War Department Report On Western Front Moves
The weekly war department review notes Allied and German actions as the theater shifts. American forces are redistributed to bolster lines while veterans are relieved, and reports detail continued battles from Barisis to Amiens with French reserves and British lines under pressure.
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Inter- News Service
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Barisis
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Bucquoy
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Albert
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Health tonic claim on liver vigor and germ resistance
Fragmentary ad style passage touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for torpid liver and infections. It asserts vigorous liver action fights germs in air and urges readers to seek the remedy via a hotel address and business location in Bridgeport.
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Pierce
Pidgeport
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Nation Over Come Coal Saving Plans to Fuel Head
The U S Fuel Administration reports broad public input urging fuel economy during war. Letters from citizens and experts propose measures from ironing bans to quieter steam whistles, while small towns like Chisolm Minnesota pledge local conservation actions and schools discuss kitchen fuel use.
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Chisolm
Actine Quartermaster-General
United States Army
Arig Quartermaster
Front War Updates Highlight Heavy Shelling and Shifting Troops
Reports describe artillery activity outside the battle zone with heavy shelling at engaged points. Paris bombardment continues from a long range gun near five miles. Italian front traffic notes fresh Austrian divisions from Roumania and troop movements into Val Sugana. Renewed front actions and a successful Austrian operation in the Frenzela valley are reported. Snowmelt and improving weather raise risk of a serious enemy offensive in the theater.
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Italy
Roumania
Val Sugana
Frenzela
Letter to Methodists Calls Read Aligned War Message
Bishop Theodore S Henderson releases a letter from President Wilson urging Methodist ministers to read it from pulpits on April 7. The message emphasizes seeking a just and lasting peace and criticizes German aggression as without conscience. In New York, April 1 Henry Cohen gambling house operator is shot and killed, suspected linked to police investigations.
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Austria
Theodore S. Henderson
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Henry Cohen
Herman Rosenthal
Cohen
West 92Nd Street
Heavy fighting Easter Day on Picardy battle front
Easter Sunday saw heavy fighting at many points along the Picardy battle front in London reports. Churches in villages within the battle zone held Easter services as combat raged nearby amid the ongoing hostilities.
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