Allied Armies Refuel Push as 3 Towns Fall in Somme Front
British and French forces with American engineers restore the Luce valley line south of the Somme after a strong German counter attack. Three towns fall, along with numerous guns and prisoners, as Somme front sees heavy fighting and bayonet charges near Moreuil.
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Haig
Luce Valley
Battlefield
London
Somme
Marce
Ayencourt
Monchel
Orvillers
War Office
Amiens
Meieres
Demiein
Luce
Mezieres
Montdidier
Lassigny
Moreuil
Montdider
Berlin
Cambrai
Lafore
Hindenburgh
Doignes
Bapaume
Bapaume-Cambrai
Ham
Bethencourt
Nesle
Guisecard
Chauny
Roye
Noyen
Lihons
Albert
Ancre
Morlancourt
Chippy
Rosieres
Scarpe
Arras
Noyon
Mesnil
St. Georges
Courtamanche
Assainvillers
Pershing
Foch
Hindenburg
Loos
Blood and iron clash: British hold core Somme line amid Ferocious assault
In France's Somme sector during the first week of battle, British forces under Haig repelled heavy German offensives. German losses reached about 250,000 with 1,000,000 engaged and ground regained in every major sector as British counterattacks and ten tanks checked German advances. The fighting raged around Vaulx, Croiselles, Bapaume, Peronne, and Arras, with fierce night action and steadfast defense by British troops.
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London
France
Somme
Cambrai
Buliecourt
Hast Nogueil
Croiselles
Fontainelles
Cherissy
Henin-sur- Cojeul
Henin Hill
Teutons
St. Leger
Vaulx
Vraucourt
Mary
Peronne
Urvillers
Essigny
St. Quentin
Roisel
Gozeaucourt
Epephy
Arras
Bapaume
Coreul
Sensee
Gauche Wood
Chapel Hill
Epep
Peronne-Ham-Chauny
Indiana War News Bits and Local Shifts in 1918
Bedford man Marshall Cunnings dies of blood poisoning after shaving a pimple. Walter T. Cohee listed among French deaths. Paul F. Baer credited with downing a German airplane. Indianapolis and other towns report war losses, local bonds, hospital funds, and fuel administration actions. Several deaths and legal cases noted along with railroad and power plant developments.
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Marshall Cunnings
Bedford
Walter T. Cohee
France
Frankfort
Paul F. Baer
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Jesse L. Koopman
Indianapolis
Jennings
Board of Commissioners
John Summerman
Seymour
Fred Livingston
Muncie
Indiana
National Fuel Administration
United States Steel Corporation
Lake County
Calumet
Brazil
J. W. VanSandt
Carbon
Grover Jackson
Doctor VanSandt
Indiana Public Service Commission
Attica Electric and Power Company
Hays Milling Company
Worthington
Harry EB. Barnard
Fayette County Memorial Hospital
Edward W. Ansted
Henry J. Schubert
Charles Surprise
United States
Hammond
Germany
State Council of Defense
M. H. Johnson
County Council of Defense
Bitner
Gary
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Tolleston
Martin Lienk
Edmond Kayser
Lienk
James R. Parker
Marion Superior Court
Ohio Oil Company
Petersburg
Snyder Bros
Willis
Green Road
Wora
Irene Byron
Camp MacArthur
Tex
Laporte
Herman Roasenow
Washington
Elmer Clark Isham
Daviess County
James P. Goodrich
Tippecanoe County
Raymond Holycross
South Bend
John Windt
Evansville
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Harmony Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Alexandria
Wyckoff
National Food Administration
William W. Weaver
J. G. Browning
Bloomington
Cecil B. Collins
Shelby County
State Board of Accounts
Collins
Fred Loch
Indiana Harbor
M. Shapron
State Public Service Commission
Indiana Power and Water Company
Central Electric Power
Edwardsport
Kaiserblumen
East Columbus
Benton G. Reicher
Harry E. Barnard
Neicher
Domestic Science Department
Vanderburg
Darmstadt
Hornville
William E. Hinshaw
Goodrich
State Board of Pardons
Hinshaw
German Methodist Conference
Anderson
Supreme Court
Madison County
Harry Braunstein
Forty-sixth
United States Infantry
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Henry Bowie
Marion County Criminal Court
Let Us Sacrifice All for the Great War
Virginia Terhune Van De Water urges women to discard excuses for luxuries and fully support the war effort. She rebukes talk of limiting duties and praises ungrudging sacrifice, noting Liberty bonds and Red Cross work as patriotic obligations. She calls for resolute, honorable service.
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Virginia Terhune van DE Water
Vigilantes
Food Administration
Red Cross
Christ
Pulpit Treason Grows Amid War Aims Debate
Washington reports that disloyal religious sects have spread anti war rhetoric. Justice Department officials say public sermons and pamphlets urging opposition to the war may constitute sedition. Several German and Austrian preachers and a Sunday school teacher have been jailed for disloyal utterances.
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Washington
United States
Department of Justice
Ers
Germany
Roll Steel for 215 Week at St Louis Plants
St Louis and Granite City plants of the National Enameling and Stamping company employ 175 rollers who can earn up to 215 a week for eight hour days. Officials say rolling steel demands high skill with apprenticeships lasting three to five years. Workers are paid on a tonnage basis, with many averaging 4000 to 5000 yearly. The job involves heating steel bars, adjusting rolls, and feeding steel into the rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Granite City
National Enameling and Stamping Company
Help War on Prairie Dogs in New Mexico
Santa Fe reports cooperation promised from the U S Department of Agriculture to aid farmers in fighting prairie dogs and other rodents harming state food production. The New Mexico State Council of Defense asks county councils to map infestation areas for a forthcoming poison treatment campaign.
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Santa Fe
N. M
United States Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Tin ore scheme moves from Bolivia to Jamaica Bay
A plan seeks to ship Bolivia's tin ore through the Panama Canal to Jamaica Bay where a European tin smelter company has just bought nine acres of land.
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Bolivia
Panama Canal
Jamaica Bay
True Respectability in Living Within One's Means
A concise aphorism asserts that real respectability stems from the courage to live within income and avoid excess. It frames frugality as a mark of character and social virtue.
Build Character Firmly as Granite Not Shale
The quotation urges shaping a steadfast character as durable granite rather than flaky shale. It emphasizes long term strength in virtue to support future generations and the temple of life.
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Temple of Life
Famous Writer Poor Physician
Schiller author of William Tell served as medical officer in the Prussian guard and was expelled from his regiment for incompetence. The episode marks a noted writer's failed medical career before returning to literature.
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Schiller
Wiliam Tell
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Terrfic
Plemont
Paris
Rubescourt
Amiens-Paris
Fremont
Pressier de Roye
Kaiser
Feld Marshal von Hindenburg
Wilhelm
Hoosier News
St. Louis Mills
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