Five Villages, Achiet Le Grand Fall to British Push
British forces push about six miles from southeast Albert to Grandcourt raiding east of the Ancre. Five villages north of Achiet Le Grand fall, Achiet Le Grand and Bieucourt captured as German counter attacks are repulsed. Haig reports heavy fighting with many German dead and prisoners on a front from Arras to north of Soissons.
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London
Albert
Grandcourt
Ancre River
Field Marshal Haig
Achiet-Le-Grand
Haig
Bieucourt
Bapaume
Siberia Unified Under One Government Amid Tangle
Washington reports that anti Bolshevik regimes at Omsk and Vladivostok are in full accord, yielding a united Siberia with Bolshevik pockets near Irkutsk. The pact positions the Siberian government as the strongest effort to reassemble Russia against Germany, while Red Guards and Austro German POWs deter the Trans Siberian rail corridor.
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Washington
State Department
Omsk
Vladivostok
Siberia
Irkutsk
Kerensky
Russia
Germany
Red Guards
Lake Haikal
Manchuria
Karemskays
Amur
Skilled Shipyard Workers Ask $1 An Hour Wage Rise
Skilled workers in the U S shipbuilding industry have asked the labor adjustment board of the shipping board for wage increases to one dollar an hour, double time for overtime, Saturday half holidays, and a 10 per cent bonus for night work. The proposed raise would lift averages from about 75 cents to one dollar, affecting thousands nationwide. The board will first decide if a countrywide basis should set wage scales, with current Pacific coast daily wages around 5.77 and other regions ranging from 5.80 to 6.50.
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Washington
Labor Adjustment Board
The
Shipping Board
Pacific Coast
Breaks Track Record In Iowa Auto Races
Des Moines August 24 Ray Lampkin of Kansas City set new half mile track records in the Hawk eye sweepstake at the Iowa state fair, winning the 25 mile race. Jules Ellingbee finished second, George Clark third. Lampkin's times for 10, 15, 20 and 25 miles beat previous marks.
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Des Moines
Ray (Burr) Lampkin
Kansas City
Jules Ellingbee
George Clark
Lampkin
Seaplane Accidents In France Leave Six Dead
Navy department reports the deaths of three ensigns and three enlisted men in seaplane accidents in France. Names listed include A L Boone, Birming RF Clark, Deohan Mass, Mills H Holly Wal ton NC, Lewis F Tucker North Charlotte NC, E C Vath Chicago, L C Richardson Oo Bkmery, and W F Redman Bladensburg.
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Washington
France
Navy Department
A. L. Boone
Birming
RF Clark
Deohan
Mass
Barry
Rochester
N. Y
Mills H. Holly
Walton
N. C
Lewis F. Tucker
North Charlotte
E. C. Vath
Chicago
L. C. Richardson
Allied Smash Raises Hopes Of Big Defeat
Washington dispatches describe an almost unvarying Allied offensive along a 50 mile front from Soissons to Arras, boosting hopes of a decisive German defeat. Observers note General Foch's tactics as decisive, while questions arise about Pershing's thirty American divisions and their whereabouts after recent training and redeployment plans.
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Washington
Soissons
Arras
Foch
General Pershing
General March
Senate Confirms Army Promotions After War Dept Hearing
Washington Aug 24 The military committee recommended confirmation of eleven major generals and forty four brigadiers after Secretary Baker and General March answered questions on the war department policy governing promotions. The nominations were sent to the Senate and later acted upon.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Military Committee
Baker
March
War Department
Garfield Opposes Miners Wage Raise in New Policy
Fuel Administrator Garfield will not approve a wage increase for coal miners after conferring with United Mine Workers officials. He will also end bonuses that pit miners against each other for labor. Aboard the U S Origin, 18 enlisted men wounded on Aug 17 received only minor injuries. three comrades and commanders Wilson and White were killed.
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Washington
Garfield
United Mine Workers
U.S. S
William H. Wilson
R. B. White
Airplane crash at Park Field fatal for Lt Topping
Trouble causes fall. Mee TS Tenn Aug 24 Lieut H Topping of Binghamton N Y fatally injured and student aviator J D Cary's leg broken when their airplane fell 400 feet. Topping died an hour later. Accident blamed on engine trouble.
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Mee
Tenn
H. Topping
Binghamton
N. Y
J. D. Cary
Park Field
Lagut. Topping
The Whig Want Ads Emphasize Cooperation
A promotional piece extols The Whig Want Ads as a cooperative force that links people needing help with those who can provide it. It argues friction between joined parties sparks opportunity, calling the service the essence of cooperation and urging readers to use it to turn needs into solutions.
Vote on Draft Bill Keeps 18 to 20 Deferred in House
Washington Aug 24 The House military committee amendment to defer calling youths aged 18 and 19 until older men have served disrupted debate. The chamber rejected McKenzie’s plan 167 to 126, keeping draft age unchanged. Amendments aiming to set minimum ages at 19 and 21 failed. A marine demonstration in the gallery followed by calls to adjourn stirred the session as leaders hoped Senate action before the week’s end.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
House
Senate
McKenzie
Ilinois
Military Committee
Johnson
Blackman
Alabama
Tilson
Connecticut
Olney
Massachusetts
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Watson
Martin
Simmons
Lodge
Thomas
Colorado
Representative Gregg
Texas
Congress
Representative McCulloch
Campbell
Kansas
Crowe
War Draft and Allied Offensives Reported in Congress and France
The House advanced amendments expanding draft liability to Congress members and state officials while McCulloch and McKenzie measures move toward separate votes. In France, British forces push along the Somme toward Cam bray, with Achiet Le Grand and Thiepval encircled as German lines bend under pressure amid expected German withdrawals. The American units, initially with the British on the Somme, likely redeployed as Foch plans another major strike.
Foch Receives Marshal Baton in France Ceremony
In the courtyard of an old chateau Marshal Ferdinand Foch was presented with the baton as marshal of France by President Poincare. The ceremony was brief and simple, attended by Premier Clemenceau and ministers Georges Leygues and Louis Loucheur, General Petain, Foch's staff, and allied representatives.
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Foch
Associated Press
France
Marshal Foch
Ld Chateau
Poincare
Clemenceau
Georges Leygues
Marine
Louis Loucheur
Petain
British Third Army Leads Northern Advance at Ancre
General Byng commands the British Third Army holding the Arras to north of St. Quentin line as German offensive opens March 21. He resists the assault until Gough’s Fifth Army yields his right, forcing a retirement. Byng previously used tanks successfully at Cambrai last year.
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Ancre
Third Army
Byng
Arras
St. Quentin
Gough
Fifth Army
Cambrai
Ss*egt
Victorious British armies push across Somme front in major advance
In France Aug 23 British forces under Byng and Rawlinson pressed a wide 23 mile front from the Cojuel river to near Lihons, claiming a disastrous day for the Germans. They reported capturing towns, thousands of prisoners, and large quantities of guns while German losses were heavy. Crown Prince Rupprecht tried to shore up lines but British artillery and dash kept the pressure up.
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Associated Press
France
Cojuel
Ancre
Somme
Lihons
Byng
Rawlinson
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Battle Line Widens as British Press on Front
The front widened overnight from Albert to Beaucourt Sur-Ancre with British gains across the Albert Arras embankment. British troops held Boiry Becquerelle and Boyelles and advanced beyond the Arras Bapaume road toward Ervillers St Leger and Croisilles. Airplanes reported tanks crossing Ervillers St Leger road and Haig’s forces pushed Goumiecourt area, with 500 Germans captured at Goumiecourt and continued advance toward Ervillers and St Leger.
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Albert
Beaucourt Sur-Ancre
Cojeul
Albert-Arras
Boiry-Becquerelle
Boyelles
Arras-Bapaume
Hamilincourt
Ervillers
St. Leger
Croisilles
Hamlincourt
Gomiecourt
Goumiecourt
Haig
Fresh French advances across Divette and other fronts
Paris Aug 22 French troops crossed the Divette near Evicourt and pressed east of Bagneux and west of Crecy-Au-Mont north of Soissons. Aviation reported heavy recon flights, 14 enemy pilots downed, 9 balloons captured, 18 tons of bombs dropped, and stations at Ham Laon Guiscard, plus Mars-La-Tour airfield attacked. Berlin said English attacks northwest of Bapaume and counterattacks near Albert and the Somme continued with lively artillery between the Ailette and Aisne.
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Paris
Divette
Evricourt
Bagneux
Crecy- Au-Mont
Soissons
Matz
Oise
Evicourt
Ailette
Aisne
Crecy-Au-Mont
Marghal
Chauny
Vauxaillon
Anizy-Le-Chateau
Laffaux
Ham
Laon
Guiscard
Sommettes Faucourt
Messeres
Maison Bleue
Mauchault
Pontavert
Mars- La-Tour
Berlin
London
Bapaume
Albert
Somme
Red Cross Faces Heavy Demand in Eastern Siberia
A Vladi vostok cablegram reports growing needs for the American Red Cross in the anti German Austrian and Bolshevik campaign in Eastern Siberia. Red Cross personnel already care for patients at multiple points. Sixty Czech and 17 British soldiers plus 240 Czech patients are in Vladivostok and Fortress hospitals. The base hospital at Harbine is being equipped with 300 beds at the request of General Dieterich.
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Washington
Red Cross
Siberia
Vladivostok
Dieterich
Harbine
Magazine press order cuts paper use and ads basis
Washington announces new regulations requiring weekly and quarterly magazines to use lighter paper and cut total paper tonnage by ten percent this year. An adequate supply is promised despite the reduced tonnage and ad scaling rules. In Sacramento an air crash on a highway injures two men, one seriously, from a Mather Field flight. investigators review the incident.
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Washington
Thei-R Industries Board
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Achlet--Le Grand
Boules
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Thiepval
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