14 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
1
In a wartime dispatch, American troops receive praise as National Guardsmen report on the devastation caused by enemy actions. Reports highlight coordination, resilience, and a call for continued support amid ongoing campaigns.
Mixed dispatches report American forces repulsing a German assault on March 6 as the Rainbow Division earns praise from French General Giraud. Elsewhere British and Allied lines push near Luneville while Palestine fronts advance three miles and six villages change hands. Trotzky plans to oppose Germany’s peace terms in the Russian congress. In Texas suffrage advances face a primary test. bills for prohibition and other measures move through the legislature. A cyclone in Queensland, Australia, devastates North Queensland towns with heavy casualties and widespread damage to homes and telegraph lines.
Police confirm a black assailant entered the Strozier home at 415 Olive Street and attacked Mrs. Strozier who fled in fear. The incident prompted further reports of burglaries in several nearby houses while officers verify details and locations. The woman, presumed 28 to 30, was said to be in a delicate condition.�
Berlin reports that German forces occupying Odessa were withdrawn with Romanian consent. On the Franco-Belgian front three Entente aircraft were shot down yesterday, along with seventeen enemy planes and three captive balloons. Washington notes Congress passed the railroad control bill and sent it to the President after Senate approval. Paris says Bolo Pasha's death sentence appeal was rejected.
Ouachita's draft note 44 Class 1 registrants will move to Camp Pike in the five day period starting March 29. 9 whites and 85 colored are listed for entrainment. final routing orders expected soon. Inductions emphasize farm labor deferments for those actively engaged in planting or cultivation. G. O. Kirby and Talmage Lee Hines head to Camp Greens and Jefferson Barracks. Call No. 76 targets about 543 white men. Call No. 90 flags 3,000 negroes for Camp Pike. remaining negroes to be entrained in three weeks.
British troops attacking an 11 mile coastal sector in Palestine have pushed forward to an average depth of three miles across East Anglican South Anglican and Welsh units, according to a War Office statement issued tonight.
Parish Highway Engineer R. P Boyd announced the Chauvin swamp graveling of a 1.5 mile section on the Monroe Farmerville road is finished. The Monroe Farmerville road is now graveled from Monroe to Lamkin, about eight miles.
The Canistro valley flood driven by a cloud burst inundates one third of Hornell, displacing scores of families and halting all local industries. Emergency crews battle rising waters as residents evacuate.
American fighting planes are to be equipped with heavy and light guns. Pershing recommends at least two heavy and two light machine guns per aircraft and notes three Vickers synchronized and three Lewis unsynchronized guns. Officials foresee growing air forces with increasing armament. The report comes from New York dated March 13.
American aviation officials report successful trials of a seaplane equipped with two Liberty motors delivering about 700 horsepower. The craft will bolster submarine hunting forces in the war zone as production expands for U S and Allied use. Additional Bristol model fighters and two seated planes are moving toward production with plans to deliver by July.
Telegraphic report says J K Mayer director of the American Oil Government League favors the charter committee proposal. Mayer will leave Brooklyn Saturday and reach here Monday to lead the campaign for the new commission manager charter. The charter fight will intensify early next week.
Washington March 14. A quantity of dynamite to blow up half the Hog Island ore shipyard was found there during February. Dudley Kennedy, manager of the Industrial Relations Department, told the Senate investigating committee. Secret Service agents have not determined who placed the dynamite.
United States and Great Britain announce a coordinated effort to take over Dutch ships amid escalating tensions. The pact signals unified naval and strategic measures to protect interests and counter Dutch resistance.
The United States and Great Britain reach agreement to take over all Dutch ships for Allied use next week. About a nation tons of Dutch shipping will be available, with 70 percent in U S ports. The hospital ship Guilford Castle was attacked by an enemy submarine in the Bristol Channel.
Two British capplanes engaged five enemy aircraft over the North Sea. They destroyed one enemy seaplane and downed another. Both British planes returned safely.
Washington reports the Food Administration is negotiating with allied representatives to double meat exports. A state department dispatch notes Roumania faces harsh restrictions under new boundary changes as peace terms are signed.
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