Germans Prepare Defensive Stand Across Wide Front in War News
Descriptions say German forces pull back toward the Aisne while preparing a broad defensive line from Ypres to Rheims. Vesle floods hinder river crossing, Fismes captured by Americans, Soissons and Picardy actions show local gains by Allied and French forces.
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Hamel
Dernancourt
Ancre
Albert
Casualty List Tops 700 Names Across Services
Washington Aug 5 The daily Pershing lists show 407 army names with 203 killed in action 37 died of wounds and 148 wounded plus 3 missing. The marine list adds 100 names nine killed and one died of wounds. Four North Carolinians are named among the army dead and wounded with two killed in action and one dying of wounds. Arizona and Delaware are not represented in the army roster.
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Marne
Gneral Pershing
Army
Delaware
Arizona
War Department
War
Charles A. McDougal
Aberdeen
Everett McAlister
Mount Pleasant
Wade H. Miller
New London
Dolphus C. Cooper
Jacksonville
British Raid Near Arras Takes Prisoners
British forces conducted a raid southeast of Arras near Neuille Vitasse last night and took prisoners, the War Office announced. On the northern front opposite La Bassée and north of Bethune German artillery has been very active.
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Lull on Soissons-Rheims Front Amid Muddy Vesle Banks
Paris reports a lull in fighting along the Soissons Rheims line with a brief breathing spell due to weaker conditions. German forces, who have turned the Vesle banks into swamps and morasses, are now making a stiffer stand than expected this morning.
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Paris
Soissons-Rheims
Vesle
Bombardment Resumed Against Paris
The long range bombardment of Paris was resumed this morning as reported from Paris dated August 4.
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Paris
American Wounded in Aisne Marne Offense Survival Outlook
Chief of staff reports that fewer than one in twenty American soldiers wounded in the Aisne Marne offense will die. More than four-fifths are returned to service and 11 percent will be disabled and discharged. The note cites Allied wartime experience. An aviation training fatality record shows 155 deaths from Sept 1 1917 to July 20 1918.
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Washington
Aisne- Marne
Allied Air Service
Sad Outfit Diary Entry Shows German View of Americans
Washington reports United States Marines near Chateau Thierry shifted a German lieutenant’s contempt. Lt Tillmans of the Baden guards chronicles June 7 as a sad outfit, and June 9 10 recounts the worst night of his life as Americans attacked and the diary notes prisoners taken by the devil dogs.
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Washington
United States
Chateau Thierry
Tillmans
Baden Guards
Ameri
Toufelhunden
Harbor facilities greatly expanded along Atlantic and southern ports
The Shipping Board commission led by Edward F. Curry calls for immediate port expansions to handle coal and oil traffic and the growing merchant marine. New York Boston and southern ports like Galveston New Orleans Jacksonville Charleston will be enlarged with inventories and tours to assess docks rails and terminals. A transit plan aims to ease congestion by rerouting imports and exports via southern ports and waterways. Mrs J W Northcut and Vitle daughter return from Newport News after a weeklong visit.
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Pacific
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Death of Beloved Friends Minister Sylvester Newlin
Rev. Sylvester Newlin 67, pastor of the High Point Friends church and noted Quaker divine, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his West Green Street home from ulcers of the stomach. He had just delivered a sermon on his third anniversary in High Point and had been in good health at lunch. Survived by two brothers and a sister, funeral set for Wednesday at 10 AM at the Friends church with interment in Oakwood.
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High Point Friends
West Green Street
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Westfield
Noblesville
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Pasadena
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Clarice Newlin
Thomas Newlin
Guilford College
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Jackson
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Vermont
Candace N. Johnson
Carmel
Friends’ Church
Lewis W. MacFarland
Ministers’ Association of
Friend
Oakwood
Arthur Lyon
Th Point
Guilford County
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Jim
Sylvester Newin
Blind soldiers begin Braille training at Baltimore institute
At General Hospital No. 7 near Baltimore under the Red Cross Institute for the Blind the first group of nine soldiers blinded in France begins Braille work and typewriter training. Additional patients are en route as the army builds new skills to restore independence through tactile reading and writing.
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Red Cross Institute For
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Texas
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New York
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Library of Congress
Gertrude Rider
Sinking of Jennings Tanker Off Virginia Coast
The American tanker O. B. Jennings, 7,890 net tons, built in 1917 and owned by Standard Oil, was sunk by German submarines about 100 miles off the Virginia coast. Ninety survivors were rescued by a naval vessel near Norfolk. the captain and 13 crewmen are missing. Wireless reports said shelling occurred between 11 and noon. Two German submarines reportedly operating off the U S coast.
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Atlantic
Novia Scotia
Jennings
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O. B. Jennings
Standard Oil Company
Canadian port reports Nelson Al of Yarmouth sunk
The fishing schooner Nelson Al of Yar mouth Nova Scotia has been sunk by German submarines off the northern Atlantic. The crew was landed at a Canadian port today and reported the vessel destroyed last Saturday.
Loss of O. B. Jennings Torpedoed Off Virginia Coast
Officals of Standard Oil report that the torpedoed vessel O. B. Jennings had 49 men aboard. Chief officer and 31 crew landed. 17 sailors including the captain remain unaccounted for.
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New York
O. B. Jennings
Virginia
Standard Oil Company
Watch Us Germans Secret Service Grabs Critic
Cincinnati, Aug 5. James Hoffman Sr a prominent packer was arrested on sedition and espionage charges after declaring watch what us Germans are going to do and watch what us Americans are going to do The Department of Justice stated Hoffman claimed the army lacks good generals discipline and soldiers lack gait Bail set at 20000 ahead of preliminary examination
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U. S. Army
Cincinnati
Ohio
James Hoffman
Packer
Department of Justice
Vents
Hoffman
Fatten Poultry Finishing Advised Before Market
West Raleigh August 3 In a farming note the article warns that markets favor fattened stock and that many growers neglect finishing poultry before sale. It stresses finishing periods to improve buyer impressions. The piece also mentions Capt. A. M. Rankin and family visiting his brother W. R. Rankin on West Market Street in Greensboro Sunday.
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West Raleigh
A. M. Rankin
Greensboro
Capt. Rankin
W. R. Rankin
West Market Street
Insurance policies offer hope for disabled veterans facing despair
The text argues policies should provide a defined place in life for those with handicaps rather than merely keeping them off pension rolls. It likens the policy form to those in casualty lists, aiming to sustain dignity and purpose despite injuries.
Registering Men Weekly Report
Brief notice states men are to be registered weekly. It notes the ongoing process and routine collection of names for enlistment or payroll, reflecting administrative duty and periodic updates. Generated as a compact card for local paper readers.
New Army Draft Bill Extends Service to All Men 18 to 45
Washington reports the administration bill extends the selective service act to men ages 18 through 45 and authorizes the President to call them into service by age sequence. The measure, prepared with President approval, Baker, and Crowder, was sent to military committees with hopes for quick passage after the summer recess, targeting by September 1.
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Oh Houses Eday
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Crowder
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Eimmer
Sunken ships restored in British salvage effort
London July 15 Correspondence of Associated Press. More than 400 sunken merchant vessels have been raised and restored to service in under three years by the British navy salvage section. Ships are salvaged, repaired, and sent back to duty, with cargoes worth millions salvaged. a recent collision in the English Channel involved an American tanker and a British steamer, both damaged but to be repaired and returned to service. Mrs Ro L. Loflin left Saturday for New York and elsewhere. she will be away several days.
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