Allied Breakthrough Near Chateau Thierry and Marne
American forces reported 17 000 prisoners and 560 guns captured as they drive the German retreat north of the Marne. French and American troops entered Chateau Thierry and Brasses, with continued fighting north toward Reims and Soissons.
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
Aisne
Soissons
Paris
Reims
Will
Vaux
War Office
Brases
Brasses
Oureq
Betwest
Ludendorfft
French and Americans Repel Strong German Counter Attack
Paris July 22 French and American troops have repelled a strong German counter attack between the Marne and Ourse rivers. All Allied positions were maintained in the engagement.
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Paris
Marne
Ourso
Pershing: American forces force enemy to yield ground
General Pershing reports troops forcing the enemy to yield bitterly contested positions and more than 6,000 prisoners taken in recent days at the front.
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General Pershing
Washington
Jay
Pershing
Submarine Attacks New England Coast Off Cape Cod
American warships hunt a large enemy submarine off Cape Cod after it torpedoed four vessels Four barges and a tug were hit causing fires and two sunk The crews reached Nauset Harbor safely and one Austrian sailor was badly injured as a hydroplane from Chatham attacked the U Boat.
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Washington
First Naval District
Cape Cod
Navy Department
Orleans
Mass
Chatham Naval Aviation Station
Chatham Station
Naueset Harbor
Budwd
Perth Amboy
New York
J. H. Tapley
Boston
Dispatch Declares Mobilization Impracticable Under Chaotic Conditions
A message attributed to Czech Slovak leaders says mobilization in Siberia is impracticable due to chaos and German and Magyar opposition. It calls for Allied military aid, notes Bolshevik power loss, and urges an East Front with outside forces to form a Russia German front.
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Washington
Red Guards
Vladivostok
Masaryk
Russia
Prohibition Agenda Faces Tax Plan Across Nation
As national prohibition advances, lawmakers on the ways and means committee conclude there is no funding route beyond broad taxation affecting all citizens, a solution sought after weeks of debate.
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Ways and Means Committee
Plan to Secure Freight in Transit Nationwide
Federal authorities announce a national program to safeguard freight in transit after last year’s losses exceeding 38 million dollars. The plan mirrors mail security, employing thousands of inspectors near major hubs including New York St Louis Chicago Memphis Kansas City Denver and San Francisco to hunt thieves and deter larceny.
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New York
United States
St. Louis
Chicago
Memphis
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
British airmen report heavy damage to enemy airfields
London notes from July 22 state via the air ministry that reconnaissance on July 20 shows extensive damage at Merhange airfields. A large shed and three hangars were destroyed during raids on July 19 and 20. No further details reported.
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London
Field Marshal
Haig
la Bassee
Melville
Dickebusch
Flanders
British
Air Ministry
Merhange
Press Admits Defeat in Marne-Champagne Offensive
The German press concedes disaster for the Marne-Champagne offensive. Reports say German prisoners reveal failed plans while General Foch prepares a counter offensive to seize the initiative, though critics doubt the cost and strategic value of such a move.
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Marne
Champagne
Aris
Marne-Champagne
Foch
Frankfurter Zeitung
Reims
Swedish envoy Wallenberg still listed as missing
Tokyo reports the Swedish minister to Japan G. O. Wallenberg remains unaccounted for after leaving for home via Siberia two months ago with a party of Swedes. Advices from Sweden say he has not arrived, leaving friends here mystified.
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Tokyo
G. O. Wallenberg
Japan
Siberia
Sweden
Billion-Dollar War Tax Split Over Prohibition
Washington plans a war revenue bill to raise eight billion dollars this year. A key debate centers on whether a one-billion-dollar levy can be secured through taxes on whisky wines and beer or must target essential life goods. The Ways and Means Committee gears up to report next month.
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Washington
Congress
National Prohibition
Prohibition
Ways and Means Committee
Indian Scouts Aid Allies in Marne River Scout Work
Marne July 22 heavy artillery of the allies continues clearing districts north of the Marne. Indians with Pershing in Mexico played a prominent part in the scout work on the river.
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Marne
Pershing
Mexico
League Baseball Games Sunday Results
National League results show Brooklyn 6 Chicago 3 and Boston 6 Cincinnati 2 while New York 5 St Louis 2 ties and no other NL games were played. American League games list Washington 4 Chicago 2 and Cleveland 8 Philadelphia 2 with no further matches reported.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Perch
Hoover Arrives in Britain to Discuss Allied Food Program
Herbert Hoover, American food controller, lands at a British port. The London report says he will meet allied food administrators for a round table to align yearly requirements and production, pooling resources, prorating deficits, and forming a common program for the Allied world.
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London
Herbert C. Hoover
America
Washington
England
Herbert Hoover
United States
Hoover
Europe
Liberty Bonds Cash Gone at Bethany State Bank
Bank Examiner J. W. Mc Clellan announces deposits for Liberty bonds at Bethany State bank are missing and no bonds will be distributed after the bank closed last week. Subscriptions thought missing total about 20 000 dollars.
Tax proposals spark debate on income rates
Washington July 22 proposals by the Ways and Means committee to raise income taxes drew wide ranges. Some members urged a 20 percent normal tax and an 80 percent supertax, but the committee adjourned until Monday without conclusions on any rates.
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Washington
Aeways and Means Committee
Cologne Gazette reports execution of 18 socialists in Mirbach plot
The Cologne Gazette says 18 revolutionaries implicated in the plot ending Count von Mirbach’s assassination as German ambassador to Russia have been executed. It adds that many others are being held.
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Amsterdam
Cologne Gazette
Count von Mirbach
Russia
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