Liberty Loan Drive Opens Across Five States
Chicago hosts Liberty Loan workers conference ahead of the April 6 drive for 15 million subscribers to fund war needs. Governors Harding of Iowa and Goodrich of Indiana press farmers and residents to back the Third Liberty Loan, stressing national sacrifice and unity.
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Finois
Iowa
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Liberty Loan
la Salle
Diineux
Chicago
Watkin W. Keath
Seventh Federal District
McAdoot
Liberty Lawn
Seventh Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loa
Bonar Law Urges Britain to Clear Seas for America's War Effort
In the house of commons Andrew Bonar Law warns that America, with the world's largest resources, must be supplied by Allied naval success. He stresses shipbuilding and submarine destruction as vital, recalls his son’s death in air service, and pledges lasting Allied unity to win the war.
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Lemion
Mareh
Britain
United States
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
America
Bonar Law
Ile
President Wilson May Act Over Casualty List Names
Washington March war department says casualty lists released to newspapers will not include emergency addresses. Creel committee and General Marek clash over censoring relief details. White House may intervene to resolve the dispute as casualty notices arrive for dissemination.
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Committee On Public Information
Staf
Creel Committee
White House
War Department
Committee On Public Informaion
Rookies to Quit Grant Camp Rockford
More than 5,000 new recruits arrived at Grant Camp in Rockford Alabama as a farewell was held for Major Grant. The men are assigned to detachments of 400 to 600 for rapid withdrawal. Some will enter special service branches while others join army divisions destined for early service abroad. No one remains to fill the depleted division.
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Chicago
March
Franklin
Hherry
Obeago
Federal Reserve District
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Cmp Grant
Rockford, AL
Marehh
Amp Grant
Archist Movement Grows in Moscow Wounding Several
American Consul Summers reports from Moscow on March 6 that anarchist activity is increasing and a few people have been wounded in street bombings.
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Washington
Summers
Moscow
Press Note Ends Casualty Lists for Public
The Committee on Public Information announced that casualty lists will no longer be issued to correspondents editors or the public. Inquiries will be directed to the War Department, with dates nature of wounds and addresses to remain confidential as urged by General Pershing.
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Creel
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Committee On Public Information
War Department
Pershing
Me‘ain
Army
Experience Best Teacher Quote Amidst Wise Soliloquy
A reflective line highlights experience as the best teacher remarking that a single thorn from experience outweighs a vast wilderness of effort and conflict. The statement contrasts learning through hardship with theoretical prowess and wartime imagery.
London Air Raid Kills Eleven Up To Date
London reports reveal seven to eight German bombers attacked Thursday night. One aircraft reached London dropping bombs in northwest and southwest districts, while another hit northern areas. Several houses were demolished and 46 people were injured with seven initially reported dead.
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London
Fleven
French
Home Defense Forces
Thames
Essex
England
Chicago Lieutenant Recalls Risk to Bring German Prisoner
Chicagoan Lieut Joseph L Canby of 4821 Ellis avenue earned commendation after rescuing a wounded German and bringing him into American trenches. Canby said the captor motive was to obtain prisoners as American forces repelled raids in the Lorraine front near Toul amid reports of liquid fire attacks.
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London
Toul
St. Mihiel
Lorraine Front
France
Joseph L. Canby
Ellis Avenue
Chicago
Clemencenn
Canby
Ile
Hidden War Weapon in Ward Prisoner Case
A German prisoner captured during the war hid a pistol under his raincoat. An American chaplain spoke with him in the hospital ward where twenty cots line the room. The prisoner showed fear while officers warned him, and the wound in his leg was treated with care as it drained.
Strike at Hog Island Yard Over Double Time Dispute
In Philadelphia a labor dispute at Hog Island ship yard led to a strike as 3,000 workers quit over double time. Rear Admiral Francis T Bowles downplayed the total. Separately in New York a 60,000 marine workers strike threat for harbor boats was believed averted.
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Philadelphia
Hog Island
United Association of Carpenters and Joiners
Ayerica
Francis T. Bowles
New York
New York Harbor
Marine Workers’ Affiliation
Chaplin to Speak in Liberty Loan Tour
Washington reports Charlie Chaplin and William Jennings Bryan are booked for Liberty loan speaking tours. Chaplin joins Bryan in promoting war bonds.
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Charlie Chaplin
William J. Bryan
Liberty
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Liberty Loan
Kaiser Praises Sword Power and Historical Unity
Amsterdam dispatch reports Emperor William sending a telegram to Philip Heineken praising the German sword as protection and urging the people to rely on historical experience. He stresses unity as strength and expresses hope for a rich, strong, and happy nation arising from wartime trials.
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Amsterdam
Philip Heineken
Lloyd Steamship Line
William
Reichstag
Kaiser
Verdun Bombardment Drives German Losses Across Front
Paris reports heavy artillery on the Meuse right bank north of Hill 944 and in the Woevre while no infantry fighting occurs. German air aces lose four planes on Wednesday and earlier on March 6 aviators bring down four more as Allied bombers drop over twelve thousand kilograms of explosives on railway stations and munition depots in the enemy zone.
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Paris
Verdun Front
War Office
Meuse
Woevre
German Air Raid on Ere ng City Reported
German air men attack Ere ng city with reports of loss of life and significant property damage following the raid. Local authorities have issued emergency notices as survivors recount the strike and its aftermath.
Bolshevik Leader Quits Foreign Post Amid Lenine Rift
Paris reports a German air raid with bombs dropped on the city last night. Casualties and property damage are noted while the extent of loss remains undetermined.
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The
Evening Journal
Paris
Trotsky Resigns as Bolshevik Foreign Minister
London report states Alexander Trotsky has resigned as foreign minister amid a break with Lenin. The official note confirms the leadership change within the Bolshevik government.
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Evening Journal
London
Alexander Trotsky
Trotsky
Lenine
Milk Strike Threatens Chicago Milk Supply
Northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin dairy farmers threaten a milk strike amid price disputes. Illinois plants posted March milk prices at 2.83 per hundred pounds, with contention over higher canning and bottling rates. Farmers protest Hoover's overrides, citing surpluses and shipping bottlenecks.
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Chicago
Minois
Wisconsin
Illinois
Milk Commission of the Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
W. J. Kittle
Milk Producers’ Association
Seaboard
Mr. Hoover
Kaiser holdings to be sold in United States auction
Washington reports that property owned by Kaiser and associates including former Chancellor von Kethmann Hollweg and German merchants will be auctioned by A Mitchell Palmer as property custodian. He says minor radio assets may not be sold and aim is to break up German cultural outposts in America. Paris reports Maj James R Bagbour and Ralph Preston receive Legion of Honor recognition.
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Washington
United States
Kaiser
von Kethmann-Hollweg
Junkers
A. Mitchell Palmer
Allew
Palmer
Senate Appropriations Committee
America
Paris
Maj
James R. Bagbour
American Red Cross
Ralph Preston
American Relief Clearing House
Legion of Honor
Prench
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Kneath
Seventh
Pranklin
State Committee
Kegin
Harding
Grov
W. TL. Harding
Tun
Lowa
Germany
J. P. Goodrich
U. S
Foe
Wilson
Creci
George Crel
Marek
Grant
Rockford
Teuton
U.S. A
Hog Island Yard
God
Verdun
Erengh
Ign
Kaiser Holdings
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