New York Hosts Record 110000 for Fourth of July March
In New York City 110000 residents from 34 nations joined the Fourth of July procession up Fifth Avenue escorted by two squadrons of American planes. Armenians Chinese Cubans East Indians Spaniards Czecho Slovaks and others marched under banners including Born in Germany but made in America reflecting the melting pot. The pageant honored the Philadelphia Declaration of Independence signed 142 years earlier.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Philadelphia
Germany
Berlin
America
French Fails to Meet Wife's Folks
Newspapermen tracked the runaway bride from a Fall River hotel last night. Mrs. French hoped to introduce her husband to her family but found they were at Laconia. She packed a few clothes and left Manchester, likely for good.
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Fall River
Tot Harrington Recalled as Bride of Ed French in Manchester Visit
A luxuriously described honeymoon travels with Ed French and Tot Harrington through Exeter Lenox and Manchester end with fortune telling and flirtatious banter. The couple debates future plans including France Red Cross work and possible careers as reporters or film stars. Local excitement surrounds their arrival with 85 telephone operators hoping to glimpse the bride and a Boston departure imminent.
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Manchester
Boston
Arnold Arboretum
Newport
Post
Lenox
Ford
Exeter
Harrington
French
Greb Beats Moha In Ten Round Middleweight Bout
In Rock Island Illinois July 4 Harry Greb of Pittsburg earned a newspaper decision over Bob Moha of Milwaukee in a ten round middleweight contest.
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Rock Island
Harry Greb
Pittsburg
Bob Moha
Milwaukee
Arctic Front in Northern Russia Faces German Push
War updates describe rising German activity near Kem and the White Sea rail line with 60 000 troops in the Arctic region. Allied forces guard Murmansk and Archangel but fear loss of Arctic ports while Bolshevik moves threaten Archangel governance and the Arctic railway access to Petrograd.
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Russia
Arctic Ocean
White Sea
Italy
Siberian
Arctic
Murmansk
Petrograd
Kola
Kem
Archangel
Kitchener
Hampshire
Baltic
Atlantic
Finland
Germany
Red Guards
Reichstag
Viborg
Russian Arctic
The New Sultan and German Control of Turkey
The article argues Bolshevik leaders are German agents and that Germany fully controls Turkey through the Young Turks following the Sultan's death. It states the new Sultan must follow Kaiser's line or risk removal, implying ongoing German influence ahead of Allied victory.
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Germany
Russia
Turkey
Bosphorus
Allied French British and American forces press in west and Italy
British and Americans push into Hamel area while French strike near Autreches south of Moulin- Sous-Touvent taking prisoners. Italians advance by Piave mouth and San Lorenzo valley with naval support. German attempts to retake Vaux near Chateau Thierry fail amid ongoing Allied gains. Reports from Yekaterinburg note peasant army formation and clashes with German Soviet forces.
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Autreches
Moulin- Sous-Touvent
Piave
San Lorenzo
Brernta River
Yekaterinburg
Russia
Vaux
Chateau Thierry
Australian Troops Take Hamel in Somme Offensive
Australian forces attacked northeast of Villers-Bretonneux on the Somme front and captured Hamel village, with tanks leading the assault and American detachments aiding. British troops struck north of the region, advancing the front and taking more than 1500 prisoners as fighting continued along the four mile front between Villers and Hamel.
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Somme
France
Villers-Bretonneux
Hamel
Vaire
Fiamel
Ancre
Waire
Hamel Woods
Villers-Bre
Australians Drive For Fourth Of July Frontier Advance
The tonneux and River Somme lines crossed about a mile and a half into enemy territory in a Fourth of July style attack. Belgian front honors America with a morning tribute ceremony. American engineers in the British sector receive valor decorations for months of gallant work.
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Tonneux
Somme
America
Sagadahoc launched at Bath by Texas Steamship Co
The steel steam ship Sagadahoc, a 9500 ton oil burner, was launched at Bath Me by the Texas Steamship Company with the band playing the national anthem. Miss Dorothy Sewall christened the vessel as it measures 421 feet overall and 54 foot beam. It is built to make 12 to 12 knots and will be turned over to the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Texas Steamship Company
Dorothy Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Brookline Fourth features pageant races and ball game
Brookline hosted a daylong Fourth with over 30 000 participants including a nations pageant with 1000 plus children directed by Miss Mary V McGrath. Activities included swimming races, a Cypress street ball game Beacons of Brookline beating Fort Strong 5 to 1, band concerts, moving pictures, and a social dance at the municipal gymnasium with proceeds to the Brookline Red Cross.
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Brookline
Cypress Street
Mary V. McGrath
Boylston Street
Beacons of
Fort Strong
The
Red Cross
Francis Parkman parade and flag raising in Forest Hills
In Forest Hills the Francis Parkman Parents' Association led a 9 a.m. celebration featuring a parade with local groups. At 10 a.m. a flag raising at Francis Parkman School followed a patriotic address by Representative Fitz Henry Smith.
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Forest Hills
Francis Parkman Parents’ Association
Francis Parkman School
Fitz- Henry Smith
Military wedding at Camp Devens during July 4 visit
First Lieutenant Hector Tremblay of the 304th Infantry married Miss Lillian Brown of Pittsfield Col. in the regimental headquarters. Colonel Herron and Mrs Herron and Regimental Adjutant Captain Thompson and wife served as attendants as the couple left the temporary altar.
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Camp Devens
Hector Tremblay
304Th Infantry
Lillian Brown
Pittsfield
Col
Herron
Thompson
Stewart Nominated for Brigadier General Rank
Colonel Merch B. Stewart chief of staff of the 76th Division is expected to receive a brigadier general appointment in the army corps once confirmed by the Senate. Wilson sent the nomination last week and confirmation should come by week’s end.
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Merch B. Stewart
76Th Division
United States Senate
Wilson
Stewart
Congress
A. F. Stickney
Abe Beitchman
302D Artillery
Lowell
Sandy Pond
Soldiers’ Club
First Naval District
New Zealand Editors Set for War Zone Visit
Six New Zealand newspaper editors arrived at a cannadian port on July 4 to be guests of the British government. George Fenwick of the Otago Daily Times serves as delegation chairman.
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New Zealand
Cannadian Pacific
George Fenwick
Otago Daily Times
Dundin
Mrs Wilson Appeals to Women on Independence Day
Mrs Wilson, wife of the President, addresses American women on Independence Day stressing that women support the nation’s life and war morale. She says women stand at the center of every issue, contribute what is humane and right, and share in the fight for freedom. She expresses admiration and pride in women’s efforts.
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Washington
Women of
America
Mrs. Wilson
German Airmen Lose Many Noted Pilots In Air War
German airmen suffer heavy losses in ongoing air combat with Allied forces in France. At least 14 veteran aviators, credited with 20 plus victories and totaling 363 successes, are known to have been killed or captured.
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France
Associated Press
Germany
Notable German Airmen Rivalry in the Skies
Among these airmen Captain Baron von Richthofen claimed 80 downed Allied planes while Lieutenants Muller Barow Wusthoff Bouzer posted high scores. Other pilots from the German force were killed or imprisoned. bombing squadron losses were heavy with several captains cited. Last year 32 airmen were killed in action to an official tally of 551 victories.
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Baron von Richthofen
Max Muller
Barow
Toscheck
Wusthoff
Bouzer
Kelvne
England
British Isles
Kohl
Weese
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the Treasury
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Delaware
U. S. Army
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Shiloh
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Court of Claime
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Columbus Ave
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SCALE
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