San Antonio Near Liberty Loan Quota Shortfall
San Antonio remains about 400000 short of its 4000000 quota for the third Liberty Loan though expectations are high that the total will be met. Funds are expected from remaining sources including school children Boy Scouts and workers with makeup campaigns planned for next week. Women continue soliciting while banks are urged to hold a light call on loans to spur broader citizen ownership.
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Danderine promise of rapid hair regrowth and shine
An advertisement touts Danderine and Danderine Iron as quick fixes for dandruff and hair loss. It claims within minutes scalp relief and after weeks new hair growth, describing hair as light, fluffy, wavy with abundant luster. It urges trying a small bottle from drug stores to prove results.
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Knowlton's
Foster
German attempt to press on in Flanders stalls forces
The report notes German penetrations near Hazebrouck and Butja positions with no net ground gained. Belgian troops north of Ypres claim 600 prisoners as they repel assaults, while Haig cites undisclosed French reinforcements aiding the British. German advance stalls with difficult redeployment ahead.
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Ypres
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Picardy
British Front Undisturbed by Night War Front Report
London reports Southeast of Kemmel Hill the Germans pressured the British line with three waves, but counterattacks restored positions. in Bailleul the enemy made three attacks before noon and each was repulsed. Heavy bombardment persisted along the Lys front Locon to Robecq with dawn still active. No overall change in the British front.
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Bailleul
Ypres
Miemish
Miurshes
Kemmel Hill
Britiah Ryichine
Retirement plan reshapes British forces at Passchendaele
The Anointed Press reports British forces plan a withdrawal from the Passchendaele ridge system. Officials say the move reduces enemy pressure and shortens the defensive line, reflecting mixed feelings about abandoning the front despite relief at reduced risk.
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Passchendaele
Trnet
Wytsehaete
Bitleut
Expect Drive on Bethune as German attack renews
British lines held after Germans pressed forward along a four mile front between Langemarck and Skippe and assaulted Kemmel hill. Belgians captured six hundred prisoners and repelled several German thrusts as gas shells and heavy bombardments persisted along the La Bassée Givenchy Nieppe forest sector, with fear of another major push toward Bethune.
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Meteren
la Basse Cant
Givenchy
Nieppe Forest
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Dumbine
Locon
Koabeca
Yser
Langemarck
Skippe
Anxiety in London over when Allied reserves will be used
An Ottawa dispatch reports London uncertainty over when General Foch will deploy the allied reserve said to exist but unused. British resistance has halted a German hammering after four weeks, with experts debating whether a decisive northern advance is possible and noting the absence of an earlier allied reserve.
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Otuawa
Ont
Gene
Foch
Ue Allied
London
Reiter
Ypres
Artillery Fire Intensifies in Front Line of France
London Times war critic Per ry Stobinson reports heavy, continual artillery battles around Mettren and Wychaete with no clear lines. Germans briefly held Mettren. Allies retook Wychaete and nearby heights near Hospice Et-Caverin as daily shelling and bombardment shake the front for hours.
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London Times
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Hospice- Et-Cavern
Wyschaete Wood
Steichen
Spantroekoolen
Passchendale
Retirement forced on Messines ridge area forces
The report notes a compelled retirement due to changed conditions on Messines ridge and nearby. The outpost line held briefly against advancing Germans while ground won by hard fighting is abandoned, highlighting that topographical gains now have limited significance in the wider struggle and that the enemy’s shell hole area will shape their troop movements.
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Messines
Stron g front line noted as British hold near Ypres
London editorial reports Wytsciade loss followed by retirement from Passchendaele ridge. Front now north of ruins at Ypres with high ground covering operations toward Poperinghe and Hazebrouck. Warns of German attacks while Allied forces, including French and American troops, form a steady fighting machine.
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Foch
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Hindenburg
Anxious Days for British Front in War News
Anxious days fill the British public as German pressure extends along the Manders front. French cooperation and Haig’s notes about reinforcements bring cautious hope, while critics blame the War Cabinet for manpower limits. Calls grow to recall Sir William Robertson amid leadership tensions.
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Smauh
Canadian and French Forces Repel German Attacks
On April 18 Canadian artillery targeted enemy positions, shelling batteries, routes, railways and dumps as harassment fire and duels with enemy batteries continued. A limited gas bombardment occurred. a larger April 8 shelling left many batteries out of action. French forces repulsed a German night attack near Corbeny on the Aisne front with prisoners taken, and carried out raids northeast of the Roize area in Lorraine.
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Adance
Corbeny
Aisne
Champagne
Meuse
Courieres Wood
Dimloup
Roize
Lorraine
Hungarian ministry resigns in Budapest cabinet turmoil
In Amsterdam a April 43 report states the Hungarian cabinet, led by Premier Wekerle, resigned after a morning meeting. Most ministers signed the resignation document, with Szyernyi and Zichy absent. A Copenhagen dispatch says Wekerle plans to resign over ministry dissension on suffrage reforms, and a new cabinet may form.
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Budinest
Copenhagen
Charles
Allied Leaders Say Battle In Progress Not Final
A French dispatch on Wednesday April 17 reports allied leaders insist the current battle is not the final one. American contingents may depart or be reinforced as the war continues, with allied authorities stressing America must sustain and even augment efforts to meet future threats.
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Fiei
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Lacre
Germer
President Orders Roads to Pay Full Market Coal Price
Washington April 18 Railroads will purchase their coal at the full market price and cars will be evenly distributed at all mines. The plan, accepted after President Wilson intervened to settle differences between Garfield and John Skelton Williams, director of purchases for the railroad administration. The fuel administration had objected to sales at prices below other carriers and to the system where railroads yielded 1 percent car supply to mine owners.
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Washington, BD. C
Ralire
Wilson
Uel
Garfield
John Skelton Willams
Railroad Administration
Railroad Use Reform Aims for Equal Distribution
Railroads will share the burden as other mines face cur shortages. The arrangement will ensure all consumers fare equally in coal distribution, a point stressed today.
Orphans to See Shows at City Wests Attractions
Orphans from Protestant and Catholic homes will visit the Wests shows with John Willams on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Willams arranged with Wortham and Kennedy to admit the orphans to all attractions including merry go rounds and circle swings between 1 and 4 o clock each day. They will attend with escorts from the homes, an initiative Willaims originated and is carrying out himself.
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John Willams
Mr. Willans
Wortham
Kkkennedy
Willaims
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