Secretary Baker in France for front inspection and talks
Secretary of War Baker arrives in France aboard an American cruiser and heads to Paris for meetings with General Pershing. He will inspect American troops at the front between Soissons and Alsace, with aim to review artillery activity and positions, then visit Paris and the troops in the field.
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Baken
Europe
United States
France
General Pershing
Soissons
Alsace
Baker
Paris
Poincare
Clemenceau
Belgium
Kippe
Flanders
Eral
Ypres
Houtholst Forest
Toul
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Bagdad
Euphrates River
Hit
Allenby
Jordan
Jerusalem-Nabulug Read
Jerusalem Road
American Troops in France Carry Out Three Raids
American units in France conducted three raids with several targets hit during a coordinated Saturday night operation. Details remain limited but officials confirmed multiple advances and the engagement involved infantry and support elements.
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France
Americans Raid Lorraine Front In Coordinated Raids
American and French forces carried out two night raids opposite the Lorraine sector. They penetrated the German first line, advanced about 600 yards, and captured prisoners along with large quantities of material and papers. Gas and artillery bombardments preceded the moves and many enemy dugouts were found and destroyed.
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Lorraine
Gerfist
Etvi
Poe
British and German Forces Clash in France and Belgium
Severe fighting along the British and German lines with heavy artillery and counterattacks near Poelderhoek ridge and Holttholst forest. Germans briefly gained six posts before being driven out after bold British counterattacks. A deserter warned of planned German attacks, and a miracle occurred when a British company headquarters survived a direct hit with no officers injured. The day also brought unseasonably mild weather and blooming pussy willows.
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France
Belgium
Poelderhoek Ridge
Holttholst Forest
Houlthost Forest
Houktholst-front
Poelderhoek
Poelderhosk
War Secretary Arrives Abroad Without Harm
The war secretary arrived abroad in Paris today with no attempt to conceal the departure. Officials say the arrival is announced and newspapers are told not to refer to it.
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Paris
Er Cans Holding Tour Trench Points In West
Kington reports March 11 that no decisive shift in the war offensive is shown by the War Department weekly review. Allies press defensively, stringing lines near captured trenches as the sector remains active. The report notes American trench positions about one to one and a half miles from the center front in the Western theater.
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Kington
War Department
Matemeny Con Iines
Mer
Ney Breck
Ameri- Mods
Rts
DS Sweet
Western Front
Investigation Aims at Disease Prevention Methods
Washington reports an inquiry into methods for preventing and controlling communicable diseases, with a focus on electricity and sanitation. The investigation seeks expert recommendations and action plans for public health improvements.
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Washington
American War Secretary Baker Arrives in Paris
Paris reports that Newton D. Baker the American Secretary of War arrived this morning. He was received by General Pershing General Tasker Bliss French officers representing Premier Clemenceau and American Ambassador Sharp. The Secretary's voyage passed without incident.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
General Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Clemenceau
Sharp
Secretary Baker Arrives in France for Military Inspection
Secretary Baker reached France with Major General Diack and aides for an inspection of American armies and talks with military officers. War Department stressed the visit is purely military, not diplomatic, and will cover construction projects behind lines and at American headquarters. Baker sails from the United States around February 27 and will stay long enough for thorough evaluation of forces and discussions with General Pershing.
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Washington
Baker
France
War Department
United States
M. Diack
M. L. Brett
Ralph Hayes
General Pershing
Wilson
Navy Department
Oyster Supper Postponed Due to Family Illness
The oyster supper at the home of Mr. D. Shepard, Middle Sound, scheduled for Wednesday night, has been postponed indefinitely because of illness in the Sherard family. A new date will be announced later.
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D. Shepard
Middle Sound
Sherard
Fire damages roof of small frame house on Campbell Street
Firefighters were summoned to 607 Campbell Street at 11 08 AM to put out a roof fire in a one story frame house occupied by Ella Smith colored and owned by D R Foster. Damage described as slight with a note mentioning sparks from chimney. The cause remains undetermined.
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Campbell Street
Ella Smith
D. R. Foster
Chimmey Wis
Tornado Damage Cuts Across Ohio Rural Districts
Reports say the March tornado caused over a million dollars in damage in Van Wert and Paulding counties. Deaths may total six or seven with five confirmed and several injured. Wrecked telephones and highways delayed details as the storm moved from Van Wert toward Millers City and Deshler. Rural areas bore the heaviest losses with numerous farm buildings destroyed.
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Columbus
Ohio
van Wert
Paulding
Conay
Middle Point
Milles City
Paulding County
Lima
Ottawa
Ti N Mvoy
Miller City
Continental
Hamlet
Deshler
Napoleon
Weather Outlook on the Sound Warms Tonight
Old man winter appears to move on with hints of fair and warmer weather. The Sound shows minor ice in the morning with readings near freezing, while outlying districts report slightly colder readings. A light frost is possible tonight but not expected to be severe or damaging.
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Felger
Bell System Aided War Effort With Government Preference
Theodore N. Vail reports that after the war declaration the Bell Telephone system gave government service priority and trained 12 000 toll operators. Washington and national facilities expanded to meet demand, with 15 000 miles of toll lines and 27 000 miles of telegraph circuits diverted from commercial use. The network supported National Army camps, Navy divisions, aviation fields, and coastal guard lines, including 300 miles of submarine cable and 1 200 miles of land lines.
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New York
Bell Telephone System
United States
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vail
Washington
Postpasien i
National Army
National Guard
Army and Navy
Coast Guard
Naples Bombed by Enemy Aviators This Morning
Rome reports Naples was attacked by enemy aircraft early today. Twenty bombs fell in a residential quarter, killing or wounding several people including seven hospital patients.
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Naples
Rome
Hog Cholera Fight Boosts Farmer Education
Dr. O L Lockwood, USDA veterinary field agent based in Wilmington, conducted preventive hog cholera work across five counties last month. He gave 12 addresses and 14 demonstrations, treated 451 hogs, and advised 153 farmers while reporting strong grower cooperation.
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O. L. Lockwood
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Wilmington
Pershing Reports 41 WWI Casualties in Army List
General Pershing releases a casualty tally: four killed in action four severely wounded twenty one slightly wounded four died of wounds and eight from disease. The list names privates and NCOs by name with ranks and branches in the latest official report.
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Pershing
Washington
Frank J. Osgood
Denniie G. Fillingen
Francisco Disabatine
Otis D. Green
Joe E. Push
John EB. Frayne
Hancel van Hoose
Charles Goodisky
American Woman Killed by Bomb in London Raid
March 11 London reports the deaths of Lena Guilber Ford an American poetess and her three year old son Walter in a German air raid. Twelve people died in the house wrecked along with the Fords. Mrs Ford formerly resided in Elmira New York and wrote Keep the Home Fires Burning. Her mother Mrs Brown of Elmira was badly injured and rescued from the debris.
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London
Lena Guilber
Ford
Elmira
N. Y
Walter
Brown
Nine of Tug's Crew Drowned In Mississippi Collision
New Orleans March 11 Nine members of the crew of a large tug owned by Bisso Town Boat Company were drowned when the tug sank after a collision four miles above Pointe a La Hache Louisiana. Eight crewmen were rescued. No casualty aboard the unnamed steamer was reported. Survivors said signals were misunderstood before the crash in darkness.
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New Orleans
Bisso Town Boat Company
Mississippi
Pointe A-Le Haehe
Tugis
Must Take Better Care of Rosters After Tuscania Sinking
The War Department tightens roster rules after the Tuscania disaster. Units must pre prepare records before embarkation and keep them accessible during the voyage to Europe. Officers must leave service records of men left at embarkation and quickly provide records for any detachments.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
Ten Sterilizing Machines Ready for Overseas Troops
New York reports completion of ten sterilizing machines weighing 8000 pounds each. They are described as the largest disinfecting apparatus ever made and will ship to American forces overseas. The equipment aims to cut typhus fever and other disease risks among troops by sterilizing clothing, effects, and surgical dressings.
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New York
Santa Maria To Sail From Charlottetown To Chicago
The Santa Maria, Columbus's flagship replica, will depart Charlottetown next June for Chicago. Sold under an admiralty court order to satisfy wage claims, she was later resold to Chicago’s South Park Commissioners and will be towed by a U.S. patrol boat to rejoin Nina and Pinta.
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Charlottetown
P. B.I
Santa Maria
Christopher Columbus
Chicago
South Park Commissioners of
United States
Nina
Trotsky Dismissed as Bolshevik Foreign Minister
London reports Trotsky dismissed by Premier Lenin over dispute on German armistice terms. Trotsky claimed duress invalidated promises and Russia must resist, while Lenin argued the treaty must be modified and carried out to avoid repeating Prussian losses.
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London
Leon Trotsky
Lenine
Morning Post
Petrograd
Trotzky
Russia
Prussia
Dr Lemuel J Johnson Trial Delayed in Richmond
The murder trial of Lemuel J Johnson, a Mu sex North Carolina dentist, charged with killing his young wife in Richmond, was postponed today due to an unspecified postponement reason. Authorities had alleged administration of poison in the case.
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Richmond
Lemuel J. Johnson
Mu Sex
N. C
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