Allied Forces Push Germans From Aisne Marne Sector
Paris reports show French American and British forces advancing with the Germans in retreat along the Aisne Marne salient. American center gains at Seringes and Sergy, with French British exploitation near Chalmont Butte and Nesles wood as heavy losses mount for the Kaiser's troops.
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Paris
Aisne-Marne
Seringes
Vesle
Oureg
Chalmont-Butte
Cramoiselle
Cramaille
Salient
Nesles
Roncheres
Meuniere Wood
Meunlere
Iso
Ser- Inges
Sergy
England Puts 7,000,000 Men in War
Washington report of Lord Curzon war speech shows Great Britain has sent seven million men to the war effort and five million Britons are fighting in foreign theaters.
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England
Washington
Lord Curzon
Great Britain
Congressmen Prideful Visit to Front After France Trip
Nine American congressmen and the naval committee members arrived in London after tours in France and Italy they visited the Marne front and witnessed the fighting. They expressed renewed pride in America.
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London
Naval Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
France
Italy
Amerteite
Marne Front
America
Washington Draft Age Debate Eases Manpower Strain
Recommendations to enlarge the army and extend draft age will be sent to Congress next week. Military committee members recalled to Washington to expedite consideration of the bill.
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Washington
Congress
Portuguese Bark Porte Sunk Off Atlantic Coast
A German submarine sank the Portuguese bark Porte off the Atlantic coast on July 27. The navy reports 18 crewmen were rescued and landed at no American port.
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Porte
Athantic
Navy
Depon
Rioting Reported Across Ukraine City Districts
Exchange Telegraph reports serious rioting in country districts of Ukraine. Moangkuirg premier official dispatch indicates widespread disturbances with unclear casualty details.
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Ukraine
London
Ukaine
Moangkuirg
Exchange Telegraph
Opeui Ten
Government Takes Over Wires In Post Office Plan
At midnight July 31 the post office department seized control of telephone and telegraph lines and placed operations under a special committee. Postmaster General Burleson announced continuation of normal operations and staffing, with a coordinated effort to serve public and stockholders while investigations proceed.
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Washington
Ines
Post Office Department
Burleson
Koons
Dav. v. Lewis
Tariu Commission
William H. Lamar
Postoffice Department
Shipyard workers urged to report status for war effort
Washington reports from July 31 state only employees whose loss would delay ship production retain emergency fleet deferred classification. All applications require division head approval and final sign off by Howard Coonley, vice president. Reports must reach Coonley in Philadelphia by August 10 for review.
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Emergency Fleet Corporation
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporaton
Howard Coonley
Coonley
Philadelphia
Assassination of German Ukraine ruler shocks front
Amsterdam reports the Tuesday killing of Field Marshal Hermann von Eichhorn, the German dictator in the Ukraine. The event is seen as likely to flare the eastern crisis and force Ludendorff to send stronger forces to Russia and Ukraine as western operations reach a climax.
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Amsterdam
Kiev
Hermann von Eichhorn
Ukraine
Ludendorff
Russia
Kaiser
Sick and Wounded Brought Home From War
Two hundred thirty nine sick and wounded soldiers from the American expeditionary forces were brought to the United States during the week ending July 26 and sent to army hospitals.
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Washington
United States
Prisoner Taken From Lincoln After Submarine Sink
Lieut. E U M Isaacs and Lieut. BE UM laact of the U S Navy were captured from the USS President Lincoln on May 31 1918 when the vessel was sunk by a submarine.
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BE. U. M. Laact
President Lincoln
Fourth Liberty Loan Drive Opens September 28
Secretary McAdoo announced on July 1 that the fourth Liberty loan campaign will begin Saturday September 28 and run for three weeks through October 10. The plan outlines a national effort to support war financing with public subscriptions.
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Washington
McAdoo
Indicted Broker George Rice Held Over Grand Larceny
George Graham Rice, a New York broker, faced a grand larceny indictment returned Wednesday. Federal agents raided his offices and he was held in $700 bail for a preliminary hearing.
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George Graham Rice
New York
George Rice
Lene Ieee
Bull
Yankees Mow Through Kaiser's Plans On Fierce Front
American divisions from the Midwest and East advance north of Sergy and take Seringes and Sergy after heavy German assaults. They repel Fourth Prussian guard troops in hand to hand fighting, securing the town in a bayonet exchange as Germans fall back.
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Paris
Middle West
Sergy
Nesles
Seringes-et- Nesles
Seringes
Lorraine
Red Cross
Credit for drafted men who volunteered earlier
Senators debated credit for drafted men who had volunteered before enlisting in the national army. A resolution from Senator Sterling of South Dakota asked the War Secretary if transfers to volunteer units are possible without impairing service. The issue affects hundreds rejected on medical grounds but later drafted and accepted.
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Washington
Senate
National Army
Sterling
South Dakota
Secretary of War
Germans Executed After Bolshevik Capture
German aviators captured by Bolsheviks after landing in Hussain territory were treated and shot, according to German reports. Berlin demands severe punishment for those responsible for the executions.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Crown Offered and Accepted by Duke Adolph of Becklenburg
Zurich dispatch reports the crown of Pinland offered to Duke Adolph Friedrich of Becklenburge Schwerle and accepted. The announcement appeared in Le Jourante.
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Finn
Adolph
Pinland
Adolph Friedrich of
Becklenburge Schwerle
Zurich
le Jourante
Draft Pacts With England Ratified In Washington
Ratifications of the US Great Britain and Canada draft treaties were exchanged in London, effective from July 30. The agreements affect about 54 000 Americans in the British empire and 250 000 British subjects in the United States with a sixty day enlistment window from July 30 for 21 to 31 year olds.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
London
State Department
Trig
British Empire
Mackay Urges Loyal Service to New Government Employer
Clarence H. Mackay former head of the Postal Telegraph company writes a valedictory letter to staff urging officers and men to give the government their unqualified support as their new employer.
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New York
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Bill to expand advances under war finance to farmers
A bill introduced by Senator Jones of New Mexico would amend the war finance corporation law to permit advances to livestock growers and farmers up to the full value of securities, increasing the current 75 percent limit. The move aims to support agricultural finance during wartime.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Jones
New Mexico
Hopkins Named Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Relations
Ernest M. Hopkins, president of Dartmouth College, has been appointed the assistant secretary of war in charge of industrial relations. He spent seven years with major industrial firms addressing organization and administration problems.
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Ernest M. Hopkins
Dartmouth College
Battle Must Recall in Decision The Hague
The Vosaische Zeitung notes that the major battle in France must force a decision as mobile warfare enters a new phase, reopening a broad strategic perspective for the conflict.
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The
Hague
Mrich Salanann
Vosaische Zeitung
France
German General Punished for Offensive Failure
A German general identified as Von Fraucois has been punished for failing to break through in the Samsons region, as reported by the Frankfurter eviction and relayed by cable. The notice notes disciplinary action by authorities in response to the setback during the campaign.
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Washington
von Fraucois
Samsons
States Call On War Workers For Quotas
Washington announces state quotas of unskilled labor for war industries for the next two months under the US employment service. Total need is about 500000, with California leading at 21555 and New York at 86490. Allocations depend on industry needs and will be refined after August 15.
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Wilson
Washington
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Mlinois
Iown
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
New York
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Army of 5 Million Feared by War Department
Washington reports over 1,300,000 American troops abroad or en route with steady July shipments. If October hits 2,000,000 overseas and a spring 1919 campaign begins, up to 5,000,000 men could be mobilized, with 2,000,000 organized at home.
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Washington
Baker
War Department
Alming
Double Taxes on Tobacco Bill Approved by House Ways
The Ways and Means Committee agreed to an $800,000,000 revenue bill by doubling existing tobacco and cigar taxes and boosting levies on brokers, theaters, amusements, billiard halls, and bowling alleys. A 1 percent tax on mail order retail sales above $100,000 annual business was set, and passenger rates along with Pullman seats were fixed at 8 percent. Stamp taxes remain unchanged.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pullman
Robbery at Westlake Home Savings Bank
Three masked men robbed three people at the Westlake Home Savings Bank branch in Los Angeles on Thursday. They fled in an automobile with about $2000 through busy streets, in a suburban district.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Westlake
Home Savings Bank
Striker Back to Work as GE Employees Return
Several thousand General Electric workers in Lynn Massachusetts who had been on strike for two weeks returned to work on Monday. When strike pickets urged them to stay out, rioting erupted nearby.
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Lynn
Mass
General Electric Company
Three Dead In Philadelphia Race Riots
Report from South Philadelphia notes several deaths after clashes linked to saloon closures and protests. Police name Burilew as a figure in the unrest while authorities work to restore order and assess casualties.
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Philadelphia
Field of Blood site near Jerusalem’s walls profiled
An evocative tour of the Aceldama or Field of Blood just outside Jerusalem, a rocky potter's field tied to Judas. The piece describes caves, ancient passageways, a crusader ruin, and a monk's tomb, with reminders of Caiaphas and the high council's plots.
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Walls
Jerusalem
Hinnom
Judas
Holy City
Richard Lion Heart
England
Holy Land
Aceliama
Caiaphas
Save Money for Farmers by Protecting Woodpeckers
A historical note argues that woodpeckers guard crops from insects and can save farmers money. Citing a red headed pair near an orchard, the observer counted ten hours of worm delivery daily, estimating hundreds of apples worth more than a dollar per box saved. The piece concludes farmers should not kill woodpeckers.
Testing Pleurisy With Coins Novel Diagnostic Method
A novel pleurisy diagnosis method by P Lereboullet uses ear placement on the chest with one ear closed and coins tapped on the back. Sounds differ between healthy and affected lungs, producing a clear metallic ring in diseased tissue.
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P. Lereboullet
Parla
Sulphur Deposits in Murcia Spain Highlight Lorca Site
Spanish sulphur deposits include La Surata de Lorca near Lorca town in Murcia. The deposit extends about ten kilometers in length and one to two kilometers in width, marking it as a major resource in the province.
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Murcia
Spain
la Surata de Lorca
Lorca
Blow Progress Delays Breakfast Prep Says Wife Needs Time
In a feature from the Loulaville Courier Journal a resident notes his spouse is a careful reader who peruses every curl paper before breakfast. The quote highlights a domestic routine described with humor and affection.
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Loulaville Courier-Journal
Then She Froze Up Transcript Phrase Fragment
Fragmentary readable lines show dialogue with a housewife and a tramp offering cold items. The text includes garbled phrases and nonstandard spellings suggesting an overheard concession or exchange. No clear event, place, date, or named entities are visible.
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