Americans Trapped Face Helpless Choice Under Fire
Trapped civilians contemplate surrender as shellfire intensifies. Reports describe civilians seeking shelter and mounting pressure on rescuers to negotiate safe passage amid ongoing bombardment.
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Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
1
Believe Sentries Slain in French Clash Report
Army officers detail the capture of twelve men three killed and five wounded in a French front clash. casualty list lists Private Fromas F EN 3Right, Mrs. Mary Irwin, and others, plus numerous wounded and captured or missing soldiers from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fromas F
Slater
Mary Irwin
Premy Strest
Pittsburgh
James
Trench raid traps U.S. troops as Germans force surrender
Washington D C troops captured by Germans after a November 3 trench raid were likely trapped in dugouts and forced to surrender or be killed with hand grenades in lieu of life saving chances. Pershing notes a heavy artillery barrage cutting the line off with eight casualties and prisoners unaccounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Pershing
Can
Hsall
Whrapnal
Editorial lauds Runone participation in world war impact
The Daily prints a eulogistic piece praising American lives offered in the war effort. It argues the conflict reshapes destinies, uniting American interests with Europe and shaping a new world order. Ambassador Page at Edinburgh urges cooperative, not isolated, action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avadop
America
Baga
Europe
Ambasesdor Page
Edinburgh
State of Siege Favored by Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies voted to adopt a revolution and proclaim a state of siege issued by the Sepnative foreign relations envoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janerlo
Chamber of Deputies
Explosion at New Kensington plant kills two workers
Two workmen die and about fifty are injured in an aluminum powder explosion at the United States Aluminum plant in New Kensington near Pittsburgh. An official said the blast was an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Onty
United States
New Kensington
Gee
New York Hotel Showcases Food Campaign Results
Reports from major hotels indicate strong participation in the food administration drive to conserve meat and flour for export to Europe. A leading New York hotel announced securing over a ton of meat and five barrels of wheat flour for shipment, with other hotels reporting similar enthusiasm across the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Food Administration
Sur Alties
Europe
Charles H. Grosvenor Dies at 84 in Athens Ohio
Personal Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, former representative for the Eleventh Ohio district, died at his home in Athens Ohio at age eighty four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Athens, C
European War News From Petrograd To Berlin Front
Russian airmen bombarded Tarnopol and returned safely. German forces withdraw along the Chemin des Dames front. A German warship reportedly sank in the sound after a mine. Thirty thousand German soldiers were killed at the Bainsizza plateau. Cadorna expands reserves toward the Italian front as British and French rush reinforcements. Beersheba Falls to British. Turkish ships attacked at Inada bay. Russian torpedo boats sink a Turkish vessel and destroy two steamers. Geddes claims 46 to 50 percent of German submarines sunk. Kerensky accuses Allies of lacking fleet presence. British merchant ships sunk. top Allied plans to reinforce Cadorna. Udine occupied by Austro-German forces. northern Italy presses toward the Tagliamento.
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Chemin des-Dames
Berlin
Gener Petnin
Laon
la Pere
Batn-sizza
Washington
Cadorna
Tagliamento
Inada Bay
Black Sea
Bosporus
Petrograd War Office
Trussia
Kerensky
Preas
Petrograd
Russia
Alles
Udine
Austro-Germin
Horncd
Tugiimento
Uie Saiement
World events in short form brief for busy readers
Compact world news digest highlights top events for quick reading. Concise items cover politics, economy, disasters, diplomacy, and science with clear, plain language. Each note identifies key players, places, and dates where available for rapid understanding.
U S Teutonic War News From Washington Into France
Secretary Daniels announced after inspecting the marine corps at Quantico that the marines would be the next unit sent to France. The transport Finland was torpedoed but reached a foreign port under her own steam. Eight Ilves were lost and one man is missing. Senators Kenyon and Kendrick slept through an air raid in London.
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Finland
War and Navy Departments
Washington
Pinland
United States
Daniels
America
Secretary of the Navy
Marine Corps
Quantico
France
United States weighs quick session on aiding Italy
Washington considers a special session around November 15 to speed US aid to Italy. The administration would send troops if possible. The US has not declared war on Austria. Gen. Paaquale Tozzi notes Italy alliance, and the State Department pledges aid. Halloween in Washington ends with 100 years of saloon closures. Russell Leffingwell named assistant secretary of the treasury. Liberty loan work continues. The Federal Trade Commission opens access to German patents and copyrights for US citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
United States
Italy
Washington
Austria
America
Paaquale Tozzi
Itaan
State Department
Russell
Leffingwell
New York
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
the Treasury
Federal Trade Commission
Resignation of Dr Karl Muck at Boston Symphony
The resignation of Dr Karl Muck conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, criticized for not playing the Star-Spangled Banner at a Providence concert, was announced in Boston. Theft of foodstuffs valued near $50,000 from Great Lakes Naval Training Station traced to eight suspects, including three petty naval officers and five civilians, now under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Providence
Boston
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
German aims in South America revealed in notes
Notes published in Washington detail German policy in South America. They claim Germany sought to keep workers open to Germany, detach Sie Grande de Sul from Brazil, and cultivate friendly ties with Chile. Count Luxburg, the disgraced German minister to Buenos Aires, reportedly said on August 4 he could achieve these aims and even desired a submarine squadron at Kia Maporal.
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Argentina
Germany
Sie Grande de Sul
Brazil
Chile
South Americ
Count Luxburg
Buenos Aires
da de
Kia Maporal
Washington
Form Home Guard Units Sparked Across Iowa
Des Moines reports state wide efforts to form home guard organizations in Des Moines and 11 other cities including Burlington Cedar Rapids Mason City and Council Bluffs. Infantry three artillery and one hospital battalions planned with 1100 enlisted per company and oath requirements for veterans and reserve service.
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Des Moines
National Guard
Guy Logan
War Department
Burlington
Town City
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Manx City
Council Bluffs
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Fort Madison
Ottumwa
Frank L. Love
Iowa City
Lowe City
Iowa National Guard
Logan
Home Guard
National Army
Reserve
Ntional Guard
Army
Iowans Praise Railroads for Civil War Reunion Trip
Des Moines reports seven hundred Iowa Civil War veterans attended the Vackaburg reunion. Captain J O Stewart, secretary of the Iowa executive committee, said railroads and government provided superb comfort and a welcoming southern reception. The event featured a tent city for 12,000 veterans, vast dining tables, Mississippi troops as waiters, and courteous scouts, with no health issues reported among the group.
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Des Moines
Vackaburg
J. O. Stewart
South
Captain Stewart
Tinois Central
Chicago
State of
Iowa
H. J. C. Bealer
J. C. Palmer
Uucertain
Stewart
Frehold
Grest
Lange
North
Three Men Die In Omaha Car Wreck Near Embankment
Perkine of Sioux City and F A Schick of Omaha were killed when their car skidded and overturned into a fifteen foot embankment in north Omaha. Their bodies were found pinned beneath the vehicle, which was driven by Perkins. A telegram from Perkins' wife, sent from Sioux City, asked him to meet her at the Hotel Martin.
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Bronx City
T. 9
Perkine
Sioux City
F. A. Schick
Omaha
Neb
Perina
Perkins
Loux City
Bar
Martin
Fort Dodge
Ivy Nancy
Sole Nasey
Diaguis
Ira Naser
Hawkeye Troops Safe Rainbow Division Rumor Debunked
A wartime dispatch from Washington states no disaster befell Iowa forces in the east and confirms the Rainbow division and Colonel Bennett's regiment remain safe. Movement details are restricted by the War Department, but reports of torpedoed transports are denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lalegyams
Iowa
New York
Committee On Public Information
Washington
War Department
Bennett
National Guard
Resufta of Flotd Meet Camp Dodge Three Hundred and Fifty Regiment
Results from Camp Dodge report the Three Hundred and Fifty Regiment events with Company G winning the meet on 15 points, Companies M and K tied for second, Company H third with 7 points, Private Baler of H wins the fifty yard dash, Private Simmons of G and Private Henselachwodt take second and third, Companies B, M and G sweep the centipede, G wins the shuttle and three legged races, supply defeated D 12 o during football. Damages for Death of Son Waterloo suit filed for 25000 against Dairy Cattle Congress by John Ames after his 10 year old son Donald died from a fall at the cattle show gate.
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Camp Dodge
San
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
John Ames
Donald
Waterloo man buys multiple Liberty bonds for family
Nick Nelaeneubeg buys a 100 bond for himself and 50 bonds for each child after initial objections from solicitors. The 44th Iowa WCTU convention funds a stereomotor graph for Camp Dodge and a Des Moines home center to aid mothers of bound soldiers. Clear Lake students purchase 100 Liberty bonds, totaling 2500 in one week.
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Waterloo
Liberty Bond
Nick Nellaen
Lows Women's Christian Temperance Union
Camp Dodge
Camp Cody
Iowa
Des Moines
Clear Lake
HR. W. Chehock
Woman and infant die leaping from Muscatine levee
Mrs Clarence Keckler jumped from the Muscatine Mississippi levee with her five month old baby in her arms. Both drowned. The act was believed prompted by an impending divorce from her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Babe
Clarence Keckler
State Economiata Moet Grinnell Meeting Attendance
The Jowatate Association of Economists and Boalologiats held their second annual meeting with a large attendance of delegates from all parts of the state. Instructors from a major educational institution attended. secretary of Gap Gallage is Dead. Cedar Rapids reports Rev Dr H H Maynard, secretary of Cae college, leading a drive to raise the final 15000 of a 100000 endowment for a Bible school. he died in Pittsburgh aged seven.
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Sandita
Oskaloosa
George Lewis
Lester Lamb
Grinnell
State Reform School
Cedar Rapids
State Economiata Moet. Grinnell
Jowatate Association of Economists and Boalologiats
Gap Gallage
H. H. Maynard
Cae College
Cne Bible School
Pittsburgh
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