Allies’ manifesto urged to pull Russia back into war
Dr. Jacob Gavronsky, Kerensky’s former envoy, argues military aid to Czecho-Slovaks and a joint Allied manifesto to Russia would revive Russia’s participation. He says Britain promises troops to aid Russia but not territorial gains and calls for action on both eastern and western fronts. He warns against German domination and predicts Russia will resist restoration of the old regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Edwards
I. N
Ondon
Jacob Q. Gavronsky
Ormerly Kerensky
Gavronsky
Kerensky
Brest-Lotivsk
Russia
Arctangle
Volga
Murmansk
Constituent Assembly of Russia
Ina
Pershing Hosts Naval Affairs Committee in Europe
General Pershing received the Naval Affairs Committee of the American House of Representatives in Europe. The committee members were guided through headquarters and briefed on operations at luncheon. They planned to depart for Italy the next day. Representative Frederic Hicks praised Allied spirit and solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest P. Orr
U.S
France
Naval Affairs Committee
American House of Representatives
Europe
Gen. Pershing
Pershie
Italy
Frederic Hicks
New York
Austro Hungarian Piave Counterattack Repulsed
Rome reports the Austro Hungarian counterattack on the Piave River was repulsed with heavy losses. The War Office announced the action occurred on August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piave
Rome
War Office
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania
The region remains generally fair tonight with temperatures rising to a likely warmer Sunday. No significant precipitation is expected as winds stay light and high pressure dominates.
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Pennsylvania
War Revenue Bill Leaves Ways and Means Committee
Paris dispatches report 1,520,000 German soldiers killed by mid June with French advances near Thiescourt and Lassigny. British forces push north of the Somme as Germans withdraw in the Serre and Lys sectors. French troops advance toward Roye and reoccupy positions east of Armancourt. Pershing says no major developments in occupied sectors. treasury estimates show half a billion less than minimum.
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Paris
London
Thiescourt Massif
Lassigny
Belval
Reuter
Thiescourt
Noyon
Washington
McAdoo
Treasury Acturay
New Jersey Murder Mystery
West New York authorities arrest Frank Quarrel the husband and Daniel O Neill the brother of the victim in a case surrounding the murder of Mrs Christiania Quarrel whose body was found disfigured in bushes. Autopsy officials did not state motives but suggested a breakthrough in the mystery. The slain woman had been dead several days and the inquiry notes many missing girls in New York.
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New York
Christiania Quarrel
N. J
Frank Quarrel
Daniel O'Neill
Quarrel
O'Neill
War Revenue Bill Advances As Tax Plans Clash In Congress
Washington reports the $8.9 billion war revenue bill nears committee approval with a key choice between McAdoo profits tax and the Kitchin plan. Analysts forecast McAdoo’s 80 percent top rate and 10 to 60 percent excess levies, versus 30 to 80 percent under Kitchin, plus an 18 percent normal profits tax and 12 percent on distributed profits. Installment payments proposed to avert tax-day chaos, with March 15 or June 15 deadlines under discussion.
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Washington
McAdoo
Treasury
McCoy
Adams
House
Senate
International News Service
Congress
Treasury Department
Sea Viper Sunk Rumor Rocks Atlantic Port News
Reports from an Atlantic port claim a German submarine was sunk by an American submarine chaser after depth charge attacks. Navy officials warned the sinking is unconfirmed and awaiting official confirmation while related torpedoing news continues to spread.
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Atlantic
Boston
Gloucester
Washington
Navy Department
Madgredo
Department
Allies Nearing Bapaume in Picardy and Flanders
British and French forces push on the Picardy and Flanders fronts. British reach Albert outskirts, French near Roye base, with Lassigny enveloped. Advancing lines spread from Morlancourt to Thiepval wood and Da mery Parvillers while French push east of Armancourt toward Roye. German retreats free large areas as cavalry and infantry harass.
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Frank Charlton
I.S. Cable
Picardy
Flanders
Albert
Roye
Lassigny
Morlancourt
Ancre
Thiepval Wood
Damery
Parvillers
Proyart
Armancourt
Villers-les-Bois
St. Aurin
Vieux-Berquin
Lys Salient
Windenburg Line
Bapaume
Combles
Chicago Reporter Wounded at Belleau Wood Receives War Cross
Floyd Gibbons, a Chicago newspaper man wounded and blinded in one eye at Belleau Wood on the Marne front, has received the French War Cross from General Petain. The award underscores his bravery as Allied forces fought to repel German advances.
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Chicago
Belleau Wood
France
Floyd Gibbons
Beleau Wood
Marne Front
Gen. Petain
General Naulin Praises Rainbow Division Valor
Gen Naulin commander of the 21st Army Corps issues general orders praising the 42nd rainbow division for valor ardor and spirit. The report notes his pride in the division and its performance under his command.
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Naulin
Rainbow
Washington
21St Army Corps
Invasion of Other Classes Warned in Draft Bill Hearings
Washington reports that passage of the new manpower bill extending draft ages to 18 to 45 may not end the possibility of invading other deferred classes. General March told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that Congress may authorize broadening drafts to complete the war effort. He asserted the United States must mobilize the whole nation to defeat Germany, with France and Britain maintaining their current forces.
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March
Senate Committee
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
General March
United States
Gen. March
Germany
America
Senator Kirby
France
England
German Chiefs Rally War Spirit Amid Waning Ardor
Amsterdam reports German military leaders press appeals to sustain total war effort. Gen Ludendorff and Field Marshal Hindenburg vow Germany must fight until victory and insist colonies secure raw materials for industrial strength and prosperity.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Ludendorff
Germany
Hindenburg
Massachusetts flyer vanishes behind enemy lines
Lieutenant Henry Maclure of Massachusetts, a member of the American Flying Corps, is reported missing. He disappeared July 15 while escorting photographing planes over the Toul front. his companions saw him enter a cloud bank and speculate he crash landed behind enemy lines.
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France
Henry Maclure
Massachusetts
American Flying Corps
Meclure
Toul
Maclure
French Figure Voices Firm Stand Against Rhine Wine War
An important French figure joined in an interview with the International News Service to warn against any peace that would enable the German military party to prepare for another war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Much Stuagt
Rhine
International News Service
Murman Railway Becomes Focal Point in Allied Plan
German offensive is planned against the Murman railway to gain a submarine base near Petheugia and seize oil fields in Tran-Caucasia. British and French forces push from the Murman coast with campaigns in Persia and Vladivostok as Bolsheviks fortify Moscow’s Kremlin amid growing supply caches.
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Germany
Russia
Petheugia
Fiord MacGriff
London
Murman
Tran-Caucasia
Caspian Sea
Persia
Oberlike
Dvina
Ketlas
Murman Coast
Vladivostok
Siberia
Baku
Trans-Caucasia
Amsterdam
Kremlin
Moscow
Production managers appointed by fuel administration
Washington reports twenty eight managers named to run speed up campaigns in coal mines. Each will head a six member committee with three worker and three employer representatives to investigate low output mines and fix responsibility. Names in Pennsylvania include Charles O Neill F B Reiman W Gardiner and Pam Handle district.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Pennsylvania
Charles O'Neill
Central
Pennsyslvania
F. B. Reiman
Pennnsylvania
Prittsburgh
W. Gardiner
Pittsburgh
Pam
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General Pershing
Ways and Means
Somme River
Merlancourt
Beaumont Sur Ancre
Pasieux
Ament
Amiens
Thiepvale Wood
Serre
Flanders Front
Vieux Berquin
Meteren
Picardy Front
Damery and
Fairs
St. Avrin
Avre
French War Office
New Jersey
Tommies
Poilus
Haig
Hans
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