Anglo French break German offensive in Flanders
Reports declare a complete Anglo-French victory as German divisions battered the Allied front near Ypres. French hold Locre securing ground guarding Mount Rouge while British and Belgian lines repel attacks from Voorst, Veurne, and Loere as heavy casualties mount on the German side.
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Flanders
Ypres
Channel
Locre
Naee
la Clute
North 1
Somme
Amiens
Villers-Breton
Rotary Club to honor Frank Mulholland with lunch
Frank Mulholland former president of the International Rotary Club will speak at the Academy of Music Thursday at 8 p.m. on the war. A luncheon in his honor will be served at the Y M C A banquet hall at noon, with a committee to meet his train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mulholland
International Rotary Club
Academy of Music
Rotary Club
Mulholland
Chautauqua
Hicks
Chautauqua Force
Washington men buy control of Evening Dispatch
Parker R. Anderson Sidney Bieber and Frank P. Morse acquire controlling interest in the Dispatch Publishing Company from Thomas W. Davis W B Cooper and James O Reilly. New officers are Parker Anderson president manager Sidney Bieber secretary treasurer and Frank P Morse vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch Publishing Company
Parker R. Anderson
Sidney Bieber
Frank P. Morse
Washington, D. C
Thos. FE
W. B. Cooper
T. W. Davis
James O. Reilly
Parker Anderson
Dispatch
Anderson
Grolina
Bieber
Washington, DC
Morse
Washington
Washington Post
Wilmington
Thos. W. Davis
Jas
Owen Reilly
Thos
E. Cooper
Sharp Division III Rotary Club on School Bonds
Rotary club luncheon at the YMCA reveals deep division over a school bond measure. President J C Williams voices opposition to taking a stand without Board of Education backing, citing future generations and rising material costs. Other members cite tax burdens, education funding needs, and proposed salary increases for teachers.
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Sharp Division
Rotary Club
Rotary
J. C. Williams
Board of Education
Williams
Roger Moore
Newcomb
Marsden Bellamy
Roger
Louis T. Moore
C. Covington
Louis Moore
Gary
Bellamy
Thomas D. Meares
Club
Liberty Loan subscriptions surge across districts in final canvass
Treasury reports total subscriptions of 2.4034 billion dollars with a 120.14 million rise. Atlanta district, previously lowest, jumps about 20 million. Cleveland district adds 26 million. Kansas City exceeds quota by 19 percent. Chicago district tops in number of subscribers.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury
Atlanta
Cleveland
Kansas City
Chicago
Casualty List Reveals 58 Names With Two Captains Died
Washington April 30. The casualty list shows 58 names across categories. Captains Jett and Chambers are noted as killed and died of pneumonia, with several lieutenants wounded and others missing.
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Caputin Jett
Chambers
Washington
Wise Ueee
Richard Laurence ‘Jett
Charles A. Chambers
Robert D. Coys
Rufus B. Crain
Francis Worthington Hine
Department
Thomas J. Mooney
John W. Morris
Richard Laurence Jatt
Werbert G. Raymond
Elridge Cope
William W. Washington
Orris Pearl Madgett
Preston Noel
Clarence Everett Brown
James Bates
Ray L Sieber
Thomas J. Curtin
Gerald 8. Patton
Michael F. Davis
Leonard F. Sylvia
John Levi Smith
Robert D. Coye
Frank M. Gannon
Burpee Weat, Jr
George Zebrosky
William Brown
Thomas E. Parris
Albert O. Abraham
John R. Barrett
Charles R. Clinkenbeard
Thomas J. Corrigan
George W. Currier
Lloyd E. Devel
George H. Dustin
John F. Egan
Wilfred T. Foster
Gordon E. Fuller
Donald
Louis J. Wolfe
Philip Wright
Morton C. Higgins
Arsene Bergeron
Jesse M. King
British Casualties for April Reported in World War I
The April total reaches 52 475 with 1 621 officers and 7 723 men killed or died of wounds and 7 447 officers and 35 684 men wounded or missing. The March tally stood at 14 090, the smallest in months, while France and Belgium fighting shows a marked April rise.
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London
France
Belgium
Holland and German not yet fully agreed on transport
Amsterdam reports Germany demands control of Limbourg Railway shipments to Antwerp and rights to move foodstuffs from Antwerp plus renewed sand and gravel treaties. The Vossische Zeitung says Holland yielded to pressure, but the Hague and Berlin reports conflict with no official confirmation.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Holland
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Limbourg
Antwerp
The
Hague
London Daily Mail
Contracts Let For Army Shoes In Overseas Use
Washington on April 30 reports contracts awarded for 3,500,000 pairs of metallic fastened field shoes for overseas use at about 7.75 dollars per pair and for 900,000 pairs of field welt shoes at 6.50 dollars per pair.
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Washington
Eastern Front Predictions and Russia Disorder Report
German advances threaten Ypres and Mont Kemmel while French and American troops watch the Picardy front. Berlin suspects Russian monarchist unrest with Milukoff Juchkoff Rodzienkoff and Alexieff aiding a restoration. Viborg falls to government forces near Petrograd after Red Guards resist. White Guards retreat.
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Hangard
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
Petrograd
Germans Suffer Their Bloodiest Defeat in New Front
London reports that the Germans endured a disastrous defeat in the battle to take the hills above Mont Kemmel. Allied artillery and infantry repelled repeated assaults as German forces, possibly 18 divisions, faced the fiercest fire yet of the war with both British and French wings steady and unbroken.
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Flanders
Vss
Volprest
Voor
Tf Loere
Voor ™Steele
Loere
Ailleul
Zillebeke
Plat
London
Mont Kemmel
Ypres
Emperor of Austria Starts a Peace Move
Stockholm reports the Catholic International Press Agency says Emperor Charles of Austria is making a fresh peace offer to Italy. The Basel dispatch notes the move could follow a failed German campaign but calls for confirmatory news before belief.
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Stockholm
Catholic International Press Agency
Basel
Charles of Austria
Italy
Switzerland
Paris
Eight Thousand Men Reach Camp Jackson
In Columbia South Carolina on April 30 over eight thousand selectmen have arrived at Camp Jackson. The arrival marks part of a five day movement that began last Friday, with nearly ten thousand men expected to arrive in the period.
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Columbia
S. C
Camp Jackson
Bellamy Endorsed to Succeed Dortch in U S Marshal Post
George E. Bellamy of New Brunswick County has been urged by friends to be named United States Marshal in the event of Col. W. T. Dortch's resignation to run for Congress in the Third District. Bellamy said he would consider the appointment if Senators Simmons and Overman back him. Allan J. Maxwell of Raleigh is also mentioned, though his aides say he prefers his current duties.
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George E. Bellamy
New Brunswick County
Simmons
Overman
Wilmington
North Carolina
Col. Dortch
Washington
Congress
Allan J. Maxwell
Raleigh
Corporation Commission
Mr. Maxwell
City Baseball League Opens Season With Double Header
The City Baseball League starts its season this Saturday with a two game set at Robert Strange Playgrounds. The first game is in the early afternoon followed by a second game immediately after. No admission is charged and all are invited to witness the exhibitions.
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City Baseball League
Robert Strange
New York Subscribes Record Third Liberty Loan Total
New York reports $587,700,000 subscribed to the Third Liberty loan in the second reserve district. The committee announced an overnight gain of $23,510,000.
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New York
Names named for Whirlwind Finish team captains
J B Rice A O Schuster C L Dickinson Van LeurEn J A Orrell L T Moore H B Branch George Hennett W W Love E G Hancock and William Struthers Jr named as captains to lead the Whirlwind Finish of the third Liberty Loan campaign. Inauguration Wednesday afternoon with remaining week activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Rice
A. O. Schuster
C. L. Dickinson
van Leuren
J. A. Orrell
L. T. Moore
H. B. Branch
George Hennett
W. W. Love
E. G. Hancock
William Struthers, Jr
Liberty Loan
Central Committee
People’s’ Sayings Bank
New Hanover County
Three Chincha Sailors Die As Submarine Fights
Three crew members of the American steamer Chincha were killed when a submarine fired on the ship during combat on March 21. The Chincha returned fire, about 30 shots were fired, and one shot struck the aft, killing Seaman A S Edwards of Augusta Georgia. The armed guard was previously praised by Secretary Daniels for its actions when the Chincha escaped a submarine on January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
A. 8S. Edwards
Augusta
Daniels
Methodist Extension Board In Session Atlanta April 39
The Board of Church Extension of the Southern Methodist Church met in Atlanta to prepare its quadrennial report. Total receipts for the past four years reached 2 335 144 dollars, with loan fund capital near 1 106 326 dollars, and major church building aid totaling 1 244 churches and 566 parsonages. Applications for loans and donations totaled 458 221 and 226 030 dollars respectively, with 424 966 dollars available for appropriations. Bishops McCoy and Key planned to attend the conference as others arrived.
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Atlanta
Board of Church Extension
Southern Methodist Church
W. F. McMurray
Louisville
James McCoy
Birmingham
Joseph Key
Sherman
Texas
The
College of Bishops
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Cermans
Frank Mulhollad
Academy
Evening Dispatch
Parker R. Anderson and Associates
T. E. Cooper
J. O. Reilly
P. R. Anderson
S. Bieber
F. P. Morse
Emperor OF
Austria
Dortch
Whirlwind Drive
Chincha
Methodist Extension Board
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