Allies Renew Marne Battle and Advance to the North
Allied forces renew the Marne offensive in the Soissons Rheims salient with vigor, forcing German withdrawals and expanding captured positions. Americans press center advance with minimal resistance as German troops retreat, while losses mount for Germany and bombardment continues south of the Vesle.
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Keystone
Associated Press
Soissons-Rheims
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Rheims
Vestle
Alaska salmon pack tops 800000 cases by August first
A Juneau report shows the Northern Division of Southeastern Alaska’s canned salmon total about 800000 cases as of August 1, with most season ahead. Canneries listed include Excursion Inlet Hood Bay Hidden Inlet Chatham Sitka Hoonah Auk Bay Taku Harbor Hawk Inlet Port Althorp Petersburg Scow Bay Tee Harbor Gambier Bay and Juneau Douglas cannery totals around 621000, plus Funter Bay and other plants likely push the grand total beyond 800000.
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Juneau
Excursion Inlet
Astoria and
Puget Sound Company
Todd Packing Company
Hood Bay
Hidden Inlet Company
Chatham
Pyramid Packing Company
Sitka
Tenakee Fisheries Company
Hoonah Packing Company
Auk Bay
Taku Harbor
Hawk Inlet
Lynn Canal
Pillar Bay
Red Bluff Bay
Idaho Inlet
Peace debate over postwar economic weapons in Lloyd George plan
The London Liberal press faces dissention over Lloyd George's postwar use of economic weapons against Germany. The London Chronicle questions President Wilson's stance and suggests Americans oppose a vindictive, extended weapon. It praises Wilson's peace ideas while warning Lloyd George's policy could hinder global peace.
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Lloyd George
Germany
London Chronicle
Wilson
The
Chronicle
the Chronicle
Clemenceau Wins Confidence Vote in Paris
Paris premier Georges Clemenceau secured a strong vote of confidence from the chamber with 312 to 164, endorsing his war policy. The report notes a daily note on local matters including old papers for sale at The Empire office on Second and Main streets.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Empire
Second
Main Streets
United States Japan and Entente Ally Accord Siberia Action
Aug 2 reports state joint action is assured between Japan and the United States and Entente powers in Siberia. Japan has accepted U S proposals aiding the Czech Slovaks and their new Siberian operations, with a full agreement clearing up questions. Entente promises military aid and supplies to Russia without territorial aims, aiming to curb German influence. A separate Ukraine source from Basel reports a revolt against the Bolshevik government in Turkestan.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Entente
Siberia
Tokio
Russia
Hostility to Germans Widespread in Occupied Nations
Widespread resentment grows among populations under German rule as subject nations express strong anti German sentiment. Reports describe protests, shortages, and tense encounters with occupying forces amid a climate of escalating friction and resistance.
American soldier ends bayonet duel with grenade on Marne
On the Marne battlefield a small American soldier grappled with a large Prussian. The American seized a grenade, released the safety, and thrust it into the German pocket, causing a fatal explosion.
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London
Marne
Allies Capture Large Numbers of German Prisoners
In the Marne Aisne offensive from July 15 to 31 the Allies took 33 400 German prisoners. British forces on the Western front seized 4 603 German prisoners in July.
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Paris
Marne-Aisne
London
Germain offensive threat and Ukraine uprisings
London dispatches report an imminent Germain offensive against the Murman railway's southern section. Finnish hostility toward Germans persists while German control extends over government officers and army. Ukraine uprisings threaten Central Powers as peasants destroy railways and material. An investigating committee targets Maxim Gorky with his Soviet paper suppressed.
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London
Germain
Murman Railway
Ukraine
Holsheviki Soviet
Maxim Corky
Gorky
German Plan to Paralyze the Americans
Washington dispatch reports captured German messages showing Gen Ludendorff ordered a strong strike on American troops on June 1 to hinder army formation in France and to discourage raw recruits by punishment from crack German veterans.
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Washington
Ludendorff
France
British Gain on West Front Include Festubert and Albert Raid
Official reports from London state British forces raided German positions at Festubert and Albert on the Western front, advancing along the middle line from landers to the Marne and taking several prisoners. German artillery activity increased south of the Somme and Ypres, with continued official reports of regular bombardment on the British front.
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London
Festubert and
Albert
Landers
Marne
Somme
Ypres
Allies renew major assault on Marne salient front
Allied forces led by French and British on a five mile western Marne front drive deeper into the salient with American center support. They encircled Ville en Tardenois and seized forts and towns north toward Soissons Rheims, capturing prisoners as German resistance collapses.
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Villers En Tardenois
Marne Salient
Rheims
Dormans
Ville En Tardenois
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Ouchy le Chateau
Fere En Tardenois
Soissons
Germans in Full Retreat on Marne Salient
Washington reports that Germans are retreating to the Weser river following Allied flank attacks. Observers note renewed bombardment and large retreating formations under heavy artillery fire. The advances are seen as proof that the German military is not invincible, with American help aiding the push.
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Washington
Marne Salient
Wesle Riven
Hun's Purpose Revealed in Capture on the Marne
French forces report booty from the Marne fighting includes bridge material showing German plans to cross the Marne with great strength and advance on Paris along the river. Fighting continued on the Soissons Rheims salient as Germans retreat toward Launcy, and drafts of reserves are noted in London dispatches.
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London
Marne
Paris
Soissons and
Rheims Salient
Launcy
Soissons
Fere En Taraenois
Allies Receive Fresh Reserves Outnumber Enemy
Report states Allied forces gain advantage as fresh reserves join the campaign for the first time since its March 21 start, strengthening positions against the enemy.
Allies advance two miles on Marne front yesterday
Paris reports Allied troops pushed forward two miles on the Marne front yesterday. Cramoigelle and Cramille fell, with about 600 prisoners. Ges, Mounters Wood, and Remigny village were seized, and the Rheims road north of Dormans was captured.
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Paris
Marne
Cramoigelle
Cramille
Cierges
Mounters Wood
Remigny
Rheims
Dormans
Americans Drive Forward In Rheims Salient Forest Fight
Aug 2 report says American line advanced on the center of the Rheims-Soissons salient and seized a foothold on the northern edge of the Montern Wood Nesles Forest. German positions come under heavy Allied fire as they are driven from the area.
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Soissons
Rheims
Rheime- Soissons Salient
Mountern Wood
Nesles Forest
Pederson Leaves Pybus Bay on Princess Alice
J F Pederson after visiting his father at Pybus Bay departed aboard the Princess Alice bound for his home in Seattle.
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J. F. Pederson
Pybus Bay
Seattle
Poselon Sunk In Atlantic Collision With American Tug
New York Aug 8 The American steamship Poselon 19000 tons formerly under Dutch flag was sunk in a collision with an American tanker off the Atlantic Coast. Five of the crew of 38 are missing and the captain died of exposure. Fr S Ryus and Mrs Ryus, guests of Gov Thomas Riggs Jr, departed for the South aboard the Princess Alicea as Ryus passed his examinations for a commission as captain in the Engineering Corps.
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New York
Poselon
Atlantic
S. Ryus
Ryus
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Jackson to Leave for California Vacation
J. A. Cassion, manager of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company, will depart tomorrow for a short vacation in California to join his wife who has been in the South for some time.
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G. T. Jackson
Alaska Gastineau Mining Company
California
Mrs. Jackson
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Jacsson
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