Russians Advance Toward Warsaw as Front Battles Rage
London dispatches report Russians hold Warsaw area with evacuation expected soon. Germans report heavy reinforcements from the west and intense fighting on the Narew front between Narew and Ojeriv as Vienna says Austrians retreat east. Western front artillery duels continue with Gallipoli quiet. Austria claims over ten thousand prisoners.
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Associated Press
London
Warsaw
Petrogred
Narew
Vienna
Gallipela
Germany Replies To U S Note On Frye Sinking
Germany answers the latest American note regarding the sinking of the American ship William P Frye. Berlin asserts a right under the Prussian American treaty to detain and plunder the Frye. The United States denies any right to destroy neutral ships under any circumstances.
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Germany
Washington
Wiliam Pe Frye
Prince Betel ‘Riederich
Lesan
Unite States
England to Publish Supplemental Note on Neutral Commerce
Washington Aug. 2 England's supplementary note replying to American representations on interference with neutral commerce reached the state department today. It will be published Wednesday morning along with the note received last week and the third note on the detention of the American steamer Neches.
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Washington
England
State Department
Cotton Crop Estimated At 11 970 037 Bales This Year
Washington reports the 1920 cotton crop is unofficially expected at 11,970,037 five hundred pound bales, down from 16,184,980 last year. The July 25 condition stands at 75.8 percent of normal with Louisiana at 75 percent, and June 25 area under cultivation about 1. call 385,000 acres.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Cotton Crop Progress Across States Through Three Weeks
The cotton belt shows variable growth with cool early weeks delaying cultivation in the north, while Texas and Oklahoma enjoy clear, warm weather boosting growth. Drought relief in Texas precedes steady development. boll weevils spread in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and nearby areas. By the third week nights warm and soil moisture improve, growth strengthens, though Texas faces ongoing dry spells. Roll weevil activity declines in Texas late, but reaches Alabama Georgia line and western Florida.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Alabama- Georgia Line
Florida
Armenian Massacres Protest Note to Wilson
In Tiflis on Aug 1 the press prints a second note addressed to President Wilson urging the United States to protest the Armenian massacres and the forced removal of Armenians from Constantinople and Cilicia toward Konieh and Mesopotamia where they face extinction.
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Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Wilson
Constantinople
Cilicia
Asia Minor
Konieh
Mesopotamia
Facts About Armies
A German corps holds about 41 000 men 14 000 horses and 2400 vehicles making a 30 mile long procession on one road. An army of 10 corps fronts 27 miles with 12 to 14 hours needed for rear units to reach battle. Rail movement uses 110 trains per corps group. Daily provisions total nearly 400 000 pounds with 150 wagons needed to deliver food each day.
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Associated Presa
Berlin
Neue Gesellschaftliche
Prohibition Advocate Urges Election of Prohibition Police Jury
In a Sunday address at First Methodist Church West Monroe Rev. A W Turner state Anti-Saloon League superintendent urged Ouachita Parish voters to elect a police jury that supports prohibition. He cited the Atlantic City convention and warned that without active local candidates the election would not happen.
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West Monroe
First Methodist
Prohibition Forces
A. W. Turner
Louisiana
Prohibition
Philadelphia
Million Dolar Pier
United States
Rev. Turner
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Anti- Saloon League
Monro
Quachita Parish
Quathita Parish
Turner
Saloon’s League
Paramount Calls National Fight to Awake Munroe Women
After an hour and a half speech the speaker vowed to return to the city for a renewed push. Rev Turner urged the W, CC, T, LV and asked Mon roe women to join the union and help in the battle now on.
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Turner
CC. T
Monroe
Union
Clintonia Sunk Off London. 54 Survivors Reported
London, Aug. 2. The British steamer Clintonia has sunk. Fifty four of the persons aboard were saved.
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London
British Steamer Flugens Sunk. Crew Landed
The British steamer Flugens was sunk today. The crew was landed.
Third British Steamer Benvorlich Sunk in War News
London reports the British steamer Benvorlich sunk today. Sixteen crew members were landed while others remain in boats. In Oklahoma Henry Starr pleaded guilty to bank robbery in district court and was sentenced to twenty five years in the penitentiary.
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London
Benvorlich
Chandler, Okla
Henry Starr
District Court Today
Two Boys Rob Sleepy Smith and Alfonso Bur nel
Two boys about twelve were caught robbing Central Savings Bank yesterday after stealing about $10 in cash and $11 in stamps. One boy was captured inside the bank, the other escaped. They entered through a rear water pipe and searched desks for money and stamps, but under juvenile law were released to their homes. A gang of six to eight youths aged ten to fourteen is said to trouble police daily. residents urge Judge Dawkins to send them to the State Training School for reform.
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Judge Dawkins
Link in Coastal Canal Opens at Lake Charles
The formal opening of the Lake Charles Port Arthur Texas link in the Inter coastal Canal was celebrated here. The canal connects the Mer mentau and Sabine rivers and was built at a cost of about 2,000,000 dollars.
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Lake Charles
Port Arthur
Texas
Mermentau
Sabine
Ride Wheels to Detroit 1500 Mile Messenger Journey
Pine Bluff reports Hector Mc Kenzie and Guy Worley two Mackay messenger boys left June 19 on bicycles and arrived in Detroit Michigan yesterday. They pedaled the long route claiming a distance of more than 1500 miles.
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Detroit
Pine Bluff
Hector McKenzie
Guy Worley
Mackay
Mich
Yestering
Carranza Army Occupies Mexico City Reconfirmed
The state department confirms the Carranza army under General Gonzales has reoccupied Mexico City. Red Cross reports starvation cases in the city. Reports state Villa abandoned Torreon and set headquarters at Chihuahua. he orders Americans to depart.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico City
Carranza
Gonzales
Red Cross
Villa
Torreon
Chihuahua
Contest Opens New Ballot Candidates For Convention
A contest invites delegates to develop and nominate candidates for the upcoming convention ballot. The push targets broad delegate participation and timely filings.
Opening of State Campaign Raises Political Buzz Across Louisiana
The Times-Pressure reports Barret's Shreveport primary win and Pleasant's candidacy announcement at Bernice as the week’s political kickoff. Observers note likely gubernatorial contenders include Dart and Pujo, with O Neill likely to wait on the Constitutional Convention. New Orleans regulars increasingly back Barret, while Pleasants gains in seatery areas are watched. The convention’s issues and support shape the race ahead.
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New Orleans
Times
Barret
Shreveport
Pleasant- Thomas City
Pleasant
Ios
Bernice
William Camnpnell
Lafayette
Henry TP. Dart
Dart
AL P. Pujo
Lake Charles
Pujo
Col. Pleasant
Seatlerey
Charles A O'Niall
Supreme Court
Stede
Teuton Allies Hold Foreign Land In Review
Berlin papers review the first year of the war noting gains and setbacks. Reports outline Allied retreat and German advances across occupied territory with emphasis on strategic positions and ongoing conflicts in Europe.
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Berlin
Territorial gains cited by Austro German forces in war progress
The report states German armies in the west hold 53,000 square kilometers including Belgium and the most valuable part of France while Austro German forces in the east occupy 150,000 square kilometers covering Courland Kovno Souwalki Plock Kalisez Piotrokow Radom Kielce and parts of Warsaw and Lublin. The total conquered area is twice Bavaria.
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Samll
Alsace
Galicia
Belguum
France
Alter
Courland
Kovno Souwalki
Plock
Kalisez
Piotrokow
Radom
Kielce
Longtime rural mail carrier Eliza Walker retires in Arkansas
Bentonville August 2 Eliza A Walker the county’s only woman rural mail carrier retires after seven years ten months and eighteen days On route No 1 out of Centerton she writes she will miss the greetings of children and patrons who left her fruit and dainties in the baskets Saloon raid costs two lives New Orleans August 1 Policeman August Bouchon is shot and killed by saloon keeper Charles M Rapp Rapp fatally wounded as Gretna officers enforce Sunday closing Chief Leson is arrested for wounding Rapp.
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Bentonville
Eliza A. Walker
Centerton
New Orleans
Gretna
August Bouchon
Charles M. Rapp
Rapp
Leson
Bouchon
Leaky trunks reveal whisky in Shreveport
Patrol reports two trunks shipping whiskey soaked books at union depot. Detectives locate trunks bound for F. A. Neilin and Charles Abohash. Neilin and Abohash held on blind tiger charges, released on bond pending city court trial. Four cases of Sunny Brook found in each trunk stored in basement tag room.
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Shreveport
the Times
Sullivan
Reichheimer
Hudson
Union Depot
Hickson
Monroe
F. A. Neilin
Marshall Street
Charles Abobash
Marshall
Nejim
Abohash
Sunny Brook
German govt takes control of cotton industry
Anacciated Press reports from Rotterdam that German newspapers say the government will take over the entire cotton industry to ensure an equitable division of cotton among factories as part of the current arrangement.
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Anacciated Press
Rotterdam
Review of Struggle For Supremacy In World War I
A sweeping overview of the opening year of the Europesian war, noting seven continents touched by conflict. It cites immense casualties and expenditures, the difficulty of precise counts, and the likelihood of escalation with Bulgaria Romania or Greece potential entrants.
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