Russian Advances Across Galicia Press Infantry to Tarno Pol
Russian southern army drives across 280 mile front from the Romanian border to the Pripet marshes. They seize several fortified villages including Gliadki Voroblevsk Dabrof Dzena and Pokropivna and push toward Buczacz and Halicz threatening Lemberg defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Pripet
Tarnopol
Duczacz
Stripa
Tarnopol-Buczacz
Gorbachiev
Sakhar
Dniestér
Buczacz
Tialicz
Dniesiter
Lemberg
Kopropico
Halicz
Clobudkagurna
Folvarki
German Merchants Plan to Exclude Female Labor After War
The Hague report says German merchants' associations, with the National Clerks' Union and other commercial unions, will keep female labor out of offices and stores for at least six months after the war while fixing minimum wages for men returning from the front. This approach is viewed as prudent to meet postwar needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
National Clerks’ Union
Rotterdam to America Steamship Route Planned
Rotterdam plans a new steamship line to America using the former Greek steamer Macedonia able to carry 2,000 passengers and 6,000 tons freight. A Rotterdam company is negotiating its purchase and aims to start service soon, with the Macedonia as the initial vessel.
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America
Hague
London
Rotterdam
Materdam
Macedonia
Russians Draw Line Closer Near Lemberg Front
Russian forces press the Austrians back from the Stripa region as Maryampol falls. Letchitsky advances toward Balicz reducing the front to a near east west line. Russian generals receive a tally of 63,200 prisoners and 69 guns from last week’s operations.
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Lemberg
Carpathians
Pinsk
Kamienka
Mikolayoff
Stryj
Maryampol
Letchitsky
Oward Balicz
Epi ~Oach
The
Red
Scherbatchoff
Sakharoff
Entente offensives yield key gains on multiple fronts
Italian forces capture Gorizia near Trieste as part of a broad Entente assault. Austro German defense routed with heavy Italian casualties and 10,000 prisoners taken. Russian advances push toward Lemberg and Stanislau, widening the front as gains stretch along the Koropice and Nizimoff rail corridors.
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London
Austria
Gorizia
Trieste
Galicia
Lemberg
Stanislaus
France
Somme
Adriatic Sea
Rome
Letchitzkey
Stanislau
Tysmienitsa
Koropice
Velesnnovo
Nizimoff Monasterzyka
Halicez
War Updates from the Front Amid Shifting Austro Italian Moves
Reports say the Austrian fleet sailed from Trieste to an unnamed destination while Italian forces push east from Gorizia nearing Trieste. German sources claim von Bothmer’s army repelled several attacks as Russian forces suffer heavy losses in the Zborow region. Italian gains continue along the Isonzo near Corso Plateau and Hill 212, with trenches penetrated and prisoners taken. Petrograd notes a Turkish push on the Persian front but says a retreat near Lake Van was forced by Russian artillery. Berlin reports Russian counterattacks south of Brody defeated with losses.
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Hague
Jablonitza
Galicia
Petrograd
Bukowina
Zlota Lipa
Turin
Paris Petit Journal
Somme
Ancre
Trieste
Gorizia
von Bothmer
Zborow-wonuchy
Stripa
Brzezany
Potuory
Kozowa
Monasterzyska
Isonzo
Rome
Corso
Lake van
Armenia
Berlin
Brody
Big Navy Plan Passes House Authorizes 157 Ships
The House approved the Senate shipbuilding program by 283 to 51 and adopted a personnel amendment to raise Navy strength to 74,400. The plan calls for eight capital ships next year with four dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers and details the 157 new vessels and cost totaling about 588.2 million dollars with 110.7 million already allocated. Secretary Daniels praised the measure as a near perfect model for future navy legislation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Daniels
United States
25000 Militia to Border Move by War Department
Washington reports twenty five thousand militia members from Kentucky Ohio and Vermont are to move to the border by the War Department. The action frees mobilization camps by deploying remaining regiments though many lack full strength. Officials cite railroad strike fears as a possible motive for calling out the troops.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Vermont
Washington
War Department
Government Laboratories Seek Wood Substitutes for Briar
Washington faces pipe shortages as government laboratories test native woods and chaparral species for briar substitutes. Mountain laurel roots from the Southern Appalachian reserve have been sold for pipe making to address the scarcity.
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Washington
Forest Service
Appalachian Reserve
Few Pass for Annapolis
Navy Department reports 94 of 350 July Naval Academy applicants passed the admission exams. Most failures were due to lack of time for preparation. After three examinations this year the new fourth class is expected to number about 25.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Navy Department
National Survey of Paralysis Plan Drives Health Census
Washington coordinates with municipal and state officials to launch a huge health survey to combat infantile paralysis and prevent epidemics. Reports from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and others detail rising cases and deaths, with totals by state and city.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Charles EB. Banks
C. H. Lavinder
New York
Rupert Blue
Greater
State Health Department
Albany
New York City
Pennsylvania
Dixon
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Iowa
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Texas
South Dakota
State Board of Health
Department
Trenton
150 Die in Big Flood Cloudburst Hits Cabin Creek Valleys
A cloudburst devastates the Cabin Creek and Coal River Valleys causing widespread destruction. Early tallies put deaths at more than 100 with property losses near $1.9 million. The West Virginia National Guard units at Kanawha City were ordered to assist with tents and supplies.
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Cabin Creek
Coal River
Charleston
West Virginia National Guard
Kanawha City
United States Eyes War Over British Cruisers Off Coast
In a digest of global briefs, the White Book notes U S government considers British cruisers off American shores a possible ground for war and demands removal. Reports also cover Britain’s munition independence, a Carranza lieutenant killed by an American in El Paso, Chinese attacks on a Japanese garrison near Cheng Chuun, rising infantile paralysis in New York, and Brandeis’s refusal to join the Mexico U S joint commission.
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Washington
United States
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Edward Samuel Montagu
EL Paso
Carranza
Tokio
Cheng-Chuun
Mukden
Chaoyangfu
New York
New York City
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Wilson
Joint High Commission
Mexico
New Jersey State Briefs Highlight Local Events
Swedesboro tomato shipments exhaust standard crates while Spring Lake residents back health drive raising over 2800 for infantile paralysis. Scully declines Senate bid, Colgate to resign Senate seat, and health guards at Elizabethport Staten Island ferry. Elizabeth teens honored for saving lives, Thomas Connell funeral honors, and other state notices across Hudson and shore counties.
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Swedesboro
Spring Lake
Borough Improvement Association
Thomas J. Scully
Austin Colgate
Essex County
Elizabethport
Staten Island
Berren Point Ferry
Tottenville
New Jersey
John .S. Miller
House of Prayer
Newark
Episcopal Church
Nathan Rabinowitz
Paterson
New and Halsey
Phillipsburg
John Vroom
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Ocean City
Cape May
Aviary
Somers Point
Pitman Mothers’ Club
Union Chapel
Thirty-second Street
Central Avenue
Board of Health
Riverton
Palmyra
George Astley
Pitman Fire Patrol
James F. Mylod
David Lipkin
Pitman
du Pont Powder Co
Carney’s Point
Moorestown
Colingswood
Max Kattler
Weequahie Park
William Post
Perth Amboy
Evans
Stapleton
Court of Special Sessions
Fresh Kills Creek
State Fishing Department
Earl Simpkins
Collingswood
el Paso
State Department of Health
Commissioner of Education
Nelson FE
Gaskill
Trenton
New Jersey National Guard
Wilbur F. Sadler, Jr
State Board to Consider Deferring School Opening
A special State Board of Education meeting will weigh accepting the Health Board request to delay opening public schools due to the infantile paralysis outbreak. Commissioner Kendall notes local boards should mostly decide, given varied district conditions and potential funding impacts from attendance-based appropriations. The panel may also extend quarantine rules to schools closed for epidemics and adjust attendance credits to preserve equitable funding.
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Trenton
State Board of Education
State Department of Health
Jacob C. Price
Health Board
Calvin N. Kendall
Department of Public Instruction
State House
State Department of Public Instruction
Kendall
Board of Education
Boards of Education
Boards of Health
State Department of the Paralysis
Fouceka
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Hungary
Bothmer
Gainin
Sereth Region
U. S. Navy
Annapolis
National Survey OF Paralysis
World’s News
State Briefs
Price of Health Board
William L. Dill
J. M. Schlessinger
James M. Deaton
Joseph E. Howard
New Gretna
Edythe Creamer
Frank Downing
Deaton
Schlessinger
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