Allied Offensive Push Near Marne Front Intensifies
Troops from the Midwest and East drive forward the Allied line amid German retreats along the Soissons to Rheims salient. French American forces advance, while British and French units pressure the flanks near Hebuterne and Meteren. Ratification of draft treaties with Britain and Canada is reported at London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Soissons
Rheims
Fere
Ris
Epernay
Marne
Ourcq River
Fere-En-Tardenois
Aisne-Marne
Salient
United States
Great Britain
Canada
London
State Department
Suffragists Open Drive in Missouri for Woman Vote
The Missouri Suffrage League launches a campaign at Railway Exchange to win ratification of the suffrage amendment. Mrs. Walter McNabb Miller leads, aiming to record each congressional candidate's stance. A second HQ seeks signatures to demand Missouri senators back the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri Suffrage League
Missouri
Railway Exchange
Walter McNabb Miller
Columbia
Congress
State Assembly
J. Alex. Goodwin
Virginia M. Harriss
Sedalia Fair Tour Planned by St. Louis Auto Club
The South Side Auto Club of St. Louis plans a two day tour to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia leaving Sunday morning August 11 from St. Louis, stopping in Jefferson City at noon and returning home after two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Fair
Col. M. W. Carroll
Sedalia
Public libraries in Missouri tally by state officials
Missouri reports 119 public libraries and 200 traveling libraries in the state. Twenty five libraries are state and private institutions. Nineteen of the 125 libraries are in St Louis Kansas City and St Joseph. Public volumes include 487 336 in St Louis and substantial counts in Mercantile Kansas City Carthage Joplin Springfield Webster Groves and Missouri University with varied totals.
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Missouri
State Tax Commission
Elizabeth Wales
Missouri Library Commission
Miss Wales
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Public Library of
Mercantile Library
Carthage
Joplin
Springfield
Webster Groves
Missouri University
Embezzlement Complaint Filed Against Rice in Kansas City
George E. Rice of George E. Rice & Co. charged with embezzling 7500 dollars from his firm where he served as president. Hunt C. Moore filed the complaint. Rice appeared before a justice of the peace and was released on bond of 7500 dollars. The charge sworn by R P Woodbury, receiver for the Rice firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George E. Rice
George E. Rice & Co
Commission Merchants
Hunt C. Moore
Rice
R. P. Woodbury
Sedalia Doctor Appointed Medical Reserve Captain
Dr. E R Walker received a message from Adjt McCain Washington D C that he was appointed a captain in the medical reserve corps He immediately wired his acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
E. R. Walker
Adjt. McCain
Washington, D. C
Medical Reserve Corps
Campaign to inform on United States Employment Service
A nationwide drive outlined by J. B. Densmore aims to showcase the United States Employment Service to promote war production and curb labor poaching. W. W. Brown leads Missouri efforts with the Publicity Department of the Missouri Council of Defense led by Robert A. Glenn.
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United States Employment Service
J. B. Densmore
Missouri
W. W. Brown
Kansas City
Missouri Council of Defense
Robert A. Glenn
Densmore
Burleson Takes Over Wire Lines Under Post Office
Washington declares control of telegraph and telephone lines as of midnight under a special Postmaster General Burleson committee. Operations continue in the ordinary course with employees retained. aim is to coordinate services nationally while investigations gather facts before any changes.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Burleson
Koons
David J. Lewis
Tariff Commission
William H. Lamar
Post Office Deparment
United States
Telegraph and
Telegraph and Telephone Companies
German Field Marshal Von Eichhorn Wounded in Kiev Bomb
An official Kiev dispatch reports Field Marshal Von Eichhorn and his adjutant Captain Von Dressler wounded by a bomb while driving to headquarters from a casino. A later message stated both died that night. The Ukrainian capital confirms the deadly incident during the Ukraine campaign.
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Kiev
Amsterdam
von Eichorn
Ukraine
von Dressler
von Eichhorn
Baruch Threatens Takeover Of Yellow Pine Industry
Washington August 1 The War Industries Board may seize the southern yellow pine sector if supplies do not meet wartime shipbuilding needs. Emergency Fleet Corporation officials report delays as pine interests lag on required bets for construction.
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Washington
South
Baruch
War Industries Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Southern Yellow Pine
Our War Cost Greatest
Washington reports compare treasury figures with a new British financial statement to show that America's war costs are the highest.
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Washington
America
Treasury
Draft Call for 5 586 Men Impresses Crowder
Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a call to 5 586 men in Washington on August 1 as part of military draft mobilization efforts. The briefing notes emphasize rapid processing and deployment readiness for the assigned units.
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Washington
Marsal
Crowder
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Middle West
France
Flanders
Hebuterne
Meteren
House Ways and Means
Shipping Board
The
War Savings Organization
Brunt
Allinson
Grant
HD. Hemenway
National
Army
New York
George M. Rolph
International Sugar Committee
Atlantic
New Jersey
Ottumwa
Wilson
Phoenix
Ariz
George G. Kellar
Peoria
George C. Henderson
Arlington
Mass
Kelley Field
San Antonio
Tex
A. W. Bristow
New Franklin
J. Crenshaw
Mokane
Katy
Clifton City
Texas
William P. Hobby
James E. Ferguson
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works
Arkansas Water Company
Little Rock
Camp Pike
Vologda
Archangel
Kandalaska
M. Tchitcherin
Caucasus
Black Sea
Austria
Reichpost
John Biddle
United Kingdom
Order of the Bath
Sonora
Juan G. Cabral
Juan Medina
el Paso
Cabral
Medina
Omsk
Siberia
Reuter
Pekin
Germany
Turkey
Constantinople
Ea Ee Ae Corres- Company
Walter Miller
St. Louis County
J. H. Kinealy
Ferguson
Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri Supreme Court
Mary Perry
Board of Charities and Correction
Louis Bernstein
Jesse P. Smith
H. N. Morgan
J. M. McCully
Carl Zost
City Industrial School
Gov. Gardner
Congress of the
American Prison Association
W. R. Painter
Missouri Prison Board
G. R. Gilven
Franklin Wilson
Chillicothe
Charles A. Elwood
Henry Ness
J. O. Statman
Harvey C. Hoffman
Kansas
James
A. G. Blakey
Boys’ Industrial School
Boonville
United Railways
Wallace Crossley
Kiel
Board of Alderman
Public Service Commission
Federal Fuel Administration
Crossley
Morton Jourdan
Thomas M. Railroad Association
Board of Equalisa
Commission Merchant Short
Fulton
Callaway County Council of Defense
Gardner
Missouri Council’ of Defense
Tecre
Wire Lines
Postmaster General
Logal
Bemis Bro
Tage
Ices
the Live Tire
the Empire
Dea
Secur
Hodgson-Davis Grain
Board of Trade
Beral Commission Pai
American Butter CO
Walnut Street
American Millwo
T. American Sash & Door Co
Kansas City, Mo
Coates House
Broadway
Union Depot
W. H. Owens
Sam B. Campbell
A Tire Co., Inc
Grand Ave
Kansas “City
Our Boys
F. E. Gallup Mas
Baltimore Ave
Busin Men's Efficiency College
Walnut
Ady
Kansas City Securities
W.C. Sylvester
Carlisle Co
Xed Cars and Ton CO
Bopple Exchange
Feeders’ Supply Co
Eli
Ctr
Chas
Dixon Commission Co
Kansas City Stock Yard
Live Stock Exchange
Avs Dyer &C
Srakal
Rice Artificial Company
Main Street
Buckeye Grain bin
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