British Forces Advance as Bray Grandcourt Thiepval Fall
British units push forward in Picardy as Bray Grandcourt and Thiepval fall while Germans rush new forges in the Bapaume region. French actions along the Oise and Ailette battle lines mix with Vesle river fighting where Americans hold. Diplomacy with Spain over submarine losses remains delicate as Berlin protests Madrid.
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Bray
Grandcourt
Thiepval
Noyon
The
Oise
Picardy
Artois
Ailette
Alfette
Soissons
Vesle
Lorraine
French War Office
Dunkirk
France
Spain
Germany
Berlin
Madrid
New Zealanders Capture Cojeul After Dash
An official war communiqué issued after midnight reports New Zealanders advancing toward Bapaume captured the town of Cojeul with irresistible dash. It notes other successful actions in the sector as the Allied forces push forward in the campaign.
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New
London
Bapaume
Cojeul
British Forces Advance Near Papaume in Heavy Fighting
British troops push toward Papaume amid intense battles along a broad front from the Codreul river near Arras to south of the Somme. Bray Thiepval Grandcourt are reported captured with over 2,000 prisoners. Aveennes-lez-Bapaume nears Bapaume as German forces reinforce. American drivers near Fismes push toward the Soissonne Rheims road. Crecy-au-Mont progress by French forces.
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Papaume
Haig
Bray
Thiepval
Grandcourt
Mirdamont
Claig
Aveenes-lez-Bapaume
Bapaume
Fismes
Soissone-Rheims
Crecy-au- Mont
Associated Press
Codreul
Arras
Somme
Bayaume
Miraumont
Ancre
Chanines-Roye
France
Thiepvval
Thiepal
Labosselle
Roche
Avesnes-le-Bapaume
Mory
Croisilles
Arras-Bapaume
Givenchy
Field Marshal
Americans Fight With Canadian Gun Section On Front
A London dispatch reports an officer commanding a Canadian machine gun section recounting how American machine gunners were attached for training but ordered to stay behind during the attack while the unit pushed far into German territory.
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London
Yankee Soldier Delivers Recalled Valor in Night Fray and Senate Picks Lodge
A historic report recounts Yankee soldiers breaking from orders to reinforce a flank during fierce trench fighting, aiding prisoners and then rejoining frontline action for two days. In Washington, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts is elected Senate Republican floor leader to succeed the late Senator Gallinger.
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Lodge
Senate Flor
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations
Senate
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
British Attacks Pressed in Somme East Bank Fighting
Berlin reports Allied efforts along the Scarpe and Somme failed to break key positions as British and German forces clash near Arras Chaulnes Miraumont and Albrecht lines. A Prussian artillery unit claims to have destroyed six enemy tanks while counterattacks along Morey Hamel and Crecy areas repel British advances.
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Berlin
London
General Headquarters
Arras
Somme
Chaulnes
von Below
von der Marwitz
Jaybreak
Croiselles-St. Leger
Papaume
St. Leger-Athiet le- Grand-Miraamont Une
Assaulia
Morey
Dapaume
Behagnies-Pys
Ilete
Miraumont
Hamel
Ancre
Albert
Ines
Pys
Grandcourt
Mi‘aumont
Cappy
Foucaucourt
Crecy-Aumont
Juvigny
Chavigny
Vesaponte Yagine
Miraumont Labor Quota Outlined for War Work Relief
Urgent notice from federal state director urges county labor boards and county representatives of the United States public service reserve to fill unskilled war labor needs in six weeks. National totals show 878 150 needed, about 75 percent of demand, with West Virginia quota around 7 570 and roughly 631 boards per state. Also lists a Canadian casualty notice with American names.
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Public Service Reserve
United States Public Service Reserve
West Virginia
Fall of Bapaume Seen Likely in Near Date
British forces press in France as Haig reports Thiepval taken and Bapaume approaching collapse. Avesnes le Bapaume reached, Croisilles entered, and Miraumont encirclement widens. German resistance fading, prisoners and losses mount as disarray grows among retreating units.
Demand for Unskilled Workers in Charleston
Charleston West Virginia August 24 commissioner Samuel B Montgomery of the state department of labor reports rising demand for unskilled laborers. Officials study job availability and wage conditions to match applicants with openings.
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Charleston
W. Va
Samuel B. Montgomery
State Department of Labor
Fall of Noyon Expected In French Front Battle
London reports from the front say the town of Noyon is expected to fall at any moment as fighting continues in northern France. The update came this afternoon amid ongoing battle reports from the region.
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Noyon
London
France
Four Separate Draft Calls Issued for September Entrainment
The War Department announced four separate selective draft calls for late August and early September. A total of 86 773 men are to entrain for training camps between August 30 and September 6. Calls cover general military service white and colored, and limited service white. Camps listed include Camp Taylor in Kentucky Camp Sherman in Ohio Camp Meade in Virginia Camp Lee in West Virginia Camp Dix in Virginia Camp Humphreys in West Virginia and Camp Custer. An Australian report from Paris notes a heavy German 286 millimeter gun captured with ammunition and mounting, intended for Amiens bombardment, now on display for the public.
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Washington
Crowder
Myery State
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Camp Taylor
Ohio
Camp Sherman
Pennsylvania
Camp Meade
Virginia
Camp Lee
West Virginia
Camp Custer
Paris
Havas
Explosion on B and O line wrecks Dola area. one dead
In Clarksburg West Virginia August 25 an oil tank explosion on a Baltimore and Ohio short line branch near Dola killed one man and left several others injured or missing. The dead is John F Swiger of Dola. Known injured include Lyda Harbert of McDonald Coal Co. and Russell Bates along with Brooks Michael, all of Dola.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dola
Hutchinson Coal Company
John F. Swiger
Farmer
Lyda Harbert
McDonald Coal Co
Russell Bates
Brooks Michael
Steamer City of Mackinac Stranded at Thunder Bay Bar
The City of Mackinac steamship of the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. with 400 passengers aboard ran aground on a bar at the Thunder Bay river mouth near Alphena Michigan while bound for Mackinac Island. Dredging around the vessel may be needed to free it.
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Alphena
Mich
City of Macinac
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co
Thunder Bay River
Macinac Island
No Fight Until War Ends Says Jess Willard
Denver message states heavyweight champion Jess Willard will not defend his title until the war ends. He will box only in exhibitions during the war with proceeds going to war charities.
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Denver
Colo
Jess Willard
Raiding Operations Reported in Lorraine and Northern Front
Official war office statement reports raiding actions in Lorraine and in the region between the Oise and the Aisne rivers. Artillery actions are noted in the area of Lassigny as well as raids in Lorraine.
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Lorraine
Paris
Lassigny
Oise
Aisne
War Office
Manpower bill passes House with two opposing votes
The House approves a broader draft extending to ages eighteen to forty five by a vote of 306 to two. Only two no votes were cast by Representative London and Representative Gordon. a deferment for youths was rejected. The bill moves to the Senate, expected to pass early next week.
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Washington
House
War Department
London
New York
Gordon
Ohio
Dent
Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Ship Chased by Submarine Off South Carolina Coast
The Tybee Island wireless station intercepted parts of a S. C. 8 call from a vessel off the South Carolina coast reporting it was being chased by a submarine. The message was indistinct and the vessel’s name could not be identified.
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Savannah
Tybee Island
South Carolina
No Additional Sugar Restrictions to Be Implemented
Washington August 24 Food Administrator Hoover announced no further sugar restrictions will be needed due to ample supplies. Conservation measures of two pounds per person monthly will continue for households and the public.
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Washington
Hoover
British Take Many Prisoners In Albert Sector
London reports renewed British attacks in the Albert sector with progress claimed by the war office. In the last three days of fighting British forces captured 14,000 prisoners.
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London
Albert
War Office
Executors pay $9 036 inheritance tax in West Virginia
Executors of the estate of the late John Worthington, a Pittsburg capitalist, paid the West Virginia Tax Commissioner 9 036 dollars as inheritance tax on transfers of stock in Carbon Steel Company and Silurian Oil Company, both West Virginia corporations, with payment recorded in Charleston on August 24.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Worthington
Pittsburg
State
Carbon Steel Company
Silurian Oil Co
West Virginia
Millions of Americans Have embarked for foreign shores
General March announced more than 1.5 million American troops have left for overseas. He predicted up to 4 million U S soldiers in France by next summer to support allied campaigns, based on manpower studies and frontline performance. He stressed confidence in the American fighting force and cited notable captures by U S divisions.
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Washington
General March
United States
France
Germany
March
War Department
Pershing
Department
First
United States Field Army
Foch
Noyon
Oise
Ailette
Carlepont Forest
Arras
Albertie
Ancre
Somme
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Ferlin
Scarpe
Orucial
Bapeume
Ottawa
Ont
AM. Co
Cincinnati
EH. FB. Miller
Cleveland
Thiep
Goermans
Cers
Forcesbroad
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