Australians Advance Line on Sommefront Night Attack
Haig reports Australian troops pushed their front about 3,000 yards along the Somme during a night assault. German artillery activity was noted north of Albert and near Beaumont-Hamel and Bethune as Allied prisoners were recaptured and two American soldiers cited for bravery after aiding a retreat.
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Sommefront
London
Somme
Haig
Albert
Beaumont-Hamel
Flanders
Bethune
Momentous events on the western front reported by AP
Reports from the front say a new German offensive may come after a lull as 30 to 40 divisions are primed to strike. Australians push in the Somme sector near Amiens while British fortifications grow two miles from the Somme river. French artillery duels intensify near the Marne salient, around Villers-Cotterets forest.
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France
Associated Press
Hamel
Henry Johnson
Robert Robinson
New York
No Man's Land
Somme
Lkely
Marne
Villers-Cotteretts Forest
Argentine Diplomatic Mission Arrives on Warship
An Argentine dreadnought with Ambassador Naon and a diplomatic mission from the republic arrived at an Atlantic port today. The distinguished visitors were greeted by naval and army officers after a flotilla of American airplanes and a dirigible escorted them into port.
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Atlantic
Naon
South American Republic
Pershing Reports Big American Raid in the Vosges
General Pershing's Sunday communique reports successful Vosges raids by American forces. He notes enemy losses in killed wounded and prisoners and says the day was quiet at other points of the American sector.
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Pershing
Vosges
Ing
Premier Clemenceau Reassures After Front Visit
Paris July 8. Premier Clemenceau returns from two busy days at the front with confidence in the future unshaken. He visited advanced trenches spoke with generals officers and soldiers and found readiness to meet the enemy. Several conferences with General Foch and other officers were held.
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Paris
Foch
Labor Party Seeks Universal Education Access
London July 8 The Labour Party leader Arthur Henderson urged that education must be open to every child regardless of parents income or status. He praised a parliamentary education bill as overdue reform and urged living wages, limits on child labor after school hours, compulsory local education medical care, and adequate maintenance for students.
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London
Labor Party
Arthurnderson
Henderson
Cleveland Abee Fired for Sympathies With Germany
Official correspondence released today shows Cleveland Abee Jr., editor of a monthly weather review, was dismissed from government service for his well known sympathies for the imperial German government.
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Washington
Cleveland Abee, Jr
Monthly
Weather Review
Artillery activity Near Paris Marne Frontier Reported
Paris reports artillery activity on the western side of the Marne salient between Paris and Villers Cotterets and the river Marne. No infantry engagements occurred according to the war office statements.
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Paris
Marne
Villers-Cotterets
War Office
New Allied Offensive Soon in Italy Reported
Reports indicate a major Allied push is being prepared in Italy as Allied forces speed up preparations for a forthcoming offensive. The dispatch notes strategic build up and anticipated operations across key fronts with emphasis on coordination and logistics.
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Italy
Italians Advance on Front in Albania and Col La Prible
Italian and French troops in Albania on July 5 began an operation between the coast and the Tomorica valley. The action, described as in full progress, has already yielded more than 1,000 prisoners. Italian gains include Col La Prible and advance northeast of Massili near Monte Grappa. Eight enemy aircraft were destroyed in air battles.
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Rome
Albania
Tomorica
Italian War Office
Col la Prible
War Office
Monte Grappa
Massili
Southern Publishers Convene 16th Annual Session at Asheville
Asheville July 8 The 16th annual convention of the Southern Publishers association opened with most of its 126 members present. President F G Bell of the Savannah Morning News gave the inaugural address as Secretary W C Johnson of the Chattanooga News reported progress. Committees heard reports and the gathering continued through the day.
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Asheville
Southern Publishers’ Association
F. G. Bell
Savannah Morning News
W. C. Johnson
Chattanooga News
Mexican girls solve the problem of housewives
El Paso reports Mexican girls provide affordable servants for border city households. Nurses can be secured for three dollars weekly, maids of all work for four, and cooks and laundresses range from five to six dollars daily. The workers are described as faithful, hardworking, and gentle with children, despite limited appliance familiarity.
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EL Paso Tex
el Paso
London wartime meals shift dinner hour earlier
London reports the dinner hour moved to about 7.30 from 8.45 as the war progresses while afternoon tea remains at 4 to 5. The change happened gradually since 1914 and many people realize the shift now.
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London
Officer killed by airgun fire over prohibited water
In East Kent a young officer was shot and killed by an airplane while bathing in restricted waters. Inquest evidence indicated the airmen used a second officer as a target, with the aircraft flying over the water and firing.
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London
East
Kent
Otker
Swan Song For Booze To Be Sung On Next January 1
Washington July 8 The Senate Agricultural Committee agreed to legislation banning the sale of distilled liquors wines and beers after January 1 110 and prohibiting the manufacture of wines and beer after November 1 net The measure substitutes for Morris amendment to the emergency agriculture appropriation bill and would stop sales June 30 1919 and bar beer and wine manufacture three months after passage Provisions for exports of squors already produced were discussed and likely to be reported before the Senate acts
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Swan
Morris
Senate
Spaniards Question Neutrality Amid War Debate
In Barcelona and across Spain unease grows over the country’s wartime stance. Despite organized propaganda and pro-German sentiment in sections of the army, doubts rise about whether neutrality should favor the Allies. Instances of German espionage exposure fuel skepticism.
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Barcelona
Spain
Benet Takes Oath as Tillman’s Successor in Senate
Christie Benet of Columbia, appointed last Saturday by Governor Manning to fill the late Senator Tillman’s unexpired six month term, took the oath today and was seated in the Senate. His credentials were presented by Senator Smith of South Carolina.
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Washington
Christie Benet
Columbia
Manning
Tillman
South Carolina
Senate
Senator Smith
Raleigh Trooper Severely Wounded in Scrap
The army casualty list reports 50 names with 29 wounded severely. Sergeant John Crow of Raleigh is listed among the severely wounded.
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Raleigh
Scrap
Hans
Washington
John
Crow
Merchants Do Well In Sale Of Stamps
Merchants in the city sold war savings stamps through Saturday reaching a gross maturity value of 13689 dollars. EB W Freeze, merchant war saving committee chairman, notes gains in weekly sales and predicts stamps sales will continue for weeks. Each agent holds a government certificate signed by William G McAdoo authorizing sale.
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EB. W. Freeze
Merchants
War Saving Committee
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Ukrainian cabinet resigns as Markiviteh faces new coalition
A Lemberg dispatch to a Vienna paper reports the Ukrainian cabinet has resigned and socialist federalist M. Markiviteh is charged with forming a new cabinet. The note places the political shakeup in Kyiv and surrounding regions with no further dates given.
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Amsterdam
M. Markiviteh
Vienna
Moscow Scene of Revolution
A fragment refers to revolution activity in Moscow with unidentified men involved in actions described as a scene from upheaval. The OCR text is incomplete leaving unclear events, dates, or parties.
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Moscow
Foreign envoy talks halted after Mirbach assassination
London reports that upon learning Count von Mirbach was assassinated, Emperor William ordered Foreign Secretary von Kuhlman to end negotiations with the Russian delegates in Berlin. Social revolutionaries clash with Bolsheviks noted as the broader street confrontation.
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London
William
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Amsterdam
von Kuehlman
Berlin
Counter revolution erupts in Moscow streets
A semi official Wolf bureau telegram from Moscow reports a serious counter revolution in progress with fighting between Bolshevik troops and social revolutionaries. A Sunday Moscow message to London via Copenhagen says the counter revolution began but was suspended.
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London
Moscow
Wolf Bureau
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Fighting in Moscow after German ambassador murder
A Swiss official dispatch reports fighting in Moscow between Bolshevik forces and revolutionary socialists following the assassination of Count Mirbach, the German ambassador. The assassins took refuge in a house occupied by revolutionary socialists and the building was defended by guns. details of the clash are not yet known.
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Washington
Moscow
Count Mirbach
Switzerland
Disputch
Assassination of German Ambassador Von Mirbach
London reports the assassination of Count von Mirbach, Germanys ambassador, as a major event with potential far reaching political effects.
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London
Count von Mirbach
Russians Arrested in Moscow Amid Revolt Rumors
London reports several hundred Russians including the social revolutionist Alexandrovitch have been arrested in Moscow as authorities clamp down after unrest. The detentions underline mounting pressure on political groups during the capital’s tense climate.
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London
Alexandrovitch
Moscow
Well Known Veteran Moving Picture Man Visits City
F. W. Watkne, a veteran moving picture man connected with Pathe and other major firms, was here yesterday as a representative of Famous Players Paramount and Craft productions. He is widely known in the film industry and has held multiple roles in the business.
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Moving Picture
F. W. Watkne
Autoists Run Slow On Sunday On High Point To Greensboro
Speeding in a Sunday patrol along the High Point to Greensboro route yielded only 20 numbers. Chief McGee Patrolmen Black welder Wood and Justice Warren G Brown oversaw the stop list as the day had an hour with no violations. The total numbers captured include 24961 35747 4116 28785 7571 23290 39202 4003 48595 48235 18762 0210 old number 444 51 763 4263 23478 21245 2185 41415.
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High Point
Greensboro
McGee
Blackwelder
Wood
Justice of the Peace
Warren G. Brown
Raleigh
Telegraphers' Strike In Chicago Postponed Indefinitely
In Chicago on July 8 the Western Union telegraphers strike, planned for 6 am, was revoked after S. J. Konenkamp, president of the Commercial Telegraphers' union, spoke by long distance with Secretary Wilson in Washington. Wilson urged no interference with vital war transmissions, and Konenkamp announced an indefinite postponement.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Wilson
Washington
Telegraphers’ Union
Mr. Konenkamp
Western Union cuts 80 plus Telegraphers in New Orleans
New Orleans July 8 more than 80 Commercial Telegraphers union members reported to Western Union offices but were told the company had no further need for their services. Each operator was asked about union membership and all affirmed, then turned away.
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New Orleans
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union
First Baptist Church Seeks 15000 Fund for Repairs Parsonage
The First Baptist church plans to raise 15000 dollars over three years to repair the building and relocate the baptistery for better witnessing. Pastor Rev. James A. Clarke announced last night that pledges will be collected next Sunday with equal monthly installments from over 500 members. The program may include purchasing a lot and erecting a parsonage.
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First Baptist Church
James A. Clarke
Red Cross Accepts 129 New Members After Patriotic Meeting
A Sunday meeting yielded 120 new Red Cross memberships and 22 renewals from delinquent members, bringing the local chapter near 300 unpaid subscriptions. The membership chair warned that unpaid dues have left the chapter in a precarious position, but called the results promising for a firmer working basis.
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Red Cross
Charman
Lowe
Cotton futures rise at open before selling off on bearish crop hints
New York opened with firmer tones as active months gained about 25 to 27 points after an initial 5 to 11 point advance. October touched 25.22 and December 24.80 before offerings increased and the market eased due to bearish crop advices.
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New York
Red Cross Praised at High Point Memorial for Fallen Heroes
A large audience at the High Point high school auditorium honored George C. Wright and Henry T. Traynham, the first High Point men killed in action in France. The program featured eulogies by Charles F. Tomlinson and Rev Sylvester Newlin, with J Raymond McCrary stressing Red Cross work. Membership cards were signed as part of the event.
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George C. Wright
Henry T. Traynham
High Point
France
Charles F. Tomlinson
Sylvester Newlin
American Red Cross
J. Raymond McCrary
Lexington
Red Cross
James W. Rose
West End Baptist Church
America
H. H. Robbins
South Main Street Methodist Protestant Church
Frank Ogburn
H. A. Millis
Biscoe
Tomlinson
J. Allen Avatin
Friends Church
Henry Traynham
High Pont
High Point Township
Abbott's Creek
California
Alsace
Wrght
Ottis E. Mendenhall
John Raymond McCrary
North Carolina
United States of America
McCrary
Ottis F. Mendenhall
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