Wilson Charged With Injecting Politics Into War Debate
President Wilson is accused by Senator Weeks of injecting partisanship into wartime policy. Weeks cites the lack of central coordination and criticizes executive influence, arguing the country needs a nonpartisan drive to unite America’s war effort. He presses for centralized direction of government war plans and questions Wilson’s leadership.
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Land Leases At Kelly Field Heads For Adjustment
San Antonio chamber president Maite departed for San Antonio to press for land lease changes. Fowler Seeligson and Dr Combe to appear next week before agencies and officials to secure a satisfactory adjustment. Net result aims to improve conditions, with broad cooperation from Sen Sheppard, Congress, and War Department officials.
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Wind wrecks houses in Louisville ruins kill four
A strong wind toppled two adjoining houses in Louisville early today trapping ten people. Seven were rescued within hours, four seriously injured and four others killed. Rescuers report several more may still be buried under the debris as efforts continue.
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Weather snapshot for multiple cities with varying conditions
District weather bulletin reports temperatures and conditions across cities including Chicago Miami New York and Washington. Northwest winds bring cooler air and dropping temperatures with cloudy to partly cloudy skies and gusty winds in some areas.
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Licensing of Exports Will Save Tonnage Urgency of Trade Controls
President Wilson issued proclamations placing all exports and imports under War Trade Board license to curb nonessential goods. From February 16 1918 no commodity may be exported or imported without a license, aiming to free ships for military transport. The plan seeks full control of foreign commerce to support troops, with continued warnings that sacrifices of commerce are needed to meet war material needs. The piece stresses reallocating shipping to war needs and reducing nonessential traffic.
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Bombs From French Planes Likely Sink German Submarine
Paris reports that French hydroplanes attacked a German U boat in the English Channel. Bombs dropped on the surface vessel after it surfaced and again submerged, finally sinking as observers watched it disappear.
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Bodies Recovered After Fire Destroys Nursery
Flames swept a nursery killing many infants with a reported loss approaching one hundred. Rescue crews recovered 62 bodies as authorities investigate the blaze, attributed to arson or accident, with hospital patients among the injured and reports of chaos and confinement in the burning building.
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Refuses to Stand by Its Own Home Town
Secretary of War Baker urged Texas Governor Hobby to convene a special session to consider laws and measures to protect soldiers health near Texas camps and combat alcohol dangers. Telegram expresses concern over conditions affecting soldiers and urges action.
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Royal Flying Corps Member Dies in Fort Worth Area Crash
A Royal Flying Corps member stationed near Fort Worth died after a crash during morning operations. The accident involved American and British forces and drew attention to the frontline air efforts, with details describing a fatal dive and subsequent death at hospital.
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Collision injures passenger off American vessel in fog
In dense fog a liner collided with another ship yesterday. A passenger was crushed by a bow hit and a man went missing as lifeboats were launched. The other vessel veered away leaving a hole and both ships separated afterward.
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Man Who Swore at Wilson Pass in a Lively Two Hours
A chaotic incident near Wilson involved a man branded as disloyal, arrested, and released without bail after a mob seized land and paraded him with American flags and party pins. Authorities, led by President Wilkon, faced violent upheaval as a crowd alleged sedition and loyalty questions, with a February 29 court appearance scheduled.
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Invasion Plans Hit Petrograd Aid Ukraine Effort
London reports Germany renewed military moves against Northern Russia with a high level conference at imperial headquarters. Key figures present include Chancellor von Heydt and Foreign Secretary von Kuettian. Trotsky’s plan rejected, Trotsky’s wartime stance noted, and German strategy centers on seizing Petrograd to aid Ukraine against Bolsheviks.
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Fragmented wartime dispatch from Vienna on peace talks and Ukraine
A battered report from Vienna discusses Brest-Litovsk era talks and the Ukraine issue. It notes Croteky's stance on self determination, the frontier demarcation, and a push to keep peace with Ukraine as central to broader peace. It mentions grain exports and military safeguards, and that Poland is not promised a settlement.
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