Germans Hold Fast at Ypres Front in Great Offensive
German thrusts along an 11 mile Ypres sector fail to break the British lines as Haig’s men repulse repeated masses. In the Arras region British and French forces stand firm while German efforts elsewhere bring heavy losses. French and British countermeasures push back or halt German advances near Castel and Moreuil with 500 prisoners taken.
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Givenchy
Ypres
Field Marshal Haig
Lys
St. Venant
Bethune
Wimridge
Arras
Mount Kemmel
Amiens
Castel
Merville
Messines- Wytschade
Ka Bassee Canal
Lens
Lens-Arras
Tess
Licardy
Berlin
Moreuil
Senecat Wood
Waterloo War Fund Drive Set for May 20 to 26
Waterloo chapter of the American Red Cross announces a war fund campaign with a quota of 36500 to aid civilians in desolated countries and care for sick and wounded soldiers. The drive runs May 20 through May 26, following a similar national effort about a year ago that raised roughly 40000 locally.
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Waterloo
American Red Cross
Great‘society
United States
Liberty Day Is April 26 Liberty Day Is April 26
Presidential proclamation by Woodrow Wilson appoints April 26 1918 as Liberty Day asking nationwide assemblies to pledge support for the third liberty loan. The message urges patriotic demonstrations under Treasury direction and Liberty Loan committee leadership, with federal employees released for a noon observance.
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America
T. Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Liberty Loan Committee
Federal Reserve Banks
Liberty Ioan
District of Columbia
Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing
No Alarm Over Big Retreat in French Battle Talks
Ottawa reports a senior French general who commanded three divisions says the current battle situation is not alarming. He expresses confidence in Picardy and Flanders, noting both sides will press blow for blow while reserves are kept ready for a decisive moment. The general mentions German reserves in France and predicts a prolonged battle, with American divisions aiding the Entente when German reserves run dry.
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Ottawa
Ont
Reuter
Picardy
Flanders
France
Reims After Terrific Shelling By German Forces
April 19 Reims, under a week of bombardment, is described as a burning ruin. German shelling topped 100000 rounds, with fires visible from 60 to 70 miles away. The vaulting of Reims Cathedral is collapsing, ancient buildings reduced to dust, and 40 Paris firemen remain to salvage belongings amid ongoing shell bursts. Sergeant Eloi, a local fireman wounded 14 times, has aided in Reims since the outbreak of the war.
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Paris
Reims
le Matin
Palace Royale
Musicians House
Sergt. Eloi
President Wilson backs bill extending espionage act to women
Washington April 19 president Wilson today signs or supports a bill extending the espionage act to women and requiring registration of women who are enemy aliens. The notice appears amid wartime rhetoric and calls for precise civic action.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
French Drive Forward Near Amiens In Fresh Push
The French army launched a dawn assault on a five mile front between Themes and Mailly Raineval capturing several hundred Germans and key positions. German casualties were heavy as French troops crossed mud soaked ground and cleared Senecat wood Castel outskirts and Anchin farm area while seizing machine guns and reporting continued prisoner flow.
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France
Amiens
Clermont
Themes
Mailly-Raineval
Somme
Senecat Wood Anyhern
Castel
Dutt Town
Anchin Farm
Ailly-Sur-Noye
Moreuil
Cedar Falls Man Hoards 1916 Seed Corn Seized
Cedar Falls farmer Stephen Bonn had a hoard of 00 bushels of 1916 seed corn commandeered and was brought to Cedar Falls for an investigation at 2 p.m. Responding to a request by F. W. Stevenson representing Gov. Harding and the state agricultural college, the action was taken to address the hoard.
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Cedar Falls
Stephen Bonn
F. W. Stevenson
Oelwein
Frigid Reply to Pardon Petition for Edith Cavell's Ally
Geneva woman Julia Wyss aged 26, sentenced to 25 years penal servitude in a Prussian prison for a similar offense after Edith Cavell was executed in Belgium. A petition by 3,000 Geneva women to the German crown princess was sent almost a year ago. Baron von Stulpen writes that the petition cannot be considered.
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Geneva
Edith Cavell
Belgium
Julia Wyss
Germany
Baron von Stulpenwel
Board names arbiters for Dubuque street railway strike
Des Moines April 19 Governor Harding named two members of an arbitration board to handle the Dubuque street railway strike. Judge 5 F Prouty will represent the Dubuque Electric company and Judge M C Matthews of Dubuque will represent the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Employes of America. They will select the third member, War Size Diamond Joe fe Clgar.
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Des Moines
W. Harding
Dubuque
F. Prouty
Dubuque Electric Company
M. C. Matthews
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Employes of America
Italians to Reinforce Allies at Picardy Front
Rome reports Premier Orlando announced in the chamber of deputies that Italian troops will be dispatched to the battlefront in France. He said Italy will stand with the Anglo French forces and soon Italian regiments’ colors will fly beside French British American Belgian and Portuguese ones in Picardy.
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Rome
Orlando
Chamber of Deputies
France
Italy
Picardy
Allied and German Front Battles Report From April Front
London reports repulsed German attacks around Givenchy and in the Kemmel sector with heavy losses for the enemy. Six German divisions were engaged. British lines held with minor prisoner and machine gun captures. Paris notes French gains at machine gun nests southeast of Amiens and 650 prisoners. Berlin dispatch claims large Flemish retreat by German forces under von Arnim, with pockets of counter thrust near Blankaert Lake.
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London
Givenchy
Lys Battlefront
War Office
Givenchy-St. Venant
Kemmel
Paris
Amiens
Castel
Mailly-Paineval
Bezonvaux
Verdun Front
Berlin
Sixt von Arnim
Poelenpelie
Langemarck
Zonnebeke
Steenbrook
Blankaert Lake
Ottawa
Ont
Reuter
Robecq
Aemy
Hinges
la Bagsee
Bethune
la Bassea
Bailleul
Hey
Lmiens
Pres
Lys
Cassel-Kemme
Meterene
Altho
Meterén
Wytschaete
Meteren
Arras
Flanders Battlefront
Riex du ‘Vinage Farm
Kemuarei Hill
la Bassee Canal
End of First Month of German Offensive
New York April 18 Special Dispatch The British withdraw east of Ypres to shorten the front and avoid being enveloped by German forces Seeking to hold a temporary line east of Ypres Haig pulled back from the broad circle of hills to a straighter front near Ypres to free troops for a counteroffensive The maneuver reduces the Allied front by about 15 miles and concentrates reserves for a forthcoming push.
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New York
Ypres
Belgium
France
Messines
Ypre
Messines-Wyteschaete
Ypres Salient
Passchendaele
Ypres- Poperinghe
Haig
Haig ‘Sania
Brutton line of battle stands like stone wall
The report covers Allied and German actions in the Vladivostok and French theaters. It notes Japanese and British landings at Vladivostok, British stabilization of the front, Hinges Hill, La Bassee canal, and Kemmel, with French reserves reinforcing the line and renewed threats toward Amiens and the coast.
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Brutton
Iowa rifle experts named to Army Camp Perry team
Washington April 19 special Iowa rifle experts including Capt Edwin S Geist and Lieut W H Durchdenwald from Waterloo were selected as instructors for the new U S rifle school at Camp Perry under Col Morton M Mumma. Major W Brookhart heads the program. others named from Manchester Grinnell Iowa City and Waterloo join as instructors.
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Washington, D. C
Morton M. Mumma
W. Brookhart
Washington
Camp Perry
Mumma
Iowa
Don A. Pruessner
Manchester
Edwin S. Geist
Waterloo
W. H. Durchdenwald
Cedric A. Barnes
Grinnell
Carl EB. Laos
Iowa City
Brookhart
National Capital
Camp Cody
Geist
Durchdenwald
West High School
National Army
Lieut Durchdenwald
Co. 8
Co. 6
Pruessner
Washington, D.C
Trucks Driven Overland For The Experience
The quarter master corps of the army has begun night driving of motor truck supply trains to the seaboard as final training to fit drivers for overseas service. Thirty eight cargo and two tank trucks, with men from Detroit, will travel partly at night on their eastward journey.
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Washington, D. C
Seaboard
Quartermaster Corps of the Army
A . Step Towan
Detroit
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