Germans Driven to Vesle River in Major Allied Breakthrough
Allied forces under General Foch shattered the German salient between Soissons and Rheims and pushed a rapid advance on a broad front. Soissons fell, French cavalry reached the Vesle, and German rearguard resistance weakened as the Allies closed the encirclement from multiple directions. Americans played a crucial role as the drive extended toward Fismes and the Aisne line, with villages burned in retreat and bridges destroyed along the Vesle.
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Marne
Rheims
Soissons
Aisne River Heights
Foch
International News Service
Aisne Heights
Vesle River
Ardre Salient
Aisne
Ardre
Vesle
Bottle Neck
Vos 2
Fere En Tardennois
Ville En Tardennois
Fismes
Aisne-Marne
Paris
Aisne- Marne
Chemin Des Dames
Chamigny
Jonchery
Crise
Bois de Dole
Ourcq River
Arcy-Ste Restitue
Fere-en-Tardennois
Arcy-Ste
Ourchy-le- Chateau-Braisne
Bois Meuniere
Coulonges
Ville-en-Tardennois
Dormans- Rheims
Vegilly and
Lgery
Vezilly
Vezilly-Lgery
Ardre River
Gueux
Thillois
Decivrieux
Work or fight may expand to more occupations
Washington August 3 draft relief plans under Crowder consider extending the work or fight rule as agencies seek enough September draftees. Baseball non essential and actors chauffeurs and other non essential workers could face mandatory employment or combat duties. The move would affect moovie actors chauffeurs stylists barbers circus personnel and more in emergent rules.
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Washington
Crowder
Baker
Meriden Honors Sailor Higginson With Funeral Honors
Meriden this afternoon honored Leroy Chester Higginson 20 a first class carpenter's mate in the navy at a funeral attended by state guard city and town officials and the police and fire departments Sailors from the New Haven naval station were active bearers and G A R men were honorary bearers Higginson died of paralysis at Queenstown Ireland June 17 and his body arrived home Thursday parents are Mr and Mrs Edward H Higginson
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Meriden
State Guard
Leroy Chester Higginson
Navy
Edward H. Higginson
Queenstown
Ireland
Naval Station
New Haven
Fringe Elimination Standardized for Mufflers in War Dept
Washington August 3 The clothing and equipment division of the war department ordered fringe on mufflers for automobile truck and motorcycle drivers eliminated. The move does not affect muffler efficiency and will save about 22000 dollars or 11 cents per muffler.
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Washington
Clothing and Equipment Division
War Department
Soldier Given Twenty Year Sentence for Sleeping On Post
Camp McClellan Alabama August 3 Private James L Grisham Battery F Eighth Field Artillery was sentenced to 20 years by court martial on a charge of sleeping on post with the report noting the discipline as the cause for the verdict.
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Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
James L. Grisham
Battery F
Eighth Field: Artillery
Casualties List From War Department Releases
Washington reports 206 American expeditionary force casualties with 112 killed in action 11 died of wounds 11 from disease 5 from accidents 56 wounded severely 2 wounded undetermined 9 missing. Marines attached report 4 killed 5 severely wounded 2 slightly wounded. Officers listed include KIA Lts Boldt Cooper George Mehl Purdy Stramberg and others. Died of wounds Lt Mellinger. wounded severely Hanrahan Loux Pickett. missing Edwards Lewis Mellen. New England lists cover KIA Desilets Shaw Williams Bouley, plus wounded and died of disease and accident. Marine list notes Sgt Farrant.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Corps
Army
James B. Nalle
Herman St. J. Boldt, Jr
New York City
James A. Cooper
Hale Center
Tex
Harry S. George
Pittsburgh
Bryan H. Mehl
Leavenworth
Kan
Robert O. Purdy, Jr
Sumter
8. C
Charles M. Stramberg
Somerville
Mass
Joseph F. Hanrahan
New York
Thomas G. Loux
Albany
N. Y
Guy Pickett
Kansas City
Roland W. Edwards
Arlington
Henry C. Lewis
Philadelphia
Joseph M. Mellen
Garden City
L. Lac YY
Herbert D. Smith
New England
James H. Bissell Keene
N. H
Leo A. Desilets
Keene
James P. Shaw
New Bedford
Laurence B. Williams
Milk Street
Boston
Eli Bouley
Nashua
James W. Porter
Reading
Alfred B. Goodearl
Grant H. Gordon
James Hammond
Wilbraham Avenue
Springfield
Rosario Ricciardi
Milford
N. Henry
New Haven Area Weather Forecast Aug 3
New Haven and vicinity fair to night and Sunday cooler. Connecticut fair and cooler tonight, Sunday partly cloudy. Moderate north to northeast winds. Showers in last 24 hours on gulf and South Atlantic coasts and eastern lake region. northern New England also affected. Low pressure centered over North Dakota. Freezing readings at Cochrane and White River Canada. Various city temps listed with intervals, including New Haven 70 clear and Hartford 66 clear.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Gulf
South Atlantic
Lake Region
New England
Rocky Mountains
North Dakota
Cochrane
White River
Canada
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Northfield
Pittsburg
Portland
Ora Ener
St. Louis
St. Paul
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E. E. Ae
Lisle Sox
Nainsook Athletic Union
America
Europe
THE
Middletown National Bank
Nationale
Atlantic
Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank
Middletown
Conn
Oakes Bros
J. F
O’connell
Prop
Strest
D. E. Mellinger
Ephrata
Penn
Jesse Dorsey
Blue Springs
Miss
Ralph E. Perkins
York Beach
Gilbert Bedard
Fitchburg
Channing—Maffitt
Edwin H. Bruce
Rutland
Raymond B. Dickinson
South
Shaftsbury
Joseph M. Gleeson
Michael D. Battista
Providence, R
Edward E. Hart
Ralph S. Parker
Chester
Arthur C.sorel
Easthampton
Walter M. Swarnsbourne
Mansfield Street
Harry K. James
Bristol
New England Marine Corps
Oliver C. Farrant
Dorchester
Government Weather Report
Nourse-Sherman Co
Main St
the Middlesex
Kipling
Ballards
Bartlett
Rachel
Kathleen Norris
Steward E. White
H. G. Wells
Hazen
Main Street
Middletown Coal Co
OLD Company’s Lehigh
TEL
Corey
Stueck
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