Franco Americans Push Verdun Front in Major Breakthrough
Franco Americans breach a 40 mile line west of Verdun as Yank units advance seven miles. They seize 12 villages and capture 5 000 German troops. Draft flows halt for 142 000 men due to influenza delays amid mass illness in Massachusetts and New York. Government and health services pledge aid to affected districts with 50 000 cases in Massachusetts and 174 in New York City reported.
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Verdun
Massachusetts
Tve
Wilson
Canwia
Influenza Germ Is Isolated, Say Investigators Here
Investigators report a Spanish influenza germ has been isolated in Washington. Commissioner Copeland and Dr Parke describe laboratory progress and note a pure streptococcus-related outbreak among pneumonia cases, with further updates promised as studies continue.
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Pojarment of
William HL. Parke
Copeland
Jsy
Gilbe
Peiton
Hee
Parke
Worther
Official Ban On Hearst Placard Displayed In Offices
Washington dispatch notes a Postoffice Department notice to postmasters banning posters critical of a New York newspaper. Posters must be removed as violating the Septem ber 18 1918 order. J C Koons signs the directive reaffirming the Hearst placard condemnation of The New York Tribune and noting railroad posting bans.
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Tribune
Washington
Postoffice
New York
J. C. Koons
Hearst
New York Tribune
Railroad Administration
Suffragists Blocked Yet Hope for La Follette Vote
In Washington, suffragists press to advance the amendment as Senator La Follette’s absence delays final Senate action likely until Saturday. Leaders plan a possible pair for La Follette and count on White House influence, while factions and pacifist opposition shape the vote and timing amid war policy tensions.
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la Follette
Washington
Senate
Congress
California
Ile
la Pollette
Ones
Soate
Nigl
le Follette
Wisconsin
White House
Woman's Party
Russians and Bulgars in Macedonian War Front
Report notes Pan Turan conference at Ufa forms a five member committee for Russia uniting factions loyal to allies and rejecting separate peace. British, French, and Serbian forces push toward Ishtik Gradsko Veles and Uskub as Allied offensive advances threaten Bulgarian lines and Turkey’s position.
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Washington
Russia
Ufa
European Trussia
Ethnie
Siberian
Nm Russi
Constituent Assembly of All Russia
Samara
del Gates
Union of Liberty of the People
Renaissance
M. ‘Tschaikovsky
North
Archangel
M. Vol
Thi
Ein
Department of Foreign Affairs
Sig
Constituent Assembly
Brest-Litovsk
Arthur S$. Draper
Spretat
Tribune
Uppsheil
London
Bulgaria
Ishtik
Gradsko
Veles
Kestarino
Doiran
Monastir
Kirehevo
Uskub
Palestine
Turkey
Allenby
Bulmuch
Caucasia
Persia
Woch
Germany
Macedonia
Palest
Frantic Russians Flee Red Terror Described by Campbell
Dr. Angus Campbell, arriving in Atlantic Port from Moscow after a three week journey, describes Bolshevik rule as terror. He cites train chaos, widespread fear, and brutal suppression. Prices soar with rationing collapsing and Red Guard units active while the bourgeois flee.
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Atlantic
Russia
Angus Campbell
Campbell
Moscow
Tetragrad
Dy. Campbell
Tsi
Red Guard
Boureeois
No Tea Party for Enemy Says Gompers
DARIS Sept 26 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor says German officials claim bellicose behavior and asks what was the purpose of inviting a tea party with enemies noting he does not regret the war as it united democratic nations.
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Daris
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Club
Gompers
U S Fighters Advance In Verdun Area Versus German Fronts
American forces in cooperation with French units attacked a twenty mile front northwest of Verdun. They reached seven miles deep, captured more than 5900 prisoners, and took several towns including Varennes Mont Mainville Ventuois and Chappy. Other units crossed the Merges Brook seizing Bois de Forges and towns Malancourt Bellincourt Menteaucon Cuircantilios Zepté Soptsnrges and Janneous.
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Washington
Verdun
Pennsylvania
Kansas
M Missouri
Ligott
Pershing
War Department
Worges
Hois de Forges
Fvo
S” Morting
Misseroops
Varennes
Mont Mainville
Ventuois
Chappy
Merges Brook
Bois de Porses
Malancourt
Bellincourt
Mentfaucon
Cuicantilios
Zepté
Janneous
Gercourt-et-Drillancourt
New Drive Threatens Hun Line to Sea in Champagne
Washington reports a major German defensive line near the Champagne front facing a Franco American offensive. Military officials describe a breakthrough at a critical point as Marshal Foch directs a renewed push. Fighting continues with signs of substantial advance along the line and improved Allied pressure in the sector.
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Pie Penns
Thase
Missouri
Muir
W. J. Smith
Army
Ander
Robert Lee Bulle
Bsth
Ourey
Patil Ag Cing
Isnins
Hede National Division
Bath Division
Vosges Front
Washington
Germany
Jack Marshal Pach
Wih
Marshal Foch
Ieee
Mer
Great Allied Offensive Across Forty Mile Front
The Franco American and French forces launched a major dawn assault from Rheims to Verdun, pushing on a forty mile front. Americans averaged seven miles gained on the right, French over four miles on the left, with twelve towns captured and more than 5,000 prisoners. The operation included heavy artillery and fog cover, as Petain directed overall command. Further Balkan and Middle Eastern advances extended Allied gains, with 45,000 prisoners reported and Allied forces pressing toward the Albanian frontier and Jordan-Syria region.
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Rheims
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Pershing
War Office
Paris
Petain
Gercourt
Cuis
Montfaucon Cheppy
Varennes
Navarin Farm
Servon
de Massiges
Butte du Mesnil
Gourand
Balkan
Vardar
Veles
Ishtik
Strumitza
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Committee of Five
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Corfu
Doxman
Romania
Mashat von Mickenden
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Rumania
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