Austrians Halt Drive as Rovereto Flames Rise
Rome reports Austrian forces renewing effort along Lake Garda and in the Lessini range as Italy braces for a stronger offensive. A major munitions depot at Rovereto exploded, setting the town ablaze and killing several, while Italian counterattacks push back Austrian advances. Simultaneously a theatre ceiling collapse in Reading, Pennsylvania, kills one and injures three workers.
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Rome
Lake Garda
Italy
Brescia
Rovereto
Adige
Sugana
Lessini
Assico
Brenta rivera
Lavarene
Trentino
Verdun
Germany
Austria
France
Russia
Isonzo
Pittsburgh Pilot William K Thaw Nominated by French
William K Thaw of Pittsburgh is praised by French military authorities for pursuing a German aeroplane from the camp and continuing the attack at close range until his machine gun jammed.
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William K. Thaw
Pittsburgh
Naval bill proposed funds for Philadelphia dry dock and yards
The naval appropriation bill totals 241 million dollars and includes 3.5 million for dry docks at Philadelphia and Norfolk with 509 thousand dollars available on passage. It also sets aside 175 thousand dollars for ground for a marine quartermaster bureau in Philadelphia. The plan estimates new ships at 160,087,367 dollars, with 58,145,326 dollars for 1917 and 28,269,127 dollars for ongoing construction.
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Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Washington
house
Representative Padgett
naval committee
Norfolk
marine quartermaster’s bureau
Senate Resolution Calls Lansing to Probe Irish Safety
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee favors the Kern resolution directing the secretary of state to inquire through consular representatives about the safety and well being of American citizens in Ireland where martial law is in effect. The inquiry should assess lives and property protections.
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Senate
Lansing
Washington
committee of foreign relations
Kern
Indiana
secretary of state
Ireland
Germans Gain East of Dead Man Verdun Front
Paris reports a powerful German offensive east of Le Mort Homme near Verdun. Germans reached part of Caimbres after heavy hand to hand fighting, but overall gains were limited. Fort Cousumont suffered near-failure and over 200 prisoners were taken in the operation. The battle rages with high casualties and strategic aims focused on Hill No 304 and Dead Man's Hill.
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Paris
Le Mort Homme
Verdun
Berlin war office
Cumteres
K whlees
Dead Man's Hill
Fort Douaumont
German official gains in Verdun region claim recapture of ground
Berlin reports that southwest of Givenchy English attacks were repulsed with heavy losses and that Thuringian troops stormed Cumieres. It says more than 300 French prisoners, later 559 more, were taken as ground was temporarily lost and then regained. fighting continues with heavy artillery on both sides.
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Berlin
Douaumont
Givenchy
Hulluch
Blaireille
Meuse
Le Mort Homme
Cumieres
Dousamont
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