Haig Reports No Ground Lost in Yesterdays Fighting
Haig says British lines intact after heavy fighting along the Lys front east of Ypres. German efforts shift toward Locon Robecq and south to envelop Bethune while French aid reinforces the defense near Hazebrouck and Ypres. The Somme and Arras sectors see continued pressure as British hold, with significant actions around Wytschaete Meteren and the Passchendaele region.
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Haig
Hsme
Lys
Ypres
Ysterday
Kemmel Hill
Locon
Robecq
Eth
Bethune
Robeca
Lillers
Hazebrouck
Merreys -Cemr
Bailleul-Hazebrouck
Entente High Command
Givenchy
Arras
Vimy Ridge
Locon-Robecq
Somme
Albert
Amiens
Flanders
Pietd Marshal Haig
Merville
Wytschaete
Wytsthaete
Meteren
Poelcapelle
Berlin
Davis
Messines-Passchendaeledge
Boessinghe
Wiettje
Hoegeld Hill
Zilleke
Britain Fleet Anxious For Scrap With Hun
London reports in the Daily Telegraph that British naval strength remains high after a Cattegat mine sweeper action. The piece argues German patience near Belgian bases offers no basis to expect a major action, praising U S cooperation and warning against rumors of a weakened grand fleet.
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London
Cattegat
Daily Telegraph
Daily Télegraph
Straits
Cortrontel Br
Northea
Baltic
Jutland
United States
France
Germany
Grand Fleet
American troops take control of No Man's Land parade plan
The parade forms at City Hall at 4 00 pm and moves at 430 pm. March route runs north on Third Street to Walnut then Front Market and back to Third Street. A musical unit supplies the procession and participants march in formation.
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City Hall
Third
Princess Streets
Third Street
Walnut
Front
Market
Liberty Loan
Edwin A. Metts
Marshall
Generalissimo
Messrs
George Honnell
James M. Hall
Dave N. Foster
Swift M. Boatwright
Fred W. Dick
Jesse F. Roacie
United States Artillerymen
Fort Caswell
United States
Hayes
Red Cross Chapter
Sudan
Shriners
Sudan Temple
Rotary Club
National Special Aid Society
Wilmington Drum and Bugle Corps
Sepa Grotto
Grotto
Boy Scouts
Hemenway
Red Cross Auxiliary
Cape Fear Camp
Wilmington
Wife of Cyclops Commander Holds Out Hope
Mrs Selma Worley wife of Commander Worley denies any knowledge of the Cyclops fate and expresses confidence the American naval collier Cyclops is safe she suspects the ship is adrift with engine trouble and coal short while insisting her husband loyal to the United States was not responsible for any wrongdoing her letter says his starboard engine was out and port engine may have failed under strain
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Norfolk
Selma W. Worley
Germany
Worley
United States
Mintz Announces Candidacy for Speakership in East
Mount Olive April 18 Former Mount Olive Tribune editor Fred R. Mintz announces his candidacy for the speakership and says he would consider the race for speaker if nominated and elected He aligns with Governor Bickett on a politicless year and says he has no stomach for campaigning at this time.
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Dispatch
Mount Olive
Fred R. Mintz
One Small French Ship Lost
Paris reports during the week ending April 13 German submarines failed to sink any French ships over 1,600 tons but did take one vessel under that tonnage out of service.
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Paris
Ypres Front Updates and Allied Reinforcements
British retirement continues on the Flanders front as German gains are limited from Bay of Merville to Wytschaete. Belgian troops north of Ypres repulse assaults and seize 600 prisoners. American troops reach the third German line in No Man's Land on the Lorraine front. Milner named British Secretary for War after talks with Clemenceau. Derby to Paris as ambassador. Allied shipping losses rise, with 15 ships sunk, including vessels over 1,600 tons.
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Ypres
Berlin
Flanders
Bay of Merville
Wytschaete
Meteran
Hazebrouck
Haig
Picardy
Lorraine
No Man's Land
Viscount Milner
Paris
Clemenceau
Lord Milner
Earl of Derby
Lord Bertie
Ajy
Herald Waterlogged Schooner Abandoned Near Gulf Port
News dispatch from Tampa reports the four masted American schooner Herald waterlogged and apparently abandoned. The vessel’s position is given as latitude 23 44 and longitude 85 56, with last sighting at a gulf port on March 17.
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Herald
Washington
State Department
Tampico
Gulf
Secretary Daniels Speaks at Yale on Liberty Loan and Naval Unit
Secretary Daniels visited New Haven to address the third Liberty Loan drive and review Yale University efforts to bolster the undergraduate war effort. He inspected the Yale naval unit and looked over campus activities.
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Daniels
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Yale Naval Unit
Yale University
Site Selected for City Shipyard Construction Underway
Construction has begun at 1 p m on twelve fabricated steel ships to be built at the old pest house site near Sunset Park. Ralph Starrett of the Carolina Steamship Co with two engineers and former city engineer Dave Struthers are directing the project under government guidance. Local work crews and hired cars are assisting as site preparation continues.
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Pest House
Sunset Park
Ralph Starrett
Carolina Steamship Company
Dave Struthers
Starrett
Wilmington
Labor Bureau Aids War Effort In New Bern
Mr. Luther C. Stewart, Department of Labor representative, left New Bern after several days of local inquiry. The Chamber of Commerce has formed a labor bureau with H B Branch as special agent to connect workers with employers and distribute labor to meet wartime needs. A permanent local bureau may follow.
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Luther C. Stewart
Department of Labor
Mer
New Bern
Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Branch
Hungarian Cabinet Resigns Over Suffrage Rift
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Hungarian cabinet resigned at a Budapest meeting led by Premier Wekerle. All present signed the resignation document, with two ministers absent. Wekerle may form a new cabinet after dissension over the suffrage reform bill.
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Amsterdam
Budapest
Wekerle
Count Czyerenyi
Commerce
Count Zichy
Copenhagen
Charles
Emperor William Visits Battlefield Near Queant
Berlin report says Emperor William toured the Queant battlefield west of Cambrai. The visit was marked by rare speech as he asked an officer, What have I not done to preserve the world from these horrors.
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Amsterdam
William
Queant
Cambrai
Berlin
Lokal Anzieger
Organization of the National Army tank corps ordered
The War Department accelerated the formation of the National Army tank corps and announced the appointment of 157 second lieutenants to the corps. Forty of the new officers will come from Fort Okleshe.
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Washington
National Army Tank Corps
War Department
Fort. Oklesh
German Atrocities Reported In Novoselki Village Burning
A protest notes German atrocity in Novoselki Mo hilev government where villagers were fired upon as they fled after an armed requisition by German troops killing many including women and children. M Tchitcherin Russian foreign minister condemns the acts and calls for punishment.
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Moscow
Novoselki
Mohilev
M. Tchitcherin
Peoples’ Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Derby appointed ambassador to France and Milner becomes War Secretary
London announces changes in the cabinet with the Earl of Derby named ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France succeeding Lord Bertie. Viscount Milner is named Secretary for War and J Austen Chamberlain joins the war cabinet.
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London
Earl of Derby
France
Lord Bertie
Viscount Milner
J. Austen Chamberlain
Milner Named Secretary of War in British Cabinet
Paris reports Viscount Milner has been appointed Secretary of State for War in the British cabinet. The Earl of Derby will go to Paris as ambassador, succeeding Lord Bertie who retires. Premier Clemenceau held a long conference with Lord Milner last night.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Viscount Milner
le Matin
Earl of Derby
Lord Bertie
Lord Milner
Milner and Derby Hold War Cabinet Posts Since 1916
Alfred Milner sits in the British war cabinet without portfolio since December 10 1916 while the Earl of Derby leads the war office since the Lloyd George ministry began in December 1916. Lord Bertie faces departure from his Paris ambassadorship after 1905. Milner, born 1854, had roles as high commissioner for South Africa and governor of the Transvaal and Orange River colonies from 1902 to 1905.
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Alfred Milner
Viscount Milner
Earl of Derby
War Office
Lloyd-George
Lord Bertie
Paris
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange River
Fie
Health of Troops Still Good Nationwide
Washington reports health of all U S troops remains good for the week ending April 12. Hospital admissions and deaths dropped from the prior week with the highest rates at national army cantonments due to mobilization. Total camp deaths were 285 versus 290 previously. Pneumonia persists in large northern camps with some rise in new cases. No other disease is broadly prevalent.
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Washington
United States
War Department
National Army
Italian Ship Losses Reported in Week End April
Rome reports during the week ending April a Italian steam ship over 1,500 tons and two sailing vessels, one over 100 tons, were sunk by German mines and submarines in the area.
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Rome
Americans Hold No Man's Land In Lorraine Sector
American troops in France report control of No Man's Land with nightly patrols near the German wire. A lieutenant and 12 men explored to the third German line, making maps of machine gun posts unseen by the enemy. A chaplain from New Bedford, Father Des Valles, inspires troops while a Springfield baker serves as stretcher bearer. An American captain leads repeated thrusts to retake trenches, and a corporal dies after giving his grenades to comrades. A note from Germans and a defiant reply illustrate rising tensions.
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France
Lorraine
No Man's Land
Apremontraat
Des Valles
New Bedford
Mass
Knights of Colum
Father Des Valles
Springfield
Amercian Trench
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HUN
Cyclops
Stewart
NEW Bern Wednesday
HMS
Place
Milner
Secretary OF State For War
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