Troops to Quit Greece and Fronts Shift in Balkans
The Entente plans troop withdrawals from Greece as Macedonian front operations continue. Greece’s throne dispute and Epirus tensions redraw regional roles with Italian forces active in Epirus and Thessaly to protect grain outputs, while Sarran-Cerfu oversee a northern defense. Territorial changes remain unsettled as Allied aims persist.
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Constantine
Greece
Epirus
Thessaly
Athens
Italy
Pirus
Greek Macedonia
Serbia
Entente Conference Shows Deep Divisions Behind Unity Claim
A Vossische Zeitung report cites the Entente's declaration, noting that despite rhetoric of unity the talks reveal deep rooted contrasts. The article says bridging those gaps was not attempted and splitting before further breaches widened seemed wiser.
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Vossische Zeitung
Dysentery Epidemic Threat Raises Public Alarm
Hamburg papers report admissions of public unease over dysentery spread. Official notice warns of an epidemic threat and orders elaborate measures. Berlin and Bremen papers hint at the illness and admit conditions worsened in both cities.
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The
Hague
Mannheim
Berlin
Bremen
Submarine Threat Then: U-Boat Figures and Destroyer Push
Official estimates put German submarines in Operation against Entente and American shipping at no more than 200, far below popular belief. Germany increases output to three or four new U-boats weekly, while the destroyer is deemed the most effective counter. Plans accelerate construction of new destroyers to 3 ships at a cost of 100 million dollars, aiming to bolster anti submarine efforts.
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Germany
New York Times
Washington
Count von Bernatorff
Admiralty
England
Atlantic
North Sea
Daniels
Aesenna
Denmark to Expel German Agents
Copenhagen reports that locals recently arrested espionage suspects led by Walter Westedt alias Wilhelm. Among the detainees is German American sailor Alexander Walter Kircheim, arrested during a visit to a New York port contact, with authorities treating the matter as a German naval case.
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Copenhagen
Walter Westedt
Wilhelm
Alexander Walter Kircheim
New York
Westedt
Kircheim
Gereee
Ighigwaelligeny
Russians retreat from Czernowitz as Romanians gain
Vienna reports Russians evacuating Czernowitz the Bukowina capital. German forces push toward Kolomea and Czernowitz rail links threatened threatening Russian Eighth and Seventh armies. Carpathian retreat accelerates with Hialics bridgehead loss and mass Russian stores scattered along the route.
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Copenhagen
Vienna
Czernowits
Bukowina
Berlin
London
Tageblatt
Galicia
Kolomea
Dniester
Forest of the Carpathians
Hialics
Stanislau
Seventh
Russians Repel Austro German Attacks Southwest of Monasteriyska
Russian cavalry defeated infantry presses near Monasteriyska in Eastern Galicia. Romanian forces captured six guns and many prisoners as Russians retreat east of the Dniester to stronger positions. Commander Khetaguroff of the Osetinsky Regiment was killed in action.
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Csernowits
Letohetsy
Brusiloff
Sheek Bane
Letchetsy
Pruth
Carpathians
Rumania
Petrograd
Monasteriyska
Galicia
Russian War Department
Suchitsa
Dniester River
Trembowla
Galicie
Gelician
Plotycy
Csystylov
Sereth
Pripet River
Smorgon
Krevo
Tarnopol
Czystylov
Leszeva-Smykovee
Trembovla
Tudorov
Osortkov
Korosmiatin
Komarohka
Khetaguroff
Soveia
Rumanians Take Ten Villages In New Offensive
Rumanian forces advance in a fresh operation encircling and occupying ten villages as part of their ongoing offensive, with reports noting rapid gains in the sector near Jassy. The action marks a significant expansion of territory under Romanian control amid hostile fronts.
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Jassy
Rumania
German Toy Makers Seek Neutral Currency Payments
COPENHAGEN July 27 The Frankfurter Zeitung reports German toy makers have agreed on future contracts with neutral buyers to insist on payment in neutral currency. The move aims to improve the German exchange rate.
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Copenhagen
Frankfurter Zeitung, & Cody
Food Control Bill Reach Partial Agreement in Congress
Conferees from the Senate and House reported a partial agreement on the Food Control bill, rejecting a three member board in favor of one-man administration and eliminating the Smoot liquor commandeering section. The plan authorizes the President to seize stocks in government warehouses while allowing seizure of stocks in distilleries and liquor houses if needed, with power to halt beer and wine production during the war. Final decision on liquor control, and other provisions, was postponed to tomorrow.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Herbert Co. Hoover
Food Administration
Anood
Bend
English Crop Acreage Increases Six Percent
In England and Wales the 2024 cultivation area for wheat barley oats and potatoes rose about 6 percent or 347000 acres official returns show. Officials note small growers efforts are not fully captured and acreage includes substantial garden and allotment activity across the country.
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London
England
Wales
New York City Draft Lists Rolled Out by Car Fleet
A fleet of twenty five automobiles carried master draft exemption lists from the Arsenal to every NYC district. The operation aimed to have all boards working by morning and post names for examinations before sundown. The effort involved military officials, sailors, and city leaders to speed distribution across Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
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Bronx
Arsenal
Thirty-fifth Street
Seventh Avenue
Queens
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Richmond
New York City
New Yo
Washington
Adjt
Brotesbury
Albany
Captain Hutchinson
Federal Bureau
New York State
New York
Hutchinson
Grand Central Terminal
Adjutant General
Hoscoe Conkling
Board
Mitchel
Committee On National Defense
Conkling
Enoch H. Crowder
War Department
Hugh Johnson
Crowder
Johnson
Mr. Conkling
Congressional Limited
Major Johnson
Thos
Norning
United States Seizes Vaterland and 15 German Ships
Secretary Daniels announced the German liner Vaterland was hoisted for American service and fifteen other German ships were seized. Repairs cost under 1 million dollars and over half of seized vessels are already at sea. Captain Hans Ruser and 49 crew were sent to Hot Springs North Carolina for internment for the war’s duration.
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New York Times
Washington
Daniels
Shipping Board
Navy Department
Associated Press
Vaterland
New York
America
Germany
United States
Hans Ruser
Hamburg-American Line
Ellis Island
Hot Springs
N. C
Wilson to Impose Strict Rationing in War Exports
Washington reports indicate President Wilson faces a decision on a strict rationing plan for northern neutral nations, with Hoover and Redfield backing it. The move aims to curb food and war goods to Germany, risking neutral protests and broad embargo implications for Scandinavia and Holland.
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New York Times
Washington
Germany
Wilson
White House
Experts Council
United States
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Exports Council
Vance McCormick
State Department
Holland
America
Army to Use Biggest Siege Guns for War Effort
Washington July 27 The War Department explained that the estimated 2.5 billion dollars for fortifications would fund heavy and field ordnance sent to France and used by American artillery in the war. Brig. Gen. Peyton C. March is named Chief of Artillery with authority over all ordnance and siege guns for mobile operations. The plan envisions an army of artillerists drawn from regulars National Guard and National Army to man the guns abroad.
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New York Times
Washington
War Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate Committee On Finance
France
Department
Peyton C. March
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Coast Artillery
Committee On Public Information
Hope to Keep Down Tax Yet Face 330 Million Added
Washington July 27 The government faces a costly war year with estimates showing a total need near 10.7 billion for 1918. Secretary McAdoo told the Senate Finance Committee that about 5 billion more revenue will be required, possibly via higher war profits taxes and a one per cent rise in the normal corporate income tax. A proposed Allied loan of 3 billion and another possible 2 billion loan are discussed, with long term bonds likely to fund part of the gap. Consumer burden is noted as war taxes rise alongside pricier essentials.
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New York Times
Washington
Ap Calimate
Senate Finance Committee
Ecole of War
Finance Committee
McAdoo
Bae
Secretary of the Treasury
Mre
War and Navy
Crozier
Black
Sharpe
Squier
Gorgas
War and Departments
Smoot
Af Senate
Penrose
Dutch Ships Waiting for Licenses in New York
Agents of Dutch steamship companies in New York declined to comment on unloading cargoes of grain oilcake and foodstuffs or on hopes that the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in Washington through its New York Custom House branch would grant licenses to call for Holland. Seventy steamships from Coatings TM Pese 2.
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New York
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington
Custom House
Holland
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