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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1918
Page
1
British forces advance northwest of St. Quentin capturing Malaise farm and retaking Moeuvres, which had been recaptured by German counter attack.
Long list of wartime dispatches updates readers on the execution of General Soukhomlinel and related trials. Reports cover refugees arriving in Sweden, secret Russian documents exposing German and Bolshevik collaborations, and a Washington note on debt and tax plans for financing the army in France.
News from Lorraine reports German forces planning a large retreat after the St Mihiel success. A Belgian prisoner says four additional resistance lines lie behind the Hindenburg line and a new line runs through Belgium. American artillery breaks two-day raids near Bois de Rap, Mars-la-Tour bombed, Lieut. F. Luke from Phoenix sets balloons ablaze and downs an enemy plane. Shells land at American posts as quieter fronts suggest relief by fresh troops.
Four persons died in a bedroom fire on Scott and Elm streets in Youngstown. All victims suffocated. Listed are Mrs Bam Rosenfelt aged 28 Jerome Rosenfelt 4 Shirley Felt 3 Manuel Rosenfelt 65 the father in law.
British Third and Fourth armies drive along the Hindenburg line between Cambrai and St Quentin capturing more than 10 000 prisoners and over sixty guns. French forces advance north of Gauche wood fuse with the attack near Behay and Contescourt as they reach the outskirts of Behay and report progress against German defenses. More than 25 towns have been recaptured in the day long fighting with German counterattacks repelled.
London Sept 20 The Allies push Germans beyond the Hindenburg line in Picardy with new advances northwest of St Quetin. British forces report taking important positions around Epehy and gains near Lempire on Hindenburg outposts, gaining over a mile and threatening the road and canal linking northern and southern centers.
Paris dated September 20 reports ten thousand Bulgarian prisoners sent to the rear with more likely. Allied pursuit of retreating forces continues with notable success in the Balkan offensive.
Auto bandits held up the Argo state bank in Argo Illinois this morning and carried away twenty six thousand dollars in a bold daring robbery. Police conduct a manhunt.
American troops halted a raid in the Meuse Moselle sector as prisoners were taken. The attackers were Austrians tied to Vienna’s Imperial and Royal regiments.
Spain prepares for crisis as Foreign Minister Dato arrives in Madrid for a cabinet council. He urges newspapers to observe utmost discretion until government announces results and plans to return to San Sebastian to stay in touch with foreign diplomatic representatives there.
Senator Thompson of Kansas, back from abroad, said the submarine menace is no longer serious. He cited positive knowledge that about half of Germany’s fleet, never more than 820 boats, has been destroyed or captured by the Allies and urged urgency in the navy’s destruction efforts.
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced orders to local draft boards allowing voluntary induction of registrants into the navy and Marine corps. If voluntary inductions fall short, drafts will be used to fill demands with calls for navy men before month end and Marine corps contingents within weeks.
Washington reports Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper told Secretary McAdoo that collecting five billion four million seven hundred four thousand three hundred thirty four dollars in the fiscal year ending June 20 cost about eight hundred twelve million dollars. The rate was 3.24 per thousand or five percent, the lowest proportional cost in the bureau’s history, following a 1917 low.
Washington reports the war department issued an order changing drill regulations to prohibit basic signals during engagements. Commands will now be given by hand motions to squads, platoons and companies to ensure messages reach all troops and avoid reliance on bugle calls.
Five thousand soldiers at Camp Devens in Ayer Massachusetts were under treatment at the base hospital with influenza. Six deaths occurred overnight as Lieut. Col GC McCornack division surgeon said the influenza outbreak was waning.
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