Americans Gain Along Front as Stefansson Heads Toward Alaska
Early dispatch reports American gains along a broad front in ongoing fighting. Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, ill with typhoid fever, plans a Dawson visit after recovering, with a possible stay in Juneau. He telegraphed Superintendent Hawkesworth from Circle City, Alaska, August 26, 1918, stating he would reach Dawson Friday and hope to see Juneau soon. Stefansson and Hawkesworth are longtime Arctic-era friends.
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Yukon
Juneau
Dawson
Explorer
Charles W. Hawkesworth
Alaska
Circle City
Mr. Hawkesworth
Explorer Stefansson
Arctic
Point Barrow
Stefansson
St. Michael
Nome
Allies Enter Bapaume and Hindenburg Line Breached
Paris dispatches report Allied forces advancing into Bapaume firmly establishing control in the town’s northern sector. American troops push west of Fismes while German assaults are repelled, with retreat signs and significant war material being abandoned as critics hail British operations pinning down large enemy forces.
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Bapaume
Hindenburg Line
Fismes
Associated Press
Paris
Sub chaser and yacht sunk off Fire Island
Washington report: American sub chaser No. 209 and a converted yacht from Philadelphia were mistaken for a German submarine by the Merchant steamer Felix Taussig in darkness off Fire Island. The chaser sank with seventeen crew missing, including commander and executive officer. eight survivors, some wounded, were landed.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Felix Taussig
Fire Island
Naval Reserve
Rush of Boston Sunk by Enemy Submarine
An official report states the new fishing schooner Rush of Boston was sunk yesterday by an enemy submarine near the Canadian Atlantic port. The crew arrived safely at the port.
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Canadian Atlantic
Boston
Roosevelt urges universal military training for youths 19 to 21
Col Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the Illinois statehood centennial in Springfield urging faster war end and postwar solutions. He called for universal military training for all youths between 19 and 21 and thirty.
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Springfield
Col. Theo. Roosevelt
Illinois
Age limit for serving in war proposed by Senate
Washington Aug 27 A Senate debate on the Administrative manpower bill yields a resolution to register all men up to 60. The bill would allow the President to classify these men for industrial and military service amid ongoing wartime needs.
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Washington
Senate
Senate to vote on man-power bill before 4 PM today
The Senate yesterday agreed to a voting time before four o'clock on the man-power bill already passed by the House. It rejected an amendment to exempt men up to a specified age from the draft call, keeping them subject to the President's regulations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Evidence of Hun Cruelty Told by Survivor of Eglinton
London Aug 27 Nine sailors four dying of wounds from a German submarine commander were left to perish on a fragile raft in the North Sea where eight died. Haakon Obison sole survivor of the Norwegian bark Eglinton now recovering in a British naval hospital. He was rescued by a British motor boat patrol in Heligoland Bight.
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London
North Sea
Haakon Obison
Eglinton
Ohlson
Heligoland Bight
Strikers Granted Temporary Relief Under War Board Review
Senate tentatively approves amendment to exempt strikers from the work or fight order when they file grievances with the Federal War Board and resume work pending a decision. The measure aims to protect workers while their complaints are reviewed.
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Washington
Senate
Federal War Board
Man Who Sank the Lusitania Captured by French
Paris reports Lieut. Schienger who sank the Lusitania has been captured by a French patrol boat in the Mediterranean. A large submarine he commanded torpedoed a large British steamer between Malta and Syria. French patrol boats sunk the submarine.
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Paris
Lieut. Schienger
Mediterranean Sea
le Journal
Malta
Syria
Fisheries Lab to Save Food From War Catch
President Wilson allocates 125000 of war fund to the Bureau of Fisheries for an industrial laboratory. The aim is to preserve large quantities of fish for food and educate the public on the merits of fishery products. Big results are expected from the initiative.
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Washington
Wilson
Bureau of Fisheries
Two Americans Killed in France Seaplane Accident
Washington, Aug 27. Dale Campbell of Portland Oregon and Lester Barnett of Mount Pleasant Tennessee naval quartermasters were killed in a seaplane accident in France, the Navy Department announced last evening.
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Washington
Dale Campbell
Portland
Ore
Lester Barnett
Mount Pleasant
Tennessee
Naval Quartermasters
France
Navy Department
German Battalion Refused Front Duty Principal Rumor
Amsterdam dispatch reports German frontier sources claim a battalion refused to advance and many were executed. Prisoners note German soldiers discuss a change in government, influenced by Allied victories and American entry into the war.
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Germany
Germans release prisoners arrive on Western front
Aug 27. German captives released in Russia begin arriving in the Western theater. Allies report the Russian prisoners are ill tempered and resent the strict German discipline as they are hurried to the front to reinforce against American and Allied advances.
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Russia
German submarine sinks four fishing vessels off St Pierre
DIVER STILL IS BUSY GETTING FISHING BOATS reports four fishing vessels destroyed near St Pierre Miquelon by a German submarine. It is believed all crews reached shore safely. Gloucester also notes the sinking of the fishing schooner J. J. Flaherty by a submarine, with 24 crew members landing safely.
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ST. Pierre Miquelon
Canada
Gloucester
J. J. Flaherty
Submerged steamer Eric sinks after diver linked to boats
On August 27 the 600 ton steamer Eric was submerged. Authorities connect the sinking to the same diver who sank four fishing boats nearby last Saturday, suggesting a continued pattern of destructive actions by the diver.
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ST. Pierre Miquelon
Canada
Eric
Bandits Bayonet Women and Children in Mexican Train Attack
Two Americans arriving in El Paso report Mexican bandits wrecked a train at Canadan Durango State killing 90 passengers and wounding 60. They say many passengers including women and children were bayoneted.
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EL Paso
Tex
Canadan
Durango State
Dispatch boat Oise sunk by German sub off Britany
Official report from Paris dated Aus 27 states the dispatch boat Oise was sunk by a German submarine near the Britany coast, detailing the naval loss in the escalating submarine war.
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Paris
Aus
Oise
Britany
French Break Up Attacks Take 2000 Prisoners
Paris August 26 British forces in the Monchy le Preux area captured over 2000 prisoners and war material. In the St Mard sector southwest of Roye the French advanced after repulsing heavy counter attacks, taking 1100 prisoners and material. East of Bagneux and north of the Aisne the French pushed lines about three quarters of a mile and repulsed major German counter attacks with heavy enemy losses.
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Paris
Monchy le Preux
St. Mard
Roye
Bagneux
Aisne
French Forces Hold Heights After German Assault
Heavy German forces struck yesterday to push the French from the heights between Juvigny and Credyaumont. The French initially yielded under the shock but then mounted a strong counter attack, reestablishing positions and making limited advances.
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Juvigny
Credyaumont
French and American Forces Smash German Counter Attacks
In With the French Aug 26 report German counter attacks north of Soissons were broken by French and American troops. General Mangin continues to threaten German communications between the Aisne River and Soissons, signaling intensified pressure on German lines.
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Soissons
Mangin
Aisne
French Capture Fresnoy le Roy and St. March
An official bulletin reports French forces on the Avre river captured Fresnoy le Roy and St. March, taking over 600 prisoners and seizing substantial war material.
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Paris
Avre
Fresnoy le Roy
St. March
Aviator Theo Canfield Killed in Seaplane Accident
In Maimi Florida on August 27 Seattle aviator student Theo Canfield was killed when his seaplane crashed. The accident occurred during training with no further details given.
Americans Form Right Wing Of BIS Battle Line
Gen Pershing reports American troops west of Fismes along the Wesle river gained ground and captured prisoners. The front from Fismes to Arras shows Americans forming the right wing beside French forces in the ongoing fighting.
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Bis Battle Line
Washington
Americans Repel German Raid On Woevre Front
American units on the Woevre front repulsed a German raid with no serious losses. One American, wounded 16 times, refused to quit and fought on. He will recover and probably holds the record for simultaneous wounds.
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Woevre
French Corporal Pierre Collier Leads 15 Americans in Marne Rescue
Pierre Collier, a 23 year old French corporal, commanded a tank crew of 15 Americans and captured 700 Germans after a shell disabled their tank. The pursuers advanced on foot, cornered foes in a cave, with a German flag surrender and armistice followed by the others. Austrians identified opposite Americans on Vesle front, held in reserve.
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Pierre Collier
Marne Salient
Vesle
Ambassador Walter Hines Page Resigns in England
London August 27 American Ambassador to England Walter Hines Page has resigned due to ill health.
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London
Walter Hines Page
England
British Break Hindenburg Line East of Heinel
British forces pierced the Hindenburg line and advanced east of Heinel as Gen Haig reports progress along the Scarpe and toward Bapaume. Heavy fighting persists at Longueval where German counterattacks test the British offensive.
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Hindenburg
Heinel
Haig
Scarpe
Bapaume
Longueval
Allied advance nears Hindenburg line along Scarpe
British forces push north of the Scarpe breaking toward the older Hindenburg line while open terrain supports armored movement. The Allies advance steadily around Bapaume and along the Somme, with German rear guards shrinking to about 25 men per company as casualties mount.
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Scarpe
Hindenburg
Bapaume
Somme River
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W. Stefansson
Hawkesworth
Clevelang
Funston
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Camp Funston
Cubs
Phillies
Uncle Sam
Rome
Beugenatre
Col. Roosevelt
Schwieger
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
The
Marne
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