Belgian Captain Denounces Peace Talks as Treason
The Belgian Army captain Cap tain de Leaufort at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio denounces calls for peace this year as treason. He urges Americans to buy Liberty bonds and support Red Cross to aid the war effort, recalling his interview with Von Hindenburg and his journalist career.
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Count van Maurik de Decafort
St. Anthony
von Hindenburg
San Antonio
United States
Committee Public Information
New Braunfels
de Cdeaufort
America
Red Cross
Germany
de Leaufort
Agricultural
Leve
Rhine Province
alJolander
Bonn
Warn
London Daily Telegraph
New York
Amsterdam reports end of German Dutch relations
Amsterdam reports that the German minister to The Netherlands has left The Hague for Berlin while the Dutch minister in Germany proceeds to The Hague. The Hague notes the sand and gravel question with Germany is very serious and may lead to war. Washington reports no official information on the Germany Netherlands tension.
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Amsterdam
Holland
The
Hetvolk
Netherlands
Hogue
Berlin
Germany
Hague
the Hague
Washington, D. C
Washington
Hoeland
Duteh
Marines In France Suffer 274 Casualties In First Confirmed Push
Washington reports show Marines in France with 274 total casualties including 34 killed and 226 wounded. One company suffered 14 killed and 1409 wounded of 250 men. Marines moved from police duties to active combat. Separate note cites under 12 American deaths and about 20 injured in the Scheprey area.
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Washington
D. C
France
Marine Corps
Themarines
Scheheprey
Washington, D. C
Scicheprey
New Name Sought for Liberty Cabbage in Wartime
New York reports that medical authorities consider renaming sauerkraut Liberty Cabbage to remove German stigma amid wartime food shortages. Vegetable dealers say German association has cut consumption by 75 percent since America entered the war. In Geneva, two French escapees from a Bavarian camp claim the camp is infested with vermin and German guards steal food parcels sent from France to prisoners.
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New York
Hans
Guneva
France
Weather Forecasts From Across The Nation
The United States cities report cool to warm conditions with winds from the east to north. St Louis at 44 with rain, Chicago 40 cloudy, Kansas City 40 with possible rain, New York 40 partly cloudy, Washington 44 cloudy, outcomes include Friday clear spells and varying low highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Wkansas
New York
Washington
Roura
Nighest
St Paul overturns at Atlantic port pier. six bodies found
The American Line steamer St Paul overturned at her pier with 300 to 600 laborers aboard. At least six men drowned and others missing as rescuers cut holes in the hull to reach trapped workers. Fire aboard the submerged section was extinguished and military authorities took charge.
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Atlantic
Americaan Line
St. Paul
Paul
Ping
Europe
Von Kuehlann and Czernin Accused of Leading Gay Lives
London April 25 Count Von Hertling the German chancellor filed suit against Deutsche Zeitung of Berlin for an article attacking Dr Von Kuehlmann the foreign secretary and Count Uzernin the former Austrian foreign secretary over negotiations at Bucharest. The piece alleged professional and private indiscretions and noted Von Kuehlmann’s association with a gay lifestyle figure and Uzernin’s theater visits with dancing girls.
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London
Count von Hertling
Fu Oan
Copenhagen
Deutsche Zeitung
Berlin
von Kuehlmann
Count Uzernin
Bucharest
von Isuehlmann
Waderworld
Deutsche Zeiturg
Dr. von Kuehlmitnn
Canital
Seed men to meet Washington for cotton seed talks
A Food Administration plan calls for meetings in Southern cities to boost cooperation in the cotton seed industry. Agriculture commissioners, market officers, farmers, buyers, and crushers will discuss all aspects in New Orleans May 1, Dallas May 1, Oklahoma City May 8, and Memphis May 9 with the Memphis session covering Arkansas Missouri Mississippi and Tennessee. The Detroit strike by 3500 carmen and conductors ends as mediation is sought after a vote to submit disputes to federal mediation.
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Washington, D.C
The
Food Administration
Commissioners of Agriculture and Markets
Farmers’ Organizations
New Orleans
Dallas
Oklahoma
City
Memphis
Arkansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Tennesee
George HW. Denny
Brigadier General Donelly Refuses to Resign Amid Court Martial
Brigadier General Arthur B. Donelly, commanding troops at Camp Mills New York, declares he will not resign while facing court martial charges. Reports note alleged gambling with junior officers and liquor in his tent with funds involved. Donelly, a long time Missouri National Guard leader, resides in St. Louis with a wife and three children.
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Mixbola
X.Y
Arthur B. Donelly
Camy Mills
Fort Sill
Oklo
Washington
Donelly
Missouri National Guard
LD. C
Amerber
Arthur B. Donnelly
Dun Mills
New York
Donnelly
Lasth
Red Fren
Missouri
War Department
Baker
Bar arms in Ireland order blocks ammunition in Cork and Limerick
General Ma hon orders arms control across Ireland restricting ammunition and explosives to authorized personnel. Dublin reports resume of business after a one day demonstration strike with trains returning to normal and crowds at Punchestown races marking the spring festival.
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London
Mahon
Ireland
Cork
Limerick
Dublin
Punchestown
Speaker Clare May Decide on Senatorship Offer
Clark Washington April 2. The question of whether Speaker Clare will accept Governor Gardner's offer of the senatorship to fill Senator Stone's vacancy will be disclosed in a statement he will issue today. During the day he spoke with political and personal friends who suggested he would accept the appointment.
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Washington
Clare
Gardner
Stone
Prussian War Minister Addresses Reichstag on Gas and Tanks
In Amsterdam reports, Lieut. Gen. von Stein, Prussian minister of war, says 26,000 wounded from the western front have returned to regiments. He notes few Americans have been sent, claims new gas powder scenes, and claims German tanks outrun enemy devices while no nation will renounce war. Barbs about Moritz Passelpak and Liehthofen are noted.
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Amsterdam
Unon
Reichstag
von Stein
Gustav Noske
Xeon
Nao
Moritz Passelpak
Taddt
Baron von Liehthofen
Steffansson Ill With Typhoid Fears Reach Herschel Island
Steffansson ill with typhoid and pneumonia after a long journey, as Northwest Mounted Police report deaths from illness among Eskimo people. A doctor is en route from Fort Yukon to Herschel Island to treat him and others suspected ill.
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Yukon
Alaska
Vilhallmur Steffansson
Herschel Island
Lata
Steffansson
Iho de
Northwest Mounted
Hersehol Iskind
Stefansson
Wool growers agree to turn over all U S wool to government
In Washington on April 25 Wool growers meeting with the War Industries Board agreed to surrender the entire U S wool output based on prewar washed wool prices. The plan avoids compulsory commandeering as the government will take all wool produced and stored and distribute surplus to dealers and civilian needs.
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Washington, D. C
War Industries Board
United States
Women Fill War Jobs in Detroit Factories and Posts
Detroit April 25. Women take wartime roles previously held by men. Postmaster Nagel says fifty women will begin delivering mail, while Detroit auto plants advertise for girls to drive and test cars. More than twenty women are already on such assignments in one factory.
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Detroit
Mich
William J. Nagel
Crtics
Tarree
Detroit Automobile Manufacturing Companies
Military Police Liquor Theft Sparks Court Action
Six military police officers formerly on duty in San Antonio face court martial over missing liquor held as evidence in multiple liquor cases. They were removed from duty and sent back to their units. New procedures require confiscated liquor be sent to Fort Sam Houston base hospital for medicinal and literary uses.
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San Antonis
Inies Alately
Fort Sam Flouston Base Hospital
Practical education urged over culture in schools
Mrs Mary C J Bradford of Denver, president of the National Educational Association, backs a report from Atlantic City educators urging all public and private schools in America to substitute practical work for cultural studies next year. It calls for eliminating Latin, Greek, Spanish and German from high schools and making French the predominant foreign language. The change aims to save time for practical problems and favor language of France for students completing high school.
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ENV
Colo
Mary C.J. Bradford
Denver
National Educationals Association
Atlantic City
Association
America
Bradford
Committee On Public Information
Washington
France
Mount Kemmel Battle Persists On Somme Front
Allied forces hold Villers-Bretonneux and Hangard Ten-Santerre as German assaults continue on a ten mile Somme front. French repulse attacks near Bailleul while Mount Kemmel remains a focal point with German efforts aimed at dislodging defenders.
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Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
Hangard- Ten-Santerre
Germans Retake Hangard in Picardy Front Fight
Paris April 25 The German forces captured the village of Hangard southeast of Amiens after a night of savage combat. French troops retook Hangard briefly but were driven from the town and now hold the outskirts. American units are aiding the French near Hangard as part of the broader fighting along the Avre and Picardy front.
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Paris
Mangard
Amiens
Wac
Hangard
Avre
Lassigny
Couey le Chiatern
Lorriane
Wooevre
Fierye
Requeville
Han+gard
Picardy
Heavy fighting continues east of Amiens in World War II report
Reuters correspondent reports continued heavy combat east of Amiens as German forces push near Lyaquenne and Villers-Bretonneux. British tanks counter attacked and regained ground while gas and infantry waves emerged near Remainel Hill in a fierce exchange on the Anglo French front.
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Villers-Bretonneux
Sonmme
Amiens
Saig
Hangard
Somme
Flanders Battle
Mount Kemmel
Associated Press
London
Reuter
British Army
Lyaguenne
Villers-bretonneaulx
Vilelers-Bretonneauys
Oelowk
Vlanders
Remainel Hill
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Texas
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Laly
Prince von Buelow
Young Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Vourg
Leicheprey
Weather Forecast
Por Sa Antonio and Vicinity
V. mi
Milan
von Kuehlann
Czernin
Carmen
Detroit United Railways
Sboston
Goston
Missouri Guard
BAR Arms
Clark
Senate
McAdoo
Party of Democrats
Albuquerque
N. AE
William G. McAdoo
Aimo
McAdeo
West
Lone
Whysicien
Kitty
Vail
Automobile Factory
Villers Bretonneux
Kemmel
Bailleul
Pranco
Purvis
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