Spain May Break With Germany As British Forces Break Through
Madrid reports cabinet and council meet at 5 pm with likely- important questions on strained Spain-Germany relations. In France, British armies advance south and southeast of Arras breaking the Hindenburg line. Canadians widen the Arras Caibrai gap as Germans retreat along Picardy front. French repulse German counterattacks near Passy and Soissons.
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Associated Press
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Hindenburg
Picardy
Arras-Caibrai
Mangin
Ailette
Aisne
Passy
Soissons
Somme
Neyon
Oise
British troops capture Combles and advance near Somme
London reports British forces have captured Combles between the Somme and Baie de Somme area. Advance troops crossed the Somme south and west of Peronne. Canadians attacked east of Hendecourt toward the Arras road with favorable progress. Haig's forces moved east of Senee taking Bullecourt Hondecourt les Cagnicourt and Clary sur Somme between Combles and Peronne.
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London
Combles
Bapaume
Americans Clash With German Forces in Vosges and Woevre
American patrols in the Vosges last night drove off German troops as fire from American units grew heavy. German artillery increased in the Woevre region. An enemy aircraft was shot down after attacking American observation stowages east of St Miel.
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France
Vosges
Woevre
St. Miel
French Repulse German Attacks Across Aile and Aisne
Paris reports German counter attacks between the Aile and Aisne rivers were repulsed by the French last night. French forces also held gains east of Passy and north of Soissons.
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Paris
Aile Ie
Aisne
Passy
Soissons
British advance pushes along Somme fronts near Peronne
Aug 30 reports Gen Haig’s forces capture Biaches on the Somme south bank near Peronne, enter Lesbosufs, and patrol Morval to the southeast. British troops advance east from Bapaume and push north of Lens with over 1000 yards gained. Le Transloy on the Bapaume Peronne road is claimed captured.
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Biaches
Somme River
Peronne
Germans making supreme report on Soissons plateau
With the French Army in France on August 20 the Germans are making a supreme effort to hold ground on the plateau north of Soissons. They throw fresh troops at French and American forces, disputing ground foot by foot while the Somme front remains in British hands and Italian troops hold the western bank.
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France
Soissons
Plane Crash Kills Two In Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls Texas August 30 two airmen Lieut F McGiffin of California and Cadet Ellis Gernar Babcock son of a brigadier general now in France were killed when their airplane fell two thousand feet this morning.
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Texas
F. &. McGiffin
California
Ellis Gernar Babcock
France
Labor Board War: Defines Essential and Nonessential Work
A joint Chamber of Commerce conference led by R. Downes Jr outlines local labor policy amid wartime. Officials from city mayors to the U S Employment Service discuss essential roles and classify occupations as non essential, with steps to shift workers to war effort tasks.
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R. Downes, Jr
H. D. Apgar
Monroe
N. G. Tippit
West Monroe
A. V. Miller
Parish Council of Defense
Frizzell
State Fuel Administration
Chas. G. Easterling
U. S. Employment Service
T. A. Grant
A. L. Green
Ouachita
Eugene G. Courtney
Western District Draft Board
T. F. Terzia
Public Service Reserves
D. A. Haas
L. W. Ethridge
N. T. Davis
Community Labor Board
The
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C. W. Easterling
Department of Labor
Chas. W. Eesterling
P. M. Atkins
Serious strikes in Westphalia erupt in Bochum unrest
Geneva dispatches report 200000 workers striking at Bochum Westphalia with 3000 sent to the front and 4000 deported under escort. Troops guard the town as riots feared in the August 30 summary from Munich.
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Westphalia
Munich
Ban on Gasoline for Sunday Joy Rides
Washington announces a Sunday gasoline ban for motor vehicles and boats. The rule targets pleasure riding only, with reasonable use for essential needs allowed. Labor Day and other holidays are exempt from the restriction, though riders are urged to use discretion.
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Washington
Garfield
Woman Charged With Espionage at Fort Sill
A Fort Sill laundry head identified as Mrs. Margaret Rice was arrested Monday evening on a charge of violating the espionage act. Military authorities announced the arrest in Lawton Oklahoma, with details limited to the charge and the eight months of employment at the fort.
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Lawton
Okla
Margaret Rice
Fort Sill
Will Revise Rates on Wire Service
Washington August 30 The Interstate Commerce Commission says current private telegraph wire charges for bankers brokers and industrial firms on wholesale theory are reasonably low and a rate revision should be considered Leased wires of railroads and the press are not affected.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
McMillans Water Proposal At Monroe Aquifer Plant
Mr. T H McMillan invites Monroe to test Aqua Vitae water from his wells near the city. A gravel and screen system with a small gasoline pump provides clean ground water. Kirkpatrick, the city engineer, will visit soon to evaluate feasibility and cost compared with river filtration.
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T. H. McMillan
The
Newsstar
Monroe
McMillan
Kirkpatrek
Farm managers key to profitable operations
The article argues every farm needs a capable manager. It warns that without a successful manager a farm may fail to pay its way and eventually cannot sustain managerial costs.
486 Stills Captured in Government Roundup
Government agents roundup numerous Elliott whiskey distillers as they seize 486 stills in a sweeping crackdown. The action targets illegal distilleries and enforces Prohibition era controls across the region. Authorities say the operation disrupts illicit beverage production and curtails bootlegging networks.
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Elliott Whiskey
Seven Killed in Raids on Moonshine Distilleries
Washington reports the largest interstate roundup of illicit whiskey distillers in the southern mountains. Revenue agents and locals seized 486 stills and over 20 000 gallons of moonshine whiskey, arrested 200 moonshiners, and caused five outlaws and two sheriffs to be killed, with several agents wounded. Raids focused in dry state mountains across Tennessee Alabama Georgia North and South Carolina and parts of Florida.
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Washington
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Florida
Queen Wilhelmina asks Reijs De Berensbrough to form cabinet
The Hague August 20 reports Queen Wilhelmina has requested Jonkheer Reijs De Berensbrough to form a cabinet. He is actively considering the proposal.
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the Hague
Qureen Wilhelmina
Jonkheer Reijs de Berensbrough
Officials Agree on Income Tax Rates in Conference
Washington August 39—Secretary McAdoo and the House Ways and Means committee members agreed to a flat 12 percent normal tax on incomes above 4000 dollars and a flat 6 percent rate below that amount down to the exemption, with no differential for unearned incomes. Surtax rates will be adjusted to correspond with this action.
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McAdoo
House
Ways and Means Committee
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