Front as Allies Break Through on Flanders Front
Allied forces drive to push German lines back from Ypres to the Vesle front. French and American troops advance near Soissons and Rheims as German retreat accelerates toward the Aisne. British rebound recaptures towns from Ypres to Lens as operations unfold across a widening front.
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Rims
Flanders
Champagne
Marshall Foch
Artois
Pilcardy
Vesle
Soissons
Rheims
Aisne
Noyon
Boissons-Rheims
Veale
Tehol Salient
Vesse
Chemin Dames
Peronne
Hag
St. Quentin
Cambra
Lle
American forces strength growth in Allied advance
General March announced over 1,600,000 American troops embarked for all fronts by August 31. The dispatch includes American shipments to Italy and Siberia, with Major General Gray arriving at Vladivostok with nearly 1,400 men. British forces advanced fourteen miles since August 21 as the Cambrai pivot near Poix-Cambrai fell back.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sept
March
Marshal Foch
Italy
Siberia
Gray
Vladivostok
United States
France
Géneral March
General March
Ponal-Cambrai
Cambrai
50 000 Suspects Rounded Up in Slacker Hunt
New York reports during the first two days of a government sweep about 60 000 young men were arrested, with roughly 2 800 draft evaders inducted into the army or held for punishment. San Francisco notes a defense council denial of funds for a Soldiers and Sailors News, urging home town papers instead. Rome says Austrians abandoned harvest at Piave as retreat forced Italians to reap grain planted by the invaders.
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Aseociated
New York
Charles de Woody
Department of Justice
San Francisco
State Council of Defense
Patriotic Preas Association
Solders and Sailors News
Rome
Piave
Head of Trans Atlantic Co. Bagged as German Backing Revealed
New York report states Richard Wagner head of the American Trans Atlantic Co was seized by the Alien Property Custodian on grounds of German ownership. Investigators say the fleet of eleven ships was funded by German sources and used to aid German interests despite claims of American ownership. Wagner allegedly misrepresented true ownership and offered rewards to prove German backing.
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New York
American Trans-Atlantic Co
Shipping Board
Stars and Stripes
Richard Wagner
Francia P. Garvin
Garvin
Wagner
Bernstart
Alrod
Americans Break lines along Vesle River 20 Miles
American troops in pursuit of retreating Germans along the Vesle River report captures at Bazoches Peries Fismette and Dassieux with prisoners and machine guns. Pershing notes a general retirement as British forces advance along the Canal du Nord facing German resistance and destruction of bridges near Bourlon Wood.
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Vesle River
Associated Press
Washington
Vesle
Bazoches
Peries
Fismette
Dassieux
Pershing
War Department
Hindenburg Line
Biy
Plenty of Nurses for 5 000 000 Men Message From Authority
New York dispatch reports Miss Adelaide Nutting stating there will be enough nurses to treat sick and wounded and to serve an army of 6 000 000. She notes Surgeon General Gorgas called for 25 000 graduates by next January, 27 000 enrolled by Redross and 16 000 inducted into service.
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New York
America
Adelaide Nutting
Committee On National Defense
Gorgas
Redross
Great Relief Campaign Planned for Week of Nov 11
President Wilson asks seven welfare societies aiding American soldiers to unite for a joint fund drive during the week of November 11. The goal is 170 million dollars to support the YMCA, YWCA, national Catholic war council, Jewish welfare board, American library association, war camp community service, and the Salvation Army with specified allocations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Raymond Fosdick
Commission of Training Activities
People of America
M. Cc. A
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare Board
American Lbrary Association
Bolsheviks Ratify Brest-Litovek Addenda Sent To Berlin
Dispatches from Paris and New York describe the Bolshevik central committee approving supplementary Brest-Litovek terms and sending them to Berlin for German ratification. Berlin critic explains Rheims defends itself with two divisions of colonial troops, protected by deep cellars, gas clouds, and artillery shields, delaying any major assault.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Jevestia
Moscow
Central Executive Committee
Berlin
New York
Rheims
von Ardenne
Berlin Tageblatt
Italy to Send Men to Siberia
Rome reports Italy will deploy a regiment to join the allied Siberia expedition, with France supplying an equal force and the United States a brigade while Japan provides a division. If larger forces are required, Japan will furnish them. Italian troops, including Alpini, will land at Vladivostok.
Italians Split Up On Issue In Postwar Commission Row
Rome reports a central split in the socialist ranks over postwar commissions. Premier Orlando nominated several socialists, some accepted while others declined. Turati said he accepted to honor the government, drawing sharp reaction from Avanti and press criticism from Corriere della Sera and Giornale d’Italia as Turati faces a broader party crisis.
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Rome
Orlando
Signor Turat
The
Avanti
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Giornale d'Italia
Turin
Turail
Socialiat
Premiser Orlando
Movie Men Urged to Unite for Stronger Film Rules
Chicago reporters note the American Exhibitors Association endorses a strict federal law to regulate production and exhibition of motion pictures. The aims include protecting legitimate exhibitors and producers from sensational and moo r bid pictures and establishing fair treatment for all in the industry. A concurrent report mentions Allied forces in North Russia with Italian officers commanding a contingent landing near Archangel.
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Chicago
Archangel
Russia
White Sea
Strange and Pitiful Is Procession of Those Released from Mastery of Huns
Paris reports a moving scene near Ecourt St Quentin as 46 villagers—30 women—emerge from cellars to greet British troops. After years under German control since 1914 they walk shattered fields toward safety, some crying, others laughing, haunted by war yet free at last.
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Battlefeld
Ths
Light Casualties Reported in Flying Service Week
Two deaths caused by accidents at flying fields in the United States are reported for the week ending August 31. This equates to one fatality for every 10 347 flights or 0 760 miles of air travel.
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Washington
Ept
Weather Forecast Preview For Thursday And Friday
The forecast calls for fair weather with a slowly rising temperature Thursday. Friday remains fair with continued mild conditions and light winds.
Voluntary Enlistment Wiped Out By Crowder Order
Washington Sept 4 voluntary enlistment for the army not authorized by act of congress has been discontinued General March ordered recruiting stations closed and enlistments redirected to draft processing Men 19 to 36 will be compelled into service unless essential to industry The man power bill aims to spare industry while mobilizing drafting machinery and a 100 day registration effort is planned to classify labor and assign men to posts to prevent production losses
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Army
Actly
Congress
Marrh
March
Washington, D.C
Crowder
England
Nit
Staten Department of Labor
General Crowder
Philipip Prankfore Jer
Harvard
U. & Labor Poline Board
Charles Neave
New York
Atorney
Frankurters
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