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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
9
Washington May 23 Earnest consideration by State Department officials and entente governments on how to help Russia has yet to produce a policy likely to ensure success. President Wilson's interest is noted.
A proposal to create a Russian credit to import agricultural implements metals tools and rail equipment struggles with transport shortages as troop and supply needs tie up cargo space. The Siberian route via the Pacific and the disorganized railway faces White Guard threats and Bolshevik opposition complicating American and Allied aid.
Field Marshal Haig says British and French troops repulsed raids at Aveluy Wood and south of Hebuterne with losses to the enemy. A German machine gun post in Aveluy Wood was destroyed by a local assault. French forces captured a few prisoners and a machine gun north of Bailley and east of Locre. There is nothing further to report.
Italian women donated jewelry and children’s trinkets while men gave coins as the West End held a Washington School hall celebration marking Italy’s third wartime year and supporting the American Red Cross. Lieutenant Vittorio Orlandini urged Italians in the U S to write home showing American solidarity against German propaganda.
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes was found guilty by a federal jury in Kansas City on all counts charging violation of the espionage act. Judge van Valkenburgh deferred sentence and set June 1 for a motion for a new trial after consultations with U S district attorney Francis M Wilson and attorney Seymour Stedman.
The statement says on Wednesday our airplanes continued artillery work photography and bombing. Airdromes used by enemy night flying machines were re attacked with 18 tons of bombs dropped on these billets. Thirteen German machines were brought down in fighting two out of control and one by gunfire. Three British airplanes are missing.
Turmoil in Austrian Silesia grows as anti-government protests spread with Count Larisch among Germans and Czechs opposing the regime. On the front, American airmen reportedly join Lys battles with three machines downed. German raids reach Paris suburbs and an allied hospital is struck. Prague sees renewed disorder with anti-German songs and Wilson cheers.
Allied forces brace for a major German offensive as strategic position and strength in the campaign appear pivotal. The ongoing trial of strength is viewed as potentially decisive for the outcome of the conflict.
The article notes heavy bombardment around Kemmel southwest of Ypres and continued gunfire in the south. It cites a German report of frequent French infantry attacks on the Avre’s western bank, likely local operations aimed at improving positions or disrupting preparations for a larger later battle.
Eighty percent of German batteries active against American positions on the Picardy front have been destroyed by U S artillery since entry into the sector. Aerial photographs confirm direct hits and guns have been used to blow up rear lines dumps and billets while American patrols harass enemy positions nightly.
Ambassador Sharp reported to the State Department from Paris that American aviators and soldiers in trench skirmishes have earned a reputation for courage and resourcefulness. The French press notes fraternal ties between French and English troops and American soldiers who have joined them.
Colonel J. N. Hodges of the American Engineer Corps is awarded the British Distinguished Service Order for services between March 27 and April 3. He is among the first American officers to receive the DSO on the British front.
Advertisement promises removal of freckles with Othine, guaranteed refund if failing. Noting double strength formula and visible improvement after early applications. Claims some light freckles vanish entirely and urges asking for double strength at the local druggist.
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