War Tide Shifts as Allies Press in Northern France
Reports from the front describe French gains near Arras and Soissons with Allied pressure extending toward Lille and Douai. Russian claims of victory at Augustowo are noted alongside German setbacks around Antwerp and in the Aisne valley as battles widen across the region.
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Arras
Roye
Soissons
Argonne
Woevre
Toul
Augustowo
Suwalki
Poland
the Niemen
Nenthe
Grmaen
Fort Waelden
Antwerp
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Joffre
Galicia
Tarnow
Dunajec
Cracow
Vistula
Kielce
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Bug River
Douai
France
Lille
Lassigny
Berry-au-Bac
Ostend
Berlin
Wuck
Koenigsburg
Lyck
Lake
East Prussia
Aisne
Oise
von Kluck
India
Belgium
Alest
Church of England
England
Germany
Albert
Brussels
Russia
Port Prezmysl
Constructive Work of Gifford Pinchot Record of Achievement
The record highlights Gifford Pinchot’s extensive public service and major influence on U S governance. It notes Theodore Roosevelt praising Pinchot as invaluable to the people and acknowledges Pinchot’s leadership and contributions during Roosevelt’s administration.
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Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Pinchot
Pinchot Led Forest Service to Peak of Reform
A profile of Gifford Pinchot highlighting his role as head of the U S Forest Service, his fight against corporate grabs of coal and resources, support for child labor and workers’ protections, and his influence on conservation, grazing, and public land policy. The text credits Pinchot with creating the Service, expanding protection, and pushing progressive conservation through alliances with Roosevelt and labor leaders.
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Forest Service of
United States
Washington
Richard Achilles Ballinger
Interior
Taft
Morgans
Guggenheims
Rockefellers
Alaska
America
Child Labor Bureau
Roosevelt
Pinchot
John Mitchell
Joseph A. Holmes
Bureau of Mines
Forestry Service
Beef Trust
United States Forest Service
National Forest Service
National Forests
Forests and Natural Resources of
Pennsylvania
J. T. Rothrock
Public Lands Commission
Water Power Trust
Baker
House
Senate
Smoot
Heyburn
House of Representatives
Mondell Alaska
Ballinger
National Conservation Association
National Conservation Commission
Inland Waterways Commission
Roosevelt Campaign Swing Draws Philadelphia Ovation
Colonel Roosevelt opened the campaign in Philadelphia with a speech against Penrose and the machine. Five thousand inside the First Regiment armory and about 15,000 outside packed the scene, rivaling the 1912 turnout as crowds cheered from Reading Terminal to Broad Street station. He endorsed Gifford Pinchot for the senate and praised William Draper Lewis for withdrawing to unite anti machine forces for Vance McCormick.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Metropolitan Opera House
Reading Terminal
Broad Street
Armory
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Senate
Penrose
William Draper Lewis
Vance McCormick
Fewer Wells Completed Yet Higher September Production
The September Derrick oil report shows 1,434 wells completed, down 332 from August, while new production rose to 131,910 barrels, up 6,637. Dry holes totaled 234, gas wells 217, and 2,093 rigs were drilling, down 387 from August. The Venango and Clarion fields gained three completions. other counties saw small declines.
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Septemer
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast
Ohio
Mid-Continent
Venango
Clarion County
Pennsylvania
Lima-Lidiera
Kansas-Oklahoma
Texas-Louisiana
Ana Vatese
Kantanky
Iss
Np Osie
Kerevs
Sage
Es Cuae
Cecvscsonsees i
Horse Meat For Prisoners Warned In German Press
The Lokalanzeiger notes distress in Germany as millions lack butter and meat while prisoners of war reportedly receive better rations. It urges converting wounded and dead horses on battlefields into sausages to feed the German population and POW camps.
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Germany
Lokalanzeiger
Littlefield
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