Americans and French Score Gain on Marne Front
Franco American forces on the Aisne Marne front continued to straighten their line. The Americans advanced beyond Sergey to two kilometers of Chamery while Chamery nears entry as Allied forces press against German resistance. Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt recently fell in this sector.
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Marne
Associated Press
Vesle
Aisne-Marne
Sergey
Chamery
Quentin Roosevelt
Germans Active in Somme and Flanders Fronts
London reports German activity last night in the Somme near Villers-Brettoneux and artillery in the north near Ribequoy and in Flanders on the Merris-Meteren sector.
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London
Somme
Villers- Brettoneux
War Office
Rbuequoy
Flanders
Merris-Meteren
Allied Attack Aims to Straighten Marne Front and Break Barbed Wire
American and French troops launched a Wednesday assault from Seringes to Cierges on the Marne front to straighten the line and demolish German barbed wire entanglements across hills forests and open areas. German forces attacked the Bligny region southwest of Rheims but were repulsed according to a war office statement.
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Armay
Aisne-Marne
Associated Press
Seringes
Cierges
Marne Front
Paris
Bligny
Rheims
War Office
Car Operative and Ex Car Man In Fight
In a late night altercation near the Street car barn and a saloon, J. F. Burke and T. M. Smith faced charges of fighting and drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon. The incident began after Burke allegedly called Smith a scab and cursed him. a glass was reportedly thrown. The fight lasted about thirty minutes before arrests. Court today set their cases for August 20. Also disposed were G. W. Horan fined $3 for drunkenness and Charles Ellis dismissed for sleeping in the open.
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J. F. Burke
T. M. Smith
Burke
Smith
Italians Bring Down Eleven Airplanes In Italy
Washington reports that eleven enemy airplanes were brought down by Italian forces in northern Italy on Tuesday and Italian raids targeted enemy railroad plants with bombing missions, according to a Rome war office statement.
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Washington
Italy
Prophit Returns From Biloxi Vacation with Car Left on Coast
R. L. Prophit Jr. has returned from a Biloxi vacation where his family remains for a longer stay. The trip was by automobile, which he left on the coast and will use soon to bring his family home after he rejoins them.
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R. L. Prophit, Jr
Biloxi
Miss
Mr Prophit
Drought Dims Cotton Crop Across Ouachita Parish
The News-Star reports August 1 conditions show July drought worsening cotton in Ouachita parish and northeast Louisiana. Hot dry weather with seven weeks without rain reduced boll development and caused heavy shedding. light showers helped parts of Ouachita Morehouse and West Carroll. Labor shortages threaten harvest as urban labor may help but overall pickers decline without rain.
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The
News-Star
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Ouachita
Morehouse Parish
West Carroll Parish
Jackson Street Gravelling Underway in City Plan
Work on Jackson Street has advanced with gravel from DeSiard to Ouachita Avenue. After gravelling the street will be graded and rolled. North Second Street also to be improved and gravelled from the U S P railway to Hudson Lane under a contract held by Fred R. Mitchell. Streetcar tracks on North Second are being lowered in preparation.
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Jackson Street
DeSiard
Ouachita Avenue
Jackson
North Second
Fred R. Mitchell
U. S. and P
Hudson Lane
Kaiser claims Hin envoy to not to fear Americans
Amsterdam dispatch reports Emperor William declaring the coming American armies in France and Allied numerical superiority do not frighten Germany. He says vital forces are attacked by submarines and forests remain, while Russian soldiers are described as ideal patients by army surgeons.
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Kaiser
HIN
Amsterdam
France
Germany
William
Germany weighs recall of ambassador over Kiev situation
London reports Germany may recall Ambassador von Mumin from the Ukraine at Berlin as Berlin awaits clarification of the Kiev incident linked to the assassination of Field Marshal von Eichhorn and his adjutant by alleged Moscow revolutionists.
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London
Germany
von Mumin
Ukraine
Berlin
Kiev
Moscow
von Eichhorn
120 Named in Army Casualty List
Washington reports 120 names on the American army casualty list. Categories include killed in action twelve. died of wounds twenty three. died of disease eleven. died in air plane accident two. died of accident and other causes five. seriously wounded sixty one. wounded undetermined two. missing in action three. taken prisoner one.
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Washington
Washington Marine Casualty List Publishes Five Names
A marine casualty list released today lists five names. Of the five, one died of wounds and two were severely wounded while the others sustained less serious injuries.
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Washington
Engine Kills Colored Man in M. P. Yard
Oliver Brown a 25 year old negro laborer employed by Missouri Pacific was run over and killed in the railroad yards. His body was nearly severed and he had been working in a cinder pit near the tracks when he crawled onto the rails, apparently without a hostler’s knowledge.
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Oliver Brown
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Brown
Yekaterinburg Seized by Czecho-Slovaks Reported
Amsterdam dated dispatch says Yekarterinburg in Perth province near the Siberian border has fallen to Czecho-Slovak forces, per Isvestia Moscow. May reflect wartime routing of a Russian town.
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Amsterdam
Yekarterinburg
Perth
Isvestia
Moscow
Riots Reported in Ukraine Against German Occupation
Kiev dispatch via Fremdenblatt reports serious riots in Ukraine country districts. A Copenhagen telegraph cites peasants offering organized resistance to what are described as German usurpers.
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Ukraine
London
Change Telecraph Company
Copenhagen
Mayer Hoarding Case Ties owners to Red Cross funds
New Orleans on August 1 Louis and Rafe Mayer owners of the Mayer Hotel at Beton Rouge were fined 1000 dollars which was donated to the Red Cross and 1900 pounds of sugar seized by federal food administrator and enforcement head. The sugar will be distributed to Baton Rouge charities.
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New Orleans
Louis
Rafe Mayer
Mayer
Beton Rouge
Red Cross
Industrial survey of 10 parishes in northeast Louisiana
War Industries Board directs a regional industrial survey in northeast Louisiana with parish chairmen named for Ouachita Richland Caldwell la Salle Winn Jackson Union Lincoln and three already chosen T F Terzia H Flood Wassson and Charles Titche Blanks will collect data on employment raw materials and potential government output to assess contract potential and guide war effort decisions.
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War Industries Commission
Dallas
Tex
G. T. Cross
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Northeast
Louisiana
Movsiions
Ouachita
Richland
Caldwell
la Salle
Winn
Jackson
Union
Lincoln
T. F. Terzia
H. Flood Washson
Morehouse
Charles Titche
War Industries Board
Path to fist the Germans used 45 divisions on front
Paris reports on the Soissons Rheims front July fighting. The Beho de Paris says 45 divisions were employed, many used multiple times, reentered after rest of one or two days to renew combat across the line.
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Paris
Soissons-Rheims
Beho de Paris
Industrial survey outlines labor contracts and housing facilities
The article discusses plans to study labor contracts and housing facilities through a questionnaire system. It notes the labor situation, plant monthly capacity, and other key aspects to be explored in the industrial survey.
Weekly collection of freight bills abandoned today
The cash and carry plan goes into effect at local freight offices with no more credit on freight bills. Large receivers previously made weekly collections only for shipments with sufficient credit. From today charges on freight not prepaid must be paid on receipt or next day with bond if needed. Government rule on tracing small shipments will not hurt shippers, says V S and P agent.
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Agen
W. Moffet
S. and P
Mofffet
August 1 production forecast lowers cotton crop estimate
The USDA August forecast places the 181S cotton crop at 138,619,000 bales, down 1,706,000 from July’s estimate. Western belt drought, especially Texas, drives the drop. beltwide condition falls to 73.8 percent as of July 25, a 12.2 percent decline from prior readings.
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Washington
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Do. Celine
Memphis man visits sisters in town
R. J. Scott Jr of Memphis Tenn is here visiting his sisters Mrs Henry Biedenharn and Mrs Nelle Scott the latter of the Western Union.
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R. J. Scott, Jr
Memphis, Tenn
Henry Biedenharn
Nelle Scott
Western Union
Knights of Pythias to Gather in Monroe August 29
John Gamble of Jennings grand chancellor for Louisiana and J W Compton of Shreveport deputy chancellor visited Monroe after Lake Providence district meeting. Plans for August 29 district gathering include 14 candidates for third rank, reinstatements, and representation from Eros, Columbia, Clarks, Olla, Mer Rouge, Bastrop, Jones, Rayville, Mangham, Delhi and Monroe.
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John Gamble
Jennings
Louisiana
The
Knights of Pythias
J. W. Compton
Shreveport
Monroe
Lake Providence
Gambie
Compton
Ang
Eros
Columbia
Clarks
Olla
Mer Fuouge
Bastrop
Jones
Rayville
Mangham
Delhi
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