Battle of Picardy Drives War Front Toward Turning Point
The Allied counter offensive in Picardy gathers momentum with 100000 American troops slated to roll up German lines. British and French forces report heavy fighting along the Somme and Arras sectors as German assaults push toward Albert and Roye. Canadian units gain praise for grit while air battles rage with Richthofen credited with multiple victories.
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British Empire
Washington
Picardy
War Department
Albert
Amiens
Berlin
Somme
German War Office
Baron von Richthofen
Roye
Montdidier
Paris
Clemenceau
Free Man
St. Quentin
Scarpe
Oise
German Drive in Picardy Wears Down Allies Gains
London March 28 Advices from the front report German forces in Picardy exhausted by heavy fighting as Allied counter thrusts strengthen. German casualties estimated around 300,000 to 500,000 in seven days. Haig says battles along the Somme continue with fierce fighting north and south of the river. British counterattacks recapture ground lost after slight retirements. German corpses fill trenches between the Ancre and the Somme.
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London
Picardy
German War Office
Albert
Amiens
Daily Mail
France
Haig
Somme
Rosieres
Ablainzeville
Field Marshal
Bettween
Ancre
Roosevelt in Maine to Deliver Keynote Tonight
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, after a recent illness, leaves Dr. W. Sturgis Bigelow's Boston home for Portland to keynote the Republican campaign in Maine. Few spectators accompany him, and he avoids reporters as he travels with Mrs. Meagre to greet Archie Roosevelt’s newborn son in Bay State Road soon after arrival.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
W. Sturgis Bigelow
Beacon Street
Portland
Maine
Roosevelt
New York
Bigelow
Teddy
Meagre
Thomas
T19
Bay State Road
Archie Roosevelt
Auto Thieves Ought to Steal Safely in Stamford Case
Stamford detectives report Sidney Walfish of 225 East 1st Street New York and Joseph Lloyd of White Plains Road New York were arrested after attempting to steal tires from George McGragin of Larchmont as they fled in a $500 touring car owned by Albert Bieschke of the William Ziegler estate. They allegedly swapped New York license plates after the theft.
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Stamford
Sidney Walfish
East -Lith Street
New York
Joseph Lloyd
White Plains Road
New Rochelle
George McGraghin
Larchmont
Albert Bieschke
William Ziegler
Dutch Calling Reserve in Holland Army Call
Branford reports word that Holland summons Willian Van Wilgin a local resident to rejoin Dutch forces. The March 28 notice marks Holland's first reserve call seen locally and suggests significant steps by the neutral country.
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Branford
Holland
Willian van Wilgin
Main Street
Activity on American Front Amid German Push in France
Observers north of Toul report increased German infantry activity and troop movements. American gunners answered with gas shells and high explosives while sharp shooters targeted dugouts with 37 millimetre guns. Believed German gains rely on heavy artillery and mass infantry, with limited Allied air activity.
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H. G. Wales
France
Toul
Baloon
Albert
Picardy
German War Office
British
War Office
West- Ward
Somme
Foreign Legion
Beloy-en-Santerre
Black Watch
Berlin
Rape of Lithuania Report Details German Atrocities
Washington reports a Lithuanian bulletin describing an orgy of rapine and pillage since Germany overran Lithuania. It cites bawdy houses called hospitals under guard, imprisoning young girls, with numerous young victims found in deserted trenches.
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Washington
Lithuanian Information Bureau
Weather forecast for New Haven area and region
New Haven forecast calls fair tonight and Friday with partly cloudy skies. Connecticut expected fair with little temperature change and light to moderate northwest winds. Overall state weather shows clear conditions in many cities, with some showers east of the Rockies and Mississippi region, and cooler readings in the lake and New England areas gradually warming Friday.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Lake Region
New England
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Jacksonville
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Northfield
Pittsburg
Portland
St. Louis
St. Paul
Washington
Kaiser praises Krupps gun for Paris bombardment
Amsterdam dispatch reports Berlin confirms Kaiser congratulates Krupps on a new gun designed to enable German bombardment of Paris, signaling a notable wartime technological advance.
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Amsterdam
Krupps
Paris
Berlin
Subtreasury Losses Hit Banks Inland NYC March 28
The Subtreasury in New York reports a $625,000 loss to banks on Wednesday, cutting the cash net gain since Friday to $1,682,000. The report covers changes in monetary holdings and bank interactions through the midweek period.
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New York
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J. F.o’connell
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the Central National Bank
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Durham
Middlefield
Corey
Stueck Gbiocca
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British War Office
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Somme River
Moyellen
Beaumont-Hamel
Prusieux
Moyenneville
Scarpe River
U. S
Lithuania
Government Weather Report
Kaiser
A. Shuman & CO
Peavy Bros. CO and “Society Brand” Makers
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Sherman Co
Foster System
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Wayne
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