Allied line holds as German losses mark worst day
April 30 report from the Flanders battlefront says German attacks failed to break Allied positions near Ypres and Leere. Despite sending about 175,000 troops over a twelve mile front, German forces suffered heavy casualties while the Entente held Leere and repelled advances near Scherpenberg and Kennel Plt.
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Flanders Battle
Ypres
Sentente
Leere
Mount Rouge
Scherenberg
Teutons Pay Great Price in Ypres Battle
British and French lines hold as German attacks around Ypres pay a heavy price. Haig reports Germans gained little despite fierce assaults along a 12 mile front from Meteren to VoorMezeele. French stop near Kemmel hill while front lines withstand renewed German pressure. May 1915.
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Germany
Ypres
Emy
Channel
Meteren
Voormezeele
Haig
Teutons
L Ypres
Kemmel Hill
Refusal of Rehearing in Monroe Bank Bond Case
The New Orleans Supreme Court refused a further rehearing in Union National Bank of Monroe receiver H F Thomas v United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. Thomas sought to collect H D Apgar bond after the district court ruled for the bonding firm. The high court upheld the lower court and denied any rehearing.
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New Orleans
Supreme Court
Union National Bank
H. F. Thomas
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Thomas
Union National Bank of Monroe
H. D. Apgar
Light vote cast in manager form election as ballots counted
At 12 30 PM only 314 ballots were polled in the manager form election. U S district attorney Wilson urged a five year sentence in federal prison. An agreement averts a mill strike by delaying the wage scale renewal. Liberty Loan subscriptions total 2 408 442 400. Cracow food riots reported. heavy artillery near Avre in Noyon sector.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Light municipal election vote on Monroe commission plan predicted
Both sides stay active as polling continues for Monroe's mayor and council vote. By noon only 314 votes had been cast at City Hall and 161 at Ouachita Motor Sales, with labor and city employees mobilizing against the managerial plan while business leaders and professionals back it. If approved, the Legislature may be asked to authorize immediate implementation. Buy-a-bond.
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Monroe
City Hall
Ouachita Motor Sales Company
Organized Labor
Powers
Culpepper
Victory a race to beat arriving American forces
Geneva reports German papers mock American involvement on the Western Front and urge a swift victory before the full American force arrives. Vienna papers echo the same stance as a bond drive appeals in wartime Germany. Carl Gleezer pleads guilty in federal court to espionage act violation.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Vienna
Kansas City
Carl Gleezer
Missouri Staats Zeitung
van Valkenburgh
Francis M
District Court Hears Death Sentences for Flournoy and Eaton
Lonnie Eaton and Will Flournoy were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Charlie McQuiller in the colony. Judge Dawkins reimposed the sentence with counsel present after a delay. A motion for a new trial was denied and execution will occur in Baton Rouge on a governor designated date.
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Lonnie Eaton
Will Flournoy
Dawkins
Maton
Charlie McQuiller
McQuiller
Baton Rouge
Haton
Eaton
St. Louis
Will Sample
Sample
Ronda May Hendricks
Mary Wilson
J. T. Medarias
Johnnie Jones
Heywood Williams
J. A. Hughes
White
Hughes
Secretary proposes three million man army plan
Secretary Baker announces a plan to raise the U S fighting force to three million, aiming to boost military strength. The proposal outlines rapid expansion of manpower and resources to meet anticipated global demands.
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Baker
Loss of Ypres Seen as Minor in Great Western Front Battle
Washington officials view the Ypres struggle as a local incident in the major German drive. They doubt a wide British retreat even if Ypres falls, believing ground behind it will stay contested and that channel ports remain secure for weeks. American troops are reported in the Amiens sector, with artillery units aiding a mobile reserve as the expansion of forces is prepared for Congress approval.
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Ypres
Channel
Washington
France
Flanders
Foch
Amiens
Ameins
Hangard
Villers-Bretonneaux
Noyen
Picardy
Congress
Baker
Plan to raise eight million troops prompts draft amendment
Indications point to adding a million men to the army as soon as possible, supplementing 1.5 million already with colors and 800,000 scheduled this year. If large division increases occur, funds would be needed for a force beyond 8,000,000 and an amendment to the selective service act may be required to remove current two unit limits. Officials say no legal right exists to organize extra line units. Bombarding Paris resumed today after a period of long range attacks.
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Selective Service
Nct
Aet
Names of Liberty Loan slackers
Parish officials urge ward chairmen to list residents who have not purchased bonds or who subscribe too little. The District Federal Reserve Bank will receive the lists for action. A report shows Ouachita parish third loan subscriptions totaling 618.60 with local banks and companies contributing substantial sums.
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Liberty Loan
J. Harvey Troisdale
Chas
Draft reform seeks higher young men on eligibility list
Provost Marshal Crowder asks Senate and House Military committees to strike the dual amendment from the draft extension bill. The change would prevent youths turning twenty-one by June 5, 1917 from being placed at the bottom of the eligible lists.
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Associated Press
Washington
Crowder
Senate
House
Negro dies from stab wounds after Grammont street affray
Ivy Johnson died at St Francis Sanitarium from knife wounds received in an April 24 altercation on Grammont street near the electric light plant. Claud Osborne is held on a charge of causing Johnsons death and plans to plead guilty to manslaughter to begin serving soon.
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Ivy Johnson
St. Francis Sanitarium
Claud Osborne
Johnson
Grammont Street
Grant
Osborne
Austria Submits New Peace Offer
Stockholm April 30 The Catholic International Press Agency reports that the Austrian emperor sent a fresh peace offer to Italy asking it to consider the proposal in its own interests according to a Basel dispatch.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Catholic International Press Agency
Italy
Bassel
Red Cross Quotas Set by Monroe Chapter
The Monroe chapter aims to raise $16 640 in the current Red Cross drive. Volunteers and local groups organize campaigns and events to hit the target as community support grows.
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Monroe
Red Cross War Fund quotas set for Fifth District drive
Monroe district director Allan Sholars announces district quotas for the Red Cross war fund drive starting May 20 lasting one week. Abe Arent chairs the local campaign covering Ouachita Parish and Eros, with a meeting at 3 pm in the Chamber of Commerce.
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Allan Sholars
Monroe
Red Cross
Uta
Abe Arent
Arent
Ouachita Parish
Eros
I Jackson Parish
Concordia Moritz
East Carroll
Lake Providence
J. K. Schneider
Gibert
J. S.S. Campbell
Jackson
Hodges
J. T. Tolloway
Jonesville
Clarence Yancey
Richland Bayville
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Vimy
Kennel Plt
Cain
Lens
Somme
London
Renearing
Louisiana
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Galicia
Berlin
W.8.s
Paris
Avre
Noyon
Oise Rive
Flournoy
Ouachita Natural Gas & Oil Co., Inc
Austria
Ali Arent
Atkin Shholars
Vidalic
Mary Warren Ve
Eugieni
War Weekly
Charles Ray
Arizona
Leo
Constance Talmadge
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