Bitter floor fight over 18 to 45 draft ages bill in House
Washington August 21 The House agreed to take up a Manpower bill extending draft ages from 18 to 45. McKenzie of Illinois seeks a separate class for 18 and 19 year olds after those 20 to 45 are inducted. Secretary Baker hints at executive discretion. administration opinions split. votes shown but no roll call.
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Ctago
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Virginia
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Gordon
Ohio
Schallangenbreger
Nebraska
Arrett
Texas
Nicholls
South Carolina
McKenzie
Ilinois
Morin
Hull
Iowa
Anthony
Kansay
Dent
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Gompers
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Fifteen Military Objectives Bombed by Tons of Explosives
London reports that between fifteen and sixteen tons of explosives were dropped by Royal Air Force and naval forces during August 15 to 18. Fifteen military objectives were bombed and enemy shipping was attacked. nine enemy aircraft were destroyed and eight driven down out of control.
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London
Royal Air Forces
Navy
Admiralty
Girl Held Up by Sub Officers on Canadian Island
Two heavily armed German U-boat officers abducted 20 year old Miss Willa Wilson on Camp Belloi near Wilson's Beach. They questioned her about East Port, Maine and warned her not to reveal details, threatening to injure her if she spoke.
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Camp Belloi
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Willa Wilson
Simon Wilson
Wilson’s Beach
East Port
Maine
United States
Drafting Revenue Measure Advances Toward 8 Billion Plan
Washington August 21 The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively adopted a schedule of excess profits taxes as a McAdoo compromise. An eighty percent war profits tax with a ten percent exemption would apply to profits above the 1911 12 13 average. Rates scale from eight to fifteen percent at 35 percent to 50 percent for 15 to 20 percent and 70 percent above 20 percent. The taxes are alternatives with treasury discretion to maximize returns.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Kitchen
Treasury
Gasconier Belgian relief ship sunk by German Uboat
The Dutch steamer Gasconier carrying Belgian relief supplies was attacked and sunk off Holland by a German Uboat. The ship sailing from an American port to Rotterdam was marked as relief, and shell fire destroyed a lifeboat with six crew members dead. Several crew were wounded.
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Norway
Belgium
Holland
Rotterdam
Gasconier
Weather Forecast for Washington August 21
Washington forecast through 8 p m Thursday calls for fair tonight and Thursday with slightly warmer temperatures in the southern portion.
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Washington
South Portion
Troop strength in American first army in France stated
Gen. March announced 32 divisions about 1.28 million men under Gen. Pershing. Estimated division strength around 40,000 to 45,000, totaling roughly 1.44 million. British actions and Vosges details noted. line shortened from over 250 miles to under 200. No official Pershing report on British offensive.
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France
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P. C. March
March
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Shipping Board
Fifth Regular Army
Vosges
St. Die
Frapelle
Foch
North Sea
Rheims
77Th
Italy
Texas
26Th
New England
Clarence Edwards
Chateau- Thierry
Belleau Woods
Bouresches
Marne
Flanders
Meteren
Merville
Arras
Subs Driven From French Coast Say Roosevelt
Paris Aug 21 Franklin D Roosevelt secretary of the Navy announced that enemy submarines have been driven off the French coast. He credited anti submarine methods with safe transport of American troops to France and said ports built for disembarkation will be permanent and used after the war for Franco American commerce. He also said he expects to return to France in uniform when the new draft law takes effect.
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Paris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
France
Roosevelt
United States
Unrest Threatens Krupp Works in Essent
A London report says 8000 Krupp workers at Essentts in Germany threaten a strike within 48 hours. Unrest reportedly spreads to Cochum and Bar men with no stated reasons given. The plant mainly produces guns for army and navy munitions and other war materials.
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Krupp
Essents
London
Amsterdam
Cochum
Barmen
Esgents
Chicago Banks Join Federal Reserve System
The Illinois Trust Company and the Northern Trust Company of Chicago were admitted to the Federal Reserve System. The Treasury announced the move this afternoon, noting the two institutions are among Chicago’s largest with total resources of 152,009,000 dollars.
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Washington
Illinois Trust Company
Northern Trust Company
Chicago
Federal Reserve System
Treasury
Agitation Against Crown Prince Prompts Six Month Leave
Rome reports Germany faces unrest over Marne defeat with Field Marshal von Hindenburg summoned to the western front. The Kaiser grants the crown prince six months leave of absence amid agitation attributed to German failures.
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von Hindenburg
Kaiser
Ludendorff
Italin
Germany
Marne
Bulgaria to be proclaimed republic soon
Madrid Aug 21 The Liberal reports that the death of Czar Ferdinand and the proclamation of Bulgaria as a republic may be expected within a few days.
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Bulgaria
Madrid
Ferdinand
Liberal Today
Two Schooners Sunk by U-Boat in Atlantic Waters
An Atlantic port report says German U-boat torpedoed two Gloucester fishing schooners the Francis J. O'Hara and the A Piatt Andrew. Captains Jos P Mesquita and Wallace Bruce led crews of Gloucester men. ships owned by John Chisholm Corp and Germantown Peat Co. All crew members are Gloucester men.
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Gloucester
Francis J. O'Hara
Jos. P. Mesquita
A. Piatt Andrew
Wallace Bruce
Andrew
John Chisholm Corporation
O'Hara
Mesquita
Germantown Peat Company
British and French Troops Make Progress on Multiple Fronts
British forces push north of the Ancre in a wide front offensive with Field Marshal Haig reporting satisfactory progress. Troops also occupy La Touret after night advances near Festubert and the Lawe river. In Locre sector, English units secure all objectives and prisoners. Paris notes progress on all fronts with Carlepont and Cats captured and Lassigny west sees renewed fighting.
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London
Ancre
War Office
Field Marshal Haig
Ancre River
Scarpe
Fampoux
Paris
Oise
Aisne
Lassigny
Champagne
President to Receive Hughes and Frierson Aircraft Findings
Washington reports that findings on the aircraft situation by former Justice Charles E. Hughes and former General and Assistant Attorney General William Frierson will be turned over to President Wilson next week.
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Washington
Charles E. Hughes
William Frierson
Wilson
Uruguayan Statesmen Arrive in United States
August 21 at an American port, Dr. Baltasar Brum minister of foreign affairs and his Uruguayan party arrived in the United States. The State Department announced the visit today.
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Washington
Baltasar Brum
Republic of Urguay
State Department
Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia Capture Town of Sadrinsk
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports that the Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia have captured the town of Sadrinsk. The news appears in a London dispatch dated August 21.
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Siberia
Sadrinsk
London
Amsterdam
British Fourth Army drives blows. French Fourth Army attacks
In dense fog at five o'clock this morning, British forces inflicted severe losses on the enemy and forced a recovery delay. Meanwhile the French Fourth Army pressed attacks further south along a five mile front as the Third Army coordinated operations.
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Third Army
Five Mile
Taken Completely by Surprise on Picardy Front and Vosges
French troops near Noyon push toward the city as Mangin’s forces advance three miles deeper into German lines. In Arras sector the British fourth and third armies execute a surprise morning assault, seizing prisoners and guns while the Americans repulse a night patrol near Vosges.
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Picardy Front
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Soissons
Uontoise
la Pommeraye
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Laval
Courtil
Bert Ford
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Arras
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Courcelles
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Bapaume
Roche
Ry Newton C. Parke
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Vosges
Frapelle
Gall for 300000 Selective Service Men to Go to Texas
Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a call for 300,000 drafted men to enter the service and go to Texas for mechanical training. The men may volunteer until August 30 and will entrain September 5.
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GALL
Texas
Washington
Crowder
Proteus Liner Sinks After Collision. one coal passer lost
Washington reports the Southern Pacific liner Proteus sank after a collision with an unnamed vessel. All passengers and crew were saved except one coal passer who was lost. Navy Department announced the accident occurred today as details were limited.
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Washington
Proteus
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