Allies May Break With Bolsheviki
Washington officials warned that a break between the Bolshevik government and allied powers could be forced at any moment by Leninist leadership. Diplomats, led by Ambassador Francis, left Vologda for Archangel and Lapland after a refused invitation to Moscow. Reports say German and Austrian authorities pressured the move and cited Francis as aiding the Czecho Slovak movement.
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John Edwin Nevin
International News Service
Washington
Russia
State Department
David R. Francis
Vologda
Kandalaska
Lapland
Archangel
Francis
Moscow
Germans Begin Heavy Retreat In Western Front War
General Peyton C March reports the western front has become a battle to the death as German reserves are brought in. The Rainbow Division has joined the fight near Ferme les Tardennois and German retreat has reached about 14 miles since last Saturday. The Soissons to Rheims line has contracted from 74 to under 54 miles.
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International News Service
Washington
Western Front
Peyton C. March
United States
42Nd
Fere En Tardennois
March
Soissons- - Rheims
Dickman
J. A. Phillips Wounded in War Casualty List
James A. Phillips, son of Mr and Mrs J D Phillips of Moorhead Avenue, was severely wounded July 15. A New Castle boy, he enlisted in Co A 110th regiment after moving to Monongahela. He married Marion Heiline of Monessen last October. His brother Raymond A. Phillips is in the same company.
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James A. Phillips
J. D. Phillips
Moorhead Avenue
Phillips
New Castle
Monongahela
Co. A
Marion Heiline
Monessen
Lightless Nights Order Enforced As Four Businesses Defy
Several complaints reached the mayor's office about men ignoring the lightless nights order. Four business houses disobeyed the directive, their proprietors claiming momentary forgetfulness. They were warned to comply or face transfer to the department of justice.
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Department of Justice
German Field Marshal Von Eichorn Assassinated in Kiev
An Amsterdam report says Field Marshal Von Eichorn commander of German forces in Ukrainia and his adjutant Captain Dressler were killed by a bomb thrown from a cab in Kiev. The assassin was arrested after the blast and Berlin sources describe the act as part of a revolutionary plot.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
von Eichorn
Ukrainia
Dressler
Kiev
Copenhagen
Berlin
Boy Struck By Auto On Highland Corner
A vehicle driven by Charles Hans of 508 Sheridan Avenue struck Karl Padwell at Grant Street and Highland Avenue. Padwell suffered only a minor head cut and a foot bruise as he darted into the street. the driver kept the car under control.
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Grant Street
Highland Avenue
Charles Hans
Sheridan Avenue
Karl Padwell
Padwell
Yank Line Improves After Counter Attacks on Ourcq
General Pershing reported in a July 30 communique that German counter attacks on the Ourcq line were repulsed and American positions improved. The war department released the text noting renewed enemy efforts to push back advancing troops and the decisive Allied defense.
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International News Service
Washington
Ourcq
Pershing
War Department
Coal Prices Not Changed In City
New prices announced for wagon coal mines in the Pittsburg district are not yet effective locally. Fuel Administrator John W. Knox said the district price dropped from 3.12 to 3.00 per ton, but local mines still sell to wagon trade at 2.95 per ton, so there is no material benefit here.
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Pittsburg
John W. Knox
Boys Cause Complaint At County Line And Milton
Police were called again last night to the corner of County Line and Milton streets as neighbors complained about rowdy youths disturbing the peace. No arrests were made.
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County Line
Milton Streets
Americans Press On At Aisne Heights Near Oureq
American forces fought through the day and into night for the heights north of the Oureq river, using close combat steel as Germans in motor trucks pounded the line. By daybreak July 30 they had driven Germans from Serges Et Nesle and advanced farther north.
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Aisne
Oureq River
Serges Et Nesle
Draftees Leave This Evening
W. S. Reynolds announces no parade for draftees leaving the city this evening. They will meet at the Y M C A for supper then board the 7 45 train to the Pennsylvania station with the city band playing at the station. Tomorrow morning 15 colored boys depart on the 8 42 train by the P and L E road with similar arrangements and band accompaniment.
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W. S. Reynolds
Pensylvania
L. E
Germans Attack New American Positions And Are Repulsed
International News Service reports heavy bombardment followed by German attacks on Franco American lines east of Oulchy le Chateau. Allied forces repelled the assaults, with the village of Seringes changing hands before American counter attacks secured it.
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International News Service
Paris
Oulchy le Chateau
French War Office
Ourcq
Fere En Tardennois
Seringes
Mesnil St. Georges
Montdidier
le Pretre Forest
Meuse
Vosges Mountains
Perthes Les Hurlus
Woman in Auto Yells for Help Along Sampson Street
A motorist, Mike Ritty, reported a car with a woman inside yelling for help as it drove up Youngstown hill toward Edenburg. Officers searched but the vehicle had already fled the scene.
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Edenburg
Mike Ritty
Mike
Sampson Street
Youngstown Hill
Russians Grow Hostile To Germans Amid Rising Tensions
From Berlin reports, Russians are increasingly hostile towards Germans as German commercial penetration faces resistance. The Frankfurter Zeitung notes Russians resist with all possible means fueling growing tensions.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Soldier praises American river crossing under fire
A Prussian Guard prisoner expresses admiration for American troops crossing the Oureq river amid heavy German bombardment, saying it looked like a parade.
Domestic Quarrel Leads To Lockup at Knox Home
Neighbors and police report a stormy evening at the Knox residence at Bridge and Shenango streets. Officers arrested Joe Knox for a domestic quarrel while Mrs Knox, caring for a three month old, was allowed to stay at home but followed to the station and insulted them. She pleads not guilty and faces a hearing this afternoon.
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Knox
Bridge and
Shenango
Joe Knox
Joe
Labor Board to Rule on General Electric Strike
Secretary of labor will ask the National War Labor Board to take jurisdiction in the strike of 14 000 General Electric Co employees at Lynn Massachusetts plants.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Secretary of Labor
General Electric Co
Lynn
Mass
French Hold Despite Attacks Drives Against Soissons
German troops fret over Allied advances as the French press the sector around Soissons. Allied forces drive on with determined momentum despite heavy attacks and alarms from enemy positions.
Germans Press But Fail To Break French Lines Near Soissons
German forces mounted heavy pressure east of Oulehy Le Chateau and north of the Oureq river last night in a bid to flank Soissons from the south but could not dislodge the French defenders. The attack, preceded by a strong bombardment, targeted Bagneux and the Grand Rozoy area where Allied thrusts had pushed them back. Americans figure prominently in the fighting northeast of Fere En Tardennois as the front tightens around nine miles southeast of Soissons.
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Marne-Aisne
Fere-en-Tardennois
Oureq
Rheims
Soissons
Oulehy le Chateau
Oureq River
Bagneux
Grand Rozoy
Fere En Tardennois
Braisne
Wires Taken Over Tonight
Washington announces final plans to seize control of the nation’s telegraph and telephone systems at midnight. Postmaster General Burleson leads the action by presidential directive as officials confer with Western Union and other company representatives to outline consolidation steps.
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International News Service
Washington
Burleson
Wilson
Western Union
Safe Journey Card From Doyle To Muse
District Attorney George W. Muse received a card from Stephen A. Doyle who had departed with city draftees and reported the men arrived safely as far as Petersburg Virginia.
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George W. Muse
Stephen A. Doyle
Petersburg
Death Report Names and Addresses from Ellwood City
Death record lists Sharp Wright a 20 year old from Ellwood City Pa Rosena DeCarlo a six month infant Francesca Aiello a fourteen month old and Tony Mike with a street address 126 Frank Way Details reference names ages and locations from the local area.
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Sharp Wright
Ellwood City
Rosena DeCarlo
Mercer Street
Francesca Aiello
South Street
Tony Mike
Frank Way
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