Allies Reach Vesle River in Latest Aisne Front Advance
Allied units on the Aisne-Marne front have reached the Vesle river, about six miles beyond prior progress, with bridges destroyed and German forces burning villages north of the Vesle. French cavalry patrols between Champigny and Jonchery, and the line extends toward Rosnay and Gueux as the pursuit continues amid retreating German troops.
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Earle C. Reeves
London
Aisne- Marne
Vesle River
Vesle
Chemin Des Dames
Aisne
Champigny
Jonchery
Muizon
St. Thierry
Fismes
St. Hilaire
Champane
Rheims
Soissons
Pomieres
Venizel
John McHtgh
Stuart
N. S
Paris
Aisne-Marne
Vasle
Fere-en-Tardannois
Haig declares crisis period over as Americans arrive
London reports Gen Haig says the fourth year of the war ends the crisis period and that the enemy failed to gain a decisive victory on the western front. He notes the steady arrival of American troops has restored the balance of power and strengthened Allied prospects.
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London
Haig
France
British and French Officials Report World War Front Updates
London and Paris dispatches describe Allied patrols advancing in the Albert sector near Amiens and feuer zones around Feuchy. French forces push toward the Vesle and reach the Aisne between Soissons and Venizel with ongoing offensives along the Marne front.
GE Workers Get Wage Boost Across Plants
Washington Aug 3 Increases in the wage scale ranging from ten to twenty percent were announced by the National War Labor Board. The decision applies to General Electric Co plants in Schenectady New York Pittsfield Massachusetts abolishes the present bonus system and grants equal pay for men and women with a minimum for skilled and semi skilled labor. At Pittsfield the individual contract system is abolished and a shop committee is created to adjust future disputes.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Schenectad N. WY
Pittsfield
Mass
General Electric Co
Hughes and officials near finish of aircraft inquiry
Washington Aug 32 Former Justice Charles E Hughes Attorney General Gregory and Assistant Attorney General Frierson have nearly completed their aircraft investigation They were to return from Buffalo to conclude the inquiry but new facts uncovered in Buffalo will keep them there until midweek
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Washington
Charles E. Hughes
Gregory
Frierson
Buffalo
Turkish Troops to the Italian Front
A wartime council with Austrian and German officers authorized sending Turkish divisions to the Italian front at once, per an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Zurich.
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London
Ug. 3
Inch Command
Zurich
Draft ages set at 18 to 25 in new manpower bill
Senate Military Affairs Committee chair Senator Chamberlain Secretary Baker and House Military Committee head Chairman Dent reach agreement that the draft ages in the measure will be 18 to 25 with the president authorized to call men in a set age sequence. Elder 21 to 25 called first, then 20 to 21, then 19 to 20, with those over 31 unlikely to serve in combat. The bill aims to remove deferred class risk and faces House opposition for drafting under 21. It gains support from Wilson and Crowder but text not released before Monday introduction.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Baker
Dent
House Military Committee
House
Senate
Crowder
Wilson
Fatend
Pottsville Men Fell at the Marne
Pottsville soldiers from Co. D 103rd Pennsylvania Engineers have fallen in the Aisne Marne battle. Telegrams from the War Department report the casualties as the unit rebuilt bridges across the Marne river.
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Pottsville
Co. D
103Rd Pennsylvania Engineers
Aisne-Marne
War Department
Marne
British Airmen Active Strike on German Air Bases
London reports that August 1 saw six German air plane sheds set ablaze and sixteen machines destroyed by bombs dropped by British airmen. One enemy plane was blown to bits, eleven German aircraft were shot down, and three more driven down out of control. Another plane fell within British lines, downed by high angle fire.
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London
Erie Steamer Rammed in Reton Point Sound Collision
Norwalk Conn Aug 3 The heavy freight steamer Mahoning bound from Boston to Norfolk light was rammed by the steamer Bay State in the Reton Point Sound last night. The incident caused heavy damage though no crewmen appear injured. Mahoning, 1744 tons net, home port listed as Erie Pennsylvania.
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Norwalk
Cond
Mahoning
Boston
Norfolk
Bay State
Reton Point
Erie
Conscripts to Use War Profits for Finance Plan
President Wilson backs conscription of war profits to aid financing the war. He favors a heavy direct tax, possibly eighty percent, on direct war profits and will present the idea to the House Ways and Means Committee, which frames revenue legislation.
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Washington
Wilson
House Ways and Emails Committee
Unnamed schooner sunk by submarine near Briar Island
Washington August 3 an unmanned schooner was sunk by a submarine 35 miles southwest of Briar Island near the Nova Scotia coast. Nine crew members landed at Enannet Rock light at 6 30 am telling of the sinking after the sub left with provis ions, firing the schooner and taking off provisions.
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Washington
Briar Island
Nova Scotia
Navy Department
Gannet Rock Light
Department
Enannet Rock Light
Wilson Scheme Ready for World Peace Plan
Russia centers talks in Washington as negotiations with Japan proceed. Officials say general scheme is agreed with only minor points. an official statement will be issued when safe to publish. Plan includes economic aid to Russia and a restrained international force. In Zurich, 500 arrests follow martial law after German reports of Kiev murders widen unrest in Ukraine. Field Marshal Mackensen imposes siege in Romania amid peasant upheaval.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
Wilson
China
Zurich
Ora
Kiev
Ukrainia
von Mackeansen
Roumania
James Expected to Win Kentucky Senate Nomination
Lexington voters see Senator Ollie James favored by Democrats in the state primary amid light turnout. W P Kimball urges support for his rival James. In GOP, B J Bethune likely defeats Victor L Diner for the senatorial nomination.
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Lexington
Ollie James
Kentucky
W. P. Kimball
James
B. J. Bethune
Victor L. Diner
Over 2,000,000 rifles produced since war began
Washington reports more than two million rifles manufactured since the war began the Ordnance Department announced. The tally up to July 27 shows 2,000,000 rifles accepted, with Browning models especially noted for production and acceptance totaling 96,000.
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Washington
Ordnance Department
Poseidon Disaster Survivors Count Rises At Port
Washington reports thirty three survivors and the bodies of the captain and three crew members of the Poseidon, sunk after a collision Wednesday night. The final tally lists thirty nine aboard, with two crew still missing. The Navy announced the landings at an American port this afternoon.
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Washington
Navy Department
Drive Through The Night In Rain On The Marne
American and French forces pressed from Loupigne to Mareuil en Dole as dawn broke. Cavalry cleared Forest de Nusse and the hamlet of Cohan while rain heavy winds slowed units overnight and rapid advance followed with daybreak.
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Hnrry G. Wales
Marne
Loupiegne
Mareuil-en-Dole
Dravengr
Forest-de-Nusse
Cohan
Allied forces smash German lines along Aisne Vesle front
Frank Charlton reports General Foch’s year’s master blow drives Germans into retreat across a 30 mile front from Soissons to Rheims. Soissons captured, French cavalry reaches Vesle, Ardre-Vesle corridor tightens. Allies advance three miles east along Aisne, Germans abandon key positions north of Vesle, retreat toward high ground north of Aisne as fires burn villages.
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Frank Charlton
I. N
Foch
Saissons
Rheims
Aisne Heights
Soissons
Vesle River
Ardre
the Marne
Sissons
Aisne
Vesle
Fismes
Fismeg
Aisne-Marne
Paris
American casualties rise as Pershing reports totals
Washington reports 12,000 American deaths wounded and missing in the present western front offensive. Gen March told Senate military affairs committee that casualties per 1,000 engaged rose from 17 to about 20. He noted over 1,200,000 U S troops sent overseas and that manpower needs will not demand large increases. He called the western front situation most promising with German morale shaken.
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Washington
Pershing
March
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Sens
Senator Chamberlain
Laker
Soissons-Rheims Iick
France
Weather forecast for Washington showers tonight
The Weather Bureau reports likely showers tonight and Sunday for Washington. Fresh to strong winds and a cooler trend may accompany the unsettled conditions.
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the Weather
Washington
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