Somme Victory Drives Germans Back as Allied Forces Advance
United Press reports a decisive Allied victory on the Somme with German withdrawals behind the Hindenburg Line. British, Australian, Canadian and American troops push toward Peronne and Voormezeele, completing a seven and a half mile advance in four days amid stiff resistance and muddy ground.
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United Press
Somme
von Hindenburg
Peronne
Belgium
Voormeseele
Altho
Mount Kemmel
Voormezeele
Voormezeere
Frise
Funteere
Herticourt
Flaucourt
Allies Press on as Germans Rethink Fronts on Hindenburg Line
The article portrays German forces fighting at hinge points like Soissons and Peronne to delay an Allied breakthrough while Hindenburg aims to shore up defenses behind the Hindenburg line. It credits Foch with preventing German retirement and notes American troops maintain momentum and morale as victory nears.
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Great Britain
France
Canada
Hindenburg
Altho
Soissons
Noyon
Bapaumne
Peronne
Relief Corps Meeting At Mrs Landstraw Home
The John F. Miller Relief Corps holds its monthly tea at 2 p m Tuesday at Mrs O H Landstraw’s home 6226 42nd Ave 8. Attendees include Mr and Mrs H Ward Davis and Mr and Mrs D H Thomas missionaries en route to the Orient at the Washington Annex.
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Relief Corps
John F. Miller
Relief Corps Society
O. H. Landstraw
42Nd Ave
Rainier Ave
Begin Work on $250,000 Home for Workers
Shipyard workers will get preference in rentals for an eight unit apartment house on Heacon hill funded by the Bkinner and Eady corporation. The $250,000 project will house 125 families with no rent increases during the war and will feature modern sanitary living spaces backed by D. Be Skinner.
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Bkinner & Eady Corporation
Heacon Hill
Train derailment injures 200 passengers at Van Aaxsnelt
Seven coaches of Great Northern Passenger No. 456 derailed at Van Aaxsnelt Station at 7:45 am injuring about 200 passengers. A broken tender axle caused the jolt as the car lurched 600 feet along the tracks before stopping. Passengers rode an Interurban electric car to Seattle.
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Great Northern
van Aaxsnelt
J. JH. Dousley
Seattle
Whitney Boys Chorus to Perform at Arena Tuesday
The Whitney boys chorus of 500 voices will sing Tuesday at the Arena in Seattle. Director J. F. Whitney, based in Spokane, has drawn high praise from President Wilson for the chorus’s extraordinary work and audience appeal.
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ARENA
Whitney Boys
Seattle
J. FE. K Whitney
Spokane
Wilson
Navy yard seeks men of 28 trades in civil service appeal
The Puget Sound navy yard issued an appeal Monday from the secretary of the civil service district seeking workers in 28 trades. It calls for mechanics laborers and helpers among the principal needs.
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
Civil Service District
Matthews Denies Greene Reprimand At Seattle Sermon
Dr Mark A. Matthews says Maj. Gen. H A Greene was not reprimanded by the War Department. He asserts Greene’s transfer and rank shift were standard moves and that the president and Secretary of War Waker backed Greene, who he says did more for Camp Lewis and the 91st division than any other man. He vows to reveal official truth and condemns critics as cowards.
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Mark A. Matthews
First Presbyterian Church
Matthews
Greene
Waker
Dr. Matthews
Philippines
Haker
Seattle
Gen. Greene
Allied Victory Grows in Northern Front Battles
Haig reports continued Allied advances near Armentieres and Le Transloy as Australian and British forces seize Peronne and surrounding towns. Canadian and British troops push toward Riencourt, Hendecourt, Bullecourt, and Hende court-lez-Cagnicourt with hundreds of prisoners taken amid stiff German counterattacks.
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Peronne
Mount Kemme
Hindenburg
Per
Armentieres
Sailly-Saillisel
Saillisel
Haig
le Transloy
Moreuil
Riencourt
Flamicourt
St. Denis
Mont St
Arras-Cambrai Road
Morval
Beaulencourt
Rancourt
Fremicourt
Bullecourt
Hendecourt-lez-Cagnicourt
Hendecourt
Lens
Lys
Doulieu
le Verrier
Steenwerck
Neuve Eglise
Wuluerghem
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New Front
Sevetch
Scarpe
London
Arras
Hapaume
Hindenburg Line
Yankees
Vosges
More Homes Bureau
Building Counsel
Architectural
Cobb Building
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Elliott
Foch
Paris
Ludendorff
America
Cording
D. BE. Skinner
H. A. Greene
Camp Lewis
Siberian
Ally
Frederick & Nelson
Pacific Coast
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