Americans Take Up Positions In Northern France Front
American troops entered the line in northeastern France under French command facing German forces near Paris and Amiens. Reports describe intense artillery and infantry fire, rolling terrain, shell holes, and men marching proudly to the front amid improving positions and strong morale.
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Associated Press
France
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Une
Paris
Amiens
War Office
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American Army Active East of Amiens Front
Washington April 28 war department weekly review reports American troops reinforcing the allied line east of Amiens have fought in recent engagements. They acquitted themselves well and will provide large replacement quotas to fit gaps as Germany battles to end the war. The note emphasizes urgent need for fresh manpower from France and England to bolster allied forces and to meet German offensives.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Aolens
America
Sefcheprey
Aul
France
England
Avre
Wytchaete
Dranoutre
Arras
Army Casualties Rise With 154 Names Listed In Action and Wounds
Two War Department casualty lists released in Washington detail 154 names, including Captain Arthur J. Locke among those killed in action and 74 on the second list. Officers Norman F. Hood, James J. Parsons, and Edgar N. Noland cited, plus numerous sergeants and privates with causes including wounds, disease, accidents, and missing in action.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Lewoundr
Arthur J. Locke
Herbert A. Chase
James J. Flinagan
Robert Hayes
William J. Kiegemaar
Win
H. Osborne
John P. Ratajczak
Norman F. Hood
James J. Parsons
Edgar N. Noland
Actiion
Edward J. Mine
Joseph Sokovich
Arthur J. Paulson
Wallace C. Winter Jr
Francis Barnes
Alvin W. Gordon
Mike Kusziisky
David FF. Lingren
Daniel E. Murdock
William J. O'Brien
Melvin F. Rice
John J. Ryan
Charles J. Blankford
Gregore Paleologus
John Taylor
Louis J. Elsweirth
Orval Fike
Ivory Gamble
James C. Gardner
Jesse B. Hewitt
Romeo Nadeau
Merlin Proctor
Willie Simmons
Arthur J. Stevens
Joseph Francis Miskell
Jank Osborne
John J. Cox
W. HH. Burton
Max Robert Burke
I Frank Doreski
Kaiser Witnesses Battle From Afar at Kemmel Hill
Amsterdam reports Emperor William watched the April 25 battle from an advanced hill position southwest of Ypres. The German ruler tracked every phase of the fight from dawn to late afternoon, marking results on maps and reviewing two divisions that distinguished themselves.
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Amsterdam
William
Kemmel Hill
Berlin
Ypres
Germany Demands Prisoner Exchange From Russia
Berlin press dispatch states Germany demands an immediate exchange of prisoners with Russia and threatens to seize Petrograd if terms are not met. A 115 member German commission would present demands including release of all healthy German prisoners and care for the ill, while Russia would release only those who are ill or incapacitated. The latest Russian government in Petrograd denounces Brest-Litovsk and calls for a new treaty with Estonia under Russian rule.
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Washington, D D. C
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
State Department
London
Aftonbladet
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Dispatch
Brest-Litovsk
Esthenia
Stockholm
Alexis
Esthonila
Finland
Gulf of Riga
William
Esthonia
Two U S Transports Return Safely After Sea Collision
Washington April 29 two American transports damaged in a sea collision have returned safely to an Atlantic port. They were part of a convoy running without lights when the accident occurred. No lives were lost. A board of inquiry will investigate the collision and repairs will be made.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Daniels
Atlantic
Austrians Sing Entente Praise Amid Protests in Laibach
Serious anti German demonstrations erupted in Laibach over the Austrian cabinet crisis. Slovenian crowds reportedly attacked a German club and German shops while troops were deployed. Protesters filled streets, sang anti German songs, and cheered the Entente.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Laibach
Vienna
Workers Abroad Ship Sunk by Sub
A party of fifty seven American Y M C A workers under Arthur J Hungerford arrived in London after their ship was torpedoed and sunk in twelve minutes. All passengers saved except three crew. They landed safely in a British port and were cared for by American relief groups. The vessel carried about 250 people. one officer praised the Americans for drill discipline. A periscope sighting was reported during lifeboat lowering.
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Arthur J. Hungerford
Red Cross
Tfe
Gale Seaman
Los Angeles
Wh. Co. Pullen
New York State
Fife
Thomas Hring
Australia
State Room
Thring
Arthur Bogue
Chicago
U S Marshal Charged With Liquor Sales
Ottumwa Town April 29 United States Marshal N TF Reed and his partners Frank Baldwin and W C Middlesworth face an injunction petition filed by County Attorney Mitchell and Attorney General H M Hayner. Grand jury investigation cites selling liquor contrary to law and seeks injunction against the three men and the two drug stores they operate.
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Ottumawa
Town
United States
Marshall N, TF. Reed
Frank Baldwin
W. C. Middlesworth
Mitchell
H. M. Hayner
Rock Island Sailor Dies in Action in Europe War
Three U S Marines casualties announced by the navy department list hospital apprentice Fred Charles Schaffner of Rock Island Illinois as dead from wounds received in action. Pharmacist's mate S J Lewis of St Joseph Missouri and hospital apprentice C O Kingsbury of Newcastle Pennsylvania were wounded in action.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Fred Charles Schaffner
Rock Island
S. J. Lewis
St. Joseph
C. O. Kingsbury
Newcastle
Germans Score Heavy Assault On Ypres Front
German forces launched a broad attack across a 15 mile front from Meteren to Voormezeele southwest of Ypres. British and French lines fought back with heavy artillery, repulsing the Locre assault near Mount Kemmel. Prisoners and several machine guns were taken as the battle intensified along the Ypres salient.
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London
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Loere
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Loche
France
Associated Press
Yser
Wearmezelie
War Office
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Tiver Scarpe
Arras
Jens
Givenchy
Nieppe Wood
Ias Shelly
Voormezede
Mauds
Albert
Neuville-Vitasse
Paria
Amiens
Wounded back to help loan at a Port
An Athletic Port April 20. Fifty American soldiers, many wounded or gassed, arrived from France by order of President Wilson to participate in the Liberty loan campaign. Regimental Color Sergeant John J. Nefferman commands the party, with sixteen acting as loan speakers in the New York Federal Reserve district and the rest sent to other areas. Several wear French war crosses for valor and the gold V for foreign service. many show insignia of wounds.
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France
Wilson
John J. Nefferman
New York
Signia
Jefferman
Generally fair weather with frost risk tonight
The forecast notes a generally fair period tonight and Tuesday with colder conditions and possible frost tonight. Tuesday should be somewhat warmer, but strong northwest winds may persist, shaping the overall brief outlook for the area.
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