Allied Armies Press Drive Near Ypres on Front
British and French forces report progress on Flanders front with limited objectives. More than 800 prisoners taken and several forts and fortified farms captured. Haig’s troops push through Gheluvelt ridge toward Ypres as cavalry enters action. Large barrage and rapid advances noted along Bellevue Spur and Paschendaele area.
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Paris
War Office
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Verdun
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Belgium
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Saint Janshoek
Houtholst
Nieuwemolen
Ypres-Mening
Gheluvelt
Chateau
Bellevue Spur
Poelderhoeck Chateau
Reuter
Limited
Gheluvent
Marshal Haig
Paschendaele
Passchendecele
Scott resigns as war industries board chair
Washington October 27 Frank A Scott resigns as chairman of the war industries board citing ill health as the reason for his departure from the wartime agency.
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Washington
Frank A. Scott
War Industries Board
German Women in Mines Report Shows Rise in Workforce
A government report reveals many German women have joined mining work, with 87 568 women employed in late 1916 compared with 7 265 in the same period of 1914. Youth employment also rises. wages have increased but lag behind living costs.
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Washington
Germany
Coal Dealers Accused of Overcharges Seek DOJ Action
The Department of Justice has received hundreds of complaints from across regions that coal dealers are charging above fuel administration rates for anthracite and bituminous coal. Investigations are planned with possible criminal prosecutions, with district attorneys in several districts instructed to summon witnesses. Prices cited show mine rates around $2 per ton for bituminous and $4 for anthracite, with profits added by middlemen.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Fuel Administration
Department
East
Middle West
Liberty Loan Drives Near 5 Billion Mark Across Districts
Treasury reports across districts push toward a five billion dollar Liberty loan goal as final subscriptions roll in. New York totals reach 1.275 billion with banks and large firms adding multi million sums. Chicago shows progress toward 180 million of a 700 million district quota. Banks stay open late to absorb last minute buyers.
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Washington
Commerce Redfield
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Central Trust Company
Bank of Manhattan
United States Rubber Company
Chatham and Phoenix National Bank
William Rockefeller
Packard Motor Company
General Electric Company
Labor-Labor Council Rejects Russian Call for Conference
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor executive council rejected Jacob Baum's invitation to an international conference of workers and socialists from all nations. The cablegram called the proposal untimely and harmful, declining participation or sponsorship while sending fraternal greetings to Russia and wishes for its democracy.
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Washington
Russian Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
Workmen of Socialists of All Nations
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Jacob Baum
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
Department of International Relations
Republic of Russian
Russia
Bonar Law Seeks $2 Billion War Credit in Commons
London dispatch reports Chancellor Bonar Law will request a two billion dollar vote of credit in the House of Commons to finance the war until December with a plan for an additional credit then.
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Bonar Law
England
London
House of Commons
Panama President and Cabinet Back Liberty Loan
Panama on October 26 reports President Ramon Valdez and cabinet members have subscribed liberally to the American Liberty loan.
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Panama
Ramon Valdez
Escaped German Is Taken
Atlanta on October 27 194? Paul Falg one of ten German prisoners who escaped from Fort McPherson was captured in a grocery store in the cotton mill district by Private Ruse of the Seventeenth infantry aided by a civilian.
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Atlanta
Paul Falg
Fort McPherson
Seventeenth Infantry
Brazil Declares War on Germany in Chamber Vote
The Brazilian chamber of deputies voted 149 to 1 to declare a state of war with Germany. President Braz sanctioned the proclamation and urged measures to ensure national defense and public security amid broad public support.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Braz
Diplomatic Commission
Republic
Germans retreat 165 miles from Riga region on front
News from Petrograd reports a continued German retreat on the northern front with bridges and roads destroyed. Russian claims place German withdrawal near the Dvina region and note setbacks on the Rodenpois Turkaln line. Civilians begin evacuating Kronstadt and Petrograd as Moscow shifts.
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War Office
Riga
Pskoft
Jaeger
Rodenpois Turkaln
Dvina
Roedenpois
Jaegel
Turkaln
Werder
Tomba
Kronstadt
Moscow
Reval
Gulf of Finland
Germans Take 30 000 Italians in Tsonzo Offensive
German war office reports capturing more than 30,000 Italians and over 300 guns as Austro German forces push along the Tsonzo front. Rome says Italian troops evacuation of the Bainsizza plateau is under way with Mount Maggiore to Auzza cited. Eyewitnesses describe the Goritz battle as shells rain and ruins amid a heavy offensive.
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Tsonzo Front
German War Office
Karfrett
Ronziana
Rome
Bainsizza Plateau
Mount Maggiore
Auzza
Bainsizza
Cadorna
Monte Santo
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Kuk
Auzzna
Italy
Goritz
Gorita
Tolmine
Brandenburg
Monte San Gabrielle
Monte Rosso
Curso
Trieste
Triestend
Isonze
Balasizza
Cabinet of Italy quits after government defeat in parliament
Rome October 27 Premier Beselli announced the resignation of Italy's cabinet after a confidence vote failed 814 to 96. The Beselli government had been losing ground in parliament as Socialist strength rose amid Austro German advances and food rioting in Turin.
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Rome
Beselli
Chamber of Deputies
Paolo Beselli
Isonzo
Turin
Italy
Crowder Advances Plan To Classify Drafted Men
Provost Marshal General Crowder plans to present to President Wilson an outline for dividing the nation's drafted men into five mobility groups. The final regulations are not expected for several weeks. Serial numbers will determine order within each class, with the first division exhausted before any from later groups are summoned.
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Washington
Crowder
Wilson
Eighty French Officers Arrive in New York for Training
In New York on October 27 eighty French army officers arrived to be distributed to U S training camps. They will teach American fighters the arts of war to bolster the Allied war effort.
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New York
America
Uncle Sam
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