03 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1918
Page
1
A tense prelude to a major confrontation unfolds on the sixty mile Western Front as forces prepare for a decisive clash. Commanders assess positions and strategies amid rising expectations of heavy fighting.
More than 100000 American troops advance toward the Arras and Chauny front amid calm before a potential push. British and French reports note recaptured Ayette and repulsed German forces near Moreuil and PleMont while German onslaughts pause to allow new defenses.
The Protective League of Ouachita Parish announces its central executive committee and ward chairmen. A meeting was set to appoint an investigations panel on German propaganda among Negroes. Membership lists and duty outlines will be issued to ward members, with signed lists to be placed in local stores.
The document lists candidates by ward including West Monroe Ward 5 candidates Faulk DeGraffenreid and N Q Tippit among others. Ward 6 Howard Peevy and C W Parnell. Ward 7 I P Ray and W L Burkett. Ward 9 Hunter Worley and J D Mathis. Ward 10 A H Keley and Joe Goyne.
Six graduates completed the three year nursing course at St. Francis sanitarium training school. Three join the Red Cross for foreign service and three stay for home service. Notables include Leona C. Felton Jessie Hioward Peggy Patterson Edna R. Brown Kathryn W. Kelly and Docia Penda. Principal H H Russell Jr. delivered the address as the audience lamented the small turnout.
Washington reports measures to hasten the draft are under consideration with an official announcement expected soon. About 10,000 men will be called this year to meet the emergency in France, with calls to be issued more rapidly than planned. The draft is not being increased to 1,500,000, though over 1,500,000 are currently under arms nationwide and abroad, with a further million to be added by year end if possible to send 1,500,000 to France by early next year.
Tokio April 3 an authoritative source says Japan will turn over to the United States 450000 tons of shipping under a concluded agreement. The report notes the total 450000 tons will be supplied in shipments and reflects a formal arrangement between the two nations.
Paris reports that at 9 50 this morning German forces renewed long range bombardment of the city using heavy guns. The attack targets remain unspecified as defenders brace for further shelling.
Secretary G T Cross of the Chamber of Commerce plans to address farmers and produce growers urging participation as the curb market on the courthouse square opens for the season Saturday April 6 under the Monroe Civic League. The league aims to connect producers with consumers and encourages housewives to prepare market baskets for early Saturday use.
Reported peace talks begin as the TEU institutes a formal dialogue to ease tensions and pursue settlement aims amid ongoing drive toward a political breakthrough.
Washington officials denounce Count Czernin's claim that France urged talks with Austria-Hungary as a German peace maneuver. They say no such suggestion has reached Washington and that any Teutonic plea for early peace will be rejected.
Count Czernin said Austria-Hungary was close to peace negotiations with the Entente as the wind changed and the Entente chose to await developments in Austria. He asserted the empire would enforce peace by moral right and strength. He stated Bulgaria must get districts with Bulgarians from Serbia and pledged support to Germany. France suggested peace talks.
Paris in April reports Premier Clemenceau declared Czernin lied after Czernin said Austria Hungary asked via an intermediary if they were ready to negotiate peace.
Three black defendants convicted of failing to register were sentenced by United States District Judge Jack. Green Huston got 90 days in Caddo parish jail, Richard Logan 60 days, and Jess Dawson 60 days after jury mercy. A fourth defendant’s case, St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railway matter, continued.
The record notes several rulings including Harve M. Wheeler vs Chas P Taft where the motion to remand to state court was overruled and default was entered. In St Louis Iron Mountain Southern railway vs Oak Grove Gin Company the plea of prescription was sustained and judgment for the defenders, case dismissed.
Washington reports the United States seeks to extend aid to neutral Switzerland by ensuring food supplies and allowing grain transport via France if needed. Paris confirms a German assault south of Moreuil was repulsed with limited gains. Missouri tornadoes killed six and injured many across Sluntersville Gray Ridge New Florence Mineola.
U N Larche chairman of the Vacant Lot Garden Committee with Raitaeke Bryant Parish Superintendent T C Brown and C A Smith visited the city colored schools. They urged planting gardens on vacant lots to boost food production and promoted thrift stamps Liberty bonds and war activity. Negroes were urged to report pro German talk. One school lacked student gardens while the other had some gardens. Free use of vacant lots for gardens was announced.
A man listed as Fred Gaebler was arrested by Officers Hill and McElwee near the Missouri Pacific depot last night as an alleged German sympathizer. Police say disloyal remarks toward U S soldiers prompted detention and that federal authorities are handling the case.
British forces stormed a strong German position south of Hebuterne and recaptured Ayette, a key contested zone in France. German troops sacrificed large numbers in failed efforts to hold the Ayette sector, as reports from the northern battlefront indicate.
President Wilson moves to fulfill a bold wartime forecast as the nation braces for pivotal developments. Officials weigh strategic steps, with public sentiment and Allied coordination shaping the path ahead.
Washington reports merge of American units with Allied forces as France and Britain prepare for renewed fighting in Picardy. Secretary Baker travels to Europe to coordinate troop concentration under General Foch and General Pershing, signaling a unified front and intensified American participation in the war.
Plans discussed for training American forces in British camps and front line trenches to speed their arrival in France. Units would be equipped and supplied by Britain and then handed to General Pershing for incorporation into the American army. The approach aimed to shorten training and transport hurdles.
At Dr. A H L Johnson's office a colored American Protective League of Ouachita parish was organized to cooperate with the white Protective League. Dr. Johnson chairs, with Dr G M McClanahan secretary and other officers named. A further meeting is planned early next week.
The British forces repulsed a German assault near Fampoux at dawn with many German dead and a few prisoners. Ayette was recaptured by a local British operation as over one hundred prisoners and three machine guns were taken. Lincolnshire troops raided trenches northeast of Loos, taking prisoners, and another raid occurred northeast of Poelcaypelle.
The Liberty Loan Train is scheduled to visit Monroe on April seventeenth as part of a war museum tour. Officials expect exhibits on wartime finance and recruitment to draw local families and students.
Two Liberty Loan trains tour the Eleventh Federal Reserve District in support of the third Liberty Loan. One train visits Monroe on April 19 and Tallulah on April 20, with Ruston and other towns on the schedule. Exhibits show fighting machines and equipment from Europe and war at sea.
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