Americans On Line Barring Way to Coast
American forces bolster Allied lines in Picardy and Flanders joining British units. Troops train with British front riders, entering combat zones as part of the US dispatched force after the German offensive. Renewed pressure in Flanders and Somme sectors expected, with heavy bombardment and rising air activity as Americans claim their combat losses.
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Flanders
English Channel
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New American Army Arrives in British Front Zone
Washington reports the new American army, brigaded with British forces, arrived in the northern French zone and is undergoing training on the Flanders front. British officers praise the troops as among the finest material, welcomed as comrades along the line.
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Rarce
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Aviation in Great Offensive on West Front Breaks Down
Allied battle report details aviation operations on the West Front as Germany mounts a major offensive. Weaknesses in air support hinder our lines while Allied air power counters enemy formations, marking a pivotal phase in the resumed conflict.
German aviation collapse eyed in Western Front report
London May 6 German aviation has proved a signal failure in the great offensive on the western front according to a Morning Post officer correspondent. He cites enormous wastage from constant Allied air attacks and bombing of German airfields as the main cause while noting a shortage of men and machines.
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London
Associated Press
Western Front
Morning Post
Captain of Royal Italian Flying Corps Falls to Death
A Royal Italian Flying Corps captain is reported dead in a fall from a plane during a training flight. The incident occurred near a coastal airfield, with authorities launching an inquiry. The deceased's identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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Royal Italian Flying Corps
Seven Submarines Destroyed by Crews
London reports seven British submarines scuttled by their crews at Helslogtors to avoid capture. They reached the Baltic via routes through Denmark Norway Sweden or Archangel. Admiralty notes enemy air raids increase with about 56 German planes claimed as downed by Allied airmen and 43 by others while Berlin claims 33 Allied planes destroyed. The British bombed Baarbrucken and German Lorraine. Austrian and Italian fronts show limited infantry activity and renewed Alpine operations around Monte Corno Monte Agoiane and Monte Grappa with patrols and artillery on Lake Garda and Brenta fronts.
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Royal Italian Flying Corps Captain Dies Testing Caproni Plane
New York May 17 Captain Antonio Silvio Roshati of the Royal Italian Flying Corps piloted a Caproni biplane from Washington to Newsday field. While testing the bombing type, the plane rose only two feet before a wing failed and crashed the craft. Roshati, strapped in, could not release himself as the aircraft plummeted, killing him.
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German birth rate decline prompts compulsory marriage plan
A German commission recommends state funded aid and penalties to enforce marriage before age twenty as birth rates fall. The report cites a drop from 1912 to 1916 and compares England. It notes high infant death relative to England but lower overall infant mortality in Germany.
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Wales
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Mrs Palmer Leaves All Two Million Estate Trust
Chicago May 17 Mrs Potter Palmer society figure leaves an estimated two million from estate and trust assets as probate proceedings begin. The amount is part of a larger total involving Palmer's holdings and family trust arrangements filed today in court.
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Taft
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Falmer
A S Dabor Lead Visits Front
A S Dabor Lead, a Martin F area resident and member of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen, executive council of the Railway Employes Department, accompanied a British committee during a visit to a plant in England as part of a tour inspecting war industry plants and allied front conditions in France.
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Lieut Maxon Missing Again in Casualty List
Baltimore Md May 16 Lieutenant Charles Maxon missing in action in today’s casualty list. He had been wounded twice in prior engagements with Germany, saved on the field both times by British troops while serving with the medical corps. His wife received a letter stating he was back with the British lines and had been cremated for bravery.
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Charles Maxon
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Mason
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Fifth Winter of War Now Inevitable Says Leader in Berne
In Bern at a Progressive party gathering Herr Hausmann warned a fifth winter of war is inevitable and that Germans must prepare for renewed rounds of conflict instead of pursuing a summer victory. Meatless days in London restaurants end as restrictions ease with the war effort shifting.
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Wuerlumberg
Herr Hausmann
Progressive Party
American Army Flyers Clash Over France Victory
May 17 dispatch reports American aviators engaging northwest of Tou. Lt Edward Alexenbacher of Columbus Ohio knocked down one German plane after daylight while three enemy aircraft were encountered. Lt Rickenbacher, once a auto racer, earned the French War Cross after shooting down nine German aircraft in two weeks. London dispatch says British bombers hit Baarbrucken and killed or damaged multiple targets despite facing German opposition. five German planes were destroyed while a British aircraft was lost. In other air battles on the nearer front, 37 German planes were accounted for, with 11 British aircraft missing.
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Rickenbacher
London
Baarprucken
German Lorraine
Associated Press
Plander
Russians Flee From Austrian Martial Patrol
London reports a German backed Austrian patrol commandant prompting Russians to flee. Amsterdam advices note street fighting near Odessa, with Kiev patrols in streets day and night. Thousands of persons flee the city as wartime logistics foresee March metals and other consignments arriving from Haifa in July or August.
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Bern
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Amsterdam
Oiessa
Ten passengers killed in French steamer torpedoing
Paris May 17 Ten passengers one European and nine Arabs were killed when the French steamer Atlantique was torpedoed in the Mediterranean earlier this month. The steamship reached a point on its own steam. It is announced. The vessel measures 6447 tons.
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Paris
Britons Repel German Air Attacks in France
British forces across France report heavy air combat with German planes destroyed and most attritional fighting ongoing. Reports indicate a likely major German push soon as defenses hold and American aid looms. A cut-in of domestic dialogue closes with a light literary exchange.
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