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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1918
Page
1
Lawmakers prepare to debate a revenue bill when the legislature reconvenes on August 19. The plan includes a substantial increase in taxes on cigarettes tobacco and cigars under current proposals, aiming to boost state revenues.
Heavy increases in the wartime tobacco tax were approved by the House Ways and Means Committee as part of an 8 billion revenue bill. The plan would raise about 510 million more than current revenue and total roughly 545 million from tobacco taxes in the coming year.
Allied pressure loosens German lines along the Vesle and Aisne fronts. Soissons is retaken by French forces and Phllots west of Rheims falls, signaling a possible German withdrawal to the Aisne as American and Allied troops push from the center and flanks.
Denver and Cole report generally fair conditions for Saturday and Sunday with warmer temperatures in the northwest and northeast portions. Arizona also sees fair weather, with warmth concentrating in the northeast region on Saturday.
The period saw a high of 95 with a low of 62 and a range of 33 degrees. At 6 p.m. the temperature was 86 with south winds and partly cloudy skies. The forecast suggests continued warm conditions.
Soissons and the German right flank near the Aisne Marne line were broken by French forces. French units wrested control from the enemy in a key position cited as the Soissons sector.
The Bremen Weiser Zeitung taunts that American prisoners will be bemused with eastern labor and agricultural work under the Hague rules while praising German culture. It calls for full counter value and suggests Carl Ruens, jailed in Atlanta for defrauding the U.S., should be first released along with his Hamburg American staff.
In Lima on August 2, President Pardo rejects the cabinet's resignation tendered yesterday, keeping the government intact as ministers face ongoing political pressure.
On the Aisne Marne front the French and American forces advanced one to two miles with minimal resistance. cavalry moved near Dravegay and Chamery areas as infantry followed, while reports noted German retreat and scattered machine gun fire. Prisoners were taken and observers saw signs of a German withdrawal and preparation for a stronger stand near the Ardre and Fismes.
Stockholm report via Breese cites Zeta Hoeglund on Ukraine peasants described as living in a hellscape under cuurricular warfare. An estimated 25,900 strong local force harbors anti German sentiment while peasants destroy grain to deny Germans control. Austrian troops alleged to aid in arming locals ahead of harvest.
A German submarine sank the Norwegian brig Alkher of Aredal off the Norwegian coast on Wednesday. The crew was saved but the Germans looted all provisions and instruments before the sinking. The report comes via Christiania to the Central News Agency.
Cody Wyo Aug 2 Geraldine Farrar the actress is reported unconscious from loss of blood after an accident during a staged fight on a ranch five miles from town. Actor Thomas Santschi was involved in the incident while filming a motion picture.
German forces withdraw on all sides of the salient between the Aisne and Marne as French and British troops push forward. The Chaudun plateau between Cocuvres and Crise valley falls to the Allies while French cavalry and units reach Forest de Nesles and Ardre forests north of Villers Agron. The Crown Prince's Marne offensive fails, and the allies hold the line.
Chicago dispatch says I W W leaders proposed removing the term United States from their literature at a Spokane meeting in June 1917. William Moran testified that preparations for a general strike to free prisoners had begun and that mentioning improving conditions drew retaliation.
Notice served today on ticket scalpers to quit business at once under penalty of prosecution for conspiracy. A special division of the railroad administration directed by H. A. Roach of Chicago, formerly with the railway ticket protective bureau, leads the effort.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Masim Gorky the Russian author and revolutionary has been ordered arrested by an Investigating Commission of the Soviet government. The Detrograd correspondent of the Daily Express says Gorky’s paper has been permanently suppressed.
Reports that the German government attempted to influence opinion in New York by financing an Azeregate campaign totaling 1,431,700 dollars. The effort aimed to sway local readers through targeted mailings and media. Authorities monitor the effort as part of wartime information controls.
New York August reports detail how German officials funded the New York Evening Mail purchase. Count von Bernstorff and Dr. Heinrich Albert allegedly furnished funds via Lyon, Rensdorf and Company to Dr Edward Rumely and S Walter Kaufman. The probe cites a 5 000 commission to Walter Lyon and challenges claims about earlier financiers.
Reuters dispatch from French headquarters reports General Mangin's army advancing in the Hartennes to Taux sector on the Sontasons road. Hartennes and nearby woods fall, line extended toward Pere-n-Tardenois and Colougnes. Germans burn villages retreating under pressure from French counteroffensive. weather overcast with showers.
French American and British troops push the enemy backward along the entire fighting front causing widespread retreat after intense battles. The coordinated assault, marked by heavy artillery and ground advances, continues despite stiff resistance.
Allied forces including French American and British troops push through the Soissons to Rheims axis. French troops enter Soissons while German positions are breached along 36 miles of front. Allies threaten German retreat north of the Aisne as towns and fords are seized and the Nesles wood cleared.
Ed Ward 4 Eddie Rickenbacker former American auto racer and World War pilot was cited for bravery by the government. His mother Mrs Elisabeth bacher of Columbus received the citation signed by French officers. It honors his action in sending down flames of an enemy airplane.
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