Foch Breaks German Front Across Wide Picardy Front
Allied forces under Haig push forward in Picardy after dawn, liberating woods and towns between Albert and Montdidier. French First Army and British Fourth Army carry out a joint attack, crossing the Vesle on a five mile stretch between Braisne and Fismes as American and French troops advance north of Rheims.
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Foch
Arheins
Picardy
Vesle River
Braisne
Fismes
Rheims
Lys Salient
Wilson Is Asked to Take Control Over All of Stockyards
Washington reports wide belief that western front operations are not yet a major drive. War department experts note Foch could switch from Fabian policy to a major offensive once fresh American and Allied forces arrive, delaying a final clash for months.
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Wilson
Stockyards
Washington, D. C
War Department of Hcis
Ghz
de Hines
Foch
War Department
Allied Offensive Opens In Amien Front As French British Advance
Allied forces led by Marshal Foch launch a dawn attack across a wide front northeast of Amiens. The French First Army and British Fourth Army press the line, with reports of early progress and some village advances near Marcelcave and La Ferte-Sainte. American troops are not engaged, with units redeployed from Cantigny to the Aisne Marne sector.
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Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Marshal Foch
Cardy
Amiens
Fourth Army
Marshal Haig
Paris
London
Bert
Amons Monndies
Axxou
Somme
Marcelcave
Lafotte-En-Santerre
Navy drafting not needed. navy says enrollments strong
Navy chief Rear Admiral Palmer told the Senate military committee that extending the draft to the navy is unnecessary at present. Enlistments total about 430,000, with 200,000 men already serving to crew the merchant marine and related roles, and the navy could meet needs even if conscription were extended.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Palmer
Bureau of Navigation
Senate Military Committee
Daniels
Army
Jalmer
Alea
Prisoners Taken In Large Numbers In Picardy Offensive
Allied Franco British forces surge in Picardy capturing Morail Demuin Alancourt Morlancourt and Cerisy heights and south of Stordlancourt. Reports say several thousand prisoners and advances up to three miles as German defenses collapse in dawn assault.
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London
Picardy
Evening Standard
Morail
Demuin
Alancourt
Morlancourt
Test O Cerisy
Stord Lancourt
Ameins
Flanders
Amiens
Paris
Albert-Montdidier Front
Woods
France
Hahner Wood
Your War and Other Questions Answered
A wartime guidance piece answers common questions about soldiers life in camp civilian trades in shipbuilding wages and job application tips. It discusses potential earnings sugar mixing ratios and draft status for college students and asks readers to obtain the latest congress or state copy.
Indorsement of Wilmington Charlotte Highway Gains North Carolina Support
The North Carolina Good Roads Association endorsed the Wilmington to Charlotte military highway and urged federal state and local cooperation for immediate construction. The convention featured speeches on local and trunk highways including road building plans by G Herbert Smith and Col LeRoy Kirkpatrick and a focus on wartime federal policy on roads.
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North Carolina
Virginia Highway Commission
Old Dominion
G. Herbert Smith
Wilmington-Charlotte
Col
LeRoy Kirkpatrick
Charlotte
Queen City
Carolinas
Begte
Seaport
Charlotte-Wilmington
Moyes H. Cowan
W. S. Fallis
Henry G. Shirley
Washington, D. C
A. R. Losh
Federal Office of Public Roads
Francis D. Winston
Windsor
Way Commission
Wilmington
Carolina
Brunswick County
Smith
T. L. Kirkpatrick
Roosevelt Advice and German Savagery Reported
London dispatch says American troops have shown no soft hitting between Seissonne and Rheims, with German officers noting the Americans’ strong, disciplined response. A Reuters correspondent cites German brutality witnessed in occupied areas, including indiscriminate house clearings and scorched ground, highlighting the contrast with American resolve.
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London
Roosevelt
Seissoner
Rheims
Réuter
Géerz
Marne
Ameri 2
Gentile Lewest
Bulgaria Starts Peace Offensive Says Carapanos
Greek former foreign minister Carapanos tells the Messenger that Bulgaria seeks peace to mask a new push to seize neighbors in the Balkans. He criticizes Bulgaria’s old blackmail strategy and accuses it of ardent militarism and manipulation of Allied sentiment in Britain and the United States.
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Athenés
Bulgaria
Érman
Alexander C&rapanos
Great Britain
United States
Michalakopolous
London
Greece
As ii
Americans Not Active in New Allied Drive Yet
Washington reports that no American divisions are known to be in the Franco British thrust south and southeast of Amiens. Forces once in the Gantigny sector that captured Cantigny have been withdrawn for weeks while others fight in the Aisne Marne salient. Some American units are with British troops and may join General Foch in the new operation, possibly with the French first army.
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Washington
Cantigny
Aisne- Marne Salient
Foch
Soissons- Rheims Salient
Aisne
Vecle
Marne
Vesle
Picardy
Albert
Ancre
Avre
Montdidier
Hindenburg Line
Grand Court
Bapaume
Noyon
Cam
Krai la Fera Fe
Amiens
Gantigny
Aisne-Marne
Declares Bolshevik Regime at an End in North Russia
In Archangel linked territory, a new northern government proclaims the Bolshevik regime ended. It cites Brest-Litovsk treason famine and rights abuses as reasons, announcing the new authority has assumed governance of the region. The proclamation asserts the soviet and its leaders have fled while vowing to govern the country of the north.
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Kandalaska
Russian Lapland
Archangel
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Government urges break up of meat monopoly groups
The federal trade commission urges the president to acquire and control major stockyards cold storage plants warehouses refrigerator and cattle cars to destroy a national monopoly. It cites Swift Armour Morris & Co Wilson & Co Cudahy Packing and others for manipulating livestock markets restricting supplies and profiting at producers and consumers expense. The report promises more details on page seven.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Swift and Company
Armour and Company
Morris Ines Company
Wilson and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
North Carolina Receives Federal Vocational Funds of 51191
The federal board announces an apportionment of 3,307,490 for vocational education in 1918 19 with North Carolina allotted 51 191 for agriculture trade home economics and industry and teacher training. Other state allocations include New York 226 343 Pennsylvania 186 786 California 58 021 Ohio 115 622 and Texas 91 361.
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Federal Board For Vocational Education
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Nkee
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