British Party Reaches America on War Mission
A British party reaches America on a wartime mission and vows sacrifices before the war’s end. Fiasinae will be called.
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1917
Page
1
German Attempt to Sink Lloyd George Vessel Defeated
British patrol craft sank two to three German destroyers in the Straits of Dover after an attempted attack on the ship carrying Premier Lloyd George from the continent. Lloyd George returned safely. Dover trawlers later brought in the bodies of thirty German sailors killed in the night battle.
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United Press
London
Lloyd-George
Admiralty
Straits of Dover
Dover
Kitchener
England
Teutonic Destroyer Squadron
Unrest in German Lands as Entente Gains Note
Reports from sources in London dated April 21 say Kaiser Wilhelm faces wider dissent at home as bread rations shrink and riots erupt in cities including Budapest Magdeburg and Leipzig while Hungary implates martial law. The unrest follows Allied offensives and Wilson astance on military oppression amid revolts and factory sit-ins.
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United Press
London
Berlin
Wilson
Germany
Hungary
Budapest
British Foreign Minister Visits US for Warm Welcome
The British foreign secretary thanks the United States for its aid and sends greetings to the nation. The party will reach Washington today and expect a large public reception on arrival.
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United States
Washington
Balfour Arrives in America Delivers War Message
British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour reaches the United States aboard a private train to urge the nation toward a total war effort. He stresses sacrifice, mobilization of men and finance, and promises allied collaboration as the war moves toward a decisive phase.
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America
Luke Stilingly
United States
Balfour
Governor urges use of convict labor to cultivate idle farms
Governor Bickett launches a campaign to mobilize North Carolina counties to farm idle lands. He urges county boards to assign sparable chain gang convicts to plant food crops, or hire more workers with county funds if convict numbers fall short, and cites attorney general advice permitting the plan.
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Raleigh
N. C
Bickett
Boards of
North Carolina
Fair Weather Forecast For Southern States This Week
The Weather Bureau forecasts generally fair conditions across the Southern States for the coming week. Temperatures are expected to remain near seasonal normals.
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United Press
Washington
Soe Weather Bureau
Socialists Demand End of Autocratic Regime in Germany
Berlin reports the Socialist party general committee adopted resolutions calling for replacing the bureaucratic regime with a parliamentary council. They affirm the German people want to emerge from the war as a free state.
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United Press
Berlin
London
Parliamentary Council
General Committee
The
Socialist Party
Germany
Negro Preacher Sent 60 Days Hard Labor On Durham Roads
Durham April 21 Convicted of enticing negro labor from the state C S Smith a colored Methodist minister was sentenced to sixty days hard labor on Durham county roads Crowned by his admission that a New York firm offered him a good job if he could mobilize up to fifty laborers Police say others are implicated A separate item notes a procession led by khaki and blue jacketed men down Billy Sunday’s sawdust trail in New York last night
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United Press
Durham
N. C
C. S. Smith
Durham County
Smith
New York
Billy Sunday
Nebraska to be bone dry and women gain presidential vote
Lincoln Nebraska Governor Neville signed the prohibition bill and a partial suffrage measure enabling Nebraska women to vote in Presidential elections after May 1 The article notes other items including a health bulletin on Mme Bernhardt who is rapidly recovering from illness at Mount Saint Hospital
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United Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Neville
Senate
Mme.Bernhardt
Mount Saint Hospital
Mme. Bernhardt
Brazilian revolt spreads amid Rio claims control
Buenos Aires reports that Brazil's German revolt continues to spread despite official statements from Rio de Janeiro that the situation is under control. The dispatch notes ongoing unrest across Brazilian areas as of April 21.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Army Enlistments Progress Slow Despite Still Rising
United Press reports total army enlistments since April 1 reach 25,842, with Illinois leading at 2,427 and Delaware at 12. New York and Pennsylvania follow, while Vermont records 13. Navy enlistments yesterday add 1,148, bringing total naval personnel to 76,505.
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United Press
Washington
War Department
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Delaware
Vermont
Ethan Allen
Navy
Allied Franco British Drive Seizes 380 Guns and 33000 Prisoners
Paris reports from April 9 to 20 show the Franco British offensive capturing 33000 prisoners and 380 guns. Haig’s forces push east of Fampoux and Lens while French lines defeat four enemy counterattacks north of Bray en Laennais. The two allies exchange momentum along the Somme Oise front as Curzon cites four million projectiles fired.
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United Press
Paris
Bray-en-Laennais
Somme
Oise
St. Quentin
War Office
Sancy
London
Haig
Lord Curzon
Roosevelt endorses grain limits and soil mobilization plan
Mineola L I April 21 Col Roosevelt advocates limiting grain for beer and liquor production and, if food shortages arise, mobilizing and conscripting men to till the soil. He calls for farm labor conscription to secure food supply.
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United Press
Mineola, L. L
Col. Roosevelt
United States
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