Hughes attacks on cabinet appointments in Helena report
Charles E Hughes charges Secretary McAdoo with replacing Henry N Clapp by Daniel E Finn as New York assistant appraiser. Clapp, a 25 year Treasury veteran and expert in appraisals, was moved to a lower post amid department criticism.
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Port of
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Daniel E. Fin
Tammany
Dan’ Finn
Washington
John G. Carlisle
the Treasury
Hughes Promises Pitiless Publicity Against Private Gain
Billings Montana August 12 Chas E Hughes from a big tent at the village square pledges he will prevent anything from being pulled off for private benefit at public expense if elected president and calls for pitiless publicity in all campaign actions targeting pork barrel waste and administration incompetence He vows tariff reform to be guided by Republican policy and stresses service to the American people in the campaign pledge period.
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Chas E. Hughes
America
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Republican Party
Hughes Stresses Federal Action on Suffrage and War Prep
The nominee denounces partisan use of office for rewards, urges ratification of woman suffrage by federal amendment, and calls for industrial and commercial cooperation. He notes Montana as a suffrage state visit and warns that postwar recovery will require preparedness and strong trade.
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Mexico
Hughes
Montana
Russia
Women Commend Hughes in National Suffrage Conference
The National Woman's Party pledged to block Democratic presidential and congressional nominees in the 12 suffrage states. It endorsed Hughes for his stance on national woman suffrage and planned coordinated actions to mobilize 4,000,000 women voters, while opposing Democratic incumbents.
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Colo
National Woman's Party
Prohibition
National Action
Charles Evans Hughes
National Woman’s Party
Democratic Party
Congress
Hughes
American aviator Lufbery downed German plane near Douaumont
G Lufbery of New Haven Conn was credited by the French with bringing down a German aeroplane inside French lines south of Douaumont. He spotted the enemy at 12 000 feet and dived, firing his machine gun as a solo pilot. The German craft fell in flames and he landed safely. It was his second such feat in a week.
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New Haven
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Lufbery
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight and Sunday
For San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight and Sunday, partly cloudy.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Weather forecasts from The Light for multiple cities
Forecasts by The Light list daily temperatures for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington, D C. Each entry notes temperature, sky condition, wind direction and speed, and high or low temperatures with some variation in phrasing.
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Fair
Kansas City
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Washington, D. C
August 12 1944 Soviet push in Ukraine seizes two villages
Russian forces on the Galician front crossed the Kuropice river and captured Slobodkagurna and Folvarki as they advance toward Weerna and Monsterzyska. They also report railway and ground gains near Monsterzyska Czortkoff and evacuations at Stanislau amid enemy sabotage. On the Caucasus front Turkish assaults are repelled. field cartridges found on Askaris. In Persia, forces pursue retreating Turks toward Bakkiz.
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London
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Kuropice
Sereth
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Slobodkagurna
Folvarki
Monsterzyska
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Stanislau
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Bystritza-Solotvina
Giumiachan
Iowa
Askaris
Bitlis
Persia
Bokana
Bakkiz
Russians seize Stanislau and advance toward Halicz
Russian forces under Generals Sakharoff and Letchitzky announced victories in Bukowina including the rail hub Stanislau and town Monasterzyska. They also claimed capture of Kolomea, thousands of prisoners on the Sereth, and encircling moves toward Halicz while von Hindenburg reorganizes for the southern front.
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Letchitzky
Stanislau
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Zlota-Lipa
Sereth
Kovel-Lemberg
von Hindenburg
Lemberg
Halicz
Count von Bothmer
Kolomea
Bukowina
Hungary
Turks Check Russians On Bitlis Mush Line In War Office Report
Constantinople dispatch says Russian forces retreating from the Bitlis to Mush line due to bad roads and weather. Turkish attacks on Chasa Heights and plains south of Bitlis push the Russians back, with guns rifles and ammunition left behind. Bitlis and Mush fell August 7 8, and further advances near Ognott and Hill Tsheliguel are noted. Persian operations continue around Hamadan as the pursuit proceeds.
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London
War Office Today
Bitlis-Mush
Chasa Heights
Bitlis
Mush
Ognott
Tsheliguel
Persia
Hamadan
Battles and Prisoners in Eastern Front Near Sakna
The forces made energetic attempts to defend passes east of Sakna but retreated toward Kanlaver. They left prisoners, two munitions cars, and substantial war materiel in enemy hands. A howitzer was destroyed by our artillery. In Egypt, no further important events occurred around Watia.
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Kanlaver
Egypt
Watia
British Repulse German Assault on Somme Front North of Pozieres
British war office reports a strong German infantry attack north of Pozieres on the Somme front was repulsed with heavy losses. Elsewhere on the front there was no change. Turks admit defeat after battles east of the Suez Canal and a sandstorm hindered reconnaissance.
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London
Somme
Pozieres
War Office
Constantinople
Suez Canal
el Kantara
Daidar
Katia
Germans Attack Hem North of Somme Front Repulsed
German forces launched a vigorous assault north of Hemwood on the Somme front last night, but the attack was checked and the Germans suffered appreciable losses. South of the Somme the assault on La Maisonette was blocked by French fire, while at Verdun two attacks near Fleury were repulsed.
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Hemwood
Somme
War Office
la Maisonette
Verdun
Fleury
Central Powers discuss territory in Vienna talks
Emperor Francis Joseph received German chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg in audience in Vienna. He then met Foreign Minister Von Jagow. Berlin said Bethmann Hollweg and Jagow travelled to Vienna to confer with Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister Burian von Rajecz. Poland is cited as a possible issue.
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Emperor Francis Joseph
Amsterdam
London
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Gottlieb von Jagow
Berlin
von Jagow
Baron Burian von Rajecz
Poland
German casualties July totals 122540 in table
London reports German losses in July totaling 122 540 bringing the WWI total to 3 135 177. The roll includes 725 866 killed or died of wounds 48 534 died of sickness 157 975 prisoners 197 642 missing 425 175 severely wounded 268 085 eaten slightly wounded 1 152 158 wounded remaining with units 147 742. Naval and colonial losses are not included.
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London
Printers Fear Job Losses Over Paper Costs
Baltimore delegates prepare for the sixty second annual Typographical Union convention as John W. Hays warns that a paper shortage threatens thousands of printers jobs. He cites rising white paper costs forcing newspapers to consider consolidating plants to cut labor and expenses.
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Baltimore
International Typographical Union
John W. Hays
Mediation Fails to End Railroad Strike Impasse
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation reports mediation failed as railroad brotherhoods and managers debate arbitration terms. A. B. Garretson says no decision yet and tomorrow’s meeting aims to secure a definite proposition from managers. President Wilson may be asked to intervene to prevent a strike.
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United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Brotherhoods
A. B. Garretson
Conductors’ Brotherhood
Garretson
President Wilson
President Wilson seeks talks to avert looming railroad strike
President Wilson, in Washington, telephoned federal mediators and asked to meet with representatives of both sides if a strike seems imminent. He said a strike must be avoided and offered to speak with railroad managers and employees if a deadlock occurs, with no word yet that the situation is hopeless as of 1 PM.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Italians Occupy Oppacchiasella on Carso Plateau
Italian war office reports advancing on the Carso plateau with Oppacchiasella occupied, while Austrians hold hills east of Gorizia. The town lies about a mile east of the Vallone line reported after the capture of Doberdo plateau.
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War Office
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Vallone
Doberdo Plateau
Wreck Kills Ten To Fifteen In Johnstown Street Car Crash
Ten to fifteen people died and about forty were injured in a street car wreck at Echo near Johnstown Pennsylvania. The collision happened at a steep hill curve on the Southern Cambria Electric railroad linking Johnstown to Ebensburg after one car oversped and the motorman lost control.
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Federal inquiry in wheat deals forecast
Chicago Aug 12 Persistent reports of a federal investigation into an alleged wheat market manipulation conspiracy have prompted a formal statement from U S District Attorney Clyne. He said government action must be withheld while investigation proceeds to avoid tipping off manipulators and compromising evidence.
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Chicago
United States
Clyne
Epidemic Paralyzes City as Deaths Rise Forty-Two
New York report shows 42 children died in the 24 hour period ending 10 o clock this morning and 167 new infantile paralysis cases were reported. Health department bulletin notes rising deaths and infections in the ongoing epidemic.
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The
Health Department
U S Shippers Challenge Dutch Trust Detention Clause
American claimants oppose a British clause allowing detention of consignments to the Netherlands Overseas Trust until destination doubt is cleared. They argue they are not bound by the agreement and acted on the foreign office promise that shipments to the trust would prove domestication for Holland.
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London
Netherlands Overseas Trust
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Holland
Strikers Wreck City Street Car At Highland Park
Twenty five strikers and sympathizers disarmed guards seized a Highland Park electric car, pushed it down a hill, and wrecked it into a telephone pole. Police and guards hunted for suspects and arrested former motorman C. C. Parker after a woman aboard alerted authorities.
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Tex
Highland Vpark
C. C. Parker
General O'Ryan Denies Border Troops Charges
Major General O'Ryan refutes New York newspaper charges over treatment and food of New York troops on the border. He states there is no basis for the allegations and defends command conditions.
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Washington, D. C
O’ryan
New York
Thousands of National Guard Troops Ordered to Border
Washington Aug 12 25 000 more state troops to border as Kentucky Ohio Vermont units moved and other guardsmen directed to mobilize. War Department says aim is to relieve mobilization camps and fill regiments before deployment. Over 100 000 guardsmen already on border with camps fully equipped for expansion.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Washington, D. C
Department
Iast
Central Department
National Guard
War Department
District of Columbia
Mexico
Complete Guard Movement Linked to Border Deployment
Arrival of 25 000 state troops ordered into border service completes the militia movement. General Funston says stations are set and units will fit the divisional plan. Total forces along the border reach about 176 000 with 125 000 guardsmen and 50 000 regulars.
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Mico
el Paso
Tonio
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