Morale Remains Steady as Allies Hold Picardy Front
Allied morale holds firm amid renewed German pressure in the Arras area and near Serre. British and French forces repulse attacks, take prisoners, and conduct successful raids at Ayette and Loos. Colonial troops and Essex battalions display notable bravery as Canadians and others reinforce the front.
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London
Arras
Flampoux
Scrape
War Office
Ayette
Loos
Lens
Serre
Lincolnshire
Poelcappelle
West Flanders
Gag Bill Before Congress Today Leads War Legislation Push
Washington reports Congress faces sweeping anti German and anti war talk measures. Senator Overman presses the gag bill to punish derogatory statements and obstruction of war work while conferees work on a harsher measure with fines up to ten thousand dollars or thirty years imprisonment for destruction of war material premises or utilities. Conferees Overman Fletcher Nelson Webb Carlin Volstead expect to report today.
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Washington
Congress
Jor Overman
Senate
United States
House
Overman
Fletcher
Nelson
Webb
Carlin
Volstead
General Foch May Spring Surprise
Washington speculation over the next moves in the Picardy battle. Analysts note a shift in Fochs plans and potential Allied offensives at distant points. German morale and political strain are discussed as U.S. forces continue to deployment and training with high troop enthusiasm for early service abroad.
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France
U. S
Foch
Washington
Picardy
Germany
Supreme War Council
Versailles
State Department
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorf
Belgium
United States
Little Ones Lag Behind Daylight Saving Time
New York editors lampoon daylight saving. They argue congressmen and senators overlooked babies when passing the daylight saving bill. Parents face disrupted sleep and meals as children resist the new hour, prompting a broad chorus of protest and a call to rethink the law.
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New York
Congressman
Levy Shot Amid Chicago Arson Probe Fire Battle
Charles Levy of Levedinien company faced police in Chicago during a gun battle after being named by Isaac Harris as one of ten merchants targeted by an alleged arson trust. Levy fired on officers as they arrived at his home and was wounded in the arm when return fire.
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Chicago
Charles Levy
Levedinien Company
Levy
Isaac Harris
School Teachers Get Increase in Stamford
Stamford April 3 The school committee raised the minimum salary of public school employees to 700 dollars and implemented automatic updates thereafter, signaling a pay raise for teachers and staff.
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Stamford
Pastor Russell Book Sparks Prosecution Warnings
Connecticut Justice Department orders prosecution of any person distributing The Finished Mystery a work claimed to be Pastor Russell manuscripts and condemned under the Espionage Act. State Council of Defense reports response to a Hart fe school inquiry and notes the book’s legal jeopardy. Hartford Industrial Survey nearly finished with copies sent to War Industries Board and Council of National Defense for federal attention.
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Hartford
Department of Justice
Connecticut
Pastor Russell
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Washington
Hartfe
Connecticuct
Committee On Industrial Survey
Priorities Committee
Industries Board
Council of National Defense
New Haven Weather Forecast Sees Unsettled Showers Likely
Forecast for New Haven and vicinity calls for unsettled conditions with probable showers tonight and Thursday, colder and fair later. Connecticut outlook shows generally fair tonight and Thursday, with possible coastal rain, variable winds turning northwest. A crescent low pressure system stretches from Utah to Illinois driving unsettled, showery weather east to Pennsylvania. Snow reported in Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota as temperatures run above normal along the Atlantic coast. a high pressure center over North Dakota brings freezing readings from Montana to Michigan.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Utah
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Lake Region
Gulf
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Atlantic
North Dakota
Montana
Michigan
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
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Sam
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Middletown National Bank
Savinge Bank
Wien
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank
Stern & Son and
International Tailoring Co
J. F. O’connell
Main Street
the Central National Bank
A. P. French
Central Bank Buiding
Arthur B. Jenkins
Mutual Building
Martford, Conn
Jackson Co
Court St
Phong Forniment eTvEce
Haig
Albert
Sige
Amiens
Paris-Amiens-Calais
Arrachis Wood
Paris
Petit Parisien
Mericourt
Essex
A. Shuman & CO
Peavy Bros. Co., and “Society Brand’ Makers
Lamson and Hubbard
Nourse-Sherman Co
Main ST
Foster System
Conn
Government Weather Report
Brainard & Legat
Middletown, Conm
Hazen
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Washington Street
Wohn W. Rogers
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