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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces launch a turning attack along a three mile front with Americans making their greatest advance. Operations center on the village Nesles as the apex of the wedge north of the Oureq river line carried toward Chamery.
Allied forces press a turning movement from Nesles to Clerget north of the Oureq with Americans pushing toward Sergy and Chamery. Heavy artillery and infantry actions mark the effort to outflank and force a German retreat, while reports mention German bombardments near Rheims and Villers-Cotterets as fronts shift across Picardy and the Lys. Unofficial word ties Czech forces to Viekaterinburg as tensions rise over a potential German-Kiev move and Ukraine reactions.
London dispatch describes American front near the Marne where U S forces captured Seringes and held the village against German counterattacks. After days of close fighting the Americans executed a surrounding movement, encircling the town as German troops entered.
Paris reports August 1 that German forces attacked the French at Bligny but were repulsed with heavy losses. American troops, better shots, closed the encirclement, killed nearly all Germans in the village, and pursued retreated units at Sergy and Meuroy. Airwar continued as Germans attempted to hold lines, while Allied gains linked Sergy and Seringes with a new eastern advance near Clorges.
French American forces push toward Chamery as they break German lines near Sergy and extend their reach beyond the town. Chamery marks where Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt fell, with reports noting German divisions redeployed between July 16 and July 31 as the fighting in the Soisonna Rheims sector intensifies.
American food administrator Herbert Hoover departed London on August 1 for Paris as Allied officials reassess supply efforts. Hoover’s move follows reports that Germany has deployed 45 divisions in Europe, impacting food programs and strategic planning during the expanding conflict.
Allied and French troops attack from Seringes to Clerges on the Marne front to straighten lines and smash barbed wire entanglements. Germans deploy a new white-flame gun while heavy artillery, aviators, and patrols press the line amid shell fire and machine gun exchanges.
London reports intensified German artillery activity overnight in the Somme region around Villers-Bretonneux and northward near Bucquoy and in the Merris-Metaren sector, the war office announced.
From the American Army in Flanders the front remained quiet this morning aside from intermittent barrages along the line and the usual harassing fire from both sides.
Three additional aerial victories reported for Sub Lieutenant Boyan, raising his total to twenty. Lieutenant Madeen also extends his string with thirty eight confirmed victories.
Paris dispatch reports that the murder of Field Marshal Von Eichhorn is painted by Paris papers as evidence that Russia’s shift to dictatorship may invite further acts of violence against German leaders. The comment notes the earlier assassination of Count Von Mirbach and warns that German policy risks a renewed front in the east. The papers foresee stormy omens as allied forces prepare to aid the Russian people and mark Siberian operations concurrent with the Murman coast campaign.
Washington reports that four federal reserve districts including Richmond Atlanta Minneapolis and Dallas over-subscribed the 500 million Liberty loan but Richmond Atlanta Minneapolis and Dallas fell short of quotas. A 500,000 unskilled labor shortage for war industries is noted by the U S Employment Service with final figures expected to show one million workers needed. Railroads and farms must seek workers outside the service.
At a Moscow council and labor organization session with about 2000 attendees Premier Levine and War Minister urged unity against counterrevolution. Resolutions call for vigilance against bourgeois forces, support for Israel, and mass expeditions for bread, military organization, and arming workers to defeat counterrevolution.
With the French Army in France the Scottish division earned high praise for gallant action on the Western front. Relieved an American division after a long march, they attacked with the French and Americans, driving back the Germans and retaking Byzanny with artillery support from American guns.
An Amsterdam dispatch reports a serious typhoid outbreak in the Bulgarian army at Sofia. Medical care is said to have broken down and the flight of King Ferdinand’s party from Sofia prompted by rising typhoid cases aboard.
A Kiev dispatch to the Fremdenblatt via the Exchange Telegraph reports serious riots in Ukraine country districts. Pedants are said to be organizing Tosielande to the German warpers, per the Copenhagen correspondent.
Washington reports drought has cut United States cotton prospects. The Agriculture Department forecast an 1917 crop of about 13.6 million 50 pound bales, with Texas and the cotton belt hit by dry conditions. Area planted reaches a record 37000000 acres, while last year’s crop and five year averages are cited for comparison.
A New York market surge followed the government report, with prices up about 80 points from the late quotes and near 85 dollars a bale above the day's low. The report was below bullish expectations, but buying continued and the market steadied after an initial advance.
New York, Aug 1. Police raided dance halls and grill rooms near the Brooklyn navy yard to curb alleged immorality in resorts. Authorities, acting at army officials' request, detained women for temporary examination after an investigation into intoxication of soldiers and sailors at Coney Island. Enlisted men at beach resorts ordered to wear bathing salts marked "U, 3."
Lieutenant Harold Wangatt, listed as killed in action, was a renowned Everett High School football player. He helped Everett’s team win the 1916 championship after defeating Oak Park High School of Chicago, marking a notable scholastic athletics legacy.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation awarded contracts for 22 additional steel cargo ships and tonnage. Fourteen ships will be built by Ames Shipbuilding Co in Seattle and eight by Todd Beach Shipbuilding Co in Long Beach California.
Physicians report four surviving victims of the West Berlin car crash are doing well with no major internal injuries. Peter Gochie’s body departed Montpellier for Greensboro Bend for funeral arrangements. Percy Brown remains awaiting funeral plans at Barber’s undertakers in Montpelier, while Carroll Ested and William Douglass recover in heat hospital.
Neighbors testified at a juvenile court hearing before Magistrate H. W. Scott that Eda Crugnola, nine, suffered harsh treatment by her adoptive parents on Smith Street. The case alleges slaps, hair cutting, neglect, and confinement, with complaints of late school attendance. Parents deny the charges, claiming the measures were justified by misconduct. The hearing recessed for resumption later that afternoon with many witnesses to testify.
Old Lyme Connecticut Aug 1 Lewis J Perkins of New London died when the automobile he was driving struck a wand along the road near the Plant farm and overturned. His neck was broken and his skull fractured a companion escaped with severe bruises.
The national baseball commission defines territorial rights of major and minor leagues as protected during the war. No club may play in another circuit city without local consent. Player contracts hold until March 1, 2019. players may seek other clubs after that if not tendered.
The Crecho-Star in Moscow reports Bolshevik alarm as Czecho-Slovak forces rise near Perm and Katerinburg. Bravia declares danger expanding, counter-revolutionary efforts extend amid the Siberian frontier.
A warehouse at the Fleischmann Yeast company in Peekskill New York burned destroying cattle food and killing six workers including five firemen from Cortland Hook and Ladder. The blaze began about midnight and was not controlled until after eight this morning with incen diary suspicions. Six men are listed as missing.
A DuPont Powder Company plant at Carney Point New Jersey suffered a massive blaze at about 12 90 this morning destroying the magazine and its contents totaling about 600 000 pounds of powder. The fire started when a motor car on a narrow gauge railroad overheated and set the building alight. A motor car and a small freight car burned. No one was injured. The blaze illuminated the sky for miles and caused great concern locally.
The Green Mountain Violin Company of Stowe filed articles of incorporation under state law to build violins and other musical instruments in Stowe. Capital stock is $50,000 with signatures from Frank M. Ashley of York Fred E. Smith of Moscow and Julius M. Ruiter of Stowe.
Central Vermont representives ove Mene P Z llapatrick and Montpelier Wells River delegates H FE Folsom Aene Stebbins met in Montpelier this afternoon to discuss consolidating service on the Barre and Montpelier routes. In Boston a man named Samuel Dacuezi of Revere faced arraignment for attempted mail fraud demanding 250000 under threats of harm and was held on 1000 bond.
London August 1 Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, asked for a vote of credit of 700 million pounds declaring the large sum due not to higher spending but to Parliament's near adjournment. He hopes only one vote will suffice before year end. The request is the largest in the country’s history to fund the war effort.
A New Haven post office experiment sent a woman carrier on a parcel post route due to few male carriers. Fifteen women took the exam, three qualified, but only one widow with three children agreed to start. The report notes allied coverage of German actions near the Marne and bridges captured in retreat toward Paris.
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