Robertson resigns as chief of staff and eastern command
London reports General Sir William Robertson has resigned as chief of the imperial staff and accepted the eastern command in the British Isles. The move sparks a fierce political clash over war policy with opposition accusing the government of collusion with a newspaper group.
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London
William Robertson
British Isles
Imperial General Staff
War Cabinet
Army
Bbu
Cabal
Robertson
Vield
Douglas Haig
House of Commons
Marshal Haig
Henry Wilson
Asquith
Nationa News
Vimes
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Commons
Tutn Streneth
E. Daily Chronicle
Robertser
Impron
Alles O
Overman bill criticized as autocratic in wartime powers
Senator Watson denounced the Overman bill granting President Wilson broad wartime powers as unconstitutional and autocratic. He said extending such authority beyond the war is inappropriate and urged surrender of vast powers after peace. He endorsed railroad control provisions lasting after the war and supported standard compensation measures.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Watson
Senate
Senator Watson
Indiana
Price Fixing Urged to Boost Wheat Production
Lo Nf. Tryde of the Oklahoma State Council of Defense told the Senate agriculture committee that wheat substitutes may face price controls and that extended authority to fix prices could cover all commodities or limit the food administration. Meatless and wheatless days have reduced Oklahoma production, creating a surplus.
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Washington
Food Administration
Weather highlights across multiple cities including San Antonio
San Antonio tonight will be cloudy and warmer with Tuesday unsettled and warmer. Other cities report mixed conditions with winds from the south, cool to cold lows, and possible precipitation as per regional briefings.
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San Antonio
Americans Extend Front in World War I Fighting East of St Mihiel
American expeditionary forces widen activity along the western front, with artillery in Champagne and infantry serving with French units. Reports describe ruined villages and hard fighting as Germans attempt feints, wire traps, and raids. An American night patrol evades a charged wire trap and returns safely to trenches.
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Associated Press
St. Mihiel
Champagne
Trent
Pershing Inspects American Trenches in French Sector
General Pershing completed a two day inspection of the American sector northwest of Toul. He walked muddy trenches in gas mask, visited batteries, and questioned troops about rations and conditions. He noted one cook asked for more greens while others reported good feed. He toured a dugout command post as shells pounded nearby.
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Pershing
Toul
Americans and French Hold Ground on Famous Battlefield
American and French troops have held trenches together on a famed front line battlefield for days. Reports from Grand Headquarters in France describe joint fighting on a shared goal to win the war with mutual aid and united purpose.
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Franch
Soing
Germans Slay 27 in New London Raids on Feb 18
London reports 16 killed and 37 injured in last night raid as six to seven enemy planes approached from the Thames estuary. One bomber penetrated London, dropping a single blast in the southwest district. Dover raid repelled, large raider said to have crashed at sea. Police warned residents as streets emptied during the meteoric bombardment period.
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London
Isle of Thanet
Thames
Essex
Thie
Dover
Listinet
Armen
Famine Over Border In Nuevo Laredo Spurs Relief Action
Telegram from Webb County official reports famine in Nuevo Laredo Mexico as flour shipments halt at the border due to a government embargo. District Food Administrator Carrington seeks immediate guidance from state and federal representatives to arrange relief and avoid later Red Cross involvement.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Arrose
Rio Grande
Laredo
Dolar . Carrington
A. DD. Sanit
Webb County
Weuvo Laredo
Smith
Carrington
United States
B.A. Peden
Flousten
Wand
Tlob. McCarthy
Gregory Defends DOJ Espionage Efforts Amid Hysteria
U S attorney general Thomas W. Gregory said about half a million citizens are involved with the Department of Justice in suppressing espionage. He spoke in Memphis en route to Washington after attending a funeral in Columbus, Mississippi.
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Memphis
Tenn
Peb
United States
Department of Justice
Thomas W. Gregory
United States Attorney General
Jin
Department
Gregory
Eisenman Quits Post Revealed in War Department Disclosure
Correspondence with the War Department disclosed today by Senator McKellar shows Charles I. Eisenman of Cleveland Ohio has given up his government connection. Federal Trade Commission hearings resumed to fix a price for print paper with expert witnesses called.
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Wasitington
J. C
War Department
McKellar
Tennessee
Charles 1
Eisenman
Cleveland
Ohio
Council of National Efense
Washington, D. C
Feral Trade Commission
Carpenters End Strike In Atlantic Shipyards
The carpenters strike in government contracted Atlantic coast shipyards ends as union leaders report thousands returning to work. John Rice says about 3000 resumed work while 6000 quit earlier. president Hutcheson backs Wilson's wage adjustment efforts to settle grievances.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
John Rice
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Rice
Wilson
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Jersey
Elizabethport
Newark
Wilim J. Hutcheson
The
Brotherhood
Wage Adjustment Board
President Wilson intervenes in carpenters strike
Shipping board officials report Mr Wilson’s involvement prompts a return to work as wage talks continue. Vice President rebukes Hutcheson urging carpenters to resume duties pending wage board settlement and warns against aiding the enemy during wartime.
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Washington, Dol
Shipping Board
Wilson
Wilkin le Wuteheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Hutcheson
Crow Hutcheson
Tiliam Mutehesun
United Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners, of
America
New York
Shipbuilding
Scotch Nurse Arrives to Raise Funds for Scottish Hospitals
Miss Kathleen Burke of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals has arrived on her second visit to collect funds for Scottish hospitals. She is the only woman honored with the Commander of the British Empire by King George of Mongland. On her previous US tour she raised 2 million dollars for the Scottish Women’s Hospital Fund. She wears her new decoration along with two Red Cross medals and the Serbian Order of the Misericordia.
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Kathleen Burke
Miss Burke
King George
Mongland
United States
Order of the Misericordia
Kaiser's Resumption of War May Lead to Break with Austria
London reports a rift grows between Germany and Austria Hungary after armistice ended and war resumes. Austrian press warns Germany against renewed hostilities while suggesting Czernin and Wilson may drive negotiation.
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Kaiser
Austria
London
Pel
Germany
Austria-dungery
Kus“ik
Copenhingen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Freudenblatt
Neue I*reie Presse
Tissia
Czernin
Wilson
Ex-Czars Plea Urges Freedom for Imperial Family
Grand dukes and grand duchesses urge the Bolsheviki government to improve the conditions of the former imperial family held at Tobolsk Siberia. They reportedly propose the family renounce all throne rights and seek asylum in England or France.
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Prrograd
Wriday
Tobolsk
Siberia
England
France
American Soldiers With Biggest Feet and Heads
Chicago report cites Allen D. Albert of the war camp committee service saying American soldiers have the largest feet chest measurement hat bands and head size in history. He adds the soldier is a far better type than both enemies and allies.
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Chicago
Allen D. Albert
War Camp Committee
Mgr. Albert
Russia in Civil War Turmoil as Opener for New Offensive
The article reports Russia’s civil conflict intensifying with Bolshevik and rival forces clashing in Kyiv Odessa and at the Ukraine front. Germany resumes war measures, seeks territories, and a 100000-strong Bolshevik force is reportedly being formed. Lenine Trotsky regime weakens while Romania negotiates potential separate peace with central powers. Anarchy rises in Retrograd amid chaos.
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Odessa
Kiev
Ukraine
Red Guard
Ensign Krylenko
Bolsheviks
Petrograd
Alenieff
Lenine-Trotsky
Kief
Germany
Russia
Roumania
Cri c
Germans Resume War Measures Against Russia
The Social Demokraten states in Stockholm measured today that Germany resumes war measures against Russia. The first objective is the seizure of Estonia and Livonia according to the report.
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Russia
Germany
Stockholm
Fsthonia
Livonia
Kiev
Social Demokraten
Esthenia
Bloody battle at Kiev with massive casualties
Vyetrogad, Feb 9 delayed report says Kiev fell to Bolsheviks after bloody fighting. Thousands killed or wounded as streets filled with casualties. Odessa siege by Bolsheviki and Moderates also costly. Bolshevik commander Tensig Wrylenko plans to lead 100000 troops from Petrograd against the Cossack force of General Alexeyev.
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Preva
Vyetrograd
Fel
Kirev
Ukraine
Iiev
Odess
Tensign Wrylenko
Petrograd
Alexteft
Delayed clash of Bolsheviki and Alexieff forces near Kharkov
Framed by a Feb 3 dispatch from Petrograd, the report notes a delayed battle between Bolsheviki troops and General Alexieff's winged Cossacks advancing toward Kharkov. Boris Savinkoff is said ready to join, with Polish units active on the NW front and other forces moving against the Bolsheviks.
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Petrograd
Bolsheviki
Alexieff
Russia
Kharkov
Ukrilus
Moscow
Boris Savinkoff
Erensky
Alexioff
Advance Near Minsk Amid Disorder And Skirmishes
Dispatches report Isievy in the Ukraine under bourgeois rada control with Bolsheviks still nearby in the suburbs. Citizens hide in cellars as mobs pillage. Ukrainian bourgeois troops move to try to seize Poltaya.
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Minsk
Isievy
Ukraine
Rada
Poltaya
Anarchy in Petrograd Dispatch from London Times
London Times dispatch reports a surge in robberies and crimes in Petrograd as civil strife and looting widen. Gold and church treasures valued at 30 000 000 rubles are stolen while peasant divisions over land spark village clashes and food requisitions.
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London Times Service
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Wright
the Public Ledger Co
Petrograd
London Times
Moscow
Dan-* Kor
Riazan
Tumboff
Russia
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Nueva Laredo
Iysteria
Defense Council
Seaboard
Sharp
William L. Hutcheson
Union
Willian J. Flutchesaw
Costem
Press
Romanoff
Teutons
Esthonia
Associated "Press
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