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11 Mar 1918
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1918
Page
1
Three Raids by Americans Penetrate German Trench Lines
Three separate American assaults broke through the first and second German trenches. Four boys are reported among the troops involved and the action highlights a costly raid sequence on the western front.
Americans Raid Lorraine Front as Gas Attacks Cause Casualties
American and French forces carried out two coordinated raids in Lorraine, advancing to German second trenches, destroying dugouts, and seizing materials while gas shells were used. Pershing reports include multiple casualties with weapons and disease. italiano actions and a Bolshevik leadership dispute are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine
Ameri
Armis
Fenemy
Baker on Inspection Tour in France With General Peiring
Secretary of War Baker arrives in France and conducts inspections with General Per1ing of American troops on the front. Artillery activity rises on the western front as Americans step up raids. British forces advance in Mesopotamia and Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
France
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Anniversary of Great Blizzard in New York City
New York observes the thirtieth anniversary of the great blizzard of 1888. The three day storm brought continuous snow and a violent gale with severe cold, marking the most severe weather event recorded by the local weather bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Survivor Leo Terzia Describes Tuscania Sinking
Leo Terzia writes from England recounting the torpedoing of the Tuscania and his survival with Fensky Terzia. He details a perilous eight hour scramble, the raft with 32 men landing, and reports of other boats lost. He praises the English Navy and asks for outfitting supplies from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Terzia
Tuscania
Local Wholesale Grocers Headed to New Orleans Meeting
Representatives of all wholesale grocery concerns in the city will travel this week to attend the state wholesale grocers organization meeting in New Orleans. The event runs March 13 and 14 at the Grunewald Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
State
Wholesale Grocers’ Organization
Grunewald Hotel
Arkansas Louisiana highway contracts awarded for 155 miles
Contracts for the Arkansas Louisiana system of highways totaling 155 miles and worth about 2 775 000 were awarded in five counties at McGehee. The project includes 41 miles macadam and 114 miles asphalt with 14 foot finished surface and 22 foot roadway. Construction likely to take 18 to 24 months under state highway engineer Hugh Carter supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauregard
Lake Charnes
Gerstner
McGehee
Ark
Arkansas
Monroe
Louisiana
Camp Pike
Beauregard Road
Arkansas Gazette
Lincoln Country
Healey Construction Co
Meridian
Ashley County
Burke Construction Co
Fort Smith
Desha County
Metropolitan Paving Co
St. Joseph
Chicot County
Bryant Construction Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Drew County
Ford & McRea
Hugh Carter
War Secretary Safe in Paris
War Secretary Baker will inspect lines and confer with U.S. generals in Paris amid wartime strategy and allied coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
U.S
Secretary Baker Arrives in Paris For Military Visit
War Secretary Baker lands in Paris and meets General Pershing and French officers for a purely military inspection. He travels with Major General Black and other aides to review progress on arming and supplying the American force for the campaign. The secretary plans a brief stay and will report back to President Wilson on allied efforts and front conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
War Baker
General Pershing
Bliss
Premier Clemenceau
Ambassador Sharp
Washington
Haker
France
War Department
Mr. Baker
Wilson
Baker
Europe
Telegraph operator shot in Fawndale near Monroe
L. Thomas, Missouri Pacific agent at Fawndale, 10 miles below Monroe, was mortally wounded by a shotgun blast through a window while at his station. He sent help via telegraph and was taken to St Francis sanitarium. A Black railway worker named Clyde or C C Williams is sought. theft of a shotgun and missing watch are noted as possible robbery motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz
Washington
Scotland
Ireland
England
France
L. Thomas
Missouri Pacific
Fawndale
Monroe
Thomas
St. Francis Sanitarium
Missour Pacific
Sheriff's Department
Clyde
C. C. Williams
Roper
Sam Johnson
L. (. Smith
Sheriff's Office
Pat Donovan
Fawndale Station
Roper and Brothers
Httle
Lawndale
Mawndale
Loptown Station
Canada
Meningitis Case Quarantined on Oak Street
The four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar Bryan of 706 Oak Street has spinal meningitis. Dr L Bennett head of the City Board of Health ordered quarantine and guards to enforce it. The child was reported as alive and slightly better today. Mr Bryan works as a mail clerk on the Arkansas and Louisiana Midland railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Bryan
Oak Street
L. Bennett
City Board of Health
Bennett
Bryan
Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railroad
Monroe Churches Promote Patriotic Sunday Support
Monroe citizens urged to back soldiers as churches observe Patriotic Sunday per Governor Pleasant’s proclamation. Rev E E Means of First Methodist delivers a pointed sermon emphasizing duty in the world war, drawing strong audience applause. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Governor Pleasant
EE. K. Means
First Methodist Church
Means
Final Form Committee Drafts Charter Revisions
A five member sub committee forms to re draft the proposed charter. NXMIOb is noted as the guiding group. The panel aims to deliver a revised text for review and potential adoption.
Monroe Charter Talks Keep Parish Exemptions Intact
Monroe Charter Committee drafts final form for a proposed city charter with a commission manager structure. A sub committee of five lawyers including Percy Sandell and M C Thompson will re draft the charter while keeping parish tax exemptions and city school provisions unchanged. The panel rejected a new school section and warned that changing parish school expense arrangements could threaten tax exemptions. Continued on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Flournoy
Percy Sandel
Bred G. Kudson
Harry Oliver
H.H. Russell, Jr
M. ¢. Thompson
Thompson
Ity
Plovrhov
Mourney
Louisignais
Herain
Louisiana
City of
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