Franco American advance routs Germans near Pere en Tardenois
July 29 report says Franco-Americans drive out Germans from Fere-en-Tardenois and nearby positions including Villers-Agnon and Ronchorts. Intense infantry and cavalry fighting, supported by artillery, yields control of the lower half of a wide salient between Soissons and Pere-en-Tardenois. Bridges destroyed by Germans hamper retreat. tanks and machine guns inflict heavy losses on the German lines.
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Pere-eu-Tardenois
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Per-en-Tantenois
Americom
Loleure
US Army Rainbow Division Guards French Towns
General Pershing announces that the Rainbow division of the United States Army, under General W. C. Brown, will hold the Rheims Dormans Road line and sweep past towns including Servinges et Nesle Sergy and Roncheres as American troops advance in July.
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Rheims-Dormans
W. ¢ Brown
United States Army
Washington
General Pershing
Casualty List Reports 119 Again Today
Washington July 2 General Pershing announced 109 casualties including 47 killed in action 17 died of wounds 92 wounded severely and 20 missing in action in today’s casualty list.
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Washington
Pershing
Epidemic of Stealing Horses Visits Berlin
Amsterdam dispatch reports a horse theft epidemic in Berlin with $25,400 worth stolen in one week. Most horses were taken from streets in daylight and sold in the provinces where prices are high.
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Striking Coventry miners vote to resume work at once
In Coventry, striking Umnition workers agreed to accept government mediation and resume work immediately after a mass meeting. The move ends a productive standstill and returns workers to plants as talks begin with officials.
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Coventry
London
Otter
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German plane harasses front line area near Sorgy France
July 29 report from FRANK PERGUBON describes a German plane swooping low over a field hospital near Sorgy France. It strafed stretchers and ground crew while other enemy pilots harassed nearby positions, causing fear and disruption amid ongoing shelling.
Benefit for Destitute Relatives Soldier Boys
The notice announces a benefit for destitute relatives of soldiers in France. Private Michael J. O'Reilly will be the chief speaker, with entertainment planned at Le Ambain for Gerard and other contributors from local sources.
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Doe Normney
Kane
Hoowraye
le Ambain
Gerard
Miss Lorene Parker Arrives in Pendleton as County Homemaker
Miss Lorene Parker a food expert arrives in Pendleton to take duties as county home demonstration agent in Umatilla County. She will work from the federal building with county agricultural agent Mie Marker to aid farmers’ wives and households. Parker is a trained dietician and home economist, educated at the Oregon Agricultural College, and has prior service in demonstrating kitchen economies and wartime domestic science.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Mike Lorene Parker
Pendleton Saponday
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M Ber Porter
M4 & Shroek
Addi
Oregon
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Uhder
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Miter
Diutetician
Markt
Ciefannoe
Meiningh
Department of Aericulture
Avietilla County
Wenen
Dente Gooniy Patriotic Service
War Savings
Nationwide Shortage of Potatoes Reported
Portland news reports a potato shortage across the United States due to weather damage and crop concerns. Experts project reduced yields with Oregon, Idaho, and California regions cited, alongside estimates of millions of bushels affected and calls for conservation measures.
Fire patrol puts out wheal fire unaided
A wheat field fire near Pendleton was extinguished by a passerby from the O M P on a windy evening. Private C A Crabtree of Olire tim trot duty rushed to the blaze and with his body and eye protection managed to smother it. The blaze burned about 150 to 300 feet of field, and police traced the flare to a railroad line near Heperk Tron a passing train.
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C. A. Crabtreéc
Olire
Meeting Called for August 7 for Umtilla Co Registrants
A Pendleton public meeting for Umatilla County registrants is set for August 7. speakers include State Council of Defense executive secretary Wollwek Major John Hibba rd and Captain Ro A ive with talks on national defense, the Netherlands Aid and related acts, followed by a closed registrant meeting and legal guidance from an attorney appointed to explain recent congress provisions.
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Dex Boen
Pendleton
Jono MM. Wollwek
State Council of Defense
Ataye
Defense
John TE Hibbard
Multnomah
Oregon
Ro A. Ive
Capcull
Camp Lewis
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War era notes collide with mixed dates and names
Fragmentary wartime items mention censorship, German air raids on Paris, Kerensky discussions, and prisoner counts. A 1945 date appears with reference to German empress, Warsaw entry, and Russian front topics. Names and places seem garbled, but indicate broad World War I and II era notes.
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Kerensky
Siedentorg
Warsaw
Ke Grable
Wilhelm
Franco American forces push toward Fismes in Eight Mile Arc
Franco-American units drive northeast from Fere-en-Tardenois and reach within about eight miles of Fismes, the key point between Rheims and Soissons. Dispatches describe a wedge toward Fismes with a small salient forming near Nesles Segy and Ferne-en-Tardenois as German forces retreat toward the Vesle.
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Paris
Fismes
Rheims
American and German clash near Nesle and Pere-en-Tardons
Allied forces under fire exchange between Nesle and Pere-en-Tardons, with gains by American troops crossing the Somme area. The action includes heavy bombardment, substantial troop movements, and counterattacks as German forces retreat toward the Abe and Crise rivers. American units advance from the Pere-en-Tardoms region amid machine gun and artillery fire.
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