Allied Troops in Fine Fettle After Battle
Front dispatch from Paris cites Humbert's army advancing toward Roye and Lassigny with strong pressure on the enemy. French troops report prisoners, scattered combat chatter, and a field scene likened to a picnic as action unfolds across the Bois de Thiescourt, Montdidier, and surrounding massifs.
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Gerald Campbell
London Times
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Humbert
Cany Farm
Roye
Gany
Surmaiz
Hareuill
Lassigny
Bois de Thiescourt
Montigny
Belle Assise
Oise
Cambronne
Dibscourt
Canny
Vise
Divitte
Bois de Larose Sud Montague
Mount Renaud
Noyou
Allied Air and Artillery Press German Fronts
Allied forces bombed railway junctions and targets in German rear areas during Sunday, delivering 107 tons of bombs. Air operations claimed 44 German planes destroyed and 45 put out of action, while Berlin and Frankfort reports said allied losses included 17 aircraft. Front activity in France eased, with Italy showing only mild artillery and patrol actions.
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Berlin
Frankfort
Rhine
Metz
France
Italy
French Bring Up Guns as Fierce Fighting Persists
London reports ongoing combat at Fismette on the Veste front where Franco American forces hold and defend positions on the north bank. German counter actions near Soissons and Rheims yield no clear gains as both sides press, with French and American lines tightening against the German push north of the Marne. Observers note Germans seek to gain time while French forces advance at multiple points along the Verdun front and near Lassigny, Hu tieres, and the massif of You.
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Qise
Boulogne
Lagrasse
Kollat
Villiers
Cuvilly
Resons
Marqueguse
London
Henry
Fismette
Veste
Associated Press
Soissons
Rheims
Marne
Fismes
Aisne
France
Reuter’s
the Ayre
Hutier
Lassigny
Senate backs man power bill with education clause action
Washington Aug 19 The Senate military committee voted for the administration backed man power bill extending draft ages to 18 to 45 with Reed amendment for two years of government funded education postwar for eligible youths under 22. Chamberlain announced report Thursday and possible reconvening.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
Administration
Reed
Missouri
Chamberlain
Army
Navy
Hiw
Benafor Hteed
Senatoe Chamberlain
Allies Press Forward On French Front In Somme Oise Sectors
Allied forces advance across northern France driving toward Lassigny and Roye while pushing near Peronne and Bray. German resistance remains stiff along the Somme, Oise, and Aisne fronts with local gains shaping potential retirement of lines as French batteries shell positions west of the Somme.
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Ourscamp
Carlepont
Oige
Aisne
Soixsons
Chaulnes
Ancre
Germain
Manders
Roye
Languescourt
ChauInes-Roye
Chauiness
Lassigny
von Houtier
Noyonant
Somme
Peronne
Orth
Tyritish
Bray
Proyart
Chautnes
Lihons
Conmy
Germany
Haig Reports Advances on Somme and Merris Sectors
British troops gained ground north of Roye and on the north bank of the Somme as the official war bulletin notes. German attacks near Merris and Fouquesgourt were repulsed. Paris reports no major developments on the main front with several raids in Vosges and upper Alsace without result.
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London
Reye
Somme
Marshal Laig
Merris
Andershey
Fouquesgourt
Roye
Chaulnes
Paris
Vosges
Upper Alsace
Plans replace artillery by air bombing in France
An Ansverized kyrer report from age 28 describes air bombardment in France. Bombing squadrons are kept ready to strike airfields and towns on signal, with observers noting troops and supplies, road blocks, and destroyed lorries after a 2 ton bomb drop that caused a large fire and disrupted crossings and railway junctions at Lassigny for hours.
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France
Greg Jase Wigny
Lassigny
Thenemy
Phraes
Negro Congress Opens With Patriotic Agenda at Second Baptist
Opening sessions of the Negro Congress of Nexus were held Tuesday morning at Second Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Dr. William Crawford of Austin opened remarks on Things We Are Here to Day, outlining programs as patriotic, with sessions serving as clearinghouses for governmental information. Notable speakers included Dr. S.R. Prince of Fort Worth, Dr. William Totton of Cameron, and Rev. Y.B. Miller of Fort Worth, among others. Afternoon meetings move to Brackenridge School and Tackberry Streets for sectional and departmental gatherings.
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Sontay
Congress
Nexus
Second Baptist Church
Crew Fer
Chestnut Streets
Dev. TL Kelly
Entertaining Church
William J1. Crawford
Austin
Sr, Prince of
AL Mleasants
Surge
Chandler
A Bell
Waxahachie
YB. Miller
Wort Worth
Brackenridge Sehool
North Center
Tackberry Streets
Augusta Student Officer Dies After Plane Crash
Lawton H. Evans of Augusta Georgia a student and officer at Brooks Meld died at Brooks Field hospital Tuesday afternoon after an early Monday airplane crash caused by a tail spin He arrived at Brooks on August 1 from Park Field Millington Tennessee The accident injured another student officer but not the other flyer Evans home was 2220 Dickens Road Augusta Georgia His parents rushed from Augusta upon notification to be with him at the hospital
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Moreuil
Amiens-Moye
Sou Strong
Montdidier
Deverny
Jong
Rellea Patel
Tos
Jumber
Lawton H. Evans
Augusta
Brooks Meld
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Evans Athe Ling
Vais
Brooksfield
Park Field
Millington
Nena
Dickens Road
U-Boat Attacks Near New York Reported Again
A Navy Department dispatch details German submarine activity off the Atlantic coast near New York including a 100 mile east sighting and depth charge attacks. Reports mention the British steamer Donistone and Swedish steamer Sydlind sunk nearby. Survivors from the fishing sloop Katie Luter claim they were taken aboard a submarine, while gas attack theories and battery gas considerations are discussed. A British torpedo boat destroyer Sunt Tandon is reported sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on August 6 with seven crew lost.
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Init
Ain
Atelantic
Navy
Oban
Donistone
Sydlind
New England
Katie Luter
New Bedford
Mass
American
Smith's Island Cart Guard Station
Sixth Naval District
Navy Department
Tandon
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Police Crack Suffrage Rally Before White House
Washington August 12 Police broke up another Woman's Party demonstration protesting Senate inaction on the federal suffrage amendment. Thirty eight women, banner carriers and speakers, were directed as they assembled before the Lafayette statue in the square opposite the White House.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
White House
Textile Men Confer on Vocational Training Plans
Textile manufacturers and allied sections gathered for a conference to discuss variational training systems under federal law funding. Judge Robert W. Bingham presided, Senator Toke Smith of Georgia gave the keynote on the Smith-Leyer Act, while OSAL Crossey directed a roundtable on school programs for mills and army officer training alignment. Indicted firms and individuals face defective raincoat charges in New York. Wheat and livestock relief rail rates move drought areas. Uruguay endures a general strike amid tramway protests.
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Avanta
Gy Aug
Tesctile Manufacturems Troma
al South
Comercial
Douract For
Robert, W. Binghan
Envisville
Commercial Congress
Toke Smth
Georgia
OS AL Crossey
United States Board For Vocational Midsection
Army
Radicoal Mathers
New York
Tax Provisions Shaped for War Revenue Act
Washington outlines revised taxes including a $10 yearly occupational tax, a 10 percent levy on stock brokers, jewelry, soft drinks, and other items as part of the $8 billion war revenue bill. Exemptions apply to war ministry trades, farmers, teachers, and ministers. A ban on liquor sales on government railroad lines is also issued.
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Washington, D.C
House Ways Means Committee
Rainey
Ilinois
Longworth
Ohio
Anora
McAdoo
Schwab reshapes Mimergovey Fleet leadership
Director General Schwab announces changes to outline duties of assistants. Charles Pies named general manager after resigning as vice president in charge of con eon. Wloward Coupley becomes vice president in charge of act to the managerial on of M & dod. Ackerson named executive assistant to oversee shipyard plants and related operations. Vaccination leads to tragedy as Mrs. Atos of date field stands accused of killing her husband after dispute over vaccinating children. Showers and unsettled weather expected. no rain forecast, but a chance of showers within 24 to 86 hours due to a storm over the Southwest and Gulf influence.
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Washington
Tieteddusty
Mimergovey Fleet
Schwab
Charles Pies
Cone
Seliwab
Gener
Wloward Coupley
Presi Geration
Act
M &@ dod
Ackerson
Sehenb
Mens
Arlo
Atos
Date Field
Sik
Mys
Ammons
Arizona
New Mexico
Gulf and
South Atlantic
Papas
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Railway Administration
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