Germans Attack American Wires Amid Toul Battlefield Actions
American machine gunners repelled a low flying German air attack near Leidheprey northwest of Toul. German artillery targeted telephone and telegraph lines while signal corps restored communications under heavy shelling. Ambulance crews risked No Man's Land to tend the wounded as Salvation Army workers withdrew from exposed positions.
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Toul
No Man's Land
France
Associated Press
Leidheprey
Signal Corps
German Thrust Viewed By War Department Strategists
Washington reports the U S war department expects another powerful German thrust at Allied lines. The review notes no final battle and cites General Foch as allied commander in chief. It mentions Americans captured and escaping, plus persistent fighting from Avre to Noyon and in Flanders with mixed gains and sustained Allied coordination.
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Washington
War Department
Foch
Treno
Aras
Oise Canal
Amiens
Somme
Avre
Noyon
Moreuil
Amaull Sisea
Half of Liberty Loan Subscribed, Reports Say
Washington reports show half of the three billion dollar third Liberty Loan remains unsubscribed with more days of campaigning ahead. Subscriptions exceed 1.6 billion across regions and states. Seattle and Tacoma lead in Washington. Oregon touts statewide quota completion. St Louis Fed district totals 374,000 subscribers.
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Liberty Loan
Washington
A. H. Alshton
Chicago
Mississippi
Seattle
Tacoma
Oregon
St. Louia
Texas
Oklahoma
Loulalana
Arizona
New Mexico
Sunrise
Wych
Big Shipment to Belgium and Northern France Delayed
Washington reports a ten day pause in food shipments to allied civilians to divert three million bushels of grain to Belgium. Part of the wheat will aid residents in German occupied northern France. Cables from the Belgian relief commission urged this shift to prevent bread shortages across the region.
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Washington
Francé
Belgian Relief Commission
Brussels
Belgium
France
Sedition bill advances to final action in Congress
Washington reports the sedition bill consents to twenty years in prison and ten thousand dollars in fines for disloyal acts or utterances aimed at obstructing the army draft or Liberty bonds, with conferees endorsing broad Senate provisions. Minnesota forecasts generally fair with freezing temps tonight and Tuesday. Boers Deke expects fair conditions with little change in temperature.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Plan Strike for Seattle to Protest Persecution
Washington April 22 A Seattle labor leadership move calls for a general strike May 1 to protest alleged persecution of Thomas Money and others convicted for a bomb plot. Senator Poindexter denounces and calls for severe action, while labor leaders split over the strike. In Chicago the fifth jury selection week begins for 113 I W W members charged under the espionage act. government lawyers question defense-tendered jurors as they aim to swear in a jury this week.
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Washington
Seattle
Thos
Opi T
Francisco
Asnate
Poindexter
Waahingt
James A. Dun
Geettic Sentral
Wan Weing
Benatar Pol Dence
Ool Thesine
Workere
Thevikl
International
Impor
W. W
Chicago
Joker
Quake Hits Hemet and San Jacinto with Damaged Towns
San Jacinto and Hemet, California, were struck by an aftershock at 7:00 am and 9:14 am, causing loose bricks and wreckage in the business districts. One life lost is Frask Darnell, drowned off Santa Monica after the pier collapse. Reports mention office buildings tilting in Los Angeles and widespread fear as tremors disrupted daily activity.
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San Jacinto
Hemet
Los Angeles
Cal
Hivermés County
Frask Darnell
Santa Monica
Ais
Pani
Esas
Townisrof Hemet
San Ja
Gan Berrarding
Germans Claim Capture of 183 Americans and 23 Guns
Berlin reports from headquarters claim Germans captured 183 American prisoners and 23 machine guns. The report also says German storm troops advanced about two kilometers into American lines at Leicheprey with heavy American losses. Separate dispatches describe intense fighting west of the Renners forest near Toul where Americans and French repelled German waves, counterattacking to retake Seicheprey. The front remains volatile with artillery duels, gas shells, and renewed efforts near Lys and Ypres.
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Berlin
London
Leicheprey
France
Bgiateds Press
Renners Forest
Toul
No Man’s Land
Umit
Flanders
Teuton
Mita
Getcheprey
Biter
Talain
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U. S
Salvation Army
United States War Department
Foct
West
Actaris
Billy
Acton
Minnesota
Mooney Prosecution
California
Haig
Lys
Mesnil
Albert
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