Buenos Aires Hails Allied Victory In Neutral Argentina
The Buenos Aires dispatch describes ecstatic street scenes after Allied triumphs, with Argentine crowds cheering and flowers for wounded. it notes German presence, sympathy across the city, and a quiet wariness of German propaganda among a large German community. It highlights German warehouses still stockpiled goods, smuggling efforts, and neutral agents aiding covert supply moves to impede Allied meat and grain access.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Buenos Aires
Gillers
Tageblatt
la Union
Anch
He Roic
France
Hane
London Times Service
Ian Anton
Fredericksburg Road to Lose German Name for Foch Highway
Fredericksburg Road, a historic county highway, is set to be renamed Foch Highway by the county commissioners after a petition signed by about fifty property owners and residents. The move cites the wartime German name as inappropriate and proposes a new name honoring Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France, with consideration for extending the change beyond city limits.
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Fredericksburg
Foch
Frederickeburg
Miheror
Hiner
Germany
France
Bricksburg
Armistice Talk Amid German Propaganda Drive
A Berne meeting, reported from Paris, outlined a German plan to evacuate Belgian and French territory within five months aided by Russian munitions. The high official urged portraying the move as disinterested peace, while preparing for a renewed war in spring 1919 to regain territory and morale.
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Tondon Times
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
the Public Ledger Co
Paris
la Liberte
Berne
Switzerland
Russia
Amon
Skoda
China’s New Head Afraid to Outline a Definite Policy
Pekin oct 11 delayed The inauguration of President Han Shih chang passed quietly with both houses and cabinet members present The retiring president praised the incoming official while Han Shih chang said he would focus on education and people’s conditions He warned that the northern militarists will push policy and fears no clear program to unite north and south Discord and disunion persist as military governors hold key power An international commission is seen by many as China’s salvation
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Edward Price Ree
San Antonio
Chicaco Daily News
Chicago Daily News Co
Pekin
China
Han Shih-chang
Imperial Palace
Yuan Sun-kai
Hsu-Shih-chang
Peale
Hsu Shih-chang
International Commission
Weekend Weather Outlook Across Major Cities
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with Saturday high temperatures of 60 in Alt Tours, 53 in Chicago, 64 in Kanaan City, 68 in New York, and 68 in Washington DC. No precipitation expected.
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Alt. Tours
Chicago
Kanaan City
New York
Washington, D. C
Captured French 270 mm Mortars Recovered at Marieu La Motte
Poilus recount a June German assault near Saint Marieul where six 270 mm mortars were abandoned. Four counterattacked, driving Germans back along the Vesle. A German Tages-Zeitung photo claimed French guns captured, prompting fury. On July 9 the Trench troops retook Marieul la Motte, recovering the six mortars. three blown up by the enemy, three left intact. German tractors had tires stripped, evidencing need for such materiel.
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Marieul
Vesle
Tages-Zeitung
Marieul la Motte
Comptiegne
Americans Discover Germans Carrying Guns Under Red Cross
A Chicago Daily News report from front lines near Meuse details German disguise at a dressing station with Red Cross markings, soldiers carrying wounded on stretchers while slipping in machine guns. Johnny Evers visits the front, and officers like Colonel Chipperfield and Captain Brook Lee show grit amid shelling.
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Junius
WOOD
San Antonio
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Daily News Co
Illinois
Meuse
Cousenveys
Bois Platchene
Ned Cross
Johnny Evers
A Knights of Columbus
Evers
Schram
Chicago
Fellows
Distinguished Service Cross recipients and wartime heroism
The report recalls Lt. Walter A. Davenport a former New York Journal reporter who deserted a German machine gun with a grenade after bullets tore his coat. Lt. Arthur C. Burnett from Hopewell Junction and Sgt. John R. Dickson of Pittsburgh are cited for grit under fire. Dickson survived a decoy by German soldiers and a note on a bulletin. others include Alexander J. McDonald aiding capture of German prisoners and Lt. Frank Llewellyn of Quincy, Illinois, whose plane was hit and landed in no man's land.
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Walter A. Davenport
New York Journal
Lee. & Hastil Bcoo
Fox
Arthur C. Burnett
Hopewell Junction
N. Y
Innstead
John RB. Dickson
Pittsburg
Dickson
Alexander J. McDonald
Sunbury
Frank Llewellyn
Quincy
Dartmouth
No Man’s Land
Llewellyn
Occupation of Lille Area Rated Major War Event
The piece argues Lille's capture and quick loss mark a pivotal phase in the war. It credits British army and navy actions for shaping the campaign, notes errors in initial Belgian defense plans, and highlights Antwerp, Gallipoli strategy, and the Meuse retreat as key strategic turning points influencing German weakness and potential peace dynamics.
Texans Defeat German Forces in World War II News
Texans defeat German forces with details of units and commanders including Field Artillery Regiments under Col Arthur R. Scholars and Col Jed A. Logan, 111th Trench Mortar Battery led by Capt Lewis Maverick, Engineers under Col William Johnson, Signal Troops led by Maj Robert A. Robinson, and Thirty-sixth Division units commanded by Capt Wayne St. Davis and Maj Ellis Stephenson.
San Antonios in Battle 80th Division Strong Here
San Antonio soldiers form a large part of the 36th Division with over 1000 local men in three infantry companies, three artillery batteries, a trench mortar unit, a headquarters troop and a medical unit. Trained at Camp Bowie and sent to France in June, they quickly saw action despite earlier reports of delayed activity. Local officers include Cal Glande Bir khead in artillery and Capt. Lewis Maverick in the trench mortar battery, with Capt. Robert Whitaker commanding the cavalry headquarters troop. The division, largely composed of Texas and Oklahoma National Guard members, faced fierce German counterattacks and brought pride to San Antonio parents as their sons fought abroad.
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San Antonio
Cal. Glande ¥. Birkhead
Lewis Maverick
Robert Whitaker
Cavalry
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas and
Oklahoma National Guard
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
France
W. St. Smith
Washington
Hoy ¥. Hoffman
Hoffman
The Light's Men In American Unit Deployment
Fourteen former Light employees join volunteer units in the Sasa Division, a heavily engaged Champagne sector force. Most serve in artillery under Col Claude V. Birkhead. others run infantry. Lt Bernard Horner, trained at Léon Springs, moves from Camp Travis to the 36th. Other Light alumni listed include Dewey Sinclair, Edward Campbell, Ernest Erben, Louis Vinz, William Patterson, Emil Boxe, Earl Farris, Frank Campbell, Russell Patterson, Frank Roberts, Charles Russell, M. M. Hamill, and R. Z. Schmidt.
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The
Light
Sasa
Champagne
Claude V. Birkhead
Bernard Horner
Léon Springs
36Th
Camp Travis
Dewey Sinclair
Edward Campbell
Ernest Erben
Louis Vinz
William Patterson
Emil Boxe
Earl Farris
Frank Campbell
Russell Patterson
Frank Roberts
Charles Russell
M.M. Hamill
R. Z. Schmidt
Cure for Daughter's Epilepsy Promises Free Bottle Offer
A Milwaukee resident claims his daughter was cured of epilepsy after using a drug from a friend. He offers to mail a free bottle in plain sealed wrapper to any interested sufferer who writes him at PB, N. Lepso, 68 Inland Avenue, Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Winconsin
N. Lepso
Inland Avenue
Wisconsin
Lille Evacuates as 15000 Men Leave Amid War Rush
Lille inhabitants recount approaching bombardment and mined bridges as British forces draw near. A frightened German courier warns of evacuation nightfall while residents express relief and gratitude to England for rescue. The city celebrates deliverance with renewed hope and pride in English aid.
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Lille
England
Allies Make Big Gains on Fronts in World War I
Allied forces drive the enemy across the canal near Chateau-Porcien and Attigny, push toward Rethel, key railway towns. French American units cross the Aisne after Vouziers, flanking the German line and advancing along a fifteen mile front toward the Meuse, with strong German resistance near the Argonne and Dun.
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Rethel
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Argonnie
Vandy
Meuse
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Buzaney
Dun
Wershing
Argonne
Germans Fail to Check British East of Lille in Renewed Drive
German efforts to halt the British advance east of Lille faltered as British troops pressed forward from Valenciennes to Lille. More than 5,000 civilians in towns long under German control were freed today. Haig’s forces seized St. Amand, Bauchain, Roulex and Ab scon, with 13,580 prisoners taken this month by Rawlinson’s army. The Germans pulled back massed supports under pressure near the border, suffering heavy losses from Allied air and artillery bombardment.
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St. Amand
Bauchain
Roulex
Abscon
Demin
Rawlinson
Hruges
Plan to draw new line reshapes war front in Europe
Paris reports suggest Von Hindenburg may be unable to hold a western defensive line before the Meuse and Rhine. German retreat would shift allies east, evacuating large swaths of France and Belgium while Meuse and Rhine defenses narrow to a shorter, sturdier front. Met and Metz bombardments accompany rapid frontline maneuvers as the world watches strategic pivots.
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Metz
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Bruges
Lille
Flanders
Champagne
Albert
Mois
Selgme
Four in Casualties in San Antonio War Report
Four San Antonio men are listed in a Sunday War Department casualty report. Lieutenant Donald O. McBride of the 857th Infantry, 90th Division, is wounded severely. Corporal John W. Crow, 90th Division, wounded severely. John Smith of 1516 San Marcos Street is wounded with undetermined degree. Private Lloyd I. Lewis of the 36th Division is killed in action.
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War Department
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90Th Division
Gladys H. Crow
South Cherry Street
Sem Houston
Bertram
Texas
John Smith
San Marco Street
Lloyd I. Lewis
W. M. Lewis
Diaz Street
San Antonio Public Service Company
Beey
Soviet Rule Demanded by German Workers in Berlin
Washington reports Basle advices claiming German workers seek cabinet representation via soviet labor committees. Berlin and industrial centers would form worker councils to select a minister, with declarations at factories in Berlin Frankfort Essen supporting a ministry to speak for workers. In Chicago, Frank Ulbricht shot his wife Elizbeth Ulbricht and then killed himself.
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Basle
Frankfort
Essen
Haase le Bour
Chicago
Frank Albricht
Elizabeth Ulbricht
Himsellf
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