Hurley to Seize Lumber for Shipyards Under Government Plan
The United States Shipping Board announced a action against mismanaged shipyards in the South. Twenty four steel ship contracts were canceled with more under advisement as the board moves to commandeer lumber and inspect yards. Southern Shipbuilding in Charleston and Hampton Shipbuilding of Norfolk lost contracts for sixteen and eight ships respectively. Edward N. Hurley, board chairman, warned of swift action and an end to unproductive programs. Lumber from Southern Pine association members will be seized to force timely timber supply for wooden shipyards.
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United States Shipping Board
Southern Shipbuilding Company
Charleston
S. C
Hampton Shipbuilding Company
Norfolk
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Southern Pine Association
The
House Passes Rail Measure With President Rate Power
Washington reports the House approved the administration railroad bill by 337 to 6. It sets a two year postwar holding period for railroads and places rate making power with the president. An Iowa amendment keeping rate power in the ICC was adopted briefly before Chairman Sims reversed it, securing presidential rate authority 211 to 16.
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Washington
House
Administration
Representative Sweet
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sims
Sinking of Glenart Castle Hospital Ship
One hundred sixty four people are missing after the British hospital ship Glenart Castle was sunk in the Bristol Channel at 4 a m Tuesday. She was outward bound with lights burning and no patients aboard. Survivors were landed by an American torpedo boat destroyer while eight boats remain adrift.
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London
Bristol Channel
Four American soldiers to be shot for sleeping on duty
Washington March 2 Four American soldiers of the expeditionary forces have been sentenced to be shot for being found asleep while on duty in the front line trenches. The court martial findings and sentence were approved by General Pershing and the papers will be reviewed by President Wilson before execution.
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Washington
Expeditionary Forces
Pershing
Wilson
Coffee Distribution Chief Appointed by Food Administration
Washington March 2 George W Lawrence president of the New York coffee and sugar exchange has been named to supervise distribution of all coffee to dealers nationwide by the food administration.
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Washington
George W. Lawrence
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
The
Food Administration
Mexican and U S soldiers exchange fire near Ysleta
In El Paso Texas a Mexican federal sergeant and a private soldier were wounded during a cross border exchange of shots with United States cavalry patrols east of Ysleta across the Rio Grande.
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U.S
el Paso
Tex
United States
Rio Grande
Ysleta
Thirty U. S. Men Lost In Cherokee Sinking
Washington reports the navy tug Cherokee foundered off Fenwick Island in a gale. Ten survivors were landed after escape on a life raft. Names include EK M Sennett Boston and P H Marmack fireman among the ten. The vessel, formerly with Luckenbach, was recently requisitioned by the government.
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Washington
Fenwick Island
Delaware Capes
Luckenbach Steamship Line
Navy Department
Navy ‘Department
Seaman
C. I. Barker
E. A. Kezeck
P. H. Marmack
A. Wattim
G. L. Cudget
B. F. Brumfield
Bryan Bests Canada Mob at Temperance Meeting
Former U S secretary of state William Jennings Bryan faced a hostile Toronto crowd on March 2 as about sixty men wearing returned soldier badges heckled him for over half an hour. He kept his composure and spoke to the front row until the end.
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Toronto
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Dominion Alliance
Bryan
Lost U boat chaser sails home after 39 days
The 110 foot submarine chaser with a French crew arrived safely at a European port after being separated from its escort in a violent gale. With engines out, the crew rigged sails from bed covers and navigated 39 days to safety.
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Washington
Navy Department
Europe
Yankee Captain Dies in Frontline Action Near Toul
American troops repulsed a German raid in the Toul salient amid heavy shelling and gas. A West Point 1917 graduate captain was killed in brutal hand to hand fighting while the barrage cleared No Man's Land. German losses included 10 prisoners and several officers taken or killed. Berlin said ten Americans were captured.
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Toul
West Point
Salient
No Man’s Land
Man’s Land
Wight
Berlin
Chavignon
McAdoo Sets Opening Date for Third Liberty Loan
Secretary McAdoo announced April 6 as the opening of the third Liberty loan campaign marking the army entrance anniversary. Details on amount and terms depend on new legislation and he expects to ask Congress for authority soon.
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Washington
McAdoo
Congress
Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson ill at Herschel Island
Word reached here that explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, wintering at Herschel Island, is ill with a relapse and delirious after recent reports.
Chicago Murderer to Hang
Earl Dear was found guilty of the murder of Rudolph Wolfe, chauffeur of Dr. Philip Schuyler Doane, by a jury in Judge Kesten's court. His penalty was fixed as death.
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Chicago
U S to Seize Vacant Houses for Shipyard Workers
Washington March 4 The shipping board announced that before building housing for shipyard workers under the housing bill it will commandeer vacant houses and hotels prior to construction.
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U. S
Washington
the Shipping Board
McGovern Heirship Details Revealed After Death
Newsbud reports Terry McGovern former world champion died leaving his home valued at ten thousand dollars to his widow Mrs. McGovern plus five thousand dollars to be placed in trust for their son. The remaining five thousand was to be held in trust.
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Terry
New York
Terry McGovern
Hertling Speech Seen As Strengthening War Party
Washington officials view Germany’s Reichstag address by Chancellor von Hertling as not advancing peace but bolstering the militaristic faction. He supported Wilson's four principles yet claimed they require unfulfilled conditions, with ironical terms and no immediate comment planned pending full text review.
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Washington
von Hertling
Reichstag
Wilson
Congress
Count von Hertling
British Raid Strengthens Front Near Greenland Hill
London reports English troops struck enemy trenches on Greenland hill north of the Sharpe river and seized twelve prisoners and a machine gun. Additional raids in the southern Houtholst forest yielded twelve prisoners and three machine guns. Paris notes French patrols near Beaumont and Lorraine brought back prisoners.
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London
Greenland Hill
Sharpe River
War Office
Houtholst Forest
Paris
Beaumont
Verdun Front
Lorraine
Attempted bombing at Newburgh Shipyards thwarted
Newburgh New York February 28 an attempt to blow up plant machinery at the Newburgh Shipyards was foiled when a guard recovered a bomb and threw it to safety. The device exploded causing some damage but not enough to halt work at the plant.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Newburgh Shipyards Company
Germans Launch Largest German Cargo Vessel Reinland
The Reinland, 16,000 tons, was launched at the Vulcan shipyards in Vegesack on the Weser ten miles northwest of Bremen. The vessel stands as the largest German cargo steamer afloat, contributing to wartime maritime capacity.
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Rheinland
Vegesack
Amsterdam
Vulcan
Weser
Bremen
Oil Director Named For Pacific Coast
D M Fol som of San Francisco was named federal oil director on Friday for the Pacific coast. He will serve under Mark L Requa, chief of the oil division of the fuel administration.
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Federal
Washington
D. M. Folsom
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mark L. Requa
The
Fuel Administration
Airplane mishaps and fuel cuts mark World War I era notes
War Department records show aviation field fatalities totaling 51 with 10 officers and 29 cadets killed in training. Training flights exceed 100,000 miles as hundreds of inexperienced men learn to fly under instructor guidance. Fuel administration seeks production limits to balance needs and avoid shortages, while window glass and coal rules reflect wartime scarcity.
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War Department
Washington
Gen. Pershing
France
Quartermaster General’s Department
United States
U S War Agencies Report Strong Rifle and Ammunition Output
The secretary of war authorized statement says U S rifle and cartridge production has grown in volume and quality to equip the army. In ten war months the government has spent or obligated 400 million dollars. About 200 officers 80 000 men and 10 000 women work on rifles and cartridges. Two government and three private plants produce rifles while one government and nine private plants produce cartridges. Ordnance experts in the U S and Europe agree the U S army is being equipped with two of the world s three best rifles.
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United States
Secretary of War
Europe
United States Army
Stars and Stripes in France Reports U S News Daily
The weekly Stars and Stripes newspaper in France for American troops focuses on American news and includes a daily 1,400 word radio report supplied by the committee on public information to the French government.
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Stars and Stripes
France
Committee On Public Information
Cleaning White Feathers At Home For A Fresh Look
The article explains a home method to clean white feathers using a mixture of one quart of gasoline and plaster to the consistency of whipped cream. Feathers are dipped, squeezed, and hung to dry outdoors until all gasoline evaporates, with warnings about explosion. It also notes furs can be cleaned this way with good results.
Gas Defense Training In U S Army Camps And Red Cross Roles
The article describes gas defense training in U S cantonments with American gas masks and six second readiness. It explains the Red Cross activities in morale, emergency relief, canteen services, and hospital support, plus advances in testing aircraft engines and high altitude simulations at Washington bureaus to replicate mountain conditions for motor testing.
Loyal phrases amid wartime distrust in kitchen banter
A wartime domestic exchange suggests shared sentiment against autocratic rulers. A wife mocks a cook who appears sympathetic to the Kaiser, while another character defends loyalty to their leaders amid such remarks.
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