United States and Japan Plan Limited Siberia Aid
Washington reports a joint U S and Japanese plan to send a small force to Vladivostok to aid Czecho-Slovaks and stabilize Siberia while avoiding sovereignty infringement. The move aims to rearward supply lines and provide economic relief through a merchant and aid mission without interfering in Russia's internal affairs.
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Siberia
United States
Japan
Germany
France
Great Britain
Ho Borhood
Archana
Vladivostok
Siberian
Red Cross
Young Men's Christian Association
Louisianan Lieutenant Engaged to Movie Star
Lieut. Harry P. Williams of New Orleans is reported engaged to Marguerite Clark the film star. They are expected to wed once Williams receives overseas orders. The romance began during their work together for the Liberty Loan drive in New Orleans.
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Harry P. Williams
New Orleans
Marguerite Clark
Williams
Liberty Loan
U S Troops Score Big Victory In Allied Advance
Washington reports a major counter offensive success marking July 11 as the turning point. General Pershing says allied Franco American forces have captured 5,400 prisoners and 13 guns with German retreat along a ten mile front from Montdidier to Moreuil. British patrols reach the Ancre River as two villages Hamel and Dernancourt fall.
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Marne
Vesle
London
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Moreuu
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Chemin Des Dames
Aisne
Chemin Des Dames Ridge
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Ancre
War Office
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Ypres
Albert
Fismes Abandoned as German Lines Hold
Paris reports a lull on the Soissons Rheims front with heavy rain aiding German withdrawals. The Vesle river swamps hinder attack but Allied forces establish two strong bridgeheads and plan a full crossing. German resistance stiffens as French detachments press across the river.
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Soissons Rheims
Vesle
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Americans Distinguish Themselves in Fismes Fall
Paris reports the fall of Fismes with American forces having surrounded the burning town and clearing German machine gun nests amid brutal street fighting. The town, an important railroad point, is being reorganized for Allied use.
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Paris
Fismes
Miss Dora E Thompson Organizes Nurse Evacuation Units
Miss Dora E Thompson chief of the army nurse corps forms units of fifty nurses to move within five miles of frontline firing lines to tend wounded soldiers. They travel in hospitals mounted on motor trucks and trailers and will live and eat on the road. The units mirror evacuation hospitals and carry field officer kits to operate anywhere along the route.
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Dora E. Thompson
Army Nurse Corps
Medical Department of the Army
Baseball scores from National and American Leagues
No National League games scheduled. In the American League Chicago beat Philadelphia 7 to 3. Boston won 2 to 0 over Cleveland, Washington defeated Detroit 7 to 0, St Louis beat New York 7 to 5.
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Paris Bombarded Again by Long Range Gun Fire
Paris reports resumed long range gun bombardment as German forces left dismantled emplacements in the Soissons Chateau Thierry Rheims pocket. Foundations weighed over a thousand tons though the guns were never used. The origin of the long range guns lies in the forest of St Gobain within German lines, miles behind Soissons.
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Paris
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Soissons-Chateau Thierry-Rheims
Forest of St. Gobian
Sois
O D Jennings Sunk Off Virginia Coast
The American steamer O. D. Jennings has been sunk by a submarine off the Virginia coast. Reports say the sinking occurred Sunday as U.S. forces and Allied detachments report activity along the Ancre and Chemin des Dames fronts amid a potential German strategic withdrawal.
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Washington
O. D. Jennings
Virginia
Train Hits Cars. Five Killed in Argo Crossing Crash
A Belt Line freight train struck an Argo trolley at the Sixty third Street and Archer Avenue crossing near Argo, killing five and injuring more than fifteen. The dead include a baby, a woman, and two unidentified victims. The motorman, conductor, and the freight engineer were taken into custody amid allegations the street car attempted to beat the crossing. The wreck hurled the trolley into a side and threw passengers from their seats as they were pinned beneath debris.
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Argo
Sixty-third Street
Archer Avenue
Baby Graan
Carl J. Grasu
Brien
Argopalles
Carmen
Navy Electrician Charles E. Kruger Dies in Seaplane Crash
The Navy Department reports the death of Charles E. Kruger an electrician with the U S N KR F after a seaplane accident on July 30 His home address is listed as Newport News Virginia.
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Navy Department
Charles E. Kruger
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Kruger
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Japanese and Chinese Students Allowed Manual Work During Vacation
Washington announces that Japanese and Chinese students in the United States may accept manual employment during school vacation for the duration of the war.
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Washington
United States
Department of Labor
Allies Break German Lines on Vesle and Avre Fronts
Paris reports vast Allied gains as Vesle crossings open and Fismes falls to French and American troops. German rear guards retreat to the north bank while counter moves around Soissons and Reims face stiff resistance.
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Aisne-Marne
Vesle
London
Avre
France
Bourges
Braches
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Croes
Aisne
Alane
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Soissons
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Champigny
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Italy's King Reviews Yank Troops in Northern Italy
King Victor Emmanuel and a high council view American troops quartered in the northern Italian war zone. Alongside him are the Duke of Bergamo, Ambassador Thomas N. Page, Premier Orlando, General Diag, General Zupelli, ministers Seedhl and the cardinal, with French and British missions observing.
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Italy
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Diag
Zupelli
Sig. Seedhl
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