Allied Pressure Grows Around Crown Prince Army Front
Washington reports steady advance on the Aisne-Marne front with 15 German divisions entering the fight south of Soissons. General March says the Germans risk being pocketed if the Sesmes to Fere-en-Tirdinois railway falls, while weather and air activity improve for the Allies.
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Washington
Ajisne-Marne Salient
General March
Soissons
Sesmes
Fere-en-Irdenois
Salient
Rheims
Osuial
March
Flanders
Nureas
National Army
Aisne-Marne
Associated Press
Treasury Sets Fourth Liberty Loan Drive Dates
The treasury plans the fourth Liberty loan campaign for three weeks from September 28 to October 19. The decision covers the period spanning the end of September to mid October.
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Washington
Treasury
Secretary to Seek Draft Age Change and Mobilization Plan
On July 24 Secretary Baker announced that upon reconvening Congress he would present his plan for new appropriations and modifications to draft ages. He signaled a somewhat larger military mobilization and a broader mobilization strategy.
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Washington
Draft Instruction Plan For Selectives Prepares Army Candidates
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces nationwide boards to instruct class one registrants before draft. Local boards appoint boards of instruction to prepare selectives to be loyal, intelligent, clean, and sober for rapid military education and camp life, coordinating with existing defense committees.
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General Crowder
Crowder
Sentimnet
Board of Instruction
Aex
War Councils of Defense
Rocal Board
Board of
Instrugiie
Feasib
Selectiy Service Board
Boards of Instruction
KE. H. Chrowder
City Council Orders Inspection for August Water Safety
The council approves an August water shed inspection at Jamestown to guard against typhoid risk. They confirm Main street water-lower work from Washington to Commerce and set due assessments. A hearing date is sought for the Jarrell hotel building condemned by authorities.
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Jamestown
High Point
Warlowe
Main Street
Washington
Commerce
Neil Con
Jarrell Hotel
Jarrell
Jewish Welfare Board Calls for Old Magazines and Books
The Jewish Welfare Board asks readers to donate old magazines and books for use in soldiers camps. Contact the undersigned by phone or in person to arrange collection and delivery.
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Jewish Welfare Board
American and Allied Forces Press Marne Advance
American troops crossed the Marne between Chartroves and Gland east of Chateau Thierry and captured Barbillon wood. French forces extended their line with two crossings at Mery and Courcelles under heavy fire while Germans used gas shells. French progress reached eight miles depth with 400 German prisoners captured between the Oureq and the Marne.
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Marne
London
Chartroves
Gland
Chateau Thierry
Barbillon
Mery and
Courcelles
Paris
Breny
Rocourt
le Charme
Chartores
Epidts
Barbillon Wood
Oureq
Aisne
Yester
Soissons
Rheims
100 Cannon Taken in Aisne Marne Drive
General Pershing reports fresh American success on the Aisne Marne front with over 6 000 prisoners taken and 100 cannons captured. The tally also notes many trench mortars and machine guns seized as American divisions press their advance. Officials estimate Saturday's 17 000 prisoner figure includes French and American captures.
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Washington
Aisne
The
Marne
Pershing
War Department
Aisne-Marne
Automatic soldiers and German capitulation reported
London dispatch describes a Danish patent for an automatic soldier a steel cylinder manned by wireless control firing 400 shots from a height of 18 inches and hidden until rising. Paris notes the German rout on the Asne Marne front as American troops surge forward bulldog tenacity evident in surrender and pursuit.
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London
Associated Press
Whole War a Hohenzollern Family Affair Says Cohn
Socialist Cohn argues in Berlin interviews that the war is a Hohenzollern family affair and claims Berlin’s policies created new states in Russia. He says German soldiers misused as tools for conquest and warns of Europe suffering if the line of princes prevails.
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London
Socialist Cohn
Berlin
States
Russia
Europe
Eight San Diego sailors still unaccounted for
Washington reports 24 of 59 missing from the armored cruiser San Diego sunk off Fire Island. Navy officials expect further reports to lower the count with hopes only three fatalities from the explosion. Names include Watters a fireman from Gainesville Ga among those unaccounted.
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San Diego
Washington
Jay
Fire Island
N. Y
Navy Department
Watters
Gainesville
No New Dress urged to aid Liberty Bond drive
Chicago reports women pledge to enroll one million in selling one half of the fourth Liberty Loan of six billion dollars. Miss Ella Flagg Young presided at the conference urging thrift with slogans like no new dresses and no new hat ornaments. Women leaders aim to improve on the prior loan where women handled forty percent of sales.
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Chicago
United States
National Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee
Alogan
Ella Flagg Young
W. G. McAdoo
National Committee
A. 8. Baldwin
San Francisco
Frank A. Vanderlip
Sher
Pershing Praises Wounded Soldiers In Paris
General Pershing spoke to wounded Americans in American Red Cross hospitals in Paris. He told each warded unit that the country is proud of them and that they had fought splendidly, praising their performance and urging them to continue their high standards.
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Pershing
Paris
Associated Press
High Point Route 4 Notices and Local News Highlights
Local items report Kate Sink wedding to Rev. Victor H. Harrell of Columbia S C and family updates. War effort notes urge home front conservation, crop conditions discuss wheat threshing and rain impact, plus community events at Friedland Church and Peach Hill writer visits.
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Kate Sink
Charlie Sink
Victor H. Harrell
Columbia
S.C
D. E. Clodfelter
Edward
High Point
R. M. Clodfelter
Wilmer Clodfelter
Vi Clodfelter
John Hampton
Friedland Church
Peach Hill
Herbert Hedgecock
Stone Brothers
Harrison Yekely
Route 5
Winston
R. V. Clodfelter
Jerry Clodfelter
Mashey Hines
Notorious Distiller Farrington Apprehended After Flight
Sheriff and Deputy pursued Tom Farrington in Yadkin County after reports of a notorious distiller peddling liquor. Farrington was eventually captured days later with a Ford roadster carrying contraband liquor, including a copper tank hidden under the car. He fled during the initial arrest but was later stopped by pursuing officers.
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Zachary
Yadkin County
Wagner
Tom Farrington
Yadkin Couty
Farrington
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Gott
Vrigny
Rhems
War Office
Brirey River
Persh’ng
Maine
Albert
Lane Sechrest
A. J. Robbins
Welborn Furniture Co
D. C. Leonard
Lincolnton
Mr. Leonard
W. C. Beavans
Rabinowitz
H Harris
Brother
Palm Beach
Peony Bros
Burl Lambeth
Loflin
Save Books
Temps
Asne-Marne
Route 4
Mary A. Clodfelter
T. W. Farrington
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