German retreat from Hindenburg line accelerates in full
Allied thrusts by French Belgian and British forces push on key points as Germans evacuate Lens and Armentieres. Belgian king Albert III may reestablish Brussels this winter, while American coal units ready to enter mines. German plans to fall back along the front appear shattered as withdrawals begin near Rheims.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hindenburg Line
Armentieres
Lens
Scarpe
Cambrai
United States
France
Lena
Lens-Armentieres
Belgium
Comapland
Spe
Albert
Long
Armentierés
Rhems
Packers Accused by Senators Over Profiteering Report
Washington Oct 2 Senators clash over the FTC profiteering study on meat packers. Senator Smoot of Utah says the report is biased and false in parts while Senator Kendrick of Wyoming defends it and accuses packers of unfair practices against livestock growers and consumers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Emoot
Utah
Kendrick
Wyoming
Smoot
Food Administration
First Wyoming victim of flu dies at army school
Colorado Springs Oct 3 Hershel Curts of Sundance Wyoming and student at the army radio school here dies from influenza while in training at Colorado college. Physicians report no other critical cases though 13 have been released from the hospital.
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Colorado Springs
Hershel Curts
Sundance
Wyo
Army Radio School
Colorado College
Huns Counter Allied Advances In Frantic War Effort
Allied forces push along a broad arc from the North Sea to the Swiss border as German lines crack north of Rheims and near Verdun. Belgian troops enter Roulere and Lens is Evacuated while Armentieres nears Lille. French and American advances cut deep along the Aisne and Chemin des Dames as French forces seize Cormicy and Caul lera nge.
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North Sea
Rheims
Belgum
Eetward
Champagne
Verdun
Swiss
Ostend
Zenbrugee
Ghent
Cambrai
St. Quentin
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Aisne
Chemin Dee Dames
Berthelot
Cormicy
Aisne Canal
Concevereux
la Wieuvillette
Somme-Ty
Argonne Forest
Caullerangte
Vourters
Twenty Three Perish In British Collision
London reports the sinking of a British torpedo gunboat after collision with a merchant vessel on September 30. Fifty three are missing we await official confirmation from the Admiralty.
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Associated Press
London
Admiralty
Giant Army Battleplane to Fly Into Cheyenne for Liberty Loan Drive
A giant U S army battleplane will sail from Houston to Cheyenne Fort Russell via Denver Greeley and Fort Collins to boost the Fourth Liberty Loan. Pilot Lieut Cameron Nutt and co pilot Lieut Grantz will land on the Fort Russell parade ground after a 1500 mile beeline flight. A special streetcar service will enable Cheyenne residents to view the landing and receive a warm reception. A second plane accompanying the flight was wrecked at Dalhart Texas but no aviators were hurt.
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France
Cheyenne
Fort D. A. Russel
Ellington Field
Houston
Texas
Fort Russell
America
Liberty Motors
Cameron Clifford Nutt
United States Army
Lieut
Grantz
Jlouston
Denver
Charles D. Carey
Carl Schuyler
Liberty Loan Committee of
Colorado
Greeley
Fort Coline
Lieut. Nutt
Moon
Fort Tussell
Cheyenone Peope
Dalhart
Twenty Ammunition Plant Workers Die In Fog Crash
In Bedford near Cleveland Ohio a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at forty five mph struck about fifty workers who had just alighted from a local train and were on a crossing. Twenty were killed instantly twenty eight injured with three probably fatally wounded. Engineer J H Fintey cited fog as the cause.
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Cleveland
Bedford
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. H. Fintey
Loss of Tampa Most Serious War Disaster
The Tampa, a patrol boat formerly the coast guard cutter Miami, sank in the Bristol Channel during a convoy escort on September 30. All 112 aboard were lost, with one British officer and five civilian employees missing. No survivors were found despite a thorough convoy search, the loss attributed to darkness hindering rescue efforts.
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Tampa
Associated Press
Washington
Bristol Channel
Navy
Coast Guard
Miami
Lima
Toledo Leading Loan Drive And Promises More
Toledo Ohio drives a loan campaign with early momentum and promises further fundraising efforts as the city pushes to meet a financial goal. Officials say strong local support and civic participation will sustain the drive through the ongoing campaign period.
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Toledo
Bombing plane arrives in Pueblo for overnight stop
Parash reports the government bombing airplane from Ellington Field near Houston passed to Denver and Cheyenne and reached Pueblo at 6 20 this evening. The aviators will lodge in Pueblo for the night.
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Parash
Ellington Field
Houston
Texas
Denver
Cheyenne
Pueblo
Spanish Epidemic Spreads to Army Camps
Reports from the public health service and the surgeon general show Spanish influenza expanding across the nation and into army camps with a rising death toll. New cases in camps total 12 004 though several camps report no figures and pneumonia deaths rose again after a dip yesterday.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Surgeon General of the Army
Sherman
Ohio
Taylor
Jackson
South Carolina
McAdoo Urges Fast Subscriptions for Fourth Liberty Loan
Secretary McAdoo urged Americans not to slacken in the fourth liberty loan drive. Subscriptions reached 625.5 million dollars, but daily needs averaged over 216 million to hit the 6 billion goal. He warned Germany remains a threat and called for vigorous, immediate subscriptions to inspire others.
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Washington
Ot T
McAdoo
Germany
Batteline
America Awake At Alt Says Roosevelt Liberty Loan Speech
Former President Theodore Roosevelt urged one American to all Americans at a Liberty Loan address in Kansas City on October 3. He said citizens must unite to support the war effort and that America has awakened to win the war as quickly as possible. Soldiers sailors and mothers of young children were exempt from the call to national service.
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Associates Press
Kansas City
Théodore Ooevelt
America
Oregon Goes Over Top in Liberty Loan Drive
Portland surpassed its allotment in the fourth Liberty loan with new subscriptions pushing the local total to 18.3 million dollars. The Oregon quota reached 83.7 million as Portland claimed the honor of being the first city in the nation to go over the top.
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Oregon
Associated Press
Portland
Four Thousand Flu Cases in Gotham Reported
New York Health Commissioner Copeland states 4,000 Spanish influenza cases have developed in Greater New York. About ten percent of victims are reported to have developed pneumonia.
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Gotham
New York
Copeland
Baby Drowns In Flooded Pool On City Street
A 18 month old girl, Morence Winifred Fowler, fell into a flooded sewer trench and drowned on East Nineteenth Street. Doctors were unable to resuscitate her. coroner will hold an inquest to determine fault over the flooded trench created during water-main repairs.
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East Nineteenth Street
Mre
J. Fowler
Morence Winifred Fowler
Lovther Valance
Phyei¢Lang
Tehe Department
Earley
Fellow Jackets on Mexican Slackers
Two Mexican workers at El Paso and Southwestern shops were colored with yellow paint after refusing to subscribe to the Fourth Liberty loan. Despite a wage increase retroactive to recent months, most men invested surplus in Liberty bonds. Lubi Laorta and Jose Villare were targeted. a third Mexican escaped. All involved will be discharged, authorities announced.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
el Paso & Southwestern
Lubi Laorta
Jose Villare
Pueblo Shut Down as Flu Spreads in City
Pueblo officials and health commissioners ordered the closing of churches, schools, heaters, dance halls, pool halls, lodges, and all gatherings to curb Spanish influenza spread. Eight cases reported with no deaths yet in Pueblo de Guta.
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Associated Proas
Pueblo
Pueblo de Guta
British Break Hindenburg Line at St Quentin Cambrai
Allied forces smash a major section of the Hindenburg line between St Quentin and Cambrai. British and Australian divisions advance deeply, seize towns and villages, capture prisoners and guns, with combat resuming at dawn and continuing through the day. The terrain bears casualties and gas obscures the assault.
Weather Ahead Shows Showers in Extreme West
The forecast calls for fair conditions Friday with showers in the extreme west, a drop in temperatures across the region, and cooler weather expected Saturday across eastern and southern portions.
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Eadh
Italian Advance Rapid in Albania Drives Retreat to Headr
Italian forces in Albania pushed an energetic advance along the Adriatic Osum sector on Tuesday. By evening they held Feri and Semeni positions from Stervasi to Nebeli bridge, while Austro Hungarian troops burned depots and retreated. Italy nears Herat with prisoners taken and equipment seized.
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Associated Presa
Rome
Alvania
Adriatic
Osum
Aar
Feri
Semeni
Stervasi
Nebeli Bridge
Herat
Albania War Update: Albanian Forces Withdrawn as Berat Falls
Vienna via London Oct 2 Awattlan troops withdraw from Albania as Berat falls to Albanian forces. The war office statement confirms the shifting front lines and capture of Berat amid ongoing campaign activity.
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Vienna
London
Albania
War Office
Berat
Alibes
British Airmen Put Fear of Death Into Huns
British airmen have raided western Germany for three months, inflicting heavy damage on military targets and forcing withdrawals. A 250 mile Rhine valley belt containing key German war industries is now in Allied hands, with 249 raids and 247 tons of material damaged or destroyed.
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Nzww
Independent Air Force
Ex King of Lightweight Wards Off Four Policemen
Former lightweight boxing king Willie Kitehi, nicknamed Get By-Sergeant, reportedly defeated four police officers attempting to arrest him amid alleged assault claims. The incident allegedly escalated and was handed to military authorities.
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KING
Lightweight Wallops
Lomis
Willie Kitehi
Bigehits
Anne
Lew al Jolfermom
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