War Revenue Measure Reported to House by Ways and Means
The bill aims to raise about 40 percent of government expenses through taxation for the next fiscal year. It expands taxes on excess profits, incomes, luxury goods, and introduces a floor stock tax and licensing for illicit dealers. The measure is described as the largest tax bill in history, with broad reach and extensive committee work behind it.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
International News Service
Draft Board
Rute
Serveny MeaAdoo
Eyeadtail
Comimittes
Allied Troops Near Petrograd Advance From Archangel
London reports Allied forces moving toward Petrograd from Archangel have reached 75 miles south of the city. The British communique says on Saturday enemy positions at North Obozerskaya, 15 miles south of Archangel, were attacked and taken with Russian participation, as forces push toward the town.
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London
Petrograd
Archagel
Obozerskaya
Archangel
British Victory Sparks Stock Exchange Boom
News of a western front victory triggers wild exchange floor enthusiasm. Spontaneous buying pushes prices to new highs as steel stocks lead gains and rail shares rise. Government report boosts optimism and supports broader advance across industrials.
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Stock Exchange
Steel Common
Southern Railway
New York
Americans Carry All Objectives in Belgian Front
American troops with the British on the Flanders front advanced their assigned objectives in Belgium, holding the line east of Mount Kemmel. A patrol action highlighted American resolve as six doughboys faced twenty Germans, using a river crossing and coordinated fire to drive the enemy away.
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Bert N. Ford
J. N.S
Flanders Battle
Belgium
Mount Kemmel
M. Torry
Washington Weights
Brooklyn
Torry
Terry
Lenin shot by poison bullets claims shock Moscow
Reports from Helsinki based Fremdenblatt quote a Trelsingfors correspondent that Lenine head of the Provisional Government of Russia was shot with poisoned explosives. Attending doctors fear blood poisoning may develop as thousands of suspected revolutionaries are removed from Moscow and Bolsheviks threaten executions for armed persons and internment for agitation.
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Nicolai Lenine
Russia
Trelsingfors
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Lenin
Dora Kaplan
Moscow
Town Reclaimed After Four Years In Allied Hands
After four years of occupation the town was reclaimed by Allied forces. The retreating enemy abandoned control following Von Kluck’s 1914 thrust toward Paris, ending years of siezure and restoring local governance.
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von Kluck
France
Paris
Allied Push Across Northern France Captures Lens and Queant
British forces report successful operations south of the Scarpe with Lens and Queant captured from German control. Command statements claim about 16 000 prisoners taken and German retirement along the front as British patrols reach suburbs of Lens and near Queant.
Revolt Breaks Out in Bulgaria Amid Royal Turmoil
A chaotic report from Berne claims revolutionaries blast part of the Rorai palace in Sofia and Bulgarian army fighting erupts. King Ferdinand departs Sofia under unclear pressures amid anti German party strength and rumors of a breakdown at a German health resort.
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Sofia
Haigs Victory Drives Germans Back Across 20 Mile Front
Field Marshal Haig’s British army wins a sweeping victory in northern France forcing a new retreat by German forces. Lens Queant Prenville Lons and Queant fall as the Wotun line is shattered and the British push four miles across a 20 mile front. Over 10,000 prisoners are captured and Allied gains threaten the Germany line on multiple drives. Continued on page five.
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Field Marshal Haig
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Queant Wulverghem
Prenville
Wotun
Hindenburg
Lons
Queant
Marne
Fladers
Tens of thousands of Germans Captured on Western Front
A British press dispatch reports at least 10,000 German prisoners taken near the western front on Monday. The capture follows a breakthrough south of the Scarpe River, with estimates suggesting total German prisoners could reach about 144,600.
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London
Wam Uly
Is Tota
Crowder Advises Absentees To Register Away From Home
Washington Sept 3 The provost Marshal Gen Crowder issues instructions for men absent from their home during registration day to ensure their card is on file with their local draft board. Absentees should visit the local board in the city they expect to be on Sept 12 to have a card filled and certified and mail it to the jurisdiction of their permanent residence. Failure to obtain the certificate may cause serious inconvenience. The deadline is Thursday Sept 12 for returning registration cards to one’s board.
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Washington
Gen. Crowder
Hie
Cardinal Farley Regains Strength After Illness
Cardinal Farley, convalescing at his summer home, is now able to sit up an hour daily. His secretary says there is no danger of a serious relapse.
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Cardinal Farley
CP Maronerk
Big Summer Home
Allies Break Through Queant Bastion In Wotan Line
Allied forces continue their advance despite heavy resistance as they seize Queant, the chief fortress protecting the southern end of the Wotan switch line, after repeated costly assaults three miles from entrenched defense lines.
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Queant
British Abdomen? No. Front advances on Flanders Front in WWI
British forces widened a 20 mile front in Flanders and northern France, driving four miles and capturing Lens Queant Wulverghem Doignies Velu Bertincourt Rocquigny and many prisoners as Germans retreat toward new defenses behind the Canal Du Nord.
Wotan Switch Line Shattered In Flanders Front
British forces on the Flanders front shattered the Wotan Switch line on a nine thousand yard front and penetrated four thousand yards. More than 10,000 prisoners were taken as Lens was captured after the enemy evacuated. The advance marks a major blow to the German defense of the coal center as bitter fighting continues.
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M.S
Flanders
Ilindenburg
Lens
Wotan
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