Yankees Capture Key Positions in Meuse and Argonne Fighting
American forces along with Allied units drive toward Mont Blanc and the Mediah Farm in the Champagne and Argonne sectors. The advance from Exermont to Fleville covers about three miles, with hard fighting at Mont Blanc and Mediah Farm where Yankee regiments seized the crest amid strong counterattacks.
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London
France
de Meuse
Argonne
Grand- Pre
North Sea
States
Gouraud
Mont Binne
Champagne
Forges Brook
Kriemhilde
Meuse
Gesnea
Fleville
Gesnes
Argonne Forest
Aire
Chenery
Exermont
Mont Blanc
Mediah Farm
United States mobilizes medical aid for influenza relief
The Surgeon General Blue announces coordinated action by the Public Health Service to mobilize outside medical volunteers and Red Cross nursing staff for influenza relief. State health departments coordinate requests, district officers assist, and hospital supplies are provided when local resources falter.
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General Blue
Washington
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Red. Cross
State Health Department
Surgeon General Public Health Service
BLUE
Surgeon General
U. S. Public Health Service
Russian delegates form new government in Oral
World news item reports delegates from across Russia except the Bolsheviks forming a new government in Oral with aims to defeat Bolsheviks restore Brest Litovsk terms and rejoin allies. Other items note French naval division entering Beirut British naval discussions in Washington and Bulgaria warning foreign powers to quit Bulgarian territory within a month influenza worsens refugee conditions near the Morgan TNT plant wreck site.
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Eric Geddes
British Admiralty
Inis
Washington
Amsterdam
Bulgaria
Newark
N. J
Morgan
Germans Fire, Fall Back on Rheims Front
French and American troops ford the Suippe on a ten mile front advancing toward Le Neuville and Semide near Rheims. Germans retreat several miles with towns and villages along Lille to Rheims burning as a first move in several sectors.
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London
Sulppe
le Neuville
Semide
Rheims
St. Quentin
Lille
Cambrai
Laon
St Gobain
Sallnumines
Lens
Douai
Somain
Nogent- d’Abbessee
Belne
Suippe
Paris
France Warns Germany Over Ravaging War Crimes
Paris reports the French government issues a solemn warning to Germany and allies that territory devastation will be punished inexorably. The notice states the German people sharing in the crimes will bear consequences with the authors and those who ordered the devastation will be held morally legally and financially liable.
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Paris
Germany
Government opens cafeterias for war workers at Childs grid
Washington report says Childs' patrons faced unchanged prices after a food administrator order. The government opened cafeterias for war workers, starting with the War Trade Board serving 8,000, followed by the Fuel Administration plan.
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Washington
Childs
District of Columbia
War Trade Board
Fuel Administration
Von Hindenburg resigns as German chief of staff
London dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg resigns after a heated interview with the Emperor. He warned that a large scale retreat was unavoidable, with Amsterdam Central News citing frontier reports as the source of the story.
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London
von Hindenburg
Amsterdam
Americans Gain In New Verdun Thrust In Argonne Edge
American forces under General Pershing report rapid progress on the left wing northwest of Verdun and west of the River Aire. They captured Chatel Chehery northwest of Apremont and stormed Hill 180 after hard fighting, with German artillery withdrawing as the assault neared success.
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Verdun
Pershing
Cunel Woods
Chatel Chelery
Apremont
Aire
Chatel Chehery
Germany asks US to mediate peace talks and armistice
Amsterdam reports a note from Prince Maximilian to President Wilson requesting U S mediation to restore peace. The German government accepts Wilson's peace program as basis for negotiations and seeks an immediate armistice on land water and air. Turkey to follow suit.
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Amsterdam
Prince Maximilian
Wilson
United States
Congress
Turkey
French and American Forces Break German Retreat Northwest of Rheims
French troops under Berthelot press near the Suippé river and seize Berry-au-Bac while British enter northeast of Arras and take Oppy. Blache St Vaast falls as the line advances on a four mile front. Germans retreat on a 25 mile front north and east of Rheims as Franco American forces cross the Suippé and Arnes, flanking toward the Argonne. King Boris of Bulgaria orders army demobilization.
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Rheims
Berthelot
Suippé
Berry-au- Bac
War Office
Arras
Oppy
Blache St Vaast
Rheime
Suippe
Arnes
Argonne
Marne
Boris
Bulgaria
Fatal TNT Accident Destroys Morgan New Jersey Plant
A sequence of 24 hour explosions at the T. A. Gillespie & Co shell loading plant in Morgan New Jersey flattened South Amboy and 2300 acres of plant. Army officials report 37 bodies recovered and about 50 wounded amid fears of further blasts. The firebreak and reconstruction contract were under discussion as the plant lay in ruins.
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New York
T. A. Gillespie & Co
Morgan, N. J
America
South Amboy
Army
War Department
Naval
Morgan
Division of Construction
Ordnance Department of the Army
T. A. Gillespie, Sonr & Co
New York Wool Pool Brings 6 Cents Saving Per Pound
New York farmers marketed 456,756 pounds of wool through county associations at full government prices. Two percent counties reported 5 to 7 cents per pound, with plans to merge into a statewide body under cooperative marketing.
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Washington
New York State
Agricultural Department
AT&T Chief States Post Office Pay Deal Reached
Theodore N. Wall, head of the Bell system, announced an agreement with Postmaster General Burleson on compensation for services taken over by the federal government. He said the government showed an intent to be entirely fair in the settlement.
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Wall
New York
Theodore N. Wall
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Burleson
Bell System
$6,000,000 road fund withheld for war use
New Jersey weighs investing the Edge law road tax revenue in Liberty bonds while war limits curb road work. Officials say about $6 million will be in hand by January but cannot be spent now. A possible suspension of the tax and a special legislative session are debated as projects, including a Camden-Philadelphia bridge and Hudson tunnel, face wartime constraints.
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Trenton
Liberty
United States Highway Council
New Jersey
State Highway Commission
Lkely
J. M. Blakeslee
Edge
Read
Delaware
Camden
Philadelphia
Hudson
New York
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Congress
Secretary of State
Atlantic County
Somers Point
Mainmonton
Absecon City
Wergen County
Allen
Union
Clinton
Raritan
Stockton
Butler
Madison
Netcong
Passaic County
Bloom- Ingdale
Salem County
Pittsgrove
Somerset County
Bedminster
Bernards
Hillsborough
Branchburg
North Plainfield
Sussex County
Andover
Branchville
Ogdensburg
Stanhope
Sussex
Fredon
Green
Lafayette
Montague
Sandyston
Stillwater
Wantage
Vernon
Newton
Pennsylvania Commission
New Jersey Bridge and Tunnel Commission
Goveror Brumbaugh
Pennsylvanian
Boards of Freeholders
Burlington
Gloucester Counties
South Jersey
North Jersey
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E. H. Williams
Army Engineer Examining Board
Maj
Edward B. Wiliams
The
Engineer Corps
Laqn
Rheims Salient
U. & Feeds Childs
Albert Rathbone
Treasury
Alfies
the Treasury
Oscar T. Crosby
Rathbone
N. Y
Commission
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