Newsdealers and Hearst clash over paper deliveries in boycott
Editorial notes a three point plan by Hearst opponents including breaking Hearst power and opposing disloyal publications. Publishers' Association cuts off anti Hearst dealers, while the American News Company withholds deliveries. Tribune sides with dealers. Tribune lowers price to 1.20 per hundred to aid dealers and profit margin. Read as a period voice on press wars and pricing tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst
Publishers’ Association of New York
Publishers’ Association
Tribune
American News Company
New York American
New York World
O Manager
Mayor Hylan Joins Fight Over Hearst Newspaper War
Mayor Hylan orders revocation of stand licenses for news dealers who refuse to sell Hearst papers in New York City. The move follows accusations that some vendors favor competing papers. Leaders of newsdealer and newsboy groups condemn the action and accuse the Mayor of siding with Hearst to drive them out of business. The dispute centers on profit margins and access to daily papers amid a broader publishers’ conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hearst
Sealcxt
Hylan
Ventora
Ben- Jenin Marcus
Joint Committee of Newsdealers
West Side
Mneiation
York
Joseph H. Sultan
Joint Committee
South Wales
Great Britain
France
Paris
Liberty Loan delay sparks financial strain and war effort impact
August statements warn by Mr. McAdoo that a delay in passing the revenue bill could push the fourth Liberty Loan to mid November, raise the goal to eight billion and require refunding four billion in Treasury certificates, complicating the wartime drive amid crop moving season. Battle reports describe U boat actions, Allied countermeasures, and intensified front line fighting near Somme with tanks aiding British infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Itas
Kitchin
Treasury
Ways and Means tightens excess profits tax plan
The Ways and Means Committee ruled heavier excess profits tax rates to replace classification of corporations. The panel will not report the bill to the House before Tuesday or Wednesday, and Treasury proposed classifications were rejected. The move aims to shield small firms while targeting big capital, amid broader wartime tax debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore M. Knappen
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Ways and Means
Treasury
Kitchin
House
British Ship Losses Rise in July Totals
British merchant shipping losses for July reached 178,479 tons, up 10,965 from June. Allied and neutral tonnage sunk totaled 136,032, for a combined month total of 313,011 tons. Compared with May losses, British vessel losses fell 65,01 tons while Allied and neutral rose 3,829. Relative to July 1917, total losses declined by 262,938 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Tyne
Lloyd George Praises Women in War Effort at Paris Congress
Paris dispatch reports David Lloyd George praising British and Allied women for their war labor in hospitals munition factories and administration. He credits their courage to sustain Allied resistance and foresees their pivotal role in postwar reconstruction and governance, urging perseverance and equity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
David Lloyd George
Inter-Allied Women's Congress
England
Great Britain
South Wales
Haa
British Push Back Bernhardi's Troops
London reports German defeats widen as General von Bernhardi, famed author of war aims, commands the Bath Corps of the Sixth Army. British pressure drives them across the Lys toward Armentieres, with the Bath Corps losing many positions near the Merville salient under enfilading British artillery fire.
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London
von Bernhardi
Germany
Bath Corps
Sixth Army
the Lys
Armentieres
Merville
Forest of Nieppe
Allies Drive New Wedges in Picardy Front
Allied forces press the German line in Picardy and Flanders, driving wedges on a ten mile front north of Somme and pushing toward Noyon and Arras. French and British units report gains of several miles, capturing villages, forest areas, and thousands of prisoners while fending off counterattacks.
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Associated Press
France
von Below
1Th
Ancre
Moyenneville
Albert
Terday
Somme
Ancre River
Mangin
Lassigny
Soissons
Arras
Byng
Albert- Arras
Courcelles
Achiet-le- Petit
Beaucourt-sur-Ancre
Puisieux-ar-Mont
Bucquoy
Ablainzeyelle
Logeast Wood
Achiet le-Grand
Bapaume
Flanders
Morethan
Locre Hospice
Koutkot
Ypres
French Drive Reaches Oise Valley Near Noyon
French forces on the right wing north of the Aisne advanced along the Oise valley, taking Laval and reaching Pommiers while seizing most of Carlepont Wood and capturing thousands more prisoners. German counter attacks near Veraponia failed as French aviators supported the infantry.
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France
The
Oise
Laval
Pommiers
Seissona
Aisne
Mangin
Veraponia
Aisnesse
Geral Mangin
Garlepont
Carlepont
Sempigny
Mount Renaud
Selena
la Pomm
Saye
O'se
Noyon
Wil
Alane
O Se
Byng’s Third Army Storms Front Without Artillery Prep
London reports Gen Byng leads the British Third Army in an eight and a half mile offensive between Moyenneville and Meaucourt sur Ancre. The assault, without artillery, succeeds in capturing Veurcelles Achiet le Petit and reaching Moyenneville Beaucourt sur Ancre. After seizing Achiet le Petit the force advances toward Achiet le Grand. German counterattack follows.
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London
Third Army
Byng
Moyenneville
Meaucourt-sur-Ancre
Veurcelles
Achiet-le-Petit
Beaucourt sur-Ancre
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Hearst Newspaper
Andrew Stanton
Newsboys' Union
Gemans
Una P. Saunders
Francis J O'Hara
Dories
Myhre
Triumph
Albert-Arras
Perl
Nowa
Lucille von Below
Schnare
Mayenneville
Lucille Sehnare
Lunenburg
N. S
Canso
A. Piatt Andrew
Gloucester
Mass
J. Francis J. O'Hara
Boston
Nova Scotia
Wallace Bruce
A. Pratt Andrew
Lloyd George
Women For Durable Peace
Bernhardi
Picardy
Haig
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