Haig's Nippers Close On Bapaume In Lively Front Advance
British forces push along the front capturing Monchy le Preux Guemappe Wancourt Mory St Leger and Favreuil near Bapaume. The Coreuil front sees progress toward Thilloy and Haig's troops reach gun range prompting expectation of a German withdrawal from Bapaume.
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Coreul
Monchy le Preux
Guemappe
Wancourt
Hindenburg
Mory
St. Leger
Favreuil
Bapaume
Thilloy
Haig
Lodge Speech Provokes Mixed Reactions in Europe and Rome
The Lokal Anzeiger in Amsterdam condemns Lodge views urging continued war and insists on continued resistance. In Washington Rome dispatches report Italy's strong sympathy for Lodge arguing peace must include freed provinces and Slav independence under Austrian rule.
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Amsterdam
Senator Lodge
Lokal Anzeiger
Washington
Rome
Italy
Allied gains widen on Somme front and Picardy flank
British and French forces push forward from Albert to Soissons despite heavy German reinforcements. French operations around Roye secure towns Fresnoy and St March, threatening to squeeze the Somme salient. Over 600 French prisoners taken as Mangin troops press north of Soissons. German lines at Ypres to Rheims jeopardized. Americans engage in Vosges raids while Albanian theater sees Austrian attacks repulsed and minor French adjustments to keep touch with Italy.
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Arras-Albert
Bapaume
Hindenburg
Monchy
Albert
Longeval
Montdidier
Avre
Roye
Fresnoy
St. Marc
Somme River
Soissons
Picardy
Somme-Oise
Somme
Noyon
Fresnoy-Les-Roye
St. March
Maneuvres
Chemin Des Dames
Ypres
Rheims
Mangin
Vesle
Arras
Bullecourt
Hindenburg Line
Vosges
Atlanta Newspapers Raise Prices Sept 1
The Atlanta Journal and The Georgian will lift street prices on September 1 from three to five cents for daily editions and from five to seven cents for Sundays. Yearly subscriptions will rise by about 1.75 dollars. The Constitution keeps five cents for daily editions and raises Sunday rates to seven cents with subscription hikes.
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Atlanta
The
Journal
Georgian
Constitution
Spain and United States airship postal plan debated
Captain Herrera discussed with King Alfonso a long range aerial postal and passenger service between Spain and the United States. A leading shipping firm may finance large airships carrying 40 passengers with mail, priced at 2000 pesetas per passenger and five pesetas per 100 grams. Travel time could be about two and a half days.
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Madrid
Herrera
Alfonso
Spain
United States
French Take Two Towns German Prisoners
French forces on the Avre captured Fresnoy les Roye and St. Mard and took more than 600 prisoners. They defended two local operations amid resistance, with additional actions reported in the Vosges and Eastern theatre including Doiran Vardar Dorov polje regions and Demir Hissar. A Serbian aviator downed an enemy plane.
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Paris
Avre
Fresnoy Les Roye
St. Mard
War Office
Vosges
Lake Doiran
Vardar
Huma
Albania
Devoli
Tomorica
Belgians Remember Burning of Louvain
The fourth anniversary of the burning of Louvain was commemorated at a large gathering with Belgian ministers, the diplomatic corps, and officials. General Leman and international representatives gave addresses including Professor Nettleton of Princeton University and Gabriel Palmer, chaplain to the King of Spain.
Americans in Battle in Siberia at Vladivostok Camp
American forces landed at Vladivostok are in camp near the outskirts of the city at the assembling plant of a large American locomotive works. They chose the site over the Russian barracks and converted a former German-Russian firm’s building into headquarters.
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Vladivostok
Associated Press
Refugee crisis and armed clashes unfold near Razdolny harbor
The report details a first hostile engagement four miles beyond Razdolny where an American railway guard aided by Japanese repelled 400 armed bandits. It notes Bolshevik enlistment shifts in Ussuri peasants, Red Cross efforts for 20 000 refugees including 4000 children, and stalled talks between Horvath and the Omsk provisional Siberian governments with limited concessions.
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Razdolny
Khabarovsk
Ussuri
R. B. Teusler
E. N. Frazar
Hall
American Red Cross
Here
Manchuria
Henry St. George Tucker
Protestant Episcopal Church
Japan
Harbin
Hailar
Chang-Chun
Tuesler
The
Red Cross
Horvath
Siberian
Omsk
Slovaks Capture Town in Siberia
Pekin reports General Semenoff commanding several thousand Czecho Slovaks defeated a Mavlar Bolshevik force at Motsievskaia Siberia. The town fell with many prisoners and wounded taken. Japanese strengthening the Chinese frontier aided the assault.
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Pekin
Semenoff
Motsievskaia
Siberia
Australians Alone Take 12000 Germans in France
The Australian forces in France report German retreat and rear-guard actions. On Saturday night ammunition dumps burned as about 12,000 Germans were captured by Australians since August 8, far exceeding Australian casualties.
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London
France
London Tube Strikers to Return to Work
London tube railway strikers vote to return to work under an understanding with the ministry of labor to consider equal pay. They also resolve to take Tuesday as a holiday in view of their victory.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Haig Breaks Through Hindenburg Line Aims at Bapaume
The战front shows renewed Allied effort as Haig’s units pierce the Hindenburg line for the first time in over a year. Paris and Berlin rumors swirl about German weakness and propaganda efforts via Amsterdam. The tactic inspires hopes of capturing Bapaume while cautioning against trusting neutral reporting.
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Hindenburg
Marshal Haig
Haig
Bapaume
Roye
Berlin
New York
Germany
United States
America
Austria
Amsterdam
Atlantic
Minister Hall faces grand jury in Maine case
Government prosecutors ready to present 35 witnesses in the Hall case while Judge Emery vows to compel testimony from his 14 year old daughter Frances and the two sisters Rest and Grace Gerow. Hall’s health improves after jail illness but remains under scrutiny ahead of Kennebunk hearing.
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Franklin R. Chesley
Emery
Bourne
Kennebunk
Hiram Willard
Sandford
York County
Maine
Hall
Chesley
Willara
Katie Gerow
Grace
Frances
Homer T. Waterhouse
Harrington
Sumner Bd. Marshall
Alfred
Marshall
Raids Reported on Italian Front by Allied Patrols
Rome dispatch says on the Asiago plateau British and French patrols raided enemy trenches and captured prisoners. Other prisoners and material were taken by patrols in the Monte Grappa area and Piave inlets as reconnoitring activity continued along the front.
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Rome
War Office
Asiago
Monte Grappa
Piave
Bombing hits German factories reported by British air force
London reports that chemical factories at Mannheim and the railway station at Frankfort were attacked Sunday night by the British independent air force. All British aircraft returned safely to base.
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London
Mannheim
Frankfort
British Independent Air Force
British Air Force Bombs Mannheim Losses Seven Planes
London reports that seven British independent air force planes were lost in the Mannheim bombing last Thursday. Despite heavy German defenses, British squadrons achieved their objective, drawing praise for courage and resolve amid superior German numbers. The raid targeted Mannheim's chemical industry, with editors arguing it disrupted war materials and tying the effort to broader German supply concerns.
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London
Reuter’s
West Front
Mannheim
U S Guns Destroying Hun Shells In A E F Actions
The war department release reports American forces in France gaining ground and taking prisoners west of Fismes, repulsing a Alsace raid with losses. American guns blew up several German ammunition dumps north of the Vesle River as operations continued between Soissons and Rheims.
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Washington
France
Pershing
War Department
Fismes
Alsace
Vesle
Associated Press
Vesle River
Soissons
Rheims
Destruction of dumps aided by American aerial observers
Observers from American aviators marked positions near Hirevillion as artillery shelling began early today. German signals report smokes at targets while a captured letter from a dead soldier’s wife reveals the bronze statue of Emperor William at Luneburg and church roofs sent to the foundry for ordnance, indicating war material efforts.
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Hirevillion
Germany
Emperor William
Luneburg
Pomerania
Elm Hill Council K of C Retreat at Blessed Gabriel
Members of Elm Hill Council K of C will hold a retreat at the Blessed Gabriel monastery beginning Friday September 13 at 6 pm and closing Monday September 16 at 7 30 am.
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Elm Hill Council
K. of C
Blessed Gabriel Monastery
British Liner Goes Aground Near North Atlantic Port
A British steamer once famed in transatlantic service ran aground in a bay near a North Atlantic port after losing bearings in heavy fog. The vessel struck rocks, began taking water, and rescuers feared she could not be freed tonight.
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North Atlantic
Prohibition Bill Nearing Final Senate Agreement
War time prohibition legislation faces a formal gentlemen's agreement in the Senate with a target date of July 1 for ending sales of intoxicants. Leaders from both sides discuss a compromise while the manpower bill holds priority. The bill may pass late this week or early next, with President Wilson urging extended time for financial adjustments.
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Senate
Wilson
Sheppard
Tex
Star of David Insignia Adopted for Jewish Chaplains
The government orders a miniature tablet and the Star of David as the insignia for Jewish chaplains in the US army and navy. Col. Harry Cutler of the Jewish Welfare Board announces eight chaplains serve, with five overseas.
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New York
United States Army
Navy
Harry Cutler
Jewish Welfare Board
Army
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