Soissons Rheeins Salient 6 Stubs of Tentacle
A war update describes Allied pressure at the Soissons–Rheims salient with French and American forces advancing along the Vesle and Aisne fronts. It notes German retreats, looting, and burning as troops push from Balleau to Fismes and Mont Notre Dame, with heavy casualties and strong Allied artillery positions shaping the battle. The piece emphasizes General Foch’s sustained offense and the growing American presence in the offensive.
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Foch
Gener
Coring Counties
Chateau Thierry
Marne City
Balleau
Fismes
Vesse
Soissons
Fisms
Courville
Branscourt
Courcelles
Cham- Pleny
Vesle
Mont St. Martin
Mont Notre Dame
Sialy
Jile
Aisne
Fisnes
Rheims-Aisne
Bois de Nesle
Bois de Meuniere
Hun
Tte
Rome
Tn Cohan
Ludendorff
Anaconda Standard
Associated Press
Standard Daily
War profits tax plans discussed for draft bill
Members examined options to tax corporate profits, including Green plan proposals raising 60 to 80 percent on net income based on invested capital. The debate focuses on applying higher rates to large corporations and copper firms while considering England style mechanisms and deductions from prior years. Representative Green commented on achieving revenue with a revamped excess profits scheme.
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England
Treasury
Congress
Green
Americans Capture Fismes After Careful Plan
The town of Fismes fell to American troops with French support after a heavy afternoon artillery prep. German defenses on hills to the north and near Champigny resisted, but U S forces and French artillery advanced under a withering barrage and silenced southern and eastern machine guns.
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Bois Fe Nesle
Bellevue Farm
Meuniere Woods
Prussia
Almme-Marne
Fismes
Vesle
Rheims
Neuvillette
Mulzon
Champigny
Kasshelin
Strapnel
Star Oficers
Germans shift to defensive in Albert Sector front
AP reports German forces on the British front in France retreat to the east bank of the Ancre, signaling a shift from offensive to defensive posture. The move stabilizes their line and improves their footing on dry ground, delaying any planned assault for a time.
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Associated Press
France
Albert
Ancre
Chase Nears End of German Pursuit on Vesle Front
AP dispatch from Aug 4 reports American French and British forces massed from Rheims to Soissons as the Vesle drive narrows. German artillery and heavy guns concentrate on Fismes terrain while Allies push forward across the Vesle, seizing depots and stores, with teams of tanks and vehicles captured or destroyed.
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Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Rheims
Soissons
Marne
Vesle
Vesse
Foch
Tate
Fismes
Alune
Ar Fismes
Fere
en-Tardenois
Trama
Norin
rere-en-Tardeole
Ness
Uege
Wieere
Demollion
Dragerny
Asaentiria
Oaninene
Nesles
Dole
Bethlehem Steel workers win wage concessions in labor board ruling
The National War Labor Board under Taft and Walsh grants wage increases and collective bargaining rights to about 25,000 Bethlehem Steel workers. The decision orders designating a minimum hourly wage for 6,000 machine shop workers, revision of piecework rates, eight hour day, overtime pay, and equal pay for men and women performing the same work, reflecting broad reforms amid wartime production pressures.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
W. H. Taft
Frank P. Walsh
Bethlehem Steel Company
L Ie
War and Havy
Men Exhausted in Chase of the Huns in War Dispatch
A Civil War era report describes weary Union troops pursuing German forces with officers noting the exhausted state of soldiers. The narrative reflects disruptions and fatigue during a lengthy pursuit abroad and cites the broader context of wartime strain. The passage also references the Draft Riots in New York in July 1863, detailing a brutal four day uprising following conscription orders, with buildings burned and many killed or injured before federal troops restored order.
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New York City
Bolsheviki Execute Russian Grand Dukes
Paris reports via Havas Agency that three Russian grand dukes have been executed by Bolsheviks. One may be Nicholas Nikolaievitch, former commander in chief of the Russian army, with earlier reports of arrests and seizures at Moscow and Yekaterinburg involving Igor Constantinovitch Ivan Constantinovitch and Sergei Mikhailovich.
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Paris
Havas
Nicholas Nicholaieviten
Inehice
Russian Armie
Bolshevicording
Moscow
Bayerische Zeitung
Munich
Nicholas Nicholasevitch
Titis
Russia
Amsterdam
Wkaterinburg
Banc
Igor
Constantine
Ivan Constantinovitch
Smiths in service in war risk files show many Smith entries
The allotment and allowance records of the War Risk Insurance Bureau reveal numerous Smiths among beneficiaries. Counts include 1,040 John Smiths, 200 John A. Smiths, 1,560 William Smiths, 200 William J. Smiths, plus 262 John J. O Briens and 15,000 Millers, 18,000 Wilsons, 1,000 John Browns and 1,200 Johns sons. Mary appears as the wife’s name in 30 cases.
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War Risk ‘Insurance Bureau
John Smiths
John A. Smiths
Wiliam Smiths
Willian J. Smiths
John J. O'Briens
Mary
Wilsons
John Browns
John’ John+ sons
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Tribu
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Bethlehem
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
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Parson
Fence Street
The
States Cartridge Company
Market Street
Boston Globe
Amite Poe
Bolsheviki
Smiths
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