Guns Alone Busy In Marne Area Amid Slowed Allied Push
Allied forces pause on the Sezons Rheims front as fighting wanes after two weeks of heavy action. In the Marne sector Americans hold positions near Seringet Neales while Germans launch limited assaults and suffer repulses. Reports note weariness on both sides and scattered bombardments with no major breakthroughs.
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Marne
U. S
Oureq River
Soissons
Rheims
Aisne-Marne
Associated Press
Seringes
Aemricans
Kaiser Promises to Foil The Desperate Enemy
Amsterdam July 31 Emperor William issues a proclamation dated August 1 to the German army and navy declaring the hardest war struggle and confidence to foil enemy efforts. He recalls victories and calls for steadfast bravery as air and artillery clashes continue on fronts including the Somme and Lens region with raids and patrols reported.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
William
Berlin
July British Casualties Reported in War Dispatch
London July 31 British casualties reported during July totalled 67 291. The figures show killed or died of wounds officers 521 men 470, wounded or missing officers 1 537 men 54 759. June casualties were 141 147.
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London
Marnes
Meat fraud charges filed against New York packers
Eighteen of twenty two meat packers and employees were arraigned in Federal court on charges related to shipments for the American Expeditionary Forces. They pleaded not guilty. Bail for Isador Frank was set at 8000 in liberty bonds. others at 1000. Trial slated for October. Advertisement touts Grove Park Inn Asheville North Carolina as the finest resort hotel.
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Ball
Isador Frank
Packer
Grove Park Inn
Asheville, N. C
Baker Cables Pershing for Losses as They Occur
War reporting flaws prompt Baker to urge Pershing to publicize casualties fully. President Wilson era concern lies in the delayed or indirect notices to relatives, with official lists failing to reflect true July losses. Press reports cite soldiers’ kin receiving mixed signals and confusion over casualty tallies and timing.
News Policy on Casualty Reports in France
The War Department instructed Gen Pershing to release all casualties to the public immediately rather than in delayed lists. This aims to maintain American trust and counter German propaganda by ensuring prompt, comprehensive casualty news for citizens.
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Albert W. Fox
Copsright
Washington Test Co
France
War Department
Gen. Pershing
Baker
Pershing
Official War Reports from Paris July 31
Paris dispatch reports a day of artillery actions with a minor raid near Antheuil failing to yield results. Franco British air squadrons claim eighteen enemy planes down and one captive balloon set ablaze. London cites artillery activity southwest of Albert and east of Roabecq, while Berlin says quiet on the front.
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Montdidier
Oise
Antheuil
London
War Office
Albert
Roabecq
Berlin
General Headquarters
Lens
Berthune
la Bassee
Somme
Morris
Kemmel
War fronts report renewed enemy attacks and Allied counteroffs
Gen Pershing’s communique cites renewed German counter attacks on the Oureq line with Allied forces repelling assaults and maintaining positions. Other front updates note captures of prisoners, successful American incursions near Perthes-Les-Hurlus, and limited raids with no result, plus Italian war office gains in the Daone valley and Brenta valley actions.
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War Department
Mesnil-St. Georges
Montdidier
la Pretre Wood
Meuse
Vosges
Perthes-Les-Hurlus
Champagne
Rome
Italian War Office
Daone Valey
Brenta
Coronhe
Peace Parleys Urged to Rebuild Russian Front Across Regions
London July 31 A new Lansdowne peace letter urges Allies to state terms, discusses reopening negotiations, and proposes a Russian front reformation from the Black Sea to the Caspian via Caucasus and Urals with Allied forces. It notes casualties, war weariness, and the need for coordinated aims among Britain, its dominions, and allies.
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Caspian
Malleterre
London
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Lansdowne
Hart Beauchamp
Baron Buckmaster
Lords
Commons
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Weelers
Lord Buckmaster
Germany
Lansdowne
England
Wales
Caucasus
Caspian Sea
Urals
Don
Donetz
Jrussian
Kazan
Moscow
Ifkra
Transoiberian
Mesopotamia
War Labor Board Rejects National Minimum Wage Plan
Labor policy shifts place unskilled labor under U S Employment Service control. Secretary Wilson says private agencies banned. workers moved only via federal service. Community boards to mediate labor. turnover in war industry cited as high, harming production and military strength. Taft and Walsh urge capi tal and labor to resolve disputes to keep wartime effort on track.
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Taft
Walsh
Willam B Wilson
Wilson
United States Employment Service
Essere
Industr
New York Today
Grosvenor Clarkson
Council of National Defense
United States
John H Tens
Federal
Lemplesent Service
Ar- Vaan
Washington
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