German advance near Petrograd shifts morale in crisis
A British wireless report from Berlin and Petrograd describes German troops pushing north of Dorpat and Luga, with Bolsheviks scrambling to defend Petrograd. Workers, soldiers, and volunteers rush to trench lines as Trotzky faces possible exit, while Russian troops refuse to fight and peasants flee eastward under German pressure.
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Berlin
Wireless Press
Dorpat
von Hertling
Germany
Petrograd
Luga
Pskov
Council of Workmen's
Trotzky
London
Reuters
Hoffman
Tandon
Daily News
Narva
Catchina
Krylenko
Catie
Saxon Prince to Reign in Lithuania
Zurich dispatches report negotiations for a union of Lithuania and Saxony with Prince Frederick Christian, second son of the King of Saxony, as king of Lithuania. Other items outline German and Bolshevik movements in Russia, with Petrograd and Pskov as focal points, and note uncertainty over the fate of Rostov and surrounding regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lithuania
Zurich
Saxony
Dresden
Frederick Christian
Poland
Office Boy Famine Found in Chicago
Chicago on February 27 reports office boys are scarce yet there is ample demand for skilled mechanics. Charles J. Boyd, state employment agency head, cites 100,000 unemployed in the city and notes office boys with clean faces command 10 to 12 dollars weekly. He says farmers can get labor if they hire inexperienced workers at reasonable wages.
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Chicago
Charles J. Boyd
Mr. Boyd
Troops Quell Disorders in Irish County Report
London reports troops have been sent to assist police in County Clare amid unrest in Ireland. Correspondents dispute severity with Daily News claiming no alarm and preparations to cope with trouble. Rumors surround H E Duke chief secretary's position and a Dublin correspondent alleges resignation.
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London
Ireland
County Clare
Daily News
Dublin
Limerick
H. E. Duke
Daily Xpress
Funeral for Senator Cummins wife sails to Iowa
Des Moines Feb 27 funeral plane for Mrs A B Cummins wife of Iowa senior senator will likely not reach Des Moines before the body arrives relatives here have no burial plans yet but expect Sunday burial Mrs Cummins a Washington philanthropist led Red Cross and Congressional club Born Ida L Gallery Eaton Rapids Mich married in Chicago 1874 Special dispatch says the body will be brought to Iowa by Senator Cummins Kate Rawson and John Briar secretary to the senator also traveled Mrs Rawson arrived Des Moines this morning
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Washington
Hollis Rawson
Amana Society Defends Draft Stance in Iowa
An Amana society official defended the group’s attitude toward the draft saying members are patriotic and loyal Americans. He noted their religious beliefs oppose war and a Johor shortage requires young men to stay home and work the farm. If 77 drafted men are called they would go without a whimper. Petitions circulate in Marengo and other Iowa towns urging the War Department to deny exemptions.
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Murengo
Amana Society Today
Johor
Marengo
Towa
War Department
Walsh Chosen by Labor for National Board
Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City Missouri, former chairman of the federal industrial relations committee, was selected by labor as its representative on the national board framing government labor policy. Employers have already picked former President Taft to represent the public interest.
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Washington, D. C
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
Federal Industrial Relations Committee
Labor
Taft
Veterans Rally Against Draft Evasion In Independence
A public meeting in the Gedney hotel heard Independence soldiers protest Hugh elder Wilson signing exemption affidavits and seeking deferred classification as a farmer. Resolutions urged Gov Harding to remove M. B. Raines from the defense council chair and reopen the case, with copies sent to the governor and press.
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Independence
Gedney
Hugh Elder Wilson
Wilson
M. B. Raines
Camp Cody
Buchanan County
G. A. BR
Defense Council
H.C. Wilson
A. Hauck
A. G. Beatty
Raines
Harry Willey
Albert Olson
Howard O'Brien
Owen Downs
Pat Wheeler
John H. Ffester
Ray Tisscorn
Thomas Hathaway
Earl Wson
Harold Sins
Ernest Graf
Edward Zimmer
Raymond Moore
Irwin Ikins
Cecil Arbill
Ralph
Clarence Kingsbury
Paul Miller
Elf Kelly
Edward Lammers
People of Independence
Thirtyfourth Division
N. M
Ti. C. Wilson
Hughelder Wilson
Hug Helder Wilson
Sinking of hospital ship Glenart Castle in Bristol Channel
British hospital ship Glenart Castle was sunk in the Bristol Channel with no patients aboard. Survivors were landed by an American torpedo boat destroyer. 104 to 164 persons reported missing. The ship was 6807 tons, 440 feet long, built in Belfast in 1906, owned in Southampton. Thirty four survivors landed at Swansea with about 200 on board.
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London
Glenart Castile
Bristol
Glenart Castle
Uristal Channel
Exchange Tele-graph Company
Belfast
Southampton
Bristol Channel
Atlantic
Great Britain
Mayland
Wales
Swansea
Bombardments and raids mark Western Front actions
The western front saw intensified artillery with major activity in the Ypres sector Chemin des Dames and Meuse near Verdun as American troops faced gas attacks killing three and injuring nine. In Champagne German raids north of the Chemin des Dames were repelled, while aviation losses included two Nancy deaths and 11 injuries. Berlin reports 15 Entente planes and three balloons downed after duels on Tuesday.
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Ypres
Chemin-des-Dames
Meuse
Verdun
Toul
Ameritillery
Champagne
Paris
Putte-du- Mesnil
Butte-en-Mesnil
Avercurt
Nancy
Berlin
Wireless
Western Front
War Office
Americans in Action on Western Front Fronts
Recent dispatches from France show American troops active in Champtimes-Dames salient and artillery engaged in the Champagne between Tahure and Butte-du-Mesnil. Our forces have held about eight miles of the Lorraine front, with American engineers among those killed or captured during British operations around Cambrai last fall.
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France
Chamin ties-Dames Salient
Tahure
Butte-du-Mesnil
Lorraine Front
Cambrai
Government warns on canned foods for war needs
Washington reports from February 27 say all canners must hold canned corn peas tomatoes string beans and salmon for war use and report holdings separate from pre March 15 submissions. Placards reassure households government won’t commandeer home supplies despite enemy propaganda tales.
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Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
Feur
Southwest
Wisconsin
Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
Department of Justice
Airplane Mail Service Planned Between Washington and New York
The post office department announced daily airplane mail operations between New York and Washington will begin April 15. Eight aircraft will be supplied by the war department and flown by army personnel as part of the aviation training system for one year.
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Washington
BD. C
New York
Post Office Department
War Department
Burleson
Baker
Army
Packers Control Cheese Industry Revealed in Hearing
Testimony before the federal trade commission details how Wisconsin cheese makers and large packers shaped prices and market access. Francis J. Heney questioned Wisconsin operations as farmer leader Krumrey testified that big packers controlled about 75 percent of state cheese sales and that the Wisconsin cheese board fixed prices, often harming farmers in Sheboygan County. A move toward producers' federation and cooperative selling followed, with notes on storage, land, and warehouse challenges.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Federal Trade Commission
Francis J. Heney
Henry Krumrey
Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Producers’ Federation
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Cudahy & Co
Wilson & Co
Krumrey
Plymouth Cheese Board
Wisconsin Cheese Dealers’ Association
Sheboygan County
Sam
Krunkey
Producers’ Federation
Cheese Board
Varmers
Farmers’ Co-Operative Selling Association
Cheese Combine
Cherokee Tug Lost Off Fenwick Island in Gale
Washington reports the naval tug Cherokee foundered in a heavy gale off Fenwick Island lightship twenty two miles south of the Delaware cape. Ten survivors and ten bodies were landed as others remain missing. British steamers are guiding the recovered crew and remains to Philadelphia. The vessel, built in 1891 and seized by the United States navy in 1917, carried about forty men.
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Washington, D. C
Fenwick Island
Light Hip
Delaware Canes
Philadelphia
HE. M. Sennott
Boston
T. P. Ackerman
Seaman
H. P. Poynter
R. J. Hall
R. A. Kazeck
P. H. Warmack
A. A.wallim
E.js. Gudgel
B. F. Brumfield
Radio Electrician
Cherokee
Luckenbach Steam Ship Company
Delaware Cape
Philidelphia
Navy
Navy Department
Delaware
Marcus Hook
New York
Delaware Capes
Delaware River
Navy New York
Edgar F. Lueckenbach
United States Navy
Camden
N. J
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Lenine
Daily Express
Morning Post
Nikolai Lenine
Altho
Borisoff
Minsk
Orsha
Smolensk
Rostov -On
Don
Nazeroff
Noya Tcherkask
Emsiya Krylenko
Russia
Savage
Havana
Ma. Gunning
Amana Society
Walsh
National Board
Soldier Boys
RAPAT
Slacker
Bristol] Channel
Yankees
Eeeutses
Susie Ge
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