111 Planes Cross Rhine Raid Over Freiburg From Allied Airmen
An Allied air raid over Freiburg Baden among towns by Allied crews reporting 111 planes in the crossing of the Rhine. Corporal Harold Willis of Boston among survivors, while two Lafayette Squadron groups guided by Lieut. Rooul Lafbery and Captain Didier Masson protected the formation. German air combat was limited with few machines encountered and aviator Dudley Hill of Peekskill fought a two machine attack with incendiaries.
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Freiburg
Baden
Valinond Sa
Harold Willis
Boston
Lafayette Squadron
Lieut
Rooul Lafbery
Wallingford
Conn
Agjt
Didier Masson
San Francisco
Dudley Hill
Peeksill
N. Ty
Soldiers jail 27 in four state strike threat
Spokane Wash August 21 United States government moved in the LW W situation ordering guardsmen held as military prisoners at their headquarters on the eve of a threatened strike in four states effective tomorrow.
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Spokane
Wash
United States
War Update Reveals Mixed U Boat Losses and Grain Yields
Premier Lloyd speaks in the house of commons noting reduced U boat losses and higher grain yields this year. Report mentions overseas shipments and sustained naval actions despite setbacks, with unclear details from the garbled text.
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Lioyd Ded
House of Combat
Cenomnan
Senda Waleily
Garames
Ex-Czar Now At Tobolsk With Family
Petrograd reports that on Sunday the deposed Russian emperor and his family arrived at Tobolsk seeking safety. They traveled with some of their entourage and other officials likely to aid their security and travel arrangements amid turbulent times.
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Tobolsk
Illinois Coal Mines Seizure Ordered By Governor
Governor Lowden ordered Attorney General Brundage to prepare legal papers for seizing Illinois coal mines. If needed, unspent National Guard regiments may be deployed to patrol mines. The move follows a dispute over price and a repudiation of binding agreements by operators.
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Springfield
Lowden
Brundage
Illinois
General Assembly
National Guard
Chicago
Ocoal
Carter
Ralph Crews
Rush C. Butler
Samuel Adams
Operators’ Association
I &m
Washington
Wilson
F War Baker
Lab Wilson
Francis 8. Peabody
National Council of Defense
Dlinois
John B. White
United Mine Workers of America
Baker
Canadians Win Hill 70 and Reach Lens Front
Canadians cap tured Hill 70 and advance toward Lens as British forces form a new front. German prisoners are being gathered at depots while fights tighten in the Lena region.
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France
Belgium
Lens
Lena
Ringleader Sentenced After Mast Street Riots
Belleville reports L Schulz of Mast Street St Louis among 1065 arrested in Mast Street riots pleads to conspiracy and assault with intent to kill. Cour t imposes an indeterminate term from one to fourteen years in the state penitentiary.
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Belleville, DL
L. Schulz
Mast St. Louis
Mast St. B
Bo Pap Ciréult
Aasault
Chespre
Whee
Many Have Volunteered in War Service
Washington reports that as the United States entered the war many men volunteered for service in the army and navy. The message notes broad public support and readiness to defend the nation as war mobilization begins.
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Washington
America
United States
US Controls Grain as Hoover Plan Takes Effect
President Wilson issues a proclamation under the food and fuel act empowering the food administration to license storage and distribution of wheat and rye and to regulate products derived from them. A $50 million grain corporation is to be formed to buy the entire 1917 crop if needed to keep prices fair, with a price fixing committee including producers consumers and labor representatives.
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Washington
Herbert
Hoover
Wilson
Soos Administration
Food Administration Grain Corporation
U. S. May Change Draft Rules Amid Protests
Protests from Chicago and other cities over new draft rules limit exemptions for married men. President Wilson plans discussions with Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal General Crowder to ensure the regulations are fair. Senator Weeks urged revision after widespread dissatisfaction with the married man exemptions.
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Chicago
Wilson
Washington
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Baker
Crowder
Weeks
Blast at Curtiss & Harvey plant kills 25 in Dragon
Montreal reports a massive explosion at the Curtiss and Harvey explosives plant in Dragon Quebec killing 25 workers and leveling the facility. The blast occurred during wartime production for the allies with extensive damage and inquiries underway.
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Montreal
Curtiss & Harvey
Dragon
Quebec
Strike Called by I W W Quiet as Patrols Sweep Northwest
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports a planned I W W strike across Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana faced swift action by Spokane authorities who arrested James Rowan district secretary and twenty six other workers. Officials say military and state intervention discouraged further unrest as lines of industry remained normal.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
San Francisco
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
James Rowan
Spokane
Washington State
Rowan
Pershing Urges Fierce War Effort and Morale
General Pershing says victory requires hard decisive blows by a well trained American army. He criticizes lukewarmness and warns that mere talk or Red Cross subscriptions won’t win the war. The interview underscores arming, equipping, and maintaining morale for Allied success.
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Pershing
Red Cross
Making Soldiers of Boys in National Army Training
More than a quarter million youths will begin active training after September at camps between the Rockies and the Alleghenies. The effort will turn them into seasoned soldiers to join comrades from across the country.
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Chicago
Rockies
Alleghenies
National Army of the United Men
America
Washington farmers yield 63.8 to 187.1 percent above 1911-15 average
Washington reports Ireland's farmers produced a wheat crop this year that is 63.8 to 187.1 percent higher than the 1911 15 average.
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Washington
Ireland
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Timate Mille
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Oscar A. Price
West Virginia
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Nicholas
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U. S
London
Cirele
H. Schulz
E. St. Louis
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Navy
Harry A. Garfield
Williame College
Garfield
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