10 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
1
The Ways and Means Committee voted to recommend a levy of 20 percent on clothing above a set price. The measure aims to tax more expensive apparel and raise tax revenue.
The article reports adoption of a luxury tax plan covering over 1,200 items including jewelry art objects and furs. A tax advisory board is created for the treasury with five members appointed by the president and Senate advice, each earning $9,000 yearly.
Washington reports two crewmen died in a boiler explosion aboard the U S S Nipatin in foreign waters. The navy department released names including Thomas W. Hinham fireman and Mork Hackett fireman among the dead.
Rockville Indiana August 9 John D Shoop superintendent of Chicaso Public Schools died of heart disease while sitting in the Parke hotel today.
Denver report notes Saturday partly cloudy with possible showers and warmer southeast areas. Sunday remains unsettled with a chance of showers, while Arizona experiences similar unsettled conditions and warmer spells on the weekend.
PAM OAL EE DOD provides a toon weather summary ending at 6 p m yesterday. Maximum temperature 86 degrees minimum 66 degrees range 34. Temperature at 6 pm 78. East winds and clear conditions reported.
Baker calls for overhaul of the current draft rules noting many registrants are too patriotic to claim deferred classification and instead face hardship through work requirements. He argues for changes to reduce self-imposed burdens and streamline exemptions.
Secretary Baker told the Senate military committee a new selective service plan would place the selecting authority with the government rather than registrants. He outlined questions for registrants and rules to guide classifications, aiming for a fair system while extending the draft to ages 18 to 45 and addressing impacts on colleges and professional groups.
Allied forces including cavalry and infantry push beyond Pramerville after tearing holes in the German front. They report advancing through war-torn country and capturing villages. A German aerial officer general is said to be captured as Crown Prince remnants rush to the battlefield.
Daily casualty roll shows 1 758 total in the Marne Aisne front toll with 2 150 soldiers and 698 Marines. Among the names 571 women are listed, 332 in action. Pennsylvania contributes 259 names, including 79 from Philadelphia.
Details of a British armed yacht sinking a German submarine in the Mugheh Channel are reported. After a distress signal, the yacht closed in full speed, depth charges were dropped, and a survivor was recovered from the sinking vessel.
Paris reports Marshal Foch is in great good humour after recent days of service. Premier Delanne dined with him and noted he seemed radiant and twenty years younger. La Liberte quotes observers on his mood and health.
Announcement reports a war department decision to build a gun relining plant in France with an estimated cost between 25 060 640 and 830 000 pounds. Official statement confirms planned construction and funding details amid wartime logistics.
Allied forces report over 17000 prisoners taken up to noon as they advance on the Somme. More than 4000 trench prisoners and 14000 French and other troops are counted amid a German retreat from Meulillur while British and French forces push north and west toward new ground.
A. Mitchell Palmer orders sale of four Fue-owned concerns with total capitalization $2,960,400. The alien property custodial unit convoys the sale in Washington as advisers review the proceedings. Companies include Wurlitzer affiliate printers and phonographs, the Siegle and Pater firms, and several other German-owned entities with ties to Stein Havarin and Kaonton N. J. stake holders.
Allied forces advance after breaking through German lines along the Somme in France. British, French, and Australian troops press the pursuit, have captured hundreds of officers and thousands of men, and seized a large stock of supplies and ammunition during the retreat.
Washington reports designate John W. Garrett American minister at the Hague to lead the delegation to meet German representatives at Perna Vernawood within a month to discuss the exchange and treatment of prisoners of war. General Kornel will supervise the military side with Major Meier and Haymont Stone attached to the judge advocate general.
An Espee conductor, J. R. Porter, was arrested on charges of stealing $15,000 worth of quickelflow shipments from trains including from Tucs ton Arte and Lordsburg. He allegedly took 125 flasks and ten bins in the city, with investigators linking him to the thefts.
Dispatches describe rapid Allied advance in Picardy with Foch urging a decisive fight or withdrawal. The Vesle and Fismes area sees German retreat bend toward rout, while Haig’s Lincoln line and Flemish sectors strain German reserves. The capture of Piamette signals a broader attack with French American hammering on the Vesle.
Director General McAdoo ordered additional cars attached to trains on the Chempoake and Ohie railroad route between Chwwitmatl and Hot Springs W V after observing crowded coaches and traveler congestion on several teams.
Federal officials announced that 55 000 raincoats shipped from a port were found defective during inspection. More than 51 percent failed quality tests, with about 600 coats still under examination in Brooklyn warehouses as part of a broader reinspection of 17 manufacturers.
American forces cross the Vesle River again and seize the village of Fismes et Val de Fismes northwest of Montdidier as the allies widen a front along Picardy. Allied gains include prisoners and heavy weapon captures while German efforts to hold key rail lines and towns along the Somme front falter under sustained Anglo French pressure.
A British dispatch from Vindivontok reports a declaration by the Hunteh government stating the allies come as friends to help Austrians and protect their wives from destruction at German hands. It claims Russia should determine its own government and that some territory may be desired in the settlement.
The Paris legal fraternity reports the engagement of Therese Clemenceau, daughter of the premier, to a sergeant in the royal forces. The ceremony and details follow in coming days as official confirmation is announced.
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