Bee Wins Democratic Nomination in 14th District Race
Carlos Bee defeats A P Barrett for the Democratic nomination in Texas 14th district. Bee leads in Bexar county with about 700 votes and San Antonio totals show Bee ahead 7,000 to 6,724. Returns from Aransas, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Karnes, Nueces, and Wilson counties indicate Bee leads overall. Barrett carries some counties but Bee appears set to win the nomination. Ferguson leads Hobby in Bexar County for governor with 1,? votes to 1,? as country boxes arrive. overall turnout is lighter than expected.
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Carlos Bee
A. P. Barrett
Bee
Bexar County
San Antonio
Barrett
Bexar
Aransas County
Bee County
Blanco County
Comal County
Guadalupe
Karnes
Kendall
Nueces
Sho Watrivio
Wilson-Barrett
Black
Schlesinger
William A. Black
William J. Schlesinger
Eugene Nordhaus
Hobart Huson
Nordhaus
Huson
Uarry ‘Herlaborg
Twentyfourth
W. C. Linden
Albert Hath
Paul Steffler
Covington
Rubiola
Tash
Pext
McNeel
Menefee
Scammers
Klaus
Heatty
Ferguson
Hobbys Woman's Clubs
Hobby
Comal
Guadalune
Wilson
Aransas
Bianco
San Patricio
Ners
Texas primary results hint at Hobby win and tight races
With 3000 of 4899 precincts counted in Texas, Governor Hobby leads the Democratic nomination field by a wide margin while Ferguson trails. Lieutenant governor contenders split votes across six candidates, with W A Johnson leading in the early counts. Other statewide and congressional races show close spreads and shifting leads as more precincts report.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Hobby
Ferguson
W. A. Johnson
Memphis
John H. Moore
Palestine
S. B. Cowell
Whitesboro
I. H. Bailey
Houston
John M. Henderson
Daingerfield
Annie Webb Blanten
W. FP. Doughty
Blanton
Doughty
Trussell
Thomas B. Greenwood
The
Supreme Court
J. D. Harvey
Raybury
Briggs
Hill
McLemore
Wilson
Lucian W. Parrish
Charles F. Spencer
Engle
Daniel Garrett
Cobb
Hudspeth
el Paso
Y.A. Collins
Beaumont
J. C. Box
Jacksonville
George C. O'Brien
Stephen King
Strike Call Off in British Munition Plants
Coventry reports show mass meetings fix the strike suspension and the Ministry of Munitions confirms improved strike conditions. Birmingham and West Bromwich committees outline return to work on Monday, with Birmingham vote split but sustaining the plan to resume. Thousands of strikers return to full staffing in major plants.
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Coventry
England
Ministry of Munitions
Birmingham
West Bromwith
West Bromwich
Multions
Weather outline for San Antonio Vielhfty and other cities
A fragmented forecast notes tonight and Tuesday for San Antonio Vielhfty with partly cloudy skies and highs around 96 to 100, light to moderate southerly winds, plus East Texas partly cloudy in places. Additional city reports list Mt Louis Chicago Kansas City New York Ri gton with varied temperatures and winds.
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San Antonio
Vielhfty
East Texas
Mt. Louis
Riigton
Cannibal rumors and grim raids in the German front line
Special cable reports British, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand troops conducting small raids into German trenches. Prisoners taken, morale and nerves described, with German fears of cannibal rumors and Allied advances threatening the retreating fronts near the Aisne and Marne as American reinforcements arrive.
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Philip Gibbs
Wright
New York Times Co
San Antonio
New Zealand
No Man's Land
Sonbry
Tithe
Cadet Kellar Killed in Air Collision at Kelly Field
Cadet George G. Kellar of Peoria Illinois was killed when his plane collided with Cadet George G Anderson of Arlington Massachusetts 1000 feet in the air northwest of Kelly Field's main entrance. Cadet Henderson was injured but survived with a dislocated knee and is hospitalized. Both were 22 and had trained together since April, enlisted in 1917 and 1915 respectively, with homes and mothers named in Illinois and Massachusetts.
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George G. Kellar
Peoria
Kelly Field
George G. Anderson
Arlington
Mass
Henderson
Nelly Field
Austin
Kellar
Boston
Mary
Ill
Cedar Kellar
Cadet Henderson
Cambridge
George C. Henderson
Death as Spy for Czech Girl Agent From United States
Zurich reports Miss Milado dua schek a language teacher was sentenced to death by Vienna military tribunal for espionage. She sailed from New York on the same steamer as Count von Herstorff after the war declaration, under Czech organizational instruction to gauge Austrian control and Czech independence sentiment. Schek denied criminal intent, saying she aimed only to bring good news to her countrymen.
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Zurich
Milado Dua Schek
Viennas
Miss Jamschek
New York
Count von Herstorff
United States
von Kernstorff
Austria
Germany
Jamschek
Americans drive forward on Aisne Marne front gains
Allied forces on the Aisne Marne front push forward with significant gains. German lines north of the Ourcq River retreat continues as French and American troops occupy Sergy and nearby villages. Heavy artillery and gas cause resistance but the advance remains steady with continued bombardment and local street fighting.
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Quren River
Fere cn“Cardenois
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Sergy
Qureq
Goussancourt
Marne
Ilun
Germains
von Boehm
Ardre
Sergiy
Germany
Perc-en-lardenais
PRISONERS AS SHIELD IN GERMAN CAPTURED VANS
Thirty two Americans including officers were reportedly held near Mannheim Baden on the Rhine to shield rail lines from Allied air raids. An Italian American front line report notes American troops arriving behind the Italian front, with many Italian Americans among them. Roosevelt reports a long interview with King George.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Mannheim
Baden
Rhein
Our Men Changed by Battle But Fighting Spirit Is Unaltered
London July 298. A London front dispatch describes how American troops in France have changed after combat. The division once eager and naive now wears grave, veteran faces yet remains full of fight and impresses that resolve on the enemy after enduring the valley of the shadow.
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London
Renter
France
Mortality Along Rhine Rises Amid War Strikes
A Dutch observer in The Hague reports worsening conditions in Germany with high Rhine mortality and strained burials. He notes bread shortages, police suppressions, Cologne barricades, and reinforced concrete foundations in Cologne Malheim and Duisburg as fears grow of possible future events.
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London Times
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger
Hague
Germany
Rhine
Cologne
France
Huns in Khaki Lead Troops into German Nest
In the Aisne Marne front forest battle a German unit wore Allied uniforms to dupe French and American soldiers. Reports say Germans used French or American tunics, causing misidentification and ambushes. American units recovered, killing several German infiltrators. prisoners were scarce as allies retreated.
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Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Fere
Ris
Must Give Up Clothes Demand Presses Germans
Amsterdam reports the German government has issued a final notice requiring war workers and soldiers to surrender at least one suit of clothes. Failure may lead to forcible requisition, one year jail, and a fine up to 10,000 marks. Most communities have not met the 1,000,000 suit quota, with Berlin contributing 34,994 of 75,000.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Godsal Freed in Habeas Corpus Ruling
Frank J. Godsal, a French citizen held on alleged profits from motor contract schemes, was discharged from custody by Justice Gould of the District Supreme Court under a writ of habeas corpus. The French government lodged an appeal but Godsal was released on bond, with liberty furnished.
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Washington, D. C
Frank J. Godsal
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
Ap Valle
Godsol
Americans Repulse German Counterattack South of Sergy
London dispatches say American forces faced Germany's fourth division of Prussian Guards in a fierce counter assault south of Sergy. Americans held a stone wall line, inflicting heavy losses while French advances between Soissons and the Oureq gained ground on the German right. A new German offensive near Mont Sans Nom at Hill 181 was underway with inconclusive results.
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London
Germany
Sergy
Jsoissons
Grand Rozoy
Rheims
Mont Sans Nom
Americans Hold Front as Bavarian Guards Push In
On the Aisne Morne front near Pere-en-Tardenois American lines, aided by reinforcements, repelled intensified German resistance from two Bavarian guard divisions. The fight raged along the Ourcq with ongoing attempts to recross. By midday the German rear was under attack while Allied forces closed toward the Ardre and Ferme-en-Tardenois base.
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Aisne
Marne
Germany
Shin
Rupprecht
Prince Rupprecht
Ludendorff
France
Ini
Aisne-Marne
Ourcq
Pergy
Pere-en-Tardenois
Oureq
Ardre
Fere-en-Tardenois
Allies Hold Sergy After Four Bitter Fights
American forces, facing strong German resistance, defeated Prussian Guards and advanced, with French troops nearby. The action continued as the Allies pushed beyond Fere-en-Tardenois this morning, in France.
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Sergy
France
Fere-en-Tardenois
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