Hindenburg Drives in Flanders and Picardy
American troops hold a crucial role as the German drive reaches Amiens. Hindenburg presses a simultaneous big assault in Flanders and Picardy with French British and American forces defending the ten mile front between the Somme and the Avre. British and French resist a wide front northeast of Bailleul while Americans fight near Hangard-en-Santerre.
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Hindenburg
Flanders
Picardy
Amiens
Foth
Petain
Haig
Hangard-en-Santeree
Halles
Avre
Hangard-Santerre
Hainles
Luce
Paris
Hangard-en-Santree
French War Office
Villers-Bretonneux
Hangard-en-Santerre
Ten Mile
Somme
Bailleul
Dranoutre
Wyschaete
Ypres
British Tanks On Front As Amiens Fight Intensifies
Desperate night battles shift to heights east of Amiens with tanks seen on both sides for the first time. British counterattack advances near Villers Bretonneux driving German troops from Aquenne Wood while uncertainty clouds the town area. Reports say British tanks harass infantry in windows as the fight on the ridge continues.
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William Phillip Simms
France
Amiens
Villers- Bretonneaux
Aquenne Wood
Villers
Bretonneaux
Skelf
Americans Aid French Defend Amiens Front
American troops are aiding French forces in defending Amiens. They hold positions south of the Somme and along the Avre with the French as German attacks resumed on a wide front yesterday morning. The battle continues.
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United Pafag
London
Amiens
Somme
Avre
Americans in valiant role in Somme drive
Washington reports Brigades of United States troops fighting with Allies in the Somme sector. American forces are being rapidly integrated as the Allied advance progresses, with battles centered near Villers-Bretonneux. Casualties are expected to rise, but antici pation rests on a broader German setback.
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Washington
Somme
United States
Salaries to be Discussed by Athens County Education Boards
The Athens County Teachers Association executive committee and village and rural boards of education invite members to a Saturday meeting at 10 in the County Superintendent Root's office. They will draft a salary schedule for rural and village teachers for 1918 19 and plan steps to implement it. Over 26,000,000 pairs of shoes have been ordered for the United States army.
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Athens County Teachers Association
United States
Amy
McAdoo Defends Liberty Bond Tour Over Politics
In Albuquerque on April 24 Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo refused to address a Democratic gathering after his liberty loan speech. He said a Democrat or Republican mattered less to him than selling bonds and supporting his three sons in service.
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Albuquerque
N. M
William G. McAdoo
British Increase In Serviceable Guns Post Battle
London reports Winston Churchill announces in Commons that British material losses include 1000 cannon and between 4000 and 56000 machine guns. He states total munitions manufacture is two to three weeks, and that Britain now has more serviceable guns than at the start of the battle. Berlin attributes failed Zeebrugge Ostend attack to hinder German naval operations.
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London
Winston Churchill
Muntions
Commons
Berlin
Amsterdam
Zeebrugte
Ostend
Roosevelt Plans Fight On German Newspapers
New York Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will enter the campaign against German language papers. He promised to attack their circulation at a Lualtanian anniversary meeting on May 7.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Prisoner Blinds Indiana Patrolman in Court Transport
Terre Haute Ind Ed Davis police sergeant was taking Charles Some times from the jail to the courthouse for arraignment on larceny and burglary charges when Some times dashed a chemical in Davis face, nearly blinding him, and escaped. Davis may lose his sight. A Berlin order bans chauffeurs from smoking on duty.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ed Davis
Charles
Davis
Liner St Paul Sinks At Pier In Manhattan
The American liner St Paul sank at Pier 61 foot of West 21st Street after entering from Brooklyn dry docks. No confirmed deaths though several hundred workers aboard. a guard of soldiers and police blocked access while crew checked. The ship, 10 230 tons, length 535 5 feet, beam 63 feet, depth 26 feet, reportedly leaked from open seacocks.
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United
RFESS
New York
St. Paul
21St Street
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dry Docks
Pier 61
North River
West 21St Street
St Paul
Hold Alleged Pro German After Big Fire
Indiana man William Pontius was released after proving he was not near the car shops fire in Vanina Lima Ohio. Secret service arrested Thomas Pletcher of Delphos, an engineer at Lake Erie shops, held for questioning amid a probe. A note mentions a Delphos incident where a man was forced to kiss the American flag.
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United
Vane Lima
William Pontius
Indiana
Secret Service
Thomas Pletcher
Delphos
Lake Erie
Wife of Philippines Governor’s Ex-Wife Sues for Divorce
Mrs Francis Burton Harrison wife of the former governor of the Philippines filed divorce papers in San Diego California alleging cruelty. She has engaged a New York lawyer and Judge Campbell of San Diego to pursue the case. Before marriage in 1907 she was Miss Catherine Judson of Brooklyn.
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Francis Burton Harrison
Philippines
Eae Cate
San Diego
Cal
Harrison
New York
Campbell
Catherine Judson
Detroit Streetcar Strike Ends After Federal Arbitration
Detroit Michigan April 25 The streetcar strike that halted all surface lines for two days ended at noon today with both sides agreeing to federal arbitration. Workers will return to the old wage scale pending federal adjustment. Mrs Henry Ogg Dies In Sand Rock Colorado Aged 60 Passes After Brief Illness. Funeral Sunday at Wilson Chapel Church conducted by Rev Elsco.
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Detroit
Mich
Stret
Henry Ogg
Sand Rock
Mine No 210 Accident Injures Ray McCollins
Ray McCollins aged 18 was badly hurt yesterday around 1 PM at Mine No 210 on Sugar Creek while helping his father George McCollins. A pick struck his hand causing injuries that will keep him from work for at least three weeks.
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Ray McCollins
Sugar Creek
George McCollins
Seven Americans Hold Front Against German Attack
An American lieutenant and six men manned a 700 yard front all day amid a German assault on Leideprey and Remieres Wood. They held their position despite heavy bombardment, with two machine gunners killed at Layon and others defending until reinforcements and aid arrived.
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Henry Wood
Leutenant
Leideprey
Leichprey
Remieres Wood
Layon
Eagles 10 Invite Members for Fraternal Order Tour
Grand Worthy President Dr. Carl G. Winters of Indianapolis arrives with State President Henry Fegley of Delaware and other officers to lecture on F O E matters. They visit Eagles Hall tomorrow evening April 26 at 7 30 with a Friday conference for local and visiting officers. The public is invited to the evening session. Next Sunday April 28 Ames and Bern township and Amesville hold eighth grade commencement at Amenville Presbyterian Church. Count Joseph Szereny named Hungarian premier.
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Carl G. Winters
Indianapolis
Order of Eagles
Henry Fegley
Delaware
E.L. Hyneman
Columbus
Ohio
Chas. Beidenfeld
Murray City
Fuaernal Order of Eagles
Eagles’ Hall
Winters
Eagles
Grace
Ames
Bern Township
Amesville
Presbyterian Church
Amenville
Forty-Nine Casualties Listed by War Department
Washington April 25 war department release shows forty-nine casualties with two killed in action six died of wounds seven of disease two of accident five wounded severely twenty four wounded slightly and one death from a gunshot wound across the latest tally.
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United Papas
Washington
War Department
Germans Demand Road Through Holland for Troops and War Supplies
In The Hague on April 25 and 26 German officials pressed for a Dutch corridor to move troops and war supplies. Foreign Minister Lauder acknowledged the dispute over Dutch sand and gravel as serious. German cavalry appeared along the Westphalia frontier, prompting demands for rapid resolution and free transit through Holland and Belgium.
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Holland
The
Hague
Landstrum
Belgium
Westphalia
Rminm
Germany pressures for supply sanctions to drive West Front decision
Washington reports Germany pressing for supply sanctions as Teuton diplomacy ignores neutrals. A war scenario looms with possible invasion of Holland to reach Belgium, risking Dutch neutrality and raising the danger to neutral ships and colonies.
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Kaiser
Washington
Germany
West Front
Teute
Holland
Belgum
Mollar
Toledo Featherweight Patsy Cronin Dies After Fight
Coroner Hak Jung to investigate the death of Patsy Cronin a Toledo featherweight who died here this morning following a ten round bout with Dowd on Monday night. Investigators will probe possible doping before the scheduled 7 p.m. ring action.
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United
Toledo
Hak Jung
Patsy Cronin
Dowd
Great Shop of Railroad Burned Down in Lima
A fire in South Lima caused over a million dollars in damage as the Lake Erie & Western Railroad shop complex burned from the offices to Main Street. Explosions followed when the blaze reached paint shops. Police deny vice rumors while William Pontius of Cicero Indiana, 35, is held at headquarters after reportedly admitting cigarette use in the mill shop. One fireman was overcome by smoke and treated.
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United Press
Lima
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Main Stree
William Pontius
Cicero
Indiana
Altho
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Joseph Szereny
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