Gain 8 Miles in Big Smash Stuns WWI Fronts
General Pershing reports American forces have advanced up to five miles in the St Mihiel sector with 8 000 prisoners counted and French units assisting. Dispatches from London and Washington describe rapid gains as the St Mihiel salient is reduced and several towns including Thiacourt Pannes Bouillonville Nonhard Zendicourt fall to U S troops.
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London
St. Mihiel Salient
Washington
St. Mihiel
Pershing
London Editors Jubilate Over Pershing Attack
British papers hail the St Mihiel offensive as a major success for Pershing and the American forces. They call it a decisive blow, with front ranks advancing toward Briey and Metz and the German position described as being in a sack under elastic defense threats.
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London
Pershing
Germany
Mirror
Verdun
the Times
St. Mi
Wilson Orders Strikers to Work and Takes Over Plant
President Wilson declares no interference with war industry work and orders Bridgeport munitions workers back to work under threat of boycott and loss of draft appeal rights. He also seizures Smith & Wesson Co. Springfield for rejecting federal mediation.
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Wilson
Bridgeport
Conn
Smith & Wesson Co
Springfield
Maass
International Association of Machinists
Bridgeport, Conn
Rhine Line Can't Stand Offensive Rhine Line Can't Stand Offensive
The article notes America's planned invasion of Germany will cross the Rhine at multiple points once in the final offensive. It describes a fortified line from Metz to This and Saarburg as the key stronghold, backed by strategic railways designed to block a French advance into Germany.
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J. W. T. Mason
New York
America
Rhine
Strassburg
Mayence
Coblence
Cologne
Germany
Metz
Chateau Salins
Saarburg
United Press Summary of War Events
METZ FRONT Americans pushed from the St Mihiel pocket advancing eight miles on the south and three miles on the west. Prisoners reach 9 500 with remaining enemy forces in danger of being enveloped. PICARDY FRONT British seize Holnon wood before St Quentin. French take Savy near St Quentin. ITALY The cabinet informs allies Italy supports the Jugoslav movement aligned with war aims. RUSSIA Seventy three counter revolutionaries killed in Petrograd over attempt on Soviet officials. DENMARK Circulation says Gen Ljusiloff killed in Russia. SWEDEN Branting states allied war aims reflect social democrats.
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Russia
Petrograd
Denmark
Ljusiloff
Sweden
Hjalmar Branting
Senators Oppose New Bond Measure
Opposition grows in the Senate to Secretary McAdoo's request to tax exemption for Liberty Bond interest. Lawmakers fear creating a bond holding class.
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Washington
United States
Senate
McAdoo
Congress
Northwest audience reads The Star daily
A note invites readers to place want ads for rental, sale, or help wanted by calling MAIN 600 with charges applied, highlighting The Star’s large Northwest audience and daily readership.
Cynthia Grey Appeals For War Savings Support
In a historic appeal Cynthia Grey asks readers to buy war saving stamps. She recounts assisting 12,000 letters yearly and urges 100 percent generosity to aid soldiers and their families during wartime.
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Cynthia Grey
Mars
Look Your Name Up Is It Here In Week
A list of Seattle firms investing $1,000 in war savings stamps is published with plans to print a longer roster next week. Names include Boeing Airplane Co, J. M. Colman Co, Puget Sound Machinery Depot, Schwabacher Bros, Seattle Brewing & Malting Co, and many others. The item notes the list covers those invested up to noon Thursday and invites more firms to appear on future pages.
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Spurgeon
The
Star
Seattle
War Labor Board
Altho
National Organized Labor
National War Labor Board
War Savings Committee
Joshua Green
Keiter & Kernbaum
Clarke Realty Co
Kelly Investment Co
Kelly Clarke Co
Koenig Candy Co
Chas. H. Lilly Co
Liberty Packing Co
Lundquist-Lilly
McRae Bros
MacDougall-Southwick Co
A. Magnano Co
Manning Co
Merrill & Ring Lbr
Mill & Mine Supply Co
Mining Timber Co
Monte Carter Amusement Co
Montelius Music House
Mutual Paper Co
National Grocery Co
New Washington
Northwest Motors Co
Northwest Optical Co
Northwestern Shoe Co
J. F. Norton Co
Novelty Mill Co
Nut House, Inc
O'Callahan-Graham Co
Off Shore Shipping Co
Osseward Pharmacy
Pacific Coast Codfish Co
Pacific Door Mfg
Pantages Theatre
Pantorium
Perine Machinery Co
Prescott & Summer Co
Perry Dros, Philb
Ick Cutter Head Co
G. D. W Phillips, Inc
Phillips Brothers
Puget Sound
Pure Food Shop
Pure Milk Dairy, Inc
A. W. Quist & Co
Rainier
Record Publishing Co
Regal Dentists
Rogers, Brown & Co
Ryan Fruit Co
St. Mark's Hospital
Sanitary Meat Co
Schwabacher Bros
Schwabacher Hardware Co
Seattle Brewing & Malting Co
Seattle Hardware Co
Seattle Machine Works
Seattle Plumbing & Supply Co
Seeley & Co
Smith & Bloxom
Smith & Clise
Sockeye Salmon Co
Standecker & Co
Standard Furniture Co
Star Carriage Co
Star Publishing Co
Sterling Waist Mfg. Co
Stimson Co
Straits Packing Co
A. Strout & Co
Sunde & D'Evers Co
Sunset Market
Sunset Motor Co
Supply Laundry Co
Tailored Ready Co
Times Printing Co
Austria Says Germans Flee In France and Moscow Massacre Report
In Cambrai area German forces offered stiff resistance as British and New Zealand forces attacked Gouzeaucourt and suffered casualties. London sources report 40 Englishmen among 500 Bolshevik massacre victims at Moscow. In St Mihiel sector Austro Hungarian troops report German retreat south of Combes heights amid strong resistance.
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Cambrai
France
Gouzeaucourt
London
Moscow
Vienna
St. Mihiel
Combees Heights
War Office
Difficult Fighting Ground In St Mihiel Salient
The St Mihiel salient features mixed terrain with forests and level ground, aiding armor and infantry advances. Americans crossed the Madine river and moved through Thiaucourt wood toward Vigneuelles, with Thiaucourt and Pannes serving as highway junctions. Conflans lies north of the pocket, and four Metz forts overlook the base as a German evacuation and bridge-building activity is noted in Lille.
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Conflans
St. Mihiel Salient
The Star Leads With Pershing Drive News From Toul
The Star was the first Seattle paper to publish yesterday on Gen Pershing’s Yanks in the Toul sector. Early edition after 9 am carried a map of Toul and Lorraine and war coverage not matched by rivals. War Mason’s Rhine campaign analysis adds timely interpretation unavailable elsewhere.
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Seattle
Gen. Pershing
Toul
Lorraine
Star
War Mason
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Abercrombie Packing Co
Copper River Packing Co
Point Warde Packing Co
Ackerman & Harris
Alaska Junk Co
John Alden & Co
Alexander & Baldwin
Anderson Estate Co
Arcade Realty Co
Atlas Lumber Co
Augustine & Kyer
Jacob Berkman Co
Boeing Airplane Co
J. Bernstein & Son
Hrowles Co
the Bradner Co
Hrawley Estate Co
Grinkley Supply Co
Roadway Dairy
Broderick & Dascore
Deren Beaure
Burroughs Mfg. Co
Geo. S. Tush & Co
Campbell Hardware Co
Campbell Lumber Co
Canal Luimber Co
Carnation Milk Products
Carter, MacDonald & Vincent Miller
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Cheasty’s Haberdashery
Carman
Chicago Machinery & Equipment Co
Cline & Carpenter, Inc
Clyde Equipment Co
Coastwise
Barge Co
J. M. Colman Co
Columbia Salmon Co
Commercial Boiler Works
Connell Broa
Continental Pipe Mfg
Corinne Simpson Wilson Co
Crescent Mfg
Denny Renton Clay & Coal Co
Keewalik Mining Co
Deep Sea Shipping Co
Eaton & Campbell
Mldridge-Buick Co
Wairmount
Federal Shoe Repair Co
Wfisken Co
Fobes Supply Co
Gateway Printing Co
Good Bats Co
Gorman & Co
Grays Harbor
Com's
James Griffiths & Sona
Griffiths & Sprague Stevedoring Co
Grossman Bros., Inc
Grote-Rankin Co
Haines Packing Co
Hainsworth Motor Co
Hallidie Machinery Co
BE. Harris & Co
Hatton Oliver Co
Earate
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the Investment Co
Hibbard Stewart Co
Hofius Steel Equipment Co
Holden-Morgan College
Hollywood Farm
Hood's Candy Co
Huteson Optical Co
Pers Candy Co
Independent Coal & Coke Co
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Jobst & Hibler
Salad Joe's P
Austria
Ww. S. S
Amsterdam
Belgische Dagblad
Lille
U.S
Fort Worth
Tex
Chas. Raymond James
Chicago
Fred Lantz
Oil City
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