Retreat of German Forces on Vesle Report Sparks Mixed Reactions
London dispatch quotes Reuters on the Vesle retreat front. Allied forces hold the south bank near Fismes as German columns retreat toward the Aisne amid widespread destruction, with cautions that the withdrawal may not imply lasting strategic success.
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Allied Troops Reap the Full Fruits of Victory
Washington reports Allied troops in the Aisne Marne salient drove the enemy beyond the Vesle line. American forces alone captured 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns as Franco American, French British and Italian veterans pushed the counter offensive begun July 18. Section B of the communique adds no further details.
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Bitter Russian sentiment toward Germany shocks Berlin correspondent
Amsterdam reports Hans Voret special commissioner of Tageblatt Berlin says in Moscow that feelings in Russia are very bitter against Germany. He cites business leaders officials and peasants blaming Bolshevik tyranny and expecting another war but uncertain about who would direct it.
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Proving Ground at Aberdeen Maryland Drives War Effort
A Newark to Aberdeen Proving Ground feature outlines the transformation of Maryland's Harford county landscape into a vast wartime ordnance complex. It details mobile artillery testing, production scale, infrastructure growth, and the alliance impact with France and Britain in the world war effort.
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Service League Improves Labor in Southern Farms
The Uncle Sam Saturday Service League, organized among Negroes in Southern states, reports better labor conditions at a Birmingham conference. Members wear buttons pledging six days of work through harvest, challenging the tradition of Saturday holidays for farm hands.
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State Farm Help Specialists
Birmingham
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Sunday Farm Work Commended by Tennessee Judges
Judges in Tennessee refuse punishment for farm workers on Sunday and commend the practice. Reported to the Department of Agriculture at a Birmingham conference. Earlier Indiana rural churches at Purdue urged Sunday farm work as necessary to produce food crops to aid in the war effort against Germany.
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Birmingham
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Germany
Immense German Ammunition Stores Found in Forests
Allied troops discover vast depots of German ammo in the forests of Fere and Ris along the Aisne Marne front. Stores include large shells and 210 millimeter guns, with camouflaged depots and roadside piles of cartridges spanning miles. Analysts believe many guns were withdrawn and a major German drive was anticipated but not realized.
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Ris
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Massive 20000 Acre Wheat Field Emerges on Reclaimed Flood Land
Sacramento July 31 A vast twenty thousand acre tract once covered by Sacramento river floods now yields a sea of wheat. The land, reclaimed with federal and state help, is part of a 42000000 dollar flood control project to protect navigation and agriculture along the Sacramento and American rivers.
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Reclamation Board
President Wilson Sets Demand for Law Reverence in War Call
The President urges national unity and law obedience as the nation channels its war energy. He says no man can champion liberty without revering the laws of the United States, condemning those who embrace enemy standards.
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