Allies Defeated As Germans Seize Kemmel Hill
On April 26 German forces occupied Kemmel Hill on the northern battlefront. French troops counterattacked at Mont Kemmel to retake positions, while heavy fighting raged along the Flanders ridge. British and French forces held lines between Balliol and Hollebeke and near Villers-Bretonneux, with ongoing artillery exchanges and raids reported along the Somme front and around Le Havre.
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London
Kemmet Hill
Delmar Radcliffe
War Office
France
Associated Press
Mont Kemme
Flanders
Mont Kemmetl
Ten Mile
Ballioll
Hollehbeke
Mont Kemrod
Enouah
Vierstraat
Levent
Mont Kenreel
Kemmel Hill
Vers
Corresnondenst
Sochme
Slenday
Villers-Breton
Somme
Djilievoil-Hollebeke
Kemmel — Hill
Paris
Laysny
Miette
Aisne
Bezonvaux
Byargee
Lorraine
Vosges
Associated
Hungard-en-Santerre
Banda
Hangard
Amiens
Germany
Arltiee
von der Marwitz
Gerro
General Radcliffe on Kemmel Hill and Ypres Outlook
General Radcliffe said Allied forces could hold the Ypres salient even if Germans held Kemmel hill but preferred they be moved. Review notes German gains of about 2000 yards on Kemmel front with observation over northern ground. exact fate of Kemmel hill to be determined. A French regiment defending Mont Kemmel held its crest to the last man amid a long, bitter day of battle.
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London
Radcliffe
Ypres
Keniovel Hill
Kemmel Hill
Kemmel
Kemmel Bil
Frange
Mont Kermmel
Avith
Yyresiemmel
Kymmel
Wylichwete
Butlleul
Wytsehaete
Fots
Mont Kermel
Mit
Bas J Bern
Aras
Amiens
Pblace
Ife
Long range gun destroyed near Paris in April report
Paris April 26 Deputy Charles Leobald of the Seine department says one of three Gerv long range guns bombarding Paris has been destroyed. He met with the sector commander near Crepy en Laonnois where the big gun is stationed and noted the enemy is building new emplacements. Emplacement platforms and smoke screens conceal the gun’s location during firing.
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Paris
Charles Leobald
Department of the Seine
Ueguly
Crepy-en Laopnols
Hebrews Vote Against Strikers In Labor Clash
Boston reports Hebrew Trades voted down a May 1 strike call in protest over the San Francisco Preparedness Day explosion and Thomas Mooney. In Chicago, football players from Cornell may follow captain Hoadley by enlisting, as recruiters circulate telegrams inviting men to join the team. Across Europe, German assaults on the Somme front push toward Amiens while Allied lines hold firm. German divisions suffer heavy losses as French and British forces respond with determined defense and strategic redeployment.
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Boston
Apri
Thoma Mooney
San Francisco
Ghicago
Cornell
Hoadley
Vnill
Mt 5
Gartabd
Mount Vernon Institution
Italians Fight With Pick Axes In Flanders Trenches
Washington reports two Italian auxiliary troops in Flanders fought German forces using pick axes as they defended trenches. The message notes Italian units reached France last November and later served under General Tardit in defensive construction, showing discipline and capacity despite not bearing arms. Some troops in the trench lines killed and captured Germans in an orderly counterattack.
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Washington
Fliders
Patel
Rome
France
Tardit
Flanders
Germany
Drills Holes in Airplane Wings Case Unfolds
Cleveland April 26. Charged with drilling holes in wings of airplanes ready for delivery to the government an employee of a manufacturing company was arrested by federal agents last night.
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Cleveland
Federal
Embargo on Dutch Indies Tin and Related Goods Imposed
Holland announced an embargo on tin tin ore cinchona bark quinine salts and kapok exports from the Dutch East Indies effective April 22. The move, seen as retaliation or a response to wartime strain, disrupts supplies vital to US munition and medical needs and to naval and bedding uses.
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Warmington
Apri
Holland
Dutch East Indies
United States
Sone Quarters
Whley Holland
Germany
Dutch Eest Indies
Los Angeles Harbor Dock Funding Approved by Shipping Board
A $204 400 appropriation for dredging and a ten time ten a dock at Los Angeles harbor was approved by the Shipping Board after a sale to Congress. The Senate Commerce Committee supported adding the ferry to the harbors bill, strengthening port facilities.
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Walington
Los Aures
Los Angeles
Congrres
We Deepartment
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce
Salem
Baron Rhondda Resigns Position in London
London reports Baron Rhondda resigns from the post of British coal controller amid long absences attributed to illness. The Welsh coal magnate, known as the Welsh coal king, leaves office as authorities note shifts in administration. New coke prices announced by the administration list Mexican cake at 8.50 and smelting costs at 450 for 72 hours at select foundries.
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London
Tharin Tiondda
Tos Daily
Ma Egas
Brithah Food Contreler
Ise Poxt
With
David Alfred Themay
Rhondda
Washis Iten
Anil Oh
American Troops Raid Meuse Heights Near Verdun
An Associated Press despatch describes American troops conducting a trench raid over the Meuse heights near Vaux Jea Palameix north of Verdun, with French comrades harassing the enemy in Lorraine and Vosges. The report details German reactions, positions around Selcheprey and Trenneres wood, and the planned actions in the Leprey area as of Sunday.
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Meuse
Vaux Jea Palameix
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Lorraine
Vosens
St. Mihiel Galient
St. Pizierre
Metz
Selehenrey
Selcheprey
Trenneres Wood
Leprey
Associated Press
High Praises for Belgians on Yser Stand
April 26 brief dispatch notes General Gillaint address to Belgian army in Albert Canal home region. He recalls October 1914 king’s call to enlist and praises the heroic steadfast defense along the Yser and Langemarck front against German assault. The army is urged to uphold indomitable resistance as the world admires.
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Yser
Government leases grazing lands in Oregon
Reclamation service awarded contracts to reuse nearly 600 acres of grazing lands in Umatilla and Morrow counties, Oregon. R. J. Stanfield of Stanfield and Join Kenny of Tepener received 12 160 acres for 19 995 dollars, with other firms including Michael McEntire and Hutd Browners Company also listed. Separately, representatives of the hide and leather industry opened talks with the War Industries Board on price terms for hides and leather.
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Washington
Umatilla
Tetitian v
Morrow
Oregon
The
Reclamation Service
R. J. Stanfield
Stanfetd
Ore
Kenny
Tepener
Michael McEntire
Hutd Browners Company
Amit 3
McEntire
Cecil
Hide and Teather
War Industries Board
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Villers-Hretonneux
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Hanmard
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Zeebrugge
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