Flanders Front Holds After Kemmel Setback and Locre Gains
British French and Belgian forces stopped German advances along the Ypres line after Mount Kemmel fell, retaining Voormezeele and Locre with hundreds of prisoners taken. Allied counter offensives recaptured high ground near Hangard and Villers-Bretonneux, with continued artillery and combat along the Lys front.
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Loeere
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Voormezeele
Altho
Locre
Voormezeela
Kpres
War Office
Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
Hangard
London
Thennes
Paris
Amiens
Oise Canal
Loivra
Carillet
Meuse
Verdun
Foe
Flanders
Lys
la Cloytta
Kemmel
Voormezeels
Three Meatless Days Weekly Ordered Into Effect by Paris Note
Paris announces a system of three meatless days weekly due to dwindling frozen meat reserves and to feed the American army and allies. Government says intermediaries in markets push prices. speculators profiting up to 900 francs per steer will be prosecuted. German bread ration talk notes no immediate measures. Berlin awaits Ukraine grain imports and transport arrivals.
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Paris
London
Reichstag Food Council
Berlin
Ukraine
Weather forecast for Washington next week begins Monday
Weather predictions issued by the weather bureau forecast a week starting Monday for the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with fair and warmer conditions at the start, cooler in the north, showers midweek, and below normal temperatures. The end of the week remains uncertain.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Paper Workers Strike In View Prevented By Board Action
Washington April 27 A nation wide strike of paper mill workers planned for May 1 will be addressed by the national war labor board at a hearing Monday P T Dodge president of International Paper company will speak for manufacturers J T Carey head of the International Mill Workers and John P Burke head of the Sylphite and Pulp Workers will represent workers Commissioners W B Colver asked leaders of all paper manufacturing companies and three international brotherhoods to meet with the federal trade commission Tuesday to sign a pact to avert the strike The wage scale for mill workers expires May 1 and talks for a new scale have been slowed by a price dispute for print paper to be fixed by the trade commission
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Washington
National War Labor Board
P. T. Dodge
International Paper Company
J. T. Carey
International Mill Workers
John P. Burke
Sylphite and Pulp Workers’ Organization
International Brotherhoods of Papermakers
W. B. Colver
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Extend Wilson power debated in Senate over executive reorganization
In a limited debate in the Senate today, amendments to the Overman bill granting the president authority to reorganize and coordinate government departments were reconsidered with hopes for a final vote before adjournment. Senator McLean of Connecticut unexpectedly backed the bill, supporting powers extending to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Reserve Board and urging removal of political obstacles by competent appointees.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
McLean
Connecticut
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Rumor of German War Reply in Uruguay Inquiry
In Montevideo on April 27 rumors spread that Germany’s reply to Uruguay about whether a state of war with Germany existed is unsatisfactory. Local observers weigh the formal note and possible implications for diplomatic relations.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Germany
Pactor Accused of Disloyalty in Getting Inquiry
Des Moines April 27 W B Griffin chief of the state secret service left for Peoria to probe Mahaska county trouble over alleged disloyal activities by Rev Wiersing pastor of Reformed Christian church at Peoria The minister was arrested and held on espionage charges Two auto loads of followers of Wiersing visited Des Moines seeking Gov Harding Griffin will investigate Complaints had been made to the state council of defense about church run schools and how they were conducted Public schools pledged to display American flags and the church board pledged loyalty
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Des Moines
W. B. Griffin
State Secret Service
Peoria
Iowa
Mahaska County
Wiersing
Reformed Christian Church
County Defense Council
Harding
Griffin
State Council of Defense
Five Inches of Snow Falls at Denver in Electric Storms Wake
Five inches of snow blanketed Denver after an electrical storm last night. The Denver weather bureau reports snow and rain spreading across Colorado western Nebraska South Dakota and parts of Wyoming as the storm moved eastward.
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Denver
Colo
Denver Weather Bureau
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Marion Drug Store Painted Bright Yellow Coat
Marion Ta April 27 The drug store of Carl and Owen here was painted a bright yellow last night. The firm failed to close its doors during the Liberty day celebration yesterday, drawing long standing resentment for not closing during patriotic occasions and funerals of prominent citizens. San Felles Great Quality Cigar advertisement.
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Marion
Carl & Owen
No Lower Coal Prices In Iowa Official Object
Ottumwa Iowa April 27 James I Powell member of the state fuel administrator advisory board received a telegram from Charles Webster state fuel administrator in Chicago announcing that the national fuel administration plans no further change in coal prices in Iowa during the present season. The message aims to reassure operators of a stable market for maximum output and warn users there is no advantage in waiting for possible price cuts.
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Ottumwa
James I. Powell
State Fuel Administrator
Charles Webster
Chicago
National Fuel Administration
Towa
Webster
Garfield
Iowa
ORAY BILL SPLIT IN CONGRESS OVER GREDIT TO STATES
Congress splits on a draft bill as Senate and House conferees report a disagreement over an amendment to credit states for volunteers. The change would base quotas on class one men rather than total registration, affecting California Nevada Rhode Island and several others with Louisiana at up to 76 percent.
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Washington
Senate
House
Crowder
California
Nevada
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Send Britons Overseas Appea l of Enlistment Head of Empire in West
Chicago April 27. Maj. J A Wallace Owen Western division of the British Canadian recruiting mission urges Chicago and western states to aid enlistment for the front. Americans cannot be accepted but many British subjects in the area have not yet responded. Help by taking on family duties or going yourself if possible. The battle's gravity requires extreme national support.
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U.S
Chicago
J. A. Wallace Owen
France
One Yankee Flyer Downs 18 Huns With Five Apiece
Parle April 27 The standing of American aviators by aerial victories to date shows Maj Raoul Lufbery with 18, Maj William Thaw 5, Sergt Baylies 5, Capt Charles Biddle 2, and Sergt Vernon Booth Sergt August Grehore Second Lieut Henry Grendelass Sergt Thos Klitchcock Lieut Friest Jarner Sergt David Putnam Sergt W a Wellman Lieut Alan Winslow Lieut Douglas Campbell each with 1.
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Yankee Flyer
Parle
Raoul Lufbery
Maj
William Thaw
Lieut
Frank Baer
Baylies
Charles Biddle
Vernon Booth
August Grehore
Henry Grendelass
Thos
Klitchcock
Friest Jarner
David Putnam
W.a. Wellman
Alan Winslow
Douglas Campbell
U S Ambulance Men Win War Crosses From France
Paris April 27 Eleven American ambulance men won the war cross for gallant service during the battle now in progress. Lieut Ralph Richmond commanding Section 642 with Sergt Junius Beebe and others were cited for carrying away wounded under heavy fire near the enemy lines. Other givers of courage cited include Reed Holman Huns verger Jr and Puryski of sections 525 604 and Bazley of section 601 for actions on April 6.
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Paris
Ralph Richmond
Junius Beebe
C. l L. Warris
Henry K. James
B.A. Littlefield
John Frennig
Charles A. Reed
Flenry W. Holman
Johnson N. Hunsverger, Jr
Hobart
Puryski
Jesse M. Bazley
Federal agent to inspect Swift & Co papers in Veeder vaults
Chicago April 27. Coll. William T. Chantland of the Federal Trade Commission was permitted to examine Swift & Co correspondence in Henry Veeder’s vaults. Veeder claimed confidentiality between lawyer and client and that the government must specify papers. The case stems from the commission’s probe of the packing house industry. The examination began today under court rulings supporting Veeder’s position.
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Chicago
William T. Chantland
Federal Trade Commission
Swift & Co
Henry Veeder
Veeder Papsraet
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of
United States
Lowden Iowa Pro-Germanism Outbreak Averted
A gang of youths painted the mayor W L Hoeltjes business house in Lowden Iowa on Thursday night amid pro Germanism tensions. The mayor declined to preside at a patriotic meeting due to illness, fueling fears of another outbreak like last year. Tension runs high as pastor Reverend John Reichert faces sedition charges with trials postponed twice.
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Lowden
W. L. Hoeltjs
Hev
John Reichert
German Evangelical Church
More British Airships Urged and Russian Aid to Kaiser
The Daily Mail editorial urges Britain to boost airplane output noting Russia’s defection weakens Allied air supremacy. It states Russian aircraft once famed in Germany served as models for German makers and that Russia’s collapse would allow Germany to seize Russian factories and airfields. Others are rising in Petrograd and Moscow.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Names of 183 Yankees captured at Seicheprey published
Berlin reports will publish in Ga zette des Ardennes the names of 183 Americans taken in the Seicheprey battle in the St Michiel sector to counter doubts about the capture. Washington decides to authorize wound chevrons retroactively for veterans wounded in action in any war, provided treatment was by a Medical officer.
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Seicheprey
Amsterdam
Berlin
St. Michiel
Gazette Des
Washington, D. C
War Department
France
Mooney Seeks Trial Over Prosecution Fraud Claim
In San Francisco on April 27 Thomas J Mooney the condemned man seeks a new trial alleging wilful fraud and malfeasance by District Attorney Charles M Pickart and aides The move comes as Mooney faces possible re sentencing by Judge Griffin amid claims of tampered testimony supported by affidavits from William H Smith Oakland inspector and Frank B Rigall Grayville Illinois both alleging attempts to induce false testimony
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Charles M. Pickart
Maxwell McNutt
Mooney
McNutt
Griffin
British Casualties Rise Across Week End
London reports 18,369 British casualties this week with 8, officer deaths 2,661, wounded or missing 13,229, while week-to-week totals grow about 50 percent. Washington notes new artillery officer camps at Camp Jackson South Carolina and Camp Eustis Virginia to train field and heavy artillery personnel.
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London
Washington, D. C
Camp Jackson
S. C
Camp Eustis
Fort Monroe
Coast Artillery
Dutch Grigg May Put Us Deeper in War
A Washington dispatch reports talk of the United States joining inter allied councils as tensions rise between Holland and Germany. It suggests Holland’s neutrality may be strained if Germany uses Dutch waterways and railways for its war efforts. Public debate centers on House and Lansing missions and possible shifts in aloof policy as European events unfold.
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Chicago
Washington
Charles Michelson
Fiolland
Germany
Tf Germany
Holland
Ostend
Zeebrugge
United States
House
Colonel House
Inter-Allied Council
Lansing
Versailles
Baker
Department of State
D. C
Netherlands
Hague
Berlin
Legation
Dutch East Indies
Noted Kad Advisor Near End
Atchison Kansas April 27 Babe P Waggener general counsel of the Missouri Pacific railroad and widely known in Kansas ill for several days in a critical condition this morning his physicians said he could survive only a few hours War Size Diamond Joe fe Cigar Good to the last puff
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KAD
Atchison, Kan
Babe P. Waggener
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Kansas
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Havana de Cigar
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