Washington reports 131st regiment in Picardy offensive
Gen March announced in a conference with correspondents that the 131st regiment of the 32d U S division fought in the Franco British American offensive in Picardy. He cited 31 American divisions in France and noted front reductions, German trench lines, airplant questions, and debate over nicknames for American troops.
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Washington
United States
Picardy
March
France
Paris
Santerre
Marne
Parshing
Pershing
Iers
Gen Hum bert Strikes North With the French Army
Gen Hum bert shifts north with the French army after a successful right wing advance in the Oise valley. French artillery pummels treacherous ravines nicknamed Little Switzerland as Plessier and El Couvillon fall. Mustard gas flood and trench abandonments mark fierce new operations. prisoners report German morale collapse and admissions of possible defeat.
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Humbert
Oise
Switzerland
Plessier
E’couvillon
Delval
Germany
Spain and Germany Likely to Break Diplomatic Ties
Washington reports an imminent break of diplomatic relations between Spain and Germany. Spain is not expected to enter the war. Madrid shows great unrest amid food shortages and conflicting cable details. Spaniards note France and Italy, though at war, seem better off in several respects.
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Washington
Spain
Germany
Madrid
Four Hundred Forty Two Missing From French Transport Sunk
Paris reports four hundred forty two people are missing from the transport Bjemmenk sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on July 14 while under convoy. The ship carried passengers and troops. a second French steamer torpedoed July 19 caught fire and floundered with seventeen killed and three passengers missing. Nine hundred forty eight passengers were saved.
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Paris
Bjemmenk
Mediterranean
Bjemmank
Recognition of Czecho Slovaks as allies likely soon
Washington reports recognition of the Czecho Slovaks and their armies as allies of world democracy in the fight against Germany is expected soon. Britain is expected to join France and Italy in recognizing these forces, with the United States following Britain’s action.
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Washington
World Democracy
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Joke About Chief Swanson And The Shock Troops
Some boys tease Chief E. H. Swanson by saying Ernie works like a Trojan for hours and earns a couple of dollars, then visits a chiropractor to reset his back for the next day. The item is a light joke about the chief’s command and his shock troops, presented as humor rather than fact.
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E. H. Swanson
Ernie
War Savings Sales Totals for July Countywide
Postmaster W. W. Smith reports July War Savings and Thrift Stamp sales by county postmasters. District offices sold 9470.16. W. C. postoffice sold 8975.33. Total sales for July amount to 18454.49.
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W. W. Smith
W. C. Postoffice
Townley aid eyed for North Dakota farmers
Letter from Emil Djuberg, dated Aug. 11 1918 in Kindred North Dakota, urges Governor Townley to assist western farmers facing credit refusals as banks hold back on loans amid poor conditions. The writer predicts Townley will use his influence to help farmers statewide once his legislature meets.
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N. D
Percy
North Dakota
Wilkins praises North Dakota land offers during Iowa visit
A. T. Wilkins of Tabor Iowa with wife and two daughters toured Barnes county for two weeks, calling at the T. Melvin Lee home. He praised North Dakota as a land of great farming opportunities, comparing prices favorably to Iowa and noting his party logged 600 miles in the area. Wilkins plans to tell his folks back home about the prosperity he witnessed, and he described North Dakota as a favorable place for farming.
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A. T. Wilkins
T. Melvin Lee
Mr. Wilkins
Lee
Mr. Lee
North Dakota
Iowa
Wilkins
Henry Washburn
Barnes County
Tabor
Minnesota Lakes
Minneapolis
Camp Dodge
Lincoln Highway
Harold B Poole Receives Commission as Second Lieutenant
Harold B. Poole, formerly a pharmacist at Dakota Drug, earned a commission in the sanitary corps. He joined the service about a year ago and has been at St Marys base hospital Hoboken NJ. Transferred to Anniston PA he expects to go overseas soon.
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Valley City
Sanitary Corps
Harold B. Poole
Dakota Drug Store
Mr. Poole
St. Mary’s Base Hospital
Hoboken
New Jersey
Poole
A. S. Sigurdson
Rexall
Harold
Barnes County
Times-Record
Lieut
Anniston
Miss Vena Jones Wins Gossard Diploma in Chicago
Miss Vena Jones of the D. C. Chafee store returns from a week at the Gossard Post Graduating Training School in Chicago with a Gossard diploma earned after passing a strict exam in fittings advertising turnovers merchandising and salesmanship. The report notes growing physician and nurse interest in front-facing corsets. The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church Young Peoples Society sent 60 to the Red Cross. A service flag with 12 stars honors local young men who joined the armed forces.
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Vena Jones
D. C
Miss Jones
Valley City
Chaffee
Young Peoples' Society
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church Today
Red Cross
Auto Accident Near Leal North Dakota
L C Lambertson agent for Pederson Mercantile Moorhead Minn found pinned under his car between Leal and Rogers at 4 a m Wednesday unconscious likely under car for hours. He was taken back to Leal and at last reports he was getting along nicely. Mr and Mrs Ben Orlady of Jamestown registered at Rudolf Hotel yesterday Orlady a leading business man of Stutsman county capital city.
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L. C. Lambertson
Pederson Mercantile Company
Moorhead
Minn
Here
Rogers
Ben Orlady
Jamestown
Rudolf Hotel
Orlady
Stutsman County
Germans Show Unusual Jumpiness In Front
Paris Aug 14 German forces remain on the Bray-Roye Lassigny Noyon line but show unusual jumpiness along the front. They conduct small air reconnaissance raids to learn where Foch will strike next while the Allies press vital points. Military experts debate whether Foch will press gains in Picardy or keep the Germans busy elsewhere, with many favoring rapid, scattered blows to retain initiative and avoid a large autumn offensive.
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Paris
Picardy
Bray-Roye Lassigny-Noyon
Foch
German Persistence Grows With British Army Infeld
German Second and Eighteenth armies show stubborn defense as shelling rises in northern Morlancourt area and the Ancre valley. Allied forces report frequent German attacks near Bray while Rubbecht’s guns boost activity on forward fronts. Germans abandon a long train of high explosives near Caix and attempt to destroy it by shell fire.
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Morlancourt
Berancourt
Ancre
Bray
Rubbecht
Caix
Germany and Austria Offer Peace Terms to Wilson
Germany and Austria plan to propose to President Wilson a peace offer that includes self determination for Roumania Alsace Lorraine and Italian lean provinces. The move signals a renewed central powers effort to end the war and shape postwar borders.
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Germany
Austria
Washington
Wilson
Viri Ae
Roumania
Alsace-Lorraine
Pree
French drive Rodhes out at Ribecourt front
German forces retreated after French pressure from the Ribecourt sector, pulling back along a front of about three miles to the Oise line. The retreat extended to a point west of Bailly and two miles east of Ribecourt, where French troops occupied the new positions.
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Rodhes
London
Ribecourt
Oise
Bailly
Italians and Americans To Cooperate In Adriatic
Rome reports Franklin D Roosevelt says the Italian and American navies will cooperate in future Adriatic and Mediterranean operations. He emphasizes using Italian ports to relieve French-road congestion and freeing the Mediterranean from submarines. The fleets can clear the Adriatic.
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Rome
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States Navy
Italy
Roosevelt
United Press
Registration Day Set For August 24 In Draft Plan
Washington reports registration day for the American age groups 18 to 45 will occur August 24. Provost Marshal Crowder issues orders to hold the date to preempt delays if the 18 to 45 manpower bill passes. Early September registrations for 18 to 21 and 32 to 46 are planned if the bill clears.
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Washington
Marshal Crowder
Bolshevikes and Czecho Slavs clash on Volga front
Reports from Germany describe heavy fighting between Czecho Slovaks and Bolsheviks along the Volga middle, centered near Simbrisk 400 miles east of Moscow. The Soviet army reportedly totals 150,000 men and has seized Czecho Slovak vessels on the Volga cutting their link to Simbrisk.
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Amsterdam
Volga
Simbrisk
Germany
Sibbrisk
Moscow
Prince Ruppecht Uncomfortable With the British Army
An aged dispatch reports Crown Prince Ruppecht facing growing pressure on the west Somme sector as Allied forces push from Albert to Ribecourt. German generals Bermarwitz and Hutier exploit the old Somme line while Ludendorff units from guard reserves stiffen the front under heavy artillery and aerial bombardment.
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Prince Ruppecht
Somme
Messe-Noyon Canal
Albert
Ribecourt
Bermarwitz
Hutier
Ludendorf
High Command
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