Australians seize Mont St Quentin in surprise attack
Allied forces led by Australians captured more than 1,500 prisoners at Mont St Quentin near Peronne during a surprise assault. French troops broke German resistance along Canal Du Nord and north of Soissons, taking Juvigny and Crouy and nearing Leury. British gains include Kemmel Hill in the Lys sector as front thrusts continue.
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Associated Pressant
St. Quentin
Peronne
Somme
Feuillaucourt
Canal du Nord
Soissons
Juvigny
Crouy
Leury
Lys
Kemmel Hill
Paris
War Office
Campagne
Chevilly
Ford profits compared to meat packers profits sparks senate clash
Senator Sherman criticized the federal trade commission report on meat packers as monopolists and contrasted profits of Henry Ford's auto company with packers. He cited Ford's 1916 profits at 29.56 percent, argued the government should not reward wartime profits, and questioned political loyalties tied to Ford. He linked the packing industry to government control trends and urged scrutiny of Ford’s public claims.
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Washington
Henry Ford
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Federal Trade Commission
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Ford
Am 1916
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Trade Commission
Thomas
Colorado
Fumoan
Snk
Freai TV
Shennan
Pord
Haywood
Wade Commission
London policemen strike called off settles wage quarrel
London police over 22,000 officers end strike after government conference. Agreement sets minimum 43 shillings weekly and maximum 53 shillings plus a 12 shilling war bonus and 10 shillings per school age child. Pension at 35 shillings after 26 years. Union recognition granted for federation of prison officers. Reinstatement of a discharged constable also approved.
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London
Metropoltan
National Union of Pole
Yaqui Revolt Quelled by Federal Forces Near Ortiz
Three hundred Yaqui Indians revolted under General Gomez at Ortiz, south of the border, and fought a brief engagement with federal troops from Torres. Reports say 300 more Yaqui soldiers rose near Vulcan and attempted to enter the city but were driven back by Mexican federals.
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Ariz
Gomez Monday
Ortiz
Torres
Vulican
Names of 130 American POWs listed by War Department
War Department announces that 130 enlisted men of the American Expeditionary Forces are prisoners of war at Langensalza Germany. They include soldiers from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with others identified as Frank Miner Chicago Pan C Murphy Lincoln Nebraska and Clifford W Wolfe Council Bluffs Iowa among the names.
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Sept
Langensalen
Germany
War Department
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Frank Miner
Chicago
Pan C. Murphy
Lincoln
Tiinais
Cliiford W. Wolfe
Fourth Avenue
Council Bluffs
Advance Puts British Army Near Peronne
Allied forces press toward Peronne with British and Australian troops driving German positions along the Somme front. Australians seize Feuillaucourt and Mont St Quentin with hundreds of prisoners. Canadians advance south of the Arras Cambrai road. British retake Longatte Ecoust and Riencourt Les Bapaume as German resistance collapses in places.
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Feuillaucourt
Mont St. Quentin
Kemmel
Bethune
Bapaume
Cambrai
Grousmd
Lenine Wounded in Two Bullet Injuries in Attack
London reports a Russian government dispatch on the attempt on Nikolai Lenine detailing two gunshot wounds. One bullet pierced the chest near the shoulder blade, touching the lung, causing heavy bleeding. A second bullet struck the left shoulder blade, splitting bone and pooling blood beneath the skin. The patient remains conscious as surgeons are summoned.
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London
Nikolai Lenine
M. Lenine
Dis
Showers Predicted Across Regions for Week Start Monday
Weather bureau forecast for the week beginning Monday predicts showers in the Great Lakes region on Monday or Tuesday and again at week’s end, with generally above normal temperatures. In the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys, local showers are expected in the north portion Monday and possibly Thursday, and in the south portion Tuesday and possibly Saturday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes Region
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri Valley
North Portion
South Portion
Gas attack on Vesle front reported by Americans
On August 31 American forces along the Vesle front near Fismette released a heavy gas barrage the heaviest to date in that sector. Observers noted German troops retreating from low ground as gas lingered while answering with mustard shells. no infantry combat was reported.
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Associated Preas
Vesle
Fismette
Enroll Men of Nation on Sept 12
Washington announces a second manpower enrollment for men aged 18 to 45 not in uniform or already registered. The drive calls for about 12.8 million registrants with roughly 2.3 million to be drafted into general service, including many from ages 18 to 21.
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Washington
Continental
United States
Wilson
Congress
White House
House
Senate
France
March
New Revenue Bill Whipped Into Shape
Washington reports the new revenue bill aims to raise 8.0 billion dollars this fiscal year and will go to the House Monday via the Ways and Means Committee chaired by Kitchin. The measure could reach final disposition within ten days with surtax rates set from 52 to 65 percent for high incomes, plus the 12 percent normal tax.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
Government Keeps Local Wages For Laborers In Boston Terminal
The War Department denies a wage rise for hod-carriers and other laborers on the $28 million South Boston terminal. It says the prevailing local wage agreement with union labor will not be used to lift local scales. Government pay set at 4714 cents hourly for 10 hours or 4314 cents hourly for 8 hours with overtime. Local scale stands at 4734 cents an hour.
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Washington
South
Boston
Mass
War Department
Forefield Battle on Lys Berlin Says
Berlin reports from London Sept 11 that German war office describes forefield engagements on both sides of the Lys. British and Canadian forces, using tanks, attacked southeast of Arras on a front near 12 to 14 miles between the Arras Cambrai road and southeast of Bapaume, after enemy reconnoitering detachments were repulsed over the Lawe.
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Berlin
London
German War Office
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
von Boehn
Lys
Lawe
Arras
Arras Cambrai Road
Bapaume
Germans Struggle to Rearguard on Somme Front
German forces fight to delay Allied assaults until retreating legions can withdraw behind the Hindenburg line. Ludendorff’s armies seem to halt British French and American advances with only limited gains near Peronne as French and American troops press along the Aisne and Vesle. British hold Mont Kemmel and have moved near the Hindenburg line as German retreat broadens along the Oise and toward Bethune. Conflicting reports place Lenine wounded and Bolshevik forces along the Ussuri river defeated.
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Santerre
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Picardy
Peronne
Bapaume
Soissons
Aisne
Vesle
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Chemin- den- Dames
Ailette
Oise
Ham
Hindenburg Line
Arras
Mont Kemmel
Flanders
Armentieres
Mont Kimmel
Ypres
Bailleul
Channel
Field Marshal Haig
Lawe
Bethune
Imperial
von Hertling
W. S. Solf
Dr. Solf
Sermary
Nikolai Lenine
Lenine
Ussuri
Entente Advances on Ussuri Front in Siberia
Allied forces on the Ussuri front in Siberia opened an offensive at dawn on August 24, driving the Bolshevik Red Guard northward. The Japanese war office said the attack pressed to high ground north of Shimakoika as a follow up.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Entente
Ussuri
Siberia
Bolsheviki Red Guard
Japanese War Office
Shimakoika
Greeks to Be Drafted Treaty Signed in Washington
A treaty providing for the drafting of Greek citizens in America and American citizens in Greece has been signed at the State Department by Secretary Lansing and Minister Rous, aligning with other co belligerents.
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Washington, D. C
America
Greece
United States
State Department
Lansing
Rous
British air supremacy stated after August losses
London says in August British airmen destroyed or forced down 324 German aircraft while 116 Britons were reported missing. Results also reported on the Italian Balkan and Palestine fronts with 18 enemy machines smashed the weekend of August 21 and 12 British airmen missing on all fronts. The month totaled about 20 enemy planes down with 29 British losses. British airmen conducted 26 raids into Germany and numerous bombing incursions behind enemy lines.
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London
British
Bureau of Information
Balkan
Palestine
Mediterranean
Germany
British and French War Office Bulletins Today
British forces report the capture of Mont St Quentin and Feuillecourt with over 1,500 prisoners and minimal British losses. Australian, English, and Canadian units secured key ground near Peronne, Marrieres Wood, and the Arras Cambrai road while repulsing counterattacks. In France, French troops claim gains along the Canal du Nord, taking Campagne, Chevilly, Juvigny, Crouy, and advances near Leury with prisoners and new positions.
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Bapaume- Cambrai
Reincourt-Les-Bapaume
Vaulx
Vraucourt
Bullecourt
Arras Cambrai Road
British Bomb Docks and Submarine Bases in Europe
London reports cloudy weather on August 30 but says air service operations were maintained with aircraft patrols. It notes twelve enemy planes destroyed and five driven down out of control, while forty machines are missing. Docks at Bruges and surrounding targets were heavily bombed along the front.
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Bruges
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