Italian Front Tests Cadorna Skills at Isonzo River
General Cadorna’s strategy is tested as Italian forces face German and Austro Hungarian assaults along the Isonzo front. Italian defense remains steady while Austrians and Germans push near Timino and the Bainsizza, threatening Trieste and Pola. Political tension in Germany rises as Reichstag factions debate leadership ahead of potential changes.
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Sonze
Mireoli
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Watchful Waiting as Hostile Fleets Close In
An Associated Press report notes no naval action in the Gulf of Finland over two days. Russian forces remain vigilant while evacuation measures are minimal and officials in Helsinki advise residents to prepare for potential disruption and limited provisions.
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Gulf of Finland
Leaving Kronstadt evacuees move toward Moscow
A terse AP report notes the civilian population from Kronstadt has begun evacuating by train toward Moscow. It mentions Valta and Reval in the Gulf of Finland as other points of emphasis amid the military mobilization.
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Gulf of Finland
Ruth Teacher Secures First Place In Weekend Race
Miss Ruth wins top spot amid weekend events as a proposed 10 000 vote reduction plan affects each 15 dollar club. The report notes political stakes and community reaction to the shifting figures.
Local Contest Shakes Up Leaderboard With Ruth Teachey Up Front
Ruth Teachey of Wallace moves into first place in the Dispatch contest as voters rally. Wilmington entrants include Elizabeth Buillard Pauline Uncerwood and Ella McCarley. other towns such as Alisbrook Chadbeourn Marion S C and Acme are represented. The contest rewards subscriptions with cash and prizes and ends November 12 with a second diamond ring and extra votes for top finishers.
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Wallace
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Wilmington
Elizabeth Buillard
Pauline Uncerwood
Ella McCarley
Alisbrook
Chadbeourn
Marion
S. C
Acme
Bobby Burns
Big Sugar Contract Closed Delivers 200 Million Pounds
The American Sugar Refining Company and Louisiana sugar growers agreed to deliver 200 million pounds of raw sugar at 6 1/2 cents per pound. The Food Administration said wholesalers would pay about $1 2 cents before a cut to 7 1/2 cents. Half of the $13 million purchase will be shipped to refiners in New York Philadelphia and Boston, with the first cargo departing New Orleans for New York next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louisiana Sugar Growers
American Sugar Refining Company
Food Administration
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
New Orleans
Liberty Day Sales Push Liberty Bond Totals Past Milestones
Treasury officials said Liberty loan subscriptions exceeded 3 billion dollars with Day sales around 3.5 billion, aiming for a 5 billion maximum. Reports from banks showed swelling totals as districts including Dallas Atlanta St. Louis reported strong progress amid apathy and pro-German sentiment, while New York and Nashville hit or surpassed quotas.
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America
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Dallas
Atlanta
Middle West
St. Louis
Liberty
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Daniels
France
Panma
Panama
Ramon Valcez
Maisers
Serious Ireland unrest warned by Daily Mail correspondent
London reports on West Ireland near armed rebellion as Sinn Fein militants push a hard line. The Daily Mail observer says De Valera's followers awaken to danger, with Congress in Dublin and conscription as the key flashpoint.
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Ireland
Daily Mail
Sinn Fein
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de Valera
Linn
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Sinn
Secretary McAdoo Ends 24 Day Liberty Loan Tour
Secretary McAdoo left Atlanta for Washington after a 24 day speaking campaign for the second Liberty loan. He planned a brief stop in Charlotte where throat trouble shortened his NC visit. He spoke to about 90,000 troops in camps and cantonments and addressed 10,000 select men at Camp Gordon about the war insurance law.
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McAdoo
Washington
Liberty Loan
Charlotte
North Carolina
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Frontline updates from Petrograd Paris and Rome
The German retreat on the northern front continues and Russian vanguards lose touch as bridges and roads are destroyed. French advances between Chavignon and Mont Des Singes report Rohav captured with no prisoners. 25 German planes were downed or forced to land. Austro German forces push from the Santa Maria Santa Lucia bridgehead onto the Isonzo slopes north and west of the river.
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Chavignon
Mont Des Singes
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Isonzo
Austro German Offensive Captures Six Thousand Prisoners
Vienna dispatches say Austro German forces captured six thousand prisoners on the Italian front at the start of their offensive yesterday. The figures are reported by the Central News correspondent in Amsterdam.
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London
Vienna
Amsterdam
German Officers Losing Control On Flanders Front
Allied dispatch from Oct 24 reports British and French gains near Ypres and Gheluvelt. German morale allegedly deteriorates as prisoners describe officers losing grip. a Bavarian NCO cites widespread desertions and separate squads fleeing home.
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Poelcapelle
Flanders
Cotton ginning totals fall from last year by October cutoff
Washington reports cotton ginned before October 18 totaled 5,571,624 bales, including 110,632 round bales and 43,691 Sea Island. Previous similar period ginnings reached 7,803,183 bales. State figures list Texas 2,072,487 and Georgia 346,249 among others, with Sea Island by Florida 20,351, Georgia 22,364, and South Carolina 976.
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Eich
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Missouri
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Tennessee
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U S Steamship Fights U-Boat For Hours Then Reaches Port
An American steamer survived a nearly four hour battle with a German submarine after a running gun duel that left seven crew wounded. An American torpedo boat arrived to aid, firing depth charges and guiding the damaged vessel to safety where wounded were treated in a hospital.
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Associated Press
Lookodit
Thengan
Herge
Captain Francis Bryan Dies at 94 in St Louis
Captain Francis T. Bryan retired U S Army and oldest West Point alumnus and UNC graduate died at his St Louis home aged 94 on October 25. He served with distinction and was widely honored in military and academic circles.
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Francis Bryan
St. Louis
Associated Press
Francis T. Bryan
West Point
University of North Carolina
Escaped Germans Still Uncaptured
Associated Press reports that ten Germans escaped from Fort McPherson prison camp and sought in Atlanta, including three officers led by Lieut. Hans Berg. Police and Justice Department agents searched city areas but could not locate the tunnel-escape crew despite discovery of the tunnel from their sleeping quarters to beyond a sentry post. The fugitives, crew of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich and the Appam, were moved from Fort Oglethorpe to Atlanta.
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Department of Justice
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Appam
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Berg
Hampton Roads
Prinz Witel Friedrich
Fort Oglethorpe
One French Vessel Lost in Week of Submarine Attacks
Paris dispatch reports during the week ending October 21 only one French vessel over 1,600 tons was sunk by a mine or submarine. Four vessels were attacked unsuccessfully by submarines.
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Associated Press
Paris
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Guard Private Fatally Shot in Charlotte Warrant Raid
Frederick von Bethoveh, private in the Forty first Division National Guard at Camp Greene, was shot and mortally wounded by a U S Secret Service agent when he attempted to flee while officers served a warrant on the principal business street. He was operating at a local hospital with little hope for recovery.
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Forty-first Division
Camp Greene
United States’ Secret Service
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