Bulgarian delegates discuss armistice as Bulgaria shifts stance
Paris reports Bulgarian delegates to armistice talks with the Allies, including General Lonkoff and M. Liaptcheff. Emperor Charles presided over a Vienna Crown Council session into the night, amid calls to end Kaiserism and concerns over Bulgaria’s defection reshaping the European crisis.
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Kaiser Charles
Crown Council
Vienna
Vorwaerts
Paris
Lonkoff
M. Liaptcheff
M. Radoff
Charles
Berlin
Amsterdam
Bulgaria
Germany
German Socialist Party
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
London
Acéoni Ilsued
Ferdinand
Germanic League
Constantinople
Roumanians Re-enter War Front in France Recruit Plans
Washington reports the first Roumanian foreign legation unit has prepared to join the French front. The unit’s size isn’t released but includes many soldiers who fled Roumania after the central powers imposed a peace treaty. Cap Basile Stoica, now in the United States, is offered command and seeks U S permission to recruit 10,000 Roumanians for the Foreign Legion in France.
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Washington
Roumanian Foreign Legation
France
Roueania
Basile Stoica
United States
Stoica
Record Riveting Breaks World Mark at Newark Shipyard
Newark New Jersey September 30 a world riveting record was claimed by Submarine Boat Corp crews driving 27 820 rivets into seven ships in eight hours. The record averaged 488 rivets per gang and one three man team reportedly placed nearly 900 rivets in the fantail.
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Newark
N. J
Submarine Boat Corporation Man
Bulgaria Seeks Armistice as Strumnitza Falls to Allies
News dispatches report Bulgarian forces losing Strumnitza to British and Allied troops on the Macedonian front. British yeomanry led the assault as Belaschnitza heights were shelled. over 200 guns and more than 10,000 prisoners captured. Armistice talks involve Liaptcheff and Loukoff. D Esperey declines terms but will receive Bulgarian delegates in British lines.
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London
Strumnitza
Belaschnitza Mountains
Lake Doiran
Balfour
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Bulgaria
Washington
Paris
Francis de Esperey
Macedonia
Torodow
Finance
Liaptcheff
Loukoff
Ferdinand
D’esperey
D'Esperey
French War Office
Bolshes Threat Halted by Allied Support Says Gaida
General Gaida commander of the Czecho Slovak forces states that with three allied divisions, he could hold the Bolshevik armies on roughly the current line near Vladivostok.
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Russlan
Vladivostok
Gaida
Weapons Made by Million The Ordnance Department report
Washington reports the Ordnance Department has produced a vast stock of arms with millions of weapons including machine guns pistols and related ordnance figures as of September 30. The release lists hundreds of thousands of machine guns and a similar large total of pistols.
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Washington
Ordnance’ Department
McAdoo urges record libery loan subscription drive
Secretary McAdoo announces a minimum six billion dollar target for the fourth Liberty loan to fund the war effort. The 20 year issue bears 4 1 4 percent interest and matures October 15 1938 with a redemption option after October 15 1933. He appeals to corporations and wealthy individuals to subscribe more than in prior loans citing low responses from the rich. Carnegie Hall hosts the address as he defends duty against those who do not contribute.
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New York
United States
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
America
Carnegie Hall
German Leaders Fire at Wilson in Reichstag Address
Dispatches from Amsterdam quote Count von Hertling portraying the United States as an aggressor economy. The chancellor attacks President Wilson calling him the spearhead of American imperialists and accuses Allies of blocking peace offers while warning of US war fever and liberal kultur rhetoric.
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London
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Wilson
Germany
United States
America
Europe
Spanish influenza halts new draft calls across the U S
The U S Provost Marshal General canceled October 7 to 11 entrainments for 142 000 draft registrants due to influenza outbreaks in army camps. In 24 hours ending noon Thursday 6139 new cases were reported with 170 deaths and 723 pneumonia cases. Massachusetts reports 50 000 influenza cases with 2148 new daily cases and 76 deaths. Boston reports 50 influenza deaths. Public venues in Boston ordered closed until Oct 6.
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Washington
Crowder
Surgeon General of the Army
Boston
Massachusetts
Bernard W. Carey
State Department of Health
New York
Health Department
Rome
Claur
Catrone
U S Flyer Sinks U Boat in Sea Plane Action
The first known submarine versus sea plane engagement reportedly ends with the probable destruction of the U boat by Reserve Ensign J F Carson. He fired from his seaplane after shrapnel from the forward gun sprayed, felled two crewmen, drove the rest inside, and dropped bombs as the sub surfaced.
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London
J. F. Carson
Admiralty
Ensign Carson
Oversubscribed Liberty Loan Issue Totals Large Subscriptions
Washington September 28 oversubscription for the sixth bi weekly Liberty loan issue reaches 625 216 000 in subscriptions with an excess of 25 216 000 over the expected amount.
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Washington
Deserters Reported Targeted by German Firing Squads
London dispatch reports German troops continually fire on Bulgarians who desert from the front line. The provocation and response are described in the official communique.
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London
the. E
The
Communiqu
Iowa Regiment Hard Hit in Rainbow Division
Des Moines reports the One Hundred sixty eighth Infantry of Iowa suffered about 50 percent casualties totaling 1,400 officers and men during eight days of fighting ending August 8. Col. E. R. Bennett notes the unit entered rest camp August 3 and planned more training, while praising personal bravery during a 12 mile advance in the Baccarat sector of the Lorraine front.
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Des Moines
One
Iowa
E. R. Bennett
Lafayette Young
Bennett
Baccarat
Lorraine Front
British Forces Seize Haifa Acre and Reach Es Salt
British cavalry push along the Mediterranean coast of Palestine occupy Haifa and Acre. Allied troops reach Es Salt 15 miles northwest of Amman as the Turks suffer heavy losses. Reports claim over twenty five thousand prisoners with total enemy strength around one hundred thousand.
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London
Mediterranean
Palestine
Haifa
Acre
Es-Salt
Amman
Allenby
Alleged Hun Spy Arrested in Pittsburgh
Federal agents arrest Charles F. Banning reputed millionaire at the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh suspected of directing German espionage and propaganda work in western Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Charles F. Banning
Duquesne Clab
American Ace Rickenbacker Nets Eighth Kill in France
With the American Army in France on September 30 Eddie Rickenbacker shot down his eighth enemy plane north of the front. He earned another victory as Allied air forces pressed effective operations over the battlefield.
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France
Eddie Rickenbacker
Bankers pledge all to win the war in Chicago
At the American Bankers Association convention in the Auditorium theater bankers vowed their last dollar and blood to the war effort. Telegrams between President Wilson and the convention were exchanged while Illinois Governor Lowden and association president Charles A. Hlinsch addressed delegates with calls for full bank support.
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Chicago
Bankers of America
Auditorium Theater
American Bankers’ Association
Wilson
Lowden
Illinois
Charles A. Hlinsch
Association
Banks of America
Bolshevik Decree Ends Reign of Terror
Moscow reports a central committee vote backing Lenin's push to return to orderly governance. In Washington officials received detailed accounts of Bolshevik massacres in Petrograd and Moscow with prisons overcrowded and victims left to starve amid atrocities.
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Amsterdam
Mir
Moscow
Central Committee of
The
Soviet
Lenine
Washington
State Department
Petrograd
Prussian War Chief Quits Reported
London dispatches report Lieutenant General Stein Prussian war minister resigning according to Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph on Friday.
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London
Stein
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Turkey Seeks Separate Peace Rumors Surface
A Lausanne dispatch reports rumors that Turkey may pursue a separate peace. The public remains agitated after the disaster in the Balkans and the ongoing peace efforts.
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Turkey
Paris
Lausanne
Switzerland
Polese
Balkans
Abrahamic Call and God’s Sevenfold Promise
The lesson recalls Noah’s failure and describes God’s call to Abram to separation and a new nation. It outlines seven promises including a great nation, blessings, a renowned name, and universal blessing through Abram, followed by Abram’s immediate obedience and brave faith as he enters Canaan.
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Abraham
Noah
Abram
Evo
Christ
God
Israel
the Redeemer
Secrets in Our Heart Search Moody Quote
A brief quotation expresses that humans cannot search their own hearts and urges divine examination to uncover hidden and secret thoughts. The line attributes the sentiment to D L Moody.
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D. L. Moody
Testaments for Soldiers Fortify Army Says Pershing
Pershing proclaims every soldier will receive a testament to strengthen resolve and guide conduct as troops fulfill their duty, emphasizing moral support and spiritual duty within the military effort.
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Pershing
Deceived Thee So Often Thyself
A compact line reflects on self-deception and recurring misjudgments. The text emphasizes inner doubt and repeated errors in judgment, urging reflection and renewed honesty with oneself.
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U. S
Premier
Franchet D’esperey
Nikola Pachitch
Pachitch
Malinoff
Exchange
Sofia
Jassy
M’adoo
Kaiser
HM Chancellor
Health Commissioner
U.S. Flyer
Lorraine
Two Turk Ports
P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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