Allied Forces Hold Line Amid Fierce German Counterattacks
London and Paris bulletins describe a savage day of fighting on the Flanders and Somme fronts. Allied troops repel German assaults near Kemmel La Clytte and Ridge Wood while regaining ground at several ports and villages. Artillery duels remain intense as French and British forces maintain positions and inflict heavy losses.
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London
Mount Kennel
France
von Arnim
Flanders
Kemimet
Loere
Kapertan
Planders
Leere
Kemel-La Clytte
Ridge Woml
Voormezeele
Villers-Bretonneux
Kremmel
Hla
War Office
Locre
Villers-Breton- Henn
Bombardment and clashes report across multiple fronts
The Hangard region endured heavy bombardment while the Noyon sector saw a German attack and a stout clash. Our troops pushed the enemy from forward positions and restored their line. Left bank Oise patrols occurred with 15 prisoners taken. Meuse Verdun and Upper Alsace fronts repulsed detachments, with prisoners captured.
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Hangard
Noyon
Oise
Avre
Noyen
Meuse
Verdun
Upper
Alsace
German Press Urges Quick Victory Before U.S. Arrival
German papers, once ridiculing American intervention, now warn of the danger of delaying Western Front action. Zeitung of Constance appeals for a solid victory before full American forces arrive, with Vienna papers echoing the urging tone.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Delnger
Zeitung
Constance
Vienna
Germany
Banker Charles Wakefield Missing After Meeting in Morenel
Detroit officials conducted a nightlong search for Charles C. Wakefield an elderly banker of Morenel Michigan who vanished after a meeting attended with his son Reverend C E Wakefield pastor of the Girard River Methodist church.
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Detroit
Mich
Lolice
Charles C. Wakefield
Morenel
Wakefield
C. £. Wakefield
Girand Hiver Methodist Church
Treasury urges recanvass for third Liberty loan drive
Treasury Department issues twelve suggestions to Liberty loan committees to finish the third bond sale. The plan calls for a Buy another bond push, canvassing workers in plants, ensuring stores and offices are covered, and mobilizing wealthy subscribers. Emphasis on June payments, follow ups, and engaging women whose husbands already subscribed.
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Washington, Mey L
Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Russia plans universal military training to reenter war
Petrograd reports the Mos cow pan executive council backed Trotsky’s plan of universal military training for all men aged sixteen to forty and conscription of workers or peasants. The plan aims to build a large army within ten months with specialists and officers already recalled. The move, supported by British American and Japanese observers, seeks a prompt return to war with the slogan to strike as soon as possible. In Chicago the Herald is sold to the Fullerishing company and will merge with the Exnandner, becoming the Herald-hsaminer.
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Petrograd
Russia
Pan-Executive Council of
Moscow
Germany
Comnissionnaire
Trotsky
Alrewdy
Seule
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Fillness Vullishing Company
Exnandner
The
Herald-hsaminer
Baker
Crowder
Diver Kills 3 On U S Ship In Naval Action
The navy department reports three Chincha crew members were killed when the American steamer repelled a submarine on March 21. Seaman A S Edwards of Augusta, Gas died, with two others unnamed. The Chincha fired about thirty shots and escaped earlier when an armed guard was commended by Secretary Tunell. Also noted is a forecast of cold weather in northern Italy signaling possible Austrian action.
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Washington
Navy Department
Edwards
Augusta
Tuniels
Crowder seeks retroactive draft reforms in Congress
Provost Marshal General Crowder asks lawmakers to drop bottomoflist placement for new registrants and to make draft quotas retroactive to class 1. He argues the house amendment delays calling young men and could alter their status through marriage or industry integration while creating a legal precedent on treatybased aliens.
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Washington
Crowder
Congress
Lst
Senate
House
General Crowder
Secretary Baker plans massive army to France push
Congress debates rapid expansion to 5,000,000 3,900,000 and 1,500,000, with May and June drafts totaling about 500,000. War department aims to train and ship hundreds of thousands of troops overseas before winter while intent to reach 3,000,000 fighting men and possibly more unfolds.
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Washington
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgian
Military Affairs Committee
Senator Reed
Missouri
Poindexter
Secretary of War
American Army Under Foch Strengthens Front at Amiens
The United States forces under General Foch grow in size and take an independent role in the conflict. Picked divisions trained on the Mexican border now lead the advance in front of Amiens, with other units in quieter sectors relieving French troops in Flanders. This duty provides superior training value.
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United States
Foch
Amiens
Flanders
Villa massacres thirty at Santa Cruz de Rventes
A border report states Villa’s men killed thirty people at Santa Cruz de Rventes forty miles southeast of Chihuahua City after villagers refused to surrender three young girls. Also reported, First Class Sgt Edward D Terrell drowned crossing a swollen creek near San Antonio.
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Paso
Tex
Villa
Santa Cruz de Rventes
Chihuahua City
San Antonio
Edward D. Terrell
Quartermaster’s Corps
Mary Williams
Paducah
Eight war heroes return to boost Liberty Loan drive
Eight of America's sons wounded on the western front arrive in Chicago to help the third Liberty loan. They are greeted at Union Station by the Portieth Infantry, greeted by canteen workers and escorted to Liberty loan headquarters.
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Chicago
America
Ypres
Plains of
Picardy
Sam
Prench
Iuus
Union Station
Ortieth Infantry
Port Sheridan
George McKinlock
Chicago Athletic Association
Liberty Loan
Portieth Infantry
French and Datish Ar Holding On Headway
French and Datish Ar show progress on a major drive as they push ahead with their big project. The pair focus on securing resources and coordinating teams to meet milestones and expand heading toward completion.
Improved Positions and Strong Defense Near Ypres
Allied trenches hold firm as battles south of Ypres rage with unabated fury. German assaults are repelled by a stone wall defense and heavy enemy losses. French troops advance near Loeere and the British seize key German posts and take prisoners in the Meteren sector.
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London
Ypres
Trench
Loeere
Meteren
French Caution Afloat Over Petrograd Monarchist Rumor
Dispatches from Copenhagen cite Finland and Berlin reports of a Petrograd monarchist restoration. French papers urge skepticism as inland Moscow and allied ministers offer no confirmation. Stockholm and Moscow sources remain silent, while Helsingfors radios report no major event.
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Washington
Finland
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Berlin
Moscow
Sweden
Ezaroviteh
Alexis Nikolaieviteh
Petit Journal
Stockholm
Hellsingfors
New Belgian Plea to Foe in Frontline Atrocities Protest
An official dispatch from Holland cites the Telegraaf printing a letter from Belgian senators and deputies to the governor general protesting Belgian treatment. Citizens including youths under sixteen and elders over fifty have been taken from homes to the Flanders front or north of France to work under shell fire.
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Washington
Holland
Telegraaf
Flanders Front
France
Public intoxication arrests drop in first quarter 1918
New York city stats show a decrease in public intoxication filings for the first quarter of 1918. City statisticians compiled the report but do not cite reasons for the lower arraignments.
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New York
New York City
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