British and French Make Some Advances in Picardy
British and French forces report gains north of the Somme with German prisoners and machine guns captured. Haig notes heavy fighting, strategic withdrawals at points, and growing British counter blows. American troops under fire praised as the battle broadens across 80 to 90 miles from Lens to the Oise.
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London
Somme
War Office
Somme River
Picardy
Lassigny
Noyon
Lens
Scarpe
Oise
Fild Marshal
Arras
Ancre
Avre
Haigh
Dernancourt
French Reserves Continue Drive Against German Salient
Washington March 29 The French reserve army pressed into the German salient near Noyon while officials in Washington kept silent on details of the operation. Reports indicate German forces are bringing up reserves and guns as Berlin appears dissatisfied with results. American participation remains guarded. General March aims to prevent leakage of information. Italian officials anticipate a new offensive against Italy with Austrian units ready to advance.
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Dernancourt
Albert
Arras-Cambrai
Chipilly
Somme
Amiens
Crown Price
Montdidier
German War Office
Arras
Albert-Somme
Washington
Picardy
Entente
War Department
Chary
France
Pershing
Foch
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Baker
Noyon
Europe
High Command
Germany
Hindenburg
General March
Italy
May Name Supreme Commander On Western Front
London report says urgent war needs may push for a supreme commander in chief for the western front with Haig and Petain’s support. It states a decision has quickened by the German offensive and that General Foch of the French army is the expected appointment.
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London
Western Front
Haig
Petain
Daily Chronicle
Foch
Colonel Roosevelt Visits Boston After Portland Campaign
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt returned to Boston from Portland where he spoke for the Republican campaign in Maine. In the Bay State he visited the Lockwood home and saw his newborn grandson Archie Bullock Roosevelt Jr. His son Captain Archie Roosevelt, recently decorated in France, is the child’s father. Roosevelt’s train arrived at North Station early and he slept before visiting Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow. He is expected to return to New York tomorrow.
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Portland
Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Maine
Bay States Road
Thomas Lockwood
Archie Bullock Roosevelt, Jr
Grace Lockwood
Archie Roosevelt
France
Roosevelt
North Station
William Sturgis Bigelow
New York
Chicago Labor Loyal Pledges War Effort in Shipping
Organized labor in Chicago pledged complete cooperation with the government for war needs. A committee from the cooperative league of building trades met with the shipping board and defense heads and offered 50,000 idle Chicago building trades workers for any needed work, preferably in shipping.
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Chicago
Washington
Organized Labor of
Co-Operative League of Building Trade Industries
Shipping Board
Council of Defense
McAdoo
New Haven March 29 Weather Forecast Report
Government Weather Report for New Haven and vicinity predicts fair conditions tonight and Saturday with slightly higher temperatures. Connecticut expected fair, little temperature change, light to moderate north winds becoming variable. A high pressure ridge from Montana to Maine brings pleasant weather in northern districts while a Texas-centered disturbance causes cloudiness and showers northeastward to Illinois. Frosts reported as far south as North Carolina. New Haven at 38 degrees clear.
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Connecticut
Montana
Maine
Texas
Illinois
Rocky Mountains
North Carolina
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Northfield
Pittsburg
Portland
St. Louis
St Paul
Washington
Diplomat Defined as Man Using Truth Economically
A diplomat is defined as a man who can use the truth economically and judiciously, balancing frankness with tact to advance interests and maintain relations.
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New England
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