19 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1918
Page
1
Soviet forces renew offensive against Bolshevik positions while demobilization and internal strife sap the enemy. Reports indicate continued advances along key fronts, with commanders signaling stiff resistance and potential shifts in momentum.
Associated Press reports a major German attack anticipated on the Western Front with a main thrust planned between Arras and St Quentin. British and American forces repulsed attacks near Dumesnil as air raids and fighter losses mount. German plans to aid Ukraine threaten food supplies. Petrograd cites Trotzky as Russian food dictator amid waning Bolshevik morale.
Governor Pleasant in a North Louisiana speech frames this war against the Central Powers as more important than the American Revolution. He argues the fight defends liberty for 100 million and criticizes claims it favors capital, urging farmers to boost food production while government reins in big business.
A morning blaze in Mer Rouge Morehouse Parish destroyed three frame stores and damaged a brick wall. The meat market of J U Yelldell burned first between 4 and 5 oclock, spreading to Shaw and Sisson Grocers and Hornbeak Dealers, with losses around 12500 and about 5000 insured.
District court opened for the conspiracy case against R Cassidy a local building contractor S H Awl carpenter and Monroe Labor Council president and Eugene Blazier another union carpenter The noon recess left only two witnesses John E Hay city plumbing inspector and M R Harrelson Ouachila Plumbing and Gas Fitting Company proprietor who recently took over the firm
Petrograd reports General Kaledines, chairman of the Do Cossack's committee, shot himself at Novotcherkask during a government session after a decision to resign and transfer power to the Workmen and Soldiers' Council.
London reports rumors from Vasa that Bolshevik rule in Petrograd collapsed under Socialist revolutionaries led by M. Tehernof. The Copenhagen paper’s Vasa correspondent cites Lenine and Trotsky escaping to Riga as part of the upheaval.
Struggling lines push for higher funds as talks with workers and unions continue. Officials say more money is necessary to operate routes and meet service obligations, with stakeholders urging decisive financial support.
Representatives of a majority of U S railroads told the governments wage commission that they do not oppose employee requests but will aid with information. They cite higher living costs and wartime strain, arguing many workers earning under about 150 dollars monthly need relief, though no definite raise plan is offered.
Commissioner Me Whord questions salary reductions for officers while Higgins defends compensation after a lifetime of knowledge. Lehmann asks about boy and woman employment. Higgins notes the age limit rise to 21 and that women work as clerks and in other roles while boys are mostly messengers.
A meeting at the Chamber of Commerce discussed organizing an athletic club with a gymnasium in Monroe. Burton H. Wolf, Charles F. Kramey, and I. X. Gehrie were named to search for quarters, permanent or temporary. Gehrie offered free physical instruction with Wolf assisting. details and possible stock company remain undecided while public membership will be open regardless of creed.
A February dispatch from Petrograd says typhus is spreading with about 60 percent fatality, attributed to famine and returning soldiers. Reports mention mud fighting in Ukraine and northern Russia, with Roumania allying with Ukrainians against the Bolsheviks and a joint army moving toward Kishinev.
The pact allows drafting of British subjects in the U S and American citizens in Britain. Fuel officials plan to send Rembrandt Veale to Alabama to mediate a miners strike involving about ten thousand workers over Garfeld agreement compliance. General Fleetine Company warns of plant closures due to Shipping Board action affecting fuel oil supply for war orders.
Federal District Judge Foster refused to grant a temporary injunction to seven wholesale liquor dealers of Alexandria and Monroe to force Wells Fargo to accept shipments to Texarkana Texas. The ruling means the case will be tried on its merits. Express carriers refused shipments due to Bone Dry law challenges in Texarkana county a dry county in a wet state.
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