Germans Sweep Through Russia Seizing Massive War Supplies
The German war office reports the Russian town of Rovno cleared, about 1000 train cars captured with food, airplanes and vast war material. They seized 1853 guns and 4000 to 5000 motor cars, took 425 officers and 8700 men prisoner, and push east of Dyinsk toward Pinsk. Forces reach near Riga with advances from Moon Island into Estonia and the Gulf shore near Pernigat and Lemsal.
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Berlin
London
Rovno
War Office
Dyinsk
Pinsk
von Linsingen
Riga
Wenden
Wolmar
Moon Island
Moon Sound
Esthenia
Leal
Gulf of Riga
Pernigat
Lemsal
German advance into Russia raises alarms from Gulf to Volhynia
Reports from Petrograd indicate a German push from the Gulf of Finland toward Dvinsk and Pskoff with fast advances to Minsk and Vitebsk. Dvinsk fell with little resistance, AK artillery and ammunition seized. Berlin cites an expected peace move tied to a Ukraine treaty as Germany's aim, while Austrian premier Segaler says Austria-Hungary won’t aid renewed war. Cavalry moves toward Monhilev, with fronts extending toward Reval and Hapsal as Red Guard forces offer no effective resistance.
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Associated Press
Gulf of Finland
Volhynia
Russia
Reval
Esthenia
Pskoff
Dvinsk
Petrograd
Minsk
Vitebsk
von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Ukraine
Germany
von Segaler
Autria-Hungary
London
Reuter
Hapsal
Monhilev
Balloon finds attack on Wilson and leaders in Jura Alps
Swiss climbers discover tracts and newspapers attacking President Wilson and British leaders on Mount Dole in the Jura Alps. The balloon likely drifted there en route to France. alpinists burn the papers. In London, Col. Repington and Howell Gwynne are fined £100 for a censored article.
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Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceany
Mount
Dole
Jura Alps
France
Weather Update for San Antonio Tonight and Friday
The forecast notes occasional rain tonight and Friday in San Antonio. Temperatures rise modestly on Friday with warmer conditions ahead of the weekend.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists by The Licht Forecasts
Weather outlook across multiple cities with temperatures below freezing in several locations. St Louis reports 6 to 20 degrees with northeast winds, Chicago and Milwaukee show continued cold, Kansas City warms to zero, New York clear with low of eight, Washington notes the north river area low at around 20 with partly cloudy conditions.
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Licht
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Washington
Americans Demand Planes For Front Lines
The United States accelerates war aviation as Baker announces the first shipment of American-built fighters to France. He notes rapid production growth, new high powered engines, and the need for skilled technicians to sustain growth amid ongoing air warfare challenges. The article outlines the scale of demands, logistics, and the path to boosting Allied air power.
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Baker
France
Washington
Dao
Keb
Hruie
Rks
Industr
Mer
Lily Motors
Western Front
Mont “al Best
San Antonio War Activities Commission Interview Sparks Confusion
In a Washington datelined piece The Light quotes Raymond D Wos dick as saying San Antonio has ideal conditions but Houston and Fort Worth face bootlegging problems. The Express later disputes the wording and claims Fosdick did not call San Antonio ideal while Washington officials claim conditions are satisfactory. Authorities and editors dispute quotes and aim to set the record straight for San Antonio readers.
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San Antonio
Tobin
Houston
Wort Worth
the Express
Washington
Baker
Texas
Fosdick
New York
Express
Picayune
Taxpress
Xpress
Mosdick
Meatless Week Plan Aims to Conserve Cattle Supply in France
A French government proposal envisions a meatless week and monthly meatless periods in spring to curb cattle use. Last summer two meatless days failed as housewives stocked for 48 hours, while a plan to open 100 municipal meat markets run by soldiers reduced meat prices and had wide impact.
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Paris
British court queries stimulant value in hoarding case
In a Wessex court Sir Carl Meser faced arraignment for hoarding ten items claimed as stimulants. Counsel argued the substance had no nutritive value and only a gentle stimulant effect. The magistrate, unsure, dismissed the case and gave him the benefit of the doubt.
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London Times
the Public Ledger Co
London
Carl Meser
Wessex
Mey
Garros Escapes German Prison in Amsterdam Flight
Roland Garros the famed aviator and Lieut Antoine Mundehal, two World War I veterans who flew over Berlin in 1916, reportedly escaped from a German prison near Holkund yesterday. The report, via Les Nouvelles of Maastricht, notes their escape from captivity after being forced to desert a few kilometers from the Russian lines.
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Amsterdam
Roland
Garros
Antoine Mundehal
Berlin
Holkund Yesterda
Les Nouvelles
Miastricht
Within the Law to Kidnap Own Child
Judge Joseph KK. David of the Superior Court rules that kidnapping a child by one's own parents is not legal. The case involves Joseph Maddy, who seized his five year old daughter from relatives in Oklahoma after parents separated and reunified, then brought her to Chicago.
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Joseph KK. David
Superior Court
Joseph of
Maddy
Aid
Okla
Chicago
Austrian Premier urged to accept Wilson principles
Amsterdam February 21 The Austrian Socialist party has submitted an interpellation to Premier von Besser asking him to accept President Wilson's principles for peace talks. The Socialists demand immediate steps to open negotiations between Austria Hungary and the United States.
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Wilson
America
Amsterdam
Admiralty
Wireless Press
Austrian Socialst Party
von Besser Wraine
Austria- Hungary
United States
British Forces Advance Near Jericho In Palestine
London 21. British forces push another three and a half miles forward on a seven and three quarters mile front in Palestine and now lie within four miles of Jericho. Front east of Jerusalem saw slight losses while gains continue. North west of Jerusalem the advance reached up to one mile on a four mile front.
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London
Palestine
War Office Tnoonnnetes
Jericho
Jerusalem
Railroads to cut passenger routes for faster trains
The Railroad Administration announced plans to eliminate a wide set of passenger routes linking New York to Chicago, Chicago to St. Louis, Washington to southern points, and other southern terminals. Some roads will be kept for fast passenger service while others shift toward freight traffic.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
Railroad Administration
Indictment in $5 Million Army Cloth Fraud Exposed
A federal grand jury indicted eleven men in a nationwide plot to steal army cloth and sell “clippings” for profit. The probe centers on the Universal Cloth Shrinking Works and Horwitz & Muskowitz, with losses pegged near $4 million and specific charges including perjury and destruction of receipts. Authorities say clothed supplies were diverted to Chicago, St. Louis, and Cleveland, with further cases under review.
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Vegas
Federal Grand Jury
Quartermaster Department of the Army
Ares m
George D. Barnitz
Oto
Chicago
St. Louis
Gheenville
Federal
Distric Attorne
Fof
Louis Davidson
Universal Loth Shrinking & Refining Works
Davidson
Tiyan Horwitts
Tenjamin
Horwitz & Muskowitz
Jaret Viets
Th Vielx & Co
Jacob Weinstein
Abraham Purseh
Aird
Leon Levine
Purseh & Devine
Harney Robinson
Morris Alewita
Enoto
New York Manufacturers Company
Tra L. Jurowsky
Gueco Ville
Robinson Jod Alewits
Jury
Janowsky
Frank MM
Rossa
United States
Barnitg
Agaiinst Davidson
Bliss DREW Document Wastington Dol Pet 2h
Secret remarks credit drafting of the Ameri document to General Bliss and Refer to a central war plan. Baker notes he had no part in preparing the pupils and suggests memoranda were by or under Bliss. No part of the document can be published, Lloyd George cites it as mixed with operations plan.
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Ameri
Biss
Supreme War Council
Baker
Bliss
Enemy Line Pierced On Long Front In Lorraine Swing
Western front dispatches report French forces breaking German first lines in Lorraine near the Franco Prussian border capturing over 500 prisoners. German artillery concentrates on American lines with 800 to 1000 shells daily while Americans reply with two or three shells for each one. Entente airmen claim multiple German aircraft shot down as fighting persists across France and Italy fronts.
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Lorraine
West Front
Teuton
Bures
Monecel
Chateau Setins
Luneville
Nancy
Four de Paris
Argonne
France
Entente
Germany
Cris Abacan
Vranch
Ameri
Impending World Battle Warns Of German Drive
London dispatch quotes Perk inson from the field headquar ters predicting the fiercest battle the world has ever seen within days. He notes German forces are massed with advanced mechanical help and that German officers fear defeat while rank and file doubt success against Western defenses. He also reports Allied troops feel stronger individually and comradeship boosts morale amid propaganda drops.
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London Times
Philadelphia Pubic Ledger
Coywright
London
Perkinson
Robinson
Italy
Becheropaganda
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