Excess Profits Tax Rates Up To Eighty Percent
Washington July 26 The House Ways and Means Committee adopted a graduated excess profits tax plan with rates from 30 to 80 percent on income beyond exemptions. An exemption of 2000 plus 10 percent on invested capital is fixed. investment capital definitions and 60 percent cap on net income for high capital firms are discussed. Corporate taxes would carry the excess profits tax. individuals and partnerships rely on existing income tax provisions. The plan envisions $1.08 billion in new revenue, with luxuries to be taxed next.
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Siam to Send 500 Aviators to France
Paris reports that over 600 Siamese pilots from Bangkok, trained and ready to serve, will travel to France for active duty. Secretary Vaidyakara of the Siamese Legation described Siam's effort as modest yet fueled by high sentiments toward France.
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Baker Rules Against Baseball and Sets Sept 1 End
Secretary of War Baker denied a petition to push the baseball season to October 16 under the work or fight order. He will allow players affected by the draft to continue playing until September 1, declaring the department favorable to baseball and not to interfere before season end. Some officials anticipate a majors season ending Sept 2 with a world series to follow.
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Sporting
Four Ex-Grand Dukes of Russia Kidnapped
Amsterdam dispatch reports four former Russian grand dukes kidnapped by an unidentified band. The Ekaterinburg council claims the July 18 raid targeted the residences of Igor Constantin and Ivan Constantinovitch and Serge Michaelovitch, who were taken away. Serge was a former army general and an uncle to Igor and Constantin. No records exist for an Ivan Constantinovitch.
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British Cruiser Marmara Sunk by German Submarine
London reports the armored cruiser Marmara torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Ten crew members are missing and believed dead. An echo boat destroyer ran ashore and sank with thirteen missing. naval records list no Marmora cruiser, suggesting the vessel may be the Marmora steamship of 10,509 tons.
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Laborer Wise Reinforces War Effort in Stamford
In Stamford Connecticut laborer No 186 a prominent rabbi and shipyard volunteer described as Rabbi Stephen Wise works a 20 foot plank at Luder Marine Corporation while explaining his decision to join the war effort. He says he sought meaningful work for his son and lives near Shippan Point with his family.
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Germans Chain Women to Guns To Meet Allied Advance
Reports from the Soissons Rheims front claim German forces have chained women to machine guns to slow the Allied push on the Aisne Marne front. An American colonel who retook frontline positions cites witnesses of women forced to operate guns, with prisoners confirming use of female labor and even very young recruits amid the vast wartime effort.
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Soviet Republic Faces Dire Peril Over Kaiser's Debt
Premier Lenine warned Moscow factory conference that Russia's position was acutely precarious amid international complications and food shortages. He urged world proletarian unity for victory, noted Brest-Litovsk indemnities, and described Allied hesitation as the Entente and neutrals kept distance from Bolshevik Moscow while unrest grew in White Russia.
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Russian Statement Drafted kept Secret by Wilson
President Wilson’s prepared statement announcing U S intervention in Russia has been drafted but not issued yet. Negotiations for an international entente on Siberia and Russia are intricate and require final details. Japan sought further information before replying to the American proposal, and that clarification is now being shared.
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State Department Denies Agreement On Intervention
The State Department said nothing has been decided and the matter remains under consideration. Reports indicate negotiations among the five major powers opposing Germany are ongoing regarding aid to Russia, with Japan's reply on joint action in Siberia affecting the path to a solution. Great Britain France and Italy are also involved in the project.
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Japan Aims to Aid Czecho-Slovaks Not Dominate Russia
Japan officially accepts the American plan to aid the Czecho-Slovak armies in Siberia. The mission aims to assist Czecho-Slovaks while denying any threat to Russian sovereignty. All Japanese troops will be withdrawn once the mission succeeds. In Ukraine a large counterrevolutionary movement is reported crushed with many arrests and several officers executed.
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Kerensky Not Coming Here
Paris reports the Temps says former Russian Premier Alexander Kerensky will not travel to the United States as planned. A Helskingsfors message notes Russian novelist and revolutionary propagandist Jay Gorky, a target of concern, is dying.
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German General Staff Wins Supreme Power
London reports a dramatic shift in Germany with the Daily Mail noting the Imperial General Staff has been granted full executive and state rights. Civil and military powers are described as placed on an equal basis, signaling a quiet but profound political change.
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Germany
Daily Mail
Berne
Villemontaire Falls to French Forces with 700 Prisoners
French troops capture Villemontaire with about 700 prisoners taken. Outchy also falls as Allied and German positions shift. Foch’s artillery pounds Fere-en-Tardenois signaling a broader push along the Somme front. Local observers report intensified shelling and rapid territorial changes.
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Fere en Tardenois area doomed as Allied push advances
July 26 report from with French and American forces describes the fall of key supply centers around Fére en Tardenois and Oulchy-le-Chateau. Allied gains reroute German lines along the Marne and Oureq with major advances near Conoy, Tournelle Wood, and Villemontaire. Dozens of German prisoners are taken as Allied bombing and artillery disrupt rail and road networks.
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Marne
Allied Advance Slackens in Forested Aisne Front
On the Aisne front July 26 troops pressed German lines into the deep woods but the Allied offensive slowed yet held. Franco American forces pushed the enemy back slightly further north as much of the combat centers in the large northern forests.
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