Americans Fight On German Soil In New Sector Near Swiss Border
American troops in a fresh sector near the Swiss border endure heavy shelling as German forces attack positions on the Western front. Signal Corps men kept rear communications intact despite wires breaking, with no American casualties reported.
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Lynerican
Ing
Gersoll
Washington
Sec
Ndo
Signal Corps
St. Mihiel
Ndes Dames
Washington abandons hope of separate Austria peace shifts war mood
Washington officials say Austria is beyond wooing from Germany and a separate settlement. Czernin’s threats to Romania draw condemnation as the United States braces for a tougher war stance. Russian events spur resolve, while Germany presses near East moves for conquest. Finn S Nuortege accuses Germany of collusion with Finland’s reactionaries.
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Washington
Austria
Germany
Czernin
Rumania
Hungary
Romania
West
Russia
Near East
S. Nuortege
Finland
Junkers
R PENTER S STRIKE AT BRUNSWICK YARDS
Brunswick Ga March 9 Work at a prominent shipyard was completely tied up this afternoon as 750 union writers walked out after a dispute between the company and the men over discharge protests. The strike halted work on wartime contracts.
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Iunswick
Aternoon
Sherod
Mets
FERSON'S CASE AND POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL ACTION
An incomplete report notes Major Peterson at Camp Jackson with an MBE claim and possible transfer to civil authority if the Department refuses. Solicitor Norris cites unread telegrams as officials withholds answers. Case set for March 15. Also reports a failed March raid against Boisprectre involving Keillon and Lepricourt.
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K.ialeigh Ni
E. Norris
Wilson
Er Peterson
Camp Jackson
Norris Cories
Ory
Ston
Ons
Sérman
Ratas
Boisprectre Wets Keillon
Lepricourt
Smallpox Patient Goes on Rampage at Pest House
Mobile Alabama March 9 a Theodore resident A C Anderson armed with a hoe raged through the Mobile county pest house injuring Dr S F Hale and threatening inmates He tried to start a fire and was subdued after a half hour by six officers He now lies under guard in the county jail ward.
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Mobile
Ala
A. C. Anderson
Theodore
Mobile County
S. F. Hale
Anderson
Hale
Outlook gloomy for river money in Cape Fear plan
A Wilmington booster party met General Goethals about a Fort Caswell camp and discussed extending the Wilmington Brunswick and Southport Railroad. They urged Senator Simmons to push a larger Cape Fear river appropriation, but he warned hikes would be difficult though pledged effort to secure funds.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Wilmington
North Carolina
Col. Walker Taylor
H. C. McQueen
M. W. Devine
M. J. Corbett
Fort Caswell
Europe
General Goethals
Goethals
McAdoo
Wilmington, Brunswick & Southport
Simmons
Commerce Committee
Congress
Cape Fear
House
Cape Fear River
Board of Engineers
Grand Duke Michael Arrested in Petrograd Plot
Petrograd, March 8. Grand Duke Michael, brother of the former Czar, was arrested after a German plot to restore the monarchy. Several Russian officers and Georgian Cavaliers were seized. The Grand Duke is held at Smolny institute. his exact role remains unclear.
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Petrograd
Michael
Smolny Institute
The Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich in Scandal Rich Years
The Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich is forty, ten years younger than the Czar. For a decade before the war his name led Europe's royal scandal, with two morganatic marriages both annulled. Michael frequently opposed German influence within the Russian Imperial family.
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Michael Alexandrovitch
Czar
Europe
Michael
Japan May Decide on Siberian Intervention Soon
Washington reports indicate Japan is eager to join World War I in Siberia. Officials expect an early decision communicated to the United States before any intervention. Japan’s strengthened army and German threat warnings are seen as steps toward possible action, with Britain possibly approving if necessity is shown. The State Department notes no troops landed yet and would require notice before any move.
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Washington
Japan
Siberian
United States
Siberia
Lord Cecil
Lenine
Germany
Trotsky
Tokio
State Department
Fifteen Killed in Theatre Collapse at Winchester
Ad vices report fifteen killed and more than 100 injured when the walls of an adjoining building collapsed onto a moving picture theatre in Winchester Kentucky. Rescuers work to remove victims from debris as the tragedy unfolds.
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Louisville
Winchester
Motor truck parcel post routes announced for North Carolina
The Post Office Department confirmed a network of motor truck parcel post routes to begin in North Carolina. Routes include Raleigh to Cheraw, Winston-Salem to Charlotte, Statesville to Concord, Greensboro to Salisbury, Lynchburg to Salisbury, Charlotte to Camden, and Camden to Columbia. Distances range from 50 to 125 miles.
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Washington, D. C
United States Postoffice Department
North Carolina
Post Office
Post Office Department
Motorized Parcel Post
Raleigh
Cheraw
S. C
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Statesville
Concord
Greensboro
Salisbury
Lynchburg
Camden
Columbia
Nine Die in Paris Raid as Enemy Forces Attack
Nine persons were killed and 39 injured in last night's raid on Paris. Between 10 and 12 enemy squadrons attacked, approaching via the Oise and Mare valleys. Sixty one French airplanes rose to meet them and stopped most before they reached the city. Bombs dropped caused little damage. French aircraft bombarded enemy camps during the raid.
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Paris
Oise
Mare
Pershing’s Forces Reach New Front Sectors on Alsace Frontier
German staff faces a two front threat as American troops push into Southern Alsace near the Swiss border and other fronts. Von Hindenburg reports Americans at extreme and intermediate sectors, complicating German reserve concentrations while Russia’s Bolshevik leadership wavers. Berlin’s Finland and Romania policy signals shakier allies as Japan aligns with western democracy on Siberia.
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New York
General Pershing
Alsace
Rhine
von Hindenburg
Rumania
Finland
Black Sea
Teutonic
Dobrudja
Romania
Bulgaria
Ger
Shipping Board reports January February ship completions rise
Washington March 9 31 ships 190400 tons completed in January and February for Americas merchant fleet with 35 more totaling 220951 tons planned for this month Officials say the ship building program has hit its stride and focus turns to finishing more than 700 government yards under operation 77 ships are entirely new since April 1917 Yard reforms are anticipated as deadwood is removed and Seattle caulkers resist imports until work proceeds Officials pursue patrotic cooperation to push wooden ship completion.
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Washington
America
Shipping Board
United States Shipping Board
Hurley
Seattle
Piez
Debate Over Publishing Casualty Lists Divides Press Officials
Washington reports dispute with France over printing home addresses in casualty lists. War Department says next of kin will be notified. 16 dead and 40 wounded in latest release. Lists aimed at informing relatives but feared aiding the enemy.
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Washington
War Department
Pershing
Department
Public Information Committee
France
March
Presd
Committee On Public Information
New
Next of
Harry C. McHenry
Dean Parish
Walter J. Porseid
Albert E. Foschler
Edward Nash
Glen Ed. Pederson
Clifford J. Worden
Donald H. MacRae
James W. Wedding
Asaac Davis
Bryan Kan Raiden
Guy O. Worsley
John F. Ellis
Russell L. Selix
Elemer James McDonough
Alva F. Eaton
Alex. W. Terrell
Mofford T. Breese
Marvin Dunn
Lewis Allyn Simons
Lewis E. Deitz
Raymond L. Closson
Dan P. Bracelin
Fred A. Pintz
Marrell B. Risson
Robert L. Clausen
Ira J. Rogers
William T. Smith
Ray C. Walden
Arthur M. Shorten
Jerry Nichultz
John «. Womacka
Emil F. Kraft
Louis Holmes
Lawrence Wettell
Joseph Cuchowski
Fred
Glenn H. Pak
Albin Dernek
Archie R. Kindig
C. W. McLaughlin
Charles Daniélson
Walter G. Smith
Otto M. Swanford
Kenmore Thorsen
Harvey A. McPheak
John A. Bender
John McGurl
Raymond Quinlan
Nicholas
George Adelbert Ward
William Fiyall
Dock Maxwell
Joseph H. Tremblay
Samuel Torance
Prohibition Fight Nears Climax In New York Legislature
Albany March 9 The New York State Senate will hold hearings Monday on two dry bills one for wartime prohibition and one for a constitutional dry amendment. Ratification of the federal prohibition amendment also looms. Governor Whitman plans a veto and favors a referendum. Dry supporters claim 24 Senate votes of 26 needed, and 78 in the assembly.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Senate
Whitman
Assembly
Senator Gough Named to State Prison Board
Governor Bickett appoints Senator Frank Gough of Lumberton to the State Prison Board to succeed C. B. Armstrong of Gastonia who has resigned. Gough served in the 1917 upper House.
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Raleigh
N .C
Bickett
Frank Gough
Lumberton
State Prison Board
C. B. Armstrong
Gastonia
Gough
Madrid strives to form new Spanish cabinet after resignation
King Alfonzo has entrusted Garcia Piie with reconstructing the cabinet in Madrid. The resignation of the cabinet was announced yesterday, signaling a government shakeup and a new lineup to be formed under Piie’s supervision.
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Madrid
Alfonzo
Garcia Piie
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Praatdert
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