Allied Victory Seen in Giant WWI Battle
Washington reports allied confidence that the German offensive on the British front is slowing under elastic defense. Major General March says no cause for alarm despite reports of American troops in action. analysts debate whether the attack aims at Amiens, the coast, or Paris as Nesle is captured.
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Washington
Field Marshal
Haig
London
Paris
Berlin
Ubborn
March
War Department
United States
Douglas Haig
Pershing
Bliss
Amiens
Nesle
Boys Glad to Aid Farmers
Warren Ohio March 26 The county agricultural agent W H Wheelock surveys Trumbull county school youth to measure willingness to work on farms during vacation. Pledge cards are circulated with 500 signed. he expects about 1000 boys to respond.
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Warren
County
W. H. Wheelock
Trumbull County
General Von Gallwitz Leads Kaiser Army Near Verunscester
Pershing faces General Von Gallwitz now commanding the Kaiser forces operating with Austrian troops near Verunscester. The former commander has moved his army north of the line to support the new front.
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Pershing
von Gallwitz
Oiws
Corasnend
Cretor
Third Liberty loan set at 3 billion with over-subscriptions
Secretary McAdoo announced the third Liberty loan would raise 3 billion dollars at 4 1 2 percent with all over-subscriptions accepted. The plan includes authority to issue up to 8 166 billion in bonds, with non convertible new issues and conversion options for earlier bonds. Congress will be asked to authorize additional allied loans.
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Secretary of Treasury
Congress
Washington
McAdoo
United States
Alibu
Secretary of the Treasury
Kitchin
Ways and Means
Treasury
France
America
King’s Messengers Outwit German Officers In Night Train
London report tells how a British king’s messenger evaded German officers by improvising with a neutral country train stop. He carried 17 bags of dispatches for a British embassy, boarded with five bags, and enlisted two German cavalry officers to help load the remaining baggage before the train departed.
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London
Admiralty
War Office
Tiny School Sets National War Stamp Record
In Butte Montana on March 26 eight pupils from three families at L Basim school, the smallest public school in the United States, averaged $9.92 in war savings stamp purchases during the campaign. Three pupils earned five war certificates.
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W. S. S. Sales
Butte
Mont
L Basim School
United
Lamp Still Guided Home as Civil War Husband Missing
In Danville Illinois March 26 Mrs E Wolgamott 80 died in Kenkakee hospital. Her light in the cottage window kept burning for over 50 years hoping her husband missing in the Civil War would return. He served in the 125th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
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Kent
Danville
Ill
E. Wolgamott
Kenkakee
125Th
Illinois
California Valleys to Be Food Centers
Government and California agencies push a flood control project to make valleys major food producers. The California Debris Commission will spend about 11.2 million dollars, half state and half federal funds, widening the Sacramento River mouth and building four by passes. The plan includes 80 million dollars more in levees and by-passes under the state Reclamation Board, with benefits assessed on private lands across 14 counties.
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California
California Debris Commission
Army
State of
Sacramento River
Rio Vista
Collinsville
Sacramento City
Colusa
State Reclamation Board
Sacramento and
San Joaquin
Butte
Fresno
Lewis H. Read
Corps of Engineers
Scripps Denied Appeal for Exemption in War Draft
James G. Scripps of San Diego publisher of the Scripps-McRae papers was denied the right to appeal to the president after the Los Angeles district appeals board kept him in Class AI. The board ruled the papers not a necessary war industry and that Scripps was not essential to conduct the papers. Attorneys said they would seek Washington intercession with President Wilson.
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Vy Ae
Los Angeles
James G. Scripps
San Diego
Scripps-McRae
District Appeals Board
San Diego County
Scripps
District Board
Washington
Wilson
Faith in Red Cross as vital aid on battlefields
Sergeant Ronald Kingsley, veteran of the French front, extols the Red Cross and recalls a WWI battlefield incident. A Red Cross officer and four stretcher bearers came under German fire while aiding wounded, the officer felled but others pressed on, with a second volley wounding stretcher bearers. He emphasizes the Red Cross mission and duty.
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Chicago
Red Cross
Ronald Kingsley
Kingsley
Lfe
Smo
Farmers to Need Boys for Farm Labor Drive
The United States employment service reports a strong drive to recruit 250000 boys for farm labor. Indiana leads with 11300 enrollments and one county fully enrolled. High school boys in Indiana Illinois and South Dakota will be released for farm work on April 15, with Michigan schools dismissing May 14.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Indiana
Illinois
Ilinois
South Dakota
Michigan
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Maine
New York State Food Commission
Destroyer Manley death toll reached seventeen
Washington March 26 Vice Admiral Sims cabled the navy that 17 dead and 17 missing from the American destroyer Mansey after a collision with a British ship and depth bomb explosion. Of the dead Commander Richard McCall Elliott and 14 enlisted men identified. two enlisted men unnamed. Six seriously injured and 16 slightly injured.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Mansey
Richard McCall Elliott
Muskrats Net $1,088 From Prime Hook Marsh Trap
Milton Del March 26 Harry B Roach traps muskrats on Prime Hook Neckom salt water marsh to fund a small farm purchase. He earned 1.35 for black hides 0.88 for brown hides and 0.30 a pair for the most with total receipts of 1 088 and more trapping days ahead.
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Milton, del
Liberty Motorcycle Ready for Army Use Tests
Washington March 26. Completion of the first Liberty motorcycle for army use is announced by the quartermaster corps. Rigid tests will begin soon, modeled after the tests for the Liberty motor trucks. The motorcycle is a composite work from several leading designers and embodies the best of standard machines.
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Washington
Quartermaster Corps
Thirty Year Bank Fire Dies After Damp Flooding
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a three decade long blaze in the Colquitt banks near Donaldson is finally extinguished. Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron experts flooded burning sections with dammed water filling reservoirs to quell the flames. The banks are among the region’s richest coal seams and will yield supply once cooled.
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Pottsville
Colquitt Banks
Donaldson
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
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Weadoo
Kaiser
Whusat
Eo Hige
Ifre
California Valleys
County Board
Faith IN Red Cross
U. S
Service Funds
Destroyer Manley
Brotherhood
Liberty Motorcycle
Erman
Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Senate
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