Stettinius Lands in France for European Supply Survey
Edward R. Stettinius arrives in Europe with a large staff to survey U S supply and industrial production in France and coordinate War Department accounting and finance practices. Secretary Baker says the visit will cover the Munitions Council and War Industries Board interests with an indefinite stay. Thomas Nelson Perkins appointed assistant to oversee purchase and supply during Stettinius absence.
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Washington
Europe
Edward R. Stettinius
Baker
Stettinius
France
War Department
Munitions Council
United States
War Industries Board
Thomas Nelson Perkins
Boston
Secretary of War
Perkins
E. M. House
Perkins to Aid Baker in War Mission
Thomas Nelson Perkins, a Boston lawyer with Ropes Gray and co, takes on a role assisting Baker in a wartime mission. The announcement highlights Perkins as a notable figure from the law firm.
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Thomas Nelson Perkins
Boston
Ropes, Gray and
Gorham appoints assistant to War Secretary for supply branch
Gorham with offices at 60 State Street was named yesterday to head the purchase and supply branch during Edward R. Stern's Europe absence. The piece recalls Mr. Perkins who led a 1890s Harvard athletic crew and later joined the War Mission abroad to coordinate allied and US actions, aiding American capital interests in wartime Russia.
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Boston
Milton
Harvard College
Harvard School of Law
Yale
Harvard University
Perkins
Russia
Draft age range and future classifications expand for war effort
The article states 19 to 45 is the probable draft age range and notes possible sending to France if needed. It to be two years before addressing deferred classifications, but deferred men will be sought for essential war industries. A work or fight order will broaden to more occupations within the next year.
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France
War Department Plans 5 Million Army Rise for Congress
Secretary Baker announced the War Department will present a plan within six weeks to Congress. It calls for increased appropriations, changes to the draft age, and broader mobilization, aiming to require 19 to 45 as possible draft ages to maximize the pool of 3,000,000 men available for service.
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Congress
War Department
Baker
Fifty Thousand Negro Draft Men Called August First
Washington announces fifty thousand Black draftees will be called to service starting August first. The veteran draft program aims to mobilize large manpower for the armed forces amid ongoing national security needs.
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Washington
Negro registrants called for general military service
Negro registrants qualified for general military service were called to the colors today by Provost Marshal Crowder. They will entrain between Aug 1 and 25 from 41 states and the District of Columbia with New England quotas: Connecticut 444 Camp Devens Maine 34 Camp Devens Massachusetts 518 Camp Devens New Hampshire 20 Camp Devens Rhode Island 217 Camp Devens Vermont 18 Camp Devens.
German airplanes downed by French British airmen
Paris reports 137 German aircraft brought down or forced out of action yesterday by French and British airmen. Four captive balloons were burned and bombs dropped on German concentration points, according to an official war office communique.
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Paris
War Office
Bombardments Hit Northern Marne and Fismes Station
July 23 report from La Liberte states all enemy stations in the Marne salient are under heavy bombardment. French forces disrupted communications between Fere-en-Tardenois and Fismes and burned a key station at Fismes. Fere-en-Tardenois sits at the German supply hub east of the lines and links Soissons Chateau Thierry and Rheims.
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Paris
Marne
la Liberte
Fere-en-Tardenois
Fismes
Fere-en-Tardénois
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Americans Capture Four German Tanks on Aisne-Marne Front
American and French forces south of Soissons captured four German tanks operating with infantry. Allied artillery spotted the tanks as they engaged and quickly disabled four. four others retreated from the action on July 23.
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Associated Press
Soissons
Allied Push Near Soissons Dormans Reaches Marne Front
The Franco American line advances toward Soissons and Dormans as German reserves and big guns hurry to the Vesle. Allied forces press from Oulchy to Rocourt while French attack at Montdidier signals widening offensive. The German retreat is orderly, with hopes to escape the Vesle before Foch closes the net.
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Vesle
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Ourcq
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Soissons
Dormans
Marne
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Ourcy
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London
Coincy
Armentieres
Fere
Montdidier
Picardy Salient
Great Work by American Guns
July 23 report from the American army intel indicates German retreat continues under heavy French and American fire. Prisoners say officers forced actions with pistols. Allied bombardment targets supply movement near Chateau Thierry and the Marne with limited air activity due to rain.
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Aisne-Marne
Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Deaf Parisian Finds Restored Senses in Osmo-Cemic Treatment
Madeleine Delannoy, a French emigrant living in Plymouth Massachusetts since 1914, reports recovery of smell taste and hearing after Osmo-Cemic Physicians treatment in the Boylston Building. She notes relief from head noises and gratitude to the doctors and interpreter who aided her.
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Madeleine Delannoy
Tourcoin
France
Belgium
America
Lafayette Ct
Plymouth
Mass
Berlin Says British Attacks Re pulsed on Aisne Front
German official statement reports British detachments advancing at many points were repulsed with reduced artillery fire and a general slackening on the Aisne Marne front. It cites 62 enemy planes shot down and four captive balloons, with local battles near Rheims and Soissons.
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Berlin
London
Aisne-Marne
Aisne
Oureq
Marne
Jaulgonne
British air raid on Tondern yields larger destruction
London reports confirm the raid on Tondern Schles wig caused more damage than initial notices. Pilots say a bomb hit a flat partially underground building about a mile east of Tondern, likely a magazine, with a violent post explosion.
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London
Tondern
Schleswig
Army and Marine casualty lists released for early Marne fighting
Washington reports daily casualty tallies: army 105 total with 24 killed in action 3 died of wounds 5 died of disease 5 died from accidents or other causes 67 wounded 1 missing. Marine Corps 23 total with 4 killed in action 3 died of wounds 15 wounded severely 1 missing. War Department to release broader losses from early Marne fighting soon.
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Washington
Marine Corps
War Department
Marne
Army
New Englanders Among 128 Army Casualties Dead in France
The Army and Marine Corps named 128 casualties yesterday, including four from New England. One West End private Do menica de Modica died of wounds in France on July 2 after enlisting last year and attending Washington Grammar School. Sergeant Charles A. Edwards of Winthrop died of wounds in France after serving in Cuba and the Philippines. Private Archibald L. Stanton of Waterbury was killed in action June 10. he had enlisted in 1917 and worked at the American Tin Company. Frank S. Kelsey of Haddam heads disease in France.
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Marine Corps
New
West End
Domenica de Modica
Sabastino de Modica
Hale Street
France
Modica
Italy
Washington Grammar School
M Company
23D Infantry
Charles A. Edwards
United States Base Hospital No. 5
Irwin Street
Winthrop
Peter Brigham
Edwards
Cuba
Philippines
Boxer
Second
United States Cavalry
Archibald L. Stanton
Bunker Hill Avenue
Waterbury
E. W. Stanton
Rena Stanton
Waterbury National Bank
Camp Devens
K Company
18Th Infantry
American Tin Company
Frank S. Kelsey
Haddam
F. L. Arnold
Archibald Stanton
Wealthy Rug Dealer Shot By Porter in New York
Gullabi Gulbenkian, a wealthy Armenian rug dealer with a Fifth Avenue shop, was shot and killed by a porter in his employ. Nephew Serope Gulbenkian, a firm member, was dangerously wounded. Gulbenkian was famed as a philanthropy and donor to Armenian charities and refugee care.
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New York
New England Boys on Casualty List
Pt. Peter Smulczynski East Hampton. Pt Archibald L Stanton 62 Bunker Hill Ave Waterbury K Co 18th Inf Died of Wounds Sgt Charles A Edwards 38 Irwin St Winthrop U S Base Hospital No 5. Pt Domenica De Medica 34 Hale St Boston M Co 23d Inf. SEVERELY WOUNDED Corp Ambrose Dolan 26 Bardwell St Jamaica Plain B Batt 7th F A. Pt Francis A Ellis 13 Preston St Malden Signal Corps 307th Inf. Pt Frank S Kelsey Haddam Conn 307th Mach Gun Batt. Pt George McCann 29 New St East Boston Pt John Noviello Strawberry Hill Norwalk Conn Pt James D Morgan Granby Corp Harold J Benedict Hartford U S M CG.
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Peter Smulczynski
East Hampton
Archibald L. Stanton
Bunker Hill Ave
Waterbury
K Co
18Th Inf
Charles A. Edwards
Irwin St
Winthrop
U. S. Base Hospital No. 5
Pt. Domenica de Medica
Hale St
Boston
M Co
Ambrose Dolan
Bardwell St
Jamaica Plain
Batt
F. A
Francis A. Ellis
Preston St
Malden
Signal Corps
307Th
Inf
Frank S. Kelsey
Haddam
Conn
George McCann
New St
East
John Noviello
Strawberry Hill
Norwalk
James D. Morgan
Granby
Harold J. Benedict
Hartford
U.S. M
Germans admit defeat and fear Foch reserves grow
A Swiss dispatch reports German papers concede failure of the offensive and caution that General Foch has built a reserves army in France. Frankfurter Zeitung says Hindenburg’s plan is compromised by the Aisne Marne attack as Foch aims to strike behind Boehm’s army.
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Washington
Switzerland
Foch
Frankfurter Zeitung
Hindenburg
Aisne-Marne
Boehm
Strassburger Post
Rheims
Prisoner Detention Case In Moulins France Trial Opens
The Bastille era case centers on Andre Biscaye Anna Biscaye and Raymond Barrau charged with illegally detaining James Slater of Webster Massachusetts during an extended automobile tour at a chateau. Slater allegedly signed checks under restraint. Barrau testified denying guarding Slater and Biscaye claimed to have served as his chauffeur since 1913.
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Moulins
France
Andre Biscaye
Anna Biscaye
Raymond Barrau
James Slater
Webster
Mass
Slater
Barrau
Weymouth Man Killed by Auto
William J. White a 51 year old riveter of 15 Common Street Weymouth was killed crossing Washington Street at the Vine and Common Streets junction while going home last night at 10 pm. He stepped from behind a car toward Rockland directly in front of another car bound for Boston. The second car owned by Francis B Larkin of Philadelphia Pennsylvania caught the owner his wife two daughters a son and the chauffeur Clyde Ripley.
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William J. White
Common Street
Weymouth
Wollaston
Washington Street
Vine
Common Streets
Rockland
Boston
Francis B. Larkin
Philadelphia
Penn
Clyde Ripley
Fruit Liver Tablets Promoted as Sole Fruit Juice Medicine
An advertisement touts Fruit-a-tives as the only medicine made from fruit juices. It claims relief for constipation liver issues indigestion headaches neuralgia kidney and bladder troubles rheumatism back pain eczema and other skin conditions. Sold 50 cents per box six for 2.50 trial size 25 cents. From Frusta Tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Fight Disease with Sylpho Nathol Disinfectant
A public notice promotes Sylpho Nathol as a sure disinfectant for waste pipes garbage cans and scrubbing. It advises adding a tablespoonful to the mop pail and claims government bulletins support its efficacy against disease.
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U.S
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