Guerilla Warfare by Bolsheviks Threatens German Advance
The article reports Bolshevik plans to use guerilla warfare if German advances speed, noting talks between Von Kuehlmann and Romania’s Bucharest and Rostov ties. It says German forces meet little resistance on the long line while Austro Ukrainian troops near Kiev, with Trotzky traveling to Dvinsk to seek talks.
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Kiev
Bersin
von Keuhlmann
Grign
Buqarest
Dyinsk
Gulf of Finand
Minsk
Beresina
Napoleon
Moscow
Red Guards
Jericho
Palestine Army
Mediterranean
Jordan
Allenby Ad
Damascus
Dead Sea
New York
Atlantic
Eine Y Lopez
Fall of Jericho Boosts Allenby Position in Palestine
London reports British forces have captured Jericho advancing from Jerusalem under difficult conditions. Allenby now camps along the Jordan with right flank on the Dead Sea and left on the Mediterranean, gaining touch with Arab allies and threatening Turkish rail lines toward Damascus.
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London
Jordan
Reuters
Allenby
Jerusalem
Jericho
Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Damascus
Daily Telegraph
Palestine
Hedjaz
Arabia
Pneumonic Plague Reported in China Local Alarm Grows
Boston reports a Pneumonic Plague outbreak in a Chinese province with authorities noting widespread spread and threats to North China. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions received notices on the matter from various sources.
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Boston
Mass
Mi Province
China
American Board of Comissioner
Ubers
Lava in Kilauea Recedes After Brief Surge
Reports say lava in Kilauea rose 22 feet to crest a ridge then fell three feet, easing overflow danger. The molten flow built up near the ridge with visitors warned by officials that the lava was above their feet at the upper perimeter.
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Pluin
Kileg Tih
Uery
First Graduates of Shipping School
New York February 23 First graduates of the United States Shipping Board training ship Calvin Austin today entered shipboard employment aboard the Austin the first of a squadron of training vessels for schooling American sailors firemen oilers coal passers water tenders cooks and stewards for the nations merchant marine The ship docked to discharge a class of 50 of her 410 apprentices who have qualified for regular service The Shipping Board aims to train 25000 Americans ages 21 to 30 for sea work Apprentices with no sea experience are paid thirty dollars a month while in training and are placed in a deferred draft classification as long as they remain in merchant service
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New York
United States Shipping Board
Calvin Austin
Austin
Shipping Board
Merchant Marine Service
Philippines to float $2,000,000 bond issue in US
Governor General Harrison signs a statute authorizing a United States flotation of a $2 million Philippine bond issue. Proceeds fund construction of the torpedo boat Rizel and a submarine to be donated by the Philippines to aid the American war effort.
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Manila
Harrison
United States
Rizel
Philippines
America
Enfield rifle production soars as war effort expands
Washington reports seven hundred thousand service rifles produced since entry into war, with daily output 9 247 rifles during early February. Government and private plants run at full capacity. 1 300 000 service rifles in hand, 280 000 training rifles, and significant cartridge production. Enfield tests show strong accuracy with new model.
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Washington
United States
Ordance Bureau
War Department
Enfield
Indoor meet at Johns Hopkins hosts 14th annual games
Baltimore February 23. Stars from near and far enter the 14th annual indoor games at the Fifth Regiment Armory under Johns Hopkins Athletic Association. Seven South Atlantic intercollegiate championships decided. Georgia Tech competes with Johns Hopkins in a special one mile relay.
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Baltimore
Fifth Regiment Armory
Athletic Association of
Johns Hopkins University
Georgia Tech
Johns Hopkins
Sixteen Die In Amasa Porter Mine Disaster
Central Falls Michigan February 23 revised figures confirm sixteen men were killed when a bulk head failed letting water and quicksand into the Amasa Porter mine. With more water pressing into the shaft recovery of bodies remains uncertain.
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Central Falls
Mich
Amasa Porter
Rail hearing on livestock through rates postponed to indefinite date
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed the hearing on the National Live stock Shippers' Protective League complaint about railroad failures to maintain through rates to the Southeast. The March 6 session in New Orleans before Examiner Disque was halted, with no new date set.
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Washington
National Livestock Shippers’ Protective League
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Bill Clears Senate and Moves in House Debate
The administration's railroad control bill, backed by the Senate, heads to the House for debate with amendments limited per speaker. It would place government control of railroads for 18 months after the war and create a $500 million revolving fund for Federal operation, with key provisions retained from the Senate compromise.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Calm Petrograd Amid War News Dispatches
London reports show Petrograd residents living normally while officials warn martial law will be mercilessly used. The Russian western army HQ moved to Smolensk as evacuation of Reval port continues slowly and German resistance wanes.
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London
Petrograd
Daily Mail
Petrograde
London Morning
Reuters Limited
Council of the Peoples Commissaries
Exchange Telegraph Company
Regal
Smolensk
Moscow
Cities urged to aid Wilmington shipplant drive
A prominent Wilmington business leader urges inviting other North Carolina cities to support Wilmington’s bid for a shipbuilding plant and related industries. He says state cities will back the port’s expansion, if invited, noting lack of statewide awareness and urging broader outreach.
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Dispatch
Wilmngton
Germans Are Not Making Prisoners In War News
Dispatches from Petrograd report Austro Ukrainian forces nearing Kiev held by Bolsheviks with German troops disarming Russians instead of taking prisoners. Proclamations urge calm. Bolsheviks uneasy as Trotzky allegedly ill. British colony residents seek exit while orders summon exempted Englishmen to ready for six hours notice.
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Kiev
London
Petrograd
Minsk
Moscow
The
Times
Trotzky
Council of Peoples Commissaries
Russia
Cotton Freight Rates Hike Sought By Shipping Lines
The Mallory and Clyde Steamship companies request Inter state Commerce Commission increases up to 50 percent on cotton shipments from South Atlantic and Gulf ports to New York and Boston. Proposals cover upland cotton and cotton linters from Mobile to New York, Georgetown and Wilmington to New York, and Sea Island cotton from Charleston Jacksonville and Brunswick to New York and Boston.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Gulf
New York
Boston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mallory and Clyde Steamship Companies
North Atlantic
Commission
Mallory
Mobile
Clyde Line
Georgetown
S. C
Wilmington
N. C
Compulsory Food Saving Recommended by House Panel
Washington February 23 The House Agricultural Committee backs compulsory food conservation and grants the President power to regulate public eating houses and distribution of foods The report notes voluntary effort has improved saving but a small minority fails to respond It argues shortages require distributing normal supplies evenly and allows the President to control distributor shipments to ease regional shortages
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Europe
United States
Southern League Faces A Scheduling Problem
At the Southern Association spring meeting in Atlanta representatives wrestled with re arranging the 1918 schedule to allow Sunday games for Little Rock. President Allen reported plans for a new baseball park near Camp Pike and promised business backing, adding to confusion over the schedule. An agreement on the issue failed after hours of discussion.
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Atlanta
Southern Association
Little Rock
Allen
Camp Pike Army Training Grounds
Arkansas City
James
Romance of St James Palace Reveals Historic Royal Ties
London report notes St James Palace now houses new government offices born from war. Once a leper hospital site dedicated to St James the Less, it became a palace begun in 1532 with only the gateway, Presence Chamber, and Chapel Royal remaining. The Stuarts favored it and monarchs like James II, Queen Anne, and George II are linked to it. It no longer serves as a royal residence but lends its name to the English court.
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London
St. James’ Palace
St. James the Less
Henry VIII
St. James
James II
Anne
George II
Scottish Troops Carry Out Successful Raid Near Monchy Le Freux
London dispatch notes a successful raid by Scottish troops near Monchy Le Freux. Prisoners were captured and additional captives were brought in by patrols east of Wrytschaets. Hostile artillery was active along the enin road and south of Houtholst forest.
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London
Monchy le Freux
War Office
Wrytschaets
Enin Road
Houtholst Forest
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Mallory and Clyde Lines
South
Southern League
ST. James Palace
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