Yanks and British Take Bray Proyart In Somme Push
Allied forces led by American and British units gained Bray Sur Somme after a bitter fight and captured Proyart while advancing toward Fougèrescourt. French troops north of the Oise seized Gury amid more gains toward Noyon as German reinforcements pour in. unofficial tallies show about 40,000 Germans captured in the offensive.
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Associated Press
Somme
Oise
Amiens-Mont Didier
Bray
Bray-Sur- Somme
Proyart
Fouguescourt
Chaulnes
Roye
Gury
Lassigny
Noyon
Fresh Men Brace Hun Near Roye In France Front Line
Fresh men brace the Hun near Roye as French first and third armies press along a two to three mile front from Andechy to Gary. German reserves join the fight while the allied advance slows, with von Hutier's forces defending the Oise and Massif of Thiescourt but new British movement along the Amiens Roye road looming.
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France
Reuters
Roye-Lassigny
Roye
Lassigny
Andechy
Amiens-Roye Road
Dancourt
Tilletoy
Amiens Roye Road
Anna Held Dies Famous French Actress at 40
New York Aug 13 Anna Held the French actress died here after months of illness. Born in Paris 1873 to a Polish mother and French father she rose to stardom in European capitals and in New Yorks musical comedies for over a decade. She married Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and later separated. Her daughter Liane Held also works on stage. Friends recall her indomitable courage saying she would never grow old and comparing her to Joan of Arc.
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New York
Anna Held
Miss Held
Anna Heid
Paris
London
Ana
Miss Heid
Holland
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
Mr. Ziegfield
Liane Held
Anna Tfield
Otero
Redfield Appoints Woman as Private Secretary
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Redfield naming Mrs. Agathe C. Stewart of Port Richmond New York as his private secretary. Stewart long served as confidential clerk to the secretary and may be the first woman to hold such a cabinet post.
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Redfield
Washington
Agathe C. Stewart
Port Richmond
N. Y
Stewart
Graves to lead American force at Vladivostok
Major General William S. Graves will command the American expeditionary force to guard Russian supplies at Vladivostok and cooperate with Czecho-Slovak forces.
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William S. Graves
Vladivostok
Senate Set to Rush Vote on Draft Age Bill
Washington August 13 Senate leaders agreed to set aside the August 24 adjournment and take up the manpower bill to extend draft ages from 18 to 45 next Monday. Senator Chamberlain aims for the military committee to report favorably by Thursday. In the House Chairman Dent said the measure would not be acted on until reconvened next Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Military Committee
Chamberlain
House
Dent
Twelve Indicted for Graft in Raincoats
New York August 13 twelve in dictments charging nineteen individuals and two firms with furnishing defective army raincoats to the government were returned in federal court. Several accused face prior indictments alleging commissions to officials to secure contracts. The indictments are the first in this district under the sabotage act of last April. Conviction carries a $10,000 fine or up to thirty years in prison.
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New York
Mrs Skeffington Released in London
London August 13 Mrs F Sheehy Skeffington freed from Holloway prison after deportation from Ireland. Authorities warn she may not return to Ireland without permission. Her husband F Sheehy Skeffington, former editor of the Irish Citizen, was shot by a British officer in 1916 Sinn Fein Rising. she and he had avoided police while he traveled to Ireland August 3.
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London
F. Sheehy Skeffington
Ireland
Holloway Prison
Yanks Form Separate Army After Front Experience
Paris dispatch cites Journal Des Debats noting Americans proved valor at the front by fighting with British and French as they build a separate first Army in the field. The article emphasizes sufficient numbers and experience to stand as an independent force.
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Paris
Havas Agency
Journal Des Debats
Heat wave in Chicago tops 101 degrees. two deaths reported
In Chicago on Monday a sudden return of the heat wave pushed the temperature to 101 degrees. The heat caused ten prostrations and two deaths, with emergency services responding to the high temperatures.
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Chicago
Gas cloud from U boat poisons six off North Carolina coast
Six coast guardsmen and lighthouse keepers were overcome by gas and oil from a German submarine off Smith's Island North Carolina Saturday evening. Officials called the attack deliberate and described gas similar to mustard gas with no deaths but several with nonfatal effects. Additional reports detailed submarine actions and vessel losses along the Atlantic coast as the navy investigated the incident.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Coast Guard
Smith’s Island
North Carolina
Navy Department
Sixth Naval District
Atlantic
Virginia
Penastone
Sydland
New England
Katie Palmer
New Bedford
Mass
American
Smith's Island Coast Guard
Navy
Charlst
S C
Smith Island
Col. C Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Caswel C
Willard
S. Island
Noyon Roads Are Raked by French Guns
FRANCE Aug 12 Morning German forces reinforced but unable to halt French advance. French hold Thiescourt plateau and key roads south of Rye and northwest of Noyon. German retreat worsens, heavy losses, field littered with dead. officers report shortages and privations, including French artillery supplying meat by killing horses and a sack of wheat gleaned nearby.
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Associated Press
France
Avre
Oise
Thiescourt
Rye
Noyon
Roye and
Ribecourt
Germany
Army discipline yields for once at Camp Devens
A 16 year old soldier from Council Bluffs Iowa deserted to support his mother and two brothers, later surrendering to Fort Omaha. Court martial sentenced him to three years hard labor and dishonorable discharge but Major Barratt O'Hara and Col. George mitigated to six months hard labor, restoring him to duty.
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Ayer
Mass
Iff
Camp Devens
Russell R. Vaughn
42Nd Infantry
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Russell
Fort Omaha
Barratt O'Hara
Illinois
George Commandant
Fain Deal Sued Over Antitrust Claim Tuesday Filing
A 13 a suit for violation of the antitrust act charges Harris Co. with wrecking a Chicago corn deal. Ebert H. Thorburn, ex Waite zn Co., seeks treble damages of 710000 from Ampert, John Dupree, and Del tes as executrix of the Gates estates.
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Chicago
Fim
Harris, & Co
Ebert H. Thorburn
Waite Zn & Co
Ampert
John Dupree
Deltes
John W
Charles G. Gates
British and French push in August engagements
In August 12 report from Reuters, British armies face heavy fighting as French troops add 2,000 to their prisoner bay and capture over thirty. Crown Prince Ruping hurried reserves to slow Generals Marwitz and Hutier amid stiff day of combat.
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Reuters
Crown Prince
Rup‘ing
Gener-Marwitz
Hutier
British Army Takes Prisoners After Four-Hold Battle
A British force reports capturing prisoners from Prussia and Bavaria after a six hour engagement. Two enemy units were overrun and the prisoners taken during the action.
Germans Hold Ground As Somme Battle Rages On
Aug 12 The Germans, backed by Bavarian reinforcements, resist Allied pressure around the Somme line north of the river near Herleville and Chaulnes. British guns pound bridges at Bethencourt and Peronne as air bombing disrupts German transport. American patrols hold their line with scarce naval action, while Lihons and Roye area see heavy shelling and cavalry skirmishes. An air duel ends with a German pilot surrendering before dying of wounds.
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Associated Press
France
Somme
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Chaulnes
Bethencourt
Peronné
Suth
Act
Artilly
Lihons
Haig
Roye Road
Roye
Explorer Goes 175 Miles Beyond Alaska
Ottawa report from Canadian Arctic explorer Villhjalmar Stefansson states lieutenant Storkerson and his party have pushed 175 miles north of Alaska, surpassing prior missions by 75 miles. Stefansson notes Kevin is not at the previously mapped point.
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Ottawa
Ont
Villhjalmar Stefansson
Storkerson
Alaska
Stefansson
Keevid
British Troops Reach Usuri Front With Czech Allies
London Aug 13 British forces that landed at Vladivostok have moved to the Usuri river front where they were met with an enthusiastic welcome by Czech-Slovak units with whom they are cooperating, an official statement reports.
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London
Vladivostok
Usuri River
French Ordnance Men To Study Production
Washington August 13 A mission of French ordnance engineers and experts arrives in the United States to spend three months studying ordnance production. It is headed by Lieut. Col. L. Martinon and is accompanied by twenty foremen from French munition plants to foster closer industrial cooperation in munitions manufacture.
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Washington
United States
Lieut
Co. L. Martinon
France
Ridder denies Becker charge over 1915 Texas paper claim
Joseph E. Ridder of the New York Staats Zeitung, son of Hermann Ridder, says his father never discussed with O B Colquitt the 1915 confession about purchasing a New York newspaper for the German government. Deputy Attorney General Becker had asserted the claim.
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Becker
New York
Joseph E. Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Hermann Ridder
O. B. Colquitt
Texas
Calquitt
War Office Bulletins Report Allied Gains in France and Belgium
Paris reports French troops capture Gury south of Roye with progress near Roy-Sur-Matz and Chevincourt. Haig notes Proyart taken and prisoners captured as Allies advance on the Somme and Gouquescourt. British gains include Des Loges and quiet on portions of the front. German statements claim repulsed Allied attacks between the Yser, Ancre, and Oise.
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Paris
Gury
Roye
Vesle
Fismes
Avre
Oise
Roy-Sur-Matz
Chevincourt
London
Somme
Gouquescourt
Proyart
Bray
Haig
Roye Road
Fouquescourt
Berlin
War Office
Yser
Ancre
Lye
Lihons
Acre
Germans Fall Back Toward Nesle in Great Front Fight
Paris Aug. 13 An intense two day battle rages on the Chauines Roye Lassigny Noyon front as German forces retreat toward Nesle and Ham. Allied pressure remains strong while German reserves enter the defense delaying advance and threatening to deny solid road control. The drive aims to storm critical positions to secure the retreat corridor.
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Paris
Chauines Roye-Lassigny-Noyon
von der Marwitz
von Hutier
Nesle
Ham
Chauines
Roye
Magnolia Petroleum workers strike for wage hike
In Beaumont Texas on August 18 a thousand Magnolia Petroleum employees walked out seeking a 20 percent raise. The plant shut down as only a limited crew remained at work, and production halted during the stoppage.
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Beaumont
Tex
Magnolia Petroleum Company
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