Government to seize shipyards for shipping board plan
The United States Shipping Board announced action against mismanaged shipyards. Twenty four steel ship contracts were canceled with more under advisement. The board will commandeer suitable timber and lumber, starting with Southern Shipbuilding of Charleston and Hampton Shipbuilding of Norfolk as first targets, signaling no more private yards funded by government money.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Southern Shipbuilding Company
Charleston
S. C
Hampton Shipbuilding Company
Norfolk
Shipping Board
House Passes Rail Measure With New Rate Power
Washington reports the House approved the administration railroad bill 837 to 6. It fixes a two year postwar period for government hold and places rate making with the president. An amendment keeping power in the ICC was adopted, then reversed by Chairman Sims to restore presidential authority 211 to 16.
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Washington
House
Administration
Representative Sweet
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sims
164 Die On Hospital Ship Glenart Castle Sinking
The Bristol Channel tragedy leaves 164 missing after the British hospital ship Glenart Castle sinks in the Bristol Channel at 4 am on Tuesday. She carried no patients. survivors were rescued by an American torpedo boat destroyer and eight boats remain adrift.
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Glenart Castle
London
Bristol
Bristol Channel
Four American soldiers sentenced to be shot in France
Washington March 2 four American soldiers of the expeditionary forces were sentenced to be shot for sleeping on duty in the front line trenches. The court-martial findings and sentence were approved by General Pershing and forwarded for review by President Wilson before execution.
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Washington
Pershing
Wilson
Director of Coffee Named
George W. Lawrence, president of the New York coffee and sugar exchange, has been appointed by the food administration to oversee the distribution of all coffee to dealers nationwide.
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Washington
George W. Lawrence
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
The
Food Administration
Mexican and U S troops exchange fire near Ysleta across Rio Grande
A Mexican federal sergeant and a private soldier were wounded by United States cavalry patrols in an exchange of shots east of Ysleta across the Rio Grande. The incident occurred near El Paso Texas on March 1. Local authorities reported the border clash as part of ongoing tensions along the frontier.
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Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Ysleta
Loss of U.S. Tug Cherokee Off Fenwick Island
Thirty officers and enlisted men are believed lost when the U S S Cherokee foundered in a fierce gale off Fenwick Island light ship near the Delaware capes. Ten survivors were landed. four men were picked up by steam ships and another was taken to Philadelphia by a British steamer. Names of the known survivors are listed.
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Washington
Fenwick Island
Delaware Capes
Luckenbach Steamship Line
Navy Department
U.S. S
Bryan bests Canada mob in temperance talk
William Jennings Bryan, former U S secretary of state, spoke to a large Dominion alliance audience in Toronto on March 2. He faced a rough reception as about sixty returned soldiers heckled from the balcony, shouting and ringing bells while Bryan remained calm and spoke to the last word despite being inaudible beyond the front row.
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Toronto
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Dominion Alliance
Bryan
Lost U boat chaser sails home after 39 days at sea
The 110 foot submarine chaser with a French crew reached a European port safely. It had been missing since January 15 after a gale separated it from its escort. With engines disabled, the crew rigged sails from bed covers and endured 39 days afloat.
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Washington
Navy Department
Europe
Yankee Captain Killed Amid French Front Clash
American troops repulsed a German attack north of Toul in a snow filled morning engagement. A West Point captain from the 1917 class was killed leading a charge through German wire. German prisoners and many enemy dead were reported as the barrage pushed the foe back.
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France
Toul
West Point
Salient
No Man’s Land
Berlin
Chavignon
McAdoo Sets April 6 for Third Liberty Loan Opening
Secretary McAdoo names April 6 as the opening day for the third Liberty loan campaign. It marks the first anniversary of the U S entry into the war. Details on amount terms and conditions depend on future legislation. He said he will ask Congress for additional authority.
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U. S
Washington
McAdoo
Congress
Explorer Vilhjalm Stefansson Delirious at Herschel Island
Word arrives that explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, wintering at Herschel Island, is delirious after a relapse. Earlier reports noted his illness and delirium.
Chicago Murderer to Hang in Doane Case
Earl Dear was found guilty of murdering Rudolph Wolfe, chauffeur for Dr. Philip Schuyler Doane, by a jury in Judge Kearsten's court. The penalty was fixed as death.
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Chicago
U. S. to Seize Vacant Houses for Shipyard Workers
The Shipping Board announced it will commandeer vacant houses and hotels before starting construction of housing for shipyard workers, following a housing bill recently passed by Congress.
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U. S
Washington
the Shipping Board
Terry McGovern Dies Leaving Estate Divided
Terry McGovern, former world boxing champion, left $10,000 and his New York home at death. Mrs. McGovern receives the home and $5,000. The remaining $5,000 is placed in trust for Terry's son.
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Terry
New York
Terry McGovern
German war aims speech seen as maintenance of war
Washington officials say Chancellor von Hertling failed to advance peace. His Reichstag remarks are viewed as strengthening the militaristic faction and undermining President Wilson's peace principles. No immediate formal comment was planned pending full text review.
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Washington
von Hertling
Reichstag
Wilson
Congress
Count von Hertling
British Raids Capture Prisioners and Weapons on Two Fronts
English troops raided German trenches on Greenland hill north of the Scarpe and in the southern Houtholst forest, taking twelve prisoners and three machine guns. French patrols near Beaumont and Lorraine recovered prisoners in the Verdun region.
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London
Greenland Hill
Scarpe River
War Office
Houtholst Forest
Paris
Beaumont
Verdun Front
Lorraine
Bomb attempt at Newburgh Shipyards fails to halt work
A bomb was hurled from a guard after being found in the Newburgh Shipyards plant. It exploded causing some damage but not enough to delay operations.
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Newburgh, N
Newburgh Shipyards Company
Germans Launch Largest Cargo Vessel Reinland at Vegesack
The Reinland, the largest German cargo steamer afloat at 16,000 tons, was launched at Vulcan shipyards in Vegesack on the Weser ten miles northwest of Bremen. In Lafayette Indiana a Monon passenger train No 3 from Chicago to Louisville derailed near Brockston with minor injuries.
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Rheinland
Vegesack
Amsterdam
Vulcan
Weser
Bremen
Chicago
Lafayette
Ind
Monon
Louisville
Brockston
Here
Federal Oil Director Named for Pacific Coast
San Francisco native M. Folsom was appointed federal oil director for the Pacific coast, reporting to Mark L. Requa, head of the fuel administration’s oil division, on Friday.
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Federal
Washington
M. Folsom
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mark L. Requa
Oil Division
The
Fuel Administration
Airplane mishaps and fuel limits dominate war reports
War Department notes show aviation accidents in training at U.S. fields total 51 fatalities from June 1917 to Feb 22 1918. It outlines shoe shipments for soldiers, fuel conservation measures, and new high altitude engine testing methods at the Bureau of Standards to simulate mountain conditions.
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War Department
Washington
Gen. Pershing
France
Quartermaster General’s Départment
United States
Pike’s Peak
Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Standards
U S Rifle and Ammunition Production Scale and Capacity
War secretary authorized statement notes US rifle and cartridge output has grown in volume and quality. In ten months of war the government has spent or obligated 400 million dollars. About 200 officers, 80,000 men, 10,000 women work solely on rifles and cartridges across two government and several private plants. Ordnance experts say the US army is 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 US News Daily
The Stars and Stripes weekly newspaper for American troops in France is led by the intelligence section. The paper focuses on American news and carries a daily radio report of about 1,400 words supplied by the committee on public information to the French government.
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Stars and Stripes
France
Committee On Public Information
Clean White Feathers and Furs Home Cleaning Method
The article describes cleaning white feathers at home using a mixture of one quart gasoline and plaster of parts with five cents’ worth of plaster to create a whipped cream texture. Feathers are dipped, squeezed, and patted, then hung to dry until all gasoline evaporates. Do not use gasoline near light or fire. Furs, white or light gray, can also be cleaned this way with perfect results.
Loyal. That cook and the Kaiser
A brief cartoon caption criticizes support for the Kaiser among a kitchen staff figure. The dialogue mocks autocratic leaders as all supporting each other, reflecting wartime sentiment.
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