Unity of Command for Allied Armies Under Gen Foch
President Wilson declared unity of command as Gen Foch was named supreme commander of all allied and American forces in France. Gen Pershing placed the American expeditionary forces at Fochs disposal, signaling a coordinated effort to repel the German advance in France.
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1Western
Union News Service
Germany
France
Foch
Marne
London
Paris
Wilson
Pershing
Supreme Command
Washington
D. C
Gen Pershing
War Department
Gen
White House
Senate Adopts Extends Selective Draft Without Vote
The Senate passed a resolution extending the selective draft to men aged 21 since June 5 1917 with no record vote after rejecting an amendment to train youths 19 to 21. About 700000 more men may be added this year as draft plans await House action and quotas shift to registrants in class 1.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
War Department
House
New
Indiana
Bethlehem Steel Announces Labor Wage Increase
Bethlehem Pa. Bethlehem Steel will raise general labor rates by about 15 percent effective April 16. The move affects workers at the Bethlehem plant and related operations, signaling a notable wage boost for hourly and common labor staff.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
World War At Sea Fronts And Home Front Plans
Highlights from US and Allied actions in World War I include Hurley outlining shipbuilding progress with 730 builds, and an 8 million ton program 28 percent complete by March 1. American engineers aid British forces, Pershing urges a 2 million man expeditionary army abroad and another two million in training. A US cruiser captures the German raider Alexander Agassiz near Mazatlan. 101 sick and wounded arrive at an Atlantic base hospital, and two American pilots are credited with shooting down German planes. A German prisoner claims the aim is to be left alone.
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America
New York
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
United States
National Marine League
General Pershing
War Department
France
Atlantic
Third Liberty loan set at 3 billion with 4 percent bonds
Washington announces the third war loan at 3 billion dollars with 4 percent bonds and oversubscriptions accepted. Existing bonds may be converted to new securities and taxes paid with par value plus accrued interest. A 5 percent sinking fund applies. President Wilson praises Haig and allies. House and Senate approve urgent deficiency bill funding enemy property sales and docks purchases. Shipping transfers, railways cash controls, and new war chest plan also outlined.
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McAdoo
United States
House
Hoboken
N. J
Senate
Wilson
Redmond succeeds father in Parliament in London
Election returns show Foreign Captain William Redmond winning Waterford with 1 243 votes to 754 for Sinn Feiner Doctor White. A separate report notes Germany plans a new Helgoland to boost Black Sea commerce near Snake Island near the Danube mouth. Brussels fined 2 million marks for anti Flemish demonstration.
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William Redmond
John Redmond
London
Waterford
Captain Redmond
Doctor White
Helgoland
Black Sea
Germany
Snake Island
Danube
Hamburg
Exchange
Amsterdam
Brussels
Belgium
German Bolsheviks claim Kherson recapture amid Ukraine fighting
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports Bolsheviks recapturing Kherson as German forces resist in Ukraine. Tokyo dispatches note 80 000 German prisoners captured Irkutsk. British air action praised for infantry support. German reports confirm loss of Bapaume. Prince Henry of Reuss killed on the Western Front.
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Ukraine
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Kherson
Irkutsk
Siberia
Tokyo
Prince Tienry of
Reuss
Western Front
Berlin
Crum Impeached by Senate in Helena for Seditious Utterances
Domestic Charles L. Crum, former judge of the Fifteenth Judicial district, was impeached by the senate at Helena, Montana, for seditious utterances and acts. The action marks a notable political and legal development in the state.
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Charles L. Crum
Fifteenth Judicial District
Senate
Helena
Mont
Iowa war heroes receive Croix de Guerre in eleven names
Eleven Iowa men from Ottumwa Winterset Des Moines Waterloo Red Oak Woodbine Centerville Storm Lake Renwick Unionville are listed as Croix de Guerre recipients for bravery. Other items note a Davenport yard wreck damaging box cars and depot, and a police era obituary for James Nelson.
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Iowa
Edward Stellar
Ottumwa
Charles W. Akins
Winterset
Marvin Dunn
Des Moines
Lewis Simons
Waterloo
Russell Lewis
Red Oak
Roy Breese
Charles Mefford
Woodbine
John Golex
Pearl Edwards
Centerville
Charles Corden
Frank Osgood
Chas. Danielson
Storm Lake
Harvey A. McPeak
Renwick
A. Selix
Unionville
Davenport
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
Camp Meade
Annapolis
Iowa Guard
C. Mumma
Iowa University
Clinton
Deutsche Hall
Thomas Thompson
Jewell
J. T. McDonald
Thompson
McDonald
Herman Kummerow
Kummerow
Blackhawk County
Washington, D. C
H. C. Moeller
J. C. Muerman
Federal Bureau of Education
A. C. Reeder
Tipton
Cornell College
Reeder
Thomas C. Finch
Marshalltown
Signal Corps
France
Thomas R
James Nelson
Middle West
Sioux City
Scott County
Scott County Counsil
W. D. Boies
Sheldon
Twenty-First Judicial District
Charles G. Bradley
le Mars
Woman's remedy letter touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Lizzie Courtney of Oskaloosa Iowa reports relief from years of misery and pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She urges other women to try the root and herb medicine for displacements irregularities inflammation and related symptoms and offers advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass
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Oskaloosa
Towa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lizzie Courtney
8Th Ave
West
Iowa
Courtney
Receipt on a Mayflower document for $50
In a Boston Evening Transcript snippet Alden shows an old receipt dated from the Mayflower era. Thomas Dudley lent $50 to an ancestor before the voyage, noted on a faded board document. Atkins confirms the ancestor’s Mayflower voyage and pioneering status.
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Alden
Thomas Dudley
Atkins
Boston Ivening
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Offers Free Samples
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for pimples and rashes. It promises cleansing and soothing effects and notes free samples by writing Cuticura Dept X Boston. Prices Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Phonograph For Nursery Draws Interest In Playrooms
A special phonograph marketed for children's playrooms accepts ten inch records or smaller sizes. It features excellent tone and bright cheerful exterior decorations appealing to children. Priced well under 15 dollars, it suits nursery use and summer camps or cabins.
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Baker
Unification of
Franklin Bell
Senate Military Committee
Bell
U. S
Teutonic War News
Toul
Badonvillers
Wood
Pacific
Alexander Agassiz
Mazatlan
Mex
Agassiz
Lerner
Champagne
Bayles
Courtecon
Field Marshal
Haig
Republican
March
Railways
Ae Ink
Bapaume
War Office
Manley
Navy Department
Jarvis Warehouse Company, Inc
Erie
Jersey City
Chicago
Pea
Hawkeye
State News
ARTE
Carter
David Roberts
Antisopte End Flushing Outfit
Vet. Co
Grand Avenue
Waukesha
Wid
Lee
Goring
Leo
Avery
Deslors
OKO
LK CO
Omaha
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