Allies Break German Line in Campaign Near Somme and Beyond
Allied forces drive toward Bapaume and Nesle with Paris and Thim under threat as German troops retreat across the Somme. British French and American units push 4 miles beyond Bapaume while Combles and Nesle fall, Germans flee east toward the Rhine amid shattered defenses and scattered resistance.
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London
Saissons
Rhine
Somme
Chmbral St, Quentin- Taron
Berlin
North Germain
Noyon
Petpin the Short
Mmany
Clarlemagne
Calvin
Paris
Bapaume
Tst
Yoch
Quentine la
Laon
Armericans
Plans to Help Draft Boards Form Committee on Draft Aid
Washington reports the creation of a draft aid committee by War Industries Board chair Warne. The panel will include representatives from the war industries board the labor policies board and the draft service. Local committees of three members will operate in districts to coordinate guidance and selection through communal lines.
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Washington
Warne
War Fndustries Board
Mie
Brovwost
Wir Dabor Polleies
Way Hlutries
SpainFirm in Dispute Over Submarine Incident
A damaged report notes British and Spanish officials debating naval actions amid tensions at sea. The text hints at German submarine activity and potential consequences for ships near the area, with unclear details about who will take decisive steps.
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Moostown Players Granted World Series Eligibility
Four rival teams in the Moos ton American league league have received permission to participate in the world series. The decision concerns pennant contenders and allows the players and crews to travel and compete in the series.
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Boston
Lave
Schooner Chupa Seized in Harbor by U S War Vessel
A German schooner named Chupa was towed into the port aboard a United States war vessel after a seizure on Monday. The owner was identified as Henry Ohmuts and the action followed a smuggling lag claim.
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Chupa
Henry Ohlmuts
Sinking of Lydiana: U boat crew murders most aboard
Details from London report state the French steamer Lydiana was torpedoed off Spain on July 16. The German submarine crew killed 80 of 88 aboard. eight survivors were rescued by patrol boats after the vessel was rammed and its boats struck. The captain and a passenger woman died, and a raft was repeatedly targeted by the U boat.
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London
Theorth
Spain
Lydiana
Shelflfire
Kentucky Senator Ollie M. James Dies in Baltimore
Ollie M. James of Kentucky died Wednesday morning August 28 in a Baltimore hospital after a period of illness. A Democratic leader, he served five terms in Congress from Kentucky’s First District and was elected U S senator by the state legislature in 2012. He attended five Democratic national conventions and was permanent chairman of the 1912 and 1916 conventions nominating President Wilson.
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Washington
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Baltimore
Congress
General Assembly
Ble
Ollie
James
Chicago
Wilson
Allies Defeat Bolshevik Forces in Archangel action
An official statement on Wednesday says Allied forces engaged Bolshevik red guards and dispersed the Bolshevik river flotilla near Archangel Russia. Fighting has continued since August 11 with general success for Russo Allied troops. one Bolshevik craft was captured and another fled after damage on the Dvina river.
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Archingel
Russia
Softening Blow Reported From Amsterdam Foreign War Coverage
Amsterdam dispatches frame Western events as costly setbacks for the Hed forces amid claims of an attempted breakthrough. The reports aim to reassure Geran readers by portraying the situation as a defensive failure rather than a decisive advance.
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Amsterdam
Indiana Governor Fatally Injured in Truck Accident
Indianapo lis Governor James T. Goodrich of Tidhiva Wis was injured Wednesday when his automobile collided with a street car. He sustained a brain concussion and skull fracture.
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Indiana
Border clash leaves Americans dead as Mexicans fight back
At Nogales and across the border Tuesday a border fight erupted between Mexican forces and U S troops. Two Americans were killed and twenty nine wounded as more than 650 U S soldiers engaged 100 plus Mexican casualties and a mayor, Felix Penaloza, reportedly killed but not confirmed. Civilians sheltered in adobe houses as sniping continued until after nightfall.
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Nogales
Ariz
United States
Douglas
Port Huachuca
Sonora
Felix Penaloza
Draft Exemption Fight At Camp Lewis Stirred by Relatives
Western drafted men seeking exemption or claiming birth ties to Germany or Austria face a choice to stay in the American army or be interned. Major C. Cresson, judge advocate of the thirteenth division, will present recommendations to the commanders of these men.
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Camp Lewis
Wash
West
Germany
Austria
C. (. Cresson
Boy Dies in Park Valley Shooting When Hunting Dog Attacks
John Leland Hastings, a 1d-year-old boy, was accidentally shot by Kenneth Carter while trying to stop a dog that had attacked horses in Park Valley. The rifle shot struck Hastings in the body.
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Brigham City
John Leland Hastings
Kenneth Carter
Park Valley
Carter
Public drive urges halt to most motor vehicle use
A Washington notice calls on the public to suspend use of all classes of automobiles and motorcycles on Sundays to conserve gasoline along the Mississippi River area, with a few named exceptions and motor boats allowed on Sundays until further notice.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Short Line Railroads Bill Seeks Parity with Government Roads
Washington lawmakers introduce a bill granting non federal short line railroads the same game rights privileges and immunities enjoyed by government controlled roads. The measure aims to level regulatory treatment for carriers outside federal control.
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Washington
Ambassador Mage Resigns From U S Post in Britain
Walter Flues Mage of Garden City New York has submitted his resignation as ambassador to Great Britain due to ill health. President Wilson has accepted the resignation.
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Page
Washington
Walter Flues Mage
Garden City
United States
Great Britain
Aince
Becauee
Thesident
Wilton
Americans 10 Give Teutons Knockout
Washington officials believe the first American army will be used to force a strategic retreat by German forces. Observers note Marshal Foch’s tactics of hammering a point then another and predict an offensive possibly in Lorraine to realign German forces behind the Hindenburg line.
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Washington
Hindenburg
Marshal Foch
Bullecourt
Foch
Lorraine
Hindenburg Line
Pittsburg Firemen Return After Citywide Strike
Eight hundred Pittsburg city firefighters who walked out at noon Saturday returned to their stations by night. After a tense period with a general alarm fire, the city restored its former firefighting force on duty.
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Pittsburg
General Frank W. Coe Named Coast Artillery Chief
Maj. Gen. Frank W. Coe is newly appointed chief of coast artillery succeeding the retired Maj. Gen. Erasmus M. Weaver. Coe, a Kansas native, has spent his career in the military service.
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Frank W. Coe
Coast Artillery
Erasmus M. Weaver
General Coe
Kansas
Jesse Grant Granted License to Wed in New York
Five days after a Tonopah Nevada divorce Jesse R. Grant son of former President Grant obtained a marriage license in New York to wed Mrs Lithhan Burns Wilkins a widow of the city.
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Jesse
New York
Tonopah
Nev
Jesse R. Grant
Grant
Lithhan Burns Wilkins
Steamer Diric Sunk Off Miquelon by Shell Fire
The 800 ton steamer Diric was sunk by shell fire near Miquelon island. Five crewmen are missing with reports of submarine activity that previously sank four fishing schooners nearby Sunday.
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Miquelon
Pierre, Miquelon
Diric
Senate adopts Shepherd amendment for wartime prohibition
The Shepherd compromise amendment for national wartime prohibition until demobilization was adopted by the Senate on August 20 without a roll call. The measure with the emergency agricultural appropriation appended advances, with Senator Shepherd claiming it completes the war era prohibitions and that four fifths of the country is now dry. Senator Phelan opposes the plan citing potential financial losses to California wine interests and urges at least one more year for the industry.
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Washington
Shepherd
Senate
Shepherd Adder
Wilson
Phelan
California
Allies Win on Ussuri Front in Desperate Attack
Report from Vladivostok says Allied forces repelled a large assault along the Ussuri front last Saturday. About 300 enemy troops were killed as Japanese troops bore the brunt, capturing two armored trains and several field guns amid fierce fighting. A wounded Czech described the Japanese counterattack driving the attackers back despite heavy fire.
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Vladivostok
Ussuri
Quiet Border Report From Nogales
Brig. Gen. De Rosey Cabell said everything is quiet at Nogales with no large Mexican reinforcements seen and no border trouble since Wednesday night. He stated reports of troop movements were idle rumors and no incident was anticipated.
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Nogales
Ariz
de Rosey Cabell
Sonora
McAdoo Proposes 100 Percent War Finance Loans
Secretary McAdoo will recommend amending the war finance corporation law to allow loans to banks up to 100 percent of their advances to war enterprises and to require collateral equal to 183 percent of the loan.
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Washington
McAdoo
War Finance Corporation
The
Finance Corporation
Rankin Trails Lanstrum in Helena Primary Race
In Helena Montana Pr C M Lanstrum led Miss Jeanette Rankin by about 2700 votes for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate in the state wide primary held Tuesday ballots counted locally show Lanstrum ahead of Rankin.
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Helena
Mont
C. M. Lanstrum
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Crowder Warns on Draft Ages Expansion to 45
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that men aged 18 to 45 may be affected by the draft age extension. He urged all to determine their exact age before the new registration dates September 10, 11 or 12.
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Crowder
Washington
Graves Named to Investigate Cut Over Lands West
Walter H. Graves, a San Francisco civil engineer, was appointed by Secretary Lane to investigate the cut-over lands of the West with the aim of reclaiming them for farms for returned soldiers. The assignment centers on surveying and assessing suitable parcels for settlement and development.
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San Mancisco
Walter H. Graves
San Francisco
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Iis
U Boat Sinks Schooner Glowing Off Lunenburg
Twenty four members of the Glowing crew were rescued near St Pierre Miquelon after the schooner was sunk by a German submarine. The survivors reported the attack occurred while the vessel was sailing near Lunenburg Nova Scotia.
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St. Pierre, Miquelon
Lunenbug, N
Floral Parade Imagery From A Tangled Scene
Vague lines describe hatted men in a flower filled tangle. A rose is held to teeth as petals droop. The Parisian or Spanish inspired tableau blends odd phrases and stray names into a surreal vignette.
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Spain
Philip Giles
Boston
Registers in Summer Provide Hidden Plots and Pervasive Cues
A cryptic note suggests registers in warm months function as hidden placeholders for essential buttons of outerwear, implying subtle design signals in the state journal’s imagery and layout during summer.
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Uoder
Oighier Oble State Journal
Manpower Bill Passed by Senate With Work or Fight Change
The senate passed the manpower bill bringing 18 to 45 year olds into the draft with a modified work or fight clause. An age minimum of 19 was defeated 52 to 21. The bill now goes to conference as senators added a proviso that penalties do not apply if workers submit disputes to the war labor board. draft boards may decide deferred classifications without exemptions.
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War Board
Washington
Senate
Poindexter
Gore
Oklahoma
House
War Labor Board
Cummings
Iowa
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Men Called in New Draft for September Entrainment
Washington reports four September draft classes totaling 186773 men to entrain for training camps from August 30 to September 6. General service calls include 125000 white and 21270 negroes, with separate limited service and state allocations. Utah Idaho Nevada Wyoming Montana list specific white and colored draftees.
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Washington
Crowder
District of Columbia
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
Wyoming
Montana
Backfire Against Bolsheviki in Vladivostok Coup
General Pleshkoff acting for General Horvath seizes command of all Russian forces in the far east. Russian volunteers shift to Horvath, leaving the Siberian government unable to mount organized opposition to the new movement.
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Vladivostok
Pleshkoff
Siberia
Manchuria
Horvath
snti-Bolsheviki
Far East
Siberian
Mine Disaster in Washington Tacoma
Thirty men were in the Pacific Coast Coal Company mine at Barnett when an explosion trapped them. Only four were brought out alive, with the accident unfolding near Tacoma in a small mining town.
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Tacoma
Pacific Coast Coal Company
Barnett
Samoll
Insurance Company Ruled Insolvent in Boston
The New England Equitable Insurance Company, in receivership for over a year, was declared insolvent by Judge Loring of the supreme court who ordered its affairs wound up forthwith.
Arctic Ice Barricade Reaches Point Barrow Front
Reports from the marines describe a massive ice barrier drifting toward Point Barrow at the tip of the American continent. The ice mass, driven by Arctic currents, spans hundreds of miles and creates a hazardous sea front.
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Arctic
Point Burrow
American
Britain Receives Additional Allied Credit Increase
The treasury established an extra credit of 100,000,000 for Great Britain on Thursday, bringing its total credits to 8,? and allies to 7,002,040,000. The report records the expanded wartime financing and total credits.
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Great Britain
Treasury
Lieutenant Governor Enters Service for France
Hutchinson publisher W. Y. Moran announced that Lieutenant Governor Moran has entered the AML A service and will leave soon for France to serve until peace is won, signaling a wartime mobilization. The report places Moran as a key political figure stepping into military duty amid the war effort.
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Hutchinson, Kunte
W. Y. Moran
France
Morgan
Hutchinson News
Steam Pipe Burst Kills Seven at Atlantic Port Dock
Seven men died and others were injured when a steam pipe burst at an Atlantic port dock Saturday. Local authorities are investigating the accident amid chaotic scenes at the waterfront facility.
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Atlantic
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