Balkan Front Souts New German Austrian Struggle
Reports describe French and British pressure along the Urdy front near Castel and Montdidier with advances and raids. Balkan theater sees Balkan and Bulgarian forces moving in Albania toward Elbassan Berat, threatening the German Austrian line as Allied offensives converge across the region.
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Urdy
Castel
Montdidier
Ger
Sev
Balkan
Albania
Servia
Monastir
Balkans
Berat
French Advance Again As War Communique Details
Paris reports continued French progress with raids north of the Avre and between the Oise and Marne. The communiqué notes advances near Porte by 500 yards and 500 metres in separate sectors, with several prisoners taken. German captives are also mentioned.
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Paris
Porte
Antheuil
didier-Oise
Avre
Oise
Marne
Champagne
Montdidier
British raid successes reported on Flanders and Picardy fronts
The war office reported English and Australian units conducted operations in Vieux-Berquin Morris and Hamel sectors capturing 118 prisoners and several machine guns. German raiding efforts north of Meteren were repulsed while artillery fire remained heavy near Beaumont Hamel Strazeele and Locre. Casualties were described as exceptionally light.
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London
Flanders
Picardy
War Office
Vieux-Berquin
Morris
Hamel
Meteren
Beaumont-Hamel
Locre
Vieux Berquin
Beaumont Hamel
Strazeele
Payer Stands Firm on Resignation Amid Berlin Dispatch
Amsterdam reports that Friedrich von Payer the German imperial vice chancellor will not withdraw his resignation even if Admiral von Hintze aligns with pro German war aims. Earlier Berlin dispatches indicated the Reichstag center party and social democrats would remain with the majority and that Payer had abandoned plans to resign.
To Re Open Spy Plot Inquiry In New York
The federal grand jury will reopen the German spy plot inquiry on Monday to investigate plans to send spies from the United States to England to locate the British fleet for attack. Albert Onder and Charles N. Wannenberg, sentenced in 1917 for roles in the conspiracy, are expected as witnesses in the case against W. L. Wirbelauer.
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New York
D Jury
United States
England
Albert Onder
Charles N. Wannenberg
W. L. Wirbelauer
Farm Loan Activity Reported for June 1940
The Federal Farm Loan Board announced 1 196 loans were approved in June. Fees totaled 8 313 420 dollars for the month. Since creation the board has approved 97 200 loans aggregating 236 746 649 dollars, with 48 297 loans totaling 209 517 308 dollars already granted.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
Railway material moves through Holland to Belgium
Amsterdam dispatches report heavy railway material including wood and straw being transported through the Netherlands into Belgium this week. The items were observed in transit across Dutch routes as patrols monitor cross border movement amid ongoing tensions.
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Belgium
Amsterdam
Holland
Bel
Prohibition urged by coal operators
The National Coal Operators Association has submitted a plan to the fuel administrator urging nationwide prohibition during the war to speed coal output. The plan, presented to President Wilson by Fuel Administrator Garfield, argues liquor harms production and could prevent the war effort. Operators cite statistics from Illinois, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania showing higher output in dry areas, with normal coal output at 400 million tons and a target of 100 million extra tons this year, contingent on drink conditions improving.
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Washington
National Coal Association. Com
Wilson
Garfield
Illinois
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
American Communique Details July 12 War Actions near Chateau Thierry
Washington report from General Pershing notes failed German raid near Chateau Thierry with American losses and strong American artillery and air actions. Allied planes shot down an enemy craft near Thiaucourt, with Lieuts Jones and Tobin credited. July 9 to 10 saw heightened German activity and gas use, while Lorraine and Thann saw persistent rifle and machine gun fire and nighttime patrols in Munster and Woevre zones.
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Washington
Chateau Thierry
Pershing
War Department
Thiavourt
Marne
Thiaucourt
Jones
Tobin
Lorraine
Munster
Woevre
Thann
Explosion on Spanish freighter Cervantes sinks ship
Six men dead and fifteen injured after an explosion aboard the Spanish freighter Cervantes just after leaving an Atlantic port. Firefighters battled flames as harbor craft evacuated casualties. the 350 foot vessel carrying automobiles and oil for General Pershing's forces is sinking. explosion was heard miles away.
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Atlantic
Cervantes
Gas Bomb Plant Expansion at Hastings on Hudson
A large extension of the Zinsser chemical works to produce gas masks and gas defense equipment has begun in Hastings on Hudson New York. Barracks for numerous soldier guards will be erected. The development could trigger a five mile dry zone closing saloons in Hastings and Dobbs Ferry. The plant is expected to become one of the Atlantic coast’s largest munitions factories.
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Hastings-on-Hudson
N. Y
Zinsser Cmical Works
Hastings
Dobbs Ferry
Atlantic Coast
House Rejects Move to Overturn Veto on Wheat Bill
Washington July 13 The house rejected a bid to pass the agricultural appropriation bill over the president's veto by a 172 to 72 vote. The measure was sent back to the agriculture committee with plans to reintroduce and push the price fixing section before adjournment tonight.
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House
Washington
Committee On Agriculture
Sharks Invade Western Waters Off Washington Coast
Seattle July 13 captains of fishing schooners report large schools of sharks up to fifteen feet long off Cape Flattery and Grays Harbor. The sharks are said to be destroying a large number of fish as they invade the Washington coast.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington Coast
Cape, Flattery
Grays Harbor
Guests Provide Own Sugar For Refreshments
A brief note states visitors bring their own sugar to sweeten refreshments served, reflecting a two pound sugar ration per family. Sugar has been unusually scarce for some time, prompting this practice during visits.
German Bolshevik cooperation risks worsening Russian crisis
Washington reports warn that German Bolshevik collaboration heightens danger in Russia as Moscow revolt and Czech-Slovak forces face German Bolshevik pressure. John Scokine says immediate Allied aid is essential to halt German dominance, amid Mirbach’s murder and promises of Brest Litovsk reconsideration.
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Washington
Moscow
John Scokine
Germany
Russia
Sookine
Count Mirbach
Bolshev'ks
Brestlitovsk
Spokine
Strike Imminent as 45,000 GE Workers May Quit Lynn
Lynn Massachusetts July 13 Forty five thousand General Electric employees in Lynn Schenectady and Pittsfield plants may enter a general strike following the Lynn plant walkout by 100 electrical workers and machinists who were discharged last month. Organizer Charles D Keaveney says Lynn action has backing of Schenectady and Pittsfield unions totaling 30,000. A popular vote is under way in those cities to decide support for the Lynn action there are 15,000 workers in the Lynn plant.
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General Electric
Lynn
Mass
General Electric Co
Schenectady
Pittsfield
Charles D. Keaveney
Machinists
Wynn Plant
Wilson Urges Senator J Hamilton Lewis To Run Again
President Wilson sent a letter to Senator J Hamilton Lewis urging re election. The message asks the Illinois Democrat to reconsider declining a renomination and to undertake the senate race with his usual energy to clarify the Illinois contest.
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Wilson
Washington
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Senate
Shoe Cutters Organize Strike in Brockton Mass
In Brockton Massachusetts on July 12 a mass meeting of 1,606 striking shoe cutters organized an independent union after voting to strike in all Brockton factories. They dropped from the Boot and Shoe Workers Union under contract terms. Members of Cutters Union No. 35 demand 37.50 weekly versus 25.50 previously earned.
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Brockton
Mass
Clark Hall
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Cutters’ Union No. 35
Postcard mailed 12 years ago returns to sender
A postcard mailed from Poughkeepsie on July 13 by Miss Bertha Newman of Marlborough to Miss Ethel Hanson in Bradford Pa has been returned marked returned for correct address. The card shows a picture of Vassar College and remains clean and untampered since it was sent.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Bertha Newman
Marlborough
Ethel Hanson
Bradford
Vassar College
Man-Eating Shark Captured Near Eye Harbor
Charles Cavileer and C. C. Adams of Lower Bank netted a nine foot man-eating shark weighing over 400 pounds in the bay at Eye Harbor New Jersey on July 13. The battle wrecked the nets before the shark was killed with an axe.
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Eye Harbor
N. J
Charles Cavileer
C. C. Adams
Lower Bank
William Shakespeare Enlists in Lehigh Valley Rail Line
William Shakespeare signs on with the Lehigh Valley railroad. The enlistment marks a notable crossover for the famed playwright as he joins a railway operation in Syracuse.
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William Shakespeare
Syracuse
Lehigh Valley
The average girl a queer creature in social change
A fragment from a period voice depicts the average girl as a shifting social figure who taunts a young man one day and marries him the next, reflecting changing relations and humor of the era.
Carson Puts War Before Home Rule in Ulster Rally
Sir Edward Carson leader of the Ulster Unionists told Orangemen in Belfast that during World War I governments terrorized Ulster and promised no Home Rule while troops fought in France and Flanders. He defended keeping the pledge to dead brethren and warned English allies against weakening on Home Rule.
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Belfast
Sir Edward Carson
Irish Unionist Party
Dward
France
Flanders
Sir Edward
England
Ulster
Borah Pleads for Help for Russia
Senator Borah of Idaho urged both military and political aid for Russia in a Washington speech. He stopped short of backing an immediate military expedition and warned his remarks did not endorse Japanese intervention while noting German opposition within Russia and Siberian resentment of Bolshevik rule.
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Washington
Russia
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Germany
Siberia
Bishop Cusack Dies at Albany Diocese Leader
Albany July 18 The Right Rev Thomas Frantcis Cusack bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany died yesterday afternoon at age 58 after years of declining health since June 1917 He had continued to perform his duties despite illness and was a prominent church figure in the region.
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Albany
Thomas Frantcis Cusack
Cusack
Bishop Cusack Led War Efforts and Served Albany Diocese
The obituary notes Bishop Cusack died of cancer after serving as head of the Albany diocese since July 5 1915 appointed by Pope Benedict. He previously was auxiliary bishop of the New York archdiocese and a wartime chaplain at Camp Chickamauga during the Spanish American War. He remained active in local war activities up to his death.
Bonds Reduced in Sedition Cases in New Haven
New Haven July 13 United States Commissioner Wright reduced bonds for John Pashka and Victor Warren of Waterbury from 5000 to 500 each after they faced charges of disrespecting the American flag. They were held for the September term of the district court. The Waterbury men Jacob Glick and Abram Jostovsky faced war tax nonpayment charges on trolley tickets and their cases went over until Tuesday.
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New Haven
John Pashka
Victor Warren
Waterbury
United States
Wright
United States District Court
Jacob Glick
Abram Jostovsky
British Air Losses Report to July First
London reports that by July 1 British forces destroyed 2,250 enemy airplanes on the western front and 1,083 were forced down out of control. British naval aviators claimed 623 enemy planes shot down while British losses totaled 1,186 aircraft.
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London
Western Front
Trolley Wreck in San Francisco Area Claims Multiple Lives
Five people are dead and 20 to 50 injured after a San Mateo interurban car jumped the track on a sharp curve near San Bruno early today. Every emergency ambulance from the area was rushed to the scene, and an ambulance physician said several of the injured did not survive.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Mateo
San Bruno
POW List Names Held in Germany Camps Revealed
Washington July 13 The war department released the names of TM $5 overseas forces prisoners in Germany and the camps where held. Camp Darmstadt lists Corporals Harry F. McWhirk Edward J. Curtin and others, with Pvt and Sgt ranks from Massachusetts Connecticut New York Rhode Island and Vermont. Camp Giessen has Privates Charles W Preston Harry F Thorpe and William J Wright. Camp Limburg lists Lieut Paul W Eaton others. Camp not known shows Lieutenants John W Morris Guy D Tibbetts John A White.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Camp Darmstadt
Harry F. McWhirk
Talbot Avenue
Dorchester
Mass
Edward J. Curtin
Roxbury
Michael E. Riley
Boston
Harold Carlson
George J. McDonald
Frank Daley
Hyde Park
Thomas J. Kirk
Medford
George Nelson
Church Street
Bristol
Conn
Chas. Cropper
Dagett Street
New Haven
Charles F.sturgeon
Mill Street
Tony Carione
George Street
Norwalk
Berlin Avenue
Southington
John A. Minor
Whalley Avenue
Frank Narowski
Water Street
Derby
Einar J. Turning
Prospect Street
Middletown
Edward M. Pope
Hardwick
William J. Chappa
Saugatuck
James Sexton
Brattleboro
Mich
John W. Morris
Washington, D. C
Guy D. Tibbetts
Bennington
N. H
John A. White
Duncan
Okla
The English Way in War Aerial Ace Records
The New York Evening Post notes Major Bishop extended his total to 72 planes in four weeks, becoming world champion. Guynemer and Richtofen approach Bishop's mark, but public attention favors the British ideal of duty over individual fame, with only Captain Ball singled out as an exception.
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New York Evening Post
Major Bishop
Guynemer
Richtofen
Bishop
Ball
England
Regulating The Press in Bristol Press Editorial
A Bristol Press opinion argues the government should curb its own waste before restricting newspapers. It questions franking privileges and urges the government to set an example by cutting publicity bureaus and the Congressional Record.
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Congressional Record
Grain Market Report from Chicago July 18
Grain market notes July 18 in Chicago show corn closing 1 1/4 to 13 4 higher with July at 160 and August at 161 1/8. Oats rise 4/8 to 1/4 with July at 751/8, August 711/2, September 701/2. Pork and ribs advance with futures at 44.70 and 24.25 respectively while liver and rib values end near 26.10 to 26.15 and 24.67 to 24.70.
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Chicago
Ribs
Hindenburg Death Unconfirmed Amid Reports From Amsterdam
Washington officials reported no confirmation of a Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam claiming Field Marshal von Hindenburg was dead. The state department and the Holland legation had not heard any word and remained skeptical.
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Hindenburg
Washington
Reuter
Dutch Crews Homeward Bound From Seized Holland Ships
Three thousand Dutch officers and seamen who manned the Holland ships seized in American waters months ago have started for home under safe conduct. The ships crews were guests of the nation during their enforced stay, the Shipping Board announced this afternoon.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Ukrainians Battle Germans in Ukraine Trench Warfare
Washington dispatch reports peasants in Ukraine engaging Germans in trench fighting. Advices from a confidant source to the state department say peasants have captured substantial ammunition and several field pieces, with fighting described as brisk and persistent.
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Washington
Ukraine
State Department
Senate Consents To Vote On Dry Amendment
Washington July 13 unanimous consent for a vote on the wartime prohibition amendment to the food production bill was granted by the Senate this afternoon. The request came from Senator Smith of South Carolina, a member of the agricultural committee.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Agricultural Committee
French Flag To Fly Tomorrow at Government Buildings
President issues executive order to display the French flag from all government buildings tomorrow, marking Bastille Day. An extra flagpole will be added at the White House for the French tricolor to fly alongside the Stars and Stripes.
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Washington
White House
Detective Note Identifies Lincoln Man in City Star Item
A city newspaper note identifies a suspect with initials R J B as Bruce Carter of Lincoln Nebraska. The note states the coat moned wit initials and links the person to a case. The source provides limited details and confirms a named individual.
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Saanieee
City Star
Bruce Carter
Lincoln
Senate Tackles Wire Control Will
Washington July 18 Consideration of the wire control legislation was resumed by the senate after hours of debate on the Russian situation and Senator Miles Poindexter s denunciation of Germany s war methods. Senator Hoke Smith urged keeping the measure alive for action favorable to limiting wartime control of telephone and telegraph lines. Opposition grows on emergency grounds, but administration leaders expect a substantial majority. Prohibition forces press for a vote on war time prohibition before recess, tying it to the food control bill. A possible wheat price amendment looms if the president vetoes the wheat bill.
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Washington
Senate
Miles Poindexter
Germany
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Short Change Artist Pulls Neat Trick on Girl Cashier
In Kankakee Illinois on July 13 a charming young man swindled a girl cashier near a dry goods store. He asked change for a hundred dollar bill claiming to be from the neighboring store. He collected fifty dollars in change and a second fifty, then returned the second fifty and the change while keeping the first fifty. He left with a hundred dollars extra and was not found that night.
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Kankakee
Ill
Stock Market Report From New York July 13
The New York stock market opened steady with slight gains in leading issues. Texas Company rose to 148 and American Linseed to 403-4, while Cigar Stores fell to 97 3-4. Booth Fisheries climbed to 251-4 after initial trading, American Sumatra showed no trades early, and overall volume reached 7,700 shares with bonds at 1,860,000.
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New York
Texas Company
Sumatra
Booth Fisheries
Steel Common
Baldwin Locomotive
Marine Preferred
United Cigar Stores
American Sumastra Tobacco
Urged Observance of Bastille Holiday in U S
Washington July 18 Congress has two resolutions urging Bastille Day observance by the United States and its citizens tomorrow. One bill would make Bastille Day a permanent legal holiday, the other a national holiday for this year only. Speaker Clark backs observing France’s national day as equivalent to our Independence Day. President Wilson will speak at a Bastille Day celebration in New York Monday night with French Ambassador Jusserand and British Ambassador Lord Reading as principal speakers.
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Washington
Ole
United States
Walsh
Lansing
Ate
Siegel
New York
Baley
Kentucky
Clark
Wilson
Jules Jusserand
France
Lord Reading
English towns invited to host American troops on leave
A Dewsbury letter to the Reporter calls on English hosts in England to welcome U.S. Army officers and enlisted men on leave in France or the Isles. The writer notes language and cultural gaps and urges households to offer hospitality for short stays, suggesting six to one soldiers per host and asking for interested names and arrangements.
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Dewsbury
Yorkshire
England
United States
France
Isles
Engla
Scotland
Wales
Astion
Americ
P. B. Walker
Lee House
Clearing House Statement New York July Debit Totals
New York on July 13 reports sub treas debit totaling 1 789 079 dollars with exchanges 608 214 and balances 47 649 767 dollars.
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New York
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