Ludendorff Reflects On March 1918 Setbacks And Allied Push
In an extract from Ludendorff's memoirs he recalls the March 1918 breakthrough, criticizes Berlin's diplomacy, and notes Britain and America sending troops to France. He describes battles around Amiens and Arras, failures to reach the Flanders coast, and hungry troops pausing to eat.
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Britain
America
France
Amiens
Arras
Flanders
Ludendorff Reflects On Allied Defeats And March Offensive
The German commander credits limited success in the March 21 breakout and Mount Kemmel arrival, noting English and French losses, allied shipping pressures, and the impact of Bruchmuller’s artillery. He argues the war’s end depended on energy and warns of longer conflict if Fabian methods continued.
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England
United States
House of Commons
France
Europe
Spain
Foch
Entente
Aisne-Verdun
Mount Kemmel
Croisilles
la Fere
Bailleul
Albert
Sommé
the Luce
Argonnes
Italy
Macedonia
McClure
Great Britain
Hutchinson & Co
The
London Times
Messrs. Soix and Babel
Fratello Treves
Canada
Australia
Belgium
Holland
Russia
Scandinavian
Ludendorff
Expert Analyzes Ludendorffs Own Story Of The War
Colonel Robert Charles Goetz U S A discusses Ludendorffs account of the great war and the growing troubles in Austria Bulgaria and Turkey. He brings military diplomatic and historical perspectives after touring French battlefields including Flanders Chateau Thierry Meuse Argonne and St Mihiel.
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Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Robert Charles Goetz
Field Artillery
Boston Post
Ludendorff
Clarence R. Edwards
Gortz
West Point
Post
Goetz
Department of Military Science
Harvard University
War Department
Goets
France
Flanders
Chateau Thierry
Meuse-Argonne
St. Mihiel
Allied Valor On Western Front Defeats Germany In Final Push
In a wartime column Colonel Goetz lauds Allied troops on the western front for withstanding German offensives. He notes Ludendorff’s admission of strain, highlights German failures at sea and air, and describes April and March battles with heavy Allied reinforcements and costly German thrusts at Kemmel and along the channel.
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Germany
Ludendorff
Channel
Dunkirk
Calais
Arras-La Fere
Funeral Services for Sol Keene
Funeral services for Sol Keene, longtime theatrical acquaintance and three years with Donnelly Outdoor Advertising, were held yesterday at 24 Clarkwood Street Matapan. Temple Lodge of Masons conducted the rites. he was a member and the service drew many business associates and Masons. Burial followed at Mt Hope.
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Sol Keene
Donnelly Outdoor Advertising Company
Clarkwood Street
Mattapan
Temple Lodge of Masons
Keene
Mt. Hope
War Chaplain Opens Somerville Church Pastoral Era
The Rev. George A. Lawson, three years overseas as a Canadian regiment chaplain, began his pastorate at Union Square Baptist Church Somerville yesterday. A large congregation attended a special musical program. Lawson, who endured shell shock abroad, later served as a transport officer for the YMCA after recovery.
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George A. Lawson
Union Square Baptist Church
Somerville
Lawson
Zionist Convention in Chicago Celebrates Jewish Nationalism
In Chicago 4000 attendees mark the 22d Zionist convention with tribute to President Wilson and Justice Louis D. Brandeis. Judge Julian W. Mack leads as president and chairman, praising Brandeis and Balfour while affirming loyalty to nations and a Jewish commonwealth in Palestine. The three day gathering ends with Brandeis as the keynote speaker.
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Chicago
Zionist Organization In America
United States
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Julian W. Mack
United States Circuit Court
Zionist Organization
Mack
Wilson
Arthur Balfour
Palestine
Justice Brandeis
Scholarships of $1200 Each Offered for Negro Medical Graduates
Julius Rosenwald of Chicago offers six scholarships of 1200 dollars each for Negro graduates of American medical schools pursuing postgraduate work in pathology, bacteriology, physiology, pharmacology, or physiological chemistry. Appointments for 1920 will be made by a committee chaired by Dr. William H. Welch and including Dr. David N. Edsall and Dr. Victor C. Vaughan. Abraham Flexner will act as secretary.
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New York
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
General Education Board
William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
David N. Edsall
Harvard Medical School
Victor C. Vaughan
University of Michigan
Abraham Flexner
Will Mect
Hunt Man Who Tried to Assault Small Girl
Charlestown police scour the district for a man 30 to 40 years old who attempted to abduct Loretta C. Glavin eight, of 19 Edgeworth Street. The girl was on her doorstep when he asked to be led to a doctor and threw her into a doorway near 17 Monument Street before fleeing after her screams.
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Charlestown
Loretta C. Glavin
Edgeworth Street
John Gallagher
Monument Street
Centennial of Odd Fellows Celebrated in Baltimore
In Baltimore the centennial of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was marked by more than 25,000 members. Delegations from every state attended as Judge Frank I. Duncan opened the ceremonies at the Lyric and Bishop William F. McDowell delivered the centennial sermon.
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Baltimore
Thomas Wildey
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Frank I. Duncan
William F. McDowell
Aviator, Springfield Expressman Injured in Plane Crash
Lieutenant Thomas B. Haggerty was badly hurt when a plane at the Eastern States Exposition grounds nose-dived. A. L. Litch escaped serious harm after breaking free, pulling Haggerty from wreckage as flames started. Haggerty hospitalized in Springfield and later sent home to New Haven.
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Springfield
Thomas B. Haggerty
A. L. Litch
Haggerty
Litch
New Haven
Health experts see no influenza epidemic this fall
City and State health officials state there will be no recurrence of the 1918 influenza epidemic this fall. Data from across the Commonwealth show fewer existing cases than usual and no community faces anxiety about the disease.
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Commonwealth
M P S OF 26TH TO HOLD REUNION
The 26th Company Military Police Veterans Association will hold a reunion and banquet in the State Armory at Concord next Saturday evening. The group formed at Camp Devens Ayer in April 1919 and includes World War I veterans from across the country, mainly in Greater Boston. Captain Michael J. Dee of Concord is president.
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26Th Company Military Police Veterans’ Association
State Armory
Concord
Camp Devens
Ayer
Greater
Boston
Michael J. Dee
Elevator Boy Shot by Fellow Employee at Bay State Road
An 18 year old elevator boy Edward Gurry was injured when a fellow employee Joseph Hughes accidently discharged a revolver at 96 Bay State Road Cambridge. The bullet struck Gurry’s right leg and lodged below the knee. Gurry was taken to City Hospital.
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Edward Gurry
Bay State Road
Gurry
Joseph Hughes
Bellcourt
Cambridge
Hughes
Crap shooter breaks leg escaping raid on Massachusetts Ave
A raid on a crap game on Massachusetts avenue East Arlington near the Cambridge line sent one man to hospital with a compound fracture after he ran into a motorcycle sidecar while fleeing Arlington police. The injured man is Arne Tremblay of North Cambridge.
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East Arlington
Cambridge
Arlington Police
Arne 8 Tremblay
North Cambridge
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