French Press Drive Caps Big Allied Advances in Picardy
Seven towns fall to French and British as Foch renews Picardy offensives between Soissons Arras and the Somme. Lassigny captured, German retreat widens toward the Oise. Haig reports 2 3 thousand prisoners and gains near Merville Neuf Berquin. Paris confirms seven towns including Noyon and Bourguignon with Ailette river reach.
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Oise
Aisne
Ancre
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Marshal Foch
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Somme
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Lassigny
Rheims
War Office
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Noyon
Peronne
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French War Office
London
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Haig
Merville
Neuf Berquin
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Byng
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Dries
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Berquin
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Eli Te
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Cannecancourt
Ville
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St. Paul Aux Bois
Poussons
Ailette
Matz
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Cannectancourt
Divette
Noyton
Sempigny
Bretigny
Foch
Thioliet Farm
Navy watching U boats closely near Atlantic coast
Washington Aug 22 The navy department monitors submarine activity off the North Atlantic coast after the steam trawler Triumph seized by a German crew wrecks Canadian fishing fleets near Grand Banks. Four schooners, two American, have been sunk. others face grave danger. Canadian coast patrol leads the chase. officials say a German U boat command may sink Triumph after destruction is complete. Navy emphasizes precautions, denies sensational reports, and asserts no troop transports, liners, or cargo vessels have been disrupted despite submarine presence.
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Navy Department
North Atlantic
Grand Banks
Canadian Coast Patrol
Thomases
Clemenceau Credits American Entry for War Victory
Paris Aug 22 Premier Clemenceau told Senator James Hamilton Lewis that America’s entry saved the day and praised President Wilson Secretary Baker and American soldiers. Lewis narrowly escaped a poche air raid on the British front after entering a dugout just as a bomb struck outside. He lived the doughboy life, slept in a private’s blanket, ate with troops, delivered messages, and arranged faster mail service. Lunch meeting with Champ Clark’s sons at a field meet greeted the Illinois senator.
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Paris
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James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
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Baker
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Champ Clark
Madrid Calm Amid Spain Germany Tension
Madrid reports calm despite Spain and Germany row over torpedoing Spanish ships. Government supports seizing an interned German vessel for every Spanish ship sunk while remaining neutral. Cabinet meeting expected to review Berlin’s reply to Spain’s note.
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Madrid
Agence Radio
Spain
Germany
Berlin
Sub Treasury Report and Historic First for Michigan Agency
New York on Wednesday the sub treasury gained 263000 dollars from banks, bringing the cash net gain since Friday to 4150000 dollars. Genevieve McCann of Sault Ste Marie becomes the first woman to hold the chief clerk position in Michigan state fish game and forestry department.
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Treasury
New York
Sub-Treasury
Genevieve McCann
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan ‘State Fish, Game and Forestry Department
Prepare for Winter Urges Connecticut Households
Hartford August 22 The Fuel Conservation Department of the Connecticut State Council of Defense urges homeowners to ready their houses for cold weather. It warns of difficulties obtaining weather stripping storm doors pipe coverings and double windows and stresses chimney and flue cleaning to maximize coal warmth.
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Hartford
Fuel Conservation Department
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Fuel Administration
Disabled Soldiers Landed Increase in Week End August 16
Washington reports 333 sick and wounded soldiers landed from expeditionary forces for the week ending August 16, a sharp rise from the prior week’s 63. All men have been sent to base and other hospitals where reconstruction facilities are provided.
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Washington
Cardinal Farley Ill At Oriental Point In New York
Cardinal John M. Farley archbishop of New York, age 22 at Mamaroneck New York is very ill at his Oriental Point summer home with pneumonia and lung inflammation. Condition reported unchanged though serious. illness traced to two weeks of pneumonia.
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Cardinal Farley
Mamaroneck
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John M. Farley
New York
Oriental Point
German Bathing Resort Closed After Crown Princess Visit
London dispatch reports the famous German bathing resort at Zoppot closed and several prominent visitors arrested following the crown princess visit she condemned the "family bath" and flagrant immorality.
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London
Zoppot
Daily Express
Cologne Art Treasures Removed Dispatch Report
Berne reports Germany has removed all Cologne art treasures to protect them from Allied bombing. The dispatch says authorities fear destruction of the collection if Cologne is attacked by Allied aviators.
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Cologne
Berne
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