German submarine raids Cape Cod tug and barges
A German U boat attacked the tug Perth Amboy and four barges off Orleans Massachusetts. The tug burned to the waterline and the barges Lansford No 766 No 403 and No 740 were sunk. Three sailors were wounded including Austrian crewmen. U boats planes attacked but all shots missed. A child waved an American flag from the Lansford as the flotilla fled to shore.
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Associated Press
Orleans
Mass
Perth Ammboy
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Cape Cod
Lansford
No. 766
Gloucester
New York
Charles Ainslie
John Bolovich
John Vitz
Bolovich
Vitz
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Ainslie
J. Danforth Taylor
Cape
Arlington
J. B. King
J. H. Stapeley
Jack Ainslie
Captain Ainslie
Ohio and Midwest Weather Outlook and Daily Climate Chart
Fair and warmer conditions in Ohio and Indiana with showers possible later. Kentucky and West Virginia expect fair and warmer conditions, while Montana shorthand and several city readings follow with posted high and low temperatures and precipitation notes for July 21, 1918. Continuous data show St Louis 88 to 94, Spokane 76 to 78, Portland 82, Montreal 78 to 86, Chicago and Cincinnati cooling trends, and a clouded, misty day with light rain in places.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
St. Louis
Denver
Spokane
Beattie Ee Ensis
Portland
Montreal
Jacksonville
Pittsburg
Chattanooga
Chicago
Cincinnati
S.E
British munitions workers threaten strike over embargo
London July 21 The Ministry of Munitions disclosed a mass Birmingham meeting resolved to strike Wednesday unless the skilled labor embargo is lifted. Coventry officials courted talks on restrictions and a national conference to review skilled labor use, while the ministry refused to discuss the embargo policy though open to negotiations on better utilization. An appeal urged workers to stay at their posts on patriotic grounds, warning the strike would threaten state policy during wartime.
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Associated Press
London
Ministry of Munitions
Birmingham
Ministry of Labor
Coventry
Altho
Thirteen Die In Trolley Wreck Near Chelsea
Jackson Michigan July 21 report says the interurban crash on the Detroit United lines one mile west of Chelsea left thirteen dead and at least thirty five injured. Motormen Charles Fisk of Jackson and C D Taylor of Detroit are hospitalized with minor injuries. Officials conduct a preliminary probe into the cause as ten victims are identified and some hospital patients remain unrecovered.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Mich
Washtenaw County
Chelsea
Detroit United
Ann Arbor
Charles A. Fisk
Jackson
C. D. Taylor
Detroit
Limited
Pershing's Indians Made Name for Selves in Mexico
Indian scouts from the White Mountain Reservation in Arizona joined General Pershing's 1916 expedition into Mexico after Francisco Villa. The Apache unit trekked to Holbrook to receive uniforms, served in Mexico trailing bandits and engaging them, and later joined Pershing in France. They earned praise, earned regalia like eagle insignia from Mexican dollars, and received lasting awe from troops.
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Pershing’s
Selves
Mexico
Associated Press
HL Paso
Tex
Maine
White Mountain
Arizona
Chihuahua
Geronimo
General Pershing
Francisco Villa
Villa
Columbus
N. M
Ft. Apache
Ariz
Santa Fe
Holbrook
Robert Howsee
France
Pershing
July Draft Quotas Arrive at Camp Sherman
Draft quotas for the July movement of white draftees to Camp Sherman are assigned. Five thousand Ohio men will report from various counties with daily arrivals through Friday. Detailed county and city quotas include Fayette 22, Highland 6, Columbus 463, Marion 151, Steubenville 171, and many others.
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Camp Sherman
Associated Press
Chillicothe
Ohio
Fayette County
Highland
Jackson
Morgan
Perry
Richland
Knox
Licking
Newark
Fairfield
Carroll
Defiance
Williams
Paulding
van Wert
Mercer
Darke
Premier von Seydler and Cabinet Resign in Austria
Amsterdam date July 22 reports Dr. von Seydler the Austrian Premier and his Cabinet have resigned. Private Vienna advices reach Sunday's Berliner Tageblatt. Reichsrat circles expect the Emperor to accept the resignation this time.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
von Seydler
Vienna
Reichsrat
Scottish Troops Capture Meteren in Broad Daylight
British forces in France report Scottish battalions attacked Meteren at 8 oclock, surprising a Weary German garrison in shell holes. Prussian prisoners call the victory unfair, saying the town was taken by a daylight assault and a deception.
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Associated Press
France
Meteren
Bailleul
Washington watches for flanking moves near Rheims in WWI push
Washington officials and War Department leaders monitor press lines for signs General Foch may execute new flank operations from the Rheims area to disrupt German withdrawals at Chateau Thierry and the Marne. Reports say Franco American forces advance on the Aisne Marne front while German losses mount.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Foch
Rheims
March
Baker
War Department
Aisne-Marne
Keystone Hit Forces French Retreat As Allied Spearhead Breaks Line
American troops and allies breach German defenses along the Marne region thrusting three miles into enemy lines. Aviators bomb bridges cutting off two German regiments while French positions retreat under extreme pressure.
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Marne
Allied forces push German line five miles west and three south
In France on July 21 Allied and Franco American troops pressed the German front south of the Marne. The German retreat continued as French troops advanced from the west and the allies reached a line near La Croix Griselles and Epieds, signaling significant progress.
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Associated Press
France
Rver
Marne
la Croix
Griselles
Epieds
Reason Why Soissons Didn't Fall
Paris July 21 Major De Civireux critic explains the delay in occupying Soissons. He argues holding the city and railway stations from the eastern heights under artillery fire is wiser than a rapid capture, since a sweeping eastward move could expose the left flank to German attack along the Aisne.
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Associated Press
Paris
Soissons
Major de Civireux
Mill
Aisne
French Forces Break German Hold at Chateau Thierry
French American and British troops drove German forces from Chateau Thierry in a rapid retreat toward the Marne. Allied artillery maintained heavy fire, with an American battery firing 72 hours to bar pontoon crossings, while aviators reported massing German troops and aided artillery targeting as the western flank advanced.
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Marne
Epernay
French Writer Praises American Troops in War Front Dispatch
Paris dispatch quotes Lieutenant Entraygues describing American soldiers in the opening counter offensive. He praises their physique courage and dash as they crossed rivers and charged German lines, saying the sight showed what the American army can do and would console mothers of fallen French soldiers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Entraygues
The
Temps
France
Americans Break German Lines Near Chateau Thierry
The French and Americans pierced German lines northwest of Chateau Thierry on July 21 at 1 p.m. advancing the spearhead northeast by up to five kilometres. Allied forces captured prisoners including three officers and two German 7% discs as the breakthrough continued.
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Associated Press
Marne
Chateau Thierry
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Joey
Eis
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Chatham
Spencer S. Wood
First Naval District
Witz
Nauset Harbor
Ansford
Rheishiss
Hans’ Keystone
Fce
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