Whitman landslide in New York governorship race
Governor Charles S. Whitman swept to a large victory over Attorney General Merton E. Lewis, with Alfred E. Smith as the Democratic challenger. The upstate margin, Prohibition influence, and local machine support shaped a decisive Republican win in a crowded Albany contest.
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Charles S. Whitman
Merton E. Lewis
Whitman
Alfred E. Smith
New York Board of Aldermen
Lewis
William Barnes
William L. Ward
Wadsworth
Henry
Elon R. Brown
Upstate
Alfred B. Smith
William Church
George W. Aldridge
Monroe County
Bronslyn
Whitma
Albany County
Edward Schorneck
Seth G. Heacock
Ilion
William M. Bennett
New York
Travis
Samuel Fraser
New York Federation of Agriculture
John Kissel
Brook- Wn
Charles D. Newton
Geneseo
Whitman Dporters
Alfred J. Becker
James L. Wells
Theodore T. Baylor
Francis M. Hugo
Sate
Frank M. Williams
Tate
German High Command Quits Spa For Verviers Frontier Town
Amsterdam dispatch notes the German General Staff moved headquarters from Spa Belgium to Verviers fourteen miles east of Liege, nearing the German frontier. London observers say Americans may deliver a decisive blow as Germans fall back along the Hindenburg line and critics doubt any strong German stand after defeats.
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Spa
Amsterdam
Belgium
Verviers
Liege
London
Sensee
Nord
Hindenburch
U S Forces In France Admired By Mangin Chiefs
Special dispatch from 1913 reports General Mangin praising American troops in France. He notes fierce fighting near Soissons and Juvigny, American divisions supporting French operations, and mutual respect between Allied leaders. Mangin highlights American artillery and tanks aiding decisive advances against German lines.
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Tribune
America
France
Aisne
Vesle
Mangin
Jevigny
Holandi
Coneg Ie Chateau
Saissons Ross Mutual
Amercan
Czecho-Slovaks Formally Accepted as Allies by U.S.
The United States recognizes the Czecho-Slovak peoples as a co belligerent nation in the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Secretary Lansing states the Czecho-Slovak National Council is a de facto belligerent government with authority to direct military and political affairs. The Czecho-Slovaks, about 8.1 million people, are headquartered in Paris with roots in Bohemia Moravia and Galicia under Austrian rule.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
T. Masaryk
Japan
Paris
Bohemia
Moravia
Galicia
Lansing
Bad Aretria-Hungary
Europe
Franco-Americans Sweep Forward to Chemin des Dames
Franco-American forces push toward Chemin des Dames as Britons overrun Drocourt-Quéant positions and advance four miles capturing 15,000 Germans plus numerous villages. Mangin’s troops threaten German strongholds north of Soissons while Yankees aid Allied storming near Lys, with Lens near fall and Cambrai battle lines collapsing amid mass prisoners and loot.
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Chemin Des Dames
Drocourt-Quéant
Arthur S. Draper
London
Scarpe
Somme
Enorme
Flanders
Lens
Omp
Armentidres
la Passe
Cambrai
Soissons
Aisne
Chemis Des Dames
United Lin
Thy Ning
Brebieres
Mocuvres
Graincourt
Haig
Rumaucour
Ypres
Beaumetz-les-Camb
Baralle
Rhumacourt
Lecluse
Quéant
Horne
Wil
Hindenburg
Nun
Fast
Arras
France
Wolverghem
Richet Vaast
S Chapelle
Mangin
Termini
Keen
British drive through shattered Wotan line in France
British forces in France report the Drocourt Queant line, called the Wotan line by Germans, has been shattered. The German defense suffered heavy blows with no counterattacks so far, as British troops push through defenses and advance beyond the Drocour t-Queant positions, seeking to save men and material.
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Biissy
Doignes
Veul
Bertincourt
Hindenburg
Uwe
Hale Bray
Lidendorf
France
Drocourt-Quéant
Tryine
Troy
Drocourt-Queant
Wotan
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Greer
U.S
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Wave and Means
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Sherley
Appropriations Committee
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Department of Dustiin
89Th Regiment
Charles F. de Woody
Department of Justice
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de Woody
Brooklyn
28D Regiment
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American Protective League
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Home Defence League
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York
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Canal du Nord
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