French Commander Praises American Heroic Role in France
General Magin thanks American troops in an official Allied order of the day for their brilliant participation in the Soissons drive between the Marne and the Aisne. He commends officers and enlisted men for dash and tenacity that repelled counterattacks and secured victory, noting 7,200 prisoners and vast booty as the fruits of the success.
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Associated Press
Maggin
Soissons
Marne
Aisne
Lloyd George lauds Allied efforts in Commons speech
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George reviews the war, praising the Solason Rheims front progress, submarine destruction, and American participation. He calls Marshal Foch’s counteroffensive the most brilliant in war history and asserts the Royal Navy guards all world trade routes.
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London
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Solasons- Rheims
Marshal Foch
Lloyd George
Counells
British Allied Drive Advances in Flanders and Montdidier Fronts
British forces pushed nearly five miles on a front between the Lawe and Clarence rivers with a depth around 1000 yards in Flanders, while French and American troops continued progress near Rheims and Soissons. Reports indicate gains may influence the broader northern offensive and rail line control.
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Associated Press
London
Lawe
Clarence Rivers
Flanders
Saissona-Rheims
Montdidier
Chey Salgone
Vesla
Saissons and
Rheims
Lys
la Bassee
Clar
Vienna paper says Germany has lost hope in war
The Arbeiter Zeitung in Vienna argues that Allied gains from the recent French offensives before American arrival doom Germany’s chance of a decisive military victory. It notes the offensives shattered German hopes and morale, diminishing Ludendorff and Hindenburg’s leaders.
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Germany
Associated Press
Zurich
Switzerland
Arbeiter Zeitung
Amiens
Paria
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Denver Votes to Take Over Water System
Denver voters authorize 13.97 million dollar bond issue to buy the Denver Union Water system and approve a charter amendment creating a city board to oversee the transfer. City and county officials anticipate completing the transfer after necessary legal formalities.
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Denver
Denver Union Water Company
Board of Footton
Storm Blows Down Most Hangars at Gerstner Camp
Lake Charles La Aug 7 Tropical storm demolishes 22 of 24 hangars at Camp Gerstner aviation field wrecking many planes. Food and supplies arrive for 1,200 men while no fatalities at the school are reported though five people are killed in Lake Charles including two white women, two black men and a black girl.
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Lake. Charles
Camp Gerstner Aviation Field
Elington Field
Houston
Lake Charlés
Fulton quits boxing after war to take local job
Fred Fulton, heavyweight boxer, announces in Minneapolis that he has quit the prize ring after the war. He will work as a plowman and helper on a local farm and seeks civilian work following his boxing career.
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Fred Fulton
Minneapolis
Minn
Dover
Prise Ring
Medals Awarded to Red Cross Ambulance Men at Piave
Twenty two American Red Cross ambulance men received the Italian war cross of merit for their work during the Piave fighting. Thirty nine Red Cross men had received decorations previously.
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Associated Press
Washington
Red Cross Ambulance
The
Piave
Red Cross
Madoo in Favor Flat 80 Percent War Profits Tax
Secretary W M McAdoo declares support for an 80 percent flat war profits tax and opposes raising existing excess profits tax rates, saying the plan would reduce need for higher interest rate moves on Liberty Bonds.
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MADOO
Associated Preas
Chicago
Willam G. MéAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Foch Poised to Deliver Key US Force in 1919
Washington reports a plan to double American strength in Europe, with about three million troops in France by spring and two million more at home under a unified Allied strategy. The move aims to shorten the war and capitalize on recent Allied success along the Marne line.
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Associated Press
Washington
Focd
Lie Anne- Marne
Foch
March
War Department
Paris
United States
Rheims
America
Fas
France
Miners Walk Out in Idaho Strike Fails to Meet Hopes
Seven hundred workers at Mullane and Morning Gold Hunter mines in Wallace Idaho walked out seeking a shorter workday and semi monthly pay days. The strike, ordered yesterday, did not attract as many participants as leaders predicted and officials fear the walkout may end soon. Tensions remain high between miners and management amid accusations of laziness and threats of enforcing strict work rules.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mullane
Weather and Liberty Loan Talk Mix in Wyoming
Wyoming forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer Thursday with cooler conditions Friday. McAdoo speaks at Hollowent OG on the next Liberty Loan, arguing for a stable four and a quarter percent interest rate to avoid raising rates and burdening the American people.
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Hollowent
McAdoo
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