Germans Retreat in Haste Across Vesle Front
On the Vesle front the German retreat ended Parisward threat as German lines were smashed and supplies abandoned. Henry G. Wales Jr. reports large quantities of copper rubber brass and rails left behind, with locomotives and rolling stock strewn along light railways in a hasty withdrawal. Maps and prisoner transcripts indicate German confusion and disarray as American and French forces pushed forward. doughboys marched in varied attire under a hot sun, many with discarded German gear.
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Henry G. Wales
aAiane-Vesle
Paris
Vesle
Marne
Damocles
von Boehm
Sailent
Germany
Stéc
von Wybhurn
Clerges
America
Enem Aff
France
Allied drive nears new successes after Vesle retreat
German forces retreating north from the Vesle face stiff opposition as French and American troops advance along a 30 mile front. Allied batteries hammer positions north of the Vesle while French forces push from Soissons toward the Aisne to strike at Germans south of the river. Vast German stores and prisoners are reported captured as the Marne salient is erased and the drive looks to continue this week.
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Frank Charlton
I. N.S
Vesle
Fismes
French War Office
Aisne
Ludendorff
Hino
Rheims
Soissons
Aisne River
Marne
Thirty Mile Front
Sunk American tanker C. B. Jennings off Virginia coast
The American tanker C. B. Jennings was sunk by shell fire from a German submarine 100 miles off the Virginia coast. Thirty survivors were landed at Norfolk, while a boat with the captain and thirteen men remained missing. The 7,508 net ton vessel, built in 1917 for Standard Oil, had been shelled after wireless calls to the Navy Department.
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Washington
C. B. Jennings
Virginia
Navy Department
Norfolk
Standard Oil Co
Premier Lloyd George Message Urges Hold Fast On War Fourth Anniversary
London Aug 5 Premier Lloyd George sent a keynote message to the British empire on the war fourth anniversary. He declares the war is for freedom not selfish ends and to punish militarism while urging hold fast as the path to victory. The message stresses swift retribution by free nations if aggressors prevail.
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England
British Empire
London
Lloyd George
Souti
Empire
Ship christening at Hog Island marks first Delaware yard launch
President and Mrs. Wilson attend the launch of the first steel ship from Hog Island Delaware river yard named Quisteocnk. The ceremony features champagne breaking as the 7,506 ton vessel enters the water with 100000 spectators and officials in attendance.
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Woodrow Wilson
Hog Island
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Land
Diog Island
Delaware River
Wilson
Washington
Chas. M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Edward M.turley
Shipping Board
Francis Bowles
Federal Shipping Board
New Draft Bill Moves in Senate and House
Washington August 5 The new man power bill raising draft ages from 21 to 45 was introduced in both chambers. In the Senate Senator Chamberlain, its sponsor and committee chair, asked quick action and said the measure would likely be reported within a few days. Provost Marshal General Crowder proposed September 5 as a registration date and urged rapid house passage between August 19 and 26 with weekly registrations for 21 year olds.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senator Chamberlain
Military Affairs Committee
Det
Jones
Chamberlain
General Crowder
Baker
Crowder
Paper mills listed as essential plants nationwide
Washington reports the war industries board has listed country paper mills as essential industries. The move reflects manufacturers commitment to conserve labor and materials and reduce paper consumption. Newspapers cut daily editions by fifteen percent and Sunday editions by twenty percent.
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Washington
War Industries Board
French and Allied Advances Reported on Vesle and Picardy Fronts
The French war office says light detachments on the Vesle meet resistance but report Fismes fully in Allied hands with footholds on the northern Vesle bank. Northwest of Rheims Allies reach La Neuvillette amid German resistance while gains are noted on the southern Picardy front.
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Paris
Vesle
French War Office
Fismes
Rheims
la Neuvillette
Picardy Front
London
Arras-Neuville-Vitasse
War Office
la Bassee Canal
Body guards provided for Bolshevik leaders
Amsterdam reports that Moscow plots triggered security for Leon Trotzky and Nicholai Lenine. Lenine, visiting the German embassy, walked through streets lined by soldiers according to a Moscow dispatch.
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Amsterdam
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Nicholai Lenine
Lenine
Karl Hefferth
Brooklyn Gas Co Temporarily Restrained Overcharges
New York August 5 Justice Russell Benedict signed an order preventing the Brooklyn Borough Gas Co from charging more than its own rate of twenty five cents or any higher price. The public service commission sought the restraining order and the company must show cause why it should not be permanently enjoined from charging over ninety five cents.
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New York
Brooklyn Borough Gas Co
Supreme Court
Russell Benedict
Benedict
Public Service Commission
William M. Ransom
Allied Drive Grinds on Thirty Mile Front Into New Week
Allied forces push along a thirty mile front north of Maine as enemy salient is wiped out and prospects of important success rise with continuing grinding pressure.
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Maine
Evacuated country laid in waste on Aisne Vesle front
Henry G. Wales reports American forces recaptured twenty eight square miles of French soil in seven days on the Aisne Vesle front. German counteroffensive south of Soissons yielded hundreds of prisoners as British aided by advancing with motor cars equipped for rapid action. Allies reached the Vesle with little resistance and attacked across the Rheims Soissons route, driving out Imperial guardsmen at bayonet point as bridges withstood bombardment.
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Henry G. Wales
Aisne-Vesle
Eencecers
Lifivaucdey
Soissons
Chateau-Thierry
Vesle
Rheims-Soissons
Twelve New Indictments in Notorious Ra'n Coat Fraud
In New York on August 7 twelve new indictments were issued by a federal grand jury. The case centers on the raimroat swindle involving Capt Aubrey Vaughn Felix Gould and David L Podell who allegedly took bribes over shipments of storm garments to Europe later rejected by Gen Pershing for defects.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Army
Aubrey Vaughn
Quartermaster Department
Felix Gould
David L. Podell
Europe
Siberian Province Plans War Declaration Against Soviet Government
The provisional government at Omsk in Siberia intends to issue a formal declaration of war against the Soviet Bolshevik government. Copenhagen quoting Pravda and Tsvetka report this move amid broader mobilization in Russian-occupied territories by pro Allied Czechoslovaks.
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London
Omsk
Siberia
Copenhagen
Pravada J
Tsvestia
Amsterdam
Moscow
Long range German gun resumes bombardment of Paris
Paris reports the long range German cannon activity resumed this morning after a quiet period. Allied forces advancing north of the Marne uncovered nine gun emplacements similar to those used in the Paris bombardment.
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Paris
Pari
Marne
Austrian paper allowed to print German defeat forecast
Geneva reports the Austrian censor granted Ar Zeitung permission to publish a prediction of a German defeat. Arbeiter Zeitung, a Vienna Social Democratic paper, was the outlet mentioned in the information received today.
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Geneva
Ar Zeitung
The
Arbeiter Zeitung
Socialiger
Vienna
Weather outlook for Washington Aug 6
Partly cloudy and continued warm conditions expected for tonight and Tuesday. Warmth persists with humidity high and temperatures staying near seasonal norms in the Washington area.
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Washington
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