British Hold Line as German Attacks Fail in Flanders
British and Belgian forces repulsed major German assaults between Meteren and Zillebeke near Ypres. Haig reports heavy German losses, with post near Festubert retaken and 30 prisoners captured in raids south of Albert. Berlin cites 7,109 prisoners and 538 guns taken since Kemmel seize.
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Teutons
Meteren
Zillebeke
Fectubert
London
Haig
Festubert
Givenchy
Lacre
Mont Kemmel
Yond
Locre
Albert
Neuville Vitasse
Berlin
Mount Kemmel
Flanders
Huns threaten ultimatum to release German POWs
Washington reports Germany plans to demand the release of all able bodied German prisoners of war and warns that rejection will trigger immediate German capture of Petrograd. A 115 member German commission is said to be departing to enforce the ultimatum.
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Petrograd
Washington
Germany
Russia
State Department
U S men cited for bravery by French military authorities
Five more members of the American army ambulance service have been cited by the French for bravery. Each man received the French War Cross. The honorees are First Lieut. P. Dehes and Privates Charles Y. Tempting Richard H. Baker James T. Jones and John W. Wood.
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Washington
Surgeon General
P. Dehes
Charles Y. Tempting
Richard H. Baker
James T. Jones
John W. Wood
Casualty Lists Published For World War II With 156 Americans
Washington April 30 two casualty lists from General Pershing report 156 American names. The first list shows 13 killed in action two dead of wounds two dead of accidents and ten dead of disease plus 11 severely and 82 slightly wounded. The second list lists five killed in action four dead of wounds three dead of disease 14 severely wounded and five slightly wounded with one missing. Navy list adds 30 names with three killed in action one died of wounds three died of diseases seven severely wounded and thirteen slightly wounded.
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Washington
War Department
Pershing
Setion
Arthur F. Locke
Herbert A. Chase
James J. Flanagan
Robert Hayes
William J. Kievenaar
William H. Osborn
John P. Ratajczak
Norman F. Hood
James J. Parsons
Edger B. Noland
Navy Department
Man Known as Capt John Stewart Dies by Own Action in Baltimore
A man registered as Capt John Stewart of the United States Army killed himself in his hotel room in Baltimore. He arrived from Camp Jackson, South Carolina, about three weeks ago and was reported to be in poor health.
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Baltimore
John Stewart
United States Army
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S&c
Yanks Aid American Forces in France Front Actions
The war department reviews troop progress in France as American units join battles east of Amiens and take positions on the French front. 122 American soldiers from Massachusetts are decorated with the war cross for bravery near the front lines in Apremont forest and Soissons engagements.
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Washington
Xsalller Sons of
Massachusetts
Overman Bill Wins Senate War Powers Authorization
The Senate approved the Overman bill 68 to 15, authorizing the president to coordinate and reorganize government departments and agencies during the war, rejecting amendments limiting executive power. The measure moves to the House for consideration as supporters tout broad wartime authority.
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Cives
Washington
Senate
House
Destroyers to the Rescue in Atlantic Disaster
Aboard the British steel steamship Orissa a torpedo hit sank the vessel in 12 minutes as 57 American Y M C A workers led by Arthur B Hungerford were rescued. Passengers and crew saved. Mr and Mrs Thomas Thring saved after Thring carried his unconscious wife to a lifeboat. Survivors landed at a British port and aided by Y M C A and Red Cross.
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London
New York
Relph ©. Bennett
Chicago
A. Hi. Bogue
Highland Park
M. Chambers
Evanston, IL
A. P. Haigh
Waukegan
Henry BE. Hervig
Charles P. Randall
Oak Park
Albert Franklin Williams
Pree
Thring
Arthur Bogue
Han Frou Chienge
Plier
Zeebrugge Raid Casualties Announced
The Admiralty lists British naval losses from the Zeebrugge and Ostend raid. Officers killed 19 and wounded 29, missing 2. Ratings killed 169 and wounded 355, missing 14.
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London
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Slayer of five to prison in Alma district
Herman Wittig a German farmer was sent to Marquette prison for life after cold bloodedly murdering Willard Kimball his wife and three children tenants in Alma. He confessed to the crime and pleaded guilty the next day as swiftly delivered justice in Michigan.
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Alma
Mich
Herman Wittig
Marquette
Willard Kimball
Michigan
Eight Ships Are Launched In U S In A Week
Washington reports that eight ships, four steel and four wooden, totaling 41 105 tons, were launched by American yards in the last week. The Emergency Fleet corporation notes a grand total of 1 405 009 tons launched since its start and expects further reports by May 1.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Flagler
Newport News
West Bridge
Portland
Ore
Piqua
Wilmington
Del
Lake Chelan
Toledo
Tacoma
Newark
N. J
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Astoria
Lorain
San Francisco
Seattle
Wash
Chester
American loan forecast to China in war effort
Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese minister to Washington, says the United States may provide an American loan ranging from 20 to 50 million dollars to China for war purposes if the Chinese government requests it.
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Peking
Wellington Koo
Washington
China
Deadly Fire Strikes Frontline Defense Front
Intense bombardment along the northern battle front disrupted defenses as deadly fire poured into hon hordes. Affected units suffered casualties while commanders assessed impact on ongoing operations.
Finns Take Viborga
British and French forces repulse German columns along a 30 mile front south of Ypres in the latest offensive. German attacks fail to break through as they meet heavy fire from Allied lines. Further south the French recapture Lacre while British troops push east of Villers. Bretonneaux remains reported in the fighting zone.
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France
Flanders
Ypres
London
Reuter
la Bassee
Houtholst Forest
Wimp
Lens
One Hundred and Fourth
Thonds
Hindenburg
Lacre
Villers
Bretonneaux
Finn Whites Take Viborga in Major Bolshevik Losses
Reports from Copenhagen state Finnish forces captured Viborga. More than 6 000 Bolshevik troops killed and retreat halted as the city fell to the Whites.
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Copenhagen
Viborga
Two US transports return to Atlantic port after collision
The Navy announces two transports damaged in a collision at sea have arrived safely at an Atlantic port in a convoy running without lights. No lives were lost and both ships will be repaired. A board of inquiry will examine the accident.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
Daniels
Navy Casualty List Reports Marine Deaths and Submarine Losses
The Navy issued a casualty list noting the death of Fred Charles Schaffner from wounds in France, two Marines wounded, and a man lost from a submarine chaser. Also listed are John Ernest Kehr and Robert Lee Walton reported missing from the torpedoed steamship Lake Moor.
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Washington
France
Navy Department
Fred Charles Schaffner
Emma Schaffner
Seventh Avenue
Rock Island
Tweto
Lake Moor
John Ernest Kehr
Taylor
Robert Lee Walton
Cook
Atlanta
Emperor Nam watches Kemmel hill battle front dispatch
Amsterdam reports Emperor Nam watched the Kemmel hill clash on April 25, based on a front-line Berlin Lokal Ap telger correspondent.
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Amsterdam
Wt. Nam
Kemmel Hill
Berlin
Aptelger
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Scherpenberg
Mont Rouge Nlane
U. S
Tve
Yanks
Amiens
Paris
War Department Weekly Review
Toul
Apremont Forest
Soiissons
Overman
YMC
Orissa
Ilmorran
Port, Tt
Thomas Thring
Mr. Thring
Africa
Gallipoli
Tie
Australia
England
Admiralty
Jackies
U.S
Evening Journal
Bolshevikli
NAVY
Kaiser
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