World News Dragnet Highlights Global Conflict
War plans advance as General March asserts victory next year with 3.6 million on the western front. Congress votes to speed the manpower bill. U S forces gain at Frapelle Vosges while Lieut Rene Fonck reaches 60 aerial victories. German losses in July reach six million, with front retirements near Lys. Second troop ship lands in Vladivostok. China gears to draft calls 19 to 36. Bandits loot Bayonne payroll. YWCA launches nationwide war work drive. Uruguay sends mission to the United States to discuss diplomatic questions.
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General March
House Military Committee
America
Congress
Vosges
St. Die
Frapelle
Rene Fonck
Russia
Paris
Lys
Vieux Berguin
Rupprecht
Munwa
Vladivostok
China
Baker
House Military Affairs Committee
Richard F. Cleveland
Cleveland
Boston
Quantica
Marine Corps
Bayonne
N. J
Young Women's Christian Association
Uruguay
United States
Aembers
German American War General March Reports Army Strength
A statement to the House Military Affairs Committee cites 3 012 112 American army personnel on August 1. Correspondents say the German high command plans a major drive before Pershing's army grows. First American troops reach Vladivostok amid cheering, high spirits.
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March
House Military Afairs Committee
Pershing
Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Pemuty
Siberia
Schurz
Daniels
Florida
America
Alfred L. Becker
New York
General Pershing
War Department
de Travit
United States
Government Controls Expand During War in Washington
A federal bill backed by the administration would give the President power over all power plants in the United States during the war. The War Department reports U S soldiers in France receive wheat bread. Postmaster General Burleson approves a ten percent wage increase for Western Union staff. The government plans to build war worker housing with a 100 million dollar fund to curb rent profiteering. Railroad workers under federal control face a policy of public courtesy in travel. Aerial mail service costs are set at fifty cents per mile. The Ways and Means Committee votes to tax unearned incomes at thirteen percent and allows installment payments.
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House
United States
United States Food Administration
California
War Department
France
Burleson
Telegraph
Telephone
Snes
Shipping Board
House Ways and Means
Enthusiastic Welcome Marks First American Troops in Italy
Reports describe a lively reception for the first US troops arriving in Italy with manifestos predicting Allied victory. Mirlo survivors reach Norfolk after torpedoing with ten fatalities and heavy oil fires. Quentin Roosevelt hailed by Pershing for his heroism as condolence letters flood the Roosevelt home. A new aviation field near Mineola, Long Island will bear Maj. Raoul Lufbery’s name. Percival Clement announces GOP gubernatorial bid in Vermont. Treasury to start rounding up farmer tax dodgers after only 14,307 paid in 1916.
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Athindie
Feo
Italy
United States
Norfolk
Quentin Roosevelt
General Pershing
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
France
Mineola
L. L
Maj
Raoul Lufberry
Percival C. Clement
Vermont
Treasury
Speaker Among Few Slug Gers in Major Leagues This Season
The story notes Tris Speaker remains a rare slugger this year as the two major leagues see few players hitting home runs. It lists leading American League sluggers like Mihin Judge and Shotton with notable power, while mentioning others such as Clevehind Speaker Louk and Chipman. It also covers Ralph de Palma’s speed run, Kinner’s Sun Briar victories at Saratoga, and various race results and batting concerns including Luke Ruth’s batting slump.
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Mnajor
Washington
Tusc Ostenters
Mihin
Judge
Shotton
Clevehind
Speaker
Louk
Chipman
Ralph de Palma
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Lowderet
Accon
Motor Speedway Racig
W.os. Kinner
Sun Briar
Saratoga Track
U.P. Whitnes
Johren
War Cloud
Passing Shower
Bet
Red Cross
Cudgel
Westy Hogan
London Street Car Strike Paralyzes Transport
Riots and high food prices spark unrest across nations as London faces a 14 000 driver and conductor strike. Spain pledges neutrality while pro German factions threaten civil strife. In Rome and Moscow officials are freed or visiting, and Japan moves to control rice stocks amid rising protests and a general strike impact.
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London
Dale
Spain
Germany
House Naval Committee
Europe
Rome
Moscow
Japan
Magoya
American bombers hit German positions along Vesle and Aisne lines
German retaliation for American bridge bombing over the Alsne targeted French and American positions north of Verdun. American aviators bombed Commuary Baroncourt yard and other rail facilities in the Verdun Metz area. Gundelach squadron dropped 20 bombs on Conflans yard with multiple direct hits and minimal losses.
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France
Vesle
Alsne
Aisne
Fismes
Commuary- Baroncourt
Verdun-Metz
Leuguyon
Verdun
Tetaucourt
Dommary-Baroncourt
Lonmayen
Thiaucourt
Gundelach
Conflans
Joinville
Pont Arey
Gernicourt
First U S Squadron Flight Over German Lines
An all American squadron of De Haviland airplanes flew over the German lines and accomplished all its objectives. Secretary Baker announced a Pershing report saying 18 De Haviland 4 aircraft conducted the reconnaissance mission.
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Washington
Baker
General Pershing
Condensed World News Briefs From 1917 Scanning
Sherbrooke reports George T. Prouty former Vermont governor killed when his car collided with a Grand Trunk train near Waterville. Moscow notes 30 000 arrests since August 1 as terror reigns. German embassy arrives from Moscow with 400 soldiers in Russian uniforms. Washington plans nationwide movement to conserve gasoline. Paris says German press pushes retreat to gain initiative. Moscow cites allied troops landing on the Murman coast as Bolshevik end. Khorn execution blamed on organized campaign. Baltimore reports Dr Frederick Pridham of Johns Hopkins finds cure for rheumatism and bone joint diseases.
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Sherbrooke
Quebec
George T. Prouty
Vermont
Grand Trunk
Waterville
Petrograd
Cermian
Moscow
Washington
Paris
Ludendorf
Vladimir Bourtseff
Murmian
Khorn
Baltimore
Frederick Pridham
Johns Hopkins
Tax schedules on war profits and income tax proposed by committee
House Ways and Means outlines an 8 percent exemption plus 38,000 on excess corporate profits, with 40 percent tax up to 20 percent and 60 percent above 20 percent. Surtax scales begin at 5,000, with rising rates up to 70 percent for gains over 1 million.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Chiatrinan Kitchin
Kitchin
One Million Unskilled Workers Sought for War Industry
Washington officials of the Federal Employment Service announce a demand for one million unskilled workers to fill war industry jobs. The statement marks the first official notice of a severe labor shortage. If not met, many industries may be forced to close.
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Washington
United States
Federal Employment Service
Four Transports Carrying Americans Land in Vladivostok
Four further transports with American troops, likely the Thirty first Infantry from the Philippines, have arrived at Vladivostok. They will join the Twenty seventh Infantry already present and be reinforced later by Eighth Division troops from Camp Fremont California.
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Vladivostok
Washington
Philippines
Baker
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Eighth Division
Camp Fremont
California
U S War Plans In 1919 Hearings On Draft Age Change
Secretary Baker and General March told the House Military Committee that the United States could win the war in 1919 by deploying 80 divisions in France and expanding the draft to ages eighteen to forty-five. They outlined a phased call process and a goal of nearly 4,000,000 Americans in France by mid 1919, with higher priority for younger men.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Baker
Daniels
Navy
Congress
Mareh
House
Crowder
Senate
House Committee
France
March
General Maret
French and British Make Gains On Various Fronts
French troops reached the outskirts of Lassigny and the British seized Roye station. In the Lys salient the British advanced ten miles and entered Merville. Northwest of Soissons the French took 2,200 prisoners as Marshal Foch pushes the Oise salient. An American sniper claimed six Germans in three days. Japanese troops land at Vladivostok and move toward the front while the British hold a line. Czecho-Slovaks report Irkutsk capture as Haig’s forces cut a mile-wide strip in the Lys salient, taking a village and 400 prisoners.
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Lassigny
Roye
Lys
Merville
Soissons
Oise
Marshal Foch
Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Haig
Lys Salient
Food Riots in Japan Prompt Troop Deployment Nationwide
Tokyo and major cities brace for rice riots described as the first since Japan opened to civilization. Troops and police clash with mobs using swords and bamboo spears. 500 arrested, 200 injured, railways cut, and rice depots attacked. Cabinet votes 85 million to buy rice for distribution.
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Tokyo
Japan
Miizuru
Ginza
Ministry of the Interior
Asakusa
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaka
Kaiser’s boast shattered as German-born unit captures Fismes
An American division composed largely of German-born soldiers captured Fismes and defeated elite Prussian troops, contradicting Kaiser Wilhelm’s claim of loyalty. The event underscores the paradox of national allegiance during war.
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Filmes
London
Fismes
Prusshan
Government plans voluntary reserve for expert accountants
Government may enroll expert accountants in a large volunteer reserve to protect wartime tax collection work from army drafts. About 2,500 certified public accountants and 5,000 junior accountants exist in the United States.
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Washington
United States
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