Yanks Press Across Vesle River Amid Allied Gains
British and Franco American forces push forward along the Vesle and adjacent fronts in France as American and French troops cross the Vesle and seize key rail points. British advances near the Lawe and Clarence rivers are reported with counter attacks repulsed. American assault on the Aisne front follows with heavy fighting and successful bridge crossings.
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Haig
Lane and
Clarence Rivers
Flanders
London
Lawe
Braye-Corbie
la Bassee Canal
Amiens
Vesle
Paris
Foch
Braisne
Champagn
Auberive
Reims
Morlancourt
Bray-Corbie Road
Charles Edgar Named Director of Lumber Board
Charles Edgar of Essex Falls New Jersey is appointed director of lumber for the War Industries Board succeeding R H Downman who resigned. German artillery opened a fierce battle as American forces pressed the advance with some units crossing water and using bridges while others endured mud and darkness in hand to hand combat. American machine guns decimated a German detachment and heavy shelling from Vesle artillery disrupted the enemy counter attack as the left wing halted before advancing to its objective.
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Charles Edgar
Essex Falls
N. J
The
War Industries Board
R. H. Downman
Americas
Vesle
French Losses 2,600,000 Reported by Knecht
Marcel Knecht, member of the French high commission to the United States, told the Knights of Columbus convention in New York that 1,300,000 French soldiers were killed and 1,800,000 wounded in the war. He said the Falbus were cheered by American arrival.
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High Commission
VU. S
New York
Marcel Knecht
United States
Knights of Columbus
German press muzzled on Soissons fall
Amsterdam dispatch reports German authorities barred publishing news of the fall of Soissons, preventing German press from reporting the event.
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Amsterdam
Soissons
Haig Opens Major Picardy Offensive As Allied Push Gathers
Allied forces under General Foch launch a large double offensive in Picardy. Haig's attack aims to collapse the salient between Albert and Soissons while French and American units strike toward the Vesle and Aisne rivers. German positions along the Luce are reported contested as withdrawals occur.
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Aisne-Marne
Vesle
Bazoches
Fismes
The
Aisne
Germans' Strength Waning Signals Allied Momentum
London reports two major Allied drives on the Western Front making good progress. War experts say German strength is waning daily based on captured prisoners and other sources. The decline is real but should not curb aggressive action by the Allies in any theater.
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London
Ger
Government accuses big packers of conspiracy
Washington reports the Federal Trade Commission's scathing indictment of the packing industry. It accuses Swift & Co. Armour & Co. Morris, Cudahy and Wilson Company of conspiring against the government and public welfare and urges government control with likely forthcoming legislation to nationalize packing plants.
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Goverment
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Presint
Trade Commission
Swift & Co
Mour & Co., Morris, Cudahy and
The
Wilson Company
Uprising in German Fleet Over Submarine War Grows
Dispatch from Amsterdam reports an uprising by sailors at Wilhelmshaven driven by growing Allied effectiveness against U boats. Hundreds of sailors face arrests with ringleaders sentenced to death. Emperor William canceled a fleet visit amid ferment.
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London
Aus
Wilhelmshaven
Amsterdam
Daily Express
William
President and Mrs Wilson Launch Quistconck at Hog Island
President Wilson and Mrs Wilson witnessed the launch of the Quistconck, a 7500 ton cargo vessel, at Hog Island shipyard with officials, shipyard workers, and 25 000 cheering spectators. Mrs Wilson served as sponsor for the ship, the first of the large cargo carrier program.
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Hog Island
Philadelphia
Wilson
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mrs Isaac S McElroy Weds in White House Ceremony
Miss Alice Wilson, niece of the president, married Rev. Isaac Stuart McElroy Jr. in the White House. The bride is the daughter of Joseph R. Wilson of Baltimore. The groom, pastor of the Presbyterian church at White Sulphur Springs, W Va, will stay one year then depart for Japan as a missionary.
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Alice Wilson
White House
Isaac Stuart McElroy
McElroy
Joseph R. Wilson
Baltimore
Mr. McElroy
Presbyterian Church
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Japan
Largest shipyard launches first of fleet at WesSland yard
The WesSland yard launched the world’s largest shipyard vessel, with a second ship due within weeks. More than 50 ships are expected to be launched by year’s end, signaling a surge in naval construction at the facility.
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WesSland
Secret Sailing Date For Siberia Mission Plans
General March outlined the Siberia expedition plan naming the Twenty-seventh and Thirty-first regiments now in the Philippines as the nucleus, to be joined by U.S. troops. Graves will command, no sailing date announced, and no joint allied commander chosen yet. The operation aims to back President Wilson’s policy, not an eastern front.
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Washington
William S. Graves
Camp Fremont
Cal
Siberia
General March
Philippines
United States
March
Wilson
State Department
Graves
Mirch
Vesle
Aisne
Entente Claims U Boat Destruction and Allied War Mobilization
London reports Premier Lloyd George stating Britain and Dominions raised 7.5 million for arms since 1914, with 150 German submarines destroyed. He lauded General Foch, noted U.S. troop arrivals, and warned peace must be just. He praised American troops and supported a league of nations while cautioning on German power.
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London
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Dominions
India
Foch
Germany
Poch
U. S
France
League of Nations
Russia
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Picardy
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Domart
Crown Prince
Vesle and
von Holtzendorff
Mrs, Wilson
Isaac S. M’elroy
U.S
Maj. Gen. Graves
Woevre
Toul
Marne Salient
Apleds
Ifne
Britain
Mr. Lloyd George
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