Allies press in on Somme front as German lines crumble
Reports from London describe heavy German losses and desperate resistance as American, French, and British forces push along the Somme toward Peronne. Allies seize Gury near Lassigny and cut the Roye to Complezne railway, with 40,000 German prisoners and many guns taken.
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Marshal Foch
Vicardy
Somme
Peronne
Bray
Proyart
Chivannes
Roye
Lassigny
Neyon
von Hutier
Avre
Gury
Tes Lopes
Chiulnes
Complezne
Marne
Lusitania Assassin Dead Commander of Submarine
German admiralty confirms Lieutenant Commander Luchsweger, who commanded the submarine that sank the Lusitania, died in September 1917. Reports recount U-boat incidents near Helgoland with a mysterious mine field and the loss of the U-boat U8.
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London
Lchwieger
Semvejeger
US8
Helgoland
British and German Naval Actions Vary in Early War Moves
Reports detail a German submarine attack on Smiths Island lighthouse near North Carolina using gas, with six coast guards overcome and gas effective for 40 minutes. U boats sunk off Virginia, British reserves mobilized, and Allied forces pressing on the Somme with American and British troops seizing Marlancourt and Chepilly spur amid heavy fighting.
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Smith's Island
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Virginia
Sir Auckland Geddes
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
America
Chaulnés
Ancre
Somme
Marlancourt
Chepilly
Allies Still Smash On Paris Front As War Rages
Allied forces press attacks across the Picardy front while British units repulse German counterstorms on the northern sector. Paris reports heavy French gains between the Avre and the Oise with advances to depths of two and a half miles and growing prisoner tallies amid rising captured material.
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London
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Oise
Nesle
Chaulnes
Berlin
Ancre
Aisne
Ose
Soissons-Rheims
Lidendorff
Mount Kemmel
Ypres
Cattle Dumped on Market Amid Texan Drought Slump
Cattle are slaughtered for canners and brood stock dumped on the market as drought drives heavy supply of lighter beef in Texas. Packers cut prices about 25 percent because the market is eluted. Excess cattle of unsuitable weight flood markets.
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Texas
Washington
Temperance Edict Ends Liquor Service on Railroads
The Office of the Director General of Railroads in Washington issues an August 12 1978 order halting sale of liquor and intoxicants in all dining cars restaurants and railroad stations under federal control. W G McAdoo signs as Director General of Railroads.
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McAdoo
Washington
United States Railroad Administration
W. G. McAdoo
Marriage automatic cause for draft deferred class, Baker says
Secretary Baker indicated that marriage will automatically trigger deferred classification in the draft as regulations are prepared to govern the expanding age limits to forty five. He noted the need to avoid breaking up family life and questioned whether heads of families should be required to declare deferred status on dependency grounds.
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Washington
Baker
War Department
Celal
World News In Condensed Form From The Front
Eight hundred agencies barred from taking contracts for unskilled labor at war plants by government order. German generals dismissed for neglect near Montdidier and soldiers court martialed at St Quentin for high treason. Bolshevik rule faltering in Moscow as ambassador Lenine Trotzky flee the city. United States forms first field army in response to German threats, troops average age twenty two. McAdoo insists on a straight 0 percent war profits tax in clash with Kitchin.
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London
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St. Quentin
Moscow
Lenine
Trotzky
Psvok
Paris
United States
Washington
McAdoo
Kitchin
Chairan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Red War Question Sweetened Allies From Archangel to Siberia
Washington reports Lenine has declared war between Russia and the Entente and Russia would be in armed neutrality. An Archangel cabinet member emerges as a possible minister. British reps promise aid to Russia to ward off Germany. Japan assigns General Otani to Siberian expedition, with Major General Graves from the United States to sit on the allied command council.
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Washington
Moscow
State Department
Lenine
Russia
Tehueherin
Russi
Lemme
Trussia
North
Archangel
Francis
Vladivostok
Murmansk
Germany
Japan
Kikuzo Otani
Siberia
William S. Graves
Prohibition On Help Wanted Ads In War Industries
Labor department bans recruitment ads for common labor by newspapers for employers in war work with 100 plus employees. Railroads excluded. Advertisers bear responsibility. newspapers must screen prohibited notices.
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United States
Washington
Department of Labor
New Liberty Bonds Hit Record High in Early Trading
Liberty bonds opened strong on the New York Exchange with the first issue reaching 100.06, surpassing its prior high of 100.03 from October 1917. Earlier lows this January stood around 67, and other Liberty issues traded slightly above Saturday's close.
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Exchange
New York
Amiens Treasures Safe After Six Months' Occupancy
Amiens is restored to safety and civilians return for the first time since evacuation in March. The city holds millions in untouched treasures, reportedly safeguarded by a provost marshal sign last April warning that soldiers who loot will be shot.
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London
Amiens
State Highways Aid Railroads in War Freight Plan
The Highway Transport Committee of the State Defense Council in Albany outlined plans to use New York highways to support rail and water transport amid heavy wartime freight demand. The plan adds rural express lines and district representatives, aiming to curb railroad limits and conserve gasoline, tires, and steel. The dialogue stressed economy, potential government overreach on vehicle use, and the need to strengthen rural and urban highway networks to meet fall and winter shipping needs.
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New York State
Highways Transport Committee
State Defense Council
Chamber of Commerce
Council of National Defense
Washington
New York
Peter G. Ten Eyck
Turo
Raymond Beck
National Committee
Joseph Huson
Commercal
Rural Motors Express
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Guilderland Center
Ten Eyck
Senate
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