Blood relative of Napoleon well decorated
Lieut Marcel Levie a blood kin of Napoleon I recounts his 4 percent sight and 7 wounds in France and Belgium. He bears the Legion of Honor and other crosses and tells crowds at a war exposition how he was wounded from Champagne to Verdun and became American through a glass eye.
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Chicago
Marcel Lavio
Napoleon 1
Army
Legion of Honor
Bt. Stanislaus
Levie
Normandy
Corsica
America
France
New
No Man's Land
Flanders
Verdun
House Passes Bill to Aid Liberty Loan
Washington reports the House passed an administration measure to boost Liberty Loan funding. The bill provides tax relief for individuals and corporations, aiming to attract a larger pool of investors. It now goes to the Senate, with expected swift action next week.
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HOUSE
Washington
Senate
North Dakota to Send 800 Men to Camp in October
Fraser received at Washington by Marshal General Crowder for assignment to Grant Time. about 90 million dollars allocated. About 800 North Dakota men expected to be called in October, drawn from 1917 and June 1918 registrants with delayed reports still pending.
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North Dakota
Penne
Jenepal Fraser
General Crowder
Washington
Cates
Allied Aviators Bomb German Rail and Airports
London reports Allied airmen attacked German railways and ministerial communications as the American army pressed toward the front. British aviators targeted rail stations and air facilities, delivering wood-encased bombs to disrupt transportation and command links.
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London
Bopt
March GIs Review of Recent Fighting in Weekly Report
General March described the first big American offensive in the St Mihiel salient as decisive, wiping out the salient in two days and expanding the Allied base for future operations. He praised the staff and soldiers, noted no reported unit losses, and highlighted the Forty-second Rainbow division and other units preparing for further action. He rejected German claims of a voluntary abandonment and stressed continued American resolve amid rising war funding and manpower measures. An accompanying note reported boosted rates for packing house goods moving east of Chicago to Pacific Coast points, with increases of 20 to 30 cents per hundred pounds and new shipping rates from $2.22 1/2 to $2.87 1/2.
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Berlin
War Food Administration
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Austria
Hodenest
Hungary
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Cassel
Crilain
Washington
St. Mihiel
March
General Pershing
General March
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St. Mihiel Salient
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America
War Department
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Utah
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Colorado
Camp Kearny
Cal
England
Aisney Wesle
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Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Vosges
New York City
Inteisity
Vesse
Aisne
Flanders
Naulim
Chicago
Hacine
Interstate Commerce Commission
Debs Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to ten years on three counts of violating the espionage act. The sentences run concurrently in Moundville penitentiary, with $10,000 bail and travel limited to the defendant’s Ohio home. A writ of error was granted to the U S Supreme Court.
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Cleveland
Eugene V. Debs
Moundaville
West Virginia
D. C. Westenhaver
Debs
Federal District of
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Apspacer
Coungel
Jaree
Simbirsk Captured by Bolsheviks Reported
Stockholm dispatches say Bolshevik forces seized Simbirsk on the Volga 105 miles southwest of Kazan and their cavalry now eyes the counter revolutionary positions, per telegrams from Moscow received today.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Simbirsk
Volga
Kazan
Counter Revolutionary
First Effort of New American Army Called Master Stroke
Paris reports the American maiden operation as a master stroke with rapid gains and many prisoners on a small front. French officials praise the American staff and troops, noting high morale and strong public appreciation in Paris.
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France
Paris
de Thomasson
Audi
Eastern Kentucky gains first senator in state history
Senator George Brown Martin of Catlettsburg Kentucky has been appointed to succeed the late Ollie M. James and will serve out the term expiring March 3. Governor Stanley is the party nominee for the seat. Brown Martin, age 42, is a wealthy lawyer born in the eastern mountains.
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George Brown Martin
Catlettsburgs
United States
Olle M. James
Stanley
James
Kentucky
Bridgeport Strike Seen Ending Next Week
Bridgeport Conn Sept 14 President Wilsons letter to the Bridgeport strikers was received today. Strikers at union headquarters expressed that the strike will end next week as manufacturers offer to reinstate every man.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Wilson
Bond Quota for Seventh District Set at 840 Million
The Seventh Federal Reserve District including southern Wisconsin and Michigan’s southern peninsula is allotted 840 million for the Fourth Liberty Loan, with Chicago’s share at 260 million. The publication notes increases over prior loans and provides an average of about 100 dollars per person in Cook County.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve
Wisconsin
Michigan
Liberty
Cook County
Cramton Enthusiastic Over Allied Morale Tour
Athens dispatch reports Michigan congressman Louis Cramton returned from command on the Macedonian front traveling from Aviona to Saloniki. In Saloniki he met Premier Venizelos and told Patria he was enthusiastic about Allied troop morale, noting warm reception from Greek people.
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Athens
Greece
Louis Cramton
Congress
Michigan
Aviona
Saloniki
Venizelos
Tam
Mr. Cramton
Patria
Labor secretary criticizes Bridgeport machinists strike
Washington. Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, issued no statement censuring the Bridgeport, Connecticut machinists strike. He said their action was to be regretted and offered no public rebuke.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Bridgeport
Conn
War losses report two airmen killed in ocean crash
San Diego based Lieutenant Amos B Whittle and Private A H Anderson, both from Detroit, died when their aircraft plunged into the sea near Oak Park. Lisbon reports thousands of Portage workers are being recruited for American forces in France as part of orderly mobilization. New York postal authorities have halted distribution of The Nation’s September issue through mail.
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San Diego
Cal
Amos B. Whittle
Oak Park
Dent
A. H. Anderson
Detroit
Lisbon
Portage
France
New York
Owwrald Cep
Next Move of Americans in World War I News
Washington reports the Meuse Meuse Meuse salient wiped out as Pershing’s army debates the next move and booty from a rapid first objective. French forces under Petain are on the ground alongside Americans. Advances from the south and west near St Mihiel astonish observers despite seven German divisions opposing. Prisoners indicate 13,200 German troops in the area.
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Washington
Me Mihiel
Pershing
Fresnes
Moselle
Pagny
Lround
Petain
Frthler
St. Mihiel
Prisners
Ireland fixes error on permit law after Gaelic Sunday defiance
Dublin sept 14 the Irish government corrected an error that had caused police to enforce a proclamation restricting public meetings without a permit. permits are generally granted unless disturbance or propaganda is feared. demonstrators planned a Gaelic Sunday but police intervention was reduced and events proceeded peacefully. an attempt to stage a casement day was stopped by police.
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Dubin
Treland
Ireland
Dublin
British troops capture town mile and a half from La Bassée
British and American forces push across Lorraine and adjacent fronts as the St Mihiel salient is erased and French and British lines advance near La Bassée. Haig reports Auchy les-La Bassée occupied and Gouzeaucourt and Havrincourt repulsed. Prisoner tallies rise with 1,590 plus taken in recent actions. French push threatens Chemin des Dames flank while continuing progress along the Ailette and Mont des Lignes.
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Associated Press
Lorraine
Pershing
St. Mihiél
Hattonville
Vigneulles
St. Mihiel
Metz
Brieg
Foch
St. Gobain
Laon
Ailette
Aisne
Petain
Ajlette
Mont Des Lignes
Allemont
Sancy
Chemin Des Dames
Coucy
Haig
Gouzeancourt
Havrincourt
St. Quentin
Jeancourt
Flanders
Auchyles-La Bassee
la Bassee
Welcome in St Mihiel for Baker Pershing and Petain
American Army officers Baker Pershing and Petain were greeted by a largely female crowd upon arriving in St Mihiel in Lorraine. Civilians crowded the streets, with women and children expressing homage as the trio toured the town soon after its recapture. A military band accompanied them during the visit.
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Pershing
Petain
ST. Mihiel
Lorraine
Associated Pres
St. Mihlet
Newton D. Baker
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