Americans Ready for Open Warfare in War Partures
Veterans recalled in the field near Chateau Thierry describe fighting in the open against German troops, noting machine gun crews overwhelmed and prisoners taken when possible. They praise American grit, recounting leg or hip injuries, hand grenades, and bayonet advances as they pressed the advance with minimal surrender.
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Jay
Paris
Reuben Tousley
Cleveland
Ohio
Chateau Thierry
Isley
John F. McCarthy
East Ninth Street
Boston
Merthy
John H. Er
Strawberry Plains
Tenner
Erad
Wer
Brewer
Urge Action on Control of Wires
Washington July 5 President Wilson pressed to move the Aswell resolution placing telegraphs and telephones under government control. A drastic rule would limit debate to one hour and push passage before night as House leaders seek a wartime action. The administration cites rate reductions and pay raises for line workers once under government control.
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Washington
Wilson
Aswell
Burleson
Sims
Interstate Commerce Committee
Madden
Illinois
Pou
House
Pon
Rules Committee
Representative Aswell
United States
Kitchin
Rogers Acquires Storehouse on Fagan Avenue
John E. Bullard sold to John W. Rogers a tract of land with buildings on Fagan Avenue. It fronts 86 feet and the conveyance binds the property not to be used for tenements, habitations, or factory or manufacturing purposes for 15 years.
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Rogers
John E. Bullard
John W. Rogers
Fagan Avenue
Czar's Family Reported Murdered by Bolsheviks
London reports former Czar Nicholas II and his wife the ex-czarina along with Grand Duchess Tatiana were killed by the Bolsheviks. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch cites a Copenhagen source via Politiken with unconfirmed status. Tatiana, born 1897, rumored to have fled to the United States with jewels.
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London
Nicholas
Exezarian
Tatiania
Czarina
United States
Tatiana
Alexis
Lloyd George Praises Fourth of July Unity
Premier Lloyd George replies to General Pershing expressing gratification over shared Fourth of July joy. He recalls past tensions, credits US entry with steering the British Empire toward freedom, and emphasizes transformed Anglo American ties forged in common sacrifice.
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Loyd-George
Pershing
London
General Pershing
Lloyd-George
United States Army
Mexico's Carranza Sends Fourth of July Message to Wilson
President Carranza forwards a Mexico City message to President Wilson expressing sincere wishes for U.S. prosperity and a hope that peace and justice soon prevail on both continents. The State Department will extend the usual acknowledgment.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Mexico City
Wilson
United States
State Department
Cardinal Martinelli Dead At Seventy In Rome
Rome reports the death of Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli prefect of the sacred congregation and former apostolic delegate to the United States. He was seventy, created a cardinal in 1901 and served as Vatican representative in the United States from 1896 to 1902.
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Cardinal Martinelli
Rome
Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli
The
Sacred Congregation
United States
Vatican
Happenings in This Week in 25 Years Ago Race Winners
A July Fourth bicycle meeting drew crowds as Fred L. True won the first race with Samuel L. Fenn and A N Ranson following. Frank I. Hall took top honors in the second event, with Robert Broatch and Arthur N. Warner close behind. The 10 mile race saw Frank Edgett win, George J. Fisher second, A N. Warner third, Henry Lucas fourth. Edgett fell badly near the Middlesex Mutual building, knocked unconscious for over an hour. Gilbert F. Peckham won the clay pigeon shoot, eight liquor dealers faced court for Sunday selling, and a weather report noted June temperatures and rainfall. Other items include a police raid on liquor, Fourth of July safety notes, a destroyed watering trough iron bowl, Seth H. Butler's summer plans, German language instruction notices, Henry Ward lighting a pier, a Wesleyan professor’s marriage, a group sailing to East Haddam, and local textile ads.
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Fred L. True
Samuel L. Fenn
A. N. Ranson
Frank I. Hall
Robert Broatch
Arthur N. Warner
Frank Edgett
George J. Fisher
A. N. Warner
Henry Lucas
Fred Edgett
Middlesex Mutual
Gilbert F. Peckham
Middlefield
Common Council
C. W. Hubbard
Hayes
Robinson
Pacousett
Court House
Seth H. Butler
Crescent Beach
Carl Blecker
Henry Ward
Westbrook
Edwin van Vleck
Wesleyan
Lyme
Hattie Raymond
J.D. Ryan
Joseph Dorsey
East Haddam
Gelston House
Duncan & McIntosh
Bunce
Daily Riots In Vienna Markets Chase Meat Amid Shortages
A Zurich dispatch reports daily riots in Vienna markets with long lines overnight as nine-tenths fail to secure meat. Food allowances fall in Vienna with hotel allowances cut 20 percent and hospital rations reduced 10 percent.
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London
Vienna
Zurich
Five Camps Now Officers to Be Turned Out During War
Washington announces five officers training camps to operate continuously during the war. New classes open monthly with four months for infantry and machine gunners and about three months for field artillery. Eligible ages are 20 years eight months to 40. Infantry camps at Camp Lee Peters burg Camp Gordon. field artillery and machine gun schools at Camp Taylor and Camp Hancock. No man can be happy unless he tries to divide it.
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Washington
War Department
Field Artillery
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Camp Hancock
Augusta
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Full Informa
Tion
Jackson Co
Court St
Middletown
Preuser Co
Main and
Court Streets
Louis M. Schmidt
New England
Pythian Building
New Britain
Aki
Ae AY Turkish Cigarettes
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