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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
3
The report states the Yankees have cleared Seriges of German forces, while French troops advance east of Ser Gy and northeast of Ferre. Italian units repel several enemy attacks in the same sector.
Western Front reports say American troops north of the Oureq river pushed forward from Sergy Tunaday toward Neslen with gains of about 10 miles. French and American units pressed gains northeast of Keteen Tardenois while German counterattacks near Clerges and Bougueny were repulsed. Artillery duels and air activity intensified as both sides attempted to shape the Soisonn Rhelus salient.
Washington The House ways and means committee tentatively agreed to a $4,000,000 War revenue bill raising taxes on luxury goods including cosmetics proprietary medicines cameras sporting goods piano players and player pianos by 10 to 26 percent depending on item The committee also considered higher admissions taxes and a wartime overhaul of several levies The plan faces ratification considerations and debate on theater and moving picture admission duties.
The Ways and Means Committee agrees to levy a 50 percent tax on estates from $50,000 to $8,000,000 with escalating rates above $8,000,000 and aims to raise substantial revenue. Treasury experts estimate current laws yield about 970 million in the fiscal year, with new rates projected to increase revenue by roughly 800 million. The plan is tentative but supported by a majority of the committee.
In Windsor Colorado a runaway driven by Mire Jacob Hergott, 40, killed Mrs J Hergott and badly injured her three daughters Brleda Thilda Ofelia and Olinda 4 when their horse bolted into a C&S train. The horse died instantly and the buggy occupants were thrown. Mrs Hergott suffered severe injuries as she was pulled under the train. The family, residents of Bricewell, were rushed to Windsor hospital for treatment.
President Wilson declares obedience to law essential in a personal state ment denouncing mob action and mob spirit. He calls for restraint and lawful conduct amid rising unrest and warns against vigilantism and disorder.
President Wilson appeals to Americans to curb lynching and mob action at home while praising wartime energy. He urges governors, law officers, and citizens to actively confront this disgraceful evil, warning that liberty and justice depend on keeping law and order intact. Also reports a pilot killed near Waco, a Coventry strike, Roosevelt meeting with King George, and Mooney’s reprieve to December 13.
It was announced that Japan will accept the American proposal to aid the Czecho Slovak armies in Siberia. A large peasant rebellion roils Ukraine as 75000 peasants and trained officers march against German detachments retreating toward Kiev.
Foreign trade for the year ended June 30 totaled 48,874,000,000, down from 89,400,000,000. imports rose to 2,946,100,000 while exports fell to 6,829,000,000, creating a trade balance of 2,462,000,000. Gold imports were 124,000,000 with 111,000,000 exports. silver imports doubled to 74,000,000 and silver exports rose to 19,000,000.
Czech units break into a key Russian stronghold, advancing on Ville-en-Tardenois as a vanguard operation. The action signals a decisive push into enemy lines with priority on securing urban terrain and disrupting supply nodes.
A broad wartime dispatch reports German lines bending back around the Soissons and Rheims area as Allied French and American troops advance across the Oureq river toward Fere en Tardenois. Bavarian troops reinforce near Sergy but are driven back with heavy casualties. Paris notes German retreat along the Marne front as Franco American forces push forward toward Bruy Villeneuve sur Fere and Chaumuzy. Meanwhile Czecho-Slovak troops seize Simbirsk and Kiev faces large armed peasant marches with Ukraine peace talks unsettled. An $18 billion 1919-20 army bill is forecast in Cleveland.
San Diego dispatch reports the sheriff tracked three draft age residents to the Smalley family in Pin Hills after a misfiled register showed John William Harrie. Revelation came when the three girls with those names appeared, and the father explained a long bet on boys ended with three daughters whose names matched his preconceptions.
Four year old Billy Whittier secretly selected a baby from Dr. A. C. Smith's home and fled with it. When alarm spread about kidnapers, his mother retrieved the infant. Billy claimed the doctor could order another. The incident highlights a shocking misunderstanding of infant kidnapping fears in Wooster Ohio.
Seattle police trace Lois Davis, aged four, nicknamed Lost Davis, picked up ten times after parents reported her wandering. She recalls police returning her home in an auto, after receiving five cents for milk and riding a streetcar to a bathing bench.
The page lists diverse market quotes including coal and ore per ton, beef and pork values in Chicago, and various metals. It notes bulk buying and selling in ores and barley, with price ranges for copper, tungsten concentrates, and lead. Livestock quotations cover hogs, beef cattle, sheep, and byproducts, reflecting a broad commodities snapshot with numerous per unit and per ton figures.
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