Draft Registration Plans for 18 to 45 Year Old Men
Draft board officials prepare for prompt registration of all men 18 to 45 under the new draft law. Olympia draft headquarters have instructions for September registration if the measure passes. Local boards will form administration committees to coordinate booths with civic authorities. interpreters are needed. Registration for the 18 to 45 classes is expected to nearly double last year, though eligibles will be fewer due to marriage and fitness factors. Class 1 nearly exhausted, with uniform registration by November.
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Crowder
Olympia
Foes Fire Hot Shells On Yankee Front
Allied report describes German shelling as American advances press a river line. Americans ford marshy ground, face machine gun fire, and capture wounded retreating Germans after a balloon observer and a downed Hun plane signal air danger and danger to ground troops.
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Yankee Front
London Awaits Raid On Berlin By Air
London expects a possible air raid on Berlin as Allied air power is known to reach German skies. Officials have not announced any imminent bombing plan. one Allied aviator once dropped pamphlets over Berlin, proving air access but facing German defenses. The article notes risks of returning bombers and questions Russia as a potential route for further operations.
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Russia
Foch Elevated to Marshal as Petain Receives Medal
Paris August 7 General Ferdinand Foch commander in chief of the allied forces has been made a marshal of France by the council of ministers. At the same time General Petain commander in chief of the French armies was awarded the military medal rarely given to enlisted men. General Joffre also holds the medal.
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Paris
Ferdinand Foch
France
Council of Ministers
Petain
Joffre
Keep Dry Cardboard Tubes Hide Liquor Shipment
A California liquor shipper used copper tubes disguised as blue print rolls to smuggle liquor into Seattle via the steamship President and Pier D. The intended recipient was the Seattle Blue Print Company. The seized liquor was turned over to federal authorities for interstate commerce violations.
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California
City
President
Pier D
Seattle
Seattle Blue Print Company
British Schooner Sunk by German Submarine
A German submarine sunk the British schooner Gladys M. Hollett off a Canadian port as it sailed for New York with a cargo of herring. No lives were lost. Before the explosion the German commander confiscated valuables on board. the crew escaped in lifeboats.
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Gladys M. Hollett
New York
Wessel
Allied Push Under Foch Drives Germans Toward Hindenburg Line
Allied observers expect a Great Allied Push to continue into spring as Gen. Foch maintains initiative after the second Marne. American French and British forces press the Prussian crown prince and Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria toward the old Hindenburg line.
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Foch
America
France
England
Marne
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Hindenburg Line
Lists 871 Names In Casualties Of Great Drive
Washington reports 871 names announced by the War Department in six casualty lists from the French American drive. Today's total losses reach 2,544 with 579 Army and 292 Marine casualties. Western names include Killed in action EK Mullin and wounded Private Fred Standiford. The piece also discusses expected German counterattacks and Allied strategic outlook into 1919.
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Washington
War Department
Mullin
Laya
Wash
Fred Standitf
Terry Ave
Seattle
Canadians list names two Americans among casualties
Ottawa report notes two Americans in today's casualty list. Killed in action: N. L. Devere of South Sioux City Nebraska. Wounded: V. Elliott of San Francisco.
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Ont
N. L. Devere
South
Sioux City
Neb
V. Elliott
San Francisco
U S Fleet Operates Under British Command in WWI
Admiral Sima announced that most U S destroyers have served under a British vice admiral since May 1917 and U S dreadnoughts act as part of the British grand fleet under Admiral Sir David Beatty. American ships use British signals and practices across the White Sea to the Adriatic.
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London
Sima
U.S
U. S
Camouflage Beer Declared Illegal Near Port Lawton Camp
U S District Attorney Saunders ruled homemade beer made by fermenting yeast and sugar into near beer is illegal within a five mile zone around Port Lawton and the University naval training camp. Persons making or possessing such liquor face prosecution.
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Port Lawton
University Naval Training Camp
Judge Green 78 Weds Mrs Jones in California Ceremony
After over four decades of friendship Judge Green 78 and Mrs M Collina Jones 72 of Spokane married in Oakland California yesterday officiated by her son in law Rev John Frazer. Green once served as chief justice of Washington Territory's supreme court.
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Floger
Clam Bake At Des Moines Beach Sponsored By Seattle Group
Everyone is invited to a clambake at Des Moines beach Wednesday evening hosted by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club. The steamer Kit sap Ir. will depart Colman dock at 6 00 and 8 30 for the event.
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Des Moines Beach
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Kitsap Ir
Colman Dock
Americans Register Willingly in Britain
London dispatch reports consular authorities praise American residents in Britain for complying with military age registration rules. They note nearly every eligible man registers and that fewer than 20,000 Americans live in England, reflecting broad adherence to wartime requirements.
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N. EB. A
London
Britain
England
Parents Association Enlists Members Across Washington
War correspondent Will G McRae leads the Parents' Association of Soldiers and Sailors of Washington State as it secures new enrollments from all counties. McRae is installed at 311 Commerce Hall, University of Washington.
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Will G McRae
Parents’ Association of Soldiers and Sailors of
Washington State
Immorality Report Warns Berlin Society Threatened
A Berlin synod report says immorality among German women endangers society with more than 10,000 divorce cases pending in Berlin by end of June and in 99 of 100 petitions filed by husbands serving at the front.
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Berne
Berlin
British Regain Lost Positions Near Morlancourt
British troops early today regained all important positions southwest of Morlancourt after a counter attack between the Ancre and the Somme. Field Marshal Haig announced that several prisoners were captured in the action.
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Tondon
Ancre
Somme
Morlancourt
Haig
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