Americans First To Take Position In French Front Line
American troops entered the French battle line in Northern France under French command. Artillery and infantry dug in amid heavy fire as U S units moved through villages, securing positions 200 to 400 yards apart on rolling terrain near Paris and Amiens. Paris said over 100 wounded Americans reached hospitals as fighting continued along the Somme front.
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France
Associated Press
Paris
Amiens
Picardy
Paris War Office
Somme
Castel
Hangard
Trenches and Tensions Before Battle for American Troops
Soldiers endured a brief rain period then moved within sound of the guns. They rested awaiting orders to advance, tending equipment, and many infantrymen slept under stars with scarce straw bedding. Officers distributed supplies while sickness remained unusually low.
Bentall Bondsman Waives Examination in War Finance Case
Washington April 29 President Witman named four directors for the new 500 million war finance corporation and a new capital committee. Directors include William P. G. Harding St Paul Eugene Peterson James B. Brown and others. Bentall bondsman testified he had 830 thousand dollars and waived examination in a related espionage act case.
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Washington
Witman
New
War Finance Corporation
Sumiex Committee
Corporation
William P.G. Harding
Albania
St. Paul
Minn
Hang
Allen B. Forbes
New York
Eugens Peterson
Meyer, Jr
Angus W. Bondémay
J. O. Bentall
McLedh
North
Carolin
Eecares
Ham
Mamachuweeks Reo
Antia
Tenn Bkelton
Fulco
Frederic M. Berne
Illinois
James B. Brown
Kentucky
John B.drum
California
Henry C
Frederick
General Rain Over Entire Northwest Forecasted
Weather bulletin reports broad rain across the Northwest with unsettled conditions. No major storm is specified but tributaries and regional rivers may rise slightly as periods of rain move through the area. Weather agencies urge caution for travelers and outdoor activities.
Army innovation credited to Lieutenant Darden on front
Lieutenant Thomas R. Darden, commanding four tanks on the French front, is credited in Washington with securing a commutation allowance for officers away from Washington, enabling many to support their families. Secretary Baker and the Secretary urged Congress to pass the necessary legislation.
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Thomas R. Darden
Washington
Washinton
Darden
Baker
Congress
Liberty Loan subscriptions lag in final drive
Washington reports Liberty Loan subscriptions received last Friday and Liberty Day were estimated under 200 million dollars and called disappointing by the treasury. Early week totals put the campaign to 225,943,450 with reports showing an enthusiastic opening for the final roundup as efforts aim to boost individual subscribers from 9.5 million to 20 million, the target set by Secretary McAdoo.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury
Commit
McAdoo
French Liner Attacked by Sub Yet Arrives Safely
An Atlantic Port report notes a French trans Atlantic liner was attacked two days after leaving a French port. The torpedo passed astern, the liner fought back, and cruisers in convoy joined the action causing the U-boat to flee. It is unknown if the submarine was sunk.
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Atlantic
Purault
Russ rulers denounce the German treaty and rise plans
Reports from London and Washington detail Russia denouncing the Brest-Litovsk treaty and seeking a new accord over Estonia. A Soviet-style movement aims to form a western revolutionary republic while pan-Russian factions discuss emperors and counter revolutions.
Germ enemy assault in Flanders near Voormezeele and Ypres
German General offensive along the Kemmel front southwest of Ypres with heavy bombardment from Meteren to Voormezeele. Allied resistance holds Voormezeele sector as von Arnim seeks to exploit Mount Kemmel gains, with attacks around Locre and Lys front preparations and counterfire across the Somme and Montdidier region.
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Assené
Kemmel
Ypres
Flanders
Meteren
Bailleul
Voormezeele
Field Marshal Haig
London
Voormezeels
Ypres Salient
von Arnim
Mount Kemmel
Locre
Scharpenberg
Mount Rouge
Mount Note
Lys
Givenchy
Nieppe Wood
Font
Lens
Arras
Festul
Somme
Hangard
Villers-Bre
Tonneux
Lassigny
Noyon
Montdidier Salient
John Galsworthy and His Works in America
English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy is widely admired in America as he is in England. His stories and plays have long pleased American audiences, reflecting his enduring literary prominence.
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John Galsworthy
Playright
America
England
Delay in Aircraft Building Deliberations in Senate
Washington April 29 Severe criticism of delay in the aircraft program was voiced in the senate during discussion of the Borglum report to President Wilson. Senator Brandegee urged investigation, noting a newspaper publication alleging the sculptor's report. Senators Hitchcock and Thomas said Borglum had little new information and the committee had not called him. Brandegee argued the president chose Borglum, questions about qualifications arose. McCumber said the $640 million appropriation has been spent, $40 million more requested, and the public demands results.
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Washington
Senate Today
Wilson
Gutzon Borglum
Brandegee
Connecticut
Sculppor
Senate Military Committee
Borghim
Squier
Signal Corps
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Thomas
Colorado
Borglum
Benator
Aeronautical
Phelan
California
McCumber
North Dakota
German demands exchange and united action in prisoner talks
Washington reports say Germany demanded an exchange of prisoners with Russia and threatened to seize Petrograd if Russia rejects its terms. A 115 member German commission would present demands for immediate release of healthy German prisoners and care for the ailing under neutral doctors, while ill Russian prisoners would be released only if incapacitated. Senate and House conferees also agreed on a naturalization bill to aid aliens in the U S military, striking an amendment barring naturalization of Germans under certain loyalty provisions.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Alexis
Russia
Germany
Hathonia
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
William Wos
Esthonia
Washington
State Department
Atete Department
Senate
House
German Attempts Against French Lines In Hans Gard Wood
French positions near Amiens repelled several German attacks during the night in Hans Gard wood with French fire. Heavy artillery activity between Villers-Bretonneux and the Luce river and near Noyon. German raid north of Grivemers failed. French detachments reached near Corbeny and Courcy on the Meuse. Heavy fighting at Fomes wood and Cauriree wood on Verdun front. Emperor William reportedly watched battle at Kemmel Hill on April 25, described by the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger.
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Sopalan Attechat
Paris
Hansgard Wood
Amiens
Artllery
Villers- Bretonneux
Luce River
Noyon
Grivemer
Corbeny
Courcy
Meums
Alsace
Fomes Wood
Caurieree Wood
Verdun
Amsterdam
William
Kemmel Hill
Berlin
Lokal Anseiger
A Pree
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New Capital Issue Committee
Bentall Bondsman
Peterson
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Kaite Pape
Milwaukee
Wiz
Benny Pin
Charley Ite
Kang
Thomas Jarden
Esthenia
West
Aftonbaldet
Copenhagen
Brest- Litovsk
Reuter
Plan Revolution
Moscow
Prilo
Tchitcherin
Siberia
Omsk
trans-Siberian
Congress of War Prisoners
Finniah
Helsingfors
Kronstadt
Red Guard
Vasa
Exchange Telegraph Company
Viborg
Grand Duke
Alexis Nikolaivitch
Francis
Vologda
Great Flanders Drive
Lys Front
John Galeworthy
Ita Weekly
Sigan
Seth Arras
Atmlona
Haxebrouck
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