War Measures Cut Domestic Beer as Belligerent Actions Grow
The food administration announced prohibition of domestic beer production after December 1 as a war measure amid fuel, food, and transport curtailments. Other items note Chicago bomb deaths, IWW raids, alien property actions, mass draft arrests in New York, wage hikes for railroad workers, and ongoing Allied advances in Europe with German setbacks.
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United States
Food Administration
Wilson
Fuel, Food and Railroad Administrations
War Industries Board
Federal
Chicago
American trans-Atlantic Company
United States Shipping Board
A. Mitchell Palmer
New York City
McAdoo
Allied advance and German retreat across the western front
The week-long fighting along the western front ends with a broad Allied push from Ypres to Reims as the Germans retreat. Mangin and Humbert push toward Laon and Chauny while Haig clears positions near Peronne Mont St Quentin and Douai. American, British, and French forces seize towns, halt German lines, and prepare for further offensives amid Bolshevik concerns and global war developments.
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Berlin
Brandenburg
Ypres
Rheims
Noyon
Vesle
Aisne
Soissons
Haig
Coucy
Laon
Mangin
Flanders
Scarpe
Peronne
Hindenburg
Bapaume-Cambrai
Somme
George F. von Hertling
Krommenie
North Holland
Pont-a-Mousson
Kaiser Bill
Edward W. Pickard
Ypres Reims
Vesle River
Reims
Fismes
Fismette
Ailette
Chemin Des Dames
Anizy
Craonne
Clemency
Bray
Missy-sur-Aisne
St. Gobain Forest
Chauny
la Fere
Humbert
Guiscard
Maucourt
Mont St. Simeon
Canal du Nord
Bethancourt
British advance on Vermand front in war update
London reports British troops have reentered their pre war defense line on the southern Vermand Epehy sector as they press forward. More than 19 000 prisoners were taken in France during the first week of September amid repulsed local attacks near Ploegsteert and Wulverghem with no other major developments on the front.
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Houston
Texas
Wilson
Senate
Alabama
State Public Service Commission
Montgomery Traction Company
City Commission
War Industries Board
Petrograd
Cromie
Moscow
Moislans
Neuville
Hindenburg
Drocourt
Queant
Douai
Cambrai
Picardy
Fee
Lys
Armentieres
Neuve Chapelle
Laventie
March
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Voormezeele
Ploegsteert Village
Messines
Givenchy
France
England
Italy
Siberia
London
Vermand-Epehy
Vermand
Helbecourt
Epehy
Ploegsteert
Wulverghem
French Reach Fringe of St Gobain Forest
Paris reports French forces have captured Mennessis four miles north of Tergnier along the St Quentin canal. Farther south they progress to the northern edge of the St Gobain forest near Servais, with the action centered north of the Oise and along the canal.
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Paris
Mennessis
Tergnier
T. Quentin Canal
St. Gobain Forest
Servais
Oise
American Troops Capture Muscourt Village in WWI
General Pershing announces the capture of Muscourt by American forces south of the Aisne with about 60 prisoners. Section A notes a slight advance and repelled hostile raids in Woevre, plus a raiding party in Alsace causing enemy losses. Section B awards the Distinguished Cross to Albert N. Elsen and Clayton N. Moore for gallantry on July 6, 1918 near Hilsensirt, France.
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Washington
Muscourt
Pershing
War Department
Aisne
Woevre
Alsace
Albert N. Elsen
Hilsensitst
France
Clayton N. Moore
Hilsensirst
Plans for railroad employee pension and insurance
Plans for uniform compensation of injured workers and dependents of railroad employees are being considered. Officials hope retirement on pension after a long service and affordable life, health, and accident insurance may also be arranged.
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Ind
Allied French British advance meets stubborn German resistance
Paris dispatch reports Allied forces pushing along the Cambrai St Quentin Laberte Unity le Chateau Chermin Des Dames front with heavy artillery and stubborn enemy resistance. Latest advices indicate the enemy plans a stand along this line amid continued fighting.
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Paris
Cambra
St. Quentin
Laberte
Unizy-le-Chateau
Chermin-Des-Dames
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Department of Justice
Marshal Haig
Hindenburg Line
Oise-Ailette
Entente
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Russia
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Archangel
Lya Sector
Bolsheviks
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Combles
Morval
Courcelette
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Litionoff
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Volga
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Semenoff
Onon
Ussuri
Graves
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Esthonim
Finland
Esthenia
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