President Wilson Endorses Democrats in Letter to Underwood
President Wilson released a letter to House Majority Leader Oscar W. Underwood praising Democratic achievements and outlining the next session’s program. He argues the party is the best instrument to advance reform, expand the merchant marine, and conserve resources amid a time of national efforts and foreign policy challenges.
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Earthquake Hits Greece. Thebes Devastated and Thousands Buried
A dispatch from Athens reports hundreds buried under Thebes ruins as cities across central Greece endure severe earthquake damage. Shocks were felt in Athens and Peloponnesus with widespread destruction, railway stations damaged, and tents rushed to assist displaced residents.
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Hopatia
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Peloponnesus
Cyclades
Euboea
Ionian Islands
British casualty list grows with Sept to Oct totals
An official report from General Frenea lists British casualties from September 12 to October 8. It records 5561 officers and men killed wounded or missing, including 51 non commissioned officers and men killed, 149 wounded, and 535 missing. The Royal Scots Royal Irish and East Surrey regiments suffer heavy losses with East Surreys Kings Own Scottish Borderers and Somerset light infantry prominent among the missing.
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Frenea
War Office
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Royal Irish
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East Surreys
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Somerset Light Infantry
Electrically Fatal Accident Claims Three Near Rockvale
Ernest Jones aged 24 was electrocuted while moving a house under charged wires in Rockvale Colorado on October 18. He climbed the roof and a wire fell across his neck killing him instantly as it snapped. A section struck a team of horses nearby and killed both animals.
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Giant war battles labeled as incidents amid German attack
Allies report German assault on St Die repulsed with heavy casualties. Front lines indicate ongoing heavy combat as armies clash across the region.
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Allied Victories in Heavy Engagements Reported From Headquarters
In northern France and Belgium the British official press bureau states Germans have been driven back over thirty miles. An Amsterdam dispatch notes German evacuation of Courtrai but retention of Lille. French and British reinforcements face German right wing as Armentieres is recaptured and Arras area sees a night advance. Field Marshal French reports heavy British losses. Believed Allied gains include Servian successes and Turkish tensions rise with North Carolina relief ship concerns. Canada plans maintain 30,000 in training with 33,000 volunteers at Salisbury Plain. additional 30,000 to train.
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Allies claim French forces retake Armentieres in Dunkirk area
Paris dispatch reports French troops recaptured Armentieres, a key rail hub near Lille, and repelled a German crossing attempt at the Yaer river. Allies also advanced north of the La Basse canal and along the Arras–Oise front, while German reinforcements mass for a renewed push toward Calais or other sectors.
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