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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
2
Brief survey of national events highlighting ongoing wartime developments and congressional actions. Compiled notes cover military moves, policy debates, and legislative activity shaping the nation's course on the home front.
American troops fought hard at Sergy and retained control after multiple changes of hands. French forces captured Grand Rozoy and nearby heights while advancing toward the Oureq. Fere-en-Tardenois fell to Allied forces, with the front moving about two miles overall. The German crown prince reportedly exhausted 65 divisions. only limited fresh units remained for a renewed attack.
The administration backs a loan to China led by American, British, Japanese and French bankers. Senate girds for fights over draft law reforms and volunteer enlistments. The Ways and Means Committee favors heavy war profits taxes and higher insurance taxes as shipbuilding progresses with 118 yards active. Crowder orders draft boards to stop releasing Class 11 men to naval service.
Federal authorities seized Heyden Chemical Works at Garfield New Jersey on charge of being enemy property. The Ways and Means Committee proposed exemptions for men in uniform from railroad desportation. Lieutenant Transal set a record flying from Philadelphia to Belmont Park in 42 minutes. The White House plans sections and tears on behalf of Thomas Mooney.
The Western Union in New York pleaded not guilty to indictments charging the sending of night wire letters by messengers on trains. A farmers market started six weeks ago by women at Woodbury New Jersey is reported a success by the agriculture department. Bruno Opperman, an alien enemy, was arrested on his farm at Englishtown New Jersey on suspicion of signaling submarines off the Jersey coast. Brent Dow Allinson, a Chicago slacker, was sentenced to 15 years at the federal prison in Rockford TI. A man posing as a peddler caused a parade in Glen Cove New York to feature banners likenesses of the poke, a flagrant German bid for peace. Oyster Bay residents obtained from a householder a picture of the Kaiser presented to Theodore Roosevelt which was demolished when a seaman stepped on it.
Forces break through at Bligny Ville en-Tardenois Cierges and Villers-Agron while Epieds Trugay hostilities intensify. Thirty percent of enlistees are under twenty one, prompting talk of lowering the draft age. Crown Prince army encircled as Marines sustain heavy losses and officers sacrifice in fierce fighting.
Ban Johnson asks American League clubs to end the championship season on August 20 to allow a world series before September 1. Newton D. Baker extends the work or fight deadline to September 1 for players, rejecting an owners' October 1 extension. Gene Paulette is highlighted as a versatile St. Louis American roster asset. Jack Dempsey knocks out Fred Fulton in 18 35 seconds at Harrison Park Newark. William wins the Columbus Grand Circuit free for all pace heat in 12504.
The report cites measures in various nations as postwar control and alliances shift. Japanese loan of 50 million is noted. German figures Van Praneco is retired. Hulton Ferich heads German Russia relations. Finnish unrone seeks coronation. Swiss labor tensions rise. Abalak monastery shelters Romanov family.
President Wilson denounces mob violence and lynching as a betrayal of democracy. He urges Americans to respect lawful authority, uphold justice, and defend the nation’s law and liberty both at home and in war.
The Siberian government announced on July 12 that Japan granted a loan of 250 million dollars to help form a strong Siberian army. In return, Siberia agrees to supply Japanese troops with provisions. Negotiations with America are also reported.
Austria-Hungary faces its greatest food shortage in its history with rising bread shortages in Prague and Vienna. Socialist leaders urge work stoppages as authorities fail to secure food from Russia. Death rates rise, especially among children, amid rioting in bakery districts.
Washington Secretary of War Baker ruled that baseball must continue under the work or fight order, allowing a modified schedule for major leagues. The decision means the World Series must be completed before September 1 this year.
Copenhagen reports severed ties between Germany and Turkey over spoils. London says 250 American warships are on duty in European waters with more to come. Rome notes King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has left the country for health. Washington says $5 million is allocated to aid drought and winter-killed farmers. Garfield New Jersey reports Heyden Chemical Works acquired as an enemy concern.
American forces halted the Prussian Guards in furious fighting around Fere en Tardenois and Sergy near the Marne salient. French and American troops pushed the line toward Rozoy while Germans burned villages and retreated toward the Vesle, with heavy losses reported on both sides.
Washington reports American trained combatant troops arriving from France to Italy. The War Department has not released numbers or deployment sites. General March also announced two more American army corps the Fourth and Fifth led by Maj. Gen. Reed and Maj. Gen. Bundy. He noted the Aisne Marne front drive pushed the Germans back 11 miles and shortened the Allied line by 10 miles.
The Austrian lower house rejected a Czech League resolution for immediate peace without annexations. Scottish troops at Buzancy near Soissons seized and held new positions, taking 200 prisoners. Allied attacks along the east wing pushed German resistance back toward Ville-en-Tardenois as Foch’s army contemplates a breakthrough toward Fismes.
American and French troops crossed the Oureq river and entered Fere en Tardenois as cavalry led the advance and tanks protected infantry. Germans retreat toward the Vesle river with Ludendorff preparing a stand. The line along the Soissons Rheims salient moved forward up to five miles as artillery fire intensified and Sergy and surrounding villages fell to the assault.
Washington reports the coal output for the current year trails the target by 8,912,500 tons while week ending July 20 shows 12,900,4000 tons in bituminous fields. The peak week was July 13 with 13,273,000 tons, and over the last six weeks excluding July 4 six working days, weekly production stayed above 12,000,000 tons.
Washington reports a national war labor recruiting drive will start August 1 through the United States employment service. About 500,000 unskilled workers are needed by factories nationwide as factory demand surges before private recruitment begins after August 1.
Washington reports a military censorship ruling that books and periodicals may be sent to American prisoners of war in Germany only if ordered and dispatched through the publishers. The measure aims to prevent secret information from leaking to Germany.
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