Allied Gains On Macedonian Front Reported
Allied forces from Serbia, Greece, and France pushed about twelve miles into the front, seizing Oates plateau and villages including Kuchkovkamen Polchichte Villiche Melynitra and Rasimbey. British, French, and Greek troops claim robust advances and prisoner captures as Bulgarian reinforcements are repelled.
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War Office
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Kuchkovkamen
Polchichte
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Melynitra
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American Ace David E. Putnam Killed in Action
David E. Putnam, leading American ace with nine victories and a descendant of General Israel Putnam, was killed in action on the Lorraine front near St. Mihiel. He died after engaging seven German Fokkers and was buried near a field of buttercups, beside Raoul Lufbery. In Texas, Second Lieutenants James L. McKeever and John M. Wideman were killed when their plane crashed near Fort Worth, with plans to send their bodies home announced.
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New York City
John M. Widenham
Los Angeles
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Many Austrians on French Front
Captured officers report seventeen Austro-Hungarian divisions mobilized along the French front with training in Alsace Lor raine behind the Hindenburg line. They say fresh troops like Americans with tanks can smash defenses, while Germans used dummy guns to mislead Allied observers. Austria’s peace offer is forgotten among the front line troops.
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Hindenburg
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Bitter political fight brews over campaign expenditure inquiry
Washington September 19 the senate privileges and elections committee met in secret to consider the Pomerene resolution for investigations of campaign expenditures. Republicans oppose a favorable report claiming the move is political and aimed at discrediting Republican candidate Henry Ford in the democratic contest. The plan would allow the Democratic majority to choose which cases to probe, including primary spending in southern states and Michigan.
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Privileges and Elections Committee
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Police Hero Captures Burglary Suspect in Ferocious Battle
Detective Sergeant Paul Bolum earns local fame for a daring confrontation with Max Miller during a gold coast home robbery. Miller fired on Bolum yet Bolum closed in, subdued the bandit, and secured his capture after Miller taunted police with telephonic transmissions.
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Max Miller
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Bolum
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Amendment to Revenue Bill Moves Through House
Washington reports that the $8.18 billion revenue bill advances with key amendments pending. Leaders predict a vote by week’s end though specifics like an occupational tax and cotton bale tax remain unsettled. Green’s child labor proposal and soap and billboard provisions are among items to be decided as the Ways and Means Committee lends support to the measure’s main features.
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House
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Schumann-Heinck’s Vollée Gone
Madame Ernes tine Schumann-Heinck loses her voice while resting at Michael Reese hospital after a return from California. Doctors say only complete rest can restore it following a severe cold contracted on the trip. the prima donna sang before thousands of army soldiers, overtaxing her voice.
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Vollée
Chicago
Ernestine Schumann-Heinck
Michael Reese
California
Take The Long View on Food Production Policy
Sir William Goode of the British Ministry of Food urged the Consumers' Council in London to take the long view on food production. He warned that maintaining high production is essential and that cheap prices now risk shortages later, calling such a policy a fool's benefaction.
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Consumers’ Council
London
Bar le Duc Declares Three Day Celebration for American Victory
Paris dispatch reports Bar le Duc mayor orders a three day town celebration to honor the American victory at St Mihiel and to show goodwill toward Americans. Local authorities emphasize civic pride and allied cooperation during the period.
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Bar le Duc
St. Mihiel
New Term for Death in Doughboy Lingo From France
In a Paris to Aug. 31 dispatch by mail, a WWI writer notes that American soldiers avoid the words dead or killed. They say got it to mean death and refer to wounded as hit, with qualifiers like bad or not much. Buddy conversations reveal many men were hit, few badly.
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France
Old Buck
Steve
Ork
Harrison Family 100 Percent in War Effort
Carter H Harrison Jr heads to France to serve as a divisional director for the Red Cross in the war zone. He hopes his assignment brings him into the front lines to directly assist troops. Edson Manierre, former mayor's son in law, and Carter’s father are lieutenants while Mrs Harrison engages in active war work at Camp Mills.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Harrison
France
Red Cross
Carter H. Harrison, Jr
Edson Manierre
New Haven Weather Forecast Unsettled With Local Showers
Forecast for New Haven and vicinity calls for unsettled weather tonight and Friday with partly cloudy conditions in Connecticut. A trough of low pressure extends from Lake Michigan to Maine causing showery weather in the Lake region and New England. Fog along the north Atlantic coast reported. pleasant in southern and western districts. Observations list several cities with varying cloudiness and temps.
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