New Chaplains Ordered to Camps for Training
The Rev. Michael Jessup S J of Boston College is ordered to report to Camp Lee Virginia by Aug 28. Other chaplains include the Rev John F Lillis of Melrose to Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville Ky the Rev Timothy F Donovan of Jamaica Plain to Camp Taylor the Rev John B Mullin to a base hospital at Fayetteville North Carolina due Aug 26 and the Rev Charles A Donohue to Camp Lee Aug 28. Some awaiting orders and the Rev Daniel F Desmond to Camp Meade Maryland on Aug 28.
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Michael Jessup
S. J
Boston College
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Father Jessup
Boston
John F. Lillis
St. Mary's of the Annunciation
Melrose
Camp Zachary Taylor
Louisville
Timothy F. Donovan
St. Thomas’ Church
Jamaica Plain
Camp Taylor
John B. Mullin
Fayetteville
N. C
South
Charles A. Donohue
S J. Peter's Church
Cambridge
Daniel F. Desmond
St. Clement's Church
Somerville
Camp Meade
Maryland
Quick Action Planned on Manpower Bill in Senate Fight
The plan is to act by committee tomorrow and report favorably to the Senate on Thursday. House action is postponed until the next reconvened session. Senate may oppose setting the draft age at 18 while the military committee rejects raising it to 21. Prohibition leaders cheer the chance to recall the Senate.
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Lain
Senate
House
Dent
House Military Committee
Clouse
Military Committee
Kirby
Arkansas
Anna Held Actress Dies in New York City
The famed stage star Anna Held dies in New York after a storied career in Paris and American musical comedy. Born in London and raised in Whitechapel, she rose to fame in France before touring the United States with hits like The French Maid and The Parisian Model. Her life included marriage to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and a much-publicized romance with jewel thefts and Parisian press attention.
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Anna Held
New York
London
Anna
Whitechapel
Paris
Holland
France
Herald Square Theatre
Miss Held
Florence Ziegfeld, Jr
Ziegfeld
Hotel Netherland
Liane Carrera
Paul Nakhanoff
United States
Papa
Miss Innocence
Mile
Napoleon
Hotel Savoy
War Situation Today Shows Push Against Germans Continues
The article notes a slower but ongoing Allied drive against German forces with trench warfare fading. It credits leaders like Foch and Ludendorff for adapting tactics, and highlights that Open warfare favors spectacular moves, suggesting a potential great commander may emerge.
German Reserves Fail to Hold Up the Allies
British forces advanced south of Proyart and east of Fournescourt while French troops north of the Oise captured Gury and expanded toward Noyon. Allied losses for the Germans were heavy, with unofficial counts around 40 000 prisoners. British and French operations, air attacks, and artillery shelling continued across the Somme and Oise fronts as Amiens and Vesle sectors saw ongoing fighting. A German airship was shot down off Holland.
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Proyart
Fournescourt
Chaulnes
Roye
Oise
Gury
Lassigny
Noyon
Somme
Bethencourt
Amiens-Montdidier
Holland
Admiralty
English
No News Capt Leahy Has Met With Mishap
A telegram from Adjutant General McCain says no report reached the War Department about Captain Frank M. Leahy of Lawrence in the 101st Infantry having any mishap in France. Earlier dispatches claimed he had been killed in action, but no notice was sent to his family.
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Boston
McCain
United States Army
War Department
Frank M. Leahy
F Company
101St Infantry
France
Leahy
Lawrence
U-Boat Gas Attack Off Atlantic Coast Described
Navy reports detail a gas attack near Smith Island and a submarine raid along the Virginia to North Carolina coast. It notes oil slicks, a 60 man raider crew, and four survivors claiming a six month stay in American waters. Secretary Daniels says two U boats operate on this side of the Atlantic.
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Atlantic
Navy Department
Virginia
Penistone
Sydland
New England
Kate Palmer
New Bedford
Mase
Smith's Island Coast Guard Station
Sixth Naval District
Charleston
D. C
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Smith Island
Chase
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Caswell
N. c
Willard
Naval District
Smith's Island
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
N. Y
Daniels
Navy
Cana
Dian
O. B. Jennings
Merak
Diamond Shoal
Middle Atlantic
San Diego
Fire Island
New York
Eastern front revival via new Russian government urged
A pro allied northern Russian proclamation claims a people’s government will take over, vows opposition to Germany, seeks allied aid to reestablish an eastern front from the Arctic to the Caucasus, and calls for support as Bolshevik power wanes with Lenine and Trotzky reportedly fleeing to Kronstadt. Allied forces are noted at Vladivostok and in Mesopotamia, with Ukrainian and Don Cossack forces active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
State Department
Arctic
Caucasus
Eastern Front
Ural Mountains
Siberian
Don Cossacks
Orenburg Cossacks
Mesopotamia
Vladivostok
Germany
Austria
Lenine
Trotzky
Moscow
Peskov
British troops reach Usuri front with Czecho-Slovak forces
London dispatch reports British troops landed at Vladivostok moving to the Usuri River front where they were warmly greeted by Czecho-Slovak units aiding the advance. Amsterdam bulletin says the Bolshevik government will move to Kronstadt with Lenine and Trotzky already en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vladivostok
Usuri River
Amsterdam
Moscow
Kronstadt
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Lenine
Trotzky
Board rejects delay in hearing on Edison electric rates
The Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners refuses to postpone a hearing on fixing Edison Electric Illuminating Company rates. Granville S. MacFarland of Boston filed the petition. Officials argued postponement would set a precedent for all public service firms, while MacFarland claimed a delay would deny petitioners a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Edisor Electric Iluminating Company
Granville S. MacFarland
Boston
MacFarland
Tao
Fugitive Nabbed After Aerial Search At Dewey
In Dewey Oklahoma on August 12 a posse failed to find N Widlow after he shot and killed Chief Mall and wounded City Clerk DeYoung. Aviator Bill Harker spotted Widlow from a plane on the outskirts of town and alerted the posse, which captured him. A mob burned the Negro section and then returned to the jail after the arrest. Negro laborers are on strike and further trouble is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey, Okla
N. Widlow
DeYoung
Bill Harker
Dewey
Widlow
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