Perching Lands Rainbow Men Repulse Raid in March Action
American forces from the Forty second Rainbow division repulsed a German trench raid on March 5 with light U.S. losses. Gen Pershing reported the division, praised by Gen Gerard of the Eighth French Army, conducted itself well during the engagement. British air forces achieved major aerial victories in early March, destroying 39 German planes and downing 40 out of control while losing 15 of their own machines.
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Washinngton
D. C
Rainbow
Pershing
Gerard
Eighth Krenel
War Department
Eighth
France
Belgium
Bpehy
London
Epehy
Ypres-Staden
Cambrai
Five Chapelle
Maquessert
Paris
War Office
Lombaertryde
Argonne
Meuse
Lombaertzyde
Nieuport
Dixmude
Advise Mixture for Victory Bread
Washington, March 14. The food administration urges bakers to use a blend of wheat substitutes for Victory bread rather than a single substitute. Experiments show mixtures, such as corn and rice, yield higher quality bread, and potatoes with cereal substitutes outperform potatoes alone.
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Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
Railroads Ordered to Take Inventories of All Possessions
Washington announces General McAdoo orders railroads to inventory materials and supplies on hand December 31 1917. Departments must begin by May 1 and adjust to show conditions on that date. Previous inventories within 90 days before December 31 may be used as basis.
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Washington, D. C
Gen. McAdoo
Fifteen-Year-Old Sailor Dies in Navy Service
Cedar Rapids Iowa March 14 The duty of Henry Spangler who died at the Great Lakes naval training station last Tuesday arrived here today for burial Spangler an orphan was the youngest sailor in the federal service from this city he had just passed his fifteenth birthday and thru the aid of a Chicago probation officer who signed his papers to the effect that he was 18 years old he was admitted to the service his friends say The boy was tagged for his escape.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Spangler
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Spangler
Chicago
Targze
Paper delivery warning and contact instruction
The notice warns that the paper was not delivered to homes by 6 o'clock due to carrier error or other cause and instructs readers to phone 33830 for a replacement copy. Calls must reach the office before 6 50 p m to arrange delivery.
Baker Spends Busy Day of Conferences
Paris dispatch reports American Secretary of War Newton D Baker busy with a day of talks and visits. He conferred with British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour and General Foch in the forenoon, dined with General Pershing and Henry Baker, then met J R Kearny, visited the Red Cross headquarters, called on Former Premier Viviani and Foreign Minister Pichon, and met Oscar T Crosby of the Treasury Department.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
Arthur J. Balfour
Gen. Foch
Baker
Hospital ship Guilford Castle attacked in Bristol Channel
British hospital ship Guilford Castle of 1,036 tons gross was attacked by a submarine in the Bristol channel while homeward bound. Two torpedoes were fired. the first missed and the second struck the bow yet the ship, flying Red Cross markings, reached port with sick and wounded transferred to hospital care. The incident follows a prior attack on the Glenart Castle and a sinking amid German pledge violations.
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London
Guilford Castle
Bristol Channel
Altho
Channel
Thomas M. Lang
R.N. R
Glenart Castle
Trotsky to oppose German peace terms at Soviet Congress
Washington reports from Ambassador Francis in Vologda say Leon Trotsky plans to oppose ratification of Germanys peace terms by the Soviet Congress. He advocates army reorganization and iron discipline to defend Russia and warns war is unavoidable. He shows interest in possible Japanese invasion of Siberia and appears sensitive on the topic.
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Washington, D.C
Leon Trotzky
Germany
Russia
State Department
Francis
Vologda
Trotzky
Siberia
Japan
Fall of Seaport Opens Route to India and Persia
German forces occupy Odessa and advance into Finland near Helsingfors as Berlin shells plans to feed Turkey and push toward India. The move ties Roumania to a treaty clause aiding central powers while Aland Islands seek plebiscite before peace talks. Ukraine fights intensify with Czech and Austrian deserter reinforcements and harsh reprisals.
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Berlin
London
Odessa
Black Sea
Russia
Kaiserite
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Mehmed I
Roumania
Moldavia
Bessarabia
Turkey
Germany
Persia
Afghanistan
India
Aland Islands
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Baltic
Finland
Sweden
Ukraine
Amsterdam
Rhenische Welfalische Zeitung
Weather Man Resigns To Become A Farmer In Des Moines
Des Moines March 14 Dr Charles M Chappel after 40 years in charge of the Des Moines weather bureau and 11 years leading the Town crop bureau resigns today to become a New York farmer. Charles T D Reed the former observer at Sioux City Vicksburg Columbus and Omaha succeeds him. Also mention of a Washington note about a Berkeley Virginia hog request and an advertisement line.
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Des Moines
Charles M. Chappel
Dynamite Found at Hog Island Shipyards in 246 Pounds
February discoveries at Hog Island Washington D C reveal 246 pounds of dynamite hidden across the yard. Dudley R Kennedy, manager of the senate committee industrial relations department, states the amount could blow up half the shipyard if placed strategically. Secret Service and investigators seek the person responsible and Kennedy notes living conditions for workers on the company property.
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Washington, D. C
Hog Island
Dudley R. Kennedy
Industrial Relations Department
Senate
Secret Service
Nelson
Minnesota
Kennedy
American International Corporation
Allies to Get Increased Meat Exports to Allies Soon
Washington March 14 meat exports to the allies will rise 60 percent and perhaps double as arrangements are negotiated by the food administration with allied representatives. Ships would be provided by the allies, shipping dependent on availability and British plans may provide vessels. Dutch shipping requisitioning news boosts hope that increased exports are certain.
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Washington, D. CC
Food Administration
Great Britain
London
Lord Rhondda
America
Naval Aviator Drowns After Seaplane Accident
Norfolk March 14 A U S Navy aviator Avistar M. L. MacNaughton drowned when his seaplane fell from 300 feet into the sea at Hampton Roads. An accompanying aviator was uninjured.
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Norfolk
Avistar M. L. MacNaughton
U. S, AR
Frampton Roads
MacNaughton
French Soldier Returns to Trenches After Wipeout Search
Pierre Ferrand, the French soldier whose quest to find his wife drew widespread sympathy, said in Chicago he will return to France on Monday. His wife disappeared from their New York home after he left for France in 1914. He declared he has nothing to live for except France and will resume fighting in the trenches.
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Chicago
Pierre Ferrand
France
Ferrand
New York
Allies to Take Over Dutch Ships for War Use
Nation set to seize up to 1,000,000 tons of Dutch shipping next week for Allied use unless Holland accepts the plan by March 18. Owners to be paid. ships insured, armed, and replacements promised for any lost vessels. Legal basis cited in lex angustaria. Norway example noted.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
Holland
Netherlands
Augustus Philips
Wilson
London
Norway
Far
Hague
Singapore
Germany
Nation's Dead and Wounded List From War Casualties
Washington reports General Pershing casualties list naming 70 soldiers including four killed in action and nine wounded severely or slightly. Officers Barber and Smith listed slightly wounded. Also notes accidental deaths and disease fatalities, plus a later Baker Pershing meeting request and Iowa political conference postponement.
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Washington, D. C
Wershing
Tlugh Hi. Barber
Harris J. Smith
Wierd
Albert
G. Leliner
Frank O'Connor
Ho Janda
Willian G. Bhelag
Cecil ML Contey
Red DD
Turner
Harry Ki A Anderson
Homer Dawson
Homer Kinin
Jola Legall
Jas. 1
Orp
Rudolph A. Molt
Fre
G. Brummett
O. G. Bailey
Oscar W. Alberg
Murry
Uriges
Thomas R. Brown
John Bruny
John H. Yowell
Walter C. Jennings
Joss Bh. McCarthy
Merritt
M. Rhodes
Clyde T. Jones
Vern W. Bristol
John Watley
Leren Hi
Mitchell
Joss KE. Moody
George Waeshington Rutledge
Maurice Lb. Schigurtz
Bernard Vann
George C. Marcher
Joseph C. Swinson
Yle W. Barnes
Harlan W. Chamberlain
Lloyd Culp
William H. Teas
Joseph O. Fudge
Harold Heys
Robert G. Petty- Abert
Ralph TK
Rutherford
Harry A. Templeton
Percival Vining
Virgil H. Brady
Jorrell E. Jennings
Archibald RB. Roosevelt
William Seibert
Charles R. Simmons
Nicholas Christan
Willie N. Coreniius
Edward B. Darland
Jacob Wobler
Rotert
H. Manter
Edward
Howard J. Sp
Clarence W. Lilly
James P. Moorr
Phil H. Newman
Trafton H. Overterk
Taster
TF. Pelton
Hinor ‘Tl Petterson
Howard G. Place
William H. Satterfield
Fiverett MH. Scott
William H. Taylor
Obert Thompsoun
Prank
Fred J. Robinson
Edwin L. Jarvis
Johnson
Nm Th. Goddard
Darrell DL
Barber
Keith S. Graut
Howard Hirschman
Harry K. Duddieson
Privices
Baker
Sef Pershing
Wilson
France
Gen. Pershing
War Department
Hartlepool Hit by Zeppelins In Second Raid
Paris hospital bombed as six killed and seven injured. Hartlepool suffered a Zeppelin raid with four bombs, destroying six houses and damaging about 30. one man, one woman, and three children were killed, five men one woman and five children injured. London reports two British seaplanes repelled enemy aircraft over the North Sea.
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London
Hartlepool
England
Hull
North Sea
Paris
Quartermaster’s Department
Army
Washington, D. C
State Department
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Associated Press
Railroads
Iowa
Udesor
Holy Land
Teuton
Helsingfors
Interior
Berkley, Va
United States Employment Service
Havana
Buffalo
N. Y
Curtiss Field
Lada
Democratic
Maren
J. W. Reyolds
Creston
Democratic State Central Committee
San Felice
Freiburg
Hartlepool Wit
U.S
Missile
Hurts
Rockville Center
L. 1
Winona C. Martin
Vilage
M. CG. A
Sliss Martin
Carnegie Library
Miss Martin
Claude Bernard
Parly
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