Germans in retreat as American lines push at Vesle
Allied forces press the German line in the Aisne Marne salient with American center gains at Seringes and flanking advances. Six hundred prisoners taken in a single action signal increasing retreat and weak German resistance as Vesle defenses are formed.
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Foch
Lts
Kaiser
Teuton
Vesle
Washington
Aisne+Marne
Seringes
Paris
Oureq
Chalmont Butte
Rheims
Baker
Pershing
France
General Pershing
Aisne-Marne
Associated Press
Rheims-soissons Salient
Nesles
Bois Meuniere
Roncheres
Meuniere Wood
Capt Vaughan Pleads Guilty In Raincoat Conspiracy Case
New York reports Captain Vaughan pleads guilty amid disclosures in alleged conspiracy among army raincoat manufacturers to fix supply and prices. Federal prosecutors described the case as a major defense procurement intrigue with ongoing investigations and possible additional indictments.
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Aubrey W. Vaughan
Quartermaster Corps
Vaughan
New York
Increased Army Draft Plans Move to Congress
Secretary Baker said the enlarged army project is nearly ready and draft age limits may be revised. He and Dent discussed ages likely below twenty one or above thirty one, with a preference to draw bulk from the youngest physically able men.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Baker
Dent
Senator Chamberlain
GE workers in Lynn end strike vote to return to work
In Lynn Massachusetts nearly ten thousand General Electric plant employees ended their walkout with a mass meeting voting to resume work tomorrow. They will await wage dispute decisions from the federal War Labor Board.
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Lynn
Mass
General Electric Company
Federal War Labor Board
submarine theory as war factor exploded says Daniels
Washington reported that Secretary Daniels dismissed the submarine as a decisive war factor after citing no American troop transports sunk and noting a steady drop in sinkings while acknowledging ongoing losses and sea dangers. He called German boasts of tenacious attacks unfounded.
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Washington
Daniels
Europe
Mr. Daniels
Notable Allied Gains Push Germans From V Salient
Allied forces report a two mile advance and 600 German prisoners as the V shaped salient near Fere en Tardenois narrows. Meuniere wood and Cierges taken, widening the approach to Romigny and pressing toward Chamery with American, French, and British units contributing substantial gains since July 15.
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Associated Press
Pemeon
Soissons
Fere-en-Tardenois
Nesles
Villeen-Tardenois
St. Gemme
Fere
Oureq
Harsennes
Fismes
Plessier Huleu
Grand Rozoy
Beugneux
Cramoiselle
Cramaille
Cierges
Meuniere
Romigny
Marne
Seringes
Sergy
Chamery
France
Flanders
Field Marshal Haig
Vienna
Albania
Austrian War Office
Treasury Cuts Liberty Loan Block To 500 Million
Washington reports the fourth bi weekly certificate issue for the Liberty Loan drops to 500 million from 750 million as oversize previous issues and strong tax receipts reduce the need for a 6 billion funding plan. Subscriptions run to August 15 with dates August 6 to December 5 and 4.5 percent interest. London notes government says German submarines are being destroyed at a faster rate.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
German Report Claims Allied Attacks Repulsed East of Verecn Tardenois
Berlin reports that Allied forces repulsed and driven back from their positions east of Vere-cn-Tardeois on Wednesday. It claims French attacks at Fere-en-Tardenois were halted by counter attacks, with separate fronts showing artillery fire and minor engagements. The release also notes German aerial victories, including shooting down six British bombers en route to Saarbroucken and another fighter. Northwest of Fere-en-Tardenois fierce fighting is acknowledged, while the rest of the front allegedly shows no further reports.
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Berlin
Vere-cn-Tardeiois
Fere-en-Tardenois
Perthes
Champagne
Mont Fichiel
Argonne Forest
Saarbroucken
Prisoners Captured as July Toll Reaches Four Thousand Five Hundred
British reports say night patrols near Morris captured several prisoners and daily artillery activity continued on both sides. July total prisoners reached 4,500, including 89 officers.
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London
Morris
Fire destroys Fleischmann Yeast warehouse in Peekskill
Six men killed as a warehouse of the Fleischmann Yeast Company burns in Peekskill New York this morning. Five firemen and a worker were trapped under a falling wall and believed dead.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Fleischmann Yeast Company
Weekend Forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia: fair Friday with showers possible Saturday. Virginia: fair Friday with showers in the southwest and warmer conditions in the east, Saturday likely fair.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Drought Hurts Cotton Crop in July Forecast
Washington reports July drought cut the July forecast by 1,706,000 bales and a $250,000,000 loss. The August projection places the 1916 crop at 13,619,000 500‑pound bales, modestly above the five‑year average and well over last year, with value near $2,000,000,900.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Doubling Tobacco Taxes Under New Revenue Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a wide tax package raising excise taxes on tobacco products and other goods. The bill projects about 1 billion dollars in excise revenue, with a new 1 percent retail tax on mail order firms and higher levies on brokers, pawnbrokers, theatres, and seating on exchanges.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pullman
Kitchin
Stock Exchange
Board of Trade
French and Gritich In Devere Battle North Of Durgq Progress
In the northwest, French and Gritich press toward Plessiere Wood after taking the village of Grand Rozoy near Fère en-Tardenois. Allied forces report unusually fierce close combat as progress continues north of Durgq.
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Gritich
Devere
Durgq
Grand Rozoy
Fereen-Tardenois
Plessiere Wood
Street Railway Employes Granted Wage Increases
Wage boosts of 35 to 65 percent were granted to about 50 000 workers across 22 street and interurban companies in 16 cities by the War Labor Board. Motormen and conductors in large cities receive 48 to 50.5 cents per hour. smaller cities and interurban lines 38 to 45 cents with a 42 cent minimum for track and related workers. The board urged special legislation to let a federal agency assess the financial peril of street railways and adjust fares, retroactive increases, and time and a half overtime, signaling a war necessity to preserve service.
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Moore
Pennsylvania
North
Fairchild
New York
Washington
War Labor Board
Taft
Frank P. Walsh
Detroit
Chicago
Allied Forces Break German Defense North of Ourcq River
General Mangin's forces press north of the Ourcq river engaging in fierce combat with German troops. Allies take Rozoy near Opénois and advance, capturing Cramoiselles, Courdoux, Servany, and Cramaille as tanks support, with six hundred prisoners reported at Cramoiselle and Cramaille. From July 15 to 31, Allied prisoners total 33,400.
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France
Associated Press
Mangin
Ourcq River
Rozoy
Openois
Wazoches
Soissons Rheims Salient
Laune
Soissons
Fere
Paris
Aisne-Marne Fornt
Cramoiselle
Cramaille
War Office
Cierges
Meuniere Wood
Romigny
Mormane- Rheims
Kaiser's Portrait Burned At Oyster Bay Parade
In Oyster Bay New York on August 1 a portrait of Emperor William once given to Theodore Roosevelt was seized and mutilated by vigilantes last Sunday night at C H Pollutz home. It was burned tonight during a village square celebration as the Oyster Bay band led about 1000 mourners in a parade preceding the cremation.
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Kaiser
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Emperor William
Theodore Roosevelt
C.H. Pollutz
Fire destroys shipyards in Paducah on J. B. Finley blaze
Fire at the Howard Shipyards plant in Paducah Kentucky after noon today caused an estimated loss of 140000. The blaze began in the hold of the towboat J. B. Finley valued at 100000 and spread rapidly to surrounding buildings on the ways where the boat rested. The Finley was owned by the Aluminum Ore Company of St. Louis.
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Shipyards
Paducah
Howard Shipyards Company
J. B. Finley
Finley
The
Aluminum Ore Company of
St. Louis
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Thurst
Ourcq
Huntington
W. Va
E. T. Morgan
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Morgantown
Hope Natural Gas Company
Charleston
W.va
S. B. Montgomery
Public Service Reserve
Secretary Daniels
Drouth
Courdoux
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