18 Sep 1918
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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1918
Page
1
A test offensive began at 5 20 this morning over a front of 25 000 yards. The thrust zone stretched from south of Gouzencourt to Hel non Wood near a key German base.
Frank Charlton reports Allied forces pressing south of Metz with British advances near St Quentin and Holnon village as Americans push toward Pagny sur Moselle. Flanders fronts see gains then slight retreat amid heavy German bombardment. Balkan campaign yields strong progress as French and Servian troops push Bulgarians east of Monastir while formidable fortifications and early winter conditions complicate operations.
London Sept 18 British troops on the Picardy front advanced from two to three miles in their great new drive on St Quentin. Fifteen hundred German prisoners were taken. The Siegfried line has been broken beyond Havrincourt, the old Hindenburg line.
The British Army attacked on the Picardy front at 5 20 am advancing about 14 miles across a front from Gouzeaucourt to Holnonwood near St Quentin. Official reports claim Holnon village captured with prisoners and further advances near La Bassee Canal and Moeuvres as French and British forces push toward the old Hindenburg line amid heavy artillery and German counterattacks.
Washington reports that the House, sitting as a committee of the whole, indicated it will swiftly pass the 8 billion revenue bill with no material amendments. It adopted excess and war profits tax provisions, including a 70 percent top rate for excess profits and a flat 5 percent on war profits, aiming to raise about 3.2 billion. House leaders expect no major amendments until sent to the Senate.
Washington reports John W. Davis solicitor general designated to succeed Walter Hines Page as ambassador to Great Britain. Davis, then in Switzerland for the Berne conference on prisoner of war care, is a Virginia native, Washington and Lee alumnus, and long allied with Secretary Lansing through Red Cross work.
Washington Sept 18 The Food Administrator Herbert Hoover proposes an amendment to the revenue bill to require mixed wheat and other cereals in bread. The plan would abolish a four cent a barrel tax on mixed flour and aim to make wheat flour bread cheaper and more plentiful.
On the Lorraine Front the American Army captured Van Dieres Village south of Metz after a bold Sunday attack. American artillery silenced German machine guns, and by Monday the center advanced north of St Benoit with a severe defeat of a German storm battalion at Homout. A crack division seized 90 guns and 3,200 prisoners, while other units reported mass captures including heavy guns, machine guns, anti tank weapons, rifles, and vast ammunition.
Describes famine and clothing shortages across Austria-Hungary and Turkey amid war weariness. A Turkish delegation in Vienna reports misery before the Austro-Hungarian peace note. Food riots break out in several regions. undernourished babies are dying in large numbers.
Washington report says Gen. March chief of staff canceled the mid weekly conference with press reps to appear before the House Military Affairs committee. He would explain the new seven billion dollar army appropriation bill.
Chicago reports the death of Maj. Gen Lloyd Wheaton a Civil War veteran and Spanish American War hero aged 86 His work pacifying northern Luzon in the Philippines and two years of command after the war earned him lasting distinction in his military career
Washington reports General March told the House appropriations panel that 7.09 billion dollars in increased war funds are needed this year to finance a manpower surge. He estimated 2.7 million draftees and 80 divisions abroad by mid next year, with total under arms rising from 3.2 to about 4.8 million.
Springfield dispatch reports a head on collision between a troop train and a freight train near Mansfield Missouri. Twenty five soldiers died and between fifty and sixty were injured. Early seventeen bodies recovered but later twenty five identified. Injured treated at local hospitals and relief trains used. Names of dead and wounded withheld amid censorship.
Washington Sept 18 calls for induction of selective service men into the Navy and Marine Corps are to be issued within weeks. Provost Marshal General Crowder notified draft officials that calls will follow ordinary army call patterns, selecting from the draft order list and those with technical qualifications. Non‑citizens or those lacking English literacy will not be arrested. conscientious objectors and men with communicable diseases are barred.
In Pottsville on Sept 18 several thousand anthracite miners in district number nine resumed work after stating they met their aims in pressing the national government. In Philadelphia on Sept 18 health authorities disclosed 800 cases of Spanish influenza at the League Island Navy Yard and the navy home, suspected to be brought by returning transports.
New York dispatch reports full funeral plans for Cardinal John Farley. The cardinal declined in the afternoon after several sinking spells and rallying briefly. Massed Catholic and Protestant mourners prepare for a week of services ending with a crypt interment at St Patrick's Cathedral.
Washington reports President Wilson signed an executive order ending the brewing industry for the war period. Brewers may make pure hops beer between August 1 and December 1 without rice corn or glucose but malted drink production ends December 1. Uncertain beer stock remains, with estimates ranging from two months to four.
Senator Myers of Montana introduced a bill prohibiting the sale of liquor within five miles of coal mines for sixty days after October 1. The proposal aims to curb near mine areas during a short post October period.
Allied forces hold a new American line on the Moselle as two German battalions retreat after heavy gunfire and air support fail to break the defenses. Pershing’s men repelled the night attack with decisive aggression.
Henry G. Wales reports heavy engagements on the Moselle near Metz as two German battalions assault the new American line. American artillery and machine guns break the attack, German reinforcements are dispersed by shells, and eight German aircraft are claimed shot down in aerial combats.
Forecast for Pennsylvania shows cloudy skies tonight with possible rain and warmer conditions in the northern portion. Thursday will bring cooler weather with a fall-like change and cooler temperatures across the area.
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