British Hold Bullecourt Roeux After Fierce Fighting
British and German forces fought for control of Bullecourt and Roeux near Arras with heavy losses on both sides. British lines extended along the Scarpe as Haig’s troops pressed key positions, taking hundreds of prisoners and recapturing much of Bullecourt while repelling counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
London
Associated Press
Arras
Roeux
Scarpe
Bullecourt
Hindenburg Line
Queant
Epehy
Ypres
Paris
Vauxaillon
Craonne
Champagne
War Office
Rheims
Maisons de Champagne
Teutonic
Berlin
Bulleecourt
Amsterdam
Arbeite Gemeinschaft
North Sea
Admiralty
Bullecourts
Scarpe River
Hall
Greanland
Fock
Halliday
Rupprecht
Haig
Rine
Doual
Lne
Arras-Cambrai
Monchy
Guamappe
Plouvain
Array-Doual
Sitios
Gertas
Retail Clerks Association Meeting Set for Tomorrow Evening
A full attendance of all clerks in the city is requested at the Trades and Labor Hall tomorrow evening. The notice urges every member to attend the important gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Lysbor Hall
Everning
Returned Soldiers Organize in Medicine Hat Branch
The Returned Soldiers Association met at the Club Rooms on Saturday to form the Medicine Hat Branch of the Great War Veterans Association of Canada and affiliate with the Provincial GW.V.A. It adopted the Calgary convention constitution and elected officers led by Hon. Pref.-Comrade C. S. Pingle as president, Comrade Frank Harrop as secretary-treasurer. Meeting adjourned to May 30 at 2:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Returned Soldiers Association
Thas
Comrades Marchant
Returned Veterans
Medicine Hat
Great War Veterans’ Association of Canada
Gw.v.a
Calgary
Prea
C. 8. Pingle
Frank Harrop
Sec
Treas
F. Batty
City Council
Tradea Council
Trades Council
Vebor
Vancouver
Victoria
Annual meeting and election of Canadien Club officers
The Canadien Club schedules its annual meeting and officer election for tonight at City Hall. Members are urged to attend to cast votes and elect new leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadien Club
City Hall
Local Casualties from War Strife Reported in Town
Mrs. C E Johnson of 709 Sixth St learns her husband Private C E Johnson 696846 is in hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand. Private Johnson enlisted near the city. Mr T Wilson of 416 South Railway St is informed his son Private Wilson was killed in action. Wilson was a former locomotive engineer. Mrs E McCally of 419 Third St SE is notified husband Private Joseph McCally is at No 1 Canadian General Hospital Etaples with severe multiple gunshot wounds. Pte Thomas Galloway Watson 696412 is at General Hospital Calais with a gunshot elbow wound. W H Watson, plumber of 1061 Queen St, reports Pte George Blake, now at 1010 Fifth Ave Calgary, killed in action. Corp J E Thomson of Medicine Hat, ex LePage Bros, wounded while giving first aid. he is recovering. Private Wallace Rayner 552088 reported killed in action April 24, brother of John E Raynor formerly of the hill grocery, now in Victoria Saskatchewan. Lieut Letelster O Connor’s family at 244 Fourth St NW hears Lieut Ashburner, who left with the 175th Battalion, is wounded and improving. Mrs Ashburner is sister of Lieut O Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Johnson
Sixth St
E. Johnson
Johnson
E. McCally
Third St. S.E
Joseph McCally
No. One
Canadian General Hospital
Etaples
Mac
13Th C.3lb
Thomas Galloway Watson
General Hospital
Calais
Be Saven
W. H. Watson
George Blake
Fifth Ave
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
CPR
Corp
J. E. Thomson
LePage Bros
Corp. Thomson
CAMLC
John E. Raynor
Victora
Sask
Raynor
Mounted Corps
Thie
Letelster O'Connor
Fourth St. N.W
Ashburner
Lieut
O'Connor
Mm Bag
Chicago Wheat Trading Stops By Compulsion
Chicago directors ordered a two day halt on all wheat trading except for closing out existing contracts. The stoppage was issued by the Board as of Saturday's close, affecting all Chicago wheat activity and prompting market pause nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
General Guchkoff resigns as Minister of War and Marine
Petrograd May 14 General Guchkoff announced his resignation at a Congress of Delegates from the front. He said the government’s power is threatened and he cannot share responsibility for actions against Russia. His move follows General Korniloff’s earlier decision amid garrison control pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korniloff
Petrograd
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
Trades and Labor Council Acts on Clerks Half Holiday Plan
The Trades and Labor Council discusses a proposed weekly half holiday for clerks during June to September with merchants, aims for amicable settlements, and notes similar moves in Calgary. It endorses wage-raise support for OPAR freight handlers and plans council involvement at key meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Countyy
Retails Clerks’ Association
Inber
States
Calgary
Forca
Clerks'Association
Thenr
Trades Council
OPAR
Inorgine
Eighty Percent of Local Wheat Acreage Sown
Farmers report excellent seeding weather with eighty percent of the local wheat in by Saturday night. Some low land districts expect smaller wheat acreage, while others show increases. barley oats and flax plantings rise overall. Labor supply matches demand with wages ranging from seventy to eighty dollars monthly.
Motor Bus Employees Strike Closes London Transport
London on May 14 reports ten thousand motor bus employees on strike halting commutes. Thousands cannot reach work as tram lines and trains jammed. all available vehicles are pressed into service to move workers to munition centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alfred Newell praises son Roger for OMR mission and officer training
In Chingford, Alfred Newell hails Roger Newell as a hero after his promotion to a mission with the Third OMR and a new officer training path. Roger is currently home briefly before reporting to Baxhut Sea for two months of school before serving aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Alfred Newell
Roger
O.M.R
Bityha
Chingford
Wf F
Baxhut
Sea
Washington arrival lines up with mission visit
A rough paragraph notes Artha Balfour and other Mission members arriving in Washington after a welcome in New York. It suggests they will depart soon for England, marking a historic or notable early arrival event with limited readable detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Artha
Balfour
British Mesa
Wash
New York
Mever
England
Naval staff reshuffle announced for Commons in London
London reports a navy staff overhaul with Admiral John Jellicoe named as first lord of the admiralty and new leadership expected in the British command amid ongoing wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John R. Jellicoe
Firat
Also Mentioned on This Page
ROEWX
Cravane
Maison# de Champagne
Tno
Mesopotamia
Russian War Office
Dialo River
Jebel Hamrin Hills
Dagdad
Caucausus
Macedonia
Dobropoly Heights
Cerna River
Palestine
Gaza
Baltic
Sen
Rumania
Zeetrugge
Progrem
Retail Clerks’ Association
The
Great War Veterans Asso
Duma Ciuamber
Russia
Duma
Council of Soldiers and Workingmen
T. Wilson
South Railway
Guchkoff
Trades and Labor Council
NAVAL
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!