Yanks Capture 8400 Germans as French Aid Trap
War Review notes German retreat accelerated by Allied pursuit along the Vesle and Aisne. Pershing reports 8400 prisoners and 483 killed, with Tag of Fismes and crossings of the Vesle aiding the advance. French and British pressure drives Bavarian forces back near Amiens and Albert as Italian front sees renewed actions.
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Vesle
Rheims
Paris
General Pershing
Fismes
Germany
Soissons
Rhetins
Garhering
Freshet
la Neueiliette
Nhelms
Soissons- Rheims Salient
Amiens
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Montficier
Avre
Albert
Ancre
Lne
Government control extends amid midsummer trade review
Bradstreets Trade Review from Billings on August 1 notes government control expanding and civilian business strong for midsummer while war essentials stay active. Non essentials curtailed by fuel labor and supply shortages. Crop prospects improve though uneven. Labor restless, earnings above prewar levels. Record livestock prices and tight money as crops move, calling for funding.
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Bradstreets
Billings
Canadian troops on French battlefields reach four hundred eighty thousand
Seattle report quotes Colonel Ernest J. Chambers, Canadian chief press censor, estimating 480,000 Canadian soldiers sent to French and Belgian battlefields. He notes the war has been costly but the Canadian spirit remains unshaken.
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Seattle
Wash
Ernest J. Chambers
Chambers
Canada
United States and Japan Plan Aid to Russia in Siberia
Washington reports that the United States and Japan will send a few thousand troops each to Vladivostok to support the Czecho Slovak Army and protect allied advances while avoiding interference with Russia. The move aims to aid democratic development without intruding on Russia’s sovereignty. The plan secures allied assent, driven by President Wilson’s diplomacy.
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Washington
Russia
Siberia
United States
Japan
Vladivostok
Wilson
Draft ages 18 to 45 for new manpower program
Secretary Baker outlines a military manpower plan to draft 18 to 45 year olds into Class 1 to bolster the army against Germany. The bill allows the president to reorder calls by age, with married men and essential workers exempted in parts, and Baker says about 1,600,000 have already been drafted from Class 1.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Senate
House
Baker
Department
Germany
Mr. Baker
Government Takes Control of Telephone and Telegraph Lines
Washington August 1 The Post Office Department assumed possession control and supervision of the nations telegraph and telephone systems at midnight under a presidential proclamation. The operation continues through regular channels with firms and staff maintaining duties while facilities are coordinated for public and stockholder benefit.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Burleson
United States
Returned Soldiers Raid Vancouver Labor Temple
About 400 returned soldiers and officers raided Vancouver's labor temple in protest of the alleged killing of Albert Goodwin by a Dominion officer. They smashed in doors, tossed books and records into the street, forced two leaders to kiss the Union Jack, and demanded strike leaders call off the action within two hours or face expulsion. Police confined the rioters as the crowd moved to drill grounds and attempted to restart streetcar service, which was halted when power was cut.
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Vancouver
Nooh
Albert Goodwin
Dominion
W. R. Midgley
John Kavanagh
Trades Council
Federal auto tax proposal targets owners and fuel users
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee backed a graduated annual owner tax on automobiles from 10 to 60 dollars based on original retail price, with a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax and a $5 yearly motorcycle tax. Manufacturers face separate levies, and officials expect owners to bear most costs through higher prices.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Britons Maintain Air Supremacy With Naval Raids Across Europe
London reports a weekly air fighting review showing 70 enemy planes destroyed on the western front and 11 driven down out of control, with 27 British machines missing. On other fronts 18 enemy aircraft fell for two British losses. Offenburg Stuttgart Saaarbruecken and Baden each hit. Ostend Bruges Zeebrugge bombed in raids on German bases.
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London
Germany
Offenburg
Stuttgart
Saaarbruecken
Baden
Belgium
Ostend
Bruges Docks
Zeebrugge
Hog Island launches first cargo carrier at Philadelphia
The Hog Island shipyard in Philadelphia launched a 71 500 ton cargo carrier named the Quisteonek in a ceremony attended by Mrs Woodrow Wilson. Fifty ships are planned to be completed by year end as part of wartime production.
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Hog Island
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Ward
Woodrow Wilson
Austrian Workmen Die of Starvation Reported in Vienna
Washington dispatches say Austrian workmen dying of starvation sent delegates to a Vienna convention reporting a high death rate, epidemics, and no coal for winter. One delegate urged self help to relieve hunger amid government ineffectiveness.
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Vienna
Washington
Largest Pershing casualty list reported for yesterday
General Pershing's casualty list for yesterday totals 238 with 42 killed in action 48 died of wounds and 126 severely wounded. Private W R Davis of Ekalaka Montana previously listed as missing is now reported wounded. The War Department warns of even larger casualty lists due to recent severe fighting.
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Washington
Pershing
W. R. Davis
Ekalaka
Mont
War Department
Three U S Fishermen Torpedoed Off Nova Scotia Coast
Three American fishing schooners were sunk by German submarines off Seal Island in Yarmouth county on the Nova Scotia coast Saturday. Crews landed on the Nova Scotia coast Sunday. A submarine commander told an American skipper he had sunk more American schooners from Boston and Gloucester, but names and crew outcomes were not provided.
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U. S
Halifax
N. S
Seal Island
Yarmouth County
Nova Scotia
Boston
Gloucester
Commercial economy administration seeks thrift in business
Bar Music and Napkins Chicago August 5 reports a new state council of defense department aimed at cutting waste in hotels and restaurants. The under director Louis M. Sturmer leads the Commercial Economy Administration to promote thrift through paper napkins serve yourself stores and ending traveling salesmen.
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Chicago
State Council of Defense
Louis M. Sturme
Commercial Economy Administration
Steel for ships pledged to boost wartime output
Charles Prez, vice president of the United States Shipping Board, said the War Industries Board has promised the Emergency Fleet Corporation 50 000 tons of steel plates and 16 000 tons of steel shapes weekly for a year. This supplies a cushion of steel to maximize production across all shipyards and enables construction of about 10 500 000 tons of shipping annually.
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Philadelphia
Charles Prez
United States Shipping Board
War Industries Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
International Harvester Dissolved and Assets Sold
Under a government agreement federal court decrees ending the harvester trust are to be carried out immediately. The company’s appeal, pending at the Supreme Court since 1915, will be dismissed and an order issued for sale of machinery lines and plants in Auburn New York and Springfield Ohio.
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International Harvester
Washington
International Harvester Company
Harvester Trust
Supreme Court
Auburn
N. Y
Springfield
Ohio
Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy Helps Mitchell Mother
Mrs Pearl Monyhan of Mitchell Indiana says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased severe neuralgia during pregnancy and after three bottles she regained strength, could care for her home, and her seven month old baby weighed 19 pounds. She urges other expectant mothers to use the product. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co sources letters on health during maternity from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mitchell
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pearl Monyhan
Four Grandmothers Satisfy Boy With Fourfold Wish
A three year old visits grandmother and asks for a second piece of cake. Grandmother says one piece is enough. He asks if all grandmothers think that. He then tells his mother he wishes for four grandmothers to be present.
Watch Your Skin Improve With Cuticura Ointment
On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. For free sample address Cuticura Dept X Boston. At druggists and by mail Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50 Adv.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Local Artist Suffers Blanket Heist on Train
A well known Cleveland artist traveling from Columbus woke to a stolen blanket dragged from the bunk above him. He feared retaliation after a quarrel in the night, while the intruder avoided exposure and the train carried on.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Senator Sorghum Reflects on Campaign Play
In Nowise Playful a quip about quitting politics is answered as Senator Sorghum insists he never played politics and that entering a campaign left the other fellow without a chance to call it a game.
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Nowise
Senator Sorghum
Better Not Try
A man’s admiration for a woman is cited as a reason why she cannot be convinced he is crazy, highlighting social perception and judgment in relationships.
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