Germany says will fix evacuation details in note to Wilson
Washington reports a wireless German reply to President Wilson expresses hope the United States will accept no demand that harms German honor and promises to fix evacuation details of occupied regions. The note denies sinking lifeboats, suggests neutral commissions handle charges, and claims orders to submarine commanders preclude torpedoing passenger ships.
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Wilson
State Department
London
Associated Press
Germany
United States
Cremman
Governor Ratoing Reassumes Duties After Illness
In Des Moines Ort 8b attache reports Gov Ratoing returns to duties at the Statehouse after recovering from an attack of Spanish influenza. Harding also described as resuming duties following illness.
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GOV
Ratoing
AP Office
Des Moines
Americans Unflinching In Fire Baptism At Reims
United States forces north of Reims in Champagne earned praise for their bold action in the Champagne battle. The 36th Division entered at a critical point and withstood brutal German counterattacks despite shellfire for the first time. General Naul publicly commended the two divisions in an order from the 21st French Army Corps.
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Associated Press
Reims
Thirty Sixth
Naul
Bulgars Forge Greek Women Invally Fire
Saloniki reports Greeks from eastern Macedonia moved by Bulgarians to Kichero Serbia during the war are arriving after liberation by the allies. They claim trenches along the Struma front were forced, with men women and children under shell fire at times. Deportations during occupation caused many deaths.
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Associated Press
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Macedonia
Kichero
Serbia
Strumal Front
Brg
Greek Macedonia
Allied push in central Belgium and near Ghent intensifies
Paris reports Allied forces pressing from the north into central Belgium while advancing on the south toward the Belgian border near Valenciennes. Rain and mud hindered action as troops fought Germans, with British forces near Tournai and movements toward Mons, Maubeuge, and the Sambre. Generals Dehenezy, Mangin, Guillaumat, Gouraud, and American units press a difficult front along the Hunding line and toward the Ardennes.
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Belgium
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Ghent
Scheldt
Tournai
Selle
Monsay
Erroneous Delivery Notice From Paper Office
A faulty distribution notice warns that if the paper is not delivered by 8 gelack, a duplicate copy will be sent. Readers are urged to contact the office before Gu pam to arrange delivery or report issues.
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Gu Pam
Bolshevik Threats to Families of Deserters
Washington reports from Russia describe many desertions from Bolshevik tanks and hint at reprisals against the deserters' families. Trotzky ordered Sept to forward deserter lists to headquarters with relatives' details and instructed commanders to act on them.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Russia
State Department
Trotzky
Steamer Dundalk Torpedoed. 17 Sailors Drowned
Belfast reports the Irish steamer Dundalk was torpedoed in the Irish Sea last week. Of its crew of more than 30, only three were rescued. The loss underscores the wartime peril faced by merchant vessels.
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Dundalk
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Second Lieutenants Training Camp for Widened Ages Coming
Washington D C June 21 Establishment of an infantry officers training school at Camp Fremont California to open December for enlisted men and civilians. Graduates will be commissioned second lieutenants. Eligible registrants are ages 13 to 46 physically qualified, with Class 1 qualifiers and deferred registrants excluded. A high school education or its equivalent is required.
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Washington, D. C
Camp Fremont
Cal
War Department
Liberated French Cities Celebrate Joyous Liberation
After German withdrawal from Roubaix Turcoing and Bruges, residents flood streets with cheers. Women display portraits of allied leaders, while homes report severe looting and destruction by retreating Germans. Countryside shows scorched fields, wrecked equipment, and ruined fortifications. In Bruges, American relief is noted amid metal thefts and damage, with Bruges largely intact otherwise. Also reported: death of Mgr Gura maz bishop of Nancy in Paris.
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Associated Press
Franre
Ruhaix
Turcoing
Roubaix
Turecoing
Bruges
War guilt and shift in power cited by Hungarian premier
Count Tisza, Hungarian premier at the war’s outbreak, concedes that Austria-Hungary has lost the war in the sense that shifting relative strength precludes victory. He also approves Germany’s peace offer, reflecting a pivotal admission amid the turmoil.
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Count Tisza
Austria-Hungary
Budapest
Tisza
Germany
Yank aviator seeks escape in Jura Alps interned
Geneva October 20 Lieut. Duncan the American aviator who with a companion landed in the Jura Alps and was interned made a futile escape attempt from Ander matt Wednesday night He built a rope from bed clothes and slid down the wall around the barracks The rope broke injuring him He walked toward Goeschenen along the railroad line A tunnel between Ander matt and Goeschenen led to his arrest after he emerged from it.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Lieut
Duncan
Jura Alps
Andermatt
Tie
Goeschenen
Captain Grant Killed Leading Allied Troops
Captain Ho Ward Grant former New York National League third baseman was killed by a shell while leading a unit to aid the fast battalion northwest of Verdun on October 21. The battalion had been surrounded for five days in the Argonne forest. Grant fell during one of the attempts to reach it. Also notes nominations of Lieutenant Generals Ballard and others by President Wilson.
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Ho. Ward Grant
New York National League Club
307Th Infantry
Argonne Forest
Grant
American Forces Hold Verdun Sector Under Heavy Fire
American units northwest of Verdun face intense machine gun fire as reinforcements arrive. They fall back then counterattack to regain lost ground while artillery pounds German positions north of Bois de Rappes. Pershing notes German divisions pouring in to stem the Allied advance.
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