German Forces Close In on Moscow As War Rages
Dispatches from London report German troops nearing Petrograd and advancing toward Moscow along the Baltic coast and from Pskov and Dvinsk. Bolshevik evacuation has shifted the capital to Moscow, with Petrograd possibly to become a free port. German gains threaten the Gulf of Finland and key Baltic ports, while Western front activity declines aside from heavy bombardments and increased aerial combat.
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Narva
Pskov
Dvinsk
London
Moscow
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Mosco
Petgrad
Gulf of Finland
Finland
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Black Sea
Russia
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Armentier's
Cambrai
Champagne
Verdun
Vosges
Entente
Mannheim
Germany
Toul
Hells
Ainment
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Luneville
Id Toul
Baker
German spy ring was only a love affair
Investigators determine the four New York arrestees linked to a suspected German spy ring are undesirable citizens, not spies. A Washington diplomat affair exposed the case, with names Madame Despina Davidovitch Storch Madame Elizabeth Charlotte Nix Baron Henri De Belville and Count Robert De Clairemont.
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Washington
Department of Justice
New York
Despina Davidovitch Storch
Elizabeth Charlotte Nix
Baron Henri de Belville
Count Robert de Clairemont
German Advance Into Russia Signals Potential Peace Offer
Washington reports that German forces push toward Petrograd and Moscow despite Brest-Litovsk. Officials see a likely aim to secure Russian resources for a future peace plan, possibly restoring Alsace Lorraine to France and evacuating Western fronts. Some fear recruitment of Russian peasants by Germany, while others doubt a broad move.
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Alsace-Lorraine
France
Belgium
Great Britain
First American Military Crosses Awarded
General Pershing approves the first new American Military Crosses for extraordinary heroism to Lieutenant John O. Green Sergeant William Norton and Sergeant Patrick Walsh. Green refused surrender after being wounded, Norton killed an assailant while protecting a logbook, Walsh led a dash after their captain was killed and attacked a superior force.
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France
Persning
John O. Green
William Norton
Patrick Walsh
Green
Norton
Walsh
Hough
Pershing
Cotton Crop Totals Decline After October Frost Milestone
Washington reports last season’s cotton production at 11,285,999 equivalent 500-pound bales, down from 11,449,930 in 1916 due to mid October frost. linting through March shows 829,019 bales. early estimates had exceeded 12 million, with state ginning totals listed for Alabama to Virginia and Sea Island by state.
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Census Bureau Today
Department of Agriculture
Sea Island
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Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Americans Rain Gas Shells on German Works
American artillery on the Toul front bombarded German positions with gas shells in the past day. Four attacks silenced the enemy, with air and anti air actions nearby. Patrols crossed lines at two points while both sides fought with 37 mm guns and heavy explosions reported at La Hayville.
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France
Toul
Montsec
Richecourt
Luneville
Russian Warships Escape Germans at Odessa
A dispatch from American Consul Summers in Moscow reports Russian warships escaped from Odessa to Sevastopol as Germans occupied the port. The note follows Berlin claims that ships were seized when the city fell.
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Washington
Odessa
Se Topol
State Department
Summers
Mosw
Berlin
Pitts Boys Testify In Their Own Defense
Garfield Pitts testifies in a murder trial claiming he was at Glen Alpine station when Dr. E B A Hennessee was shot and denies involvement. He cites past enmity with Tennessee and says he fights only in self defense. He says he heard shots and later returned to his store.
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N. C
Garfield Pitts
EB. A. Hennessee
Glen Alpine
Aaron Wiseman
Aaron
Pitts
Tennessee
Hennessee
Garfield
Narrow Escape for Baker Near Front Lines
Secretary Baker and his party rode toward the front when a German 105 millimeter shell exploded within 40 yards of their car. The group emerged uninjured and Baker spent an hour and a half in a front line trench under shell fire. He visited an advanced listening post and spoke with officers and men.
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France
Baker
Germans Seek Publicity in Planned Western Front Conferences
Zurich March 20 reports Koelnische Zeitung that German headquarters staff plan conferences in Cologne Berlin Karlsruhe Hanover and Leipsic with leading newspapers to ready the German press for large scale operations on the Western front.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Koelnische Zeitung
Cologne
Berlin
Karlsruhe
Hanover
Leipsic
French War Cross Recipients Signal Allied Valor
Lieutenant Green and Sergeants Norton and Walsh receive the French war cross. Norton and Walsh were decorated personally by Premier Clemenceau on March 2. Green, wounded by shell fire, and Norton honored for bravery in battle near dugouts and in the Toul sector. Walsh, a Chicago native and Regular Army veteran, led a detachment after his captain fell and served as orderly to Secretary of War Baker during the Paris visit.
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Norton
Walsh
Clemenceau
Arkansas
Chicago
Toul
Sergeant Walsh
General Pershing
War Baker
France
Kores Signs with Louisville Club from Nashville
Arthur Kores, third baseman, has been secured by the Louisville American Association Club from Nashville of the Southern Association, in a move announced in Louisville Kentucky.
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Kores
Louisville
Arthur Kores
Louisville American Association
Nashville
Southern Association
Aviator Killed as Plane Falls at Kelly Field
First Lieutenant Walter J. Johnson 22 of Belleville Illinois was killed when his aircraft plunged 1500 feet at Kelly Field San Antonio Texas on March 20.
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San Antonio
Texas
Walter J. Johnson
Bellesville
Ill
Kelly Field
Bolsheviks Face Evacuation Pressure as Moscow Under Threat
Reports from Petrograd say Bolsheviks plan to abandon Petrograd if needed while Moscow’s fate grows uncertain. Teutonic forces push eastward, fueling fears of isolating Moscow and possibly relocating the government to Nizhni Novgorod or Saratoff. Meanwhile Russia seeks Entente support and denies arming German prisoners. Pershing awards American military crosses for heroism. Germans deploy mustard gas balls dropped on American troops near Toul with no serious injuries.
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Moscow
Nizhni Novgorod
Saratoff
America
Russia
Siberia
Pershing
Toul
No Consistory Deferred by War Says Pope Benedict
Rome March 20 Pope Benedict announced there will be no consistory while the war continues. The last consistory occurred before Italy's entry, amid plans to create two cardinals one German and one Austrian. Travel and diplomacy complications make a Rome ceremony unlikely.
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Rome
Benedict
Italy
Uprising Reported in Beluchistan Causes Casualties
London reports uprisings by natives in Beluchistan have led to fighting with many casualties. Attacks on British posts were repulsed completely as punitive measures are undertaken.
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London
Beluchistan
India Office
Onslow Man Gassed in Casualty List
Ottawa March 20 P G Grant of Sneads Ferry North Carolina serving with Canadian overseas forces has been gassed according to today s casualty list.
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Ont
P. G.G. Grant
Sneads Ferry
N. C
Canadian Overseas Forces
Holland Replies in Shipping Talks Expected Tonight
Washington reports Holland’s reply in shipping negotiations is on the cables and expected to arrive before night, the government was advised today.
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United States
Washington
Holland
Unacceptable Conditions on Dutch Shipping Demands
London reports Dutch foreign minister conditions for accepting allied demands on Dutch shipping seem unlikely to be approved by the governments. A Reuters dispatch from The Hague notes a possible concession that would drop insistence on arming Dutch vessels.
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London
Hague
Property Recovered by Police Tied to Gribbin Home
Police recovered items from Moses Sharpless and a man named John Johnson after viewing the articles at the Gribbin residence. The plain clothes officer Coleman noted the items likely belonged to the Gribbins and police still hold that the property was stolen. Johnson and Sharpless are detained pending further investigation.
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Gribbin
Moses Sharpless
Johnson
Coleman
P. E. Gribbin
Sharpless
Senator Broussard In Critical Condition In New Iberia
In New Iberia Louisiana March 20 United States Senator Robert F Broussard is reported critically ill at his home Two specialists from New Orleans and local physicians earlier this week performed an operation for infusion of blood which they said was successful but complications developed bringing on a serious condition The senator is 54 years old.
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New Iberia
United States
Robert F. Broussard
New Orleans
Senator Broussard
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