Draft age expanded draft bill moves through Congress
Both the Senate and House prepare to debate and vote on a manpower bill extending the draft age to 18 to 45. The House committee closed hearings and plans a Thursday vote to defer 18 19 year olds until others are called. The measure aims to pass within a day, with sharp fights expected over work or fight and 18 19 year old deferment.
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U-Boat Man Attended N Y Show
Nantucket Mass August 20 A German submarine officer may have visited a New York theater August 8, a fisherman hears from a crew member aboard Lena A. The officer reportedly produced Broadway seat checks dated August 8. Corroboration comes from another island resident and fisherman. In France Mangin’s troops gain ground between the Aisne and Oise. They seize heights south of the Oise and drive Germans back toward the river. Prisoner counts and booty inventories rise as one corps reports 1,500 prisoners by noon.
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Caruso Marries Dorothy Park Benjamin in New York
Enrico Caruso obtained a license to wed Dorothy Park Benjamin, daughter of a New York patent attorney, and was married at Marble Collegiate Church in Fifth Avenue. Mrs Johns Keith served as matron of honor and Bruno Girata, the tenor's secretary, acted as best man. The couple will remain in New York.
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Weather Highlights Across States With Temperature and Rain Data
Ohio and Indiana through West Virginia enjoy fair weather on Wednesday and Thursday with rising temperatures along Lake Erie. The report lists station by station highs, lows, and precipitation, including Cincinnati August readings and a 1918 reference day, noting clear skies at noon and light winds from the southeast.
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British Tankers Shot Finishes a Sea Wolf
At an Atlantic port on August 20 a British tanker crew reported sinking a 400 foot U submarine in a battle last Friday. Chief Mate John Crosby, hospitalized with shock, described zigzag maneuvers and a twenty sixth shell strike that sent the U boat to drift broadside and sink.
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Ship Under Charter To Norwegian Govt Delays U-Boat Action
Captain H Thorbjornsen of the Norwegian steamer San Jose says the vessel was under charter to the Norwegian government when sunk by a German submarine off the North Atlantic coast. The U boat commander asked for the charter, but none was aboard though a letter showed the ship had been cleared.
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Czechs Take Railroad Center at Yekaterinburg Area
A Petrograd dispatch reports Sharingsk, key rail hub between Yekateringburg and Kurgan east of the Urals, fallen to Czecho-Slovak forces. Local Soviet officials were reportedly murdered by locals after the town’s capture.
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Big program worked out to aid the Czechs
Information from Washington indicates that arms and ammunition including heavy artillery are being sent to the Czecho-Slovaks in the Baikal region of Siberia. The assistance, part of a larger effort, aims to reestablish the eastern front and aid against German Austrian prisoners and Bolsheviks.
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Grain Cargo for Holland Sails on Nieuw Amsterdam
Washington August 20 The War Trade Board grants permission for the steamship Nieuw Amsterdam to carry 10 000 tons of cereals to Holland at the Dutch government’s urgent request An agreement provides that on its next trip the ship will carry cargo for the Belgian Relief Commission The 10 000 tons will nearly wipe out Holland’s 50 000 ton allocation and ensure grain until harvest Vessels for South America were also involved but German permission delay left that stock largely unused.
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Fonck Delivers Record Time Downing German Planes
Paris Aug 20 Lieutenant Rene Fonck the famed French aviator who shot down three German planes on August 14 accounted for all three in a record time of twenty seconds after escorting two patrolling machines. He attacked the first two in ten seconds each and finally brought down the fourth aircraft to join the pair. Fonck has 60 confirmed victories and is praised as France’s greatest air fighter since Guynemer at age 23.
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Eskimo Explorer Returns to Civili zation Plans U S Army Enlistment
Frederick Smithern, a fur trader who spent five years among Eskimos in Grant Land, arrived in Montreal and learned of a war. He will pass through Montreal today en route to New York and plans to enlist in the United States Army.
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Spain Maintains Neutrality Amid Submarine Tensions
Madrid reports General Jose Marina states the international situation causes no alarm for Spaniards. Spain's note to Berlin over the sinking of ships keeps a firm but cautious tone, while Madrid denies any threat to neutrality and delays public release of the note.
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Young Old Men Parade at Grand Army Encampment
Port land Oregon August 20 thousands of Civil War veterans parade to the martial music of fife and drum as the Grand Army of the Republic holds its national encampment. Soldiers sons in khaki march beside veterans with delegates by state Pacific Coast and Midwest districts represented. Women’s Relief Corps Civil War Nurses and Daughters of Veterans attend convention activities.
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U S Navy Bombs Ostend in Belgian Sub Base Campaign
London reports the American navy launched air strikes against German submarine bases in Flanders starting August 15 with Ostend targeted. Details are scant but the efforts are described as generally successful and the Americans praised for night bombing effectiveness.
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Strafe Attacked Italian American Naval Air Station
News from London reports that a U S naval air station in Italy was attacked by a sizable enemy air force. More than a dozen heavy bombs were dropped but caused no damage as American aircraft and anti air defenses repelled the attack.
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British and French Forces Advance on Front Lines
British units push east of Arras near Fampoux and seize Vierhoek La Couronne north of Merville while reaching L Epinette along the Lys. Mangin’s French attack from Fontenoy to Pimprez gains one to two and a half miles as prisoners accumulate. German resistence remains strong with heavy artillery and gas in ravines, but French aviators harass the enemy and report progress.
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Experts To Be Employed To Draft New Revenue Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee concluded an all day session on the $8 billion revenue bill but failed to settle income and excess profits tax schedules. Chairman Kitchin said the bill’s total would not be challenged. a board will draft legislative matters with two members appointed by the Speaker and the President.
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Mangin Offensive Thwarts German Attack at Front
General Mangin's forces advanced three miles, taking the deepest gains to date. French troops seized two of Cuts, northwest of Blérancourt, and crossed the first German line along a fifteen mile front from Fontenoy to Pimprez on the Oise. Several thousand prisoners were reported captured before noon, despite vigorous German resistance.
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French Forces Advance East of Oise. 8000 Captured Reported
Paris August 20 The French forces fighting east of the Oise along about fifteen and a half miles have advanced to an average depth and authorities claim as many as eight thousand enemy soldiers captured in the operations.
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