Zeebrugge and Ostend raid details emerge in admiralty bulletin
Reported British naval raid on Belgian coast recounts observations of a 20 yard break in the Zeebrugge mole inner end and a sunken object blocking Ostend harbor outlet. Berlin counters include losses of five British cruisers and several destroyers, with dockyard damage described as limited.
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London
Zeebrugge Mole
Ostend
Admiralty
Zeebrugge
Berlin
Flanders
Virginia
Enterprise
Sarius
German Drive Advances Toward Amiens Across Somme Front
After weeks of preparation in the Somme and a push in Flanders, German forces renewed heavy bombardment and attacked Villers-Bretonneux, HanGard, Hailles and Castel. British lines fell back at Villers-Bretonneux, about a mile gained, as Allied forces defend the sector near Amiens and Castel.
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Associated Press
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Turkey
Wilson
Gardner Names Clark to Take Stone's Place
Jefferson City Missouri April 25 Gov Gardner offers Champ Clark the Senate seat to replace the late William J Stone Clark declines discussion Washington April 25 Speaker Clark receives the telegram but refuses to talk about the offer He is not expected to give up the speakership to accept the position
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Gardner
Champ.Clark
House of Representatives
William J. Stone
Clark
Senator Stone
Liberty Day Urged By Governor Lowden for April 26
Governor Frank O. Lowden issued a proclamation urging statewide observance of Liberty Day on Friday April 26. He notes the war's crucial period and soldiers abroad, urges closing of businesses and public places in the afternoon to support the Liberty loan.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Liberty Loan
May Withdraw Offer to Send Holland Grain
The United States plans to withdraw its offer of three ships to expedite grain to Holland if Dutch media reaction is taken as indicating the Dutch government and people oppose the arrangement. Officials express disappointment at the reception of the plan tied to President Wilson’s March 20 pledge.
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Washington
United States
Holland
America
Netherlands
Wilson
New Rotterdam Courant
Ur’ States
Dutch Porta
Menack
Liberty Loan drive aims for five billion goal
Washington April 25 Secretary McAdoo urges local campaign committees to keep pressing after quotas are met as towns report 100 percent submissions. The drive aims for five billion with current totals near 1.79 billion and daily needs of 120 million to reach three billion and 320 million for five billion. District results show Minneapolis 103 percent and St Louis over top, others lag. governors pledge Liberty Day proclamations to boost support amid widespread holiday plans and thousands of communities surpassing quotas.
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McAdoo
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Illinois
Mooney Pardon Appeal Prompted Gov Stephens Warning
Sacramento April 25 Gov William D Stephens said he would pay no heed to organized telegrams and letters or to strikes or demonstrations aimed at influencing his decision on the Mooney pardon appeal. Mooney, convicted of murder tied to the 1916 San Francisco preparedness parade bombing, awaits final review and briefs.
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Cal
Thomas J. Mooney
William D. Stephens
Mooney
San Francisco
Seattle
Fierce Fight Around Mole Marine Describes Zeebrugge Action
A Kent port marine recalls the Zeebrugge mole battle with vivid detail. He describes ramming and sinking a German cruiser, destroying a destroyer, bayonetting and shooting foes, and the brutal chaos as his unit pressed along the mole amid star shells, rain, and heavy firing. An officer adds how a submarine blew the Mole bridge, isolating the mole for Vindictive landings.
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London
Mole
Zeebrugge
Central
Kentish
Daily Mail
Shipbuilding board plans record 1919 output rise
Washington April 25 The shipping board approved a substantial rise in its 1919 building program with expectations of continued increases into 1920. Attendees at a luncheon included Chairman Hurley Vice President Piez and others who noted growing demand for passenger and refrigerator ships as the war progresses. Exact future tonnage was not released but earlier statements peg 1919 output above ten million tons, the largest yearly total by any nation. Shipyards will resume full operation before year’s end and expand many older facilities.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Hurley
Piez
Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
P. A. S. Franklin
International Ship Control Committee
Major General Murray Relieved Of Command
Major General Arthur Murray has been relieved from command of the western department of the army. Major General Charles G. Treat, then commanding at Camp Sheridan Alabama, is appointed to take the post on arrival in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Arthur Murray
Western Department
Army
War Department
Charles G. Treat
Camp Sheridan
Alabama
Illinois counties meet third liberty loan quota
Illinois seventh district outside Chicago and Cook county reported meeting their quota for the third liberty loan on Wednesday. Chicago and Cook county subscriptions reached 67.94 million dollars, or 53 percent of the quota, while more than 400 thousand railway workers west of Chicago had subscribed 375.35 million dollars.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cook County
Locate Two Plants In Ohio War Plants Plan
The War Department announced nitrate plant No. 3 will be placed in Toledo Ohio and Elizabethtown Ohio, with two half units matching the capacity of the full unit under construction at Sheffield Alabama.
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Washington
War Department
Toledo
Ohio
Elizabethtown
Sheffield
Ala
Germans Use Tanks As Infantry Shield In France
German forces opened a front along the British line south of the Somme with three tanks leading an assault toward Villers-Bretonneux. The attack extended across Villers Bretonneux Hangard Hailes and Castel as the battle raged, with Villers Bretonneux the storm center and tanks accompanying the infantry.
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Associated Press
France
Somme
Villers- Bretonneux
Villers Bretonneux
Villers-Bretonneux
Hangard-En-Santerre
Hailles
Castel
Haig reports Villers-Bretonneux fell after fierce day
War Office dispatches from London detail a heavy Somme front bombardment and renewed German assaults that led to the capture of Villers-Bretonneux by afternoon. French statements describe stubborn fighting near Hangard En Santerre and Senecat wood, with American troops briefly reassigned. Berlin sources claim localized actions and strategic advances elsewhere.
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Avre
War Office
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Hailles
Senecat Wood
Hill 82
Hangard
Berlin
London
Lys
Bailleul
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Bethune
von der Goltz
Khyuvinge
Riklimyaki
Finland
Lakhti
Crimea
Kosch
Simferopol
German Assault On Villers-Bretonneux Threatens Somme Front
Western front fighting intensifies around Villers-Bretonneux with German tanks and infantry pushing from the south toward the Somme valley. British defenders report heavy bombardment and a renewed attack after an initial repulse, as German forces press for a foothold in the village.
British Artillery Breaks Up Imminent Raid Near Town
In the eastern fringe and north of the Albert region British infantry reported an SOS for artillery protection around 4 o'clock. The apparent raid failed to materialize beyond a raid in progress, but British artillery repelled the enemy infantry as they retreated from their trenches.
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Albert
Battlefront turmoil in Somme as bombardment mounts
April 25 report from the Somme sector describes days of heavy shelling around Villers-Bretonneux and nearby towns. German artillery pounded Entente lines on the northern front with intensified bombardments in Robecq, Melville, and along the Lawe river. An attack near Albert followed.
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Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
Robecq
Melville
Lawe
Fragé
Albert
Stige
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