Union Men Lose Jobs With W U Telegraph Company
In St Louis a total of 21 men were locked out with 25 more slated for discharge by the Western Union Telegraph Company. The move sparked talk of a wire facilities tie up as keymen protested. government action was not yet taken. Burleson prepared a statement on union rights and company policy amid government control.
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St. Louis
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wilson
Burleson
George A. Smith
France
Western Union
Tmyrself
America
Washington
Burfeson
Burjeson
Soldier Receives Twenty Year Court Martial Sentence
Camp McClellan Alabama August 2 Private James L. Grissom Battery F Eighth Field Artillery received a twenty years sentence by court martial for sleeping on post.
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Camp McClellan
Anniston
Als
James L. Grissam
Battery F
Eighth Field Artillery
Allied Advance Threatens German Front Across Vesle Line
Charlton notes a broad Allied push between the Aisne and Marne, with French American and British forces gaining miles and 35 000 German prisoners since July 15. The drive tightens around Soissons and the Vesle corridor, captures Goussancourt near Meuniere wood, and shifts strategic ground forcing a deeper German retreat.
Dough Boys Bayonet Charge on Marne Front
Eight German planes downed by American aviators led by Lieut. Donald Hudson near Fere en Tardenois. American fliers and ground troops, including several named servicemen, repelled German thrusts east of Fere en Tardenois as bayonet charges tested American defenses along the Ourcq sector.
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Fere-en- Tardennois
Henry G. Wales I
N. S
Marne
Donald Hudson
Kansas City
Ivan A. Roberts
Massachusetts
Ruliff Nevina
Los Angeles
Cal
Robert Oates
Spartanburg
Harold Buckles
Manchester Nh
Hudson
Fere-en-Tardennais
Austrian plan to settle front by New Year
London Aug 2 The Austrian command aims to settle the campaign by New Year. German shock troops have been largely eliminated and observers think the Germans will struggle to hold on the Vesle after further advances on the Aisne Marne front.
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Earl C. Reeves
I. N.S
London
Aisne-Marne
German Peace and Freedom Demands Grow Louder
Zurich reports rising calls for peace and political freedom in Germany as newspapers voice unrest. Dispatches quote the Frankfort Gazette that the war drags on and Americans cross the ocean, while Schwabische Tagblatt argues Germany cannot win with half free and half bureaucratic rule.
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Zurich
Germany
Frankfort
The
Gazette
American Legion
Schwabische Tagkacht
van, Flettling
Schaffenhausen
Balfour Warns Against Weakening War Aims
London reports Foreign Secretary A J Balfour declares in the House of Commons that civilization risks bankruptcy if world catastrophe recurs and urges no dilution of aims to secure a lasting peace. Lord Robert Cecil adds arbitration suits only smaller disputes.
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
League of Nations
Lord Robert Cecil
Foreign Office
Crowder Calls 1084 Men from Hawaii for Service
Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a call for 1 084 white selective men from the Territory of Hawaii for general military service. They will entrain for Fort Armstrong Honolulu on August 12.
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Washington
Crowder
Territory of
Hawaii
Fort Armstrong
Honolulu
Subway Chaos Delays Thousands in New York Inauguration
Police reserves led the opening of New York subway service as thousands, mostly women, were 30 minutes to two hours late to work. The rush caused widespread scrambling for trains and a demoralized tube system from Battery to the Bronx.
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New York
Battery
Bronx
Garfield's Efforts Praised By War Secretary for Mercer County Miners
Secretary of War Baker commends Fuel Administrator Garfield for conveying thanks to 140 retired Mercer County Pennsylvania miners who returned to work for the war effort. He calls them heroes of the pick and lauds the spirit of free government.
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Washington
Baker
Garfield
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
Thrift Stamp Sales for July Break Records
Washington reports total war savings and thrift stamp sales reached a record $211,617,942.61, exceeding per capita expectations. Cumulative sales to date amount to $518,510,334.03 with a maturity value of $624,711,245. The Treasury Department released the figure today.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Allied Advance Near Ville-en-Tardenois Creates Strategic Pressure
Allied forces press three miles beyond the Big Front line as capture of Ville-en-Tardennais looms. Critics predict a slow retreat of German forces toward the Vesle River while harassing fire targets key rail points and progress continues steadily.
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Ville-en-Tardennais
Vesle
Allies drive forward near Soissons and Rheims in major advance
Allied forces push from Soissons toward Rheims gaining ground on northern Fere-en-Tardenois heights and pressing through Fismes Bazoches and Braisne while German retirements toward the Vesle river are analyzed by critics. French and British lines extend toward the Crise valley as the Foch counter offensive is hailed as a turning point of the summer campaign.
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Frank Charlton
T. N.S
Aisne
Marne
Fere-en-Tardennois
Ville-en-Tardennois
Vesle River
Soissons
Ourea
Alles
Ourcq-Aisne
Courdeux- Launoy
Chamoiselle
Chamoille
Courdeux
Severnay
Crise
French War Office
Vesle
Bazoches
Fismes
Goussancourt
Meuniere Wood
Paris
Ville-en- Tardennois
Fere- en-Tardennais
Rheims
Braisne
Earle C. Reeves
London
le Plessiere-Helen
Arey Wood
Foch
Aisne-Vesle
Prince Rupprecht
Double Tragedy On Connecticut Bridge
In Greenfield August 2 Clifford C Wright and Miss Hazel Tanner were found dead at Sunderland Bridge. Both shot in the right temple. A revolver with six chambers, a folded handkerchief, and a note to Grace Tanner were found. Police and medical examiner believe murder and double suicide. Continued on Page Two.
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Greenfield
Mars
Clifford C. Wright
Sunderland
Connecticut River
Hazel Tanner
Turners Falls
Pritcher
Misa Tanner
Grace Tanner
Hazel
Palmer Seizes Half Billion in Enemy Property
New York Aug 2 A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian reports about half a billion dollars in enemy owned cash and property has been seized nationwide. Francis P Garvan says all cash and proceeds go to Liberty Bonds with Palmer as the largest single war bond purchaser. Enem y property under his control totals 23 405 properties, 13 765 operated by trustees, with nearly 3 million dollars deposited for the next Liberty loan.
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New York
United States
A. Mitchel Palmer
Francis P. Garvan
Mr. Palmer
Palmer
Treasury
Gorky Arrest Ordered as Paper Suppressed
London reports Maxim Gorky has been ordered arrested and his newspaper suppressed. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen to the Daily Express cites this action. Earlier Swiss sources claimed Gorky was dead or a victim of the Asiatic plague.
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London
Maxim Gorkey
Copenhagen
Daily Express
Gorkey
Ambassadors Reach Archangel as Ukrainia Declares Siege
Ambassador Francis reports arrival in Archangel on July 98 with French British Italian Serbian Japanese and Chinese chiefs. State of siege declared in Ukrainia after Kiev violence as peasants storm jail. German machine guns quell attack. Russia Finland peace talks open in Berlin with forts to be dismantled except Viborg Helsingfors.
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Archangel
Ukrainia
Washington
State Department
Francis
Murmansk
Amsterdam
Siberia
Berne
von Hichorn
Kiev
Strassburger Post
Geluvitich
Helfferich Jurvich
Moscow
Petrograd
Karl Helfferich
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Berlin
Helfferich
Mirhach
Dressler
Finland
Stockholm
Svenska Dagblad
Viborg
Helsingfors
Indictments Against Rumely and Associates
Federal grand jury charges conspiracy and perjury against Dr. Edward A. Rumely former publisher of the New York Evening Mail and others in a case linked to claims the paper was bought for the government. One count alleges a plan to omit a report to the custodian of enemy alien property on ownership of the newspaper.
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New York
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
Attem
Warder Kauffman
Rumely
War Department orders fringe removal from mufflers
Washington August 2 the clothing and equipment division of the War Department has ordered fringe on mufflers for automobile truck and motorcycle drivers eliminated. Officials say it does not affect muffler efficiency and will save about 22 000 dollars or eleven cents per piece reflecting wartime economy.
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Washington
War Department
Weather outlook for Washington region
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a chance of showers and cooler temperatures near Lake Erie tonight. Local areas may see brief rain but no widespread storms expected.
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Washington
Lake Erie
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Danver
Colo
Colorado
Hhese
Lyon Mass
Lynn
Mass
General Electric Company
National War Labor Board
William A. Nealey
American Folmation of
Gabor
Nealey
Charlton’s Daily War Review
Wew
Newton C. Parker
N.S
Cierges
Ourcq
Serginges-Sergy
Clerges
Hawaiian Territory
Subway
Auly
Soissons-Rheims Road
Runley
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