Three Million Men to Be Landed in War Zone by June 1919
Washington reports the administration's manpower bill calls for more than three million American troops in France by June 30 next year with eighteen divisions in training at home. General March said the program aims to place up to 2.3 million more men in France by June and to center U S forces on the western front, with President Baker and Secretary Baker stressing rapid mobilization to win the war.
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Sunk American schooner Dorothy Barrett near Cape May
News reports say the American schooner Dorothy Barrett was sunk by shell fire from a German submarine off Cape May. Seaplanes and submarine chasers bombarded the area as the submersible submerged after the attack, with depth charges and fire noted but no wreckage found. Heavy firing off North Carolina coast is also reported as a German submarine operates nearby.
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Germans Draw Back Ten Save Manpower
In France, Aug 15, the Hebuterne salient largely disappeared as German retirement allowed British advances toward Bucquoy. Ludendorff’s order to give ground to save manpower is cited. French troops report gains on the Lassigny Massif and continued pressure along the Oise and Somme fronts as Allied forces push back German positions in Picardy and near Roye and Lassigny. The morning review notes German withdrawals, French advances near Noyon, and sustained artillery duels across the region.
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Strikers and Troops Clash in Montevideo Tragedy
In Montevideo on August 13, two strikers were killed and several others wounded as clashes erupted between strikers and troops after an announced move to operate from cars drew large crowds. Police offered no details on the number of injuries amid ongoing disorders tied to the general strike.
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Twelve Thousand Men Called For Limited Service
On August 15 1940 draft quotas were announced by Provost Marshal General Crowder calling 31 states to provide 112 900 white registrants for limited military service for entrainment on August 2 and 31. Quotas included 250 from Iowa 150 from South Dakota and 150 from Nebraska to Camp Dodge. Dean Edward E Nicholson of the University of Minnesota was named regional director for the Students Army Training Corps covering Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Michigan.
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Victories in France Stir People to Action
AMSTERDAM August 15. Soviet troops begin evacuation of Moscow as Czech and Allied forces gain reach. Russian peasants rally toward Czecho Slovaks. peasants reinforce lines from Siberia to Moscow and Archangel. reports say Petrograd flee to Konstadt. Japanese plan rapid resistance to Czech Slovaks with forces from Vladivostok toward Harbin. Officials note anti German sentiment rising. transport lines and railways become focal points amid broader Allied victories in France.
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Czecho-Slovaks In Danger As Siberian Fronts Falter
A Vladivostok dispatch warns Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia face cut off unless aid arrives as equipment shortages rack between the Volga region and Lake Baikal. British recognition, urged by The Daily Telegraph, would back a separate Czecho-Slovak state post Austria. The Socialist party urges global worker support for Trevo f om, endorsing Soviet recognition amid Allied plans. British troops marching toward the front are cheered by Czech troops at the Usur front near Khabarovsk, where Czechs have clashed with Bolsheviks.
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Retreat Specialist Commanding on The Somme Front
PAIS Aug 1 reports General von Tivtn has been appointed to supreme German command on the Somme front the move seen as highly significant by newspapers. The withdrawal north of Albert is described as the first major use of this new command structure, with von Boch and the Eighth Army bearing the brunt of Allied pressure as they pull back toward the Vesle.
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Roosevelt Answers Note of Condolence in 1917 Style
Col Roosevelt replies to a condolence note after the death of Quentin Roosevelt. The message expresses regret and vows to consider harsh measures against rebels, while contemporaries discuss the Moscow situation and possible Czech-Slovak tensions.
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