Navy Wins War At Sea Says Reporter In France
Spite Germans boasted our navy has made good with no troop ships lost and over 150000 troops landed monthly in France. The piece praises bluejackets, destroyers, and the American naval effort from July 1917 to the present, noting 100 ships, 5000 sailors, and rapid port operations across five French districts under US command.
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YWCA War Work Campaign Opens Nationwide Drive
Washington, Aug. 18. The YWCA launched a nationwide drive with a $15,000,000 goal as part of a $135,000,000 war fund shared with the YMCA the War Camp Community Service and the American Library Association. Mrs. Charles Whitman urged American women to support the effort calling it a patriotic chance for selfless service.
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Young Women's Christian Association
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War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Women of America
Charles §. Whitman
New York
Red Cross
French Ace Fonck Tops 60 Air Victories
Paris reports Lieut Rene Fonck, French ace, shot down three German planes on Wednesday, raising his total air victories to sixty. The official announcement confirms his continued dominance in the skies.
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Paris
Rene Fonck
Avaator
FETERANS Civil War Annual Encampment Opens in Portland
Portland Oregon August 18 Hundreds of Grand Army of the Republic delegates and visitors rode city streets in cars loaned by citizens for the encampment magnifying the welcome. A massed band concert in a park marked the day and Mrs Anna B Dunham of Lockport New York arrived to establish Daughters of Veterans headquarters. Incoming trains added veterans and officials predicted about 20000 would attend by Monday night.
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Ore
Grand Army of the Republic
Anna B. Dunham
Lockport
N. Y
Daughters of Veterans
Montana Forecast Says Fair Weather Into Tuesday
The Montana forecast calls for generally fair conditions on Monday and likely Tuesday with little temperature change. No significant wind or precipitation expected, and skies should remain mostly clear across the region.
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Montana
Rioting in Japan Reflects Growing Social Unrest
A Tokyo unrest report describes widespread food riots tied to social crisis fears. Rioters oppose economic inequality, attacking wealthy property and luxury, with 5,000-strong crowds damaging 200 stores, raiding depots, and clashing with police amid 90 arrests and 20 injured officers.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Ginza
Ministry of the Interior
Everything Ready for Draft Registration
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder said all is set for the next selective service registration this Saturday for youths who have turned 21 since June 5. Printed forms are distributed and registration cards will be like before, though numbers will be filled in by the adjutant general in each state rather than local boards.
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Washington
Crowder
German gas service aptitude list sought by army order
An Allied report from France dated August 18 states a German battlefield order calls for units to submit lists of officers and men with aptitude for gas service who wish to continue in that role after the war. It even invites submission from wounded soldiers whose infirmities do not prevent gas work.
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Associated Press
France
Haig Decorated by Clemenceau With French Medal
Paris dispatch reports Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig was decorated by Premier Clemenceau with the French military medal at field headquarters today. The award followed Marshal Yoch's recommendation.
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Yoch
Congress Returns to Work Amid War Legislation Push
Washington augment Aug 18 Congress returns from vacation as leaders plan to resume work on the manpower bill extending draft ages to 18 to 45. Senate delays for Gallinger funeral. House military committee to hear Baker March Crowder on manpower measure with hopes of passing late this week or early next. Revenue bill nears $9 billion goal in Ways and Means plans.
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Kerr Former Vera Cruz Governor Dies in Mexico City
Robert J. Kerr of Chicago died in Mexico City after a typhoid fever attack. He served three days as civil governor of Vera Cruz during the 1914 American occupation, the word received here states.
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Chicago
Robert J. Kerr
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Knights of Columbus Eloquent Talk Promotes Schooling
A Knights of Columbus event features a speaker urging better education for youth in the church community. The address, part of broader Catholic service coverage, ties moral guidance to schooling and future opportunities.
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Japan
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Polish Troops Appeal From Austrian Court Martials
In Washington Aug 18 125 Polish soldiers and officers of the Polish Carpathian free brigades who led the February revolt in the Austrian army urge the Polish people worldwide not to compromise Poland’s freedom for clemency. They say the revolt aimed to disrupt Austria and win Poland’s independence. The group under General Haller seized arms and provisions and moved from Bukowina to Bessarabia. some were captured, others joined the Czecho-Slovak army.
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Machine Guns Produced in United States Rise to 108973
Washington reports that by August 10, 108973 machine guns of all types have been produced and accepted for army use by the ordnance department. Of this total 30226 are Browning type. For the week ending August 10, machine guns approved for use numbered 6223.
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United States
War Department
Ordnance Department
Despatches From the Bolshevik Front and Pork Substitution
Tokio reports Czecho-Slovak forces move to Harbin on August 8 via the Chinese Eastern railway. On the Ussuri front the enemy are 100000 strong while deserts from Bolshevik and Austro-German ranks rise. In Washington fresh pork is issued in US cantonments as beef runs low and prices climb.
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Siberia
Harbin
Ussuri
Washington
United States
War Department
Von Kuehlmann to Pront Command in West
London reports Dr Richard von Kuehlmann former German foreign secretary has reported to military authorities and is expected to receive a command in the west He holds the rank of major in the Bavarian cuirassiers
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London
Exchange
Amsterdam
Berlin
Richard von Kuehlmann
Delays in Publication of Casualty Lists Across Newspapers
Washington outlines a new system for daily casualty lists from American forces overseas. The Associated Press and others will mail complete lists to newspapers, with publication staggered across cities to ensure nationwide distribution while delaying private notifications. The plan avoids prepublication inquiries from relatives.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Chicago
San Francisco
British Make Advance Across Lys and Vesle Fronts
British and French forces press along the Lys sector near Outterstes and Merville, seizing prisoners and advancing while German lines withdraw. American and French units along the Vesle front shell heavily, penetrate barbed wire entrenchments, and push toward Roye and Noyon amid Lorraine gains by American forces near St Die.
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St. Die
Infantry Patrol Reports German Machine Gun Nests Cleared
An American patrol on the Vesle recounts locating three German posts with light machine guns and grenades, one post captured after a 13 hour hiding wait. After a lieutenant’s party attempted to search, artillery destroyed the posts the next day per the captain’s request.
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