Skilled Farmers in Deferred Class Lifted in War Drive
The War Industries Board and defense councils move to stop nonessential building. They require permits for new construction and urge banks to avoid lending for nonwar projects. Draft policy shifts reclassify skilled farm labor as vital to agriculture, with naval hero Lieutenant Shirk commended for a daring rescue at sea.
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Shirk
Washington
War Labor Policies Board
Genmenal Crawder
Svn
Vericulture
Inbor Cita Qian
Suelo Persais
Inilustey
Taconite
Cagherdiire
Tern
Tober
Hits
Heressaey
Sheeassurs
Incordineetii Tanad
Uliapal
Wyatt
Fer Fetecuttupe Enterprises
Geererad Industhy
Department of Agericuitiaee
War Industries Board
State Councils of National Defense
County Council of Defense
United States Employment
State Council of Defense
State Council
Hie War Industries Board
War Trade Board
Bahaman
New York
Cuba-New York
Balkan and Western Front Battles Sweep On
Serbian forces push into Macedonia threatening Prilip as Franco British pincers close on St Quentin. American and French units advance near Laon while Metz feels the shelling, and a broad Allied offensive drives toward the St Quentin line amid heavy air and artillery action. Prisoners and matériel pour into Allied hands as Bolshevik and Hungarian tensions unfold, with Wilson’s peace points and funding debates shaping policy.
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St. Quentin
Metz
Austria
Serbia
Kenueh
Saloniko
Prilip
Macedonia
al- Dana
Httle
Balkan
Turkey
Bulgaria
Marshal Haig
Tromon Wood
Pelziere
la Verguiere
Epehy
Ronstoy
Villeret
Haig
Germana
T. Quentin Canal
President Wilson Addresses Liberty Loan Workers in New York
President Wilson spoke to about five thousand Liberty Loan workers in New York arguing for an impartial price of peace. He urged a league of nations formed at the peace conference and warned Germany must redeem itself after the war. Guarded by troops, he entered the stage to a thunderous welcome from the audience.
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Austria
Wilson
America
United States
Berlin
Thailand
Belgium
Hungary
Count Karolyi
Dispatches
Brest-Litovsk
Bucharest
Vatican
Labor Conference of the United Nations
London
Internatonal Relations Committee
Liberty Loan
New York
League of Nations
Germany
Fourth Liberty Loan
Russia
Romania
Benjamin Strong
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Allied Forces Break German Front in Champagne Drive
British French and American troops press forward across multiple sectors in France. American advances in Champagne include Charpentry Very Epinonville and Ivoirry with 8 000 prisoners and over 100 guns captured. French gains east of Rheims boost total prisoners beyond 10 000 as Cambrai Douai sector operations widen the wedge.
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Prent Ming Tude
Witeylon
Obie
Motor Transport Corps
Army
General Haan
Alsace
King George of
Great Britain
French
Lorraine
Meuse
Metz
Gront
St. Mintel
Linu- Mont
Thinnment
Thinmont
Thinumont
Pershing
Fresnes
St. Quentin
London
Bulgaria
Turkey
Austria
William
Marshal Foch
Rheims
Verdun
Cambrai
Champagne
Charpentry
Very
Epinonville
Ivoirry
Douai
Hindenburg
Aerial Work Hampered by Bad Weather Near Verdun
American forces north of Verdun face slow progress in the offensive due to heavy rain and nearly impassable roads. Transport, artillery movement, aerial operations, and tank movement are all impeded by the deteriorating weather.
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Verdun
Armericans
Americans Money Givers In The Fourth Liberty Loan
Secretary Daniels told the American Bankers Association that Americans will prove they are money givers not just money makers in the fourth Liberty Loan, dismissing adversaries who mocked profits and urging continued public support.
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Chicago
Daniels
American Bankers’ Association
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Taeut
Kiebert Walker
Sisates Maral
Hho
Tadden
U.S
Stirk
Secretary of the Treasury
National Council of Defense
Volunteer Medical Service Corps
Pigeoun
Miveon Joris
Baehlott
Kivell
Hever
BeVer
Kelly Wd Carruthers
Welly
Cote
Elly
Kelly Theld
Datsances
Prent Cape
Saloniki
Edward W. Pickard
Boches
Chemin-des-Dames
Lion Long
St. Cobain Forest
Laon
Hanes
Mannheim
Metz-Sublous
Treves
Frankfort
Hiter
Volga
Perm
Sibera
Siberia
Lenines
Trotzky
Lenine and Trotzky
Jassy
Roumania
Charles Vopicka
Petrograd
Che Hague
France
War Department
Congress
House of Representatives
Moore
Fu- Fope
Sun
Galway Castle
South Africa
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