Villemontaire and Oulchy le Chateau Fall to French
Allied forces capture Villemontaire and Oulchy le Chateau from German lines near Soissons. French and American troops advance east of Oulchy le Chateau, approaching Hill 180 and the Ourcq, while British actions west of Rheims press the line. The Marne salient retirement continues with heavy fighting in forests near Fere and Ris as Allied artillery shells deep into German positions.
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Associated Press
Villemontoire
Soissons
Oulchy-Le-Chateau
Marne
la Fere Forest
Fere-En-Tardenois
Mangin
Villemontaire
Soissons-Chateau Thierry
Buzancy
Ourcq
Guens
Mery Premecy
Rheims
Hebuterne
Albert
London
Japan
Siberia
Rhelma
Mery
Hill 204
Wrigny
Fismes
Marraux
Bouilly
St. Huphraise
Courton Wood
Chateau Thierry
Forest of Fere
Forest of Ris
Saponay
Fere-En-Tardenoia
Fere and
Ris
Paris
Oulehge Chateau
War Office
Oureq
Antwerp Fined Million Francs and Deposed Burgomaster
Amsterdam reports that Antwerp has been fined a million francs and Burgomaster Jan Devos has been deposed by German authorities amid anti-Belgian actions. Activist prisoners from Gosttingan were ill treated by locals for anti-Belgian propaganda. doctors refused care and the men were deported to Germany.
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Amsterdam
Antwerp
France
Jan Devos
Belgique Dagblad
Gosttingan
Germany
Last Minneapolis contingent to leave city today
Minneapolla, Minn. aly reports the July contingent of Wisnen Alta will depart for Camp Wadsworth. Soldiers will join entertainment programs at schools and schools host a party honoring Jewish soldiers at Telmud Torah. Men received Dibdles identification cards and home service.
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Minneapolla
Minn
Aly
Wisnen Alta
Wadsworth
National Army
Pualace
Telmud Torah
Position of Soviets Is Very Acute
Amsterdam reports Premier Lenine spoke in Moscow before the government conference of factory committees. He said the position of the Soviet republic had become extremely acute due to international complications counter revolutionary conspiracies and the food crisis amid a Moscow dispatch received via Berlin.
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Amsterdam
Lenine
Moscow
Berlin
Telegraphic Briefs From Across the Nation
A roundup of brief dispatches notes Vier eck admits a $100,000 payoff for pro German propaganda, Schwab chairs steel plant talks to sustain government supply, a Missouri teen telegraph operator cleared in a fatal incident, Villa advances toward the U S border with mules and river stock for ammo, the shipping board reports no strike grievances on the Great Lakes, wartime truck and auto orders issued, sugar rations urged for August and eating places limited to two pounds per 90 meals, Colonel and Mrs Roosevelt visiting their daughter in Maine and planning no visitors remains at Dark Harbor.
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el Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
Ojinaga
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Great Lakes
War Department
The
Food Administration
Oyster Bay
Wisconsin Troops in Fine Condition at Camp Grant
Camp Grant Illinois July 2 3000 Wisconsin troops arrived since Monday and Major Robert K Fast personnel officer says they are the best men received here. He notes only nine percent rejections in this group compared with eleven to twelve percent in other states.
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Camp Grant
Ills
Wisconsin
Robert K. Fast
Fast
French Leave Fewer Men Behind In Fight
London July 26 Reuters correspondent at American headquarters writes that French troops show four years of hard study and the value of a life for France. They sacrifice when needed but prefer not to kill and pay little for killing. They admire American recklessness yet their methods are slower and more subtle. Each reaches objectives but French leave fewer men behind.
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London
Epleda
Trugny
Reutera
France
Rman
Marne
Fero-En-Tar
Reuter
Germany
Cuba to Send Regiment of Regulars to Front
Havana reports Cuba will dispatch at least one regiment of regulars to France and mobilize volunteers under the military service bill approved by the House of Representatives, aiming for European service amid the war.
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Cuba
Havana
France
Europe
House of Representative
French Air Ace Sets Record With 18 Victories
Paris reports Second Lieutenant Goeffard of the French army has broken all records by winning 18 aerial victories in 15 days. The item notes a weather forecast for North Dakota with warmer temperatures tonight and tomorrow.
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Paris
Goeffard
Agreement Reached On Joint Action In Liberia Case
In Bismarck on July 26 Judge C F Amidon in federal court dismissed the first of three counts against J W Brinton charged with disloyal utterances in a public address. The court held the first count, alleging interference with U S military and naval forces, was not sustained by the evidence.
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Bismarck
N. D
J. W. Brinton
C. F. Amidon
Brinton
United States
Amidon
Crown Prince's Overconfidence Failed in Marne Battle
A July 26 Associated Press retrospective credits General Petain with thwarting Crown Prince Wilhelm's fresh offensive aimed at Montmirail Epernay and Chalons. French troops joined by American British and Italian forces exposed weak German plans and forced a sweeping German defeat, delaying further German offensives.
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France
Associated Press
Marne
von Einem
von Mudra
von Boehm
von Eben
Rheims
Petain
Trown Prince
German Marne Position In Peril As Allies Close In
The German line at the Marne is described as precarious and near collapse as Allied forces push forward. German commanders order their troops to hold at all costs while a defensive fallback is prepared. Allied advances by French, American, and British forces are gradually denting the defenses in the Urangwar salient.
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France
Associated Press
Marne
Urangwar
Western Union Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
New York July 26 The Western Union Telegraph company was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of transmitting messages by mail. Two bills were filed accusing the company of violating federal law that forbids private express service for letters between points served by government mail.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Qne
War Gardeners to Produce One Billion Dollars Worth of Vegetables
Chicago July 26 America s war gardens with seven million gardeners will produce 1 hundred million dollars worth of wealth in 1918 according to H D Hemenway member of the national war garden commission
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Chicago
America
H. D. Hemenway
National War Garden Commission
Roosevelt Praises Allied Navy Unity at Queenstown
Queenstown July 24. After inspecting the Allied destroyer base with Sir Eric Geddes Roosevelt assistant secretary of the American navy said he was greatly impressed by the unity of British and American naval forces forming a single submarine operating unit without losing any feature of its identity.
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Queenstown
Dnstroyer
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Navy Department
Itt
Hurley Seeks U S Ship Bridge to Latin America
Philadelphia July 2 Latin American diplomats at Hog Island shipyard heard Chairman Hurley insist the great merchant fleet must bring prosperity to neighbors and be used for peace as for war. He said ships will bridge to France and link postwar trade with Latin America, rejecting excessive profits and pledging liberty and equal rights for all parties. The first ship will launch August 5 with three ships weekly later, and the fleet will operate on principles of liberty and equity.
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Philadelphia
Shipping Board
Hog Island
Hurley
United States
America
France
Mr. Hurley
International Shipbuilding Corporation
Latin America
Turkestan Declares Republic Affiliation With Russia
Amsterdam reports that the Turkestan congress has proclaimed the region a republic in allegiance with Russia. The Moscow source notes the government includes eleven provinces Kaiya Dokhara and other areas, with officials announced in the joint executive.
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Amsterdam
Congress of Turkestan
Turkestan
Russia
Moscow
Cologne
Erste
Himn
Kaiya Und Dokhara
Japan Accepts U S Proposals To Give Aid
Paris dispatchs report Japan has decided to accept American proposals for aid amid wider entente cooperation. Kremlin and Ukrainian events unfold as peasants rebel in Ukraina, and Romania–Ukraine ties adjust after Ukraine abandons Bessarabia. Diplomatic moves keep allied diplomats in Vologda despite Bolshevik pressure.
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Japan
U.S
Siberia
United States
Beoe
Ukraine
Besarabia
Paris
Bessarabia
Saya
Bucharest
Zurich
Mafin
Romania
Ambassadors to visit Hog Island shipyard in Philadelphia
Washington July 7 Ambassadors and ministers from Central and South American nations left for Philadelphia as guests of the Shipping Board to tour Hog Island shipyard. The visit aims to show U S wartime shipbuilding efforts and postwar use of ships for Latin American benefit, with Chall an Hurley to address attendees at the International Shipbuilding Corporation living room.
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Washington
Mercier of Belgium Mentioned in July Telegram
A fragment notes Mercier of Belgium in connection with a July telegram or message received locally, mentioning descendants and an official context. The readable parts point to a correspondence or dispatch involving Mercier and Belgian affairs with minor procedural details.
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