Haigs Men Forc e En Ivys To Give Up Ground
Field Marshal Haig reports decisive gains on the Lys front with British forces pushing the German line back from Givenchy Festubert area and consolidating positions to pre Thursday levels. Further raids along the Scarpe and near Arras yield prisoners and machine guns as both sides prepare for renewed heavy fighting amid foul weather. The Allied line remains unbroken as German reserves move up divisions toward the Lys and Somme sectors.
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Hate
Lys
Givenchy-Festubert
Robecq
Lys Salient
Merville
Scarpe River
Arras
Price
Sign
Albert
Somme
Vimy Ridge
Alber
Vimy
Lassigny
Noyon
Hangard
Amiens
Picardy
Francors-Artois
Hich
Germany
Liberty Loan rivals Germany debt per capita in stark totals
The Liberty Loan drive compares US debt with Germany’s, noting per capita figures and total public debt. It cites Germany’s seven loans totaling 17.3 billion marks while the United States public debt nears 7.76 billion dollars. Paris reports Memorial Day plans by American forces as fighting drags on. Captain Alfred Heurteaux, famed ace, arrives in the United States bearing multiple honors.
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Washington
France
Germany
National Loan Headquarters
United States
Amy
Pagm
Bonda
Uniteg @igtep
Rgrmaty Ie
Liberty Loan Review
United
Austria-Hungary
America
Great Britain
Italy
Paris
Colombes
President Burns Hands Grasping Hot Exhaust Pipe
Washington April 20 The burn President Wilson received yesterday when grasping a hot exhaust pipe as he climbed from the tank Brittania after a ride around the White House grounds will prevent his playing golf for a month. The burn caused him some pain today.
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Washington
Wilson
Brittania
White House
Stock Market Rebounds On Week of Gains and War News
New York April 20 The stock market closes a stronger week with notable gains in leading shares despite mixed outlooks. Ed Charles M Schwab named head of government shipbuilding programs boosts sentiment while Liberty Loan progress disappoints district subscriptions. Money markets steady despite heavy Liberty Loan withdrawals. Expect price schedule adjustments by the war trade board for copper and rubber.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Liberty
War Trade Board
Three Shots Fired On Paris Friday
Paris April 20 report says yesterday's long range bombardment consisted of three shots at wide intervals with no casualties. One shell pierced a house roof, entering a sixth floor workshop and passing through back walls, crossing a courtyard and into a building on the staircase.
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Paris
German raid fails on Hangard-En-Santerre front
Paris reports German troops raided the French lines near Hangard En Santerre southeast of Amiens. The operation failed, the War Office said. French forces took prisoners in nearby action. Artillery remained active along the southern battle line between Las Signy and Noyon.
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Hale
Fabion
Flanders
Artoiis
Arras
Merville
Somme
Montdidier
Meuse
Verdun
Paris
Hangard-En-Santerre
Amiens
War Office
Lassigny
Noyon
Germans Count on Splitting Allied Forces in Fortnight
London reports Lord Robert Cecil warned that German officers in neutral countries expected a quick Allied division within two weeks after the offensive began. He said the war would involve a long struggle and warned against complacent optimism while noting German aims of annexations and military dominance.
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London
Lord Robert Cecil
Hitchin
Lord Robert
Prince Lichnowsky
Germany
Blame Cast on Mont Blanc for Halifax Disaster
Justice Drysdale in Halifax admiralty court filed a decision blaming the Mont Blanc for the collision with the Norwegian steamer Imo that wrecked December 6 last and killed about 1800 people. Damages question referred to a board including the register of shipping and two grand assessors.
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Halifax
Imo
Mont Blanc
Justice Drysdale
Admiralty Court
Regiser of Hipping
Mer- BS
Women to Move For Peace in Switzerlands Conference
The international conference of women meeting in Berne on April 28 decided to address women worldwide with a call for collective action for peace national independence and equal suffrage.
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Berne
Switz
International Conference of Women
Switzerland
Ambulence Corps cited for bravery by French army in WWI
Washington reports Forty two United States Army Ambulance Service units and personnel are cited by French commanders for bravery. Section 646 commanded by Lt E T Drake earns a double commendation and the fourragere. Unit No 623 led by Lt Allan H Muhr also cited. Officers listed include Lts Nourse Bibby Greenwood Kinsley Dokes and sergeants Ebersole King and others.
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Washington
United States Army Ambulance Service
Gorgas
E. T. Drake
Allan H
Robert L. Nourse
Henry L. Bibby
Joseph R. Greenwood
Allan D. Kinsley
Otka P. Dokes
Blind girl saves lives of 16 other children
Nine year old blind girl Ross Cohen awakened by kitchen smoke at the Blind Babies Sunshine Home in Brooklyn and calmly led 16 blind children to safety in the corridor and courtyard as two floors burned. Officials were awakened only after the children were escaping.
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New York
Ross Cohen
Blind Babies’ Sunshine
Brooklyn
Dlaing
Canada Now Has Man Power Law
Ottawa April 20 The government man power resolution abolishes exemptions under the Military Service Act and gives the minister of militia power to call men to the colors if needed. It provides for immediate call of all unmarried men and widowers without children aged 20 to 22, inclusive, and if insufficient, extend to ages 19 to 23.
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Ottawa
Cnt
S Government
Minister of Militia
Military Service for Women Extended Proposal
London April 20 Sir William James Bull to submit to the House of Commons a resolution to extend the military service act to all unmarried women aged 19 to 30 for work of national import. Bull is a Unionist MP for Hammersmith.
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London
William James Bull
House of Commons
William
Hammersmith
Round Up of Evaders in Flint General Sweep
In Flint Michigan a round up of 154 suspected draft evaders occurred Thursday night and yesterday. All but thirty released after explanation of their lack of classification. The thirty held in jail are said to be sought in other cities.
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Flint
Mich
Spain to Make Columbus Day a National Holiday
Madrid April 20. The Spanish government will honor Christopher Columbus by making October 12 the national holiday marking the discovery of America in 1492. The move follows a request from the Spanish American republics.
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Spain
Columbus
Madrid
America
Secretary Daniels Tours Bethlehem Shipyards At Fore River
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels visited Bethlehem Shipbuilding at Fore River and Squantum in Quincy Massachusetts with Mrs Daniels Governor McCall and city leaders. He praised workers praising sacrifice and unity, christened the new destroyer Bell, and observed keel laying for five destroyers amid cheering dockside crowds.
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Quincy
Mass
Josephus Daniels
Navy Department
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Fore River
Secretary of the Navy
Mrs. Daniels
Uncle Sam
Mr. Daniels
Hed’ -Beés
America
William B. Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Council of National Defense
Building Trades’ Union
Emergency Construction Board
J. J. Nolan
Daniels
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Alfred Heurteaux
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Newman Ebersole
Milo S. King
LeRoy G. Clark
Harold A. Stewart
Carson
Ricks
Way Spaulding
Albert S. Strehlke
George W. B. Hartwell
Willard Swartley
Summerfield Baldwin
Edward Kirkland
James E. Moore
Charles B. Cummings
Stormont Mathews
Frederick Payne
Alfred Skinner
Charles Kendall
Joseph Brown
Louis E. Timson
Allen KE. Lees
Emerson R. Miller
John B. Vanderbilt
John F. Fitzpatrick
Robert E. Graf, Jr
James T. Jones
John H. Wood
Richard H. Baker, Jr
Charles V. Tompkins
Richard Buel
Ripley Cutler
Arthur P. Coe
Peter A. Muir
Walter H. Wisstrand
Canada
Bethlehem
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