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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1918
Page
4
Reports say the Austrian retreat accelerates toward the frontier as German forces threaten two fires. Gordon Gordon-Smith notes the road network favors a prolonged stand if supplies, roads, and mobility falter under pressure.
The text describes a strategic squeeze on Austrian forces retreating through Albania toward Prisrend and Mitrovitsa. It argues the Orient Army can reach Prisrend first via favorable Serbian roads, blocking all lines through El Basar Dila and Scutar Montenegro, with a strong emphasis on swift railhead seizure and potential collapse of Austrian forces in Albania.
The first accurate measure shows more than 3 percent of adults with earnings subscribing to the fourth liberty loan. At Liberty Loan headquarters volunteers worked past midnight, tallying bonds under Richard W. Tivason, chairman of the subcommittee on clearances, with the clearance staff at 741 Fifteenth street for sorting and checking subs.
Private services were held yesterday at the Franciscan monastery in Brooklund Wal for St Anthony with the community and 9 o clock Tuesday service scheduled but the public will not be admitted.
A series of obituary notices in a 1928 publication lists funeral arrangements and funeral dates for MARINELLI, MEINBERG, and other local residents. Details include dates, times, and addresses for services, with mentions of remaining family, residences, and interment plans.
The German peace offer is viewed as a tactic to prolong war and weaken Allies. Officials see the Kaiser's gesture as a means to drive war sentiment, using peace terms as a new weapon while preserving German aims and delaying decisive action.
The Italian war office reports intensified artillery duels in the Pasabio Pasma sector and lower Piave River. Italian and allied airmen bombed aviation camps at Egna. enemy communications on the Asiago plateau were bombed. Albanian advance guards reached Lindas on Elbasan road despite bad weather. Austrian lines south of Asiago claim a counter thrust near Monte Pertica with 170 Italians captured after bitter fighting. Serbian detachments contact our advanced guards near Vranje.
German officials report American forces pushing toward wooded heights north of Mermont as part of continued fights east of the Argonne and Meuse. French and Italian actions at Chemin des Dames repulsed. British and French thrusts around Beaurevoir and Montbrehain hold. In Palestine German battalions, with Turkish allies, retreat beyond Damascus. Air losses include 47 airplanes and two captive balloons. Also noted are German reflections on President Wilson and potential peace terms. Washington report details American influenza deaths in Hagerstown and at Pennsylvania University Hospital along with a Western Maryland Railway worker death.
William G McAdoo leads a door to door liberty bond drive in Washington accompanied by Charlies J Bell and others. He greets diverse signatories including a negro maid Armenian grocer and war workers, collects pledges from President Wilson and city residents, and reports close to 1.9 million dollars in pledges.
The speaker argues Germany must secure a peace aligned with Reichstag support and a united political will. He asserts that after the war, major parties must govern together and revise constitutional provisions to keep government members in the Reichstag. He cites Wilson's ideals as aligned with the new German government and calls for a just peace or end to the struggle if terms are rejected.
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