Allies claim vast German losses in major Aisne Marne drive
Allied forces press the Franco American offensive from the Aisne to the Marne. Paris reports 17 000 prisoners and 350 guns captured as German reserves arrive and fighting intensifies. American troops advance taking Vierzy and surrounding areas while Soissons front airily steadies. Scottish troops seize Meteren with hundreds of prisoners. Berlin says French wedge attack repulsed with heavy losses.
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War Office
Aisne Front
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Plhus
L'Homme Libre
Berlin
Meteren
London
Bailleul
Allies Gain 10 Miles on 20 Mile Front
Soissons has been recaptured by American and French forces after heavy fighting. Neuilly St. Front was also captured, placing forces midway between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. American troops pressed the advance bringing German long range guns under fire and increasing prisoners to about 6,000. Crown Prince reserves of 100,000 could not halt the advance toward German bases behind the line.
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Soissons
War Department
Baker
Aisne-Marne
Pearhead
Chateau Thierry
Vierzy
Thiee
Soissons-Chateau Thierry
Soissona
Paris
Neuilly St. Front
Crown Prince
Allies Penetrate Ten Miles on 20 Mile Front
Official report to the Senate Military Committee from Gen. March states maximum penetration is ten miles on a twenty two mile front. The attack pushes against heavy German reserves and will be continued. Several more towns have fallen.
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Washington
March
Senate Military Committee
Rainbow Division Among American Forces in This Drive
Washington reports the drive is backed by the First, Second, Third and Fourth Regular Army divisions plus the Twenty-sixth New England Guard, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Guard, and the Forty-second Rainbow Division in Champagne.
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Pennsylvania Guard
Champagne
Death confirmation note of Quentin Roosevelt dropped
Paris dispatch reports enemy flyers dropped into an American camp confirming the death of Quentin Roosevelt. The brief message from the foe states the casualty and references the ongoing conflict.
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Quentin Roosevelt
Paris
Quentin Roose
Allied Forces Press Forward Beyond Aisne to Marne
Paris reports French and American troops advancing between the Aisne and Marne while German forces stockpile reserves, signaling ongoing offensives in the region.
Nitrate Plant Explosion Kills Three in Marquette Area
An explosion at the Aetna Explosives nitrate plant near Ishpeming, Michigan, on July 20 killed three men and caused damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The plant, working on government orders, was completely destroyed and the cause remains unknown.
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Marquette, Mich
Aetna Explosives Company
Ishpeming
Treasury Announces New Loans to Italy and Belgium
Washington announces a new loan of 100 million dollars to Italy, increasing total credits to 760 million. A separate loan of 9 million dollars is extended to Belgium, bringing its total credits to 145.25 million.
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Italy
Washington
Belgium
Treasury Department
Navy Thinks San Diego Hit Floating Mine Off Coast
Washington reports the captain of the San Diego believes torpedo damage occurred but no weapon was sighted. Navy officials lean toward a floating mine as the cause with all officers and crew safely landed at Brooklyn navy yards. Medgar
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San Diego
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Medgar
Reims Defenders Rewarded With Champagne
Fifty thousand bottles of champagne were sent to Res defenders by grateful inhabitants of the city as dispatches from the French front reported.
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Reims
London
Pollus
Heims
Baseball and draft rules affect players and entertainers
Washington reports that draft law may expand to include professional entertainers and movie workers, with baseball deemed nonessential. National League president Tener says clubs will comply in spirit but seeks guidance on timing and possible exemptions or closure of parks if players must stop playing.
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Washington
Taker
Eddie Ainsmith
Cincinnati
Johrre K. Tener
National League
Baker
War Department
Dennis Anderson Hanged for Murder in Chicago
Dennis Anderson, twenty one, was executed for the murder of railroad police lieutenant Patrick Lavin. His seventeen-year-old brother John, held for alleged murder, prayed in a nearby cell as Anderson faced the gallows and said nothing after the question if he had anything to say.
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Chicago
Dennis Anderson
Patrick Lavin
John
Anderson
San Diego Sinking Shocks Navy Warns Shipping Submarine Threats Rise
The armored cruiser San Diego was sunk ten miles off Fire Island at 11 AM with one officer and two boats landing at Lifesaving Station No. 82. Navy reports say no lives lost and a full investigation is underway while a shipping warning warns of possible submarines off the American coast.
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Fire Island
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San Megans
Long Island
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