U5 Troops Battle With Mexicans Ends with Heavy Loss
Reported clash between U5 American troops and Mexican forces lasts about an hour with two Americans killed and twenty nine wounded. Mexican casualties exceed one hundred. Messages describe fierce fighting and a white flag display, with subsequent movements and retreats across towns including Nogales.
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Uhbek
Washington War Chief Resigns Amid Controversy Key Limits Mentioned
Distant and fragmented report outlines changes at War Department and notes the resignation of Ambassador Page in Washington. Mentions strategic posts, political shifts, and references to Siberia Manchuria and European theater, with scattered names and dates.
Americans Press for Final Push as War Weariness Grows
Amid eroding morale and heavy losses, American commanders plan intensified operations to compel a decisive German retreat. Officials acknowledge strain at home while dispatches indicate renewed pressure on German positions along the Western Front as Allied forces tighten minimal gains hoped to bend the foe.
Finest Navy in the World Declared by Government
Washington notes the United States Navy aims to lead the world in shipbuilding. Officials say ongoing construction at the Navy department, aside from capital ship work, will yield ships afloat before year’s end. The program prioritizes a Navy second to none amid wartime demands and safety considerations.
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Mrnrowne
United States Navy
California beet crop short lowers sugar output
California sugar production this year is expected to be about 29 percent below normal. Honey C. Nondall, Merrill manager for the United States food administration, announced the estimate on Monday.
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California
Unite States
Sergeant Major J H Quick Honored for Bravery and Divorce
Sergt Maj John Henry Quick of the US Marines earned the Medal of Honor for bravery after volunteering to haul ammunition under heavy fire near Bours over a road swept by gunfire. He later received a divorce in Tunepall Nevada. Notes of shipwrecks and other military actions are also mentioned in the fragment.
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German Prisoners Gradingly Acknowledge Allied Strength
German officers captured during the British retreat now appear low in spirit and anxious. They admit Germany faces economic and manpower hardship and foresee Allied victory. They expect possible withdrawal from Belgium and Northern France and question German aims with Russia, while noting the United States now fields a formidable army. They blame inexperienced recruits for recent defeats and warn Germany must be reduced in capacity. Washington considers a nationwide temperance drive, with July 1 as a target, as talks on prohibition progress in Congress continue.
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Germany
Enthusiaen
Jong
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Fussia
Aly
Mexican Bandits Wreck Train Near Canad Durango
Two Americans traveling from the interior of Mexico report a passenger train wreck caused by habits at Canad on in Durango. Initial word confirms two passengers and two others killed and about 60 injured. In London, Tube Railway strikers to return to work after talks with the labor ministry addressing equal pay.
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Four Men On Strike Held Before Special Sessions
Four men on strike in New York were brought before the Court of Special Sessions by Magistrate Koehendorfer. They faced charges related to blocking and mask production for the army.
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New York
Lang Betend
Court of Special Secsions
Koehendorfer Montite
Student aviator dies in Mainz naval air station crash
tontrle Washington student aviator at Mainz naval air station was killed Monday when a splined airplane accident caused a fall into Blewayne hay.
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Wash
Mainz Naval Air Station
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Blewayne
Senate subcommittee flags waste in aircraft program
A long August report by the Senate military subcommittee on its aircraft investigation criticizes mismanagement and delays, urges one man to control aviation through a new department, and notes impending quantity production. It excludes issues of personal corruption, defers to Justice inquiries, and cites approval by Senators Thomas Reed Smith New Frelinghuysen. Secretary Baker welcomes impending production gains.
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Senate Military Subcommittee
Oneuman
Department of Aviation
Department of Justice
Charles B. Hughes
Thomas
Colorado
Reed
Missouri
Smith
Georgia
New
Indiana
Frelinghasen
Gouraud key figure in halt of German advance near Reims
Gen H J E Gouraud the allied commander east of Reims shaped the movement that blocked the crown prince and forced a German retreat. Gouraud, famed for his WWI feats, earned recognition and lost an arm at the Dardanelles before later permitting Boston to play in the World Series as the team fights for the pennant.
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Reims
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Dardanelles
Boston
U S Schooner Seized at Pacific Port
The American brigantine Chispa arrived at a Pacific harbor Monday and was boarded by a U S warship. Master Henry Olvimuts was taken into custody on suspicion of smuggling.
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Pacific
Henry Olvimuts
Senate Passes Manpower Bill With Work or Fight Change
The Senate on August 27 passed the manpower bill drafting all men aged 18 to 45, with a modified work or fight clause. An amendment to raise the minimum age to 21 failed, 1 vote against the bill by Senator Gore. The measure now heads to conference with the House. a new provision allows penalties not to apply if striking workers submit disputes to the War Labor Board and continue labor. The bill also includes draft board authority on deferments without requiring explicit exemption claims.
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Senate
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House
War Labor Board
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Four States, District of Columbia Ordered to Train
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced September draft calls totaling 186 773 men to entrain for training camps from August 30 to September 6. The distribution includes 125 000 white and 24 270 Negroes for general service and 40 503 whites for United service. States listed include Utah Idaho Nevada Wyoming and Montana with varying white and colored quotas.
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Montana
Hoover vows U.S. to share food and blood with allies
In New York Herbert Hoover, food administrator, declares the United States will sacrifice food and blood for the allies in the cause of world democracy. He cites plans to supply 4 billion pounds of pork, 90 million pounds of beef, 500 million bushels of cereals, and 1.9 million tons of starch next year, with limited rationing easing from September except for sugar and beet products.
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Hoover
New York
United States
Herbert C. Hoover
England
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Drafted men face choice in camp Lewis exemptions
Camp Lewis Washington drafts weigh exemption rules for west coast men with German or Austrian relatives or birth ties. Major C C Crosson, advocate of the Thirteenth division, will present recommendations to contending men. Pittsburg firemen end mail day strike after 800 return to stations and a major alarm battles the city.
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West
Germany
Austria
C. C. Crosson
Pittsburg
Auto Makers Agree to Cut Production for Six Months
Washington reports manufacturers and repair firms will omit 25 percent of total production in the last six months of 1918. Germany denies concessions and continues submarine warfare, with Berlin papers noting tensions between Spa and Germany amid critical reports on policy.
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Roye Key to Neste Captured as Allied Drive Advances
In Picardy Roye in the key to Neste fell to French forces, part of a broad Allied advance that exposed the German line. Haig and Petain report substantial progress with hundreds of prisoners and a strategic hole punched into the Hindenburg line, threatening a German retreat toward the Somme.
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German fears of Allied invasion along the Rhine
A Dutch woman returning from near Bonn says Germans feel real despair as retreating forces retreat westward. She notes the idea of remaining inviolate is gone and many families plan to move to central Germany. She describes the ravages of allied aircraft as devastating with whole streets torn up.
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Rhine
Amsterdam
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Germany
West
Americans Near Rhine Presses 20 Miles From Front
General March, chief of staff, said in a Saturday briefing that American forces are now within 20 miles of the Rhine, with the Rhine itself only 18 miles beyond the nearest advanced American posts. The disclosure came during talks with press representatives.
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Washington
United States
General March
Sub Chaser Sunk in Error Off Fire Island
Washington submarine No. 200 based in Philadelphia was mistaken for a hostile vessel by a merchant steamer off Fire Island N Y early Tuesday and sunk. Seventeen crew members are missing including the commander and executive officer. Lieutenant Governor Morgan enters YMCA service in Hutchinson Kansas signaling wartime commitment.
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