Allies push on Vesle front amid heavy fighting
Pershing reports brisk artillery combat on the Vesle with allied patrols crossing the rivers and heavy German resistance around Muizon Vautes farm and near Reims. British claim gains east of Robecq while German losses mount. over 500 guns and 1.5 million shells captured.
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Reims
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Sermois
Russell T Edwards Honored for Pro war Garden Campaign
Russell T. Edwards, publicity man for the national war garden commission, is the sole male honorary member of the Women’s Association of Commerce of the United States for urging Cincinnati to pursue a silence toward German propaganda. Allied forces report ongoing gains with German positions on the Vesle and Marne fronts, large stockpiles captured, and the German salient north of the Marne wiped out as Franco American counter offensives reclaim ground since mid July.
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National War Garden Commission
Women’s Association of Commerce of the
United States
Cincinnati
Marne
Germans Intensify Artillery Fire on Vesle Front
Aug. 6 report from American forces along the Vesle describes heavy German bombardment with 150 millimeter guns and increased machine gun fire. Flame projectors are used from higher ground near the Veele slopes, and German 105s with gas shells target American lines west of Fismes.
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Veele
Roosevelt views Marines on Western Front
Paris August 5 Franklin D Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy left for the sector of the western front held by the Marines. He said I hope to see the grand fighters fight as he departed for the area to observe operations and morale firsthand.
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Paris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Allied halt to heavy guns in Soissons sector
Paris reports General Fech has paused the offensive on the Soissons Rheims front to bring up heavy gas shells. The enemy holds a determined stand beyond the Vesle river as German heavy guns resume fire after delaying Allied riverine rapids supplies.
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Swoolen
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Americans Cross Vesle River Front in France
Paris reports American forces crossed the Vesle river at multiple points despite strong German reserves. They repulsed counterattacks and secured a temporary foothold, signaling progress in the Allied offensive.
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Paris
Vesley River
Five Zeppelins Raid English Coast. One Destroyed
Five giant German Zeppelins raided the English coast last night causing damage of a non military nature. One Zeppelin was destroyed in the encounter, according to London reports dated August 6.
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London
English
National League Baseball Scores and War Casualty Update
Major league results listed for the National and American Leagues with Chicago and Philadelphia winning. War casualty totals include 87 killed in action and 148 wounded with 3 missing. Marine losses total ten. The War Department lists about 700 names published daily with 46 states represented and a forecast that most wounded return to service.
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Army
War Department
Marne-Aisne
700 in U S Casualty List
Washington reports daily Pershing casualty lists from the July 15 German offensive, with 407 names listed in the latest report the largest single day total yet and about one fifth of the names reported.
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Washington
Marne
Pershing
U S Price For 1919 Wheat
Washington August 6 The Joint Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Agricultural Department and the Food Administration began talks on the 1919 wheat crop price questions The government price for 1910 will be discussed and recommendations likely to go to President Wilson Former Governor Henry C Stuart of Virginia chairs the committee.
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Joint Agricultural Advisory Committee
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Agricultural Department
Food Administration
Wilson
Henry C. Stuart
Virginia
Give Up Hope for Anna Held
New York on August 5 reports Anna Held in a dangerously precarious condition with death possible at any moment.
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Anna Held
New York
Peace Delegates Arrive in Berlin for Talks
Amsterdam reports Russian and Finnish peace delegates have reached Berlin and begun discussions, with advices indicating talks opened.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Date Proposed for National Registration in Expanded Draft Bill
Washington Aug 6 The administration bill to widen draft ages to eighteen to forty five appears certain of passage. Provost Marshal General Crowder backs September 5 for a national registration and weekly registrations for those aged twenty one. Opponents favor keeping youths exempt while allowing school training to align with service. The plan would affect about 2.9 million men and aims to add 600 thousand net eligibles.
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Congress
General Crowder
Chamberlain
War Department
Baker
Senator Chamberlain
Secretary of War
Dent
House Military Committee
Yankees Fight Like Wildcats as Allies Advance
In reports from the Aisne Marne front dated Aug 6 American troops push forward from Dole woods and Coulonges toward Dravegny and Chamery as German retreat scenes unfold. Observers note heavy shelling earlier but reduced enemy air activity with hospitals easing. An American unit signals fatigue as pursuing forces try to close in on the retreating Germans.
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London
Pacant Woods
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Ypres
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Aisne - Marne
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Indict Packers and Road in Freight Rebates Case
Federal grand jury returns indictments against the Pennsylvania Railroad Armour and Co Swift and Co and the New Jersey City Stock Yards company alleging a conspiracy to violate federal statutes against rebates The charges concern routing of traffic and illicit rebates in transportation commerce.
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Pennsylvania Railroad, Armour & Co
Swift & Co
New Jersey City Stock Yards Company
U-Boat Threat Diminishes As Ship Output Rises
Charles M. Schwab, director general of shipbuilding, states U boats are checkmated as American industry outs builds German submarines. He promises greater tonnage soon and a much larger output in forthcoming months.
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N. J
Charles M. Schwab
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