Gas & Oil Co., Inc
Ing
United States
Torbay
W.es.s
Lec
War Baker
Wilson
Pauline Starke
Triangle Studios
Comedy and Brays Picturgraph
Douglas Fairbanks
Hedin
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