Army casualty list shows 459 total with many names across Iowa and Illinois
Washington August 7 Four army casualty lists tally 459 total including 73 killed in action 14 died of wounds 4 died of disease 3 died of accident and other causes 112 wounded severely 213 wounded degree undetermined and 40 missing in action Names span Corporal William Sutton Brooks Iowa Private Carl E Barr Akron Iowa Died of Wounds Private Arthur N Rieter Springfield Ohio and numerous sergeants corporals and privates from Iowa Illinois and nearby states.
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Washington
William Sutton
Brooks
Iowa
Carl EI. Barr
Akron
Arthur N. Rieter
Westigh St
Springfield
Ohio
Levy on Excess Profits Debate Delays War Revenue Bill
Washington August 7. House Ways and Means debate over how to levy excess profits taxes for the 5 billion war revenue bill continues. Treasury experts and Rep Adams clash on deductions and base. committee favors alternative prewar profit basis with an added war profits tax. The discussion includes vehicle owners, a New York couple, and a Missouri family among the readers cited as examples of proposed tax impacts.
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Wasleington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Ciperman Katehi
Committee
Treasury
Genancoc
Mo Mdee
Gore
Malvy Guilty Banished For Five Year Term
Paris report says Louis J. Malvy former interior minister was found guilty of communicating with the enemy and sentenced to five years banishment. He loses his seat in the chamber of deputies and faces frontier exile chosen by him under police escort. trial featured testimony from Viviani Briand Ribot and Painleve.
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Paris
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Quince
Malvy
France
Chamber of Deputies
Vivians
Briand
Ribot
M. Clemenceau
Miguel Almereyda
M. Duval
Bonnet Rouge
Mark
Mannheim
Almereyda
M. Maloy
Duval
Switzerland
Germany
Frances
Senate
Maloy
Viviani
M. Malvy
M. Painleve
M. Ribot
Fifty Women Arrested By Capital Cops
About fifty women attempting to speak for woman suffrage at Lafayette Square near the White House were arrested by police on Tuesday. The group, many part of banner protests, sought to deliver speeches without police permission and were rounded up quickly amid hot weather. The action targeted a demonstration connected to the Senate’s suffrage debate.
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Washington
Ang
Bay Oye
Senate
Pwohee
LaFayette Spears
White House
Mianche McPherson
New York
Standard Schools Of Dentistry Urged In Chicago Report
A Chicago dispatch and London report discuss urging standardization in dental education. The piece mentions dates, locations, and quotes from officials stressing uniform curricula and examinations across institutions.
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Standard Schools of Dentistry
Folk Clinches Democratic US Senate Nomination in Missouri
Early returns from Missouri primaries show Joseph W. Folk leading Xenophon P. Wilfley for the Democratic nomination for U S senator, with Romjue winning Lewis county and other county races tallying for state and local offices. A final count was uncertain as returns trickled in across districts.
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Folk
Louis
William C. Conner
Xenophon P. Wilfley
Joseph W. Folk
United States
Wilfley
Jefferson City
Selden P. Spencer
St. Louis
Jay L. Torrey
Fruitville
Romjue
Lewis
LA Grange
Milton A. Romjue
Macon
Lewis County
Sidney J. Roy
Hannibal
Missouri
Will Fley
Romiue
F. H. McCullough
Edina
Wildred Melvin
Lancaster
O. C. Clay
Canton
C. N. Frame
Ewing
B. M. Bradshaw
W. H. Turner
Sam B. Wilson
Gray Snyder
Jesse Brightwell
Sheldon B. Spencer
Romyue
Adair
Chirk
Knox
Marion
Putnar
Schuyler
Scotland
Shetlow
Rose
Roy
Sidney Roy
Ebainbai
Woolbaktemawht
Poth
Whitley
US Seacater
Chin Hleather
Frank G. Recharnds
EO Eotes
Kos Plant Yin
Wall Tee
Daniel Po Tlarnson
Wor Beaver Bost
Plantibal
Big Storm Sweeps Across the South
A powerful storm battered the southern states causing widespread travel disruption. Reports describe downed trees, damaged infrastructure, and several train delays as crews work to restore power and clear affected routes. No serious injuries were confirmed.
French Make Foch Marshal Honor Petain
Paris August 6. The council of ministers elevates General Ferdinand Foch to Marshal of France and awards the Medaille Militaire to General Petain. President Poincare presided as Clemenceau praised Foch for halting the German offensive and recapturing Soissons and Chateau Thierry with vast Allied forces.
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Paris
Havas
Council of Ministers
Ferdinand Foch
France
Petain
Poincare
Foch
Clemenceau
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Aisne
Republic
St. Gond
Yser
Somme
Medaille Militare
Marshal Joffre
British schooner Gladys M Hollett sunk by U boat off Canadian coast
The British 150 ton schooner Gladys M Hollett was sunk by bombs after hostile repatriation by a German submarine near Twillingate Newfoundland while en route to New York with herring. Captain Cluett and crew survived after being robbed and making for a buoy to await rescue.
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Gladys M. Hollett
New York
Twillingate
N. F
Cluett
Afollett
Tot
W. T. Hotlett
Burin, Nop
California Bone Dry initiative to appear on November ballot
The Bone Dry measure to prohibit manufacture deportation or sale of intoxicating liquor in California after December 31 1918 except denatured alcohol was certified for the November 5 general election ballot after sufficient petitions were filed with Frank Jordan secretary of state.
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Sacramento Call
California
Frank ©. Jordan
Zeppelins Hit Coast Before Dark Defeated
Unclear damaged text recounts German airship attacks along the coast. Report notes two zeppelins seen near shore by holiday makers, with defenses engaging and one vessel set ablaze while others retreated northward toward the sea.
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London
Baglane
Euside
Raids In Woevre Repulsed By Yanks Across Front
War dispatches report successful Allied raids in the Woevre sector repulsed by American forces. Officers named include Captain Perkins and Second Lieutenant Arthur Keles, with Corporal Judson Walther and Privates Sullivan and Poy cited among units.
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Woevre
Presa
Waltes
Waltes So Kirratrik
Arthur &. Keles
Judson Walther
Sullivan
Revenue yield for year tops 3 billion in taxes
Washington August 7 government war coffers filled with billions in taxes across stamps on playing cards to excess profits. Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper reports total internal revenue for the year ending June 30 at 3 694 703 000 with income and excess profits taxes in June 2 839 083 000 and miscellaneous sources 855 619 000. Major sources include liquor taxes 443 838 000 and tobacco products 156 188 000. Levies on transportation and utilities produced 70 734 000, estates 47 452 000, amusements 26 357 000, and luxury excises only 12 995 000. Compared with the prior year, total collections were 800 390 018.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Roper
McAdoo
Yankees Rout German Force on Vesle Front
American machine gunners on the Vesle west of Fismes wiped out an entire German battalion after Germans moved to block American bridge builders. The surprise attack produced no American casualties as Germans offered minimal resistance.
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Vesle
Fismes
Heavy Rainfall Delays Allied Front Near Vesle River
Reports from the Vesle front between Soissons and Rheims describe no major changes as Allied forces contend with severe rains, swollen rivers, and supply delays. German shelling targets American and French spearheads on the northern Vesle bank while defenses hold firm despite gas, flame throwers, and heavy counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Vesle
Soissons
Rheims
Mont Didier
English Channel
Neste
Marshal Foch
Seven Deaths From Heat In Chicago
Chicago endures the second day of the worst August heat wave as seven people die and scores are prostrated. Thermometer readings near record highs, downtown streets heatbaked and many seek shade and baths to cool. Reports mention emergency crews and officials urging precautions amid extreme temperatures.
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Chicago
Fioom
Front dispatches show limited action on Vesle and Struma fronts
War Office bulletins report artillery activity east of Soissons and along the Vesle, with limited allied gains and several hundred German prisoners taken near the Corbie road. British airmen claim an enemy aircraft and strikes on Struma valley depots.
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Paris
Soissons
Vesile
Struma
Vardar
Derna
Monastir
Albania
Berlin
Wuerttemburg
Somme River
Corbie Road
Arecre
Avre
Mont Didier
Ancre
Braye-Corbie
Vesle
Braisnes
Ronchery
German Morale Ebbs As Yank Army Advances
LONDON Aug 4 Reuters correspondent reports German morale waning as the American army nears. Telegraphed note from Heeres headquarters says Allied pressure is affecting German resolve. Early caution suggests German authorities fear increasing American troop movements in the western front.
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