Year 1918 Ends With War, Peace Conference Hopes Rise
A retrospective on 1918 describes Allied efforts turning the tide of World War I, German offensives failing near Ypres and the Marne, American troops at Cantigny and Chateaux-Thierry, and the U S reach of 700000 battle line troops as peace talks begin in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lys
Meashies
Ypres
Thazebrouck
Taelf
Zeebrugge
Marne
Chemin-den- Dames
Aishe
Ver
Solssdna
Vasle
Aront
Hvar
Chateau-Shierry
Wernentt
Cantigny
Picardy
Paris
Noyon
Washington
United States
How the War Was Won In World War I
A sweeping historical digest recounts the 1918 Allied victory on the Western Front. It traces German offensives from March to July, the pivotal counteroffensives led by General Foch, American manpower and breakthrough at Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne, and the final armistice negotiations culminating in November. It notes Russia 1918 upheavals, Italian and Balkan fronts, and the collapse of German leadership and monarchy before the armistice on November 11.
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Lenine
Trotsky
Constituent Assembly
Petrograd
Congress of Soviets
Russia
Germany
Reval
Fratzky
Brest-Litovak
Oise
la Fere
Sensee
Croiselles
Fifth Army
Amiens
Foch
Flanders
Massizes
Reins
Maine
Crown Prince
Aisne
Soissons
Sergy
Soissons-Reims
Picardy
Montdidier Salient
Lassigny
Somme
Bapaume
Peronne
Roye
Hindenburg
Lys Salient
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Macedonia
Holy Land
Ing “Setha
Myéneh
Apega
Toutons
Turkey
Max
Germian
Andressert
Wilson
Areps
Wilson Bayar
West Front
Meuse
Argonne
Chemin Des Dames
Long Inc
Laon
Altes
Albert
Ageio
Piave
Itatiana
Allied War Council
Versailles
Grand Pro
Russia-Hungary
Terrmy
Marshal Foch
Germn
Maeg
Sedan
Mets
Kaiser
Social Democrats
Herr Ebert
Holland
Paris
Austria
Charles of Austria
Rad
Foch and German Armistice Delegates Meet Lightly
A London dispatch to the New York Sun recounts Marshal Foch receiving German armistice delegates with calm dignity. When asked for an armistice, Foch retorts that he has made no offer, then quips that if they seek an alliance, that is another matter. The anecdote closes with a neighbor’s cheerful outlook on the war’s end and personal fortunes.
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Marshal Foch
Gernos
London
New York Sun
Marske
Foch
Year 1918 War Affects All Aspects Of U S Life
Frantic war influence touched every phase of life in 1918 with suffrage, prohibition, rail and communications control, and health crises. The first post war election saw Republicans gain control of Congress, McAdoo resigning as treasury head, and Carter Glass named as his successor. Spanish influenza ravaged camps and cities, while Mooney’s death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment amid San Francisco bombing ties.
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Ufe
Senate
House
Congress
Wilson
United States
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Rallronda
Carter Glass
Virginia
End of Year 1918 Sees New Nations Forming Worldwide
As 1918 ends Europe reorganizes with Czecho-Slovak republic confirmed in Prague and Poland consolidating territories. Finland asserts independence, China faces civil war with Hsu Shih Chang elected president, Peru and Chile verge on war, and Portugal’s leader Sidonia Paes is killed with Admiral Canto Y. Castro elected two days later.
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Europe
Czecho-Slovak Republic
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Prague
Poland
Germany
Austria
Russia
Finland
Tuselo
Republic of China
Hsu Shih Chang
Peru
Chiile
Chile
Trona
Arica
Sidonia Paes
Portugal
Liston
Canto Y. Castro
Labor Unrest Eased by Cooperation Amid War Prep
Early in the year labor unrest threatened war preparations but cooperation between labor and capital averted danger. resulting strikes were restrained, and the year saw little labor trouble overall.
Early wartime labor tensions ease after mediation
In the early war period the yen diffeiteion and shipyard strikes surged. By February 17 President Wilson urged unity, the strike paused, and a national labor board was formed. A March 20 conference yielded a mediation framework, reducing strikes for the rest of the year.
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Fetynar
Te ‘Bor Adjustment Board
Wilson
William L. Tmuteteson Hed
United Brotherhood of Carpentera and Joiners
Board of Labor
William
Thyaly
Disastrous Year 1918 Sees Vast Loss of Life Across Events
A McClure Syndicate summary notes 1918 disasters worldwide including shipwrecks, fires, explosions, and a deadly tornado. It cites Convent fire at Montreal, sinking of City of Athens, Aetna Chemical plant blast near Pittsburgh, Gary circus wreck, Sioux City building collapse, and many sea torpedoings with hundreds of deaths, plus the mysterious Cyclops disappearance.
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Athens
Delaware
Aetna Chemical
Pittsburgh
Gary
Ind
Sioux City
England
Syracuse
N. C
Winds River
Nashville
Tenn
Galway Castle
Theonderoge
Minnesota
Tyler and
Connors
Alaskan Canal
Brooklyn
Belgium
Germany
United States Navy
Cyclops
West Indies
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Canada’s New Development and Reconstruction Vision
The government outlines a massive postwar program for reconstruction in the Canadian West. Planned land development, cattle and dairy expansion, and cheap power generation aim to fuel agriculture, industry, and shipbuilding. The policy anticipates demand from Europe and expects Canada to secure commissions and orders as a major wartime ally transitioning to peace.
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Dominion
Tnet
Western
Canada
Ningird
St. Lawrence
Europe
Sease Commission
Risks and Caution: Woolwich Wood Hauler Uses Glass Rig
Harman Wright of Woolwich Maine makes routine trips hauling wood to Bath, driving a horse drawn cart along the state road. To avoid speeding cars he rigs a tall red looking glass to watch behind and, when anxious, sounds an auto horn beside him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman Wright
Woolwich
Bath
Kidney Trouble Not Easily Recognized
An examining physician for a major life insurance company notes many insurance rejections stem from undetected kidney trouble. Drug sellers report Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as effective. a sample bottle can be obtained by sending ten cents and mentioning the paper.
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Binghamton, Nv
Ady
Bells Repatriated From Christ Church to France
Three large bells once in the Christ Church belfry Wellington New Zealand were given by the government to France. Cast from cannon captured by Germans in 1870 the bells were originally donated to Christ Church by German residents.
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Christ Church
Wellington
New Zealand
France
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