Allies Drive On 120 Mile Front In French Noyon Advance
Allied forces push along a 120 mile front as French capture Lassigny and reach toward Noyon. British attack from the Ancre to Moyenneville makes gains, with dozens of villages seized and prisoners taken. French and British advances threaten German positions along the Oise and Aisne, aided by tanks and air cover.
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Lassigny
Noyon
Bray
Lys
Oise
Associated Press
Parix
Chiry- Ourscamps
London
Ancre
Moyenneville
Haig
Achiet-le-Petit
France
Reuter
Mangin
Jine
Divett
Plemont
Assoiated
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Pommiers
Soissons
Aisne
Scarpe
Ther Lins
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Somme
Albert-Arras
Gans
Rasselens
Anil
Oyse
the Ancre
Beaucourt-sur-Ancre
Puisieuvxau-Mont
Bucquoy
Ablainzevelle
Logeast Wood
Courcelles
Boislieux-St. Marie
Nercatel
Iitie
Messines
Mount Kemmel
Bernhardi's Fifty-fifth Corps Routed on British Front
London reports Gen. Bernhardi, famed German author and commander of the Fifty-fifth corps, driven back by British lines along the Lys toward Armentieres. The corps suffered heavy position losses and severe enfilading fire while attempting to hold the Merville salient near Nieppe forest.
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Bne
Grman
London
Bernhardi
Germany
Sixth Army
the Lys
Armentieres
British Casualties Reported in Last Week
London reports 8 411 British casualties in the week ended today, down from 8 620 the prior week. Breakdown lists killed or died of wounds: officers 210, men 1 367. wounded or missing: officers 635, men 6 209. Rest and be well at Grove Park Inn Asheville MN. C. Finest resort hotel in the world. No invalids.
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London
Grove Park Inn
Asheville, MN. C
Russian Officers Shot After Arrest 15 000 Sent to Prison Camps
Amsterdam reports a Moscow letter dated August 14 says several hundred of 15,000 arrested officers have been shot. Some renounced citizenship and gained German or Polish passes and were released at the German consul general’s request. The rest were sent to a concentration camp under artillery fire and described as beggaring description.
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Amsterdam
Moscow
Alfons Paquet
Frankfort Zeitung
Theerman
Paquet
Draft bill up today in Congress to broaden draft age
Congress resumes debate on a manpower bill to extend the draft to ages 18 to 45 with passage expected in both houses. Controversy centers on the work or fight provision and a House amendment delaying 18 and 19-year-olds until older registrants are called. Senate set aside recess to act.
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Congress
Germany
Senate
House
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Senate Military, Committee
House Committee
Organized Labor
Thomas
Colorado
Haig Foch and Beatty Urge Coal Output in Britain
London reports Marshal Foch, Field Marshal Haig, and Admiral Beatty sent messages to the Southampton miners urging higher coal production. Baron Calthrop warned a 36 million ton shortfall this year while more American troops flow to France boosts demand.
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London
Marshal Foch
Field Marshal Haig
Admiral Beatty
Prand Fleet
Coal Miners’ Federation
Southampton
Great Britain
Marshal Foeh
Baron Calthrop
France
Ford Will Return Profits From War Work
Henry Ford announced via his private secretary that he will return to the United States government all profits he personally earns on war contract work. He said he expects other Ford Motor Co stockholders to follow suit, but the amount and method of return were not specified.
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Petroit
Mich
Henry Ford
United States
Ford Motor Company
Will Reinstate Operators
New York, Aug. 21. All former employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company who were discharged for union affiliations during the recent labor dispute before the government takeover will be reinstated. About 650 to 700 workers are affected, Vice President Atkin said.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Atking
Argentina Decrees Food Embargo In Drive To Cut Costs
Buenos Aires announces a presidential decree after cabinet talks to curb the high cost of living. The embargo bans export of fuel and staple foods including coal wood oil vegetables potatoes beans rice peas and mineral oil to stabilize prices and ensure domestic supply.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Irigoyen
Hasten Hun retreat no formal offensive yet
The article analyzes German forces on the Aisne and Gise fronts near Laon and La Fere, noting slow retirements to avoid losses and the Allies’ vigilance. It argues the German moves are defensive, part of a siege pattern, with a coming shift to trench warfare as future lines form through Estaires and Menin.
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Laon
la Fere
London
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Mangin
Aisne
Gise
Antreches
Noyon Road
French Drive Up Oise to Ward Laon and Chemin-des-Damea
French forces push toward the Oise area aiming at Laon and secure the Chemin-des-Damea while Marshal Foch exploits fears with bold operations between the Oise and Aisne. German HQ weigh whether a hill country recovery is central to strategic plans and anticipate possible surprises.
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Oise
Laon
Chemin-des-Damea
Marshal Foch
Hig
Aisne
Noyen
Nivelle
British Sub Sinks U Boat After Surface Duel
A British submarine engaged a German U boat in the North Sea. The British boat fired two torpedoes and observed a surface explosion. Five minutes after surfacing only the German captain remained among wreckage, with the rest of his crew dead.
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London
British Wireless Service
North Sea
Norris Leads in Nebraska and Carey Nominated in Wyoming
Returns from yesterday's primaries show United States Senator Norris leading in Nebraska by about 1,000 votes for the Republican nomination while Morehead likely wins the Democratic Senate nod. In Wyoming Robert D. Carey secures the Republican governor nomination, with Houx renominated Democrat. Osborn wins Democratic U.S. Senate nomination. Warren and Mondell have no Republican opposition.
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Lincoln
Nebr
United States
George W. Norris
United States Senate
John H. Morehead
Keith Neville
Charles W. Bryan
Samuel R. McKelvie
Walter Johnson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Robert D. Carey
Careyhurst
Frank I. Houx
Cody
John &. Osborn
Rawlins
Hayden M. White
Francis E. Warren
Frank W. Mondell
Rule gives labor right to organize
The national war labor board affirmed workers at Smith & Wesson in Springfield May seek union rights and bargain collectively through chosen representatives. It orders reinstatement for any retaliatory discharge and bans discharge for union activity while allowing grievances to be presented by elected employee representatives in a nearby public building. The ruling marks a major decision, challenging the company’s claim of individual contracts to block unionization.
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National War Labor Bond
Smith & Wesson Company
Arms Manufacturers
Springfield
Mays
Walsh
War Labor Board
Four Vessels Sunk By Converted Trawler Triumph
Nova Scotia reports the fishing schooner Lucille Schnare sunk late today by the steam trawler Triumph converted into a raider with bombs and guns. Survivors reached shore as more vessels including Una P. Saunders H Pratt Andrew and Francis J. O Hara were later sunk. Admiral Benson outlined measures to protect the Grand Banks fishery and counter the raid, warning the raider may be destroyed or recaptured soon.
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Nova Scotia
Lucille Schnare
Gloucester
Boston
Lunenberg
N. S
Triumph
Pasadena
Una Pr. Saunders
H. Pratt Andrew
Maas
Francis J. O'Hara
Wallace Bruce
A. Pratt Andrew
Una P. Saunders
Mickaye
Dorien
Myhre
Hidmer
Mass
A. Piatt Andrew
Bruce
John Chisholm Corporation
A. Platt Andrew
J. P. Nesquita
J. O’hara
O'Hara
Washington Post. Co
Benson
North Atlantic
Navy Department
Wheless
Mshing
Admiral Benson
Grand Banks
Mooney Petition Denied by State Supreme Court
San Francisco August 21 Mooney’s bid for a new trial alleging district attorney malfeasance was denied by the state supreme court. This marked the second denial since 1917 after the preparedness day bombing linked murder conviction. Mooney remains at San Quentin awaiting execution.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
State Supreme Court
Mooney
Supreme Court of the United States
San Quentin Penitentiary
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