British Strike Near Bapaume and Take Suburbs
British forces press the German retirement on multiple front lines near the Somme area. Canadians advance along the Arras to Cambrai road, adding to prisoner totals as letters from captured soldiers reveal German morale sagging. Haig reports captures including Avesnes Les Bapaume and outskirts of Thieley, with Montauban and Longvues nearby. French units smash morning counterattacks along the Ailette.
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Scarpe
Arras- Albert-Cambrai
London
Suzanne
Cappy
Somme
Field Marshal
Haig
Avesnes Les Bapaume
Bapaume
Thieley
St. Leger
Montauban
Longvues
Senate to Vote By 4 Today on Draft Bill
Washington Aug 27 The senate, by unanimous consent, will vote no later than 4 oclock this afternoon on the administration manpower bill extending the draft ages to 4 and 45 years. Debate will be limited after 1 oclock. Discussions on the work or fight amendment and other proxies to exempt or restrict youth service under 21 continue, with Reed proposing free education for under 21 enlistees or draftees at gov ernment expense up to two years of military service. Senators Jones Cummins Fall Hitchcock offer substitutes to broaden or adjust exemptions and classifications under potential revisions.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Military Committee
Senator Reed
Missouri
Thomas
House
Jones
Cummins
Town
Fall
New Mexico
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Roosevelt Address Draws 20000 At Illinois Fair
Former President Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the Illinois Centennial exposition closing at the state fair grounds. He urged speeding up the war program and postwar universal military training, plus solving social and industrial issues with peace. A 1000 person cast performed The Masque of Illinois with Florence Lowden leading. Officials estimated 20,000 in attendance.
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Springfield
State Fair Grounds
Theodore Roosevelt
Ilinois
Ulinois
Florence Lowden
Frank O. Lowden
Roosevelt
Ford's Campaign For Senate Ends Monday
Detroit August 27 Henry Ford closes his bid for the U S Senate as Michigan's primary campaign ends Monday night Ford appears on both Republican and Democratic tickets with decision due within five days after canvass Three rivals seek the Republican nomination Truman H Newberry Chas S Osborn and William G Simpson Also contesting the Democratic nomination is James W Helme of Adrian Michigan.
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Detroit
Michigan
Henry Ford
Truman H. Newberry
East
Railroad Bureau for Suggestions and Complaints Announced
Washington August 27 Announcement by Director General McAdoo establishes a railroad administration bureau for suggestions and complaints to be located at the director general's headquarters. Notices will be posted soon in railway stations and passenger coaches inviting public correspondence.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Two Killed on Seaplanes in French Waters
Washington dispatch reports Dale Veen Campbell of Portland Oregon and Lester Aden Barnett of Mount Pleasant Tennessee both navy quartermasters were killed August 22 in a seaplane accident in French waters.
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Washington
Dale Veen Campbell
Portland
Oregon
Lester Aden Barnett
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Navy
National Dry Law May Take Effect July 1
Washington Aug 27 A nationwide bone dry prohibition is likely to take effect July 1 1919 and continue during the war. Negotiations in congress point to a feasible agreement to stop sales of intoxicants on that date with President Wilson not opposing the measure. A gentleman's agreement in the senate is expected soon. The manpower bill temporarily displaced the wartime prohibition bill which would have halted sales January 1. Formal agreement construction paves the way for senate passage later this week.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Wilson
House
Hoover Plans Economy Campaign
Hoover told President Watson details of food imports and wartime economies in wheat fats and sugar. Wheat shipment decisions await late week talks with officials. He said no new voluntary rationing is planned and that an economy campaign will be launched to curb usage.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Watson
United States
Hoover
Food Administration
America
Europe
Want Convicts Used In War Industries
A resolution urged governors, judges and officials to parole inmates where practical so they may work on farms, mines and road projects supporting war industries. The American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology adopted the measure in Cleveland on August 27 during its tenth annual session.
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Cleveland
Ohio
American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
Committee On
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Martha Falconer
Steighton Farms
Pennsylvania
John E. Buchanan
War Medical Service
Labor conscription only as last resort
CHICAGO August 27 The administration's attitude toward conscription of labor was outlined before the Association of Commerce by Louis F. Post assistant secretary of labor The time may come when we will have to conscript workers in mines forests and factories but in the name of democracy these men shall not be conscripted until we have first conscripted the places where they shall work The conscripted man must work for Uncle Sam and no one else.
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Chicago
Association of Commerce
Louis F. Post
Uncle Sam
Austrian Troops Reported On West Front
Paris dispatch notes Austro-Hungarian soldiers appeared on the western front as fighting troops at Germanys request. Newspapers say the Austrians behind German lines had been known for months and that those captured by the French belonged to the life guards, signaling the gravity of the enemy's position.
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Paris
Germany
Petit Journal
Life Guards
Mannheim Bombed in Two Raids By British Air Force
British independent air forces hit Mannheim and the Frankfort railway station in two raids Sunday night, with all planes returning safely. American bombing units also raided Conflans, hitting railroad yards and a round house amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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London
Mannheim
Frankfort
British Independent Air Forces
Conflans
Associated Press
France
Spain Weighs Cross Ocean Air Service Plan
Madrid August 27 Captain Herrera head of Spain's air force met with King Alfonso on an aerial postal and passenger link to the United States. Cabinet discussions and a leading shipping firm finance the project. Aircraft would carry forty passengers plus mail at 2000 pesetas per ticket and five pesetas per hundred grammes for letters. Journeys could take two and a half days.
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Madrid
Herrera
Alfonso
Spain
United States
Outrage Reported After Mexican Train Wreck
Two Americans confirm reports of a passenger train wreck in Canadan Durango Mexico. Ninety passengers and soldiers killed and sixty injured when bandits forced a bridge collapse and fired on coaches. The train was 29 kilometers from Tepehuanes. a 65 man federal escort perished and ammo car was seized. Bandits were led by Alamog and Galayiz.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Canadan
Durango
Tepehaunes
Alamog and
Galayiz
Springfield woman arrested in Louisville assault on Wilson
Louisville Ky Aug 27 Mrs Margaret Leinhart of Springfield Illinois was arrested here on Monday on a charge of ravaging President Wilson.
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Louisville
Margaret Leinhart
Springfield
Wilson
Lake Eden sinking leaves six dead nine missing crew
The American steamer Lake Eden sank in foreign waters on August 21. Six crew members are believed drowned or killed: George Bruce master, C Craft second engineer, P Derham fourth engineer, C Maler boatswain, A Martin and Mueller. Nine crew members and one naval armed guard are still missing.
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Washington
Naval Armed Guard
Lake Eden
Navy Department
George Bruce
C. Craft
P. Derham
C. Maler
A. Martin
Mueller
South Carolina Senate Nominees to Be Nominated by Democrats
In Columbia on August 27 two Democratic candidates for the U S Senate will be nominated in the statewide primary. Nominees for the full term beginning March 4 include Nat B Dial of Laurens James F Rice of Anderson and former governor Cole L lease of Columbia. Blease's stance on the war has dominated campaign talk with a 4 month old quote claiming every congressman who voted for war should be defeated and that American soldiers deaths would be on their heads. President Wilson recently told a South Carolina newspaper he does not fear the state will see Blease as a friend of the administration.
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Columbia
S. C
United States Senate
Democratic Party
South Carolina
Nat B. Dial
Laurens
James F. Rice
Anderson
Cole Llease
Blease
Wee
Hiease
France
Wilson
Beer and wine taxes outlined in revenue bill
Washington reports a revenue bill proposing a beer tax of six dollars per barrel and multiple wine levies. It sets 16 cents per gallon on wines over 14 percent, 60 cents per gallon on grape brandy used for fortifying, champagne taxed at 12 cents per half pint, and various additional taxes on sweet wines and mineral waters. A floor tax of 2.20 dollars applies to distilled spirits held for sale, with adjustments if intended for sale as beverages.
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Washington
Weekly Wash Worries
A WHIG WANT AD offers access to competent laundresses who guarantee clean, careful handling of fine garments. It argues that efficient laundry help is cheaper than poorer service and urges readers to contact the paper to connect with reliable workers.
Haig Strikes Surprise Blow In Arras Sector Front
British and French forces launch a new paper front north of the old battle zone from Arras east along the Lecarpe river and toward the Coreul. They take several villages including Monchy Le Preux Guemappe and Wancourt while pressing toward Bapaume and Thilloy, with indications of German danger to Roye and the Hindenburg line as French and British efforts intensify across Picardy and the Somme regions.
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Associated Press
Ancre
Soissons
Haig
Arras
Lecarpe
Coreul
Monchy- LePreux
Guemappe
Wancourt
Vilages
Mary and St. Leger
Favreuil
Bapaume
Thilloy
Halig
Albert
Somme
Roye
Noyon
Freanoy-Les-Roya
Chemin-Des-Dames
Laon
Ypres
Rheims
Mangina
Vesle
Bullecourt
Hindenburg Line
Canadians Press Near Arras In New Offensive Wins
British and French war office bulletins report Canadian forces capturing Wancourt and Monchy Le Preux near Arras, with Scottish and London troops advancing toward Roeux and the chemical works north of Rouex. British attacks extend past captured villages as English and Welsh units push toward Montauban and Bazentin le Grand.
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London
Arras
Wancourt
Monchy-Le-Preux
Field Marshal Haig
Monchy
le Preux
Scarpe
Gavrelle
Roeux
Rouex
Croiselles
Speniiel
Montauban
Bazentin-Le-Grand
Battle Front Widened as British Advance Near Somme Towns
British forces in France widened the front to the Scarpe river and pressed eastward all day. German resistance shifted to rear-guard actions as roads for German redeployment were disrupted by British heavy guns. In a night assault under rain, Australians attacked Cappy, silencing machine guns and clearing the town with tank support nearby. Susanus across the river also fell to the advance.
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Associated Press
France
Bat l
Cappy
Somme
Tanka
Gum Ners
Susanus
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Bulletin
Oise
Ailette
Mont Saint March
Juvigny
Mangin
Aisne
Goover
Ford
BIG Chemical
Reuters
Reviles Wilson
Elease
Bapaume Invested
WAR Office
Avre
Fresnoy-Les Roys
St. Mard
Fresnoy-Les-Roys
Vosges
Battle Front
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