02 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1918
Page
1
British and French forces renew attacks between Moreuil Hangard and Serre as Amiens appears safe. German pressure on Montdidier Hangard sector meets strong counterattacks with French British success at Grivesnes and Moreuil. Berlin cites 75 000 captives.
Alessandro Vallejo owner of a Brooklyn coffee house and alleged gang leader was sentenced to die the week of May 5 by Supreme Court Justice Cropsey. Vallejo was convicted of ordering the September 1916 murder of Charles Uambriaco and accused of 22 prior killings.
The House disagreed to Senate amendments on the agricultural appropriation bill raising the government wheat price to 2.50 pounds. A conference will be held and a separate vote on the wheat price will be demanded in conference.
Washington April 2 Army orders announce Major General Geo T Bartlett has been removed from the National Army rank and reverted to Brigadier General in the Regular Army. The action ends his current general officer status and returns him to previous rank in the Regular Army.
Camp Sherman Ohio reports Lloyd Snell a selective service man from Pittsburgh was dishonorably discharged for refusing an operation that would have made him fit for military service and was sentenced to three years in prison.
Paris April 2. General Foch says Amiens is now safe as French and British forces drive a wedge into the German line south of the Somme. In the Avre Luce sector north of Montdidier British troops take prisoners and seize machine guns. Prisoners and more guns also reported near Hebuterne amid repelled German counter attacks.
Telegraphs from Washington and London state the Celtic, a White Star liner of 20,004 gross tons built in 1901, was torpedoed by a German submarine on an England to America voyage. No Americans or wounded aboard were confirmed, while the Tithonus was sunk March 28 with one merchant officer and three naval ratings lost.
In the Somme front defense a hastily formed Allied force of 1500, including American railway engineers, held a 1200 yard sector against repeated German assaults until reinforcements arrived. The report notes increasing troop movements behind German lines and American patrols entering German trenches.
In Chicago the largest sedition and conspiracy trial of the war era opens with 114 IWW members before Federal Judge Landis. Key defendants include Ben Fletcher and Otto Justh, while Arturo Giovanetti’s indictment is dismissed. The case aims to reveal IWW treachery and overturn the current economic system.
A French official estimate places German casualties in the western front battle between 275 000 and 300 000. The report says many wounded were sent to Belgium to hide sacrifices, identifies nearly 100 divisions involved, and notes several were twice engaged with heavy losses on the first day.
The casualty list issued here names 27 United States expeditionary forces members. It records 1 killed in action, 1 died of wounds, 4 died of disease, 2 severely wounded and 1 slightly wounded, listing Private William Rapp as KIA and Private Edward Fisher as died of wounds among others. The long roster includes Pearsons Round, George Fitzsimmons, Jesse Fy Stinehcomb, Francis Welles, Eugene Wiston, Joseph Nowak, and multiple others across ranks.
Washington reports the Shipping Board approved a private interest shipbuilding program to counter allied tonnage losses from German submarines. Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Co. won permission to contract 150 motor driven wooden ships of 3 000 tons each in Oregon under restrictions. March output exceeded launch goals by 12 000 tons but deliveries lagged due to steel plate shortages with 30 hulls totaling 282 786 tons launched.
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