FOGH'S. PINGERS MAY GRIP BORE WHEW POCKET REINS THEATRE
French forces in France push toward Rheims area with gains around St Thierry and advances by Gouraud and Berthelot threatening German positions east of Rheims. Paris reporting a broadened front along the Alene Marne canal and near Betheny as the battle for the region intensifies.
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Associated Press
France
Berthelot
St. Thierry Massif
Rheims
Poullion
St. Thierry
Alene-Marne Canal
Betheny
Drimont
Gouraud
St. Marie-a-Py
Champagne
Rheims Falient
Plan to suspend Congress for election eyed by leaders
Washington October 2 Congress faces an election driven adjournment plan after reviewing calendars. House leaders tentatively agree to suspend next Friday and start three day recesses until October 1d to allow passage of the army appropriation bill. Senate expected to pass the Fowler bill and both houses act on the agricultural insurance program.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Congressional
Senate
House
Leeaders
Von Tayer Declines Chancellorship in Berlin Reports
Berlin newspapers report that Von Tayer has declined the chancellorship. The item appears amid other brief notices including an aviation casualty from Minbola, Ost, and a vague automobile accident reference.
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Associated Presa
Amsterdam
Ochancela von Tayer
Berlin
Czecho-Slovak Leaders Reject Austrian Coalition Offer
Amsterdam reports a Vienna dispatch that Czecho-Slovak leaders refuse to join an Austrian coalition cabinet. The Allies recognize Czecho-Slovakia as a national unit, with thousands fighting in allied armies. An independent Czecho-Slovak state is seen as a postwar condition.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Frankfort
Temper Disillusioned People Scares Austro German Rulers
Reports reach the state department from neutral European agencies showing rapid weakening of the civilian element under German and Austrian rule. Officials note pressure grows for civilian participation in government as military power loses grip and imperial rulers seek broader support from socialists and centrists amid battlefield reversals.
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Associated Priess
Washington
State Department
German
Austria
Europe
Germany
Socialista
Sugar Beet Crop Shows Light Yield Across States
The U S sugar beet crop for 1918 is estimated at 6,359,000 tons, up 378,621 from 1917, though August 1 conditions were below the ten year average. Colorado is slated for 1,490,000 short tons, California 1,041,000, Michigan 993,000, Utah 1,095,000 and Ohio 320,000, with varied changes by state.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Foderal Food Board
Colorado
California
Michigan
Utah
Ohio
Colorado Student Dies of Influenza in Military Hospital
Colorado Springs report states Leland James from Trinidad district died at a military hospital from pneumonia linked to influenza amid a ten day epidemic at the camp. Twenty five hospital patients were discharged yesterday as quarantine continued. Whitten East of Mitchell Field died in an automobile overturn en route to a project.
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Preas
Colorado Springs
Leland James
Trinidad
Army Radio School
Colorado College Herd
Military Hospital
Min
Airtet
Whitten East
Mitchell Aviation
Garden City
Toa Bild
Cholera Outbreak Reports From Europe
On October 2 in Berlin the first day of the outbreak saw 17 cases with 16 deaths, while Vienna reports Asian cholera with numerous deaths and unknown extent. The alerts come from Amsterdam and Madrid through Vienna.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
London
Madrid
Vienna
Austria
Urge reprisals against Germans urged in war note
An ultimatum to Germany over destruction in northern France and Belgium is under consideration by the Allies and the United States. Diplomats report that Berlin will be warned that continued deotyuction will invite severe reprisals as German forces retreat from Cambrai and St Quentin.
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Washington
Germany
France
Belgium
United States
Cambrai
Bt. Quentin
Europe
Centralization of Allied Economic War Efforts Completed
Washington reports that a centralized control of all economic forces in the war against Germany is now a fact. The plan links raw materials manufacturing shipping food and trade with allied governments under a war cabinet and five inter allied councils. The effort aims to synchronize munitions finance shipping and food with the combined powers in London and Paris.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
United States
Wison
War Cabinet
London
Paris
Final tribute as Archbishop Ireland laid to rest
In St Paul the catafalque bearing Archbishop Ireland's body was removed from the cathedral and buried at Calvary cemetery. About 5,000 mourners attended a pontifical requiem mass as eight archbishops, 30 bishops and 60 priests presided with state and national officials represented. A five minute halt in Twin Cities business marked the procession.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
John Ireland
Cathedral of
Calvary Cemetery
Twin Cities
Seven Thousand Turks Is Latest Bag of Allenby
More than 7 000 Turks were taken prisoners as General Allenby's forces occupied Damascus, the war office announced tonight.
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Allenby
London
Damascus
War Office
Railway Disaster At Malmo Kills Hundreds
A Copenhagen dispatch reports a major Swedish railway wreck at Malmo with hundreds feared dead. The telegraph says about 60 children and many others perished as trains collided while returning to Stockholm from the countryside.
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London
Malmo
Sweden
Copenhagen
Blockholm
Americans Hold Out Between Cambrai and St Quentin
British dispatch reports a U.S. outpost between Cambrai and St. Quentin held out against superior German forces for 48 hours after being surrounded. Australian troops aided in the relief effort as the defenders fought to avoid capture or annihilation.
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France
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Spanish Influenza Spreads Across United States Amid War Strain
The report notes a rapid civilian spread of Spanish influenza from army camps to the general population, with cases in 423 states and the District of Columbia. Public health measures expand, including school closures and restricted gatherings, while shipyards report rising outbreaks and calls for strict quarantine.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reaporta
Surgeon General
Army
Public Health Service
District of Columbia
New England
Tidewater
Virgina
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Alice
North Atlantic
Schwab
Emergency Firet Corporation
Filvers
Hox Jnland
Guy Ett
Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Wahington
Liberty Loan
Son
Prussian Upper House Passes Equal Direct Suffrage
Amsterdam reports that Berlin’s upper house rejected a vocational suffrage motion and approved the equal direct suffrage measure with the government bill, granting an extra vote to those over sixty.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Berlin
Yanks Take Big Bag of Hun Cannon
General Pershing reported that American troops between the Meuse and Argonne rovers captured 120 guns of all calibers, 759 trench mortars, 200 machine guns, 100 heavy tank guns, thousands of artillery shells, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of small arms ammunition in the latest week.
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Washington
Pershing
Meuse
Argonne Rovers
Allied Governments Recognize Arab Belligerents
London October 2. Allied governments decide to formally recognize the belligerent status of Arab forces fighting Allies’ auxiliaries in Palestine and Syria. The move clarifies official positions as Arab units engage the common enemy alongside Allied forces.
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London
Alles
Puleaine
Syria
Master Draft Lists Sent to All Boards
The first master draft lists for the 14,000,000 men registered September 12 were mailed tonight to district boards nationwide. They will be made available to newspapers and posted promptly upon receipt as the presses at the Government Printing Office continue to run.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
Allied forces press in on German positions in northern France
The report states German control is shrinking in key sectors from Lille to Cambrai as Allied troops advance. German losses include towns and prisoners as the front line shifts, with strong fighting near St Quentin and Meuse river areas and heavy artillery movements eastward.
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Associated Press
Paris
Verdun
Viioulles
Oise
Geanea
Ridgea
Estermont
Aire River
Apremont
St. Mihiel
Baltiefront
France
la Dasage
aint-Clanders
Cam
Verdaer
Great Bend
Meuia
Arrar
Lille
Jane
Donal
Cambrai
Begham
Beleiem
Rihelmse Haute
Be'pians
Bri
Tim
Germany
North Sea
Fuel Conservation Stopped by Disease
New York reports a flu and pneumonia outbreak causing 454 deaths and 176 fatalities over two weeks, though total deaths are only slightly above the prior epidemic period. State fuel administrator Delos W. Cooke suspended coal rationing for heating businesses amid the health department update.
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New York
Delos W. Cooke
Atate Fuel Advater
Wrowing Generally False Phid ay and Friday
Weather notes misstate a forecast for Friday with incorrect temperatures. Forecasters warn of limited accuracy in early drafts and stress confirming updates from official sources.
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