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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1918
Page
13
French bombing planes drop sixty five tons of explosives on the enemy line as French and allied squadrons engage in continues fighting. ghoul squads are noted stripping fallen soldiers of clothing and gear due to shortages in Germany. Prisoners report surprise at low German casualties.
United Press reports that U S forces prepare to rush fresh troops to France using every available transport ship. Government officials indicate orders to deploy men promptly to the European front as part of the counter drive against enemy forces.
Washington March 30 plans for a national capital labor pact were outlined by Secretary of Labor Wilson to set disputes during the war. The plan calls for a national board to settle issues with an umpire if needed, and guarantees against discharge for union activity plus a basic eight hour day. A separate ruling ordered wage increases in the packing industry effective May 6 1918 with adjustments to hourly rates and overtime payments.
Fragmentary wartime note mentions a sergeant major, son of a former president, serving in general headquarters. References to Rochen, Dané, and German forces appear as brief fragments without full context.
The dispatch reports a faint shift in Soviet policy toward the Allies as Bolshevik factions acknowledge room for cooperation. It notes War Minister Trotsky gaining strong support for closer ties and that the United States signals willingness to pursue business relations with Russia, including loans. Lu ncharsky favors alliance with allies while accepting American loans, citing Germany as a common foe.
March 30 report says German forces penetrated toward Demuim and near Arras, with heavy fighting along the Somme and Ayre rivers. British lines held after costly assaults, prisoners taken, and heavy bombardments east of Arras. War correspondent notes grisly battlefield conditions with destroyed villages and numerous dead.
A Wyoming action designates one million acres as grazing lands under the stock raising act. Interior officials inspected lands in the state and began completing the designation process, with early numbers received as work proceeds.
The United Press reports that twenty unidentified Tuscania dead have been identified by fingerprints from the bodies. The War Department announced the identification from the wartime field records.
A motor tourist Roeuilin of Auburn Washington died after his car was stranded by drifts on the state highway between Raton New Mexico and Trinidad Colorado. His wife, snowbound and delirious, was rescued from a frozen creek bed. A companion named McMullin’s body was later found near the Colorado line by horsemen from Wooton mining camp.
Washington officials report President Wilson urged General Foch be named inter allied generalissimo with Baker backing. Officers expect centralized command under Foch as German attack intensifies while Allied and American efforts push for more troops and faster shipyard output. London confirms Foch appointment as commander of Western Front armies.
The Cheyenne State Leader will begin an afternoon edition tomorrow replacing the morning run, with the Sunday morning issue unchanged. The move aims to provide readers with the latest World War news as events unfold, aligning publication times with readers' preferences and war coverage needs.
London dispatch says German forces captured Aubvillers Grievnes Mesniel St Georges Le Monciel Ayencourt in Montdidier region as war office reports. British lines show heavy mortar bombardment and stubborn German resistance during first phase of offensive, with a second phase expected as reserves and guns arrive.
London March 30. A British destroyer struck a mine on Wednesday and sank. One officer and forty men were lost in the incident.
Paris suffered a bombardment from a long German cannon this morning. Eight people died including four women and thirty seven were wounded. The casualty list also notes additional casualties among women. The attack marked a deadly day in Paris during the ongoing conflict.
Germany refuses to grant safe conduct to grain ships bound for Switzerland, delaying shipments. The move creates a new international problem for Switzerland and the German occupation era powers.
Amsterdam reports Holland protests President Wilsons seizure of ships as not justified by international law and states the vessels are not armed nor intended for use as war ports. The note emphasizes Dutch rights and urges restraint in maritime actions.
General von Huetier’s crown prince army conducted a series of assaults from Moreuil to beyond Lassigny as French reserves entered to counter. German forces pressed with wave tactics and heavy artillery but faced prepared French defenses and anticipated counterattacks.
A Turkish woman reputed to lead a German spy group died suddenly in her quarters on Mills Island. Officials cite possible pneumonia and have taken steps to investigate, with secrecy surrounding the case and potential transfer to authorities in France.
French troops on a 25 mile front near Montdidier resist intensified German action in the Somme region. Along a shifting arc from Moreuil to Lavaigny the Germans push into several villages while French reserves reinforce the weakened sector. The battle continues with no clear outcome as both sides maneuver.
Edward Lasater, Texas rancher and former administration member, told the Senate agricultural committee that Food Administrator Hoover has consistently favored large meat packing interests and that normal supplies cannot be trusted under his administration.
Fragmented report states German aviators over the Vincent area dropped a message quoting Rev. J. H Molmes of the Messiah church in New York. The note claims there is nothing to justify America against Germany, amid wartime propaganda chatter.
The city set clocks ahead one hour for daylight saving this morning. The change moves the noon hour and daylight will last until October when clocks revert. Residents waited to see the effect on daily life and the birds.
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