Sixty jitneymen ordered to stop all operations in Harrisburg
Public Service Commission refused about sixty jitney certificates and ordered similar number to cease operations. The action follows a year of complaints by Harrisburg Railways Company after jitneys multiplied post strike. Operators risk arrest if they continue. litigation has stretched for months with further pleas on eighteen cases.
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Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Railways Company
Jimmeymen
Wilkes-Barre
Canitol
Commission
Railways Company
Allied and German actions reported in major fronts
Washington reports most wounded will return to service with few deaths, while Paris notes French detachments pushing across the Vesle face German resistance. London mentions raids south of Arras with prisoners taken and increased German artillery activity around La Bassée Bethune and Ypres regions. Allies salvage large booty including 77 mm guns and 1.5 million shells. fighting along Aisne Vesle banks intensifies with stubborn German resistance near Muizon and Vautes farm and heavy shelling near Rheims.
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London
Arras
Neuville-Vittasse
War Office
la Bassee
Bethune
Hazebrouck
Ypres
Paris
Woods of Arcy and
Tournelle
Forest of
Fere
France
Aisne
Vesle
Muizon
Vautes
Rheims
Tomato plant grafted on a potato stalk at Berry hill Nursery
An exhibition at the Berry hill Nursery offices on Locust street features a full grown tomato plant grafted onto a potato stalk. Grafted by superintendent H. Riebe, the plant bears both tomatoes and potatoes with a first ripened tomato appearing that week. Beneath the surface, several well developed potatoes are visible in the flower plot.
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Berryhill Nursery
Locust Street
H. Riebe
Burbank
HUN HORDES THROWN ON DEFENSIVE ON FRONT
Allied forces press German lines across Vesle and Somme sectors as high water and floodwaters slow movement. Fismes falls to American forces. crown prince likely to retreat toward the Aisne. French gains north of Rheims and near Soissons indicate a shifting front while the Vesle and floodwaters hinder heavy German counterattacks.
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Soissons-Rheims
Yvres
Rheims
Aisne
Picardy
Amiens
Somme
Soissons
Vesle
Fismes
Fisines
Marne
Thousands See 232 Colored Men Leave for Camp
Thousands gathered to bid farewell as 232 colored draftees boarded a special at Harrisburg Pennsylvania Station at 11 40 AM en route to Camp Custer Battle Creek Michigan. The mood of the registrants and their supporters was high as the train pulled out.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Great National Army
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Uncle Sam
Germans Make Stand at Vesle River Front
Weather turns Vesle river banks into swamps aiding German defense along the Soissons Rheims line. Germans mount stiffer resistance than expected as lull ends and fighting resumes near Vesle.
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Vesle
Paris
Soissons-Rheims
Magazines Sent Soldiers Brings Her a Husband
Linglestown resident Miss Amelia K. Swartz earned a husband through wartime care for troops. Since U S involvement in the war she collected magazines books and clippings for soldiers and sailors. A correspondence and visits with Burton F Vaughn in San Antonio culminated in marriage after a license was issued.
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Amelia K. Swartz
Linglestown
Uncle Sam
Germany
Miss Swartz
United States
San Antonio
Burton IF. Vaughn
Newspapers Must Cut Size of All Editions
Washington reports the War Industries Board priorities division lists paper mills as essential. Newspapers are ordered to cut newsprint use by 15 percent on daily editions and 20 percent on Sunday editions to achieve greatest possible economy.
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Washington
The
War Industries Board
Crowder proposes weekly 21-year-old registration in August
General Crowder proposes weekly registration of youths turning 21 during the next few weeks as the sole method to raise 200,000 men for September. Presidential proclamation could implement the plan and add about 80,000 volunteers to the pool.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Crowder
Sugar of corn used in ice cream preserves scarce sugar
Harrisburgers contribute to sugar conservation by choosing ice cream made from a mix of corn sugar and cane sugar. With war needs, ice cream makers blend substitutes as ordinary granulated sugar is in short supply, keeping dealers in business.
Americans Bayonet Germans Beside Machine Guns
Paris report describes hand to hand street fighting in Fismes where American troops captured the German base. Prussian Guards allegedly refused surrender and were bayoneted or clubbed as they manned their machine guns, marking one of the war’s bitterest engagements.
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Fismes
William Halfpenny Dies After Long Service
William Halfpenny 63, veteran conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Philadelphia and Erie division, died at his Harrisburg home after noon today from uremic poisoning. He worked 43 years, leaves three Harrisburg children, a brother in Los Angeles, two sisters, and no funeral plans yet.
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William Halfpenny
Philadelphia and Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Nineteenth Street
Mr. Halfpenny
Harrisburg
Keystone Division
Order of
Baird Lodge
Knights of Pythias
St. Andrew's
Largest single list of battle names reports 407 cases
Washington reports 407 American troops listed in today’s Pershing casualty roll from July 15 fighting on the Marne sector. Among the named, 203 killed in action, 37 died of wounds, 148 wounded with 48 serious, 100 undetermined or missing.Continued on Page 10.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marne
Pershing
Lloyd George Lays Hold Fast War Message On War Anniversary
Britain marks the fourth anniversary of entry into World War with a dramatic Lloyd George address urging resolve. He declares victory prospects bright, accuses Germany of seeking conquest, and vows a just settlement through continued effort despite ongoing fighting. The message is read in theaters and public venues nationwide.
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Britain
Associated Press
London
British Empire
David Lloyd George
Germany
Russia
Romania
Prussia
Eligible List For City Patrolman Is Announced
Six of fifteen examinees passed for patrolman. R Ross of the civil service board announced the eligible list. Four are under the age limit, two above it with top ratings. Pollock leads with the highest percentage. others include Snyder Haines Darbrow Johnson Sturgeon and two colored candidates Foreman and Jackson. Police matron additions may be announced at tomorrow’s council meeting.
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R. Ross Seaman
Civil Service Board
Joseph B. Pollock
Hunter Street
Pollock
Joseph H. Snyder
Green
Augustus H. Haines
North
Leroy Darbrow
South River
Harry Leonard Johnson
Monroe
Frank Benjamin Sturgeon
Boas
Charles E. Foreman
Frank Oliver Jackson
British Army Advances In France Near La Bassée Canal
Evacuated German lines give way to British advances along a nearly half mile sector north of La Bassée Canal. Allied forces push forward occupying the ground as French General Mangin’s army continues the offensive since July 18. Submarine chaser No 187 sinks after collision off Virginia coast. crew rescued. The Paris region endures long range bombardment resume.
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France
LA Bassee Canal
Mangin
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