Rok Wanamund to withdraw from ticket
The Bexar County Democratic convention voted 106 to 35 urging Otto Wahrmund to withdraw his name from the ticket amid disclosure at Austin in the Bruhn Grossman tax case. The trial showed Wahrmund aided Governor Ferguson with loans totaling about 140000 dollars, raising questions of influence and political alignment.
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Bexar County
Otto Wahrmund
Austin
Henning Bruhn
Charles Grossman
San Antonio
Grossman
Wahrmund
Texas
James B. Ferguson
T A. Adone
United States District Court
Tex
Dames Fh. Merguson
Wahrenund
James
Ferguson
Snd
Lownr
Ui State
Teaus
Tramess
Horus
Bexar
Secretary Baker Proposes 18 to 45 Draft Age Range
Secretary Baker announced a plan to extend the draft ages to 18 through 45. Senator Chamberlain said the bill would be introduced in both Houses and detailed a three class call system by age, prioritizing those 18 to 21, with the 31 to 45 group potentially not needed. He noted uncertainty about how General Crowder’s earlier work order would interact with the new framework.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Congress
Chamberlain
Japan Accepts American Siberia Plan in Formal Reply
Washington August 3. The Japanese government delivered its formal reply to the American joint action proposal with entente powers and the United States in Siberia. Viscount Ishi presented the document to Acting Secretary Polk. The reply is seen as meeting the broad requirements but awaits further consideration. President Wilson walked from the White House to Polk's office and reportedly discussed the reply with the acting secretary.
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Washington, DB. C
Japan
United States
Siberia
Polk
Viscount Ishi
Wilson
White House
Mr. Polk
Archangel Front Closed as Soviet Troops Flee
An Associated Press report from Archangel notes Soviet troops have fled Archangel amid an Allies-Red upheaval. An official statement from Marcos enye says the Archangel frontier is closed for military reasons, signaling a pause in operations and shifting control during the crisis.
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Kandalaska
Russhan Japland
Archangel
Amsterdan
Aug. S
Bere Fromt
Marcos Enye
Tf Dass
Cotton Prices Soar Amid Market Unrest
Sew Park May 8 reports cotton prices rising sharply as market conditions deteriorate. Weather cautions and supply pressures push values higher across trading sessions. Analysts note limited acreage and strong demand from mills, with prices reflecting speculative activity and transport costs.
Fragmented Weather Notes From An Old Page
A jumble of unreadable text lines mentioning weather terms, names like Bowie and Peers, and scattered numbers. The legible parts hint at a weather report or notes but lack coherent facts, dates, or locations to form a clear summary.
Pershing Now Has Force of a Million Men
Washington August 3 reports say General Pershing commands about 1,000,000 American troops in France with Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett in active charge of the first army corps on the center of the allied drive in the Aisne Marne salient. Embarkations have broken all records, with over 300,000 ships and a grand total exceeding 12,700,000 men since duty began.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
General March
War Department
Hunter Liggett
Aisne- Marne Salient
Liggett
France
Pershing
Inn Guards
VeErseAas
Marek
Dir
Veste
Acdre
Voslea Ardee
March
Aisne
Marne Salent
J Liles
Stat
Tardenois
Oandyanier
Dager Af Agnratenie Vient
Germans Fire On Retreat as Foch Drives Them Back
German forces south of the Aisne withdraw under pressure from Fochs offensive and burn villages. Allies push east along the Aisne to Venizel, reach Rosnay near the Vesle, and press toward Serzy et Prin. British and American troops gain miles as the German line resembles a fish hook, with the Aisne as a safe refuge and retreats across the Somme line.
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Aisne
Soissons
Venizel
London
Braine
Vesle River
Rosnay
Vesle
Serzy-et-Prin
Fismes
Rheims
Serry-et- Prin
Peeth
Renina
Suulilul
Veste
Vesk
Fach
Albert
Picardy
Amiens
Ancre
Battte
Enemies On The Brink As Haig Reports Fourth Year
Field Marshal Haig in a August message to British forces in France marks four years since Britain entered the war. He cites the Russian revolution and large hostile forces moved west, hoping to secure victory before American troops arrive. He says the enemy failed and that the surge of American troops restored balance.
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Tandon
Vield
Marshal Haig
Ivehief
France
Great Britain
Captured in Pajamas Report From Etitian Front
Fragmented dispatches describe a German general surrender and officers taken prisoner after an Etitian advance near Athan. The note praises Heltzel quaitars and reports shelled positions along the Austritas coast, with limited readable details from the same source.
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Fonda
Etitian
Athan
Ceforts
Tere
Heltzel Quaitars
Von Holtzendorff Explains U-Boat Strategy Change
Copenhagen reported Admiral Von Holtzendorff retired for health reasons with Reinhard Scheer named to head the German admiralty. He had earlier explained that U boats avoided American transports due to northern Scottish debarkation points and destroyer escorts, aiming to reduce enemy cargo reserves to pressure allies into continuing the war.
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Copenhagen
von Holtzendorff
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Reinhard Seheer
von Holmendorff
Admiral von Holtzendorff
Sto
Jutland
Cologne
Scotland
Mediterranean
Chem
Anarchist Plot Foiled Against Troop Transport
An Atlantic World item reports authorities halted an alleged anarchist plan to blow up a U S troop transport. A man claiming to be Frederick Rowehat was arrested after being found climbing a rope ladder on the ship. He said he was chosen by lot to carry out the attack and confessed to dynamiting munitions facilities and setting a fire at Morse Drydock in Brooklyn.
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Frederick Rowehat
Bouchet
Morse Drydock and Repair Company
Brooklys
French Drive Eastward After Capturing Soissons
Allied forces pushed along the Soissons Rheims front, reaching the Aisne river and Vesle district as German retreat accelerated. Soissons was occupied at 5 pm Friday, with numerous prisoners taken and fires burning in evacuated towns as French cavalry and tanks pressed the pursuit northward.
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Soissons
Allies make big gains east of Soissons in WWI front
London reports rapid Allied advances east of Soissons as French forces complete occupation of Soissons and push to the Aisne south bank. Observed fires erupt near Fismes and settlements north of the Vesle signal continued German retirements while clashes remain limited on the Rheims sector.
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France
Soissons-Rheims
Aisne
Pommiers
Soissons
Venizel
Serches
Couvrelles
Cer
Paris
the Aisne
Rheims
London
Ponuniers
Venizeel
Soissons-Alheims
Serzy-El-Prin
Sivigny
Ardre
Vesle
Rosnay
Guex
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