French Hold Off Surprise German Push Near Hangard
April 20 German assault against French forces in the Hangard sector failed, leaving prisoners including an officer. Heavy artillery duels pursued along Picardy fronts from Lassigny to Noyon while French raids succeeded north and east of Rheims and on the Meuse heights. British counterattacks in Flanders restored lines south of the Scarpe and captured prisoners, with German efforts to break Bethune checked amid exhaustion and losses.
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Hangard
War Office
Picardy Oheat
Lassigny
Noyon
Rheims
Jur- Mmcourt
Ais
Frank Chariton
Givenchart
Flanders
Rful
Thurs
Robecq
Ers
Bethune
LaBassee
Rds
Artil
Picardy
Amiens
Gerdrive
of Flanders
Eagle Lock Strike Called Off in Terryville
Terryville April 20 workers at Eagle Lock company end a four day walkout after a mass meeting. A committee sided with the company to address grievances individually. Two strikers were disciplined for last night’s incident in the tool room. Strikers to return to work promptly.
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Eagle Lock
Terryville
Eagle Lock Pany
Argut
Autoist Not Guilty in Waterbury Motor Case
Charles E. W. mechanical superintendent of R. N. Bassett company Derby was found not guilty by Judge W. J. Jr in city court. The charge concerned a motor vehicle law violation tied to a Grove street collision three weeks ago which left a limousine driven by Miss Noble of Watertown overturned.
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Waterbury
Charles E. W
R. N. Bassett Company
Derby
W. J. Jr
Grove
Miss Noble
Watertown
Boy Scout Sells Bond to J. P. Morgan
A twelve year old Boy Scout named Lancelot de Costa reportedly camped at the doorstep of J. P. Morgan, seeking a bond. Morgan finally agreed to lend him a Liberty bond worth $1,000, and the boy grinned at the outcome.
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J. P
New York
Lancelot de Costa
J. P. Morgan
Calder on Flanders Front storming rain leads battle update
April 20 reports a heavy rainstorm struck the Flanders front amid ongoing fighting. War correspondents describe deteriorating visibility and muddy trenches as forces maneuver under worsening conditions.
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Calder
Flanders
Americans Cited for Great Bravery in World War II
Washington April 20 Forty two members of the American medical department and two entire sections were cited for bravery for evacuating the wounded under heavy fire and serving long hours without sleep. Privates Carson S. Ricks and Way Spaulding received croix de Guerre and Medaille Militaire. Multiple sections and individuals were lauded for valor, with several units awarded the Fourragere and various divisions bestowing orders of the division or service de Santa.
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Washington
American Medical Department
War Department
Carson S. Ricks
Way Spaulding
Albert S. Strehike
George W. B. Hartwell
Willard Swartley
Summerfield Baldwin
Edward Kirdland
Allan H. Muhr
James EH. Moore
Charles B. Cumming
Stormong Mathews
Frederick C. Payne
Newman Obersole
Milo S. King
E. T. Drake
United States Army
Charles Kendal
Joseph Brown
Robert L. Nourse
Henry L. Bibby
Order of the Army
Leroy 46. Clark
Harold K. Stewart
Allen E. Leeds
Emerson R. Miller
John B. Vanderbilt
Order of the Division
Allan D. Kingsley
Lewis B. Timson
Arthur A. Crosby
John F. Fitzpatrick
Robert E. Graf, Jr
Otka P. Dobes
James T. Jones
John H. Wood
Richard H. Baker
Harles N. Tompkins
Arthur P. Gee
Walter S. Wistrand
Richard Buel
Ian Ripley Cutler
Poles Fight Germans Across Poland in Renewed War
Poles continue fierce combat against German forces in occupied Poland and within German Poland. Reports from the Polish information committee at Lausanne and other sources say anti German demonstrations rise in Posen with proclamations posted throughout the city and repeatedly torn down by police.
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Poland
Washington
Polish Information Committee
Lausanne
Posen
Monkey Solves Servant Problem at Atlantic Port
Mrs. Phillips Livingston of Cleveland arrived from South America with a monkey from Colombia to solve the servant problem. She plans to train the animal to fetch a smoking jacket swing on chandeliers turn out lights rescue collar buttons and perform other household tasks. The monkey is already taught several services for the Livingston household.
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Atlantic
Phillips Livingston
Cleveland
South America
Colombia
Mr. Livingston
Livingston
Potter and Byllesby Named for Aircraft Board Director General
Washington April 20 officials say W C Potter and Lieutenant Colonel H M Byllesby have been urged on the president for appointment as director general of the reorganized aircraft board Potter is civilian director of the aircraft division Signal Corps and Byllesby a former electrical engineer now in the Signal Corps Officials near the president still favor Second Assistant Secretary of War Edward R Stettinius for the post
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Aircraft Board
Washington
W. C. Potter
H. M.byllesby
Reorganized Aircraft Board
Potter
Aircraft Division
Signal Corps
Byllesby
Northwest
Edward R. Stettinius
New York Loan Figures Show Mixed Progress in Liberty Bond Drive
New York reports a gain of 22 million dollars in the Liberty loan total reaching 363.4 million. The April 20 update, issued around 10 o'clock today, shows the twelfth day lagging about two million behind the eleven day totals of the previous drive, disappointing loan managers.
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New York
Rates Not Approved By Interstate Commission On Coal Freight
Washington April 20 The interstate commerce commission withheld approval of Lehigh Valley Transportation Co. rate increase proposals for anthracite coal shipments from Lehigh Valley Railroad piers at Perth Amboy Weehawken and Cornwall to New England points.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lehigh Valley Transportation Co
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
Weehawken
Cornwall
N. Y
New England
Moonlight Launching at Pacific Port
Pacific coast eyes a first moonlit launch when the Mojava slides from the ways at a local ship yard tomorrow night due to favorable tides. If plans hold, the event marks a rare after dark vessel debut.
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Pacific
Pacific Coast
Half Fare For Soldiers Bill Presented In Congress
Washington April 20 Rep Emerson introduces a bill granting furloughed soldiers half fare travel homeward and free transport in death or sickness cases when funds are lacking. The measure aims to ease burdens on service members and their families.
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Washington
Emerson of
Auto Plunges Over Bridge Into River Near Gray's Ferry
Philadelphia reports an automobile speeding through an open drawbridge gate at Gray's Ferry road and tumbling into the Schuylkill river. Police say several people including one woman may be killed. watchmen sounded warnings but the car could not be stopped. A police boat searched the river. by 11 am no bodies were recovered.
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Philadelphia
Gray’s Ferry Road
Schuylkill River
Reyburn
Treating Inventor as Crank in 1912 Congressional Debate
Washington reports Representative Slayden of Texas denouncing Willard S. Isham as the era’s greatest “engine of destruction” inventor. He credits Isham with conceiving the tank and depth bomb, and notes his early 8000 armored car proposal and camouflage notion to mislead enemies.
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Washington
War Department
Navy Department
Congress
Slayden
Texas
Willard S. Isham
House Military Affairs Committee
Shipping Board weighs Philly home for Emergency Fleet Corp
Washington reports the shipping board is considering a permanent Emergency Fleet Corporation home in Philadelphia. A $5 million Washington building plan was scrapped as Director General Schwab moves 1,500 clerks and executives to Philadelphia. A core group with yard familiarity would accompany him, though exact names were not released.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Schwab
Bethlehem
German seizure of U S ambassadors belongings reported
Washington reports proof that Germany seized personal property of Ambassador Gerard and Secretaries Grew and Winslow from the American embassy. The event followed Berlin’s camouflage via the Spanish embassy after Count Bernstorff’s belongings were shipped last December. Diplomats view the act as a crude Teutonic method.
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Gerard
Washington
State Department
Berlin
Grew
Winslow
Count Bernstorff
Browning's Son Enlists for France Commission
Hartford dispatch reports Browning, son of inventor John M. Browning, leaving Hartford for Washington to receive a commission as second lieutenant. He expects to sail soon for France to join an instruction camp for machine gunnery with the U S Army.
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Browning
Hartford
Val Browning
John M. Browning
United States
Washington
France
Woman Killed by Auto on Norwalk Turnpike
Mrs Samuel Boyd of Norwalk was struck by a Fairfield automobile on the turnpike near midnight. She died at the hospital about an hour later. The car was driven by F W Carroll of Fairfield. No arrests were made as officials called it an unavoidable accident. The woman apparently ran in front of the machine. her neck was broken.
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Norwalk
Samuel Boyd
Fairfield
F. W. Carroll
Gardener Dies After Elevator Crush at Meriden Hospital
Patrick Healy, 50, an orderly who arrived two months ago from Wallingford where he tended Choate’s grounds, was crushed between an elevator and the second floor at Meriden Hospital this morning. He died quickly from a skull fracture.
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Meriden
Patrick Healy
Meriden Hospital
Wallingford
Choate
Clearing House Statement New York April 20 debit and balances
New York April 20 Sub-treasury debit 8,984,052 exchanges 532,747 1671 balances 52,453,308 reports a clearing house statement itemizing debits and balances across the banking system with figures for that date.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub
Treasury
Famine in Clocks and Candy Reported at Front
With the American army in France on April 20 a shortage of clocks and candy is noted. Soldiers would welcome such gifts, as the candy shortage remains chronic in American sectors. Tons of sweets arrive at canteens but vanish in under two days. Assorted chocolates and lemon drops are favored.
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France
Wilson Must Have Power Over Ships
Washington April 20 President Wilson must have absolute power to conscript shipping resources of the United States. Chairman Hurley of the shipping board explains two amendments to the shipping act before the Senate commerce committee. He notes no authority to requisition ships in foreign ports and urges power for exceptional cases. Penalty for violations is proposed. Civilian labor remains voluntary and crews not conscripted.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Most Patriotic Town and Original Slacker Town Discovered
Washington reports the treasury department named Carthage Ohio the most patriotic town with Liberty bond subscriptions totaling 1 089 700 surpassing its 24 000 quota by 4400 percent earning 44 stars on its flag. A western town was labeled the slacker town after currency controller Williams revoked a bank charter for six wealthy applicants who had contributed only 700 to Liberty loans and 149 to the Red Cross.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Carthage
Ohio
Williams
Red Cross
Citizenship Granted to Aliens Serving in U S Forces
Thousands of aliens already in the army navy and merchant marine would become U S citizens automatically under a bill recommended to the House by the immigration committee. Provost Marshal General Crowder said about 500,000 aliens would be serving when the second draft ends. In the first draft 123,277 aliens waived exemption.
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U. S
Washington
Army
Navy
Merchant Marine
United States
House
Immigration Committee
Crowder
Carranza authorities arrest sympathizers along border
In Brownsville on April 20 Carranza forces detained Caballero sympathizers including the former mayor of Matamoros. The entire Reynosa civil official family is reportedly jailed in Matamoros as Carranza reinforces the Matamoros garrison. Artillery train reportedly en route. Fighting reports at Tampico and Victoria remain unconfirmed.
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Brownsville
Texas
Cabellero
Matamoras
Reynosa
Carranza
Matamoros
Tampico
Victoria
Daniels Tours Shipyard in Squantum Visit
Secretary of the Navy Daniels said Berlin's Kaiser faced the greatest disappointment not in U-boat failures but in propaganda failing to spark an American social revolution. He spoke after touring Fore River Shipbuilding’s massive destroyer plant in Squantum, Massachusetts, describing it as the world’s largest such facility.
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Daniels
Squantum
Mass
Berlin
America
Secretary of the Navy
Fore- River Shipbuilding Company
Gardner withdraws from senatorial succession race
Jefferson City April 20 Governor Frederick D. Gardner announced he will not seek to succeed the late United States Senator William J. Stone. He said his governorship work is not complete and he will not resign to let Lieutenant Governor Wallace Grossly appoint a successor to the Senate.
Boy Murders Playmate in Jersey City
Nine year old Frank Machelowski told police he shot four year old Edward Choroski after the boy took two marbles. The motive cited was the missing marbles. In New London, a naval base amendment proposed $750,000 for a submarine base at New London, Conn., passed by the afternoon.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Machelowski
Edward Choroski
New London
Washington
Naval
Er London
Germans checked, Washington hears on war situation
Washington reports from the senate military affairs committee after their weekly war council briefing say the German drive has been checked and the tide of the war has turned. They expressed encouragement over developments on the French front while noting mixed prospects for U S war material production and shipping readiness.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Capitol
War Council
France
Amiens
Flanders
United States
Methodist Conference in New Britain Urges Y W C A Bar Non Christians
New Britain April 20 The New York east conference adopted a resolution urging the Young Women's Christian Association to maintain the ban on non Christians as members. A movement to drop the provision has begun. The conference admitted several to be ordained and announced numerous special appointments. The centennial program was led by Bishop Wilson with Bishop James W. Bashford of China delivering the principal address.
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New York East Conference
Young Women’s Christian Association
Harry K. Miller
Wilfred T. Phelps
Brooklyn
N. Y
George A. Fowler
William B. Maskiell
New York City
William B.cornish
Windsor
Conn
W. Ottman Ward
Trinity M. E. Church
This City
Camp Laurel
EB. M. McCononefrey
Federated Council Church of Christ
America
C. P. Burgess
New York
New York Missionary Society
B. D. Brown
Mamaroneck
St. Christopher’s Home
Dobbs Ferry
S. P. Fairbanks
Nt. Vernon
J. L. Brooks
New Haven
Y. M. C. A. Hartford
R. Rippers
Wilson
James W. Bashford
China
The Warsaw Slave Market Proclamation in Warsaw
The Chicago Evening Post reports a German proclamation urging mothers to send children to Germany with payments of 150 marks for a boy and 100 marks for a girl. Governor General von Beseler signs the order as Germany cites population drain. The piece condemns the policy as brutal and trafficking in human lives.
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Warsaw
Chicago Evening Post
Germany
von Beseler
Middletown Bay Accepted for Regular Army Medical Dept
Francis E. Roberts of Middletown, age 18, was accepted for the medical department of the regular army and sent to the recruit depot. Major W A Mercer reports statewide recruiting satisfactory as CT units seek men for field artillery, quartermaster, infantry, cavalry, signal, medical, ordnance, coast artillery, and the Connecticut First Infantry.
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Middletown Bay
New Haven
Francis E. Roberts
Charles W. Roberts
Tryon Street
Middletown
Medical Department
Regular Army
Roberts
W. A. Mercer
Connecticut
United States Army General Hospital
West Haven
Field Artillery
Quartermaster Corps
Infantry
Cavalry
Signal Corps
Ordnance Department
Coast Artillery
Connecticut First Infantry
Haig Congratulates Troops On Flanders Front
Field Marshal Haig issued a special order praising the first army corps for gallantry repelling strong German assaults on the Flanders front. The British French and Italian peoples thank the American people for cutting wheat usage to aid the war effort, as cited by Charleston News and Courier.
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Haig
London
Field Marshal Haig
First Army Corps
Flanders
Charleston News and Courier
House Takes Slap at George Creel
Washington reports the House voted unanimously to return to Postmaster General Burleson a report containing a letter by George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information. The committee deemed Creel’s language about Representative Treadway impertinent and not respectful.
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House
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Burleson
Creel
Treadway
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Hale
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J Judiciary
Stock Market Opens With Vigorous Buying In Equipment And Rubber Stocks
The opening of the stock market shows strong buying in equipment stocks and rubber shares. Sloss-Sheffield rises six points, Baldwin Locomotive up 7-8, United States Rubber up three, Goodrich Rubber up two, and Republic Iron and Steel and Railway Steel Springs among other gains. Steel common climbs to 95 1-4, Industrial Alcohol edges up then backs off, and overall activity remains brisk with total stock sales at 292,600 shares. Grain and bank data follow with mixed results and a quirky note that dogs in Milan are on rations, with owners needing biscuit tickets.
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Stock Market
New York
Sloss Sheffield
Baldwin Locomotive
United States
Goodrich Rubber
Kelly Springfield
Republic Iron and Steel
Railway
Baldwin
Crucible
Subscriptions Update From New England Campaign Totals
Boston reports England campaign subscriptions at 118.73 with daily adds of 3.34 million reflecting holiday effects. Connecticut New Hampshire Maine Rhode Island totals shown, state totals list Massachusetts 68.83 million and other regional figures. Nine cities report meeting quotas and signaling status as of noon today.
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Boston
England
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New England
New York Outfielder Talken Wins Hearts of Giants Fans
New Giants outfielder Talken, a Texas youth, becomes the latest idol at Polo Grounds. He fits well with Burns and Kauff, showing early signs of stardom as Giants fans praise his catching, hitting, and base running. John Tener predicts a top career as he recalls spotting him two years ago.
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Talken
Hearts of Giants
Ross
York
Texas
Polo Grounds
Davy Robertson
Giant
Young
George Burns
Benny Kauff
Son
John K. Tener
National League
Nationals
Cheel
Davy
McGraw
Meriden Boxing Card Slated For Tuesday Night Show
Connecticut fans are urged to pack Meriden Tuesday as Barney Adair of New York faces Ter Bartlett of Boston in a 12 round main event at Lenox. A semi final features K O Fitz of Ford against Marty Brove, with a bout between Jimmy Jenkins of Meriden and a Waterbury lad billed as Waterbury Thunderbolt. Dave Fitzgerald of New Hampshire will referee, with Jim Daley of Meridien acting as ring announcer.
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Connecticut
Barney Adair
New York
Ter Bartlett
Boston
Lenox A
K. O. Fitz
Ford
Marty Brove
Jimmy Jenkins
Waterbury Lad
Waterbury Thunderbolt
Dave Fitzgerald
New Ham
Hartford
Jim Daley
Merid
City Briefs Light Vehicle Lamps At 8 06 Tonight
Light vehicle lamps to be required at 8 06 this evening as city observes dusk. Orchard owners hope for continued warm weather to prevent bud loss as buds swell early in the season. Attorney John Walsh of Massachusetts is visiting his parents and Mrs John T Walsh of street.
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John Walsh
Mass
John T. Walsh
Street
Durham Church Service and Sermon by Rev L M Binnington
Washington April 20 report notes a house debate on the Jutland battle outcome, with time spent and records, while suggesting the Yale Record may withhold details. The fragmentary dispatch references a sermon at 3 p m and a preacher Rev L L M Binnington.
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Jutland
Washington
Battle of Jui
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