British Break Hindenburg Line In Major 1918 Advance
British Third Army under Sir Julian Byng broke into and advanced through the Hindenburg line from St. Quentin to the Scarpe, capturing Benaris La Vacquerie Welsh ridge and Ribecourt, seizing 5,000 prisoners and multiple towns. Tanks led the assault, with no preliminary artillery. German losses and subsequent operations continue as the fronts shift along a 32 mile stretch toward Marcoing Graincourt and Neufwood.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Sourier
Associated Press
Iowa
Hindenburg
London
War Office
St. Quentin
Scarpe River
Benavis
Laveau Wood
la Vacquerie
Welsh Ridge
Ribecourt
Havrincourt
Marcoing
Graincourt
Anneux
Neuf Wood
Canal du Nord
Bapaulme-Cambrai Road
Couillet Wood
Julian Byung
Third Army
Julian Byng
River Scarpe
Benaris
la Teau Wood
Grand Ravine
Flesquieres
West Riding Territorials
Ulster
Masnieres
Neufwood
West Riding
Bapaume-Cambrai
Epehy
Bullecourt
Fontaine-les-Croisilles
Germany
Berlin
Arras
Scarpe
Somme
Cheaper Meat Promise Hangs on Cottons Plans
Chicago on November 21 reports Joseph P Cotten meat and packinghouse controller for Mr Hoover is near releasing a plan to cut packers profits by as much as 50 percent without harming firms. Experts have reviewed packinghouse books for over a month and expect a consumer price drop. Cotten, who buys meat for the government and allies, aims to steer domestic prices via allied price controls.
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Chicago
Joseph P. Cotton
Meat and Packinghouse
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Cotton
Mr. Catton
Washington
Daylight Raid on Gemstore Nets $50,000
Three armed bandits entered a downtown Minneapolis jewelry store forcing clerks to open the safe and stole diamonds and gems valued at 45,000 to 50,000 dollars. Customer L B Iverson suffered a fractured skull and porter Robert Buttner was beaten. Police pursued the robbers as guards were posted on exits.
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Minneapolis
Minn
H. H. Green
L. B. Iverson
Robert Buttner
Two Slickers Swindle Dakotan Out of 20000
Olaf A Olson of Minot North Dakota says he was duped yesterday in Des Moines by two slick young men in a fake gold mine venture. Police seek the promoters, whose names Olson could not positively recall, after a bank cashed a $20,000 check for him.
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Des Moines
Olaf A, Olson
Minot
N. D
Olson
Turkey growers urged to spare immature birds for Thanksgiving
Washington November 21 The food administration urged turkey raisers nationwide to keep immature birds until fully grown warning that killing young flocks wastes weight risks market glut and price drops.
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Washington, ID. C
Food Administration
Pershing Observes Great British Drive
General John J. Pershing commander of American forces in France visits British Army Headquarters at Haig's invitation to witness the British offensive and follow the battle with deep interest.
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Pershing
Associated Press
France
Mershing
Field Marshal Haig
Italians Repel Austrian River Crossing at Piave
Italian Bersaglieri repelled Austrian boat incursions along the Piave as heavy fighting raged on the northern Italian front. Columns and civilians faced bombardment while morale remained high among Italian troops resisting repeated attempts to cross the river and advance toward Venice.
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Italy
Piave
Associated Press
Bersaglieri
Cemetery
Sega Mill
Senk
Calvecchia
Venice
A M Cloud of Manchester Out for Congress
Manchester Iowa November 21 In response to a demand for an out and out pro American candidate many Republicans from counties in the Third district urged A M Cloud of Manchester to run for congress His friends back his candidacy saying he is a devoted war supporter and would represent the district with ability and patriotism They authorize announcing him as a candidate for the Republican nomination to congress from the Third district at the June 1918 primaries
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Manchester
A. M. Cloud
Congress
Governors Review Camp Dodge Parade By State Leaders
National Army units from Minnesota and Iowa paraded before their governors at Camp Dodge Ia on November 21 in a grand review. Gov. Burnquist and Gov. Harding spoke, praising the soldiers as Brig. Gen. Foote and Col. Price led infantry and artillery units in the ceremony.
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Camp Dodge
National Army
Minnesota
Iowa
Gov
Burnquist
Adj
Rhinow
Harding
Ogun
R. Xgeny
350Th Infantry
329Th Field Artillery
227Th Field Artillery
352Nd Infantry
S. M. Foote
Artillery
Austrians Offer to Spare Venice Under Vatican Appeal
Paris dispatch notes The Matin reports Austrians promise to spare Venice if Vatican appeals are honored, but insist authority remains with the patriarch. It also states Venice would not be defended if Italian retreat continues.
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RTANS
Venice
Paris
The
Matin
Vatican
160000 Men Of Ukraine Len e Russian Front
Petrograd reports a Bolshevik takeover in progress with Lenine and Trotzky promising a workers and peasants government within days as opposition grows. Ukrainian front collapses with Kiev officials replaced and 360000 Ukrainian troops recalled.
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Petrograd
Foreign Office
Leon Trotzky
Neratoff
M. Terestchenko
Volnya Nerodna
Lenine
Trotzky
Nicholas
Bolsheviki
Anti- Bolsheviki Socialist Coalition
Red Guard
Maxim Gorky
Volna Narodnie
Morris
Nikolai Lenine
FRONT
Dumd
Moscow
Revolutionary War Committee
Roudeneff
Canape
Russia
London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
National Tidende
Berlin
Stockholm
Afton Tidaiingen
British Forces Close Five Miles From Jerusalem
London reports on November 21 that British forces in Palestine have advanced five miles northwest of Jerusalem. The War Office announced the development as part of ongoing operations. San Felice, a Great Quality Cigr. (advertisement).
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London
Palestine
Jerusalem
War Office
San Felice
Y M C A War Fund Surpasses Fifty Million Target
Final official returns show the Y M C A war fund exceeding the $50 million goal, reaching about $60 million with revised total $50,153,054 and a surplus of $15,164,054 over the goal. Eastern and central departments led the drive, with the eastern at $20,104,024 and central at $18,380,733, finishing ahead overall by nearly $2.9 million.
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New York
Y. M.C A. War Fund
Chicago
Eastern Department
Central Department
OALDONG Loses in Los Angeles by 20000 Vote
Los Angeles voters approved an initiative to outlaw saloons starting April 1 1918 making the city the largest in the country to become saloonless. The measure bans saloons but permits sale of wines and liquors in original packages up to 14 percent alcohol and allows cafes and restaurants to serve such beverages until 9 p.m.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harbor District
Towa War Savings quota set for Iowa counties
Iowa receives a $48,000,000 quota in the $2.006 billion small savings liberty loan for the year starting December 1, 1937. Homer A. Miller, president of the Des Moines National Bank, is named to direct the Iowa campaign, with Frank Warner assisting. County allotments are shown by per capita population estimates, including Des Moines, Linn, Clinton, Dubuque, Muscatine, Wapello, and Black Hawk.
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of Moines
Towa Hag Ot
Homer A. Miller
Towa National Bank of
Des Moines
Treasury
McAdoo
War Stamp Savin Association
Iowa
Miller
Frank Warner
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Linn
Clinton
Dubuque
Muscatine
Wapello
Black Hawk
Labor Men Defeat 2 Socialist Moves
Buffalo delegates blocked by AFL resolutions committee. Action opposed postmaster general attack on press suppression and support for woman suffrage and equal pay. Mention of two resolutions, one favoring international labor discussions and peace, another on suffrage.
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Buffalo
Burleson
Resolutions Committee
American Federation of Labor
International Labor
Committee On Resolutions
Britain Wants a Million Men from America
War dispatches report Britain pressing for a swift American troop deployment to France as Italy stalls German advances. Lloyd George negotiates with an Anglo American war council while Haig reports Allied gains from St Quentin to the Scarpe and Monte Tomba holds against Austrian German assault. Russia signs on with a new frontier, Ukraine declares independence, and Bolshevik tensions grow as Europe reshapes its front lines.
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Lloyd George
England
Anglo-American War Council
France
Russia
Italy
United States
Atlantic
Georges Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Haig
Lake Garda
Adriatic
St. Quentin
Scarpe
Sant of Arras
Bapaume
Peronns
Cambrai
Berlin
Lille
Champagne
Havrincourt
Laon
Monte Tomba
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Congress
Ukraine
U S Medical Man Killed in Action in World War I
Washington report confirms First Lieut. Oclando Gochnauer of the medical officers reserve corps attached to British forces was killed in action on November 6. Next of kin listed as Mrs. J. A. Gochnauer of Freeport, Illinois. Lieut. Alexander J. Gillis, also in the medical reserve corps, was slightly wounded the same day.
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Washington
I. A
Pershing
Oclando Gochnauer
Gochnauer
A. Gochnauer
Freeport
Ill
Alexander J. Gillis
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Tank Brigade
King Victor
Rome
Amunte Tomba
Monte Fenera
A.M. Cloud
Rusian Front
Lenine and
Oaldong
Continental Plan
Towa
Britain
America
U.S
el Tovar
Havana
Cleese
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