Sinking of Gloucester schooner reported near Maine
Survivors recount the blast that sank the Gloucester fishing schooner Robert and Richard about 65 miles southeast of Cape Fortoise with 22 aboard, as a German sub struck while near Cache banks. The attack followed naval bomb hesitation and widening Allied offensives across northern France.
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Kennebumeport
Maine
SU Es Soaereenssttersamt
Robert
Richard
Cache Banks
Cape Fortoise
Orléans
Allies drive gains on Aisne Marne front despite fierce German resistance
Paris dispatches report French and American troops advancing along the Aisne Marne front with captures of villages and 1,800 plus prisoners. Allied forces push from the Marne toward Chateau Thierry and Rheims while British, French, and American units press south of Soissons and halt German counterattacks near Montdidier.
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Associated Press
Sol
Aona
Rheime
Marne
Rheims
Amiens
Boissons
Avre
Ixteen
Fereen Tardenois
Qureq
Armetieres
Colney
Chateau Thierry
London
Montdidier
Saurvillers
Aubvilleys
Mailly-Raloeva
Soissons-Rhelma
Soissons-Rheims
Soissone
Chateau-Thierry Boissons
Editorial asks who killed civilians at sea and the Prosian menace
The piece questions responsibility for the killings of women and children on barges off coasts and denounces a world plagued by a general hell. It points readers to an editorial page with an up-to-date sketch of Mackenson and the third in a series outlining the Prosian threat.
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Europe
von Macken
Aketoh
Mackenson
Hadow-Child
Burleson Placed In Charge Of Nation's Communication Systems
President Wilson announces government takeover of the nations telephone telegraph and wireless networks with July 31 as the effective date. The navy already controls cables via censorship, and Burleson will oversee wire communications with a three member committee handling administration and finances.
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Burleson
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Navy
Fastmaster
John L.keons
David 4. Lewis
Maryland
Tariff Commission
William H. Lamar
Post Office
House Ways and Means Proposes Eighteen Percent Corporate Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively agreed to raise the normal corporate tax to 18 percent with 12 percent on income distributed to shareholders. The plan aims to reduce large corporate surpluses and shift funds toward income subject to individual surtax. Present rate is 4 percent.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Berlin claims repulse of Allied attack on Marne points
German official statement reports British attacks at many points on the Aisne Marne front repulsed. It notes a general slackening of fighting, claims 62 Allied aircraft shot down yesterday, and cites focal engagements on the Avre’s western bank near Boissons and Reims.
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Berlin
Marne
London
Aisne-Marne
Avre
Boissons
Rheims
Belgian Relief Ship Seen Towed Along Atlantic Coast
An Atlantic port reports a large four masted Belgian relief steamer in tow by the wrecking ship Reaplute heading south. The vessel, bearing the faded inscription Relief Ship, appears to be the damaged liner from a previous Atlantic incident en route to another port for repairs.
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Atlantic Coast
Atlantic
Reaplute
Athantic
Weather Outlook for Wyoming Shows Cooler Wednesday
The Wyoming weather forecast calls for showers and a noticeably cooler Wednesday with unseasonably low temperatures tonight. Thursday brings a fall in conditions followed by a rise in temperatures Thursday afternoon in the northern portion of the state.
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Wyoming
Viata
Shockley in His Stutz Dominates Frontier Park Auto Events
Clarence Shockley of Casper Wyoming drove his Stutz to victory in all seven races at Frontier Park yesterday. He set a one mile time of 68 seconds and led from start to finish in the five mile race, while rivals Brinker Peterson Hanks and others contested for top spots. An early accident involving O Brien in a Chevrolet added excitement, but he escaped injury and returned for the 25 mile finale. About 2000 spectators witnessed Weather showers dust the track aiding visibility and spectator enjoyment.
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Clarence Shockley
Casper
Wyoming
Frontier Park
Beifg
O'Brien
Ale Chevrolet
Geo
Walker
Denver
Frontier Cave
T. Joe Cahill
Shockley
Brinker
Mercer
Peterson
Hudson
Ford
Hanks
Cheyenne
Arien
Field Clymer
Greeley
Jack Greene
Bakersfield
California
Clymer
Greene
Kroeger
Loveland
Davis
Brinker Johin Morearhird
Hawke
Pac
Phi
Masa
Secu
Chevrolet
Peterton
Advent of Mormon Pioneers Mark Utah Birthday Observance
Utah citizens celebrate the advent of Mormon pioneers to Salt Lake Valley on July 23. Patriotic exercises were planned in the Salt Lake tabernacle as Brigham Young’s party reached the valley after entering via Migration Canyon. The 24th of July is observed as Utah’s natal day and first church services are noted as the state’s early Christian gathering.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Todes
Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Brigham Young
Emigration Canyon
Yen Apevert
Young
Pione
Prisoners claim coerced actions with pistols at gunpoint
North of Chateau Thierry on the Aisne Marne front, American artillery pressed the enemy and captured prisoners who say they were forced into action by officers armed with pistols. A village in the region fell to American fire, and the enemy was driven into the open where heavy punishment followed.
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
Jaulgonne
Rheims
Veale
London
Basancy
Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Americans Snd
Plan to Make Labor Day a Day of Ships Approved
In Washington on July 23, Emergency Fleet Corporation director general Charles M. Behwab discussed the plan with yard workers and read a letter showing keen interest in making Labor Day a second great shipbuilding day as part of the shipbuilding program.
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Associated Preasi
Washington, TC
Paci
Woast
Charles M. Behwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
He Wen
Hin
Purwajdeut
War Dispatches From Midnight Newsroom Pane Eight
Associated Press dispatches report fresh hot war news arriving since midnight. Alarming developments dominate the pane with updates on fronts, casualties, and shifting positions as the conflict unfolds.
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Associated Press
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