Germans Reach Marne In Major Offensive Across Front
After a 33 day pause Germans renew drive from Chateau Thierry to Massiges and east of Rheims. They cross the Marne at multiple points while American troops engage and counter attack along a 65 mile front. French reports say losses are small and guns remain with allies.
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Rheims
London
France
Ynrente
Gering
Oise
Chateau-Thierry
Massiges
Marne
Dorman
French War Office
Cambrai
Paris
French Counter Attacks Halt German Gains in Marne Offensives
Paris reports say German troops threw fresh forces into the Marne front with attacks along all lines. French counter attacks retook ground in the Bouquigny woods and Courton forest while German assaults near Rheims and Prunay failed. German losses are tallied around 700,000 to date with high casualties.
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Paris
Marne
War Office
Bourdonnire
Bouqueny
Hems
Courton Wood
Virgny
Rheims
Prunay
Pegion
London
France
American Troops Reclaim Sossoy and Crezancy Front Towns
American forces retake Sossoy and Crezancy south of the Marne after German forces crossed the river and captured them yesterday. Army units report securing the towns as part of ongoing operations along the front. The action follows heavy fighting and aims to stabilize positions in the sector.
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Lowdon
Sossoy
Crezancy
Marne
Kennedy Dies at Home at 79. Rites Thursday
Olin S. Kennedy of this city died Tuesday night at 9 30. He was 79 and longtime resident. Survived by wife and five children. Funeral set Thursday at 3 pm from Pleasant Grove church with burial in Pleasant Grove cemetery.
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J. S. Kennedy
Olin S. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Pleasant Grove
Rinetit
Americans Repulse German Offensive East of Rheims
Dispatches report the German attack along the Marne and near Rheims largely failed. American forces conducted a counterattack on a German salient and disrupted their advance with heavy machine gun and infantry fire, forcing retreats at multiple points. A courier pigeon for the enemy was shot down east of Chateau Thierry.
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Marne
Chateau- Thierry
Rheims
Secret marriage of Mamie Louise Brown and Ray A White
Miss Mamie Louise Brown and Ray A White married secretly on March 1. Bride is daughter of U S Commissioner W G Brown. groom son of J E White, both of this city. Editor and family visited relatives near Brown Summit. dinner and supper described as excellent.
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Mamie Louise Brown
Ray A. White
U. S
W. G Brown
J. E. White
W. L. Smith
Nannie Bowman
Brown Summit
Son of Ex-President Killed in French Air Battle
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt youngest son of former President Roosevelt was killed in action in France near Chateau Thierry. He flew 13 American aircraft in a mission and shot down seven Germans before two enemy planes turned on him. His mother and Col Theodore Roosevelt expressed pride in his service.
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Paris
Quentin Roosevelt
United States
Havas
Phillip Roosevelt
Chateaul Thierry
Quentin
le Journal
Roosevelt
Chateau-Thierry
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
L’e Quentin Roosevelt
France
President Signs War Wire Control Resolution
President Wilson today signed a measure authorizing him to take over and operate telegraph, telephone, cable and radio lines for the duration of the war. The act grants centralized control over communications nationwide.
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Wire Co
Washington
Wilson
Wire Central
Exemption Board Accepts 37 New Registrants in Draft
The exemption board examined 46 men today and accepted 37 as new registrants in class one awaiting general service. Of those accepted 27 were white and 10 were negro, with names including Joseph A. Johnson and William Sawyer among others. Mrs J F Taylor is seriously ill and confined to bed for seven months.
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Exemption Board
Joseph A. Johnson
Rowland Poe
Curtis A. Yarborough
Charlie L. George
James May
Ira B. Dunn
Abram Bones
Bryan Yarborough
I. Sneed
John T. Crissel
John F. Stoner
Wills L. Pacrer
Roy H. Davis
Oscar H. # json
Earl B. Steed
Ernest
T.melvin H. Harmon
Julius E. J
Walter G. Kirkman
John J. Clarence Bolling
William E.rth
Raymond E. Clinard
Oscar ’. Freeman
Gurney M. Pierce
Oscar Hadden
David T. Yow
William Sawyer
Herbert Evans
James O. Douglas
Henry G. Staten
James Thomas
Cleveland Coggins
Lonney Ingram
Emmett Tate
Floyd Rudd
Samuel Welles
J. F. Taylor
Mas
J. Greefyboro
Old Jarre Hotel Building Condemned Fire Trap
North Carolina deputy insurance commissioner W. A. Scott inspected downtown buildings and condemned the old Jarre Hotel as a fire trap. The city council had already condemned it. owners Dyer Brothers appealed. Occupants were warned to vacate and tear-down was delayed pending court judgment after the July 20 deadline.
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W. A. Scott
North Carolina
Scott
Jarre
Dyer Brothers
A. M. Idol
Sugar Regulations Clarified For Canners Ingram Explains
Food administrator L J Ingram tells Enterprise readers that sugar rules for canning have been misunderstood by many housewives. He notes a goal of maximum canning with minimal sugar and cites Mrs Jane S McKaninon advising one pound sugar per 16 quarts of fruit. Certificates for required sugar available from the Raleigh division and county administrators will permit buying the full amount needed.
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Laval
L. J. Ingram
Food Administration
Enterprise
Jane 8
Ee Ty
Henry “A. Page
Sugar Division
Raleigh
Opportunity Offered to Desirable Immigrants
Citizens' Patriotic committee of High Point asks Senators Simmons and Overman and Congressman Stedman to bring in up to 1,000 unemployed foreigners to work in textiles and other light jobs. They pledge homes, clothing, and wages to support war production and Liberty bonds while aiding displaced people from France.
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Simmons and Overman
Stedman
High Point
Patriotic Committee of Citizens
France
Citizens’ Patriotic Committee
Soldiers Ready for General Service Call After Exam
Local board declares 34 registrants passed exams and placed in class one for possible general service. Of those examined, 27 white and seven Black registrants passed, with named individuals listed and liable for call at any time.
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Scott C. Winders
Andrew Stevenson
Early L. Bowman
Dossey C. Phillips
D. H. Hall
Thomas M. Hill
William Hedgecock
Jesse M. Campbell
John M. Farlow
Clay Moore
J. W. Richardson
Wiley W. Spencer
Hugh Brown
William F. Kaney
Herbert Nails, Jr
Robert W. Brackett
van B. Holt
John Bain
Jesse O. Vincannon
James L. Isom
Earnest Parsons
Clamle L. Sechrest
Luther Farlow
Edgar L. Greene
Clemmons Bodenhammer
Adolphus E. Martin
John King
Joseph Tussey
Lee Maynard
Holly Pethel
Alfred Admas
Kederon Greene
Lindsay Reid
Administratrix Notice for Armetus H. Cox Estate
Olive Spencer Cox administratrix of the estate of Armetus H. Cox de ceased calls all debtors to pay and all claimants to present proof by July 15 1919 or be barred from recovery. This notice dated July 3 1918.
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Armetus H. Cox
Superior Court
Guilford County
Olive Spencer Cox
Personal notices and ads mix from Spokane publication
A William Pell in Spokane joins Home Banking Co while wartime sentiments appear. The page catalogues several ads for furniture and clearance sales from Beavans, Efird, Welborn, Gilmer Bros. Co, and Loflin. It notes a Burtner Furniture Co. son killed in action in France and mentions cures attributed to 666 tonic.
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Lelia Pell
Spokane
Home Banking Co
America
Hun
Barber Furniture Co
Beavans
Efird
Burtner
Burtner Furniture Co
France
Welborn Furniture Co
Gilmer Bros. Co
Americans Capture Complete Brigade Staff at Marne Bend
On the Marne front during a counter-attack by American forces, about 1,500 German prisoners were taken. The haul includes a complete brigade staff, indicating a sizable Allied success near the bend on the Marne.
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Marne
Bend On the Marne
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Enis
High Eoipt
Simmons
Overman
Reapo
Piedmont Ridge
Loflin
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