British Must Not Retreat Now Amid St Venant Front Clash
British forces face renewed German pressure on a 25 mile front from Armentieres toward Lille and St Omer. German gains along the St Venant axis reach about ten miles since Tuesday as French and American troops resist in Hangard and Apremont forest amid heavy fighting and aerial actions.
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St. Venant
Lille
St. Omer
Hindenburg
Armentieres
Bailleul
Picardy
Hangard
St. Mihiel
Apremont
Messines-Wytschaete
Waterloo to Launch Third Liberty Loan Monday
Waterloo prepares to launch the third liberty loan drive with a goal of 950000000. The Service League outlines flexible payment plans and a special committee will adjudicate fairness. Speakers addressed residents at patriotic meetings and a mass gathering is planned for Cedar Falls township and nearby communities.
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Liberty Loan
Waterloo
Pein
Waterloo Citi
Red Cross
WLC
Mt. Vernon Township
Liberty Joan Drive
H. E. Tullan
F. EL
W. P. Jensen
Harvey Easley
EB. H. McCoy
Supt
A. T. Hubilt
Cedar Heights
T. Houser
College Auditorium
Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls Township
Partion
Black Hawk
B. F. Swisher
Raymond, Dewar
Gilbertville
Poyner
United Presbyterian Church
Barclay
Gresham
German Lutheran Church
Mt. Hope M. E
Bennington
Yowa
Des Moines
Towa
Liberty
Wilson Suggests Removal Of Big Bronze Statue
Washington April 13 The heroic bronze statue of Predera the Great removed in sections from the western facade of the war college building on the Potomac. President Wilson ordered its removal after bitter criticisms in Congress over allowing the statue to remain. The statue was a gift from German emperor William II to the United States during Roosevelt's administration.
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Washington, D. C
Predera the Great
War College
Potomac
Wilson
Congress
William II
Roosevelt
Weather forecast for Washington area next week
Weather predictions issued today by the weather bureau indicate a cool start in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valley with fair conditions. By midweek the forecast calls for above normal temperatures and continued fair weather followed by showers at the end of the week.
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Washington, D. C
The
Weather Bureau Today
Upper Mississippi
Lower
Missouri Valley
Dance Men for Idlers Revived in War Time
Albany reports Gov Whitman signs anti idling bill as deputy sheriffs target idle gatherings in Manhattan. Jaze bands and dance men barred as attractions for young women. Sheriff Knott warns idlers will face a $100 fine or three months imprisonment. Special focus on parks clubs and non productive leisure activities.
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York
Albany
Whitman
Sherrf
Manhattan
Danelog
Sheriff Knott
Sherif
Knott
Germans Repulsed After Night Attacks On Northern Front
London April 13 The war office says German forces attacked west of Merville and near Lecon and Ha forcé but were driven back by counter attacks. British and French counter moves reclaimed Hangard and Hangard cemetery, with over 40 prisoners taken. Artillery and patrol activity continued. Reims bombarded. American troops aided French in Brule wood. Front remains largely unchanged on the northern sector.
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Merville
War Office
Festubert
Neuve Wglise
Wulverghem
Beacon
Somme
Neuve Egtise
Brulewood
Apremont
Iangard
Addoining
Hangard-en-Santerre
Montididier
Noyon
Mielie
Aisne
Reims
Brule Wood
Y Gay
Lorraine
Eply
Pon. Am
Suda MG Lene AA UE
Givenchy
Havaish Los
Wytsehnete
Ploegsteart
Joegsteert Wood
Neuve Egisso
Tistatres
Aire
Lestrom
Calonne-sur-Lys
Berquin
Tvo
LA Bacque
Associated Press
France
Armentieres
Bailleul
Nieppe
Ypres
Neuve Egslise
Messines
Hangard
American Women Taken By Bandits
Miss Katherine Schmidt and Mrs. Stanley M. Dixon American missionaries formerly of Springfield South Carolina have been captured by bandits while serving with the China Mennonite Mission society at Tsao Hsien Shantung province and Fangshan Kiangse. They were released soon after the bandits seized them.
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Peking
Katherine Schmidt
Stanley M. Dixon
Springfield
S. C
China Mennonite Mission Society
Schmidt
Tsao Hsien
Shantung Province
Dixon
Fangshan
Kiangse
Washington, D. C
State Department
Requisition Wheat In North Dakota
North Dakota April 15 All the wheat in the state farmers have been requisitioned by the United States government, according to an announcement by state administrator El L Ladd. FEATHERS FOR PROFESSOR, Grand Junction. April 12 D. ELE Cole, superintendent of the school at Deten near here, was taken from his home last night by three men who forced him to leave the campus. Dr. ale is known. Gm Malreeada calica tigna eirries. He is alleged to have made a pro‑woman talk in Chapel.
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Fargo
N. D
United Ales Goverant
Tor
EL FL Ladd
State Ine Agministrator
Grand Janetion
Fale
D. Ele
Cole
Deten
Here
Ale
Iowa Boys Win Distinguished Service Cross in Air Battle
April 13 report declares James Norman Holl and Paul Frank Baer among the first American aviators to earn the Distinguished Service Cross. Holl attacked five German planes, destroyed one, forced two down. Baer, lone against seven, destroyed one. on another mission he struck two two-seaters, one went down in flames. Holl is from Colfax, Baer from Mobile.
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Paris
James Norman Holl
Cape Sention
Paul Frank Baer
Hall
Baer
Reits
Colfax
Mobile
Ala
London and Paris Hit by German Air Raid Night
London reported five dead and many wounded as German airships bombed the Midlands and northwest coast areas. Paris said twenty four killed and sixty two wounded with bombs striking a single site amid a night of heavy defense.
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London
England
Midlands
Paris
Comedie -Francaise
Cure for hookworm works in one day Fort Worth report
Fort Worth, April 11. Camp Bowie chief of staff Cal Williams says camp physicians discovered a positive one day cure for hookworm, aiming to reduce the 2a per cent infection rate among soldiers. The British evacuations and ongoing battles in France frame broader war news.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Cal Williams
Camp Bowie
Germany Seeks a Decisive Blow in Calais Drive
Special dispatch analyzes Germanys larger strategy as it shifts north from Amiens to Calais, aiming to crush British forces and rupture the Ypres La Bassee front. The attack seeks a Sedan or Waterloo moment, a decisive war aim beyond mere territorial gains, with German forces deploying 27 divisions to sever the British lines and widen gaps between armies.
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la Bassee
Ypres
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Eetine
Arras
Sre
Verdin
Ts Ivie Flinders
Germians
Picardy
Artois
Valais
Tie
LaBaisie
Germany
LaBas
Battlefront Fighting Near Givenchy and Armentieres
A chronicled report from the front details continued British resistance near Givenchy and heavy German assaults around Armentieres. It notes 750 Germans captured near Givenchy, and British gains near Han gard and the Nieppe forest with renewed efforts to outflank the Ypres salient.
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