General Bell says British retreat prearranged plan
Allied situation in great fight shows rapid improvement as German wedge thrust toward Montdidier and Amiens is halted. French and British forces hold a defensive line along the Avre and Somme. weather shifts hinder German gas use while Paris notes heavy enemy losses and steadfast Allied resistance near Montdidier, Mondidier and surrounding villages.
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Petain
Somme
Amiens
Ancre
War Office
Tanis
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Germany
Sda
England
Sluatlan
Marcel Sembat
Publle Works
L'Heure
Lkelly
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Avalens
Moncel
Plessier de Royer
Avre
Neuville- Sierre-Bernhard
Mezieres
Macecleave
Hamel
Laon
la Fere
Patnta
Necessary oil to be taken for war needs
Chicago March 29 Mark L Requa chief of the oil division said the fuel administration will take whatever is necessary to obtain gasoline and other petroleum products for the war effort Local distribution pooling licensing of jobbers locating supplies and preventing profiteering may be investigated if required to meet the national emergency He assured oil men that government control does not mean disaster nor loss of individual initiative.
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Chicago
Fuel Administration
Mark L. Requa
Oil Division
Petroleum Congress
Requa
Infantry Units to Train at Four Universities
War department announces establishment of senior division officers training corps infantry units at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Northwestern University Evanston University of Denver and Pomona college Claremont to make the two year military instruction course a graduation prerequisite for every physically fit student campuswide.
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Washington
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Northwestern Unoiversity
Evanston, IL
University of Denver and Petrona College
Claremont
Cal
War Department
Americans Eager to Fight in France War News
In France American troops, tense but confident, await active combat with Britain and France poised to halt and defeat the German advance. News from front and base ports fuels eager anticipation, with soldiers in northern France speeding training as they yearn to join the fight. In London, March 24, fate of England hangs on a vast clash, uniting the British Empire and silencing prior political disputes as the war effort takes center stage.
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France
Outcnme
Armericana
Lny
Picardy
Dlatrier
Somme
England
London
Pacific
Two Nuns and Chaplain Killed At Hospital Cellar
Fragmentary report describes two nuns and a chaplain killed at St Ellenbath Hospital in Antherp during bombardment by Belgian forces. Dr de Mets listed among the casualty, with gunfire in a warehouse courtyard and collapse of tarred barracks.
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Antherp
de Killed
Belgium
de Mets
British birth rate in 1916 exceeds deaths by 277,303
London reports 1916 birth figures outnumber deaths by 277,303 despite wartime. Births fell only 12 percent from prior year with marriage rates unusually low in 1916. Reduction tied to conscription affecting married men in 1915 and war conditions.
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London
Reg Uc
Computaion
Americans Venture Daylight Trench Reconnaissance
Two officers and four soldiers went over the top in daylight to inspect 600 yards of German trenches. They moved through dugouts under fire, returning with crucial observations while the main line endured shelling. A later night attempt penetrated the wire but one Texan sergeant was shocked by a wire and the party withdrew. Four Germans were captured on the American side during the action.
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France
Associated Press
Eldes
Texas
Annemy
Red Cross Chaplains Abroad Headed by Bishop McCorester
Bishop John McCorester of the Epstome dioceses in western Wichigaz has been named head of the Red Cross chaplains in France and given the rank of major. He was last based in Grand Rapids and will travel in October to join the war effort as part of the Episcopal archdiocese representation.
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John McCorester
Western
Wichigaz
Chaghina
France
Aires
Tmaajor
Grand Rapids
Crersesa Imat
Raiding clash leaves four prisoners enraged in Frangh
Four prisoners were reported enraged after an alleged raid incident at Americana positions in Frangh on March 29. It was unclear if they were seized by an American raiding party or captured by rival forces, with conflicting accounts emerging about who brought them in.
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Germany protests to Soviet on ambassador note
Moscow March 28 The German government protests to the Polskievik government over David R Francis American ambassador saying Russia would become a German province if it submits to central powers peace terms The foreign ministry says the ambassador merely reproduced his telegram to the All Russian congress in Moscow and maintains the same attitude toward the telegram as to the Moscow note.
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Moscow
Associated Prone
Germany
Polshevik
David R. Francis
Russia
HGHT REPORTS ENCOURAGING IN FRANCE AND NEW YORK
Reports from Paris on yesterday’s operations are encouraging. German resistance blocked a northern expansion near Arras, while Allied counterattacks near Montcornet yielded progress. In Paris, Premier Clemenceau and Minister of Munitions Louis Loucheur praised the improving morale and frontline gains. In New York, the Y M C A reported all workers in France are safe, per a war work council cable.
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Paris
Arras
Montciéier
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceart
Louis Lochenr
Monitions
New York
France
War Work Council
National Board
Il Wea
British Withdrawal Before German Advance Schemes Revealed
A fragmentary wartime note shows British retreat strategy forming as Germany presses forward. The incomplete text hints at prearrangements and a Hun scheme known to observers, signaling cautious Allied planning amid uncertain front lines.
Bell Tells Senate on German Preparations and Allied Plans
Pershing training details from General Bell describe German two month preparations for the upcoming drive. He notes Allied intelligence, British withdrawal timing, and pre arranged plans amid war front briefings. Bell discusses equipment shortages and efforts to train American forces behind the front lines.
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J. T. Beil
Senate Military Committee
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Canate
Chattana Chamberlain
Pershing
Minders
Fershing
Americasines
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