Fuel administration urges Sunday car curtailment in East
The United States fuel administration calls on states east of the Mississippi to stop using all motor vehicles on Sundays to conserve gasoline for overseas shipment. Exceptions include freight trucks, ambulances, police, fire equipment, funeral conveyances, and rural essential trips. The move aims to avert a shortage amid rising domestic demand and wartime needs.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Mississippi River
France
United States Fuel Administration
Garfield
Mark S. Requa
Oil Division
United States
America
Senate to take up Day Bill on nationwide prohibition
Washington Aug 28 Senate resumes consideration of a general informal plan for nationwide bone dry prohibition starting July 1 1919 and during the war. A compromise to postpone absolute prohibition from January 1 1919 to July 1 next is supported by wet and dry leaders. The final vote may come Thursday with beer and wine production halted May 3 1919 instead of November 1 1918.
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Washington
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
Battle at Nogales on U S Mexico border leaves Americans dead
In Nogales Arizona on August 28 fighting between American troops and Mexican forces killed one American officer and one civilian, left another officer wounded, and wounded many more. Estimates place Mexican casualties high with 100 feared dead. Reinforcements arrived and a brief ceasefire followed a Mexican flag display. Civilians sheltered in adobe homes as shelling continued into the evening.
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Nogales
Ariz
International Avenue
Sonora
Frederick J. Herman
J. D. Hungerford
Gaston Reddock
Luke W. Lucas
United States
Long International Street
Baker Names Munitions and Aviation Directors
Secretary Baker announces virtual establishment of ministries of munitions and aviation. Benedict Crowell becomes director of munitions with expanded powers, John D. Ryan named director of air service and head of the Bureau of Military Aeronautics and Aircraft Production. Stettinius departs for France as special representative with full mission authority.
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Washington
Benedict C. Crowell
John D. Ryan
Bureau of Military Aeronautics
Baker
Air Service
Ryan
Edward R. Stettinius
Stettinius
France
War Department
Crowell
Bureau of Aircraft Production
Senate Passes Expanded Draft Law with Work or Fight Clause
Washington Aug 28 The manpower bill broadening the draft to include men 18 to 45 passed the senate with a work or fight clause. Opposition focused on youths under 21 and the strike proviso. The measure now goes to conference with House. President Wilson expected to sign after swift compromise and rapid registration plans.
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Senate
House
Gore
Oklahoma
War Department
Germany
Wilson
Crowder
General March
General Crowder
War Labor Board
Cummins
Iowa
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Yanks Launch Attack Parry German Blow
American forces attacked Bazoches near Fismes while Germans struck Fismette, northwest of Fismes. Fighting raged around Bazoches with Americans gaining local advantage and holding Fismette against German bombardment and infantry counterattacks.
Newberry Leads Michigan Republican Senate Primary
Detroit August returns show Commander Truman H. Newberry leading the Republican race for U S senator with Ford trailing by a large margin. Osborn runs second, Simpson weak, while Ford tops the Democratic tally against James W. Helme on double the votes.
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Detroit
Truman H. Newberry
United States Naval District
Secretary of the Navy
Michigan
United States
Henry Ford
Manning
Newberry
Chase H. Osborn
Wm. G. Simpson
Ford
James W. Helme
No Curtailment Of Sugar For Canning
Chicago August 28 The food administration states there is no plan to curtail reasonable home canning sugar. It urges canning with less sugar, but will supply sugar if necessary to prevent endangering canning. Local authorities decide quantities and may endorse certificates for up to 23 pounds for canning and preserving.
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Chicago
Food Administration
Dial Nominated in South Carolina Senate Primary
Nat B. Dial won the Democratic primary in South Carolina defeating Cole L. Blease and James F. Rice to earn nomination for the long term U.S. Senate seat in Columbia.
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Cole Blease
Columbia
S. C
Nat B. Dial
United States
Senate
Cole L. Blease
James F. Rice
South Carolina
The WHIG WANT ADS Sell Quality Kitchenette Apartments
The WHIG WANT ADS offer mentions chic kitchenette apartments for two or three in prime city sections. It notes landlords avoid window signs and emphasizes using WHIG WANT ADS as the approved method for finding or renting high housekeeping units.
French First Army Captures Roye in Driving Pursuit
The French first army, after breaking German battle lines before Roye, took the town and presses the retreat along a seven mile front from Bellau to south of Roye. Debeney’s corps encircles Roye, pushing Germans eastward as aviation supports pursuit and the 1914 defenses crumble.
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France
Roye
Bellau
Debeney
Hattencourt
Cremery
Griny
Corpus
Boiglise
Verpillieres
Mont Didier
St. March
Allies Press German Lines From Arras To Soissons Front
Frantic Allied pursuit across seventy five mile front from Arras north to Soissons sees German positions yield towns and roads as British and French advance. German losses mount. British, French, and Canadian troops capture prisoners and war stores while pushing toward Bapaume and the Vesle front. American forces engage near Bazoches and Fismette, with initial gains reported for the Americans.
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Associated Press
Arras
Soissons
Senze
Scarpe
Bapaume
Tom Town
Hindenburg Line
Vesle
Fismette
Bazoches
French Take Seven Towns in Avre Advance Front
French forces report capturing Roye and seven villages as they pushed more than four kilometers on a 20 kilometer front between Avre and Lassigny. Occupied Hallu Fransart Cremery Gruny Carrepui Roye Baucourt and Crape-Au-Mesnil amid lively artillery. Canadian and Scottish troops also advanced south of the Scarpe taking Cherisy Vis-En-Artois Bois-Du-Sart and Fontaine-Les-Croisilles with hundreds of prisoners.
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Cremery
Gruny
Carrepui
Roye
Baucourt
Laucourt
Crape-Au-Mesnil
Lassigny
Ose
Aisne
London
Scarpe River
Haig
Cherisy
Vis-En-Artois
Boie Du-Sart
Scarpe
Senze
Bois-Du-Sart
Fontaine-Les-Croisilles
British Flier Hurt on Aviation Field
Capt. William J. Hanney of the British royal air force was injured Tuesday morning at Scott field as the British American flying mission prepared to depart for Kansas City. The extent of injuries was not disclosed but he was reported in the hospital at Scott field.
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St, Louis
William J. Hanney
Royal Air Force
Scott Field
Kansas City
Major Hanley Advanced to Lieutenant Colonel in Mid West Flying Circus
Major T. J. Hanley, commander of Carruthers field and now with the flying circus in the middle west, has been made lieutenant colonel. A West Point graduate in 1915, he served with General Pershing in Mexico and was chief flying officer when the field at Rantoul, Illinois was established.
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T. J. Hanley
Carruthersfield
Middle-West
Washington
Hanley
West Point
General Pershing
Mexico
Rantoul
Til
Wounded Canadian Casualty List Names G R Meister
Ottawa reports G R Meister of Dalton City Iowa appears in the Canadian casualty list as wounded. The brief entry confirms his status among war casualties and identifies his hometown for recordkeeping.
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Ont
G. R. Meister
Dalton City
Itl
Germans Call Up Reserve Troops In France Battle Line
German forces reinforce near Bapaume as heavy fighting continues around the town and southward. Despite some disorder in ranks, German resistance stiffens in the battle area with large reinforcements being thrown into the line near Bapaume.
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France
Bapaume
Hindenburg Line Taken Mopped Up By British in France
British forces in France push through the Hindenburg line near Croisilles Fontaine-Les-Croisilles and Bullecourt, seizing high ground and towns including Montauban Dompierre and Pelves as they drive toward Peronne. Street fighting continues in Bapaume. Croisilles and Ecoust-St Mein are key focal points with advancing lines and diminishing German resistance.
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Associated Press
France
Scarpe
Croisilles
Fontaine-Les-Croisilles
Bullecourt
Heninel
Bois-Du-Sart
Monchy-Le-Preux
Montauban
Mametz
Dompierre
Cappy-Sur-Somme
Peronne
Somme
Bapaume
No Man's Land
Arras
Plouvain
Pelves
Bois-Le-Sart
Croisille
London
St. Laieer
Ecoust-St-Mein
Tara
Vaux-Vranecourt
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