Germans Renew Major Offensive Across Flanders Front
German attacks push from Ypres toward Armentieres and Estaires as British lines, aided by American troops expected to enter action, defend a widening front along the Lys and Lawe rivers. Forecasts say the offensives aim to break British positions from La Bassee to Givenchy with heavy bombardment and infantry thrusts.
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Flanders
Armentieres
Messines
Ypres
Coucy-Le-Cha‘eau
la Bassee
Kyaentieres
Estaires
Givenchy
LaRassee Canal
Arras
Rver Lys
Neuve Chanelle
Cardon- Tere
Portugese
Senate panel blasts air craft program and calls for reorg
The Senate Military Committee reports the government aircraft program to be gravely disappointing and urges a drastic restructuring of production. It accuses officials of misrepresentation and delays, proposing a single administrator chosen by the President with an expert corps to run manufacturing and training.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
France
Signal Corps
Liberty Motors
Flres
Death of Clive Chambliss Times editor at 23
Special to The Dispatch Asheville N C April 10 Clive E Chambliss managing editor of the Asheville Times died suddenly this morning after a five day illness He was Wake Forest College class of 1915 son of T W Chambliss editor and general manager of The Times Funeral services have not been announced.
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Dispatch
Asheville
N. C
Clive E. Chambliss
Asheville Times
Chambliss
Wake Forest College
The
Times
T. W. Chambliss
Frontline Tide Shifts Across Picardy Somme Regions
British hold Fleurbaix and repel German advances near La Bassée canal as no heavy fighting persists on the Arras to Somme front. German offensives slow. French artillery repels attacks near Han gard. In the east German Ukrainian advance pressures Russia with Helsinki at risk, while Bolshevik peace talks unfold with Ukraine. Prem Liot L in e declares manpower needs. Ireland bill advances to first reading amid opposition.
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Neuve Chapelle
Fleurbaix
LaBassee Canal
Picardy
Arras
Somme
Coucy
Hangard
Noyon
Oise
Ailette
House of Commons
Lloyd- George
Ireland
Finland
Ukraine
Russia
Helsingsfors
Kharkov
Moscow
Lenine
Vladiavsthk
Great Britain
France
Japan
Morehead Nominated by Republicans for Senate in North Carolina
Greensboro on April 10 reports the Republican State Convention selected John M. Morehead of Charlotte as the party candidate to face Senator F M Simmons for the U S Senate. The platform endorses woman suffrage and calls for Federal farm loan reform, six month school terms, equal pay for equal work, and votes for women. Other nominations include W P Bynum for Chief Justice, H F Seawell and H R Starbuck for Associate Justices, J J Jenkins for Corporation Commissioner. Frank Linney remains state chairman with Gilliam Grissom as secretary.
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Greensboro
N. C
John M. Morehead
Charlotte
F. M. Simmons
United States Senate
Morehead
Senate
Yates Webb
Supreme Court
W. P. Bynum
H. F. Seawell
Carthage
H. R. Starbuck
Winston-Salem
J. J. Jenkins
Siler City
Frank Linney
Boone
Gilliam Grissom
Bown
Platformn
Americans Guarded to King and Queen in London Visit
London April 10 American soldiers acted as a guard of honor to King George and Queen Mary as their Majesties inspected a famous works employing thousands. The Queen autographed using a sergeant as writing pad while she penned Mary R. 1918. The King praised American troops noting their fine bearing and rapid efficiency.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Mary R
England
France
United States
Seventy-Three Enemy Aliens Arrested in Milwaukee
Eighty two enemy aliens were arrested early today by Department of Justice agents for permit violations in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Authorities said around two hundred more will be detained as locations are found.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ehighty
Department of Justice
War Industries Board Revises Priority List
Washington on April 10 reports the War Industries Board issued a revised priority list. It directs coal and railway transportation to key industries and bars preferential treatment for plants lacking a substantial output of products of exceptional importance.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Delegates Gather in Chicago for Sixth Annual Chamber Meeting
In Chicago on April 10, over 3 000 representative business men from across the nation attended the sixth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at the Auditorium Theatre.
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Chicago
Auditorium Theatre
Chamber of Summers of
United States
Germans Held by Improvised Force On Somme Front
London reports on April 10 that General Carey’s improvised army and American railway engineers bolstered a frontline stretch from the Somme near Sailly-Laurette to the Luce river. The force stalled furious German onslaughts, using men and later artillery to blunt the attack and prevent a push toward Amiens.
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London
Carey
Daily Mail
Amiens
River Somme
Sailly-Laurette
Luce River
Concrete ship topic draws Wilmington crowd
Mr N Wiley district engineer of the Portland Cement Association speaks at Hemenway school on concrete ships. The event is organized by the Chamber of Commerce with music by Anna Graham Harriss and Katie Foard. Wiley promotes government use of concrete ships and has advised local firms.
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Wilmington
N. Wiley
Portland Cement Association
Atlanta
Hemenway School
At & O
Chamber of Commerce
Wiley
Marcus W. Jacobi
Anna Graham Harriss
Katie Foard
Brunswick
Liberty Shipbuilding Corporation
Heavy Attack Broken Up Near Hangard En Santerre
German troops launched a heavy attack on French lines near Hangard En Santerre. A French counter attack repelled the assault, preventing any strategic gain. West of Castel and west of Noron German advances were stopped.
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Paris
Hangard-En- Santerre
War Office
Castel
Novon
Americans On Battlefront Reinforcements In British Zone
A Reuters dispatch from British headquarters in France reports American reinforcements appearing in the British battle zone. The correspondent says their presence in the fighting line should soon be felt and shift the dynamics of the engagement.
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London
France
Reuters Limited
Enemy repulsed on Mes sines front says Maurice
London April 10 Major General F B Maurice chief director of military operations says the enemy attacked today but was repulsed. He notes the enemy gained no footing on high ground anywhere and reports no change in the front lines.
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London
Messines
F. B. Maurice
War Office
Snow and Cold Halt Spring Across Coastal States
Snow and cold weather interrupted spring from New England to North Carolina with more of the same expected in the Ohio Valley and Kentucky. Rain fell in other eastern points as frost warnings were issued for the East Gulf and South Atlantic States. A southern storm moved up the Atlantic coast near the Virginia capes, with warnings from Delaware breakwater to Boston and gales along the coast likely to persist.
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Washington
New England
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Delaware
Boston
McAdoo Delivers Brief Mullins Speech Amid War Bond Drive
Hon. W G McAdoo spoke for two minutes to about 200 residents at Mullins S C on arrival of the morning train. The crowd applauded once he appeared dressed. Mullins supports the Liberty Loan drive with a French officer and band planned for Saturday the 20th and a patriotic rally in Marion the same day led by S W Norwood and Jno P Cooper.
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Mullins
S. C
W. G. Mce-Adoo
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Jno. P. Cooper
Big
Plee
Marion
8S. W. Norwood
Trotzky Named Joint Minister of War and Marine
Leon Trotzky former foreign minister is appointed joint minister of war and marine in Moscow. He has acted as minister of war since the government moved to Moscow.
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Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Ministers and Business Men to Play at the Y M C A
The ministers and business men will meet for an afternoon volleyball game at the Y M C A tomorrow at 5 p m. Guests wishing to learn the sport are invited to attend and watch the ministerial team, which has been losing games in recent series but plays in a big time style.
Fined for Using French in Quarrel in Public
In wartime France reports show Austro Hungarian officers granting leaves to farmers and foresters for spring planting. Swiss dispatches note German tribunals fining two elderly women 50 marks each for quarreling in French in public streets.
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France
Reichsrat
Switzerland
Alsace-Lorraine
Immense Blunder on Irish Conscription Proposals
A cable from Irish publicist T. P. O Connor to John Dillon calls English conscription plans an insane blunder. Dillon, leader of the Irish party, is in San Francisco on a speaking tour as the controversy over conscription rises in Ireland and Britain.
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San Francisco
Ireland
John Dillon
T. P. O’connor
Sedition bill passes in Senate with no record vote
Washington April 10 The sedition bill providing penalties for disloyal utterances obstructing the army draft and Liberty Loan passed the Senate today without a record vote. The measure now goes to conference.
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Washington
Senate
Conscription Debate and Large Casualty List Reported
The War Department announced 283 names on the latest casualty list with five killed in action and 245 wounded slightly. The report notes thirteen lieutenants among the wounded and Captain John P. Hurley among the slightly wounded. In London Lloyd George announced conscription expansion to Ireland with Home Rule measures, triggering dramatic House scenes and votes.
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Washington
United States
War Department
John P. Hurley
Daniel H. Lawler
William D. Meyering
John Walter Morris
James J. Wall, Jr
Coleman D. Burnt
Wailliam D. Crane
William T. Fenker
Thomas J. Jackson
Morris R. Levi
Arthur H. Martin
Thomas C. F. Martin
William Michel
Bernard J. Shanley
Doors Opened Early by Police Orders at Music Academy
A Rotary Club statement says the Academy of Music doors opened 30 minutes before the advertised time by police order to prevent injuries as about 500 people, mostly women and girls, crowded the platform and steps. Three women fainted from the jam. The chief was reluctant to eject Boy Scouts accused of holding seats. police insisted on the early opening for public safety.
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Louis I. Moore
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Oes
Moore
Cancerma
Williams
Charleston Wins Deepening Funding for Harbor Channel
Washington April 10. The Rivers and Harbors bill was amended to insert a 1.5 million dollar appropriation to deepen Charleston South Carolina’s channel to forty feet. TheHouse vote was 70 for and 4 against.
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Charleston
Washington
S. C
House
Twelve Thousand More Added to Wartime Call
Washington reports 12,000 more selective servicemen will join and begin training camps April 26, on top of 150,000 already summoned. Provost Marshal Crowder announced today.
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Washington
Crowder
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Edward Carson
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