French Strike Break German Line in Aisne Oise Drive
French forces under General Mangin launch a major assault from Fontenoy to Pimprez on the Oise, crossing the first German line by 9 am amid stiff resistance. Beuvraignes falls near Roye as French advances push toward Tartieres and Bierancourdelle. British progress along the Scarpe and Lys fronts continues with renewed gains.
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Arras
Scarpe River
Fampoux
Lys River
L’epinette
Merville
Vierhoek
la Couronne
France
Mangin
Fontenoy
Aisne
Pimprenz
Oise
Bierancourdelle
Bierancourt
Noyon
Tartieres
Fairy Godmothers Club Aids Army Aspirants In Iowa
Mrs. Frederick Knight Logan of Oskaloosa Iowa forms an exclusive Fairy Godmothers Club to assist aspiring private to officer candidates in the U S Army. Neighbors provide moral and financial help without seeking contributions. Logan, known from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, leads the effort.
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Uncle Sam
Frederick Knight Logan
Oskaloosa
Towa
Fairy Godmothers’ Club
Logan
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
General Byng Leads British Attack Between Arras and Albert
London reports that General Byng’s Third Army opened a major offensive along a ten mile front from Arras to Albert. Troops moved at daylight and captured Ablainville Beaucourt and Mayenville within an hour. German guns and prisoners were taken as sailors and soldiers surprised the enemy with no preliminary artillery.
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Byn
Arras
Albert
French Troops Press For Further Gains Northwest of Soissons
Paris reports satisfactory progress on the western front as French forces north and northwest of Soissons advance. Strong German resistance is noted around Carlepont Caise and Lombray with heavy fighting near Four a Verre and Croisette farm where gains were achieved and prisoners taken.
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Marsain
Oise
Carlepont
Caise
Lombray
Four-a- Verre
Croisette
German U‑Boat Captures Trawler In Atlantic Raid
A Canadian Atlantic port reports a German U‑boat captured a trawler and manned it with its crew to begin a raiding career. The incident, dated August 21, highlights intensified naval activity in the Atlantic waters and the threat to Allied fishing and shipping operations.
German U-boat converts trawler Triumph into commerce raider
A German U boat seized the trawler Triumph and outfitted her with guns for raiding. She is crewed by sixteen men detailed from the submarine and has sunk three vessels since capture.
Draft Calloffs Debated in House as Age Bill Advances
The House Military Affairs Committee backed an amendment to the manpower bill delaying calls for registrants under twenty until all older men are taken. It also adopted a rule to allow twenty one year olds to receive commissions, while opposing anti strike provisions amid labor protest. The measure heads to floor action with likely heated debate.
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Washington
House
War Department
Dent
Clark
Senate
Senate Committee
Thomas
Colorado
House DA
Baker
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wartime Turmoil Across Europe and Asia News Bulletin
Reports from Petrograd describe a riot clash with Lettish guards near the Smolny institute, followed by martial law. Japanese troops land at Nikolaievsk to shield allied residents. A Czech Slovak manifesto calls union and strength for liberty. Unrest in Warsaw grows with German patrols arresting suspected rebels. Archangel front lines and Trans Siberian rail disruption also noted.
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Petros End
Sccopgis
Petrograd
Berlin
Kremling
Smolny Institute
Washington
Prague
Eres
Narodni Listi
Austria
Panience
Amsterdam
Vologda
Moscow
Rheinische Westfaelische Zeitung
Essen
Archangel
Russia
Balkal
Abolition of Sugar Bowls Cuts Sugar Waste
New York Ave 21 reports the federal food board states restaurants and hotels have abolished open sugar bowls since the sugar shortage began. The move saves about half a pound of sugar per customer monthly, with some establishments still serving bowls, criticized as unfair to observant eateries and unpatriotic.
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New York, Ave
Federal Food Board
Submarine Sunk Off Atlantic Coast in British Tanker Battle
Navy reports a U boat was sunk after a gun crew aboard a 400 foot British tanker engaged the submarine near the Atlantic coast last Friday. Chief mate John Crosby, wounded but in hospital, described the 26th shot delivering the decisive blow as the U boat drifted broadside.
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Washington
Navy Department
Winter Quarter Shoal
Virginia
Atlantic
John Crosby
Crosby
Rice Price Riots Spread in Japan Burned Homes Reported
Tokyo reports say disturbances over rice prices are fading in most areas but spreading in northern Japan. Mobs have burned several houses at Sendai and thirty houses burned in Tsumiye prefecture on Thursday per the rice exchange.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sendai
Rice Exchange
Tsumiye
Blast Kills Many at Krupp Works In June
Paris reports letters from prisoners captured on the Pleardy front indicate a June explosion at Krupp works killed or injured about six thousand people.
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Paris
Krupp
River men lose licenses in steamer Columbia sinking
Washington August 21 The licenses of Herman F Mehl and George T Williams master and pilot of the steamer Columbia whose boat sank in the Illinois river near Peoria in July with almost 100 lives lost have been revoked The inspectors accuse Mehl of inattention to duty and incapacity and Williams of willful negligence
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Washington
Herman F. Mehl
George T.williams
Columbia
Ilinois River
Peoria
Steamboat Inspection Service
Mehl
Williams
Labor parade to honor war effort in New York announced
More than 100000 marchers will participate in the win the war parade of organized labor in New York on September 2 Ernst Bohm corresponding secretary of the Central Labor union announced today.
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New York
Ernst Bohm
Central Oderated Union
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