Battle Front South of the Somme Engaged As Haig Presses
Washington reports an air of expectancy as American and allied forces prepare for a turning point in the French battle. British fronts warn of continued German pressure around Roye Noyon and Chaulnes while Haig’s troops advance on a widening front south of the Somme. The Berlin and London fronts claim gains at Roye Lihons Noyon and other targets as German forces retreat and Allied planners prepare a counter blow.
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London
Somme
Field Marshal Haig
France
Berlin
General Headquarters
Lihons
Roye
Noyon
Washington
Prices Fixed On Ore And Fuel Continued
Prices of ore Coke steel and steel products kept at previously fixed levels by the war industries board price fixing committee will stay in effect until July 1. From April 1 to July 1 the maximum price of bass or tron was cut from 33 to 38 dollars per gross ton and scrap steel from 40 to 29 dollars per gross ton.
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Washington
The
War Industries Board
Wilson Nuesday
No Advices Received From Gen. Pershing
Washington March 27 No word had come to the war department from Gen Pershing late Tuesday concerning participation of American troops in the great battle. Major General March acting chief of staff announced that Pershing's dispatches reported on the fighting up to Monday night and corresponded in detail to AP dispatches.
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Washington
War Department
Gen. Pershing
March
Pershing
Associated Press
Italian Drive Aims West Front Thrust Then Italy War
General Auffenberg, once Austrian war minister, is cited saying Austria's renewed push on Italy hinges on France’s front developments. Official Italian bulletins report usual artillery fire and modest activity along the front, with five enemy planes shot down by Italian airmen at Val Dobbiaterra Moriago San Pietro and Piadene and another by French pilots at Monte Belluna.
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Washington
Val Dobbiateri
Moriago
San Pietro
Piadene
Monte Bel-luna
Postal Employes Wage Bill Clears House Advances
The House approved a postal wage bill granting permanent raises of 10 to 20 percent across most positions and adding a ten cent postal savings stamp. Rural carriers, clerks, and railroad clerks see stepped increases, with extra mileage pay for carriers and new pay scales up to 2060 dollars for top railroad clerks. A separate postal savings stamp proposal passes Senate, allowing ten cent stamps and later redemption for cash toward postal savings.
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Washington
Inl
Aire
Senate
London Press Tone Shows Confidence Amid War News
London dispatches report British lines hold while German attempts to split British and French forces fail. The Standard notes five days of fighting push the British back toward the Somme edges but praise resilience. The Globe says Germans have not forced a decisive break and any fracture remains repairable by reserves and disciplined units.
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London
France
Somme
Globe
Dr Kurt Mack Thrown Into Cambridge Jail
In Boston on March 27 Dr Kurt Mack conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was arrested Monday night as an enemy alien and locked up in the Hast Cambridge Jail after examination by Justice Department officials. No final disposition of the case was reached.
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Boston
Kurt Mack
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Hast Cambridee
Departmeent of Justice
Swiss minister backs Dr Muck naturalization claim in New York
New York March 27 Tsof Siul ver Swiss minister to the United States told the Associated Press that Dr Muck's claim to being a naturalized Swiss citizen is correct. He said he would act only if Dr Muck seeks protection from the Swiss legation.
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New York
Tsof Siulver
United States
Associated Press
Dr. Muck
Switzerland
Confidence in Allied Line Holds Against German Offensive
An official Paris dispatch reports France’s belief that the German push is wasting strength against the Allied line. It cites Massed advances as costly yet failing to reach aims, recalling the Marne as proof Germany’s efforts falter against well supplied Franco British forces.
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Washington
France
Paris
Petit Journal
American Marine Killed by Bandits in Santo Domingo
American Marine Sergeant William R. Knox serving as captain in the Santo Domingo national guard was shot and killed on March 24 by suspected bandits. His Montreal, Canada home is cited. Guards and marines search for the assassin after Knox’s body was recovered.
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Washington
William R. Knox
National Guard of
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Knox
Montreal
Canada
Jurors Picked for Strause Bank Murder Trial
In Peoria Illinois on March 27 four more men were tentatively chosen as jurors for the trial of Edgar A. Strause former bank president accused of killing cashier Berne M Mead. Four jurors had already been accepted and sworn.
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Peoria, II
Edgar A. Strause
The
States Trust and Savings Bank
Berne M. Mead
Brisk Demand Puts Liberty 4's Up Point
New York March 27 A high record for bond dealings was set on the stock exchange as intense demand for liberty issues especially the second 4's drove Liberty bonds turnover to about 26 million dollars in liberties alone. The rise followed Secretary McAdoo's overnight outline of the coming loan and included a notable purchase by C D Barney and company of 10 million dollars in the second 4's.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Me. Adoo
Joan
C. D. Barney and Company
Philadelphia
Liberty
Explosions Level Jarvis Warehouse In Jersey City
Fire after a series of explosions destroyed the Jarvis Warehouse six stories near the Erie terminal in Jersey City. No deaths reported though windows shattered across Manhattan and Hoboken. Damage estimated near 1.5 million dollars. 40 to 50 workers escaped with alarms. several locomotives and the Erie repair shops damaged.
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New York
Jarvis Warehouse Company, Inc
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
Erie
Manhattan
Erie Ferry
Hoboken Ferry
Lackawanna Railroad
Jarvis
Hoboken
O'Brien Says Every Man's Duty Is to Return to Fight Hun
The article profiles aviator Pat O'Brien, an Irish American daredevil known as Tristan, describing his return to flying after near-death experiences. It notes his pride in his Irish heritage, his walk through military life, and his plan to resume service with England, as readers learn of his courage and the risks he has faced in World War I. The piece references his lecture tour and hints at further continuation on page 5.
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O’brien
Hun
Alalthough
iUs
Ile
Pat O'Brien
Tristan
Erin
Pat
England
America
Germany
Trolland
France
Germans seize Roye as war front shifts in Somme area
War Office bulletins report German capture of Roye at 10 30 am after heavy fighting along the Somme front. British French and American troops fight shoulder to shoulder near Roye and Noyon while French reinforcements rush up. Berlin claims 963 guns taken with tanks and balloons captured as battles persist across Braye Sur Somme Chaulnes Roye Noyon zones.
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London
War Office
Roye
Noyon
Somme
Bray
Albert
Beaumont
Hamel
Puissieux
Ayett
Bairy
Henin
Wancourt
Monchy
Scarpe
Paris
St. Quentin
Oise
Braye-Sur-Somme
Chaulnes
Berlin
Biaches
Barleux
Etalon
France
Flanders
Italy
von Below
von der Marwitz
Ervillers
Achiet-Le
Bihucourt
Biervillers
Grevillers
Ireles
Miramont
Ancre
Bapaume-Albert Road
Courcelette
Pozieres
Peronne
von Hofacker
Maisonnette
von Hutier
Marchelpot
Hattencourt
Peronne-Roye
Americans Double Gas Doses At Toul
The American artillery in France shells German held towns near Toul with gas. German replies match the gas, but U S doses are reported to be twice as large. Nearby Richecourt north of Xivray was abandoned as American patrols reconnoitered the area.
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Nn Associated Press
France
T' Toul
Richecourt
Xivray
Germans Land Force For Finland Advance
Stockholm March 27 German troops have landed sizeable forces in Finland between Hangö and Helsingfors on the Gulf of Finland and push toward Tammerfors Hautskaar and Nära islands off Åbo. White Guards claim to have captured about 500 Reds as the advance moves on.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Aland Islands
Finland
Hango
Helsingfors
Gulf of Finland
Tammerfors
Hautskar
Naga Islands
Abo
White Guards
Propose War Fund For Purchase Of Minerals
An appropriation proposal would create a reviving fund to allow the President to contract for war minerals for up to two years purchase store and sell at reasonable prices as part of the war policy. The plan, before the House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday, envisions a government center with drastic powers to expedite action. Sidney March 2 1917 Koeppel of campaign Lil faced a lynching threat after praising the German drive in France. A rope was shown but he was released or not returning.
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Sidney
Til
Tienry Koepper
Hampaign
Lil
France
Koeppel
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