Allied Forces Strike On Soissons Front As Marne Battle Rages
Allied units push a turning movement along a ten mile front from Husaney to Seringes and advance near Sergy Chamery and Nesles. American and French troops press toward Chamery to outflank German lines while heavy artillery fire pummels Soissons Rheims. Casualties listed include 120 Army and 6 Marines.
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Associated Press
Fere-en-Tardenoia
Soissons-Rhe Ralient
Nesles
Wedee
Oureq
Sergy
Chamery
Roncherves
St. Gemme
Marne
Clerges
Repor
Soimons
Rheims
Kaiser Tries to Console Troops Amid War Pressure
Amsterdam reports Emperor Wilhelm II tells German forces the Allies cannot be stopped by American troop reinforcements. He claims wind forces are aiding the enemy as German submarines press attacks. Meantime Italian air force claims eleven enemy planes shot down on the Northern Italy front with raids on railroad targets.
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Amsterdam
France
Germany
Williaa
Associated Press
Washington
Italy
Iran War Office
Organized Riots in Russia Reported Across Ukraine
A serious riot is reported from Ukraine's country districts via Kiev dispatch to Fremden Blatt, with Exchange Telegraph noting peasants organize resistance to German forces. Issue dated August 1.
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Associated Press
London
Ukraine
Kiev
Fremdenblatt
Hamburg
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Credit Vote Sought Before House of Commons
In London August 1 the House of Commons considered a vote of credit of eleven hundred pounds. Chancellor Law explained the sum covered anticipated adjournment rather than new spending and expressed hope that at most one vote would be needed before the financial year ends.
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Hy Associated Preas
London
House of Commons
Law
Wage Increase for Kai Loaders
The National War Labor Board announced wage awards for street railway trainmen in several cities, increasing pay by 38 to 50 cents per hour. An Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway Company rate of 38 to 40 cents per hour is retroactive to July 18 1917.
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Hy Associated Pross
Washington
National War Labor Board
Wikes
Omaha
Council Mutte Railway Company
Unsigned Certificates Oversubscribed in Washington
An over‑subscribed issue totaling eighty four million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars was reported in Washington on August 1. The half billion block of certificates of indebtedness anticipated Liberty loan proceeds now stands at 2,184,826 dollars outstanding.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Roosevelt
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Paris
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Yekaterinburg
Perm
Siberian
Moscow
Army
THE
First National Bank
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National Bank OF Carlsbad
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Russia
Hoge Credit
Samuel
Garisbad Light & Power Go
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