29 May 1918
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces strike the Aisne front near Paris driving British and French troops back cross the river. They force a Vesie crossing and capture 11 towns as another rapid advance unfolds with strong fighting and momentum.
Washington May 28 final figures on the Second American Red Cross $100,000,000 War Mercy Fund showed the fund oversubscribed by $48,833,367. Receipts yet to come were expected to raise the total to $150,000, as authorities closed in on the final tallies.
American forces attacked a one and a quarter mile front in Picardy and captured the village of Cantigny east of Montdidier. About 200 German prisoners were taken with heavy enemy losses. American casualties were small according to General Pershing's communique released by the War Department.
This morning in Picardy troops attacked along a front of 11 to 14 miles, advanced lines, and captured the village of Cantigny. About 200 prisoners were taken.
Yesterday's baseball results list American League outcomes Boston 1 Chicago 0 Cleveland 3 New York 2 Detroit 4 Washington 2 and National League Boston 6 Pittsburg 2 plus Cincinnati Chicago Rain Eastern League results Bridgeport 4 Waterbury 1 Hartford 6 Worcester 5 Providence 5 New London 2 New Haven 11 Springfield 6. F Gray Co announces men’s Blue Serge suits silk lined fancy worsted and cassimere prices 9.90 14.90 17.90 32.00 at Wash and Hanover Sts.
Railroads face nationwide fare increases ordered by Director General McAdoo with June 10 effective dates. Long journeys and limited trains show rises up to about 40 percent, exemplified by Boston to New York trips on the New York New Haven Hartford line rising from 7.85 to 10.88 dollars.
The article explains the fare for a 230 mile Boston to New York trip rising from 5.25 to about 10.88 after applying an eight percent government tax. It notes the current fare plus tax calculation and hints at continuation on the next page.
Washington May 28 a single express company formed by agreement of Director-General Mc Adoo and the Adams American Wells-Fargo and Southern firms. The new private corporation with capital over 30 million will be called the Federal Express Company with George C Taylor likely to head the venture.
After July 1 the combination becomes effective and shippers will direct shipments by express without regard to company. Soon thereafter individual names of the separate companies will begin to disappear from the records.
Paris dispatch reports the German attack remains intense at the center but is losing momentum, while Allied wings begin to counter. The French left holds firm near Soissons with a bridgehead north of the Aisne, threatening the enemy flank. The British on the right cling to hills north of the Vesle River.
German forces drive along a 20 mile Aisne River front between Vailly and Berry au Bac with British and French defenders giving ground. Official reports claim many towns captured and 15 000 Allied troops taken prisoner as Germans advance toward the Vesle River and cross the Fismes area.
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