Americans and Allies Turn Tide in Six Months War Reporting
Six months after the German offensive began Allied forces under unified command push back in Picardy Lens and Ypres and halt the Germans near the Marne. The effort includes American troops aiding Chateau-Thierry and Montdidier defense as Marshal Foch implements a strategic policy to constrain further German advances.
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Germany
Russia
Huns
la Fere
Arras
Picardy
Lens
Ypres
Aisna River
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Montdidier
Noyon
Foch
Marshal Moch
Chateau- Thierry
America
Atlantic
Solésous
Tayworld
Strugel
Metz Bombardment Surprises Europe Says Meter Zeitung
Geneva reports the Meter Zeitung says American heavy artillery surprised Metz with minimal damage and few deaths. Basel notes Germany felt enormous sensational impact and many Metz residents fled while neutrals were blocked from leaving.
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Geneva
Metz
Meter Zeitung
Paris
Basel
Germany
British Monitor Sunk in Harbor Killing Officers and Crew
A British monitor was sunk while at anchor in harbor. one officer and nineteen men were killed, with 57 missing presumed dead. In Paris, the French steamer Admiral Charner was torpedoed en route from Lizerta to Malta, causing six deaths.
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London
Admiralty
Paris
Admiral Charner
Lizerta
Malta
Weather roundup for San Antonio and nearby regions
Tonight in San Antonio and vicinity: fair and slightly warmer. Sunday remains fair with warmer conditions. expected high around 80. East Texas mostly fair and warmer. Chicago and Kansas City show clear to cloudy skies with northerly winds and low temperatures in the 40s. Washington area reports clear, with wind from the northwest and cooler lows around 41.
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San Antonio
Eas
Texas
West Coast
St, Tonia
Chicago
Kanams City
Woankingtom
Klahwe
Enlisted Man Killed In Camp John Wise Car Collision
Private Joseph A. Maher of Batavia New York died after a car crash near Camp John Wise at 11 PM Friday. Lieutenant Madsen and several soldiers were injured, two civilian drivers scratched, and investigators prepared to determine fault. Maher enlisted in Buffalo New York February and joined Kelly Field before transfer to Camp John Wise.
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Fort Sam Houston
Gusgtlive H.andsen
Juan Munoz
Juan Narvarte
Ignacio Burcia
Jz Marcos
Munoz
John Wise
Garehi
Maher
Madisen
Gyrcia
Robert 2. Green
Madsen
Buffalo
New York
Kelly Hield
Battavia
Camp R
Jor Wise
San Antonio
President Wilson urges swift passage of emergency power bill
Washington Sept 21 President Wilson asked Congress to enact promptly as a war measure the emergency power bill authorizing government control and extension of electric plants and providing a fund of 175 million dollars for the purpose.
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Washington D. C
Wilson
Congress
Murdock Nominated by Wilson for FTC Post
Victor Murdock of Kansas is named by President Wilson to fill another seat on the Federal Trade Commission. A dispatch from Iaenne reports twelve Saxon Independent Socialist leaders arrested at Dresden Chen nitz and Zwickau amid unrest in Saxony's industrial districts. The German censor blocks further details of the arrests.
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Washington D. C
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Wilson
Federal’ Trade Commission
Washington, D. C
Ivanve
Independent Socialist Party
Dresden
Chennitz
Zwickau
Saxony
Americans Reach 1,750,000 in War Embarkations, March Reports
Washington dispatch notes that embarkations for Allied fronts have surpassed 1,750,000. General March cites good weekly military news, cites American units in France including the 114th Engineers and guards from Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana Texas Oklahoma, and reports positions near Metz and Conflans as well as Vosges training.
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Washington, D. C
Lorraine
Pershing
St. Mihiel Salient
Moselle
Vandieres
Metz
Conflans
Mareh
H. J. Reed
15Th
Lea
March
114Th Engineers
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana National Guard
France
Texas
Oklahoma National Guard Army
Vosges
Texas Dnd
Oklahoma National Guard
Camp Travis
British Air Forces Set New Record Dropping Sixty Tons of Bombs
London reports a record week as British bombers drop sixty tons on German targets in five days. Attacks target Manheim Daimler works Stuttgart and Karlsruhe docks amid Franco American efforts. American fliers praised by Major Trenchard in France.
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London
Manheim
Daimler
Stuttgart
Prankfort
Karlsruhe
Metz-Sablon
Western Battle Front
Germany
Bruges
Ostend
France
Trenchard
Opera
Die Zieb
Frankfort
Baku in Flames as Explosions Hit Caspian Seaport
A Moscow cable reported in the Vorwarts says Baku in Trans Caucasia is afire after explosions and occupation by Turkish forces following British and allied evacuation. The dated dispatch places the events in the Caspian port amid war turmoil.
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Amsterdam
Baku
Trans-Caucasia
Moscow
Berling
Pabst for Collector Nominated by Wilson
Washington DC September 21 1920 Fred G Pabst of Galveston Texas was nominated by President Wilson to be collector of customs District No GT. Christie of Tidiana was nominated to be assistant secretary of culture
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Washington DC
Fred G
Pabst
Galveston
Texas
Wilson
Collector of Customs
District’ No
GT. Christie
Tidiana
Hculture
Serbian advance nears Prilep amid large prisoner captures
Serbian troops northward push past Kern i Yovo Strigovo and Poloshko, advancing more than nine miles in a day toward the Prilep highway to the Vardar River. Many Bulgarian recruits in Southern Serbia desert, joining the liberation army as the Uskub Saloniki line nears the Vardar.
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London
Monastir
Prilep
Vardar
Godijak
Cerna River
Kerni Yovo-Strigovo
Vrogojel
Poloshko
Serbia
Army of Liberation
Kernyovo
Domirkapu
Uskub-Saloniki
Lake Dorian
Allies Press Turkish Front in Eastern Campaigns
Telegraphed reports say Allied forces broke through along the Mediterranean coast and overran the Turkish defense. 8000 prisoners captured as British French Serbian and Greek units advance in Macedonia and toward Doiran. French reach Poloshko near Pri len, Serbians push toward Dunye, south of Prilep, while Bulgarians retreat toward Doiran.
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Mediterranean Sea
Jordan
Nevrusalem
Fengih
Sediterranean
Herjus Ttribes
Poloshko
Prilen
Cerna
Dunye
Vprilep
Lake Doiran
Romanian Crown Prince Flees to Odessa
The crown prince of Romania fled Romanian territory and arrived in Odessa, as reported by the Ukrainian newspaper Krewskala Myst, dated September 221.
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Copenhagen
Odessa
Krewskala Myst
Tramps Dealt New York Police Court Fines
Two white men aged 17 and 26 were fined 25 dollars each in a police court arraignment on vagrancy charges. Police officials say the work or fight order curbs seasonal idlers, ending the era of professional tramps who once arrived yearly. Detective Captain Caruthers notes tramps will not be welcome this winter as many wanderers are now in the army or essential civilian service.
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Caruthers
Government Offered Anheuser Busch Plant For War Munitions
Washington Sept 21 Officials reported Angst A Busch president of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Co St Louis offered the entire plant to the government on an adjusted rental basis for munitions production during the war The Ordnance Department was said to be impressed with the plant facilities for manufacturing small arms and ammunition and considered the proposal further
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Washington, D. C
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company
St. Louis
Angst A. Busch
Ordnance
Tee Wirlova Contin
Son of custodian of Alamo killed in action
Sergeant Thomas D. Applewhite, son of Mrs. Fannie W. Applewhite the Alamo custodian, was killed on the western front in France August 17. He served in the Sixth United States Infantry after enlisting in San Antonio in June 1917 and was born February 6, 1877 in Wilson County Texas. He had lived most of his life in San Antonio. He served in the Spanish American War with Company G of the San Antonio Zouaves and later worked in railroad service for the Southern Pacific. Surviving are his mother three brothers and three married sisters.
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France
War Department
Applewhite
United States Infantry
Sann Antonio
Wilson County
Texas
San Antonito
San Antonio
Applewiite
Mets
Squitern Pacific
San Antonio Zounyes
Havaya
Cuba
Magone Z. Hernandes
Entente Sinks Ships and Captures Guns on Dvina
British war office reports Entente naval units and allied troops along the Dvina in Northern European Prussia sunk two enemy ships and captured three guns. Bolshevik losses heavy as Lettish regiments mutiny, refusing to fight British per Petrograd telegram via North German Gazette.
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Entente
Dvina
London
River Dvina
European
Prussia
British War Office
Amsterdam
Muilay
Petrograd
Esse
Horace Handy Killed in Action on Western Front
The casualty list on Friday evening includes Horace Handy killed in action on the western front. Known in San Antonio and Austin as Horace Nandy Cockrell, he was a Philippine Campaign veteran who enlisted with Colonel Luther Hare in 1908 and served nearly a decade in the islands. He returned to San Antonio with the 26th Infantry, was discharged, then re enlisted in 1911, joined a medical detachment at the base hospital, later transferred to the 26th Infantry and went overseas with them.
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Caluety
Horace Handy
Handy
San Antonio
Austin
Horace Nandy Cockrell
Philippine
Luther Hare
Islands
26Th Infantry
Itr
Melting of Hohenzollern Monuments Reported in Germany
Indignation in Germany over melting bronze monuments extends to Hohenzollern statues. Reports from Munich say the new order targets Hohenzollern works, with missing figures listed in Berlin Cologne Munich and towns along the Rhine. Casualties from service reported in today’s bulletin include officers and soldiers.
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Geneva
Germany
Goethe
Schiller
Hapsburgs
Munich
Hohen+zollern
Berlin
Cologne
Rhine
British Attack on Hindenburg Line North of St Quentin
British forces renewed their assault on the Hindenburg line northwest of St Quentin, advancing near Bellenglise and near the Scheldt Canal on a two to three mile front. French gains included Benay and progress north of that town as Castres nears St Quentin, while German counterattacks near Arracourt and Ancervillers failed.
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Haig
Objective
Havrincourt
Ue Gandeek
Pras
France
Havrincourt Wood
St. Quentin
Hindenburg
Scheldt Canal
London
St Quentin
Epehy
Field Marshal Haig
Bellenglise
Flanders
Marshal Haig
Messines
Ypres
Gauchy Wood
Villers- -Guislain
Paris
Benay
Stys
War Office
Castres
Lorraine
Arracourt
Ancervillers
Luneville
Mintington Living Journal suspended by War Board request
Huntington Sept 21 The Mintington Living Journal was urged by Addinas LB Denelley chief of the pip and paper section of the War Industries Board to suspend publication for the war duration. The Evening Journal owner of the Herald-Dispatch lineage said suspension would aid patriotic and wartime needs. Publication would resume after the war. Paris Sept 21 Madrid Berlin marine talks continue spurring Spanish concerns. Nieuw Amsterdam arrives in Holland with New York cargo of food staples aboard the Inez Nieuw Amsterdam.
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Huntington
W. Va
Mintington Livening Journal
Addinas LB. Denelley
War Industries Board
Evening Journal
The
Herald-Dispatch
Donelley
Hye War ‘Industries Board
Paris
Madrid
Berlin
Saya
Petit Parisien
Germany
Pnd
Spain
South America
Nieuw Amsterdam
Holland
New York
Inez Nieuw Amsterdam
Holland Americ Line
Germans Slay 1800 Citizens of Norway in U Boat Warfare
The report details heavy Norwegian losses from German submarine attacks. It cites hundreds of thousands of tons of shipping sunk or damaged, with thousands of sailors killed or missing. The Norwegian merchant fleet has suffered a substantial share of wartime losses and reductions in tonnage.
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Norway
Basset Digby
Werchant
Lince
Purelises
New Construction
Wit
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Associated Press
Champagne
Ita
A. Maher
Murdock
Federal Trade Commission
Haku
Prilep- Vardar Highway
Mace- Monts
Western Front
Alamo
Thomas D. Apple- White
Thomas D. Applewhite
Fannie W.applewhite
Thomas C. Applewhite
Kaiser
Goethe and Schiller
Srntiah
Ania
Eety
Hndenburg Line
New Angle
Huntington Evening Journal
Bece Bey
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