Battle of Picardy Is On Again Involving Amiens Front
Germans press on in Picardy with gains near Amiens and in the Luce Avre triangle. French and British forces report heavy fighting, heavy rains hindering German troop movements, and a lull as heavy guns and heavier divisions are reorganized. Front reports mention bombardments around Ypres and Moreuil, with French raids near Rheims and Verdun and a Finnish port landings. Armenians recapture Erzerum while 40,000 Germans reportedly reach Hango. Waterville strike ends with painters and paper hangers accepting 45 and 50-cent hourly rates for a 48-hour week.
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Picardy
Rheims
Verdun
Montdidier
Paris- Amiens
Italy
Erzerum
Finland
Hango
French Hold Against Terrific German Drive
Paris April 4 official statement says fighting resumed this morning north of Montdidier with fierce German assaults over a 15 kilometre front from Grivesnes to the Amiens Roye road. About 11 German divisions (roughly 120000 men) were identified by prisoners as attacking. Our troops resisted with courage as German masses were mowed by artillery. Despite repeated efforts they gained only a few hundred metres and held Mailly Raineval Morisel and adjacent heights. Grivesnes remained in our hands after counter attacks and progress. Between Montdidier and Lassigny both sides pressed with heavy artillery activity.
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Paris
Montdidier
Grivesnes
Amiens
Roye
Mailly
Raineval
Morisel
Lassigny
Successes South of the Somme, Says Berlin
Berlin reports four French attempts to recapture heights southwest of Moreuil failed with heavy losses. The German communiqué notes intensified fighting on the western front south of the Somme with fresh German gains as reprisals for French bombardments of Laon shelters, and continued activity near Verdun and Parroy wood.
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Berlin
Moreuil
Verdun
Parroy Wood
Somme
Laon
Rheims
Ormsby Elected President of Tufts Pasteur Club
Edward RB Ormsby was elected president of the Louis Pasteur Club of the Tufts College Medical and Dental Schools at the annual meeting in St. Cecilia Hall. Officers include William Sweeney vice president, John I. Barry secretary, James McLaughlin treasurer, Frank W. Milward publicity secretary, Rev J J McGarry spiritual director, and Ambrose Lynch. The retiring president spoke at the gathering.
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Edward RB
Ormsby
Louis Pasteur Club
Tufts College Medical and Dental
St. Cecilia Hall
William. Sweeney
John I. Barry
Dental
James McLaughlin
Frank W. Milward
J. J. McGarry
Just a Step From Washington Street Wolf's Clothier Ad
Advertisement touts Wolf's Clothier at Hanover and Portland, claiming Boston offers biggest values and legal stamps. Promotes location near Washington Street as a step from the city hub and hints at cost savings and quality in clothing purchases.
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Washington Street
Boylston Street
Tremont Street
Hanover Street
Boston
Wolf's
Corne
Hanover
Portland
Carriage Workers Strike Prolonged With 44-Hour Demand
The Carriage Wagon and Automobile Workers Union No. 9 continues its strike with no settlement in sight. Over 300 strikers paraded outside local carriage and automobile shops, swelling the ranks as demands for a 44 hour work week are upheld. A large demonstration is planned at a mass meeting in Wells Memorial building Sunday afternoon.
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Carriage, Wagon and Automobile Workers’ Union
No. 9
Wells Memorial Building
Efforts to Settle Strike of Painters in Boston
A conference at Young's Hotel between Painters' District Council 41 and the Painting and Decorating Employers' Association of Massachusetts yielded a settlement proposal. The employers' committee presented terms ready for the painters to consider, to be voted on by the men tomorrow.
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Greater Boston
Young’s Hotel
Painters’ District Council 41
Painting and Decorating Employers’ Association of Massachusetts
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