Overseas Troops Airlifted as U S Forces Reach Front Line
Washington reports that more than one million four hundred thousand American soldiers have shipped overseas under General March. The good division comprising Georgia Alabama and Tennessee troops engages near Toul on the Wesley front with artillery and raids. Official reports via the Spanish embassy show no evidence of mistreatment of prisoners, as treatment reportedly standardizes.
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Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
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Toul
Wesley
Jine
Germany
Brazil and Allies Ask Poland’s Freedom Stand
Rio de Janeiro Aug 19 Brazil has been invited by the Entente allies to outline its position on restoring Poland’s independence as a condition of peace. The foreign minister said Brazil would not compromise on Poland’s freedom and has chosen the right path, with no alternative routes before it.
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Rio
de Janiero
Brazil
Poland
Senate to Take Up Power Bill Thursday
Washington August 19 The Senate will take up the power bill next Thursday after clearing a three for action. The fragment notes refrigeration and power topics as part of the upcoming agenda.
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Senate
Washingtos. de
War Department Plans In France With June 30 Target
The fragment indicates a wartime note about the War Department planning or scheduling activities in France with a target date of June 30. It is a terse government memo style snippet.
Allied notes warn of continued war effort and draft expansion
Amsterdam reports on Admiral Hintze criticizing Entente peace hopes and urging persistence in the war. Washington announces a plan to register 2,000,000 new workers for the draft as Congress prepares to extend age limits, with urgent steps to ready local boards and state offices for the enrollment.
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Amsterdam
von ‘Hintze
The
Frankfort:Gazette
Lloyd, George
Cleménceaurg
Crowder
Congress
Cass
France
Crowder Calls for 5709 White Crowder Enlistment Plan
In a wartime appeal Crowder orders five thousand seven hundred nine registrants and aides to report for training at designated centers. Enlistment runs through August with voluntary options, leading to assignments at universities in Georgia and South Carolina for initial processing and corps training.
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Washington
Crowder
Furniss
Grammy
Georgia
South
Carolina
Columbia
French Army Penetrates Deep Into German Front Near Roye
French tenth army advances through a key sector between the Oise and Aisne rivers penetrating to nearly two miles depth. German machine gunners resist as St Hardlestriot near Roye falls. Bouraignes taken south of St Mard.
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Germany
Oise
Ajne
St. Hardlestriot
Roye
Bouraignes
St. Mard
French Capture Large Sector Front in Recent Operations
Reports say French forces advanced about six miles along the entire front with the plateau west of Hampel occupied. The thrust extended northwest to Fontenoy and along a ravine south of Andignicourt, capturing seventeen hundred prisoners including two battalion commanders.
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Hampel
Fontenoy
French Troops Advance To Depth Of Two Miles
A wartime dispatch reports French troops advancing to a depth of two miles and taking several villages. The update dated August 19 notes progress against opposing forces with multiple villages captured.
Weather Man recalls August heat record and old tales
An eccentric tale links a sweltering August with a legendary prediction by the Weather Man. Old Mark arrives with a sizzling wave. John Kendrick recalls a myth about a thermometer reaching 1000 degrees and falling mercury near Broad Street and the Masonic Building in a hazy past.
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Weather Bureau
Broad
Cgtreet
John Kendrick
Saya
Ptolemy
Upper Nile
Ptioremy
Tairy Atland
Alten
French forces advance toward Oise region near Ribecourt
Advices from the front report French troops penetrating toward the village Lehammelen and the hills west of the Oise, northwest of Ribecourt. The fighting today shows French momentum against German positions between Lassigny and the line northward toward the front.
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London
Lehammelen
Oise
Ribecourt
Lassigny
British Army Holds Ridge In France After Counterattack
British troops after seizing Outtersteing ridge in front of Mortis beat off a fierce German counter assault. More than five hundred Germans were captured as fighting along the new front continued with shelling and bombing in the rear areas. No organized enemy attacks against the new British outposts have succeeded.
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France
Outtersteing Ridge
Fomme
British take prisoners and repel German counter at Lys
London reports British forces near Merville and Lys salient advancing further. Fifty prisoners and a few machine guns captured. A German counter attack between Cutterstein and Meteren was broken up by British artillery fire.
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London
Merville
Lys Salient
Cutterstein
Meteren
Violent Artillery Actions Reported Near Avre
Paris reports that during the night there were violent artillery actions to the north and south of the Avre, according to the war office.
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Paris
Avre
Fire Destroys Much of Barn on North Dawson Street
A severe afternoon thunderstorm caused a fire that destroyed most of Mr. J. H. Flowers’ barn on North Dawson Street. The city pumper failed at the hydrant, stalling water flow, and muddy broken street blocked access. With two streams of water, the blaze was stopped before full destruction.
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J. H. Flowers
Dawson
Dawson’ Street
Porter
Tate
Railroad Employees Ordered to Show Courtesy to Public
Washington Aug 19 government director general McAdoo ordered railroad workers to treat the public with courtesy and to stop excuses for delays with the plea Uncle Sam is running the railroads now. The public be damned policy will not be tolerated.
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Washington, D.C
McAdoo
Sam
Pot Oley
German Press Seeks to Bolster Courage at Home
Paris reports the German press assures readers a general retreat may be needed on the western front to give General Ludendorff room to maneuver. They say even with Austrian reinforcements Germany has lost the power to control events as General Foch gains initiative.
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Paris
Ludendorff
Austria
Foch
LeHomme
America
Japanese papers protest riots and censorship in Tokyo
Tokyo papers report government bans on printing rice riot progress and a lack of provincial news. A ministerial statement says authorities are assured the disorders are steadily abating as proprietors organize in response.
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Tokio
Mizunb
British Air Forces Strike Deep Behind Enemy Lines
London reports on a week of aerial warfare showing German losses of 339 planes with 123 British planes missing. British bombers hit German airfields railways and fortifications dropping over 320 tons of bombs and aiding Allied offensives on the Amiens-Roye front.
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Albert
Amiens-Roye Road
Germany
Chinese Floods Take Heavy Toll of Life
The Tung Kiang river flood leaves about five thousand homeless and two hundred fifty thousand without proper food, per the American Red Cross report. Hong Kong observers note the disaster hit on a Saturday in August with delayed confirmation.
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Hong Kong
Tung Kiang
American Red Cross
Editors Denounce Prohibition on Riot News Publication
Editors condemn a government order banning riot news as unconstitutional interference with free speech. The Constitutional party calls the measure harmful for suppressing news of national and social importance, while residents fear the rice question will become political.
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Constitutional Party
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