GALILE MEETS DEATH WHILE FLYINGfront IN 1917
An early aviation tragedy reports Captain Castle dying in a flying incident while training in Canada and Texas during World War I era. The piece notes the Castles as dancers with stage careers and mentions Mrs Castle as a motion picture actress. It adds cadet Donald W Gleason from Delhi New York killed in a crash near Texas City Galveston Feb 16.
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Royal Flying Corps
Canada
Flying Corps
Texas
Castle
Castles
England
Galveston
Tex
Donald W. Gleason
Delhi
N. Y
Texas City
Goast Towk Attacked by German Sub Bombardment
A German submarine attacked Goast Towk causing a bombardment that wounded seven people. Two ships were damaged and authorities reported injuries among crew and passengers. The incident heightened tensions in the region as searches for survivors continue.
Death of Capt Vernon Castle in Fort Worth Air Crash
Captain Vernon Castle of the British Royal Flying Corps was killed near Fort Worth when his plane failed to recover after an attempted Immelmann turn. The American cadet in the other plane escaped unharmed, and Castle died 26 minutes after the crash at a field hospital. Castle, famed dancer, had recently arrived with Lord Wellesley and held national renown for his aerial stunts and wartime service.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Vernon Castle
British
Royal Flying Corps
Castle
Dierman
Flanders
Lord Wellesley
Benbrook Field
Castie
Aii
I. Peters
Cantain Castle
Immelman
Tver
New York
Shahdls
Wyrnen Castle
Castles
Mr. Castle
Lie
Aero Club of America
Newport News
Captain Castle
Norwich
England
Vernon Blythe
Royal Tying Corps
Eightyfourth
Irene Castie
Cuse
Preuch
Explosion on battleship Utah leaves officer dead
An explosion aboard the battleship Utah in an Atlantic port injures several sailors. An unnamed officer died after transfer to the hospital ship Solace. Lieutenant Commander Robert O. Baush died later at Norfolk Naval Hospital from a skull fracture. No other details on fatalities were released.
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Atlantic
Utah
Solace
Washington
Robert O. Baush
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Navy Department
Uinh
New German Gas for Americans Reported
Amsterdam reports German newspapers claim Hindenburg plans a major western offensive and unveils two new poison gases of surpassing effectiveness reserved to surprise the Americans.
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Amsterdam
Hindenburg
Two Gunmen Hanged After Court Denial in Chicago
Edward T. Wheed and Harry Lindrow faced execution at the old jail in Chicago after the court and jury denied mercy. The two men walked to the trap at 9 36 a m with a death watch of four deputies and the jail chaplain Father William OBrien present.
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Chicago
Edward T. Wheed
Harry Lindrow
Criminal Court
Johan Byrne
Edward Boissy
John Jarecz
Paul Labriola
New Fall
Seaffold
Seafold
Charles Peters
W. T. Davis
Wheed
William O'Brien
Lindruim
Liberty bonds dominate stock exchange activity in peace talks
New York, Feb. 16 Peace talk furnished the basis for substantial Liberty bond activity on the stock exchange. All three issues showed strong demand replacing the recent law records and dominating the bond list.
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New York
Liberty
Stock Exchange
Government May Draft Men to Speed War Efforts
Washington reports unrest as shipyard carpenters strike slows U S war production. Hurley of the Shipping Board threatens direct federal intervention if labor demands are unmet. A general labor policy for industry and shipbuilding is anticipated, with emphasis on farm labor reforms and working conditions. A second Hurley demand seeks carpenters back to work in Eastern yards. In New York a Marine Woodworkers union strike could intensify with wage demands ranging from 1.50 to 6.60 daily.
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Washington
United States
Chathian Hurley
Shipping Board
William L. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Hinself
Hartey
Tls
Federal
Hurley
W. L. Hutcheson
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Eastern
Hutcheson
New York
United States Shipping Board
Claix
Marine Woodworkers’ Union
Staten Island
Hutcheson Declines Offer to End Shipyard Strike
A mass meeting of shipyard strikers was postponed after leaders learned government officials were en route from Washington to confer. William L. Hutcheson, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, signaled no effort to urge workers back unless Chairman Hurley presents a definite proposition immediately. The reply followed Hurley’s appeal to end the strike.
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Washington
Hutcheson
Hurley
William L. Hutcheson
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
American Passenger Ship Collides in Dense Fog
An American passenger steamship from the Atlantic port returned after midnight with a large hole above its starboard waterline amidships. The ship was struck by an unknown steamer during a dense fog. the other vessel’s name and fate remain undisclosed. The collision occurred as both vessels separated after contact.
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Atlantic
Cubs
Sixty Bodies Recovered From Guy Street Home Fire In Montreal
Fire at the Grey Nuns home in Montreal leaves at least sixty bodies recovered with fears of many more infant victims. Soldiers and volunteers aided in rescuing or carrying out orphans and wounded as authorities expect a full toll list days later. Proclaimations by President Wilson place all exports and imports under license to aid war shipping.
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Montreal
Que
Guy Street
Grey Nuns
Tore
Government Proclaims Export Control Aimed at War
The proclamation states exports will be licensed and controlled, not banned. The War Trade Board and Treasury will issue licenses for all exports and imports except certain items handled by the Treasury, with the aim to aid allies, conserve domestic products, and deny benefits to Germany and its allies.
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War Trade Board
Treasury Department
British Advance in Palestine Near Jerusalem
British forces in Palestine advanced two miles on a six mile front northeast of Jerusalem. The war office said the line reached about two miles deep on both sides of the village of Muklmss, about 1144 miles north-northeast of Jerusalem.
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Alrenby
London
Palestine
Jerusalem
War Office
Muklmss
Aviators Sink German U-Boat in Sky Bombing Raid
London reports eight British patrol craft sunk by a flotilla of enemy destroyers near Doverstraite. The trawler James Pond and seven drifters including Jamie Murray Clover Bank W Elliott Cosmos Silver Queen Vernecity Christina Craig were lost before the attackers retired north. In Paris, French hydro airplanes claim a German submarine was sunk in the English Channel after bombing near the periscope and the vessel listed and disappeared.
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London
Lam
Doverstraite
Admiralty
Naval Engagement Near Dover Ends With Casualties
German submarine surfaced near Dover and bombarded the city. One child killed and seven injured as property damage remains light. Special to The Ning Journal. London report dated February 16.
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Ning Journal
London
Dover
Sea fight hinted near Gothenburg with many German sailors washed ashore
A special report from Gothenburg on February 16 notes that a major naval engagement is believed to have occurred nearby last night. The claim is supported by a large number of German sailor bodies washing ashore in the area.
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Evening Journal
Gothenburg
Ship Builders On Strike In Port Of New York
More than six thousand marine wood workers in the Port of New York quit work before 11 o clock today. Additional workers are expected to join by close of business as local agents of the Marine Wood Workers Council issue further instructions.
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Evening Journal
New York
Marine Wood Workers’ Council
German Offensive Plans Quiet on Battlefront
Reports from British headquarters say the great German offensive announced by German papers was not yet opened as of Friday. French forces pushed northeast of Courcy capturing prisoners, with heavy artillery in Champagne and American batteries nearby. French serial squadrons dropped five tons of projectiles on rail stations at Thi onville Conflans Schemblez Metz and Sablons with fires observed.
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London
Reuter
Aris
Courcy
Alspe
French War Office
Champagne
Butte du Mengnil
Thionville
Conflans
Schemblez
Metz
Sablons
Kin of Daniels to wed in New York
Lieut. Com. David Worth Bagley of Washington who is Secretary Daniels’ brother in law will marry Miss Marie Louise Harrington of Colusa California. Bagley commanded the destroyer Jacobson when torpedoed and sunk in the submarine zone on December 6 1917 with 64 men lost. The couple will wed at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York today.
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New York
David Worth Bagley
Washington
Daniels
Marie Louise Harrington
Colusa
Cal
Comma Bagley
Jacobson
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Americans Killed in Action List Names From Ottawa
Ottawa reports the latest casualty list includes Americans killed in action. Names shown include W. H. Earles of South Bellingham Washington and Wi J. Stewart of Peteea, with the text garbled for other entries.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. H. Earles
South Bellinghaw
Wash
Stewart
Peteea
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Goast Towk
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United States Air School
Fata
U. S
R. O. Baush
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Lindrum
Aids
Wilson
Europe
Thas
Bes
France
Germany
U.S. A
Channel
Jerge
Teutons
Bagley
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