Cloudburst Ruins Seven Towns and Drowns Many
Destructive cloudburst floods Cabin Creek and Coal River valleys near Charleston West Virginia. Gov Hatfield orders National Guard relief. earliest reports estimate 11 to 150 deaths and at least 1 million dollars in damage as towns including Miami Sharon Dawes Rayford Eskdale and Acme are devastated. Train cars drift away. hundreds homeless. looting reported amid disrupted communications.
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Treaty Backing Denmark West Indies Sale Moves Senate
The United States and Denmark reach a bargain on ceding the Danish West Indies for 25 million dollars. The treaty, signed in New York, awaits foreign relations committee review for ratification. It includes Greenland concessions and previously withheld publicity at Denmark’s request.
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Adjournment Plans For Congress By September 1 Reported
Senate leaders worked out a plan to adjourn by September 1 with a limited bill agenda including the shipping revenue employers liability and appropriation measures and conference reports. Harding urged August 26 as a departure date while Democrats favored an early end as campaign pressures mounted.
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U S Board Averts Rail Strike Parleys Begin
The United States board of mediation and conciliation opens talks to avert a national rail strike as railroad managers and 400,000 workers seek a peaceful settlement. Mediators meet with managers after the workers vote for possible walkout.
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Wilson
Fire Devastates Peronne as French Shells Hard Hit Cathedral Likely Doomed
German dispatch reports Peronne heavily shelled by French artillery. The city hall museum lost paintings and coins. wooden late Gothic houses and notable landmarks face probable ruin.
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Blacklist Withdrawn for Several American Firms
Acting Secretary Polk announced that several American firms were stricken from the British blacklist under the trading with the enemy act after assurances from the State Department showing they were not involved in enemy trading. He noted the blacklist principle remains objectionable as long as any American traders face embargo, and said negotiations in individual cases would continue while awaiting a reply. No reserve blacklist involving Americans has been advised by the State Department.
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Gerard to See Kaiser
Berlin telegraph reports American Ambassador James W. Gerard sought an audience with Emperor William II to deliver an autograph letter from President Wilson. The message urged consideration of the peacemaking plan and discussed the potential mediation of Poland's fate, per the Amsterdam telegraph correspondent.
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Index to Today 5 issue highlights global conflicts and domestic affairs
A compact recap of today’s paper notes a West Coast flood, Senate actions on revenue, and a London protest over the Fryatt case. Reports include German moves, Italian fronts, and Turkish occupation, plus domestic items on wheat prices, militia recruitment, and temperance appeals.
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Zeppelins Strike UK Coast in Broad Raid and Casualties
London reports indicate seven to ten hostile airships conducted an August raid along the eastern and northeastern coasts of the United Kingdom. About 160 bombs caused 28 casualties, with women and children among the dead and injured. property damage included burned homes, shattered windows, and railway damage. Anti aircraft guns engaged, one raider pursued by naval aircraft. overall military impact deemed minimal.
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Allies vow retaliation for Zeppelin raids across Europe
London reports Allied leaders announce strict retaliation policy after yesterday’s German Zeppelin raid on England and France. Officials say future Allied actions will be forceful against German targets in reprisal for attacks, as reports emerge of continuing air raids and war activity on multiple fronts.
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French Drive Germans From Trench North of Hemwood
Allied forces push German lines in the Somme and Verdun sectors as French and British units recapture Hemwood trench north of the Foo area. Artillery and aeroplane activity intensifies with raids on railway hubs and enemy positions, while gains are reported near Pozières and Guillemont.
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