Americans Not Halted In French Battle In Toul Sector
The field commander describes American troops repulsing a German onslaught in the Toul sector despite superior enemy numbers and various weapons. Reports from interviews say Americans held firm at Dead Man’s Curve, with wounded keeping their guns firing. German losses exceeded expectations with over 200 dead in trenches, while Americans endured rain and heavy fire. A wounded U.S. lad declared, We are just beginning, and others in hospital echoed steadfast resolve. An enemy prisoner near a ward carried concealed bombs, indicating German hopes to breach the line.
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Toul
No Man's Land
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Crerman
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Overton
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Red Cross
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Roosvelt
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Roosevelt
White House
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Tariff Commission
Tadimappus
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George Gachr
Siawae
Gman
Thive
German Attack Repulsed Near Seicheprey In Polish Front
An American raid occurred nearby and forces sustained heavy fire during a German assault reinforced by storm troops. German attackers briefly entered Seicheprey but were driven back by American counterattacks, with several prisoners taken and German dead littering shell-pitted ground. An American officer recovered a German revolver amid the firefight.
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Fiy
Pranck
Seicheprey
Pershin
Retaliation Hinted At As State Dept Probes POW Conditions
Washington sources report the State Department has opened an inquiry into alleged ill treatment of American prisoners in Germany. If findings support the accounts a protest will be sent through Spain, which handles Berlin's diplomatic representation. retaliation could follow, despite concerns over German propaganda claiming American cruelties.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
State Department
Berlin
America
General Pershing
Geserd
Germans Mass Troops for New Assaults
Paris dispatch reports active artillery on the Sonne front near Rheims with increased firing on the Somme. German raids between Lassigny and Noyen, northwest of the area, and in the Vosges yielded no results. prisoners were taken and the night passed quietly elsewhere.
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Sonne
Ait of Rheiing
Somme
Rheims
Lassigny
Noyen
Tthe
Vosges
Wilis
WEN RESERVES BOTTLED UP IN FRENCH FRONT
A Reuters dispatch from London reports fighting in France may last through the summer as German forces suffer a setback. Allied reinforcements strengthen the front while the enemy’s reserves are blocked in the Hazebrouck Amiens Neyon triangle, leaving 1,500,000 troops effectively trapped and starving in a marshy devastated zone under heavy shelling at Mount Kemmel.
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London
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Hazebrouck
Amiens
Neyon
Mount Kemmel
NIESENBERG TO FORM A BRAC OF NEW SOCIETY
Henry Riesenberg of Indianapolis plans a Texas speech tour to promote a branch of the Friends of German Democracy in San Antonio and to disseminate German descent readers while traveling ten thousand miles at his own expense with Council of National Defense approval.
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Friends of German Democracy Society
San Antonio
Henry Riesenberg
Indianapolis
Beethoven
New York
Germany
Friends of German Democracy
Washington
Switzerland
Iesenberg
Berlin
Wexpense
Mr. Riesenberg
Riesenberg
Council of National Defense
St. Anthony
Speech plan and duties amid wartime posts in Dakotas
A speaker recounts childlike ambitions and recalls Deb as he follows orders from Washington via a daily telegram from the Committee on Public Information. Under the Council of National Defense, he will appear in public engagements and then travel to the Dakotas. Judge W S Fly will introduce him Tuesday night.
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Washington
Committee On Public Information
Council of
W. S. Fly
Mr. Miesenberg
German Leaders Say Early Peace Hinges On Western Victory
New York report quotes General Ludendorf and Field Marshal Hindenburg stating peace for Germany depends on Western front victories and a decisive end to brutal battles. They claim France has doomed itself and predict German ascendancy as they press offensives, with critics noting German belief in saving German blood as sacred.
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New York
Germany
Ludendorf
Great Headquarters
von. Hindenburg
France
von Ardone
Tageblatt
City hears rate case for Southwestern Telegraph in San Antonio
San Antonio officials opened a public hearing on a rate increase for Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company. J J English and J Benzel presented the case, detailing corporate ownership, dividends, and the need for capital to fund growth and maintain service. Citizens and city officials will cross examine witnesses as they weigh legislative power, fair value, and public interest in securing a fair return.
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Southwestern ‘Telegraph' & ‘Telephone Company
San Antonio
and & J. English
Dallas
Citizens’ Committee
BR. Webb
W. L. Schlesinger
Leon N. Walthall
W. M. Morgan
J. J. Millan
Mouston
Jamar Lyndon
Canncil
English
Dnguiss
Public Service Corporation
Jenglish
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
Benzel
Southwestern Company
Wie
Bens
Mexican Troops on Border Digging In Near Big Bend
Mexican federal forces have concentrated opposite the Big Bend area with entrenchments spotted near Fabens and Ojinaga Juarez sector. US air patrols and bases reinforced. rumors of invasion spread by anti American factions and German influenced leaflets.
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Tex
United States
Ojinagu-Jaurez
International Line
Ulport
Blo Bend
Fabens
Chihuahua State
Uncle Sin
Juarez
Kansas
Rose Pastor Stokes Indicted on Espionage Act Charges
Rose Pastor Stokes of New York was indicted by a federal grand jury in WANS CITY Missouri on three counts this afternoon. She faces charges for alleged violations of the espionage act.
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Rose Pastor Stokes
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Wans City
New York
American Telephone Interest in Southwestern Telegraph Dividends
The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company, 50,000 shares, is 16 owned by American Telephone and Telegraph. Dividends have been paid since 1890 at about 5.43 percent, with 1917 earnings from Texas properties and other Texas business cited. Debates on depreciation accounts and repairs were noted as the San Antonio plant valuation was promised by W. P. Schregardus.
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Southwestern Telegrah & ‘Telephone Company
American ‘Telephone & Telegraph Company
Southwestern
English
San Antonio
Texas
Bennel
McMillan
Mrr. Webb
Walthall
Benzel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Barker Tells House Military Committee of Trip to France
Secretary of War discusses informal findings from his France trip with the House Military Committee in executive session. He avoids commenting on army size or extension yet signals interest in unified Allied command and war progress. committee members seek his stance before War Department drafts recommendations.
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House Military Committee
France
Bat
Lam
Dent
Wong the S Vine
Fuun
War Department
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Nurses hold state convention in San Antonio due to nurse demand
A conference of Texas nurses replaces the state convention at BH Paso. Officers and heads of local associations travel to San Antonio for an all day meeting to conduct routine business and draft resolutions for presentation at the national convention in Cleveland in May. About twenty nurses attend representing seven hundred members.
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San Antonio
Ildridge
National League
St. Anthony
Imiss Carlson
Omple
M. C. Smith
Dallas
First View
Johison
Houston
Jessie, McDonald
Puso
Wimberly
Austin
Ned Cross Ant Corview
siOs
BH Paso
Sam Antonio
Cleveland
Ohio
Huns Boastful as War Progress Outlined in Amsterdam
Report from Amsterdam April 20 cites a Reichstag address by Vice President Wr. Stermin Paasche praising the war’s eighth year and suggesting it will expose enemy deceit and prove Germany’s strength. The same piece notes rising Indian population in the United States, with Alaska growth and education gaps, plus a World Outlook summary.
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Amsterdam
Rejehstag
Stermin Paasche
Berlin
Germany
Slow Progress In Securing Jury For Patton Trial
Publicity surrounding the Leo Burns killing and the Wil lian Patton case delays jury selection in the Thirty seventh District Court. Seven jurors chosen Monday, three more after Tuesday adjournment, as many veniremen say they are biased by news reports. Attorneys expect jury to be seated by Tuesday afternoon to begin state testimony, with the trial likely to run most of the week.
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Leo Burns
Delmar Funk
Veniremen
Willian
Patton
Thirty-seventh District
San Jacinto Day Observed by Texas Club in Washington
A Texas Club meeting in Washington observed San Jacinto Day with many members present including Amarillo former state regent J. Smith and Beaumont state regent Mrs Lipscomy Norvell. Dallas vice president Alvin Ve Lane and San Antonio member Mrs Wesley Peakcock attended along with Brownwood Mrs Weather and Beaumont Mrs Norvell. Senator Sheppard and other officials were present.
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Texas Club of Washington
Texas
Mars
Janes J. Smith
Amarilla
Lipscomy Norvell
Beaumont
Altres
Alvin Ve Lane
Dallas
Wesley Peacock
San Antonio
John A. Weather
Brownwood
Iua Norvell
Veaumont
Christine Robertson
Mary Burbank
Wemple
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Mele Dibrel
Coleman
Seredia Couittin
Tulsa
Texas Db
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