Notable World War News From The Era
A broad summary reports a high volume of wartime dispatches including a U S diplomat's murder in Roslyn custody case, Oklahoma draft resistance and races for conscription, labor leader Frank Little’s hanging in Butte, and warnings from officials on war finance taxes and troop movements. It notes British and German statements, advances in Flanders, political turmoil in Petrograd, and rising casualty figures across the country.
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John L. DeSaulles
United States
Uruguay
Gat Roslyn
Lo LL
Blanquitta Mrravuriz
Santiago
Chile
Wilechin
North Carolina
Ways and News Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Ada
Oklahoma
Williams
Oklahoma City
Butte
Mont
Frank Little
I. W.W
Sam
New York
New Orleans
R. R. Moton
Tuskegee Institute
Newport News
National Army
Congress
Congressional War Expenditure Committee
Food Control Board
Senate
McCam
New War Industries Board
Frank A. Scott
Bernard Baruch
Vigor Ita
Scott
Reorganized Shipping Board
Southern Pine
Germany
Norway
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
Russia
Shipping Board
Wilson
Japan
Crowder
Bisbee
Butte, Mont
Chicago
Allies push in Flanders with 6,000 prisoners taken
After twenty days of heavy artillery the Anglo French drive in Flanders began on Tuesday advancing along a twenty mile front. They overran three German lines between Warneton and Dixmude capturing eleven towns and more than six thousand prisoners. The action saw widespread bridge building, air support, and torrential rains that checked progress.
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Flanders
Teutons
Belgium
John Annan Bryce
House of Commons
Lord Robert Cecil
Austria
Great Britain
Italy
Trentino
Dixmude
Ypres
Warneton
A. J. Balfour
Europe
Aisne Front
Hurtebise
Cerny
Germany
Serbia
Belgrade
Washington
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Senate
House of Representatives
Tom Hardwick
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Putna
Yser
Prince Ruprecht
Haig
Petain
Kaiser
Ruprecht
Brussels
West Front
Rhine
Holland
Hindenburg
Russia
Kerensky
Brussiloff
Korniloff
Tcheremissoff
Vera Butehmareff
Teutonic Peace Bank
Michaelis
Count Czernin
Bennett
Ludendorff
France
Ribot
Czernin
Vienna
London
Paria
Inerlea
Berlin
Galicia
Kerensky Returns to Petrograd and Declines Resignation
Premier Kerensky resumes leadership in Petrograd after withdrawing his resignation. He urges a strong revolutionary government to withstand threats of defeat and disintegration. He signals planned changes in government structure while avoiding external influence on his decisions.
Anglo French slight gains in Flanders and Lens action
Infantry fighting occurred in Flanders with Anglo French forces victorious in two engagements. Hollebeke saw a German foothold briefly before a counter attack drove them out. Canadians tightened their Lens pinchers advancing near Oite du Moulin and near Lens center. French repelled raids and held lines south of Juvincourt despite German pressure on the Aisne and Casemates Plateau.
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Lens
Flanders
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Hollebeke
Ypres-Comines
Ypres
Warnton
Bixschoote
Oite du Moulin
Arras
Aisne
Casemates
Juvincourt
Iter
Noordam Hits Mine Off Texel No Casualties Reported
The Holland-American steamer Noordam, on a homeward voyage, struck a mine west of Texel. The vessel remained afloat with no casualties, and there were no injuries reported among the crew or passengers.
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Amsterdam
Noordam
Texel
German Plane Lands in Dutch Island After Engine Trouble
A German airplane landed on Ameland island in the Netherlands due to motor trouble. The occupants of the machine were interned.
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Netherlands
Amsterdam
Ameland
Cable Interruption Halts East Asia Communication
New York reports the Pacific cable between Guam and the Philippines is broken disrupting service to the Philippines, China and Hong Kong via San Francisco. The Commercial Cable Company says messages can only be forwarded through Europe and a repair ship will be dispatched to repair the line.
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New York
Phillippines
China
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Europe
Guam
Philippines
Russian leaders back Kerensky with confidence vote
In Petrograd a joint meeting of workers soldiers and peasants councils approved Premier Kerensky by 147 to 46. Maximilists protested with 42 abstentions. The Duma committee also confirmed the confidence vote in Kerensky.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the News OF the South
Southland
Tarnopol
Roumanian
Petrograd
M. Terestchenko
Erdchi
Zbroez
Dniester
Pruth
Bukowina
Black Sea
Odessa
Battte
Plunders
House
Smith
Hardwick
Admiral Capps
England
Red Cross
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Paris
Needles
Cal
Weather Bureau
State Department
Alles
Marne
Liggett
Merchant Marine
New Bedford
Edward W. Pickard
Lenine
Finland
America
Jellico
Daniels
American Navy Department
Grant
British Admiralty
Kerengky
Cloles
Uct
Prin
CABLE
Far East
Mid-Pacific
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