Germans In Toul Attack Carried Complete Plans Of Americans Positions
A German assault northwest of Toul yielded a captured map detailing every American dugout trench and machine gun emplacement. The raid prompted heavy artillery shelling of the front, with two thousand shells fired in twenty four hours and German advances repulsed by American defenses. Prisoners described the attack, exposure of their plans, and the valor of American stretcher bearers and Red Cross teams amid the barrage.
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France
Tour
Wriday
Reserve Corps
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Germany
Poal Hons
German Lorraine
Missouri
Tye
Red Cross
Court Protest By Franklin On Grand Jury Impanelling
A protest by Thomas H. Franklin special assistant district attorney challenged Judge W S Anderson for empanelling the Thirty seventh District Court grand jury for the March term. Franklin alleged Anderson held a deputy sheriff commission creating a potential double office conflict. Anderson read the oath and charged the jurors to investigate crime, including liquor sales to soldiers and vice. Foreman Oscar Guesar and 11 others were sworn as the panel.
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Tam
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Follo Car Guessis
Din Bullivan Sr
Vey L. Page
Marl Gafford
Don Kraser
Paul Steffler
E. B. Carrath
Frank Plazini
Nathan Underwood
Franklin
Thirty-seventh District Court
Judge Anderson
Hobby
Terrell
San Antonio Demands Buckman Removal Over Civic Interference
City leaders decry Major General Buckman for publishing a controversial article criticizing San Antonio officials and soldiers. They accuse him of libel and slander against the city and call for War Department action to remove him, arguing his views misused military power in civilian affairs.
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Buckman
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Ruckman
Laredo
Tex
H. Otten
Fort Sam Houston
Hio Grande
Mexico
War call for 10000 skilled workers in aviation program
Washington issues a call for 10,000 machinists mechanics and other skilled workers to join the aviation section of the Signal Corps. Recruits will be segregated by trades in San Antonio then trained at flying fields or factories before forming squadrons, with emphasis on machinists automobile mechanics electricians and many related trades.
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Washington, D. C
Signal Corps
Army
San Antonio
Tex
War Dept to build massive ordnance base in France
The War Department announced plans for a 26 million dollar ordnance base in France featuring about 20 large store houses 12 shop buildings 100 smaller shops and magazines and machine tool equipment costing roughly 5 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
War Department Today
France
R. B. Levy Dies in Fort Worth at 82
R B Levy longtime private secretary to Governor Hogg during both administrations died in Fort Worth Texas at age 82. He was father of Judge M B Levy of the Court of Civil Appeals at Texarkana. Body to be buried in Longview Tuesday.
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Tex
Hk. B. Levy
Hogg
M. B. Levy
Court of Civil Appeals
Texarkana
Longview
Weather snapshot says San Antonio fair to night and tourist forecast notes
Weather roundup reports San Antonio fair tonight and partly cloudy Tuesday. St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, New York, and Washington show varying temperatures from 26 to 46 with winds from the south to southeast and chances of rain in several cities.
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Homs Whaturn
ST. Louis
Warner
Chicago
Jamie
Joweay
Kanbas City
New York
Bombing Totals Reported By War Office
An official war office statement cites January bombing by both sides. Germany dropped 1482 bombs over sea areas held by British forces in France while British aviators dropped 7653 bombs in enemy territory.
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London
War Office
Ifrance
War Dept asks Congress for extra funds for aircraft program
War Department requests further appropriation of 456 million dollars for the army aircraft program in addition to the 610 million already authorized. The appropriation request aims to strengthen air capabilities as Congress considers the funding. Arkansas Supreme Court boundary case advances as it determines the state line with Texas, influencing jurisdiction and mapping.
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War Department
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Arkansas
Supreme Court
Tthat State
Teqnenses
City officials reply to Buckman charges in San Antonio
A formal reply by Mayor Bell and local officials is prepared to counter General Buckman’s accusations against city and county efforts in the clean up. A conference at the Gunster Hotel with leaders including Sheriff Tebb and County Judge Jeavis outlined a flat, fact-based rebuttal, noting reductions in social diseases at Camp Travis and only 22 drunk soldiers out of 80,000 in January. The group stressed continued arrests and cautioned against unsubstantiated claims while citing a two-month grand jury inquiry that found no indictable vice evidence.
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Southern Department
United States Army
San Antonio
War Department
Washington
Bexar County
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Bell
Buckman
Sai Antonio
Thexa
Gunster Hotel
Mayor Bell
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L. B. Clegg
A. W. Seeligson
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Chester Terrell
Andres Coy
C. 8. Bowler
J. G. Fowler
W. W. Collier
Sant
Camp Travis
Kelly Field
Me and Gott Again Berlin
An official message from Berlin reports the conclusion of peace with Russia. Emperor Wilhelm II praises the German army and people for their perseverance and the preservation of German culture while expressing gratitude to God for guiding their success. The chancellor Count von Hertling is thanked for cooperation.
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Marcel
London
Wilia
Germany
Russia
Count von Hertling
Invasion halted by signing of treaty report
The AP notes Russians destroying bridges on the trans Siberian line between Lake Baikal and the Chinese frontier to hinder Japanese advance. Germany prepares Finland occupation via Aland Islands, using them as a base. 500 Swedish troops on Aland. Brest-Litovsk details emerge as Russia signs peace accords. broader German moves in Ukraine and Finland anticipated.
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Washington, D.C
Lake Baikal
John S. Stevens
State Department
Francis
Vladivostok
Stevens
Washington, D. C
Germany
Aland Island
Finland
Stockholm
Sweden
Aland Islands
Brest-Litovsk
Brest Tatovsk
Vienna
Amsterdam
Petrograd
Great Russia
Ukraine
Great Mussla
Brest-Litovsk peace ends Russian campaign gains
AP reports Russia’s Brest-Litovsk delegates halted the German advance by agreeing to February 21 peace terms. Russians retire from Turkey’s Asiatic provinces and regions including Kare, Batoum, and Karabagh. Berlin signs terms, halting operations as German forces reach Narva and Luga. Ukraine largely cleared of Bolsheviks. over 63,000 prisoners captured. Germany aims a narrow Baltic coast and to expel Finnish Bolsheviks, with Aland Islands used as a base. Sweden assured no Aland territorial interests.
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Associated Press
Russia
Brest-Litovsi
Great Russia
Turkey
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Batoum
Karabagh
Berlin
Narva
Petrograd
Luga
Ukraine
Germany
Gulf of Finland
Sweden
Whe
Aland Islands
Germany and Bolsheviki sign strategic limited treaties
London reports on March 4 that supplementary pacts between central powers and the Bolsheviki government outline cooperation beyond the Russian core. The agreements touch on military and political arrangements aimed at broader wartime objectives.
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London
Central Powers
Extermination Threat Credited to Brest-Litovsk Demands
A Petrograd telegram cites a Brest-Litovsk delegation note to Lenine and Jrotsky demanding detaching Ardahan Kars and Batum under self determination, signaling mass Armenian killings and backing by the Kaiser and Bolshevik leaders.
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London
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Brest-Litovsk
Lenine
Jrotsky
Ardahan
Kars
Batum
Turkey
Russia
Enver Pasha
Bolshevik Delegation Moves Toward Petrograd for Treaty Publication
London March 4 A Russian official statement signed by Premier Lenin and Foreign Minister Tretysky says the Bolshevik delegation, having signed peace with Germany, proceeds toward Petrograd where the treaty text will be published. Ratification pending.
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Lenine
Minketer Tretsky
Germany
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