Allies occupy Murman coast in Russia report
A wartime dispatch from London and Washington describes Allied forces occupying the Murman coast of Russia to protect rail links to the Arctic port of Murman. American troops are said to be limited to Marines and sailors with a small, undetermined presence reported by censorship. Germans seek to counter and gain control of harbors to threaten submarine operations.
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London
Murman
Tatt
Russia
Mur
Amaterelam
Kem
White Sea
Dis
Trunki
Murman Coast
Germany
Finland
Murimar
Rus
Jackies
Washington
Foeh
Mgs
Expres
Murmanit
Arctic Ocean
Petro
Seapetsee
Conie Cith Murmin
Junkers Vote to Expel Prince Who Fixed War Blame
Washington dispatch reports Swiss led inquiry into Prince Lichky former German ambassador to England. The Russian House of Lords met secretly, expelling the prince after his memoirs alleged Germany’s war guilt. The prince, in exile, reiterated his claims amid a political stir.
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Junkers
Washington
Switzerland
House of Lords
Prince Lichky
England
Lorion
Htzerland
School Medical Head Goes Into Army Service
Dr H H Clodman head of city schools receives notification of appointment as captain in war service. He resigns from his department creating a vacancy to be filled at the next board meeting. Dr Minnie Sanger to take over Clodman's office during the war.
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HH. Clodman
Ghysteat
Hal
Board of Education
Innie M. Sanger
Doc Cloudman
Japanese yards awarded contracts to build thirty vessels
Washington July 18 Japanese yards have been let contracts by the Shipping Board to construct thirty steel cargo ships. Additional contracts were placed for twenty transport vessels, with work to proceed for delivery to the Maritime Shipping Corporation and Alameda, California.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Methileless Shipping
Alameda
Cal
Eight Billion Tax Plan Aims to Fund 1919 Budget
Washington July 15 Eight billions sought in taxes for 1919 budget under new revenue bill. Ways and Means committee in executive session frames measures to fund war expenses estimated at 24.0 billion dollars this fiscal year. Excess profits tax based on 1918 calendar year. other taxes after bill approval. Eighty percent from readjusted excess profits and income surtaxes. remainder from excise taxes on luxuries and non essentials.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Burleson Likely To Be Director Of Wire Systems
Washington July 18 Preparations to take over telegraph sites underway at the postoffice department. Officials anticipate Postmaster General Burleson will be assigned to execute powers granted to the president under wartime controls. Taking over telegraph lines is expected to occur soon, though the president’s exact actions were not officially announced.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Wilson
Finise Antt Senate
Burleson
Erie
Local Showers Forecast With Unsettled Weather
Partly cloudy and unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday with local showers likely. Cooler in the northwest tonight and warmer in the western portion Tuesday. Temperatures around 10 p.m. to 1 p.m. show a dip near single digits.
Naval guns feature in German offensive near Chateau Thierry
The German assault near Chateau Thierry is reported with new tactics using naval guns behind lines to bombard towns like Meaux. Americans under General Liggett defend positions northwest of Chateau Thierry and along the Clignon and Marne, with Italian forces aiding southwest of Rheims in the latest drive.
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Anio
Meaux
Chateau Thierry
Gerrans
Aisne
Rheims
Limne
Marne
Chateau Chierry
Rheime
Marte Stilarther
Syater
Verdun
St Mihiel
Torey
Clignon
Jaulgonne
Liggett
Figg Accepts Place as Aid to Judge CB
Ames state food administrator today announced Howard Figg assistant secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has accepted the position of secretary of the food administration offered last week Figg will leave the Chamber of Commerce and join as assistant secretary in January He came from Houston Texas two years ago and had worked with oil companies in Oklahoma During the Red Cross Christmas drive he volunteered as shipping manager and his work was well received by the Chamber of Commerce
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CB. Ames
Howard Figg
Chamber of Commerce
The
Food Administration
River onslaught along 65 mile Marne front stirs fierce battles
Allied dispatches report German forces crossing the Marne from Chateau Thierry to Dormans in a major 65 mile offensive. American and French troops under General Foch counter at Vaux and Conde, holding lines east of Rheims while suffering heavy bombardment and gas attacks.
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Chateau Thierry
Maison de Champagne
Massiges
Rheims
Marne
Dormans
Vaux
Foch
Conde
Pershing
Latest German blow threatens Marne front in dawn rifle action
Walter M Harrison reports that the German attack aims to straighten the Marne line from Cheteau Thierry to Rheims, threatening Verdun and Paris. Americans at Château-Thierry and Vaux help halt the assault with rapid counterattacks as bridges cross the Marne and the front shifts toward the Champagne region. The offensive is described as a preliminary demonstration with heavy artillery and naval guns, designed to draw Allied reserves before a decisive strike.
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Walter M. Harrison
Marne
Paris
Verdun
Vitry
Nilea
Chalina
Chalinis
Caanus Chateau-Thierry
Vaux
Chaseau Thierry
Vernell
Rheims
Elneettris
Marne Waliest
Pri Fay
Massiger
Macy
Norton
Chalans
Tor
German advance and Allied supply lines near Chalons and Marne
Report states the German push appears to have reduced the river salient while bombardment intensifies at Hong-ranwe. Cloudy weather threatens rain as supplies for Allied forces focus on Chalons Boere nay and Marne Dive, key supply centers. The interruption of the advance toward the Marne between Theime and Chateau Thierry remains a critical arterial factor.
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Chalons
Boerenay
Marne Dive
Cerenam
Marne
Theime
Chateau Thierry
Endangered Communications Lines Shape Marne Front
Fragmentary OCR describes German forces holding the north bank tie along the Marne for about twenty miles east of Chateau Thierry. The line runs from near Dormans toward Rheims and Verdun, with a straight eastward trend to the Verdun area, affecting rail connections behind the front.
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Associated Press
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Dormans
Rheims
Verde
Ta Vompelle
Verdi
Maison de Chaimpagne
Bate Tle
Verdun
Artillery Fire Heard in Paris
Paris residents reported violent artillery in the early hours, with explosions heard across the city and heavy activity to the east. An electrical storm and preday conditions added to the chaos as authorities noted prisoner activity and ongoing enemy bombardment.
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Paris
Patie
The
Matin
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