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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1918
Page
1
President Wilson flatly rejected Austria Hungary's proposal for an official peace conference. The reply, issued within half an hour of the note's delivery, states the United States will join no such talks and speaks for the Allied world in a concise 68 word message.
Col Henry L. Stimson of New York is placed in command of the Thirtyfirst Field Artillery at Cap Meade Maryland. A veteran of the New York National Guard, he previously served as a lieutenant colonel in the same battalion and rises to lead artillery duties amid the wartime reshuffle. The article references the Austrian peace note and President Wilson’s principles for a just settlement, underscoring the era’s push for collective security and lawful peace.
An authoritative report states that in August a British independent air force bombed 21 towns in Germany and attacked air bases and factories. Over 100 tons of bombs were dropped, with three months totaling 249 raids and 247 tons, targeting rail centers, munition works, gas plants, blast furnaces, and airfields.
The seventh Australian war loan campaign began with enthusiasm in Melbourne as Acting Premier Watt sold the first bond to the lord mayor. Officials target about 200 million dollars in one month.
Sept 1 dispatch reports American troops have advanced to Vandieres within a mile and a half of the German frontier, signaling a push toward enemy lines amid ongoing combat operations.
London reports the Serbs and the French armies are pressing their Macedonian offensive. They have advanced five miles and taken control of a key ridge system, signaling continued progress in the campaign.
London reports continued British tightening of the line northwest of St Quentin. Field Marshal Haig says British forces advanced toward Le Verguier and press the enemy line with constant pressure in the sector.
J B Thorn a 51 year old Lansing State Journal janitor was arrested on charges of attempting to extort 320000 from James Pierpont Morgan II and his relatives in Glen Cove Long Island. The letters threatened a deadly germ and offered a supposed antidote for 20000.
Government released confidential Russian documents describe German efforts to disrupt the United States and its allies. They allege pressure on Lenin and Trotzky to reveal supply routes, Bolshevik propaganda operations abroad, and plans to move three submarines by rail to Vladivostok for Pacific service.
Describes a cavalry assault where troops dismount and fight on foot then remount to charge again through Bois Nonsard. Americans capture a German hospital near Thiaucourt, with German and American medical staff treating wounded of both sides. Includes naval scheme to move Russian ships under false flags and notes on embassy surveillance.
British and Greek troops gain ground on a ten mile Doiran Vardar sector taking two Bulgarian posts and several guns. Serbian and French forces report capturing Teak Vetrenik Dobropolje and Mountain Sokol on Saloniki front with hundreds of Bulgarian prisoners. American and French actions in Lorraine push toward Metz while British reach the Havrincourt area and Ypres sector gains.
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