French Steadily Gaining Ground In Picardy Push
Paris dispatches report French forces advancing toward Noyon on the Picardy front with steady progress and attempts to seize the Noyon position. German resistance remains fierce along Chaulnes Noyon Roye as British and French units press the Lys salient and Veule river sectors.
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Associated Press
Paris
Humbert
Picardy Line
Noyon
Chaulnes-Noyon-Roye
Raglinson
Avre
Olge
Veule
Champagne
German Sub Is Close To New York Harbor
A German submarine neared the New York harbor gates and sank the oil tanker Frederick R Kellogg off Ambrose channel last night. Thirty-five crew members arrived safely. seven are missing. The Kellogg, a 7100 ton tanker valued at over 2.1 billion dollars, was en route to Boston from Mexico with 70000 barrels of oil.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Harbor
Frederick R. Kellogg
Ambrose Channel
Kellogg
Boston
Mexico
Turmoil in Bohemia Spurs executions and raids
Associated Press reports from Munich indicate Bohemia faces heavy measures after unrest. Authorities executed 74 Czech soldiers and carried out mass arrests and raids. Reinforcements fortified Hoterian garrisons and confiscations rose. A minor incident could trigger a wider uprising.
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Associated Preas
London
Munich
Bohenia
Troops and Strikers Clash in Uruguay Citywide Disorder
In Montevideo on August 13 two people were killed and more than fifty wounded as troops and workers clashed during a general strike. Cavalry dispersed a mass meeting while heavy detachments patrolled the city afterward.
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Associated Press
Montevideo
Uruguay
Casualty List Updates From Washington
Casualty List released August 14 names 101 individuals reported by Washington authorities. The list reflects latest war casualty figures and includes service branches and home states where available.
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Associated Press
Washington
Onty
Organized Labor Opposed to Any Work or Fight: Provision
Samuel Gompers in a letter to the Senate Military Committee expressed organized labor’s emphatic opposition to any work or fleet provision in the new manpower act extending the draft age.
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Organized Labor
Ty Associated Press
Washington
Samuel Gompers
Senate Military Committee
Agen
Crowder Orders Youth Registration On August 24
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces youths who turned 21 since June 5 must register August 24 to join Class One. To speed September drafts, about 156000 men will be available. registration runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in various locales, with notices issued nationally.
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Western Union
BLOM
Santa Be
N. Meg
Carlsbad
Dy Associated Press
Washington
St. Paul
Minn
Crowder
State Draft
Dyne Sth
Regiment Captures 300 Officers 150 Men 7 Guns in Somme Fight
General Marek reports the 121st Illinois Guardsmen in heavy action north of the Somme, aiding in repelling a counterattack at Chapilly. He notes Picardy lines near where they stood in 1916, with Hindenburg withdrawal leaving Paris 50 miles away. The fifty five mile front shows a maximum depth of fifteen miles as British forces press on in France.
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Washington
Marek
Somme
Chapilly
Paris
France
Tracy Heads East on Business Trip to New Mexico and California
Francis G. Tracy departed last night for a business trip to Santa Fe and other northern New Mexico points and will continue to California where Mrs. Tracy and the children have resided for some time.
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Francis G. Tracy
Santa Fe
New Mexico
California
Barbecue Supply Expanded to Meet Rising Orders
The shop reports doubling barbecue output for several days and plans to fulfill all orders. They note not every morning, including Sunday, will be served due to current volume while offering fresh bakery goods and urging customers to try their gravies.
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Hemberth
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Metern
Vieux Berquin
National Bank OF Carlsbad
Federal Reserve Bank
Bohemia
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Chauines Heights
Carlsbal
Carlsbad Light & Power Co
Model Market & Bakery
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