Strong German counter at tack broken by French and Americans
Paris July 22 French and American troops broke up a strong German counter attack between the Marne and Ourcq rivers. All Allied positions held. Pershing reports American forces forcing the enemy to yield ground and taking over 6,000 prisoners in recent days.
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Marne
Ourso
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Washington
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Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Submarine Attacks Cape Cod Tow Off Orleans
American warships guard waters off Cape Cod after an enemy submarine torpedoed three coal barges and shelled a tug near Orleans. Eleven year old waves a flag as crews escape to shore. one Austrian injured. Tug Perth Amboy and 41 aboard survive, submarine driven off by Chatham hydroplane.
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First Naval District
Cape Cod
Navy Department
Orleans
Mass
Chatham Naval Aviation Station
Firin
Chatham
Nauset Harbor
Perth Amboy
New York
J. H. Tapley
Boston
Allied drive frees Chateau Thierry as German line collapses
American and French forces report capture of Chateau Thierry and Brales near the Marne. About 17,000 German prisoners and 560 guns taken. Germans retreating in rout with bridges bombed. Allied aviators target crossings and lines north of the Marne as reinforcements pour in.
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
Franco American forces press German retreat in France
The Franco American troops advance amid German resistance as Ludendorff’s lines tighten near Soissons and Reims. Prisoners total about 25,000 with over 400 guns captured while Haig reports minor British raids yielding a few prisoners and machine guns in Flanders.
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Reims
Aisne
Soissons
Ludendorff
London
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Haig
la Bassee
Merville
Dickebusch
Flanders
British air raid hits Merhange airfields
British air ministry reports extensive damage at Merhange airfields from raids on July 19 and 20. A large shed and three hangars were destroyed in the photographic reconnaissance. No further details were released.
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London
British
Air Ministry
Merhange
Indian Scouts Aid Allied Push Up the Marne Front
Heavy artillery operations continue north of the Marne as allied forces clear districts. Indian scouts, who served with Pershing in Mexico, play a prominent role in riverine reconnaissance and scouting duties.
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Ted
Pershing
Mexico
Marne
Dispatch Declares Mobilization Impracticable Under Chaotic Conditions
A wartime dispatch reported that Bolshevik control in Vladivostok collapsed with German and Hungarian opposition among the Red guards. The message, released to Masaryk, urged Allied military aid, urged forming a Russia German front with outside troops, and stated a Russian army could not be raised locally in the near term.
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Washington
Red Guards
Vladivostok
Masaryk
Russia
Prohibition Drive Faces Taxation Cloud on Nation
The prospect of nationwide prohibition prompts Ways and Means members to seek general taxation as the only revenue path, a plan that would burden all citizens. The debate reflects weeks of struggle as lawmakers search for money to fund the policy.
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Ways and Means Committee
Plan to guard freight in transit by government force
New York July 22 up to 38 million dollars was lost last year through freight theft in the United States. Federal authorities will implement a plan to secure freight against larceny while in government hands. A large scale thief hunt will employ thousands of inspectors near New York St Louis Chicago Memphis Kansas City Denver and San Francisco.
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United States
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Chicago
Memphis
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
German Defeat Acknowledged In Paris Press
Paris reports the German press concedes the Marne Champagne offensive failed with German prisoners revealing plans. General Foch is praised for forming a strong attacking force and launching a counter offensive to seize initiative, though critics warn the plan may overextend French forces.
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Marne-Champagne
Foch
Frankfurter Zeitung
Reims
Swedish envoy Wallenberg still missing in transit
Tokyo reports G. O. Wallenberg the Swedish minister to Japan remains unaccounted for two months after leaving for home via Siberia with a Swedish party. Advices from Sweden indicate he has not reached his destination, leaving friends here puzzled.
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Siberia
Tokyo
G. O. Wallenberg
Japan
Sweden
Billion-dollar tax bill paves way for war era alcohol levy
Washington reports Congress faces a billion dollar wartime tax gap to fund national prohibition and war costs. Prohibition supporters argue taxes on whisky wine and beer could raise the needed funds while critics seek revenue from essential goods. The Ways and Means Committee prepares a new war revenue bill to raise eight billion dollars this year amid looming regular session resumption.
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Washington
Congress
National Prohibition
Prohibition
Ways and Means Committee
Hoover Arrives in Britain to Unite Allied Food Program
Herbert Hoover arrived at a British port from America to discuss a new shared food conservation plan for Allied nations. He will join a round table with allied food administrators to pool resources, assess deficits, and prorate supplies if surpluses are insufficient.
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London
Herbert C. Hoover
America
Washington
England
Herbert Hoover
United States
Hoover
Europe
National League Sunday Results Show Mixed Scores
In the National League Brooklyn defeated Chicago 6 to 6 unclear score and Boston won 6 to 2 while Cincinnati fell 2 to 7 New York tied 6 to 6 with St Louis 2 to 2 No other NL games. American League Washington beat Chicago 4 to 2 Cleveland 5 to 3 Philadelphia 2 to 6 with no other games played.
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St. Louis
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Ovetsouesders
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Washington
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Cincinnati
J. Louis
Liberty Bonds Cash Gone in Bethany Bank Collapse
Depositors seeking Liberty bonds in the Bethany State bank are told by Bank Examiner J W McClelan that the funds are missing and no bonds will be distributed after the bank closed following conditions a week ago. Subscriptions estimated at twenty thousand dollars are unaccounted for.
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Sullivan
Liberty
Bethany State Bank
J. W. McClelan
Tax proposals consider 20 percent income rate
Washington July 22 proposals by the ways and means committee floated a broad spectrum of income tax hikes. Some members urged raising the normal tax to 20 percent and the supertax to 80 percent. The committee adjourned until Monday without final conclusions on rates.
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Washington
Aceways and Means Committee
Executions Reported in Von Mirbach Assassination Plot
Amsterdam dispatch says the Cologne Gazette reports 18 revolutionary socialists implicated in the von Mirbach assassination plot have been executed. Many others are reportedly being held.
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Cologne
Count von Mirbach
Russia
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