Americans Retake Positions As German Attack Fails
American forces on the Toul sector recovered ground after a German assault that began Saturday. German efforts aimed to split Allied lines and threaten the American sector, but Pershing’s troops held and recaptured Leidsprey with the village soon evacuated. French reinforcements join Haig as Germans press from Picardy to Flanders with heavy artillery and limited gains.
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Toul
Pershing
Leidsprey
St. Mihiel
Amer
Cheners
Berlin
Picardy
Flanders
High Command
Field Marshal Haig
Ypres
Rebeca
Arras
Liberty Loan Half Subscribed Governs Public Support
Wyoming towns report progress toward the Third Liberty Loan goal with over 1.5 billion subscribed and a push for Liberty Day. Railroad workers contribute and districts such as Sunrise Wyoming exceed quotas, while New York District totals reach 385.2 million by 10:30 a.m., showing broad national backing.
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New York District
New York
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve District
Berlin says fire was not serious
A Berlin official statement says a fire on April 13 at Friedrichshafen in an old Zeppelin hangar was quickly subdued. Damage deemed slight and Zeppelin yard work unaffected, despite earlier Geneva reports of major losses at Maazel with two large Zeppelins and 40 airplanes destroyed and many casualties.
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Amsterdam
Friedrichshafen
Berlin
Geneva
Maazel
Duke Frederick II Dies at Ballenstedt Castle
Amsterdam reports Duke Frederick II of Anhalt died at Ballenstedt Castle aged 61. His death ends a long reign over the duchy and prompts succession arrangements.
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Frederick
Amsterdam
Frederick II
Germany
Aircraft program readjusted under Wilson and Baker
President Wilson and Secretary Baker order a definite readjustment of the aircraft program. A new single individual will be given full charge of production, with Baker planning reorganization details to be announced within days. Names of the person taking over were not disclosed.
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Washington
Wilson
Baker
Aircraft Board
Professor Thomas Makes Statement in Disciplinary Case
Chicago April 22 Professor W I Thomas recently dismissed from the University of Chicago issued a public statement outlining his version of the affair. He said Mrs Granger sought a girl friend with a remarkable history to discuss a cage meeting, and that he is not guilty of the charge as understood though he admits conduct not approved by endel traditions.
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Chicago
W. I. Thomas
University of Chicago
R. M. Granger
France
Prof. Thomas
Alers
Granger
Former Austrian Premier Gautsch von Frankenthorn dies in Vienna
Amsterdam April 22 reports Baron Gautsch von Frankenthorn former Austrian Premier is dead at his Vienna home according to a dispatch from the Austrian capital.
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Amsterdam
Baron Gautsch von Frankenthorn
Vienna
Baron Gautsch von Frankenthurn Ends Brief Austrian Premiership
Baron Gautsch von Frankenthurn, who served three terms as Austrian premier, concluded his last term in late 1911, about three years before the European war. He was 60 years of age.
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Baron Gautsch von Frankenthurn
President Wilson Opposes Chamberlain Bill on Sedition
President Wilson denounces the Chamberlain bill as unconstitutional and harmful, saying it would put the United States on a level with its enemies. He urges that the measure conflicts with espionage laws and undermines American spirit.
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Washington
Wilson
Overman
North Carolina
United States
Senate
Borah
Department of Justice
Charles Warren
America
Woodrow Wilson
Secretary Daniels Praises Shipbuilding Progress in New England
Secretary Daniels returned to Washington after a three day speaking tour in New England and said he was highly pleased with the evident progress in the shipbuilding plants he visited.
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Daniels
Washington
Apurpil
New England
Major R C Bolling Among 71 Casualties In War List
Washington reports 71 names on the casualty list listing 10 killed in action 5 died of wounds 1 died of accident 4 died of disease 2 other causes 7 wounded severely 42 wounded slightly All killed in action are privates Major Raynal C Bolling is listed as killed after earlier reports of missing He had been promoted to colonel and was previously identified as major in dispatches from Paris
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Bolling
Washington
Stanley Huguenin
Marland C. Hobbs
George Peck
Arlie Alfred Schardt
Edward B. Wilcox
Herbert F. Akroyd
Elmer G. Dawley
Ray D. Kreager
John J. Larkin
Manuel Martin
George H. Norsigman
Herman Salner
John F. Slaton
Charles Waldron
Grover K. Tanner
Frank B. Amaral
Henry J. Bergaron
Walker Hammett
Charles A. Henry
Leroys. Wells
Huguenin
Frank C. Cataldo
Theodore Peck
Joseph L. Mattingly
James T. Welch
Frank J. Watson
Arthur Williams
Edward G. Smith
Joseph T. Hifault
John L. Brock
Willam J. Dillon
Apraham A. Flescher
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T George Kertcher
Doberts
Albacki
Timothy J. Barry
Walker B. Boardman
John V. Benoit
Harold W. Berry
Glen H. Cole
Samuel J. Coskery
Edward L. Damruch
Thomas N. Blukevich
Pasquale Ferrugano
John Fraso
Tony Frisco
Charles Germain
Phillip H. Goss
Harry Gould
Charles J. Hogan
Edward Roscoe Killion
Joseph A. Lacey
Oclide Lavelle
Armand Lemieux
Lawrence R. Loveland
Harold McDonald
Edward L. McFadden
Charles F. McLean
Lawrence J. McNamara
Freddie B. Moreau
Joseph Nuzzsky
Daniel J. O'Leary
George W. Russell
Frank St. John
Elwin A. Sheldon
Charles J. Sheridan
Frank N. Sincoski
George H. M. Thompson
Aaron Torsian
Merwin H. Tuttle
Pater Viola
Alfred S. Yaffe
Raynal Cawthorne Bolling
R. C. Bolling
Phillips
Paris
Demand for Silver Again Stimulated
The New York market reports that the government's plan to melt hundreds of millions of silver dollars and fix a price of 1.00 per ounce has renewed demand. Silver rose from about 91 3 8 cents two weeks ago to 99 1 4 cents today as India and China drive purchases, with volatile moves since the war began.
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New York
Treasury
Treasury Department
India
China
Manning's Son Enlists for Army Service
Vivian M. Manning, seventh son of Governor Richard S. Manning, will sell his business in Greenville and enter the United States Army as a private, he announced today in Greenville, D. C. April 22.
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Manning
Greenville
D. C
Vivian M. Manning
Richard S. Manning
United States
Americans Down Two Low Flying German Planes
In France near Ziecheprey northwest of Toul on April 22 American machine gunners shot down two German planes during a German attack. Signal corps crews repaired wires under bombardment while ambulances carried wounded. Salvation Army workers left front dugouts as shells burned the town, cheered by soldiers on retreat.
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France
Ziecheprey
Toul
Signal Corps
No Man’s Land
Salvation Army
McAdoo Hoarseness Alters Liberty Loan Plan
Washington reports that Secretary McAdoo’s Liberty Loan speech could not be released on wax records because he spoke with a severe cold. Manufacturers had planned to push the hoarse recording as a patriotic tool, but declined to reproduce it.
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Washington
McAdoo
German ace Baron von Richthofen killed in Somme battle
London reports Captain Baron von Richthofen, the famed German aviator, has been shot down in the Somme valley. His body will be buried with military honors. Since Boelke's death in 1916 he stood as Germany's most prominent pilot, recently cited with his 78th aerial victory. He led the flying circus with a circular formation and was honored by Emperor William with the Order of the Red Eagle.
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London
Baron von Richthofen
Reuters
Somme
Boelke
von Richthofen
War Office
William
Order of the Red Eagle
Two California Towns Wrecked by Earthquake Stimulate Wage Talks
After a major quake hit San Jacinto and Hemet, Riverside County, workers in the city street and sanitation departments pushed for higher pay before June. Council committees debated funding and legality while police and fire crews faced shifts and potential new hires as damage spread to nearby towns and cities.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Jacinto
Hemet
Riverside County
Here
California
Frank E. Darnell
Santa Monica
Darnell
Washington Building
Spring Street
Currier
San Bernardino
Perris
Fresno
Phoenix
Seligman
Milford
Utah
Bomb Found in Life Building in New York
A bomb weighing twelve pounds and measuring a foot by six inches was found in the doorway of the Life Building at West 31st Street. Owen Egan, inspector of the bureau of combustibles, called it one of the most dangerous devices he has examined. The device was wrapped in a Philadelphia newspaper dated April 21.
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New York
Owen Egan
Bureau of Combustibles
Life Publishing Co
Life
West 31St Street
Philadelphia
Food ship ments go to Belgians
Food shipments to Allied civilian populations will be suspended for 10 days to move three million bushels of grain to the Belgians in desperate straits. In Chicago, the fifth week of jury selection for 118 I W W members on espionage act charges began, with hopes a jury could be sworn in this week.
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Washington
Chicago
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