Americans Push Forward on Aisne Marne Front in Heavy Fighting
On July 31 American and French troops pressed the German line along the Aisne Marne front, gaining nearly two miles amid a deadly shell barrage. They held key heights beyond Sergy and Seringes as the Fourth Guards division was decimated after nine attacks, with Americans praised by French observers for their daring advance.
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Paris
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Foch
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Seringes
Sergy
Fourth Guards
Pie Heights
Oureq River
Draft agreement in effect calls for cross nationality draft
Washington officials announced the British Canadian United States draft agreement is now effective. The pact allows each nation to call its nationals in the other's territory and took effect on exchange of ratifications between Ambassador Page and Britain’s foreign office in London.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Ambassador Page
London
Labor Leaders Ask White House to Transfer Trial
A delegation led by W. Bourke Cochran of New York met the White House to urge the president to move from the California state trial concerning labor matters. The talks focused on federal intervention and relocation of proceedings.
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Washington
W. Bourke Cochran
New York
White House
California
Mooney Death Sentence Case Reaches Federal Courts
Courts take up the case of Thomas J Mooney linked to the Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. They will submit requests in writing after not meeting the president during a semi weekly cabinet gathering. Mooney, who failed to win a new trial in estate court, had a reprieve from Governor Stephens until December 13.
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Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
Stephens
U-Boat Menace Not Ended
London on July 31 Sir Eric Geddes warned the antisubmarine fleet has reduced the U boat threat to smaller proportions while noting they must still add considerable strength to the fleet to secure a safe margin and complete the job.
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Eric Geddes
Fleet
London
Treasury announces loans to allies totaling 117 million
Treasury reports aid to the Allies reaching 117 million with France receiving 100 million, Belgium 9 million, and Serbia 3 million, bringing total loans to 6.492 billion as of July 31. In Shimonoseki eighteen carloads of loaded powder and shells exploded on a loading ship causing at least 30 deaths and 50 injuries, wrecking the vessel and damaging nearby homes and a passenger train.
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Treasury Department
France
Belgium
Serbia
Tokyo
Shimonoseki
Publisher of Toledo Times Clarence Brown Dies
Toledo Ohio July 31 Clarence Brown attorney capitalist and state figure publisher of the Toledo Times is dead here. He held prominence in politics and business across the state.
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Changes in Insignia of the U. S. Army
Washington July 41 The War Department will designate all forces as numerical units of the army of the United States, dropping separate regular, National Army and National Guard labels. General Moreh will command the army of the United States in France and Italy as chief of staff under Secretary of War. The change standardizes insignia to simple U S letters, replacing TC N GG or MA on tunics, to foster confidence among officers and men abroad.
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Mhay
Italy
Moreh
United States
Secretary of War
United
Pershing
Merek
Bliss
America
Council of Versailles
Washington County Evening Journal Highlights
Washington County's only daily reports local news, events, weather, and notices for residents. Readers are urged to check editions for detailed stories, schedules, and public notices across the county.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
Yanks Win High Praise From French
Ambassador Sharp praised American troops for matching French valor on the Marne salient. French high commissioner Tardieu credited the first large American battle as a victory and forecast momentum with future offensives. Sharp noted continued bravery and pledged supreme effort with Clemenceau’s leadership. Major Perkins and Prof Van Dyke asserted US resolve to press to victory. Elgin report: a first ever slaying at Flyin State Hospital ends in the strangling death of Ruby Sisty.
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Marne Salient
Andre Tardieu
United States
American University Union
George Nettleton
Yale University
Tardieu
France
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M. Clemenceau
Cay
Clemenceau
Major Perkins
Elgin
Flyin State Hospital For
Hattie Bramlette
Chicago
Ruby Sisty
Zion City
Pro-German Propaganda spender claims Germany gained nothing
New York reports that the German government spent 30 to 850 million for propaganda in the United States and received no return, as Viereck testifies during inquiries into Teuton activities. He says influence could have deterred U.S. entry if influential papers were bought. Federal officials note a grand jury report soon on Mail for Germany purchases. Dr. Rumely faces perjury bail linked to alien property matters.
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George Sylvester Viereck
Teuton
United States
Viereck
Fatherland
Becker
America
Grand Jury
Germany
Edward A. Rumely
Mail and Express Company
Czecho Slovak Forces Seize Two Cruisers at Novorostek Harbor
Czecho-Slovak troops have pushed to the Black Sea coast in southeastern Russia and seized two Russian cruisers in the harbor of Novorostek. Reports from Washington dated July 31 describe Allied embassies fleeing Vologda and arriving in Kaladaska after threats of bombardment.
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Kandalaska
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M. Tehitcherin
Copenhagen
Orenburg
Tremsevik
London
Entente
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Emaresjeen
Kardoe
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Christiania
Daily Express
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Enaresjeen
Siberia
Daily Mail
Vladivostok
Washington
Moscow Jail Situation and Bolshevik Army Reorganization
Swedish reports suggest the German Russian commission has set general covenant terms under Brest-Litovsk. Moscow jails are crowded as arrests surge and authorities repurpose buildings for confinement. Bolsheviks reportedly plan disbanding the Red Guard and reorganizing a new army along former lines with czarist officers.
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Brest- Urtovsk
State Department
Moscow
Red Guard
Australians Take Merris in Surprise German Flush
Australian troops captured Merris by surprise, clearing the town in minutes and taking 169 prisoners along with trench mortars and machine guns. The action came two miles from Meteren, marking a German penetration high point in April. A navy balloon near an Atlantic port was struck by lightning and destroyed in a thunderstorm. no details on casualties.
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Anzios
Morris
Meteren
von Arnim
Flanders
Atlantic
Navy
Will last for some time yet in draft class planning
Washington reports that the draft faces no immediate invasion of the deferred classes though Class 1 is running down. Crowder may order quarterly registrations with September 5 as a potential date, and classification could stretch into December. Baker’s new manpower bill awaits clarity for ages to be fixed.
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Senate
House
Crowder
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Dent
Break Expected Between Bolsheviki and Allies in Russia
Washington July 31 The past days bring indications of a breaking point between the Bolshevik government of Russia and the allies. Allied ambassadors move about Russia seeking safe landing places as Bolshevik authorities, urged by German influence, display an ugly attitude toward the allies. Administration headquarters say the allies are prepared for any eventualities.
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Washington, D. C
Russia
German commander and adjutant slain in Ukraine bombing
A Copenhagen cablegram reports Field Marshal von Bielhorst and Captain von Dressler killed by bombs thrown from a cab in the Ukraine. The incident reflects rising anti German sentiment in occupied Russian territories due to German aggression and confiscation of Russian provisions.
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Sinal
Evening Journal
New York City
Copenhagen
von Biehorn
Ukraine
von Dressler
Russia
Yanks Press German Line as Rainbow Division Enters Action
Special to Evening Journal Paris July 31 soldiers gain on the Germans while retreat continues north. Allied aim is to bleed enemy in the Soissons Reims salient. Gen March chief of staff cites no open break with Turkey and announces U S army reorganization as the Forty Second Rainbow Division moves to the firing line.
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Evening Journal
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Soissons-Reims
March
Turkey
Germany
Washington
Rainbow
U. S. Army
German officers count under ether on front line
At the Aisne Marne front a wounded German captain at a dressing station repeats one two three while under ether. A nurse explains that German officers do this as anesthesia causes talking in sleep and the count continues, yielding no usable information.
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Aisne-Marne
Oureq
Raincoat contracts trigger federal conspiracy case
New York July 81. Aubrey W Vaughan a captain in the quartermasters corps, Felix Gouled a manufacturer, and DP L Podell a lawyer were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to defraud the government in contracts for raincoats.
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New York
Aubrey W. Vaughan
Quartermaster’s Corps
United States Army
Felix Gouled
DP. L. Podell
Turkish ambassador Hakky Pasha dies in Berlin
Amsterdam dated dispatch reports Hakky Pasha Turkish ambassador to Germany died in Berlin after a short illness.
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Hakky Pasha
Germany
Berlin
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