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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1918
Page
1
Reports from the front describe a continued German attempt to break British lines with heavy losses. Advices suggest aims around RoVe and Nevon as they seek to fold the Entente front, while Allied forces pledge unity at the northern and central fronts.
London dispatches report German forces retreating toward Somme limits while attempting to split allied lines. The Standard notes the Itsh line is stretched but not broken after five days of combat. The Globe claims Germans failed to fuse fissures and defeat isolated units, with odds against them growing.
British headquarters report renewed German pressure southwest of Ham and toward Roye Noyon and Albert amid heavy fighting. German forces push toward Amiens as British troops hold firm at critical gateway.
Fresh enemy forces were hurled into the southern offensive with picked troops including Prussian guards in a dense wave. The most sanguinary fighting was reported with no clear outcome, Bray held, and Albert northward saw broken attacks while German losses were heavy.
Paris dispatch notes a French official statement claiming German advance stalled by heavy losses. It says the Germans were compelled to delay their efforts while the French hold the line from Leithelle to Beauvraignes north of Lassigny and along the Oise left bank, with night repulses northwest of Noyon and intermittent bombardment elsewhere.
Paris reports German long range guns fire shells eight and eight tenths inches long and twenty inches in length. The shell weighs 200 pounds and contains fewer than twenty pounds of powder. Premier Clemenceau's newspaper L Homme Libre cites the calibers and sizes of shells used against Paris. The report notes the shells are massive and indicates ongoing bombardment.
London reports a British official account that German forces made a heavy attack near the Somme late last night and were repulsed after severe fighting. British forces on both sides of the Somme fell back briefly near Bray, with counterattacks restoring positions. Local fighting continued north and northeast of Albert with no overall change in the front.
Paris reports a French commentator praising American units for valiant support to the British. Pershing says no new report on American troops in the Western front battle. London notes four trains of wounded reach the capital. Berlin confirms ongoing Paris bombardment. Amsterdam reports General von Blottnitz killed Saturday. Petrograd says Bolsheviks move Ex Emperor Nicholas and family. Haig cables thanks to President Wilson for congratulatory messages.
Washington March 27 the house Tuesday passed a bill granting permanent increases of from 10 to 20 percent in the salaries of virtually all postal employees, providing for postal savings stamps and appropriating 300 400 dollars for experiments in motor truck service primarily to transport and deliver mail.
Shreveport voices a public pledge to support President Wilson and the Allied war effort. Signatories condemn dissent as disloyal and vow to discountenance criticism, urging unity and readiness to expose and bring to justice any who are disloyal.
New Orleans March 27 John M Parker food administrator issued two drastic orders to Louisiana bakers and to retailers and consumers. The bakers order authorizes a 12 ounce loaf replacing the one pound unit to save wheat. Each household should limit wheat to six pounds per month per person and on April 4 wheat substitutes must rise by 25 pounds for every 75 pounds of flour sold.
A dramatic report from Washington says the hour of decisive action in the major battle approaches as Allied forces press forward and briefings emphasize imminent breakthrough. Officials caution details are fluid amid rapid maneuvers.
Washington reports suggest a turning point on the Western Front is near as British withdrawal is valued as part of a coordinated plan. U S officials await Pershing's confirmation that American troops fight alongside French and British as heavy artillery units train in England with new guns ready for front deployment.
Jacob B. Altman, a 53 year old warehouse worker, confessed to starting the blaze that leveled the Jarvis warehouse in Jersey City on Tuesday. The fire caused an explosion destroying army supplies and nearby rail repair shops, with losses pegged at 7.5 million dollars and several injuries.
Urgent appeal through the American Protective League mediated by J. R. Petagna seeks photographs drawings and descriptions of bridges buildings towns and locales now occupied by Germany in France Belgium Luxemburg and within reach of Hamburg Germany. Materials including picture post cards are to be sent to Washington by April 10. J. H. Watkins is to receive similar material in West Monroe.
The local board reviews district board decisions on Ouachitan registrants married since May 10. A large majority are placed in Class 1 with many named individuals moved to Class 1 A including Morris Willis Pearl French Jas Corbett Day Wm Psnagakes John Cox Lark Henry Johnson Ham Colston Turner Gray Johnnie Jones Cecil Lee Thompson Leon London Sidney Fletcher Nettles Ishman Head Alfred Agnew Brandon Ed Long Willis McClendon John Fletcher Dudding Leon Friend Ocie S Joiner James Lyons Cleveland Wimberly Sid Butler Geo Breckinridge Alex Jones Fred Gunn Bonnie Eugene Butler Isaiah Johnson Garfield Squires James Albert Rainbolt David Hodge John Kell Adams.
The article lists individuals with military classifications from 1-A to 4-A and 2-B, plus several 2-C on agricultural grounds, with many appealing medical advisory board referrals. It reports district boards overruling local boards in nine cases and gives final outcomes for Robt. Ralph Ross, Walland Washington Wainright, Chas. Daniel Blazier, Roy Polet, Bennie Ward, Leon Tullos, Louis Robt Wagner, Edward Clark McGee, Edwin Hunt Arant. It ends with a Berlin front dispatch quoting General von Ludendorff on perceived victory and uncertain consequences.
Mrs Eliza Ann Broughton of Towson celebrates her 101st birthday on March 28 born in Baltimore in 1817. She remains in good health able to read write and sew without glasses. German newspapers in Amsterdam March 27 claim Germany must be forced to concede all future needs including colonies and raw materials.
President Wilson calls most War Council executive officials to a White House conference this afternoon. The meeting aims to coordinate war strategy and policy as America ramps up participation in global efforts.
An indictment charges local saloon owners with operating a grog shop without a license. The case alleges illegal sale of intoxicants and ACCUSES multiple defendants in the jurisdiction. No further details were provided in the readable portion.
A Monroe grand jury indicted a majority of local saloonkeepers for keeping grog shops without proper licenses. Indictments target operators who ran separate whites and colored bars under a single license, with bonds set at 200 each. Some evidence on Gay Shattuck law violations was reviewed but not charged.
Moscow dispatch reports Odessa retaken from German forces after a bloody battle in which naval forces participated with Soviet and Ukrainian troops leading the advance.
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