War Department reports shoe stock and aviation losses
The War Department outlines Pershing requests for footwear to support troops and aviators, notes on stockpiles of shoes, and ongoing shortages. It also details casualties in military aviation since training began, along with efforts to reduce accidents, improve fuel use, and boost production of rifles, cartridges, and essential gear.
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War Department
Washington
Gen. Pershing
Oman
Aad
Quartermaster General
United States
Togo
Moen
Athletic directors to lead contingents to France
War department commission on training camp activities says divisional athletic directors who have received commissions will accompany their contingents to France. Boxing instructors will not be sent with the troops as the need for these men is greater on this side.
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France
War Department
Embassies Leave Petrograd For Siberia Amid War Chaos
Reported by American and British wires, embassies depart Petrograd traveling through bandit plagued Siberia seeking safety. Allies discuss joint action with Japan to land troops in Siberia to secure munitions held at Vladivostok and along the Trans-Siberian line.
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United States
Japan
Siberia
Austria
Germany
Siberian
Vladivostok
Washington
Austria seeks peace only under German domination
A British assessment says Austria would seek peace on reasonable terms but cannot break from Germany. The Austrian army is Germanized, losses total about 3.5 million, food is desperate, and future prospects are bleak. Allies view Austrian loyalty as bound by its German ally, explaining lukewarmness toward widening the rift with the Kaiser and Emperor.
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Kivery
Austria
Germany
Cnr
German Socialists Clash Over Wilson Peace Principles
In the Reichstag debate on von Hertling’s speech Philipp Scheidemann attacks the emperor for his reply to the Burgomaster of Shhauburg. He notes Frankau’s claim to accept Wilson’s four principles, highlighting Wilson’s view that his terms are rejected only by Germany’s military and annexationist party, now less influential.
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Count von Iiertling
Reichsraz
Wilson
Congress
United States
England
Count von Sfertling
Gerany
von Toertling
Belgium
Reichstag
von Hertling
Philipp Scheidemann
Shhauburg
Frankau
Scheidemann
War department withholds next of kin addresses in casualty lists
The War Department orders expurgated casualty lists to withhold next of kin and emergency addresses to deny the enemy valuable information. Pershing recommended the measure, which the public information committee says will be permanent, though full lists may still reach Adjutant General and press through official channels.
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Washington
Public Information Committee
War Department
Adjutant Generals’ Office
Department
Crowell
Pershing
Barch
March
Brainless Days Critique of Hoover Food Policy Sparks Senate Storm
Senator Reed leads a bipartisan attack on food administration policy and price fixing claims. He denounces coal less days and warns of bread tickets amid licensing powers used by the Food and Fuel Administrations.
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Washington
Food Administration
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Borah
The
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Wolcott
Delaware
Hoover
Fed Administration
United States
Coal retail price cut 30 cents a ton planned for spring
Washington announces an average 30 cent per ton reduction in the retail price of all anthracite coal sold for domestic use from April 1 to September 1. The fuel administration also issues rules for retail distribution in the year starting next month to prevent hoarding and ensure domestic needs are met.
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Crebonedl
Switzerland
Holland
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Pershing to Obtain Supplies from Spain Under War Pact
Washington reports that a U S Spain commercial agreement signed in Madrid will secure supplies for General Pershing's troops. The pact also enables a French credit in Spain and allows free export to the Allies of pyrites minerals and manufactured wool by the Spanish government.
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Stars and Stripes
France
Committee On Public Information
United States
Spain
General Pershing
Washington
Madrid
State Department
Pershing
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