War Board Sets Deferred Draft to Aid Agriculture Efforts
Agreement among War Policies Board and top officials outlines deferments for key agricultural and industrial workers. It details district advisers, farm labor needs, and procedures for prioritizing skilled farm labor while stopping nonessential construction and mobilizing manpower for war work.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
War Labor Policies Board
General Crowder
Secretary of War
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Army
Serbians Break Through Bulgarians Near Prilip Front
Serbia leads a Balkan advance aided by French and Greek forces striking Salonik front lines held by Bulgarians and German units. In three days they advance 12 miles on a 20 mile front, seize 50 towns, and push Bulgarians into retreat as Prilip looms as a key target.
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Edward W. Pickard
Serbia
Salonik
Prilip
Macedonia
Albania
Balkan
Turkey
Bulgaria
Austria
Allied Push Across Scheldt and Cambrai Front Advances
Reports from London state New York Tennessee and South Carolina troops attacked the Burg line, capturing Bellecourt au Roy. English forces crossed the Scheldt canal while Canadians pushed near Cambrai with 56, thousand prisoners and 325 guns counted. forces in Palestine and Macedonia report heavy yields of captives and materiel as other Allied units advance. Rumors persist of Romanian revolt as German occupation retreats from Romania and archives are hurriedly moved. The American army on the Champagne front captured Brieulles Sur Meuse and Romagne as attacks press forward.
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Alsace
King George of
Great Britain
London
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Tennessee
South Carolina
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Scheldt Canal
Bellenglise
Cambrai
Ouskirts
Palestine
Tiberias
Jordan
Mezerib
Hedjas
Macedonia
Rumania
Switzerland
Champagne
Brieulles-Sur-Meuse
Romagne
Increasing Pressure Signals Early German Defeat
Washington reports rising pressure by Marshal Foch along nearly the entire western front from Verdun to the North Sea. The Hinndenburg line is breached in places and the Kriemkeild position shows withdrawals on all fronts. French troops advance beyond the Chenl Des Dames barrier, pressing the retreating Germans from the south and west as observers call the center of the German line the most critical.
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Chemin-des-Dames
Lyon
Lorraine
Metz
Briey
Hindenburg
Marshal Haig
Gouzeaucourt
Holnon Wood
Peiziere
la Verguiere
Epehy
Rensso
St Quentin Canal
Russia
Volga
Perm
Sibera
Siberia
Lenine
Trotzky
Germany
Committee 90
America
Lenine and
Washington
Marshal Focl Alnng
Verdun
North Sea
Hindenburg Line
Kriemheild
Chenlin-Des-Dames
Bulgarian Delegates Arrive at Salonika for Armistice Talks
Paris—Bulgarian delegates named General Lon koff commander of the Bulgarian army M Liapscheff finance minister and M Radoff former cabinet member arrived at Saloniki to discuss armistice and probable peace arrangements with allied governments.
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Paris
Saloniki
Lonkoff
M. Liapscheff
M. Radoff
Germanys most serious hour seems to have come
Amsterdam reports The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin warns that Germany faces a grave Bulgarian question. The Frankfurter Zeitung says it is useless to gloss over the news and questions whether attempting to quell secession or raise hopes will help.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Clares
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Frankfort Zeitung
Bulgaria
Action of Bulgaria Read as Possible Camouflage
London dispatches indicate Bulgaria may be masking true aims as Prussia in the Balkans appears to press for a stronger position. The German claim that Malinoff acted alone lacks support. King Ferdinand’s crown and dynasty seem to be the central concern driving alignments.
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London
Bulgar
Prussia
Balkans
Malinoff
Ferdinand
Mier
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