French Score Local Gains In Big World War I Action
Renewed heavy artillery and local infantry actions mark a shift after a brief lull. British repelled an enemy raid at Hebuterne while French and British forces advanced east of Amiens capturing Hill 82 and nearby wood by the Avre. French also seized Bayne Wood and Mangard Wood with 30 prisoners as German thrusts were repulsed near Thennes. Paris reports raids near Monchel and Pont a Mousson with 20 prisoners taken.
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London
Flanders
Hebuterne
Albert
Arras
Lens
St. Venant
Krupps
Amiens
Avre
Hailles
Castel
Picardy
Bayne Wood
Mailly-Raineval
Morizel
Paris
Monchel
Montdidier
Coucyle-Chateau
Pont-a- Mousson
Fire Destroys Cridersville Village in Ohio
Fire partially destroys Cridersville six miles southwest of Lima. Volunteers with Cridersville, assisted by Wapakoneta and Lima departments, save high homes two business houses a bank and a harness shop. Blaze started in a barn from children playing with matches. Loss estimated above $100,000.
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Lima
Cridersville
Wapakoneta
Lord Cecil predicts German peace offensive after failed knockout
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, says Germany’s Western front knockout attempt failed. He believes a major peace offensive will follow aimed mainly at Britain. He argues the new push would be for German consumption and offer no acceptable terms to the Allies.
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London
Robert Cecil
Germany
Western Front
Great Britain
Robert
Navy and Army Seek Expanded Force Under Daniels and Baker Plans
Washington reports the Navy and Army, under the Administration’s expansion drive, may raise as large a force as Secretary Daniels deems necessary. Congress appears to have no limit on the size of the programs, with the Navy Department seeking the same broad authority as the Army.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Daniels
Congress
Baker
Navy Department
Dutch Vessels Guaranteed Safe Passage for Grain Trade
Rotterdam reports Germany guarantees the safety of three Dutch ships chosen for sail to America in exchange for three American vessels loaded with grain and flour. The ships belong to the same three companies that own vessels now sailing to America.
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Amsterdam
Germany
America
Holland
Rotterdam
The
Handelsblad
Swiss Spy Nivergel Executed at Vincennes
Paris reports Swiss citizen Nivergel was executed at dawn by firing squad at Vincennes after a court martial three months earlier. The Swiss Government had protested but France did not alter the death sentence. Nivergel faced the firing squad calmly.
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Paris
Nivergel
Vincennes
German claim on hospital ships used to justify torpedoing
A German wireless dispatch repeats accusations that American aviators cross to Europe on hospital ships. The article argues the motive is to build a pretext for torpedoing American hospital ships if they enter trans Atlantic service to carry home wounded soldiers.
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London
Europe
Navy and Army Seek Broad War Expansion Laws
Congress is told the navy may expand as Secretary Daniels deems fit with no preset limit. A clause in the naval reserve bill allows transferring men from reserve to fighting forces at will. Baker’s plan envisions 3,000,000 soldiers with $15 billion in items including ordnance and aviation, and a pledge not to seek more funds before next December.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Army
Daniels
Congress
Baker
Navy Department
Padgett
Naval Committee
Dent
House Military Committee
Peyton C. March
Western Front
March
Cadet Killed in La Jolla Plane Crash
Cadet Nicholas Healy was instantly killed and Cadet O Hanley sustained a broken ankle in an airplane accident near La Jolla, San Diego. The incident occurred during flight training.
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San Diego
Cal
Nicholas Healy
O’hanley
la Jolla
Here
English Plane Reaches 36000 Feet In Farnborough Test
London reports the highest altitude for an English aircraft as 36,000 feet during recent Farnborough test flights.
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London
Farnborough
Statewide bakery supervision ordered by food administrator
Columbus, C Complete supervision of all bakeries by County Food Committees will start immediately under State Federal Food Administrator Fred C Croxton. The aim is to restrict wheat flour use and determine substitute usage across bakeries.
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Columbus
Fred C. Croxton
Warning Iale Sued Washington Profiteering Alert
The United States Food Administration issued a general warning to all State Administrators against profiteering. The alert emphasizes enforcing fair practices and preventing price manipulation during wartime.
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Washington
United States
Zeebrugge Raid Effects Blockade of Channel
London reports show continued German effort to repair Zeebrugge damage after the British naval raid. The channel remains blocked with two sunken concrete vessels and the sunken cruiser Thetis near the shoal edge, hindering dredging and delaying harbor clearance.
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London
Zeebrugge
Thetis
Will Now Fight the Kaiser
Eighteen thousand soldiers of Roumanian origin captured by Italians while fighting under the Austrian flag have requested to go to the front against Austria. The request is granted and organization is under way. With this force entering the field three allied armies will include former Central Powers subjects. Czech troops are on the Italian front and a Polish army serves on the French front.
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Paris
Austria
Angry mob seizes officer in Elyria incident
Patrolman A F Reinke fought a confrontation with Louis Ritter a Vermillion soldier on furlough. Reinke struck Ritter with a mace causing a scalp wound and Ritter was taken to a hospital where he regained partial consciousness after being knocked unconscious.
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Elyria
A. F. Reinke
Louis Ritter
Vermillion
Ritter
Reinke
Chinese Steamship Is Rammed Off Hankow Collision Claimed Hundreds
A collision off Hankow sank the Chinese steamship Kiang Kwan and wrecked the gunboat Chutai. More than 500 Chinese passengers were lost. Premier Tuan Chijai rode on the Chutai en route to meet northern troops commanders. Signals mistake cited as cause. The Chutai of 750 tons and 200 feet length was beached after the crash.
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Peking
Hankow
Tuan Chi- Jai
Kobe
Hoover cites wheat policy impact on prices and unrest
In New York, Herbert Hoover as Federal Food Administrator warned that without government control of wheat trade flour might fetch 30 to 50 dollars per barrel at mills and markets would face riots in crowded urban centers. He argued the current policy prevented such upheaval.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Jersey City Fights For Baby Tenants
Jersey City announces retaliatory measures against landlords who discriminate against tenants with children. Director James F. Gannon says tax valuations on such landlords will be raised to the limit as official complaints rise from residents who report notices to vacate after family size increases.
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Jersey City
N. J
James F. Gannon
Revenue and Finance
President seeks blanket authority for army expansion
President Wilson asked Congress to authorize 15 billion dollars to fund a blanket increase in the U S Army and to raise a minimum of 3 million troops with draft calls likely totaling at least 1 million more. Secretary Baker said the goal is flexible to match War Department capacity and transport to European fronts.
American Aviator Downs Fourth German Plane Near Toul
Lieutenant James A. Meissner of Brooklyn shot down an Albatross scout at about 15 000 feet northwest of Toul during a thrilling air battle with the American front. The 21 year old Cornell graduate came to France a few months ago and earned pilot qualification here.
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France
Toul
James A. Meissner
Brooklyn
Meissner
Cornell
Call to Fill May Draft in Washington State
State officials report calls for men to fill the May draft quota. Provost Marshal General Crowder says 233,742 will be inducted in May and entrain for camps within five days starting May 25. The total for May, including special classes, reaches about 805,000.
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Washington
Crowder
Ruby Dean Acquitted in Murder Trial in Chicago
Miss Ruby Dean, a cabaret singer, was found not guilty by a Cook County jury of murdering Dr. Leon H. Quitman. The verdict came after a brief deliberation, marking her as the twenty seventh woman acquitted of murder in recent years.
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Chicago
Ruby Dean
Leon H. Quitman
Cook County
Son Reports Estate to Government Under War Powers
Geo Whret Jr of New York says his late father’s Berlin residence and property totaling 40 million dollars have enemy character under wartime measures. Alien Property Custodian A Mitchell Palmer states the estate includes 24 million in real estate and 16 million in personal property to be turned over to the government.
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Washington
State Department
Berlin
Geo. Whret, Jr
New York
A. Mitchell Palmer
Household exemp tion from new sugar order for canners
The Food Administration imposes sugar rationing on manufacturers affecting confectioners and soft drink makers while exempting households to preserve and can. Households must sign certificates detailing past preserving purchases and yearly needs. Certificates are issued to distributors for the 1st and 15th of each month.
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Columbus
Food Administration
Fred C. Croxton
Washington
National Food Administration
Federal Food Administration
Federal Food Administrator
Ohio
Adopted Ways of Moslems in the Crusader East
Alfred Emerson argues in the North American Review that religious fanaticism faded as Christian rulers in the eleventh century East formed moslem armies and adopted eastern dress. He notes Gothic architecture in Tyre and rich western castles across Palestine, signaling a French-rooted culture persisting amid Arab-influenced rule.
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Holy Land
Peter
Arabia
Rameses the Great
East
Orient
Damascus
Morocco
Antioch
Christ
Emir Tankredos
Tancred
Galilee
Tyre
Jerusalem
Belfort
Montreal
Lebanon
Chateau Blanche-Garde
Egypt
Ascalon
Palestine
Alfred Emerson
The
North American Review
Dutch Foreign Minister Says Holland and Germany Reach Détente
The Hague-Jonkheert Loudon informed the Chamber that tension between Holland and Germany ended. He noted Germany would cap sand and gravel transport via Dutch waterways at 1 600 000 tons per annum to support Belgian road repair and maintenance and would not be used for military purposes. Holland had withdrawn its demand.
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Hague
Jonkheert Loudon
Holland
Germany
Tuckahoe Collier Sets Speed Shipbuilding Record
The 5,548 ton steel collier Tuckahoe was launched by New York Shipbuilding Corp in Camden New Jersey marking a speed record in hull construction. Keel laid April 8. 27 working days to hull, 90 percent complete at launch and 15 days more to be cargo ready for Delaware River service.
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Philadelphia
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden
N. J
Delaware
Railroad protection section to crack car thefts led by Doherty
The Railroad Administration forms a property protection section to curb car thefts costing railroads and shippers millions. Philip J. Doherty, ex Interstate Commerce Commissioner, leads the unit and promises vigorous prosecution and grand jury indictments in serious cases. A radical change in public opinion on these crimes is urged.
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United States
Washington
Railroad Administration
Philip J. Doherty
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Doherty
Mr. Doherty
Primitive Month Year Reckoning Cuts Biblical Ages
The text argues ancient time cycles reduced Methuselah to near 79 and Adam to 75 years by moon based years, then shifts to a five month year from hand counting. It applies the method to Abraham, Isaac, shortening ages to seventy two and seventy four respectively.
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Methusaleh
Adam
Abraham
Isaac
Pioneer Fish Culturist The Father of American Fish Culture
The article profiles Dr. Theodotus Garlick of Cleveland Ohio as the pioneer American fish culturist. It notes his international fame and his role in perfecting artificial fish culture and applying it to public hatcheries under skilled pisciculturists.
Try Try Again says writers learned by repetition
The passage notes Lord Bacon rewrote one work 12 times Pascal revised letters 13 times and Edmund Burke had works printed twice or thrice on a private press before seeking a publisher.
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Lord Bacon
Pascal
Edmund Burke
Escaped Great Patience Tester and Job Reference
A brief remark notes Job had wonderful patience while contrasting with camouflaged German propagandists, implying a tester or test of endurance. The dialog underscores endurance and critical listening in wartime contexts without graphic detail.
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Job
Cincinnati Markets Flour Hay and Grain Prices
Market quotations for flour hay oats corn butter eggs and poultry live stock and sheep. Listings include flour types prices per barrel or sack hay by grade oats by grade corn by type butter and eggs prices per dozen or pound live stock prices for cattle calves hogs and sheep with range notes across multiple commodities and grades.
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Cincinnati
Northwestern
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