Slaughter at Charleroi greatest in history
Paris dispatch recounts ten hours of furious fighting at Charleroi as French and British troops halt a German advance. Cities and villages burn while the battle ebbs and flows with shifting lines. Casualties mount as the tide drives the allies back and then reclaims Charleroi amid heavy bombardment and fierce street fighting.
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Franklin P. Merrick
International News Service
Paris
Charleroi
France
Charieroi
War Office
Marchiennes
Monceau
Chatelet
Landelies
Sambre
Germans Drag Guns Over Their Own Dead
London reports from a war correspondent describing French army wounded at the front near Voeges now in Vichy hospitals. A German artilleryman recalls a brutal scene where fallen comrades were dragged away and, amid heavy shelling, a German battery attempted a trench crossing, horses pulling guns over a human bridge.
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London
Telly Mall
Voeges
Vichy
What Prisoners of War Will Eat
Daily ration scale approved by military authorities lists bread biscuit preserved meat cheese tea jam sugar salt mustard pepper and fresh vegetables. Prisoners will receive two ounces of tobacco each week for smokers.
Medical correspondent reports Liege artillerymen deafened
A Times medical correspondent who returned from Belgium asserts the Liege fortress artillerymen are now stone deaf from constant shellfire. He notes hearing nerves suffer under the prolonged loud detonations, leaving them unable to perceive the usual sounds of battle.
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London
The
Times
Belgium
Liege
War Risk Bill 15 Again in Senate Vote
After bitter debate the House passed the administrative bill by 230 to 68 to have the federal government assume all risks to American commerce on the high seas due to the European war. A Treasury supervised Bureau of War Risk Insurance will be created with a director and an advisory board of insurance experts. An appropriation of 8 million was noted to pay losses, with the government expected to reimburse insurers in initial cases. Republicans warned of neutrality risk, which Democrats denied, saying the measure would not hinder peaceful relations with Europe.
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Washington
D. C
House
Europe
Underwood
Representative Mann
Sare
Senate
Treasury Department
Secretary of the
Uranaury
Bil
Esalat
United States
Senate confirms McReynolds for Supreme Court seat
Washington confirms Attorney General James McReynolds for the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Luritan. The Senate later approves Thomas Wiregory as United States Attorney General. A suffragist group complains of a misquote by Mrs Avnor Polen of New York on women’s suffrage.
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Washington
Tate
Senate
Gieneral James McReynolds
Supreme Court
Luirtan
Thomas Wiregory
United States
Rathr
Blackiiat
Suffragieta
Avnor M Polen
New York
National
Asceciation
Train Derailment Near Asbury Injures Five in Missouri
A passenger train No 1 derailed near Asbury, Missouri, about five miles north of Joplin. Five people were hurt, none fatally. The mail car baggage car and smoking car left the track, with damage to cars and minor injuries reported.
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Joplin
Kansas City
Aouich
Asbury
Ratla
Body Found In Piedmont Stream Near Atlanta Driving Club
Police report a body recovered from a Little Piedmont stream near a driving club in Atlanta. Investigators are examining the scene for clues to the death, with officials uncertain about the cause or time since death. Local units cordoned the area as a routine inquiry proceeds.
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Atlanta
Piedmontore
Medmont
Explosion at Morrison boiler works kills and injures
One man, Ian-William Straudm aa, was killed and Frank Reuter injured when a test air pressure container exploded at Morrison boiler works in Dubuque. Police report confirms a testing incident led to the fatal blast.
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Dubuque
Ian—William Straudm
Frank Reuter
Morrison Os
Postal Deposit Limit Raised and Interest Expanded
The limit on postal savings deposits was increased to 50 dollars with a 50 cents base limit noted. The government will pay interest on deposits up to fifty dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Bishop McIntyre Dead in Chicago Hospital Tragedy
Bishop Rober Ve Intyre of the Methodist Eyopal Grocess dies in Wesley Hospital Chicago. Oklahoma vasa and part of Kansas referenced in the memorial report.
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McIntyre
Chicago
Rober
VeIntyre
Methodist
Oklahoma
Vasa
Kansas
Wesley Hospital
Rhine crossing reported by Basel dispatchers in war update
A Basel dispatch states that German three army corps and Austrian corps with siege artillery have crossed the Rhine, advancing into familiar territory as part of the ongoing conflict. The report notes multiple troop movements and substantial artillery involved in the maneuver.
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Rome
Goopale Titalia
Basel
Switzer
Svs
Rhine
Rolling Mill to Resume Full-Time at Granite City Plant
The Grants City Rolling mill, a department of a nationalFin aniling and stamping company, will resume full time operations providing work to about 1,000 men who have been idle.
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Granite City
Grants City
Tires At Before War Prices Goodyear Tires Stand Out
Goodyear tires, built of extra fine rubber, are offered today at June prices despite war. Rubber shortages pushed prices up in August, but the firm has secured prime rubber from London, Singapore and Colombo and will store a large supply. Prices for Goodyear tires remain competitive and orders are limited to prevent shortages while maintaining prewar pricing for the present period.
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London
Singapore
Colombo
Para
Rewards of Valor Across Nations and Their Honors
English, French, and German officers and private soldiers wear prestigious decorations for conspicuous gallantry in face of the enemy. The Victoria Cross and Legion of Honor are well known in the United States, while the Congressional Medal of Honor remains the American standard. The piece discusses origins, eligibility, and dramatic, personal acts behind these awards across wars including the South African and Napoleonic eras.
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Washington
England
France
Giermany
Germany
United States
Congress
Natoleon
Beyond the Oriental Mind dance revival in London season
A London season feature notes a revival of dancing beyond professional stage artistry as Orientals take interest in European ballroom practice. It contrasts how Indians and Japanese view pairing on the dance floor and recounts Yoshio Varino’s astonishment at a host’s insistence on dancing with his wife, highlighting cultural clash and curiosity about Western social dancing.
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London
Eer
Yoshio Varino
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Courtrai
Turceoe
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Marchionnes
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Walcourt
Thulin
Mettet
Gambre
Sambre River
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U. S
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Willi
Secretary of Treasury
McReynolds Confirmed
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Edward 8. Clark
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Nuzier
Magdula
Abssina
Theodors
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Ehone
Tony Foo
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