Germans Claim Ground in Major Flanders Battle
Intense overnight bombardments target British positions as German gains at Ypres, Passchendaele ridge, and Picardy front are reported. French reinforcements arrive. British and Belgian lines may shift to straighten the Ypres salient. General Foch moves French troops north as the nine day battle nears a potentially decisive turning point in the war.
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Unprecedented Artillery Fire Across Fronts
London reports unprecedented artillery fire in Flanders and the Franco-Belgian frontier, with continuous shelling by both sides. The noise rattles the earth, shakes the ground, and can be heard for miles as night and day bombardments rage along the front.
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Picardy
British Front Holds Firm as German Assaults Continue
London reports no change in the British line along Flanders as German artillery pummels sectors between Givenchy and Robecq. Despite fierce bombardments and three-wave attacks near Kemmel ridge and Baillieul, British lines remain intact with French forces co operating near Wytschaete and Metern. Poelcapelle and Langemarck fell to British advances, heightening the peril to Ypres as German pressure persists on the Western Front.
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Good care for prisoners in Germany during WWI
The State Department seeks $5,000 from the War Department to aid American prisoners in Germany. Funds would be placed with the Spanish ambassador in Berlin to buy non legally required extras such as artificial limbs for wounded sailors and sport equipment to keep prisoners occupied. The plan awaits approval, but is expected to be approved.
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Germany
State Department
War Department
Berlin
Girl Who Valued Her Heart $116000 Finds Love in Chicago
Leona Garmoney once valued her heart at $116000 after a breach of promise suit won against John Brooks Henderson. She now says she will marry Chicago laborer Robert G Spencer, a working man with no notable wealth, dismissing the money as no longer important.
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John Brooks Henderson
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Miss Garmony
Robert G. Spencer
Tragic Leap: Miss Florence Tackney Falls To Death
A well dressed Utica woman Miss Florence M Tackney leaped from a Park Avenue hotel fifth story window in New York. She left a note to her mother saying goodbye and wished to talk with her. She registered at the hotel the day before the act.
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Syracuse
Connecticut Creates Soldiers and Sailors Information Bureau
Hartford April 18 the Connecticut State Council of Defense announced a new Bureau of Soldiers and Sailors Information. The bureau will answer proper information requests routed through the council field auditor and statistician of the Public Utilities Commission has been made secretary of the council's home rule.
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Connecticut State Council of Defense
Public Utilities Comm
Rain brings lull in American sector in France
By Bert Ford from the American front in France April 17 6 p m heavy rains ease combat in the sector limiting aerial activity yet troops grow more confident American wounds return to front Lt George F Patton of New York a surgeon earns the French war cross for bravery after removing his gas mask to aid others saving lives German snipers and shelling intensify but Americans strike back in Lorraine no mans land control quotes but neutral wording preserves facts
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Seventy-Five Recruits Sought for Army Medical Dept
Seventy five recruits are wanted for the medical department of the regular army to serve at United States Army General Hospital in New Haven for the duration of the war. Men outside the draft may apply after passing the physical test. Recruit stations in New Haven Waterbury Bridgeport New London Hartford or contact Major W A Mercer at 965 Chapel Street New Haven. Recruiting continues briskly statewide with April expected to be a banner month.
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British Commander Sticks at Neuve Eglise
London reports the last man to depart the shell wrecked village of Neuve Eglise was the Worcester infantry commander. His troops and the king's royal rifles withstood five German assaults, inflicting heavy losses. Neuve Eglise sits about four miles northeast of Baillieul in Belgium.
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King’s Royal Rifles
Baillieul
Belgium
Housing Facilities, Washington War Efforts Face Housing Hurdles
Relief seemed near as war workers struggle with housing shortages. The Senate planned to approve a $60,000,000 housing bill before adjournment, with a second measure likely to offer at least $15,000,000 to extend loans for constructing worker housing for war industries.
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Senate
Unsettled Weather Report For New Haven Area
Government weather bulletin issued from New Haven on April 18 forecasts unsettled conditions with probable showers tonight and Friday. Connecticut expected snow or rain, cooler with fresh northeast winds as disturbances over Texas and Pennsylvania drive cloudy, showery southern and eastern districts. northern lake region and New England report snow, temperature drops reach Vermont.
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