French Troops Reach Ham as Noyon Front Advances
Allied forces report major gains on the western front with French units reaching Ham and advancing more than 12 miles near Noyon. German losses include three ammunition trains and retreat amid gas-filled ruins. British reach Bapaume area and push toward Le Transloy as offensive pressure continues.
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Debeney
Humbert
Oise
Ham
Guiscard
Noyon
Iam
Breuil
Canal du Nord
Champion Wood
Erchen
Nesle
Liberte
British forces close in as Somme battles intensify
South of the Somme the Germans retreat before Australians and French reach river banks. Bapaume is virtually surrounded with reports of its fall. British patrols reach western outskirts while advances push toward Maura Pas, Combles, Ginchy, and Guillemont as the British press the offensive.
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Dorcourt-Quenant
Somme
Bapaume
Maurapas
Combles
Ginchy
Guillemont
Draft Bill to Expand Draft Ages to Forty-Five
Washington reports the Manpower Bill to extend draft ages eighteen to forty five will reach President Wilson for signature today barring unexpected obstacles. Conferees struck out the Penrose amendment on local boards determining registrant status without exemption claims. House then approved the conference report and sent it to the Senate for ratification.
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Washington
Wison
Senate
House
War Department
Wilson
McAdoo
France
Socialist Says Beat Huns First Socialists Say No Parley
A. M. Simons, head of the American socialist mission in Europe, says peace with victory sentiment crushes efforts for an international Berne conference. He claims workers see military victory as the only path and that negotiations with German socialists are useless. The mission plans public addresses in England. Spargo stays in Rome for Italian socialist work.
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Paris
Berne
A. M. Simons
Europe
Italy
Rectin
Hinve
England
John Spargo
Rome
Chamber backs tax hike and new war profits tax
Washington reports the chamber of commerce of the United States stating that commercial and trade groups overwhelmingly approved proposals to raise income tax rates and impose a new high war profits tax in revenue legislation now being drafted.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Rath Named Assistant Secretary of Treasury
Washington Aug 30 Albert Rath bone of New York was nominated by President Wilson to be assistant secretary of the treasury to succeed Oscar T Crosby who is representing the treasury in France.
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Washington
Albert Rathbone
New York
Wilson
Americans Press German Line in Nelssons Region Drive
In France near Cha vigny Americans, with tanks and heavy artillery, advance from Juvigny toward a Juving plateau while German forces pull back and man machine gun lines hidden in brush. The fight, continuing through night, is described as preparatory to a broader morning assault across a two mile frontage.
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Juving
Juvignay
Army Agiin
Couronne Woods
Juvigny
Juvigny W
Mant French Tanks Break Through German Lines
Under heavy artillery cover Mant French tanks push along the path on both sides smashing gun nests. German forces deploy a new lung gun similar to Mauser but it fails to halt the advance as Allied air observation continues. A German plane dares to attack but is driven off.
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Little Piace
Governor Goodrich Resting After Auto Collision
Governor Goodrich of Indiana rests comfortably after a motor vehicle collision with a street car in Indianapolis. He slept well. hospital attendants report no thorough exam yet but injuries are not thought serious.
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Indianapolis
Goodrich
Indiana
Esffill
Govt Seizes Propaganda Mail in Sedition Drive
Federal agents seized over 2000 letters and pamphlets in a bid by the justice and post offices to crush sedition. Raids targeted the Socialist Party the IWW and the International Radical Club as chief offenders in obstructing the draft and spreading anti-government propaganda nationwide.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Postal Department
United States
Socialist Party
W. W
International Radical Club
Secret Service
Senate Prohibition Plan Moves Through Senate Amendment
The Senate adopted a Sheppard compromise for national prohibition to take effect after June 30 1919 or demobilization. The bill would ban alcohol sales and beer wine production with zones around war plants and mines. Senator Phelan argues the act will harm wine growers while Wilson supports wartime dry zones.
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Phelan
Sheppard
Texas
Shepard
Wilson
California wine interests face loss over one-year delay
Senator Phelan warned that extending the period would harm California wine interests and urged another year for the wine industry. Senator Sheppard cited Representative Kahn that by October manufacturers could dispose of stock, while Phelan said grape growers would bear the brunt as the California Wine Association controls manufacture and could refuse ripe grapes.
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Phelan
California
The
Sheppard
Kahn
California Wine Association
Nations avert armed clash in Central America
United States brokers a defused border crisis as Nicaragua and Landuras agree to withdraw troops and submit the dispute to Washington. Reports from San Salvador claim Nicaragua invaded Honduras and challenges the Spain arbitration ruling favoring Honduras. Honduran envoy expelled with 24 hours to depart.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Landuras
United States
San Salvador
Spain
Ecountry
Bianca Towed Into Port After Submarine Attack
A Newfoundland schooner named Bianca was towed into the port after being abandoned by her crew on orders of a German U-boat commander. Off the coast she was reported captured and sunk, then later towed to port with tobacco cargo keeping her afloat despite bomb damage.
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Newfoundland
Newspapers warn Huns against foe in western front
Amsterdam reports Cologne Gazette says western front battle widens and grows more terrible as British attack north of the Somme expands the conflict beyond former fronts. Volkszeitung urges a nationwide enlightenment to deter surrender and sustain sacrifices amid the ongoing war.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
Somme
Germany
Volks Zeitung
Hindenburg Says He Is Alive and Well
Field Marshal von Hindenburg responded to a telegram from the fatherland party at Reichenberg Bohemia and in an Amsterdam dispatch to Central News declared I am as right as a trivet and looking calmly to the future.
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Hindenburg
London
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Fatherland Party
Reichenberg
Bohemia
Amsterdam
Central News
British Cross the Somme at Peronne in General Advance
British forces push across the Somme at Peronne as part of a general southward advance beyond the river, advancing positions and continuing operations in the sector.
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Somme
Peronne
British Capture Combles and Clery in Somme Advance
Special to Evening Journal London August 30 British forces crossed the Somme southwest of Peronne and seized Combles Clery and several small places. They took many prisoners and some guns and supplies as enemy troops retreated. British attack along seven miles from Bullecourt to Scarpe River brought an easy one mile gain and the drive continues.
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Evening Journal
London
Somme
Peronne
Combles
Clery
Bullecourt
Scarpe River
Rhine district forms air raid damage committee
The Rhine district's chief cities Cologne Frankfurt Mainz Stuttgart and Mannheim share a permanent committee to tackle allied air raids. The group includes home serial defense representatives and meets in Frankfurt to seek prompt legislation granting full compensation for damages from air attacks.
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Amsterdam
Rhine
Cologne
Frankfort
Mayence
Stuttgart
Mannheim
Oil Stations Close Sunday In Chicago Action
The Standard Oil Company ordered all filling stations closed on Sunday and instructed employees to observe the fuel administration request. Motors and machines used by staff were withdrawn from service on Sunday.
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Chicago
Standard ON
Fuel Administration
Bush Besa
War board members compensation plan outlined
Secretary of War Baker and Provost Marshal General Crowder set a monthly pay scale for local and district board members. Rates range from 550 dollars for districts with 1,000 or fewer registrants to 200 dollars for districts with up to 6,000 registrants. The plan details appear in Washington notices dated August 80.
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Washington
Baker
Crowder
I Inu
Ced
Czecho Slavs Capture Key Siberian Rail Hub
Czecho Slavs push east in western Siberia and seize Vorkhendinsk, a vital Trans Siberian rail point near Lake Batkel. Separately, the British American Flying Circus arrives at Fort Des Moines after flying about 220 miles in 110 minutes.
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Siberia
London
Vorkhendinsk
Lake Batkel
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
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Les Boeufs
Morval
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le Transloy
Scarpe
Social'et Simons
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