Picardy Drive Advances Near Amiens Recaptured Villages
Reported August 8 from Paris and London says Franco British forces penetrated German lines up to five miles in Picardy. Moreuil Demuin Ablaincourt Morlancourt retaken. Albert to Montdidier drive progresses with tanks and heavy artillery. Germans retire on Flanders front. bridges over the Aisne destroyed. Avre crossing reached. aims include removing menace to channel ports.
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Moreuil
Demuin
Ablaincourt
Morlancourt
Albert
Montdidier
Aisne River
Avre
Picardy
Haig
Flanders
Paris
Foch
Amiens
London
Cerisey
Aisne
Aisne-Marne
Americans Cross Vesle Aug 18 Veiled Progress Report
Americans have crossed the Vesle River in the Aug 18 update as forces push eastward toward the Vesle sector. Reports from Washington indicate advancing units, with strategic gains noted along the front as Allied efforts continue to press the German defense.
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Vesse
Washington
War Department report on Vesle crossing near Bazoches
Pershing’s August 7 communique released by the War Department notes American troops crossed east of Bazoches and reached the Rheims-Soissons highway. It reports hostile counterattacks were repelled by U S fire.
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Pershing
War Department
Bazoches
Vesle
Rheims-Soissons
Germany Unable To Attack Before New Year Declared
London reports it is beyond Germany’s power to mount a new offensive before the new year despite October reserves. Allied steadfastness is seen as hastening the war’s end, with the morale factor emphasized as decisive in the victory.
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Germany
London
The Scared Food Hoarder
Baron Reading cites a Washington tale about a panicked English food hoarder fined for hoarding tea or rice. A Liverpool banker hid cocoa in his office and, after police arrival, distributed it to staff before humbly offering to buy concert tickets for the officers in a town hall benefit event.
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Detroit Free Press
Baron Reading
Washington
Liverpool
War Substitutes and Price Reforms in Wartime Economy
A compact list of exchange ideas and policy slogans contrasts substitutes and cost controls. It pairs items like cornmeal with wheat flour and fish with beef, urging efficiency and patriotic discipline. Several injunctions champion production, conservation, and practical replacements amid wartime shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Food Bulletin
Marshal Joffre Receives Hoover for Allied Food Aid
Marshal Joffre welcomed Herbert Hoover in Paris as the American Food Administrator outlined plans to revictual the Allies. Hoover pledged utmost aid to France and expressed confidence that full and generous assistance would be provided, according to the report.
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Marshal Joffre
Hoover
Marne
Herbert’. Hoover
Paris
Shore towns hit by terrific storm
Westbrook on August 8 endured a severe electric hail and wind storm from 9 to 10 PM. Four elm trees fell on Main Street blocking traffic. Shore Line Electric Railway wires and many telephone and electric lines were blown down. A mini cyclone destroyed outbuildings and chimneys, with many trees and gardens damaged. A prominent businessman, Frank Hoxsie, was shocked by a live wire. No injuries reported. telephonic service and rail traffic disrupted, three cars operating to New Haven. Widespread property damage along shore cottages and roadside structures. Wires and poles were cleared by crews at midnight. Storm gusts reached 70 to 80 mph.
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Westbrook
Chapman School
Shore Line Electric Railway Co
James H. Spencer
David W. Brooks
Gem
Malcolm Pitt
Frank Hoxsie
Main Street
New Haven
Saybrook
L. I. Dickenson
Haddam
Saybrook Point
Electric Light
Shore Line Electric Company
Winter Wheat Favorable and Average 15.3 Bushels Per Acre
Washington reports from the crop reporting board of the Bureau of Crop Estimates the forecasted production for major crops. Winter wheat estimated at 556,000,900 bushels with a yield of 15.3 bushels per acre, spring wheat 322,000,000 bushels, corn 2,989,000,000 bushels, oats 1,428,000,000 bushels, barley 232,000,000 bushels, buckwheat 20,600,000 bushels, cotton 13,600,000 bales.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
London hears gunfire from France across southeast coast
A London dispatch reports terrific gunfire from the British front in France heard along the southeast coast. The bombardment, likely a prelude to a Franco British offensive on the Pieardy front, could be heard to Eastbourne. It began at 7 30 p m and intensified to drum fire by midnight with continued violence in the morning.
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London
France
Star
Pieardy
Eastbourne
Amiens
England
German U-Boat Sinks Merak Off Cape Hatteras
Washington reports the German submarine that sunk a vessel near Diamond Shoals on Monday added another victim on Tuesday. The American steamship Merak, 3023 tons, was shelled torpedoed and sunk southeast of Hatteras at 10 50 p m. The crew were landed safely at an Atlantic port. Submarine chasers and destroyers pursue the raider.
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Washington
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Navy Department
Merak
Hatteras
Atlantic
Italians Repulse Austrians in Rome Battle
Austro Hungarians attacked Italian positions in the Comene sector Tuesday night but were repulsed, according to the Italian war office.
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Rome
Comene
Italian War Office
Casualties on Army and Marine Lists Highlight Losses
Washington reports two casualty lists from the army and the marine corps. The army lists show 287 names with officers including Lieutenants Becker Hutchinson Parrish Pollard Flechtner and Major Beal among those cited. one officer died of wounds and another died in an aeroplane accident. The marine corps list notes two killed in action and several wounded, with named officers Holiday Robertson and Mack among those listed. New England districts add further names of privates and corporals in Lists No. 1 and 2, detailing wounded and missing in action.
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Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Fred H. Becker
Waterloo
Robert J. Hutchinson
el Paso
Tex
Roy E. Parrish
Clarksburg
W. Va
Fred
Pollard
North Adams
Mass
George A. Flechtner
Baltimore
Howard W. Beal
Lewiston
Uta
Roger H. Clapp
Woodruff
Salt Lake City
Utah
William H. Mack
Holyoke
Davis A. Holiday
Marion
James F. Robertson
Chicago
Ill
New England Army
Elmer H. Simmons
Hanover
Jacob Steinkamp
Whitestreet
Bridgeport
Conn
Toni Klimanski
Providence
R. J. Stephen J. Obar
Limestone
Maine
Arthur S. Rowley
East Long Meadow
Joseph E. Brown
Westboro
Frank Gallagher
Bangor
Rex C. Kelly
William James Lafiam
North Ferrisburg
Arthur Sacalus
Fall River
Joseph Girouard
Southbridge
Mark L. Grant
Unity
Donat E. Leboeuf
New Bedford
Fred J. J. Gershefski
Warren Street
Meriden
Oscar A. Hix
Lowell
Patsy Carusano
Westport
Peter Cormier
Adams
Mario Jeanett
Dewitt Street
New Haven
Wiliam R. Midwood
Springfield
Lester H. Wormlight
Skowhegan
New England Marine Corps
Edmund P. Ciouatre
Worcester
Frank S. Walker
Millis
Aurin H. Bailey
Revolt Against Bolsheviks Reported in Northern Regions
A dispatch from Ambassador Francis to the State Department dated Aug 5 at Murmansk says members of the northern regional constituent assembly have revolted against the Bolshevik regime and formed a government in Samara Vologda Archangel Novgorod Viatkha and Kazan. Allied missions met in Kandalaska and weigh Archangel entry.
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Washington
Constituent Assembly
Samara
Vologda
Archangel
Novgorod
Viatkha
Kazan
Francis
State Department
Murmansk
Kandalaska
Zeppelin Commander Killed in London Raid
Copenhagen reports Captain Strasser, premier German Zeppelin commander, killed in the failed raid on the southeastern coast of England. The latest air attack Monday night ended with one Zeppelin shot down in flames.
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Strasser
London
Copenhagen
Germany
England
Died of sunstroke in Waterbury and Naugatuck man
Thomas Leary about 80 a resident of Naugatuck died at St Marys hospital at 4 this morning from sunstroke suffered yesterday afternoon. He was found unconscious in the road near Millville by a passing motorist and taken to his home then to the hospital where he never regained consciousness.
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Sunetroke
Waterbury
Thomas Leary
Naugatuck
St. Mary’s Hospital
Leary
Millville
Bank Robbers Escape With 20000 In Indianapolis Heist
Bank robbers entered the South Side State Bank in Indianapolis on August 8, assaulted two officials, and fled in an automobile with about $20,000. Police searched the area for suspects and the getaway vehicle.
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Indianapolis
Ind
South Side State Bank
The
Navy Manpower Bill Advances in Senate Hearing
Rear Admiral Palmer told the Senate Military Affairs Committee the proposed manpower bill would not interfere with navy enlistments. The Navy's complement stands around 435,000 to 440,000, needing about 15,000 additional men monthly, mainly for the merchant marine. Secretary Baker will testify. Chamberlain expects a draft-age range of 18 to 45 and a near-term bill report.
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Washington
Palmer
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Baker
Chamberlain
Senate
House
Allies March On Vologda Amid Baltic Front Moves
London reports Allied forces advancing rapidly south from Archangel toward Vologda as eight thousand Bolshevik troops retreat with no resistance. Germans, numbering about fifty thousand, reinforce in the Gulf of Finland region while Bolsheviks sign an agreement curtailing east front action. Subscriptions for Herrmann case total at least 96 dollars, and U boat gunfire near Boston prompts hydroplane patrols in fog.
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London
Archangel
Vologda
Gulf of Finland
Murman
Death of Sgt Fred J Gerschefski in action in July
Meriden reports the death in action on July 16 of Sergeant Fred J Gerschefski aged 20 of Company I 102nd Infantry son of Fred Gerschefski formerly of Meriden now New Haven. He enlisted in March 1917 as a private and is survived by a brother and a sister.
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Meriden
Aug. S
War Department
Fred J. Gerschefski
102Nd Infantry
Fred Gerschefski
New Haven
Gerschefski
Crop conditions report for August 1 from Agriculture Dept
Washington August 8 crop reporting board of the Bureau of Crop Estimates released August 1 conditions for spring wheat at 79.6 percent, down from 86.1 percent on July 1 and above the ten year average of 75.9 percent.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
Ice Girls Weigh In as New York Feeds with Ice
A vivid photo shows a young girl carrying a small cake of ice and the scene explains the city’s ice supply efforts during a heat wave. The piece notes women delivering ice in the sweltering city as crews replace icepicks with bayonet-like tools for efficiency.
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New York
New York City
Lady Rhondda Seeks Right to Sit in Lords
London report says Lady Rhondda widow of Viscount Bio dda and former Beilig 1 food controller plans to claim her peerage. She supports gender equality and would prove her succession to satisfy the Lord Chancellor the Crown Office and the Lords Privileges Committee.
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Rhondda
Bio.dda
Beilig 1
House of Lords
London
Lord Chancellor
Crown Office
Committee On Privileges
Steel stocks lead brisk advance on New York market
The New York stock market opened with steel issues in strong demand. Steel common rose to 110 after gains. Baldwin Locomotive climbed to 93 1 2. American Sumatra up 3 3 4 to 132 1 4 while Utah Copper dipped. Reading led railways with a 1/2 rise to 88 8 8 as Allied offensive spurred buying.
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New York
Baldwin Locomotive
America
Sumatra
Mexican Petroleum
Utah
Reading
Anaconda
Steel
Baldwin
Bethlehem Steel B
Grain and metal market closes in Chicago and New York
Grain markets in Chicago closed higher with corn up 2 cents near 159 8 8 for August and 162 7 8 for September while oats rose to 69 7 8 for August. Pork lard and ribs traded higher with brisk 26 77 for September pork and 24 62 to 24 80 for ribs. metal prices in New York showed dull lead and spelter with spot lead around 805 and East St. Louis bids for several months at 832 1 2.
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Chicago
New York
East St. Louis
Alexander McRae Dies at Home East Haddam
Alexander McRae died at his Pine street home in East Haddam this morning at 10 80 o clock. Funeral from his residence Saturday at 11 o'clock with burial in Cromwell new cemetery at 2 pm.
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Alexander McRae
Pine Street
East Haddam
Cromwell (New) Cemetery
Porters Ends Life Amid Heat Wave in Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland on August 8 65 year old William D Porters a prominent Republican political leader reportedly driven insane by the heat died by self inflicted gunshot. His death follows a period of intense heat impacting local officials and residents.
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Cumberland
William D. Porters
British and French Drive Forward in Picardy Front Advance
British and French armies advanced across Picardy front with thousands of German prisoners taken. The joint assault began on a wide front under Field Marshal Haig and Allied command, driving the enemy from several strong positions. Fog and mist shrouded dawn operations as Britons and French pressed the attack, pursuing retreating German forces toward Amiens.
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London
Avre
Luce Valley
Amiens
Bert Ford
Picardy
Cons
Curious Origin of a Law Passed in England
The Thellusson law regulated will based property disposition to curb estate accumulation. Peter Thellusson died in London in 1797 leaving funds to trustees to accumulate through his descendants. Parliament enacted the Thellusson act to prevent future Dutch-like accumulation. later disputes and appeals clarified inheritance lines in 1859 amid ongoing legal discussion.
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Thellusson
Peter Thellusson
London
House of
The
Pittsburgh Press
Epigrams by Presidents Recall Brief Deathless Lines
A Saddened Philadelphia Ledger piece surveys famed presidential quotes. Washington’s peace and war line marks memory, Adams’ Independence toast resonates, Jackson and Lincoln yield enduring phrases, while Hayes and Monroe leave lighter imprints amid long public lives.
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Washington
John Adams
Jefferson
Monroe
Madison
John Quincy Adams
Kinley
Taft
Rutherford B. Hayes
Jackson
Lincoln
Philadelphia Ledger
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U. S
Crop Report
Robert J. Heacox
Pine Meadow
New Hartford
Mechanick Lipuiski
Keene
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Millers Falls
Geoniry Popko
Westfield
Clyde A. Glover
Valley Falls
Clarence W. Rosene
Fairlyn
Preston L. Slack
Thedford Center
Corporal Anthony Florentine
Everett, Mass
Zeppelin
NAVY
O. K
Herrmann
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J. F. Connery’s
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Frank Gorman
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Boston
Chatham Naval Station
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Richter & Company
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AT &S&s Fe
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Erie
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Penna
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Sou. Ry
St. Paul
UN. Pac
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U.S. Steel
Pfd
Utah Copper
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Middlesex Ave
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Hooker
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