05 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
1
Tremont Temple hosts preliminary rally as Boehm and Birk lead a mobilization drive for loan workers. Arrangements completed for the All-America Parade as a British tank arrives today.
German forces appear to shift effort toward a wedge between France and Britain while attacks surge along the Avre and near Hamel as Allied lines resist. In Boston, a personal solicitation campaign for the third Liberty Loan begins Monday after a mass meeting at Tremont Temple led by Charles.
Brig General William H. Oakes will lead the All-America parade inaugurating the Liberty Loan drive in Boston tomorrow. Local officials urged support as veterans and civic groups joined the event to boost war financing efforts.
Representative J Weston Allen of Newton urged the ways and means committee to support a bill taxing all aliens over 18 years old five dollars annually, including women who earn money.
Washington reports renewed German assaults against British and French lines in Picardy. Observers say Germans may be ready to launch their greatest effort after a brief lull, signaling continuation of a long bitter battle along the western front.
American forces occupy a sector on the Meuse heights south of Verdun as Allied troops tighten grip in France. An enemy raid targeted an American listening post in the sector after a heavy bombardment, according to an Associated Press release.
The raid targeted a scarce, defensible position on the hillside where terrain favored defenders. The enemy bombarded the American first line and trenches before sending a raiding party that swarmed the listening post. American fire from the first and second lines stopped further advance, leaving the attackers with little success amid challenging Meuse heights topography.
In France April 4 by the Associated Press the Stars and Stripes will publish President Wilsons message to officers and men of the expeditionary forces praising their conduct and expressing utmost confidence they will prove to be the finest metal of free men.
Describes ongoing combat with numerous lit dugouts and strong observation posts. Shells echo through surrounding hills carpeted with spring flowers, highlighting a scene of active engagement and visible artillery activity.
Federal agents seized $15,000 worth of morphine from a trunk in the office of Dr. Dennis J. O'Brien in Portland. O'Brien, a 20 year practitioner, had been released on $1,000 bail for a federal grand jury appearance. He faces charges of illegally dispensing morphine and heroin after records showed more than 1200 prescriptions in six months.
German forces numbering over a hundred thousand attacked the French along a ten mile front from Grivesnes to north of the Amiens Roye road. They secured Mailly Raineval and Morisel with French counterattacks making progress at Grivesnes. The big German offensive shift in Picardy continues, with British and French units defending the sector south of the Somme.
The Mexican government decreed lower taxes for businesses listed by the United States as enemies under the trading with the enemy act. Seen in Washington as stemming from German influence, the move follows U S claims of unfair treatment to these firms and may affect economic relations.
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