Dublin in flames as Sinn Fein rebels hold city
In Dublin artillery pounds buildings on Sackville and Grafton streets as about 1500 Sinn Fein fighters resist regulars and volunteers. Rebels still control key positions despite four days of fighting amid civilian casualties and widespread gunfire.
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Townshend surrenders at Kut El Amara after siege
Major General Charles Townshend capitulates the British force at Kut El Amara in Mesopotamia after months under Turkish pressure. He destroyed all guns and munitions before surrender. About 10 000 British soldiers yield. relief efforts had failed to reach them.
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Persian Gulf
Fiesta Fun Ends With S O S V Burlesque Parade
San Antonio marks the close of the 1916 Fiesta with the S O S V burlesque parade and mock coronation on Alamo Plaza. More than 1000 characters participate as business leaders stage a novelty show believed to boost local spending by 25 000 to 30 000 while crowds stay through Saturday.
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British casualties rise across fields in April totals
London reports 1255 officers and 19 2545 men wounded or killed in April, up from 1107 officers and 19 317 men in March, per published lists.
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London
Burgess Hanged in Beaumont for Wife Murder
Robert H. Burgess was executed by hanging in Beaumont at 12:37. He previously attempted suicide an hour earlier with poison, was revived, and refused to reveal his poison’s location. His last words urged mercy and to be good to his baby, also asking to visit his mother’s grave.
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Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity. Fair and warmer tonight, increasing cloudiness Sunday.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Weather forecast snapshot for five cities
The forecast from The Ligit shows St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with temperatures ranging from the high forties to mid sixties. Winds vary from light to strong with south southwest and northwest directions and chances of rain or fair conditions through Sunday.
German Verdun Offensive Repulsed in French Fortifications
Paris reports a French artillery barrage stopped a German assault near Avecourt and Hill 304 on the Verdun front west of the Meuse after a heavy bombardment. A separate attack east of Thiaumont farm failed with heavy German losses. Berlin claimed German gains south of Lake Narocz with over 5000 prisoners taken.
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Meuse
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Berlin
London
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Stanarocze
Stachowece
Elihu Root to Be Re elected President of Law Society
Washington April 29 The American Society of International Law held its final session to consider the study and teaching committee report and to elect officers Re election of Elihu Root as president was expected The society marks its tenth anniversary with a banquet tonight with Secretary Lansing and others to speak
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American Society of International Law
Committee On
Elihu Root
Lansing
British Expedition in Mesopotamia Aims to Protect Oil Fields
The article outlines the original British objective in Mesopotamia to secure oil fields vital to the navy. It describes geography around Basra Muhammerah and Ahwaz, British advances to Amara and Kut-el-Amara, Turkish moves toward Nasrie, and a costly battle at Ctesiphon followed by the surrender of Kut-el-Amara due to starvation.
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Ahwaz
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No Mexican Invasion Report Quashed at Lajitas
Marfa Texas April 29 no truth to reports a band of 500 Mexicans from Villistas crossed the border at Lajitas and occupied twenty miles of territory. Captain Fox of the Texas Rangers told the Associated Press the claim is false.
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President Wilson Signs Act for Larger Heroic Pensions
President Wilson signed a bill granting ten dollars per month additional pension to soldiers and sailors holding congressional medals of honor or for heroism in action. The action was announced from Washington, D. C., on April 20.
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