British Push Across Somme Scarpe Front Drives Germans Back
Allied forces reported heavy fighting from the Somme to Scarpe rivers with Germans forced to yield ground. British and French artillery pounded German positions as villages fell and lines advanced toward Peronne and Bapaume, with fierce counterattacks repelled and prisoners taken.
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Scarpe Rivers
PY Morning Journal
France
Associated Press
Scarpe
Germany
la Chapellette
Peronne
Clery
Jritish Reweh de Praustoy
Weather outlook for Denver and regional areas
Denver Colorado August forecast calls for Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy with chances of showers in the north portion and southeast portion. Warmer conditions likely in the northeast area. Arizona forecast shows Saturday and Sunday fair with portions cloudy and little temperature change.
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Weather summary for twenty four hours ending 6 p m
Yesterday's weather shows a maximum temperature of 96 degrees and a minimum of 84 with a 14 degree range. At 6 p m the temperature was 83 with a south wind and clear skies.
Allied aerial raids devastate Rhine towns and ports
Amsterdam dispatch reports Telegraaf frontier correspondents say German travelers describe heavy damages from recent air attacks along the Rhine. Several persons killed in the Cotegre raid and Mannleinm streets laid waste as factories and an air works were leveled.
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Ingen
Las Vegas Strikers Demand Higher Wages Ahead Of Freeze
Workmen employed in street paving went on strike Thursday in Las Vegas seeking 38 pence per hour. Contractors threaten to import labor from El Paso if no settlement is reached as over a mile of paving must be finished before freezing weather. Delays are seen as disastrous.
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Delasa Sre
Thomas
Sethen
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Vnhor
Garfield
United Mine Workera
Caloreda
Sild
Yankee Gunners Hammer Teuton Line In Ouisoing Sector
Thousands of rounds of high explosives pounded the area as Yankee gunners hit the Teuton positions in the Ouisoing sector. Allied artillery barrages followed by infantry did not immediately report a breakthrough.
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Teutons
Signs of Weakening on Soisson Front Reported
Observers note troop movements suggesting regrouping and possible retirement as American forces press German positions near Soisson France. Day sees limited advances with heavy artillery and continuous shelling, while Germans counter with fortified emplacements and infantry actions.
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Associated Press
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Soisson
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Ahout
Firenmoh
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Barriage
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Gouinkun
Eery
Ne Ganeer
Geran
Limes
American aviator escapes German camp in daring trek
Lieutenant Thomas J. Mitchcock Jr of Westbury New York escaped a German prison camp after capture in March and arrived in Switzerland near the Swiss border. He plans to return to the United States aided by American gunners. The article notes heavy German casualties and extensive artillery fire.
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Teronne
Berne
Reinterlund
Thomas J. Mitchcock, Jr
Westbury
T. Lb
Lafayette
Hiteheork
Mel
Thomas Hitehrorck
Ulm
Wurttembers
Svisa
Schauffhaueen
United States
Strikes Sweep Rochum Engulfing German Industries
Geneva reports major unrest as about 96 000 workers strike at Rochum in Westphalia. Dispatches say thousands head to the front and deportations occur amid guard troops. Rochum, a hub for steel iron and coal, lies near Duesseldorf with a prewar population around 70 000.
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Ourmal
Geneva
Rochum
Weatphalia
Munich
Regen Ooder
Prustsian
Duesseldorf Amt
Germans Claim Glorious Victory On Western Front
Amsterdam dispatch reports a German supplementary army bulletin from Berlin praising an eighth day of battle on the western front. The release says British mass attacks failed to gain any notable success, notes uncertain German strategy, and touts German mastery over tanks and aircraft amid Allied pressure near the Alane river with American aid.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Alane
France Objects to Mexican Oil Decree Protest
Washington reports that France formally protested the Mexican government decree citing ownership of stock in British and American companies by French citizens. The United States Great Britain and Holland also filed protests.
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IY Mobnin
Washington
State Department
Mexco
Prensch
Hritist
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Great Britain
Hoelland
Congress Fails Again on Manpower Bill and Signatures
Washington August 24 Congress failed to enact the manpower bill after a Senate vote adopted the conference report amid protests over the work or fight amendment. Debate centered on extending homestead rights and penalties for noncompliant workers while urging swift executive action and addressing miner labor tensions.
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New Mexico
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Walsh
Nelson
Pesseme
Health report shows no rise in disease deaths among troops
The weekly health bulletin finds no significant increase in disease fatalities among U S troops. August 25 report from American Expeditionary Forces notes 354 pneumonia cases treated with eight deaths and a disease death rate of 0.49.
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Toraas
United States
Alee
Mount Vesuvius in Violent Eruption Spurs Observatory Scan
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius erupting violently for the first time since last November. Observers led by Prof. Prank A Peret and colleagues spent eight hours in the crater photographing and collecting data. Heat readings ranged from 1,100 to 4,084 degrees at the base of the main cone.
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Allied push in France as forces advance north of Soissons
French American and British troops maintain pressure from Arras to Soissons, gaining ground against German lines. Reports credit major French gains near Chavigny and Cuffies, with cross of the Aulette at Champs and canal crossings north of Noyon. British advances near Bapaume and Rullecourt, while Germans retreat from La Salient. Haywood and 14 aides sentenced to 20 years each in Leavenworth, with others given shorter terms in the same conspiracy case.
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Peronne
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Rullecourt
Hendecourt
Hindenburg
Outekiite
Germain
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Ypres
Lae
Bailleut
Vosges
SY Momsing Journal
LEAG
Wime
Chicago
William BD. Haywood
Leavenworth
Kans
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Haywood
America
Gaid Rank K. Nebeker
George F. Vanderseer
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Judge Land
Executive Board
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Bigil Srose
Teri
Fed’ Iing Vincent St. John
General Secetary
J. A. MacDonald
Seattle
White Jr
Third Mail
Deran
Harrison Clecrke
Pittsburgh
Wilson
LW. W. Wee
Haywoo
Landis
Germany
Manuel Mey
Buffalo
N. W
Benjamin Fletcher
Woman charged in mail fraud case in matrimonial advertisement scheme
Aug 28 1943 San Francisco California United States Commissioner Francis Krull ordered bail at $2000 for Mrs Alice Pranven Nellie held to answer on charges of using mail to defraud in a phony matrimonial venture. Advertisements in Denver papers touted a young beautiful widow seeking a wealthy husband as a housekeeper.
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