Allies inch forward as German drive slows on western front
General March reports a brutal battle to the death as German reserves pour in while United States forces reinforce with the 42d division. Allied lines shift east of Vincelles and Rheims area sees gains. plans outline a unified United States Army with six new divisions and reorganization under a single general staff. casualties to be released promptly.
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Uni
Fere En
Prces
War College
General Staff
Eral
March
National Guard
National Armies
Army of the
Logan
Searmey
Bureauguard
Travis
Dodge
Sevier
National Army
War Department
Pershing
Vincelles
Rheims
Rheims Salient
35Th Division
John L. Hines
Sugar Price Hike Indicated After Cuban Talks
New York reports a one cent per pound sugar price rise indicated by M. Ralph, chair of the International Sugar Committee, after talks with Cuban representatives. Cuban and United governments plan a meeting next week to decide a 1919 price.
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New York
M. Ralph
Inonal Sugar Committee
Austrian Naval Base Bombed at Pola Harbor
Rome reports military works in Pola harbor bombed with fires seen near submarine and aviation stations. Official announcement states harbor facilities targeted as Austrian base sustains damage.
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Rome
Pola
Unspecified air attack attributed to Itar forces noted
It is presumed the attack was carried out by airmen attached to the Itar army or naval forces, though the report does not explicitly confirm this attribution.
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Itar
Allied forces evacuate front lines in southern Albania report
Amsterdam July 31 report says allied forces in southern Albania evacuated their front lines during the morning, according to Austrian office advices in Vienna this afternoon. The claim concerns the western end of the Balkan front.
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Amsterdam
Albania
Vienna
Balkan
Sub Treasury Report Cites Cash Net Gain
New York on July 31 reports a Sub-Treasury action pushing 237,000 to banks on Tuesday as part of the cash net gain since prior transactions.
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Treasury
New York
The
Lansdowne Sees No End of War in Pacifist Letter
A letter by Lord Lansdowne read at Essex Hall argues for an honorable peace yet emphasizes willingness to fight to the bitter end rather than accept a dishonorable settlement. It notes seven million killed and calls for clear terms and reassurances as peace overtures from Austro German contacts are discussed.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Beauchamp
Essex Hall
Lansdowne
Carmen to Get Raise in Street Car Wages
The national war labor board has completed awards granting substantial wage increases for street car workers in about 19 cities. Increases are expected to range from 30 to 40 percent with a minimum wage set per city. Decisions reflect local cost of living and will vary by city from New York to Portland and beyond.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Labor Board
New York
Boston
Albany
Troy
Schenectady
Buffalo
Columbus
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Portland
Ore
Atlantic
Pacific
Department of Labor
Germans Ready to Stand on Aisne Front
London reports German resistance on the Aisne-Marne front stiffening and a heavy battle looming along the present line. Allies rush artillery to push Germans back toward the Vesle river as forces establish a front from Soissons to Thillois, confirming a German retreat per Frankfurt Zeitung dispatches.
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London
Aisne-Marne
Vesle
Frankfurter Zeituung
Soissons
Villemontoire
Hartennes
Fere En Tardennois
Ville En Tardennois
Thillois
War Office
War Labor Board to rule on living wage and basic day
Washington July 31 The national war labor board is expected to announce its decision on the living wage and the basic day late today or early tomorrow after extended hearings. The eight hour day was set as the basic day in the Waynesboro case and rumors floated a proposed minimum living wage of forty cents an hour.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Waynesboro
Allotments Limited to Actual Dependents
Washington July 31 the bureau of war risk announced that future allotments will be paid only to actual dependents of soldiers and sailors. The move aims to speed payments to wives and other dependents. In July the bureau issued 900000 checks, lifting the overall total to nearly 5 million and an allotments total of 24000000 dollars.
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Washington
Bureau of War Risk
Bushman Weds Beverly Bayne in New York Marriage
Francis X Bushman announces his marriage to film actress Beverly Bayne in New York last Monday. He states he and Bayne are both perfectly mellow and that the union follows his recent divorce from Mrs. Josephine H. Bushman. The couple resides at Bush Manor in Green Spring Valley near Baltimore.
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Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Baltimore
New York
Francis X Bushman
Josephine H. Bushman
Bush Manor
Green Spring Valley
Selective Service Call for Entrainment in August
Provost Marshal General Crowder orders 5,308 white and 278 colored selective service men to entrain August 15 for two months of schooling at technical schools and colleges nationwide before joining the national army. Volunteers must register by August 6.
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Washington
Crowder
National Army
Austro Hungarian Attack on Italians in Cornone Sector
An Austro Hungarian force attacked Italian positions in the Cornone sector on Monday night. The assault included heavy artillery and machine gun fire but was repelled with counterattacks and no decisive breakthrough reported.
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Rome
Cornone
German General Eichorn Killed in Kiev Assassination
Reports from Amsterdam Copenhagen and London say Field Marshal von Eichorn commander of German forces in Ukrainia and his adjutant Captain Dressler were killed or seriously wounded in Kiev by a bomb during a revolutionary plot tied to Moscow. The incident follows the Mirbach murder in Moscow and signals rising anti German activity in central Russia. Boris Danski named as the alleged shooter.
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Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Hermann von Eichorn
Rman
Ukrainia
Kiev
Russia
Count von Mirbach
Moscow
Berlin
von Eichorn
Eichhorn
Captain Dressler
Eichorn
Dressler
London
Reuter
von F Eichorn
Rotterdamsche Courant
Karl Helfferich
Ryazan
Hichorn
Boris
Danski
Dresler
Beman
German Alien Would Return
Washington July 31 state department officials were informed today that George Ehret a New York brewer whose property is in the hands of A Mitchel Palmer alien property custodian has reached a Scandinavian country from Germany and has applied for a passport to return to the United States as a citizen. Whether this passport shall be issued will depend on the investigation as to Mr Ehrer's status now being made by officials of the state department and the alien property custodian.
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Washington
State Department
George Ehret
New York
United States
A. Mitchel Palmer
Germany
Ehrer
Not to Resume Picketing in Front of White House
Washington reports that suffrage advocates would resume picketing in front of the White House were denied by National Women’s party representatives. A mass meeting will be held in Lafayette Square with speeches protesting the Senate’s passage of wire control legislation and prohibition measures amid suffrage opposition.
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Washington
White House
National Women’s Party
Lafayette Square
Senate
Navy order limits bomb proof duties for sea service
Washington reports that naval pay corps officers and enlisted men are to be shifted from bomb proof jobs. The paymaster-general issued an order directing department heads to review personnel lists and identify men whose duties can be carried out by women or civilian clerks so they can be sent to sea.
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Washington
United States Navy
Belgium Report on Yser Front and Balloons Destroyed
Cables to the Belgian legation from Washington on July 31 describe intense artillery south of the Yser and patrol activity near Wieltje with 15 prisoners taken, plus a successful repulse of a German patrol at Nieuport. Sub-Lieutenant Coppens destroyed six enemy balloons during the week, three of them on July 22, bringing his total to 21 in three months.
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Belgium
Washington
Yser
Wieltje
Nieuport
Coppens
Eighteen Packers Arraigned In Federal Court Action
In New York on July 31 Eighteen of twenty two Packers and packing house employees accused of fraud in shipments to American expeditionary forces were arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Bail for Isador Frank a millionaire packer was set at 8000 with liberty bonds. Most others were held on 1000 bonds. The trial will take place.
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New York
Isador Frank
Packer
Clymer Signed By Giants May Lead Team Next Season
William J. Clymer, a prominent minor league manager who led the Louisville club of the American Association, has been signed by the New York Giants. If Manager McGraw goes to France to provide baseball for the Sammies next year, Clymer could be placed in charge of the Giants to continue the national game.
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Clymer
Giants
William J. Clymer
Louisville
American Association
New York Jants
McGraw
France
Sammies
U S Steel Profits Reach New High in Q2 1918
United States Steel reports record second quarter earnings of 62,557,391 with 52,399,483 net income after federal taxes. Dividends continued, including 13 4 on preferred and 11 4 on common plus 3 percent extra. About 19,017,375 remains after distributions.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
United States Controls Unskilled Labor Begins Tonight
United States employment service will telegraph labor quotas for war industries to state labor directors by tonight. State directors receive quotas by tomorrow and start recruitment. Each community will get a quota, with the state director chairing advisory boards of labor and employers aided by about 20,000 employment service agents nationwide.
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United States
Washington
United States Employment Service
Swift Company Plans Split of South American Business
Swift & Co. of Chicago announces plans to segregate its South American operations from domestic trade. It argues domestic meat packing profits last year were 1.4 percent of sales and says creating a separate Argentina based entity, Cia Swifte de La Plata, will improve public understanding of its business status.
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Swift Company
Chicago
Swift & Co
CIA Swifte de la Plata
Argentina
Protest Wage Standardization in Hartford Meeting
Hartford July 31 The Connecticut Manufacturers Association voted to send a seven member committee to Washington to protest the War Industries Board plan to standardize wages. About 300 members attended with sentiment favoring current local wage adjustments over uniform nationwide rates. The committee will be headed by Ralph Q Wells, a Hartford lawyer.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
War Industries Board
Ralph QO. Wells
Englishman Held For Government In New Haven Case
Englishman James Lees alias James Barrett, formerly of New Haven, was arrested by local police and held without bonds on charges understood to be government-related. Police and Department of Justice declined to discuss the case or specify the charges. The prisoner came from Canada several years ago.
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New Haven
James Lees
James Barrett Tee
Hald
Department of Justice
Canada
Boston Milk Price Hike Sought for August
Milk producers and distributors in Boston asked the regional milk commission for a two cent per quart increase for August. They seek 16 1 2 cents per quart to consumers in the Boston district with producers getting 1 1/2 cents and distributors a half cent of the rise. No decision was announced.
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Boston
Regional Milk Commission
Strike Placed Under War Labor Board for Lynn GE Plant
The secretary of labor asked the War Labor Board to take jurisdiction over the Lynn Massachusetts General Electric Co plant strike involving about 14 000 workers. Announced today.
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Lynn
Washington
National War Labor Board
Secretary of Labor
General Electric Co
Mass
Two Lieutenants Promoted at Camp Devens Mass
Camp Devens Mass July 31 Lieut Charlies F Reid of Pittsfield and Lieut Robert West were today promoted to captains and will join the new division being formed at the camp.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Charlies F. Reid
Pittsfield
Robert West
Railroad Shopmen Granted Increase
Wages for railway workers were raised by the administration in a supplement to the general order. Shopmen with four or more years’ experience earning under 55 cents per hour will rise to 68 cents, car men and second class electrical workers under 45 cents to 58 cents, with higher pay possible for skilled work. First tier experience pay scales are listed, apprentices start at 25 cents with staged increases through three years. McAdoo urges loyalty and discipline to boost output for the war effort.
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Reay Administration
McAdoo
United States
Not To Close Hotels In Canadian Rockies
Officials of the Canadian Pacific railway deny plans to close lane hotels due to weak tourist traffic. Banff and Lake Louise remain open through the season. Only one small hotel at Glacier, BC might close a Fortnight early for special reasons.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Today
Canadian Rockies
Associated Press News
Banfani Sante Louise
Glacier
B. C
Italy Welcomes U S Soldiers On Arrival Front Line
Washington July 31 American soldiers were greeted by locals in Italy with enthusiasm on their arrival. Red Cross workers shared hot coffee doughnuts and sandwiches as the column moved toward the front. Italian aviators dropped papers reading Viva Wilson along the route.
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Italy
U. S
Washington
Red Cross
Wilson
Arawanna Tribe I O R M Thrift Stamp Drive Plans
Red Men notes report the thrift stamp drive set for August 24 with arrangements nearly complete. The group voted to move meetings to Monday evenings starting in August and read a letter from the Great Sachem urging two members to maximize the drive’s success.
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Arawanna Tribe
Navy base hospital unit arrives in England
The navy base hospital contingent organized by Ray Smith of Los Angeles and under Medical Director Charles M DeValin U S N has arrived in England. The unit was recruited in Los Angeles by Dr Smith and equipped for 500 beds.
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Washington
Navy Base Hospital
Ray Smith
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles M. DeValin
England
Navy Department
Smith
War Labor Board Rejects General Minimum Wage Plan
The War Labor Board this afternoon decided against setting a general industry wide minimum wage. It announced that a fair living wage will be determined and applied on a case by case basis based on the facts of each situation.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
British Capture 14,500 Prisoners on Western Front
London officials disclosed in the house of commons that since March 21 British forces have taken 14,500 prisoners on the western front, not counting additional captives in recent days. The report notes the ongoing advance and casualty figures remain under review.
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London
Western Front
House of Commons
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company Board
Vigorous demand opened the day for Steel Common with prices rising to 108 and 108 1 2 before weakening. Gas stocks led late gains while Steel and Bethlehem declined. The market firmed again in the forenoon and closed strong with total stock sales at 355,700 shares and bonds at $5,955,000.
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New York
Steel
Brooklyn Union Gas
Consolidated Gas
Baldwin
Bethlehem Steel B
American Sumatra
Motors
Mexican Petroleum
American
Sumatra
General Motors
St. Paul Common
Baléwir
Bethehem Steel
American Telephone & Telegraph
Grain market closes lower with mixed grain and higher provisions
In Chicago, July 31 grain activity shows corn down 3 to 4 cents while oats rise 1 to 2 cents and provisions move higher. Close figures: corn July 15.33 and August 15.37 8 to 15.4, dura 77 August 681 September Park July 46.00, Sept. 45.60 with lard July 26.62, Sept. 26.62 and ribs July 24.80, Sept. 25.00.
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Chicago
The Connecticut Drive Poem by Douglas Malloch
A rugged ode to Connecticut’s forests and rivers, describing a voyage over dams and sluices to bring the forest’s wealth to the world. The speaker recalls taming the turbulent river and delivering nature’s gift from the land of spruces to distant lands.
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Connecticut
Douglas Malloch
Prohibition politics shift as revenue argues curb
Washington reports indicate wets reorganize lines to push prohibition during the current session. Proponents cite the revenue loss from liquor taxes as leverage while dry leaders warn a prohibitive tax may follow if prohibition fails. The debate centers on beer continuation and the potential $1 billion liquor tax impact next year.
East Berlin News Roundup: Visitors, Ensign School, and Storm Losses
East Berlin reports visitors Theo Helen Mildred Kelsey and Todd from Great Hill Station with Mrs H L Honis family. Elizabeth Honis visits. Walter McCrum to enter Pelham Bay ensign school August 5. A Tuesday storm struck J J McInerney’s barns, burning a silo and hay. stock was saved. Town complains of prolonged electric outages after storms.
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East Berlin
Theo Helen
Mildred Kelsey
Todd
Great Hill Station
Longland
H. L. Honis
Elizabeth Honis
Walter McCrum
Ensign School of Steam Engineering
Pelham Bay
J. J. McInerney
Street Fighting in Moscow Reported by Copenhagen
Street fighting has broken out in Moscow as Bolshevik authorities report growing hostility to Germans. The Czecho-Slav army presses toward Moscow while Irkutsk remains the only central Siberian city under soviet control. Berlin dispatches claim Russians resist German commercial penetration with resolve.
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Copenhagen
Moscow
Russia
Irkutsk
Siberia
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
No Early End Of War Opinion In Des Moines Capital
The Des Moines Capital argues there is no reason to expect a spring end to the war. It warns against believing in a swift victory and urges continued U S effort. It stresses arming, funding Liberty bonds, conserving food, and paying taxes to see the war through.
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Des Moines
Germany
United States
Balfour Sees No Peace in London Remarks in House
July 31 report from London notes Foreign Secretary A. J. Balfour told the House of Commons no enemy government offered peace proper. The dispatch mentions Alfred Wells, son of Alfred Wells, who was aboard the torpedoed ship Fire Island, arriving in safety.
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London
House of Comm
A. J. Balfour
Alfred Wells
Alfred Wiakstreet
Fire Island
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