Nine Pairs Shoes for Pershing Me
War Department records show Pershing requested 18 590 pairs of shoes for each 25 000 men monthly to build a reserve for troops in France. On hand and due contracts total 7 564 000 field shoes and 7 873 000 matching shoes, with over a million more needed this year.
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Embassies Leave Petrograd and War News Across Fronts
United States and allies explore joint action with Japan to land troops in Siberia to block munitions from reaching Germany while warnings of a large German spring offensive loom. Gas warfare wounds American troops as Russia and Austria grapple with a tangle of alliances and peace talks.
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Russia signs Germany's Brest-Litovsk peace terms
Report from Berlin indicates the Bolshevik delegation faces pressure to sign a Brest-Litovsk peace treaty with the Central Powers. Russia would cede Batoum Kare and Karabagh to Turkey, under terms citing self determination. Delegations reportedly met amid delays and new demands.
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German Plan of Attack Map Shows Deep German Preparation
A Prussian captain’s report details a German raid plan near Toul with a map locating every dugout nest and machine placement. It describes four rehearsals, fresh troops, and ambush tactics using five nests along the American front, with raiders advancing after artillery fire.
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Meatless Meal Suspension Announced by Food Administration
The Food Administration announced suspension of the meatless meal and pork restrictions as part of a broad conservation program. Increased meat production and wheat needs prompted the decision, with the suspension lasting three months or longer and indefinite beyond that period.
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Turkish massacres reported in Armenia by Turkish soldiers
London telegraph confirms Copenhagen news that Turkish troops committed new massacres in the Armenian district, with Russians having asserted the event. Branting, editor of a socialist paper, has telegraphed socialist parties to urge representations to the German government per the dispatch.
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