Hans Beaten Back on three Sectors
British and French forces have forced the enemy from key positions on the western front. In the Lys sector west of Armen tières the foe retreated about six miles, leaving Merville in British hands. French troops reached the western outskirts of Lassigny between the Matz and Oise rivers and captured Pimprez in the Oise Valley. Northwest of Soissons the line from Carlepont to Fontenoy shifted the front, with the French driving the enemy back over about nine miles and taking several villages and 2200 prisoners.
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Lys
Armentieres
Merville
Matz
Oise
Lassigny
Thiescourt
Pimprez
Noyon-Compiegne
Soissons
Carlepont
Fontenoy
Aisne
New Simple Liquid Lets Any Woman Get Curly Hair
A 1920s style note claims ordinary liquid silmerine can convert straight hair to pretty curls overnight. Wet a brush with the liquid, run it through hair at night, and by morning hair dries in waves and curls. It promises a natural look without harsh waving tongs and lasts weeks.
British Capture Roye Rail Station On Somme Front
Unofficial reports claim British forces captured the railway station on the western outskirts of Roye, a key Somme front town. German defenses appear weakening as Allied pressure broadens. French gains from Lassigny to the Oise Valley and northwest of Soissons threaten German positions eastward toward the Picardy plains.
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Roye
Somme
Oise
Rheims
Ypres
British Wins Reach Merville and Bailleul Frontlines
In the Lys sector British forces took Merville north of Bethune and now dominate Bailleul. Near Roye, British troops reportedly captured the railroad station on the city outskirts while al lies press toward the area. In the Oise sector French forces captured Pimpres south of Noyon and remain near Lassigny.
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Lys
Merville
Bethune
Bailleul
Roye
London
Oise
Pimpres
Noyon
Lassigny
U S Troops Arrive in Vladi vostok as Second Transport Reaches
A second American troop transport arrived at Vladivostok today after the first contingent entered the harbor yesterday following a seven and a half day voyage from Manila. A third troopship was expected to reach port this evening.
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Vladivostok
Manila
British advance reaches ridge overlooking Bailleul
British forces seized the Quttersteen ridge on the Morris front advancing 2000 yards into German positions. The gain places British footholds on the high ridge toward Bailleul, with the town now about three miles from frontline posts. Enemy resistance was light. casualties were small. The opposed troops were from the 19th Saxon corps.
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France
Quttersteen
Morris
Bailleul
19Th
Saxon Corps
Plenty of white flour for soldiers in France
The War Department reports the American army in France is fully supplied with all wheat flour bread. Daily flour rations for soft bread run 18 ounces, with a possible reduction to 16 ounces under consideration. In the U.S. soldiers use victory bread with substitutes for wheat flour, but in France they receive all wheat bread. Field bakers are urged to work swiftly and avoid experimenting with new flour blends.
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Washington
France
War Department
United States
Jewish relief leader slain in Petrograd
A Copenhagen telegram reports the assassination in Petrograd of Henry Slozberg, chairman of the Jewish relief commission and a leading Russian Jewish political figure. Slozberg, an expert in Russian civil law and former vice governor of Galicia and Bukowina, was opposed to the Bolsheviks and pro entente.
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London
Anglo-Jewish Press Agency
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Henry Slozberg
Jewish Relief Commission
Russia
M. Shozberg
Galicia
Bukowina
British Bring Down Six Hun Airplanes
London August 19 The official report says low clouds and high wind restricted air work on August 19. One enemy plane was not active. Six hostile aircraft were shot down and a German balloon in flames. One Allied plane is missing. Sixteen tons of bombs were dropped during the day and again at night on various targets.
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London
Must Register If 21 by August Twenty Fourth
All men who have turned 21 since June 5 1918 and by August 24 1918 must register on August 24 1918. They should consult local draft boards for details on how and when to register.
Seven Americans Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
General Pershing’s Sunday communique lists eight recipients seven Americans receive the Distinguished Service Cross. Awardees include Second Lieutenant Carl C. Rice First Lieutenants H C C Molesberry and Charles C Rentfro and Privates Theodore Pisticoudis Jefferson Holt Charles Raffington and George W Holly for actions near the Siberian border amid a threat of invasion by German and Hungarian prisoners aligned with Bolshevik forces.
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Washington
General Pershing
Carl C. Rice
H. CC. Molesberry
Charles C. Rentfro
Theodore Pisticoudis
Jefferson Holt
Charles Raffington
George W. Holly
Siberian
Red Guard
Bolsheviks
Trans-Baikal
Bolsheviki Menace Frontier of China
The Chinese government has sent a large force to the frontier with Russia and Bolshevik groups report unrest near Manchuria. Officials say troops move to strengthen border defenses as tensions rise over the civil war era incursions.
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Frontier OF
China
Washington
Germany to Speak Out In Parley of Three Ministers
An official France telegram from Zurich reports Berlin will mount an oratorical offensive soon with three German ministers to address the most important problems to the German people. The notice originates from German papers.
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Washington
France
Zurich
Berlin
Pershing Warns Army on Moral Cleanliness in France
General Pershing issues a general order urging continence as the plain duty of every American Expeditionary Force member. Commanding officers are to enforce moral cleanliness, tighten leave controls, and use courts martial for infected men. Off limits are immoral resorts, with French police aiding suppression.
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France
Associated Press
Pershing
Private Cleveland Heads to Marine Officers Training
Private Richard F. Cleveland son of Grover Cleveland left Quantico with five others to enter the Marine Officers Training School at Norfolk Virginia. Also listed are Sergeants McAvoy Weidmer Gray and Corporal Kline and Private Kerr attached to the Chel sea Naval hospital.
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Richard F. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Marine Barracks
Charlestown Navy Yard
Quantico
Marine Officers’ Training School
Charles H. McAvoy
Henry E. Weidmer
George Gray
Clarence Kline
Maurice A. Kerr
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Otis to Visit Boston for War Production Talks
Charles A. Otis head of the War Industries Board resources and conversion section travels to Boston Friday en route to Portsmouth New Hampshire. He will meet with Stuart W. Webb regional advisor to discuss war production in New England and will investigate conditions in Boston before addressing the New Hampshire Manufacturers Association in Portsmouth.
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Charles A. Otis
War Industries Board
Washington
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Stuart W. Webb
New England
Mr. Otis
New Hampshire Manufacturers’ Association
War Fronts Drive German Retreat as Allies Advance
The article describes Allied superiority on three fronts with Germany unable to halt the advances. It highlights Crown Prince Rupprecht’s removal, Ludendorff’s limited blame, and Kaiser Wilhelm II’s influence in the doomed offensives, portraying a drift toward retreat and continued German military strain.
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Foch
Ludendorff
Marne
Friedrich Wilhelm
Germany
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