Germans Lose Ground in Flanders Battle
German forces fall back as fighting rages with intensity in the Flanders front. Allied bombardment and counterattacks press German lines, signaling a shift in momentum amid ongoing engagements.
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17 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
1
British Withdrawal in Ypres Sector Confirmed
London April 17 Reuters correspondent reports British forces near Wytschaete south of Ypres retook hold ground after counterattacks. Flanders battle rages with extreme intensity. Latest reports indicate battle progressing in favor of the British despite German assaults, with no further ground gained since Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Reuter
France
Wytschaete
Ypres
Flanders
Arras
Somme
British Withdraw From Ypres Front Amid Wytschaete Action
British officials report a partial withdrawal in the Ypres sector with a new line west of the old forward positions. Counterattacks north of Baileul and near Boyles restore trenches as Germans press along the Wytschaete line. Somme operations show rising artillery activity and reserves hold firm. Buy a bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Belgium
Lys
Wytschaete
Meteren
Baileulle
Baileulle-Wysehaete
Flanders
Somme
Arras
Boyles
C A Green Under Serious Charge Arising From Arkansas Fugitive
C A Green a known Was saloonman running C A Green Co at 514 DeSiard Street was arrested on a warrant charging him as a fugitive from justice from Arkansas. He appeared before United States authorities for preliminary action.
Liquor Case and War Dispatches from Europe
Commissioner W A O Kelly released on bond for appearance in the Western Division of the Eastern District Arkansas Little Rock. The charge concerns sending liquor from Louisiana into Arkansas. Also reports from Europe note British advances at Wrythaete Meteren and shifting lines near Ypres with ongoing Somme Oise artillery fighting and German activity south of the Somme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. O'Kelly
State of Arkansas
Little Rock
Louisiana
Arkansas
Teachers Plan Year-Long Program as Summer School Offer
The council will conduct a summer school for pupils who want it, using teachers for the entire year. This plan outlines teacher staffing and the scope of courses to support student learning through summer and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
City Council debates bonds and sanitation measures
The council approved streetcar bond financing of twelve thousand dollars with a five percent certificate of indebtedness due by December 1 1918 and discussed sanitation fees, private and public closet charges, and a 13 to 7 cleaning plan from April to December. The body also referred measures on chickens on streets and school salary increases to committees and heard petitions on street improvements and a water main project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P A Pongana
H. Dh. Apgar
L. R. Powers
Will Atkinson
A. Bernstein
S. Kaplan
W. A. Walker
W. S. Culpepper
Wooten-Hyle Implement Company
Nelson Jo
Blackmon Auto Company
Nelson Building
Walnut Street
Shreveport Traction Company
Central Savings Bank
City Board of Health
Hartley
Herring
Hall and
Harrison Streets
Holly and
Railroad Avenues
Water, Light and Traction Committee
Hugh Biggar
Chas. Abbott
H. C. Kihneman, Sr
Y. A. Roberts
Geo. G. Weaks
Monroe Gas Company
Globe Automatic Sprinkler Company
Monroe Hardware
North Third Street
de Siard Street
R. O. Morrison
St. Anne Street
St. John
Jackson Streets
Jackson
St. Anne
New Stard
M. M. Munholland
City
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Rise at V B H Shops
Chairman J. H Trousdale reports the third Liberty Loan subscriptions at the V B H shops total $19 100 by noon today. The area is described as a potential hotspot for pro German and disloyal sentiment, signaling intensified loyalty efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shop Boys
J. IH. Trousdale
Liberty Loan Bond Committee
Interesting Exhibit of Dodge Motor Car at Monroe Hardware
The Monroe Hardware Co displays a Dodge Brothers chassis in its South Grand street showrooms. The exposed working parts include the dynamo starter, cylinders, valves, carburetor, ignition, and drive train. The exhibit, owned by the Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co, will stay in Monroe only a short time, inviting all to view soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Hardware Co
Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co
Automobile
South Grand Street
Dodge Brothers
Monroe
37 Perish When Steamers Collide Off British Coast
An Atlantic Port April 17 reports the American steamer O B Jenning and the British War Knight collided off the British coast March 24. Thirty seven people died, most from the War Knight, as torpedo boats rescued survivors before the War Knight was blown up while towed to shallow water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prean
Atlantic
O. B. Jenning
Jennings
War Department orders castor bean planting in Ouachita parish
Farm demonstrator B M Jackson reports a Washington order to grow castor beans on fifty acres in Ouachita parish. Government buys entire crop at 3.00 per bushel F O B Monroe. Volunteers needed to plant two to ten acres each. contractor EK B Moses will supply seed and deduct cost from the crop. Contracts must close within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Jackson
War Department
Washington
F. O. B. Monroe
Jackson
EK. B. Moses
Memphis
Tenn
Ouachita Parish
Baker Proud and Confident as War Secretary Prepares U.S. Troop Deployments
The secretary of war expresses pride and confidence while preparing to send a large number of American troops overseas, signaling a major mobilization effort. Details on timing or destinations remain unspecified.
Baker Returns to War Office Amid European Travel
Secretary Baker arrived back from Europe and pledged full effort to moving American troops to France. He warned German assaults demand united Allied action under General Foch, praising Pershing's and Fo ch's coordination and noting limited comment on a single Allied command. He visited England France and Italy and witnessed front line conditions including near shellfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Baker
War Department
France
Foch
Atlantic
U.S
United States
Wilson
Bliss
Pershing
General Pershing
Mr. Baker
England
Italy
Debarkation
Pershinz
Secretary Baker Tours War Logistics Across Europe
Secretary Baker and General Pershing oversee a vast American operations network behind the front. Warehouses stretch from Washington to New York, with rail lines, docks, and jetties rapidly completed. Most wounded are restored to duty. a minority will be cared for and re educated before civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
Washington
New York
Baker
Germans Slaughtered in Heillebeek Sector in Heaviest Attack
British gunners flanked German positions in Flanders as massed German waves were shot down at close range. The assault, launched late Tuesday, ended with German forces ordered to retire amid heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Free London
Flanders
Heillebeek
Coat of tar and feathers in Tensas Parish dispute
A legal notice reports W. A. Hunter of Tensas Parish facing a counter action to a public opinion matter. The fragment suggests a punitive punishment reference in a 19th or early 20th century local record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hunter
Tensas Parish
Opinton
Patriot parade ends in tar and feather threats in Louisiana
An out of state man W A Hunter resisting Liberty bonds faced a hostile civic response in Newellton and Tallulah La. He paraded in a tar coated costume with a disloyal placard while crowds shouted threats and demanded his removal from the state. Authorities controlled the scene and planned to ship him away, with continued threats reported as the train carried him out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Tallulah
W. A. Hunter
Williamsport
Ind
Hunter
United States
Winter Quarters
Newelton
Hlunter
Newellton
Iron Mountain
Tensas
Iunter
Indiana
Tranter
U. S
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Somme Battlefront
C. A. Green
Wytchaete
Wrythaete
Holland
Amsterdam
Iolland
America
Paris
Oise
St. Annen
Helsingfore
Copenhagen
Georgia Medical Convention
Savannah
Georgia
Georgia State Medical Society
Dodge Motor Car
Oele
Vor
Chicago
Hiliard
Augie Kieckhofer
Pierre Maupome
St. Louis
Lima
Peru
Vian Cabinte
Louise Huff
Paramoun
Lyceum Theatre
Theodore Roberts
Jack Mulhall
James Cruze
Adele Farrington
Alice Brady
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