Haig’s 30 Mile Breakthrough Across Hindenburg Line
British forces under Haig launch a surprise dawn assault on a 30 mile front in Northern France breaking the Hindenburg line to five miles depth. Tanks spearhead infantry as villages fall and thousands are captured near Marcin and Anneux with Byng commanding. German defenses at Welsh Ridge Ribecourt Wood and Benavis fall amid rapid advances.
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Haig
France
Hindenburg
Marcing
Anneux
Panauime
T‘ambrat
Canissai
Ivrlin
Mevenice
Cgraincourt
Attcaers
General Byng
London
War Office
An- Tehh
St. Quen Tin
Scarpe
St. Quentin
Belon
Third
Windenburg
Benavis
Lameau Wood
Ly Wagquwerie
Welsh Ridge
Ribecourt Villice
Joan the Tyitish
Couillet Wood
Lars
Julian Byng
Bapaume-Cambrai
Havrincourt
Marcovie
Cysincourt
Neufwood
Faree
the ‘Son
St. Quen- Tin
Princial
Regent Battle of Gatteg at a Germany Docr
Associated Press compares naval actions at Gatteg at and Arch of Cat tegat. British destroyers and light cruisers chased German patrol vessels across daylight waters to sink a German cruiser while rescuing combatants and neutrals.
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Gattegat
Germany
Associated Press
Grand Fleet
Cattegat
Shegerrak
Marne
Categat
Baltic
Kiel
Skargerrak
Norwegian
North Sea
Ukrainian People Turn Against the Bolsheviks
Reports from Tornea via Petrograd describe a Bolshevik revulsion with soldiers parading in Moscow bearing anti Bolshevik slogans. The anti Bolsheviki coalition calls for press freedom, Red Guard dismissal, and an end to fratricidal war. Bread rations drop and Lenine issues decrees altering laws.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Tornea
Petrograd
Nicholas
Anti- Bolsheviki Socialist Coalition
Red Guard
Morris
Nikolai Lenine
American Troops Stage No Man's Land Night Raid
In France the first battalion trained for a raid waited in No Man's Land after dark but German sentries failed to appear. A cough alerted a German patrol and machine gun fire followed. Two staff officers narrowly escaped shellfire as the regimental colors, first carried to the front, were returned to HQ.
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Associated Press
France
No Man's Land
Directors Do Better Than Anticipated at Atlantic Coast Line
Richmond November 21 The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad directors declared a 3 1 2 percent dividend payable January 10 1918 to stockholders of record December 20 The annual meeting re elected all directors and officers President Kenly reported a successful year with progress on the new joint passenger station at Richmond and expansion of Byrd street freight facilities The company posted operating revenues of 40 408 203 and net income of 10 208 196 for the year ending June 30 and adopted changing the annual meeting from November to May
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Richmond
Atlantic Coastline Railroad Company
Kenly
Byrd Street
Coast Line
Sue Borden
Hof Newport
Joseph B. Kirby
Baltimore
Board of Directors
Allies’ War Conference Prompts Calls for Firm US Policy
Reports from Downing Street cover the Anglo American war conference with emphasis on practical aims. Across editorials, Americans are urged to act to protect themselves, not for France or Britain alone. The Daily News views the US as a bulwark for allies and a catalyst for a new peace.
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Porto
Downing Street
Lloyd George
United State
Post
United States
France
Great Britain
The
Daily Express
Germany
Kaiser William
England
Lord North
Daily News
America
Allies push for faster American troop arrival
Britain and France press for rapid American deployment as Italy and Austro German fronts shift. Lloyd George seeks early invasion force. Clemenceau wins French cabinet backing for decisive prosecution of the war. Haig reports gains from St Quentin to the Scarpe with prisoners and material captured.
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Lloyd George
England
Anglo-American War Council
Italy
Lloyd-George
United States
Atlantic
Georges Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Lake Garda
Adriatic
Haig
St. Quentin
Scarpe
Arras
Bapaume
Peronne
Cambrai
Berlin
Lille
Champagne
Havrincourt
Piave
Trentino
Monte 'Tomba
Venetia
Asiago
Russia
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Bol
Ukrane
Mexican Government Seeks Return of Soldiers
El Paso Texas Nov 21 The Mexican government requests the return of 500 Mexican federal soldiers who crossed into the United States during the Villa forces capture of Ojinaga and were interned. Andres Garcia inspector general of consulates says the appeal has been sent to Washington.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
United States
Villa
Ojimaga
Mexico
Washington
Andres Garcia
Baltimore Chosen as 1918 Southern Congress City
Washington, Nov. 21 Baltimore was selected as the 1918 convention city of the Southern Commercial Congress by the executive officers in session here Davies Warfield was made chairman of the general Baltimore committee to arrange for the meeting which will be held from December 8 to 12.
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Baltimore
Associated Press
Washington
Southern Commercial Congress
Davies Warfield
General Baltimore Committee
Cotton ginning totals for period show declines from prior year
Census Bureau data show cotton ginned before November 14 totaling 8,559,390 running bales with 152,527 round bales and 6,161 Sea Island bales, down from 9,615,003 a year earlier. State totals list Alabama through Virginia with Texas leading at 2,693,690 bales. Sea Island by state: Florida 30,553. Georgia 24,647. South Carolina 2,961.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sea Island
Census Bureau Today
Alabama
Arizona
Arkenses
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Tennesee
Texas
Virginia
Clemenceau declares war aim to be a victor in wartime Paris
In the Chamber of Deputies Clemenceau states his war aim is victory and rejects Germany entering sovereignty as untrustworthy. He defends swift justice for crimes against the country, endorses sympathy with Socialists, and notes experiments in war-time are impossible while dodging details on Caillaux and Malvy.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
M. Clemenceau
Pierre Forgeot
Louis J. Manlvy
Interior
Louis J. Malvy
Joseph Caillaux
M. Caillaux
Norfolk clerks to confer with railroad officials on strike end
Norfolk clerks union will send a representative to Wilmington tonight to discuss settlement with railroad and government officials. J J McCarthy, on behalf of the Clerks' Brotherhood grand president, said if roads adopt the Seaboard Air Line agreement, clerks will resume work and settle remaining details later.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Wilmington
N. C
J. J. McCarthy
Clerks’ Brotherhood
Seaboard
Urged to Apply for Insurance for Army and Navy
Washington announces a government life insurance push urging all officers enlisted personnel and nurses to apply to the bureau of war risk insurance in Washington by February 12 to gain its protections. Dependents of those killed before then will receive insurance payments regardless of applications. The war risk bureau also says officers training camps may apply before their camps close next Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Navy
McAdoo
Bureau of War Ving Insurance
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Germans extend property report rule to Americans
Copenhagen dispatch reports German regulations now require American citizens to file reports on all property in Germany. The declarations are designed to serve as a basis for potential financial reprisals against enemy holdings.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Germany
Sugar Seized for Russian Government in New York
Ten thousand tons of sugar bought for the imperial Russian government before the revolution and stored in a New York warehouse were seized today by Federal Administrator George M Rolph. It will go to the market and be distributed to retailers by the American refiners sugar committee.
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Associated Press
New York
George M Rolph
American Refiners Sugar Committee
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