American Hero Purvis Escapes German Camp
Edwin L James recounts Purvis and White escaping from a German prison camp near Fismes after a chaotic pursuit. Purvis describes brutal conditions behind enemy lines, scarce medical supplies, and the German use of prisoners for forced labor and wheat harvesting. They reached American lines after a grassy dash through woods, rejoining doughboys and seeking a return to service.
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Edwin L. James
New York Times
Ae F. Purvis
Prigade
Wan
Crnonne
Sho
Fiemen
Tamerurt
Fismes
Lnigne
Marne
America
Purvis
Innis
White
Mike
Boche Infantrymien
Swift & Co Plans Split of South American and Australian Units
Chicago Aug 15 Swift & Co announced a plan to segregate South American and Australian properties. An new company Swift International AC will be formed with $22.5 million capital, issuing Argentine gold shares. Domestic stockholders receive new shares by depositing 18 percent of holdings, reducing domestic outstanding stock to $127.5 million and creating a $22.6 million treasury for future financing.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Campania Swift International AC
Rociedad Ancina Commercial
Swift International
Treasury
Allies push on three Russian fronts in scattered advances
Allied forces press across Russia from north to south with factions at Archangel and Kronstadt, and presence at Vladivostok and Baku. British and American units reinforce fronts as German and Austrian leaders convene at headquarters amid renewed French and Canadian offensives along the Somme and Oise, signaling broad operations across Eurasia.
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Kronstadt
Vladivostok
Campas
Fiberia
Archangel
Baku
Caucasus
Caspian Sen
Brest-Litovsk
Tusala
White
Trans-Caucasia
Russia
France
Marsha Hindenburg
General Dort
Bombs Dropped on Paris Region by German Planes
Paris reports that several bombs were dropped last night by German aircraft in the Paris region. An official statement noted engine sounds and an alarm at 10:62 o'clock Thursday. The defense batteries shelled the enemy planes. there were a few victims and some material damage.
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Vesse
Paris
Catholic Press to Help Win War
Chicago reports the Catholic press will aid the war effort at a convention of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. More than 250 delegates gather with speakers including Arthur Brisbane and Emerton Hough as the event opens tonight. In other items, Lt. David E. Putnam of Newson Mass is decorated for heroism, credited with downing multiple enemy aircraft in key attacks and earning mentions in dispatches.
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Chicago
United Sisters and
Canada
Morahan
Arthur Brisbane
Techie
Emerton Hough
Paul Cowles
The
Associated
Putnam
Anaconda Standard
Associated Press
Standard Daily
German Papers Push Appeal to Government Over Poland
Reports from Berlin and Vienna outline a scramble over Poland as four rivals seek a throne in Warsaw. German officials weigh autonomy under German influence, with Lithuania and Finland seen as likely to have kings chosen. Reventlow cites Romania as a warning while Deutsche Tages Zeitung notes potential German misgivings about relinquishing influence. Rapid grain marketing in the U S during early August shows rail cars moving 13,042 cars versus 87,088 last year. A German submarine sunk the American schooner Dore Barrett off Cape May, with the crew rescued by a patrol vessel. Danish inventors claim motors using peat gas as fuel show promise.
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Poland
Lithuania
Finland
Germany
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Cape May
N. Yu
Wiillem
Ssiriti_aita
Dore
Barrett
Cous
Tennis tournament ends as finals set for today
Semi finals at the state tennis meet featured a gripping McLeod versus Simmons match won by Simmons after McLeod claimed the first two sets. Hey beat Haley in singles, and Simmons and Robinson swept doubles pairings. Dalviel of Butte was sidelined by a tendon injury. Ladies doubles saw Roscow and Meehan defeat Karsted-Weber to claim the title.
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Haley
Robinson
Merrit
McLeod and Munsey
Haley Merritt
Candy
Ham
Ebbage
Karsted
Miss Roscow
Miss Meehan
Mrs. Weber
Charles Dalviel
Butte
Adies
Alfred Karsted
Jessie Roscow
Grey Falls
Hunter's Hot Springs
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