16 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
1
The News-Star reports a strong Ouachita Parish surge in Liberty Loan subscriptions driven by wartime patriotism. Six hundred young men from the parish have served abroad, with nearly a hundred Black residents also ready to contribute, and community support expected to fund ammunition and arms.
The Liberty Loan event at the City School Auditorium featured Sergeant O'Dea and Sergeant Byrne recounting German brutality. They described atrocities in France and Belgium to rally support and urged vigilance against pro German elements at home.
Washington reports Francis says Japanese and British forces landed at Vladivostok only to protect their interests and not under any international agreement. No Americans were landed. Paris notes heavy artillery near Mont Didier with French gains and prisoners. London reports German capture of Bailleul and Allied withdrawals as fresh German attacks form near Wuysthhaete. casualties in Paris district from long range shells.
Secretary of War Baker arrived at an Atlantic port from six weeks in Europe. He will proceed to Washington to report on talks with British French and Italian leaders and to become acquainted with American troops abroad. He praised Allied and U S achievements and promised a broad review of the voyage later. Buy a bond.
Associated Press dispatch from Amsterdam reports Berlin claims that American positions north of St Mihiel were stormed and a three and a half mile stretch on the Meuse was rolled up. Germans say they repulsed the attack with 400 picked troops, reporting 64 killed and 11 captured.
Leo Kenneth Mayer of the American City Government League of Brooklyn is in Alexandria and will address the city at City Hall this afternoon. Mayer promotes the commission form of government as part of an educational campaign tied to Monroe’s adoption efforts, drawing interest from locals seeking improved municipal methods.
Carloads of equipment and war memorabilia arrive for the exhibit from the battlefields. The train brings eighting apparatus and related gear for display to the public.
The French Government owns a five car exhibit of fighting apparatus from Europe’s battlefields arriving Friday at 2 40 p m and staying until Saturday 7 00 a m The exhibit includes guns planes Zeppelins and a Zeppelin bomb with four hundred front line photos and a guard of honor It travels under Missouri Pacific routing and will visit multiple towns to educate the public about World War I relics Buy a bond.
About 100 men from various units at Camp Logan in Houston deserted after an order to transfer them to other divisions. All but two were recaptured. authorities expect conspiracy to mutiny charges. Most deserters hailed from the Fighting Seventh regiment of Chicago. Buy a bond.
The Grand Fleet reports eleven German trawlers sunk by gunfire in Cattegat between Sweden and Denmark. German crews were rescued by British ships with no British casualties. Operations were conducted by the Grand Fleet commander in chief. Buy a bond.
Geneva reports from Rorschach an enormous loss from a Saturday fire at the Zeppelin works in Mazell near Friedrichshafen. The Gotha air plane factory, raw materials, two Zeppelins, and forty aircraft were destroyed. Many hoses burned and the death toll is concealed by authorities.
State Department dispatches note twenty five trains carrying wounded Germans through Aix la Chapelle nightly. German Reichstag reports say permanently disabled soldiers remain in service. British relinquished Bailleul and line shifts threaten Wytschaete while defending higher ground. Hazebrouck remains a critical rail hub as Grand Fleet sinks German trawlers in Cattegat.
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