British Gain Near Monchy le Preux Reported
London reports a local night fight east of Monchy le Preux produced further British ground gain and additional German prisoners. Raids northeast of Oosttaverne and near Boesinghe yielded captives as Canadi an and other Allied units continued trench destruction and counter battery work amid heavy enemy fire.
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London
Monchy le-Preux
War Office
Monchyle-Preux
Oosttaverne
Boesinghe
Wieltie
France
Lens Salient
Hull 70
Avon
Avion
Vermelles
Memorial notices for Arnold Patterson Randolph and others
Notices list several 1917 funeral announcements from New York and Washington area, including Rear Admiral Conway Willyer Arnold at Riverside Drive NYC with Oak Hill Cemetery interment, and Mary F Newton widow of James C Newton at 2007 F Street NW. Also probate and burial details for John H Patterson and Lu cien F Randolph, with services at local residences and Addison Chapel, plus distant notices for Hattie Sargeant and Henry C Tarlton. Dates range July 16–19 with relatives invited and cemetery interments noted.
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Arnold
Riverside Drive
New York City
Conway Willyer Arnold
U.S. N
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hewton
F Street Northwest
Mary F
James C. Newton
Patterson
Hirry
Maryland Avenue
May
John
Margaret R. Patterson
Phureday
Ariington National Cemetery
Providence
Boston
Mass
Lemarch Snd
Leonard
Thad B. Sargeant
Fineral
Rock Creek Cemetery
Tarlton
Instephen
Henry AL. ‘Adams
Otway Avenue
Capital Heights
Henry C. Tarlto
Addison Chapel
Post Office at Front Railways Aids Troops in France
American Transport Service to take over control of rail lines from Fort bases to permanent camps. A post office at the American training camp enables soldiers to mail home without revealing location. Troop movements prompt redistribution of surplus supplies and low billeting rates continue. A section of state forests turned to U S for barracks and 30,000 tons monthly lumber imports planned.
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American Transport Service
U. S
Associated Press
France
Paris
United States Transport Service
United States
America
New British sea lord appointed first lord of the admiralty
Former director general of the British munitions supply has been named first lord of the British Admiralty, succeeding Sir Edward Carson who relinquished the post to join the war cabinet without a portfolio.
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British Munitions Supply
British Admiralty
Sir Edward Carson
War Cabinet
U S Gets Star Fliers Thaw To Lead Lafayette Unit
Paris reports within a fortnight the Lafayette escadrille will join the American army reorganized with retained personnel. Lieut William Thaw becomes Maj Thaw and pursuit squadron commander. Several fliers promoted, exams for commissions, and use of spad planes. Pershing to receive other American aviators after aviation tests. The piece notes air supremacy as key to victory and mentions a French eagle mascot, plus Hinkle desertion case from Lafayette squadron.
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Paris
Lafayette Escadrille
William Thaw
Pitterburgh
Thaw
Star Fliers
Lafayette
Corps
Pershing
Novica Halicz fight rages as Austro Germans press
Russian forces hold position in Tomnica region amid heavy artillery and counterattacks. Austrian attempts south of Halucic and near Braczany are repulsed. Bavarian Croatian troops capture heights east of Novica after fierce fighting. British armored detachments reported aiding in Galicia. Italian banks report enemy deposits exceed 2,500,000 lire.
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Tomnica
Halusaz
Ans
Hut
Whorniloff
Dniester
Braezany
Halicz
Petrograd
Novica
Kalusz
Galicia
War Office
Poturtory
Braczany
Halic
Beneanica
Berlin
Landau
Archduke Joseph
von Mackensen
Riga
Dvinsk
Smorgon
Ebroul
Leopold of
Bavaria
Smorson
Brsezany
Carpathian
Lomnica
Putna
Sereth
Russia
Rome
Italy
Idea Nazionale
Repatriated French refugees flow to Evian under harsh limits
London reports Germans send back French men women and children from occupied northern areas at about 1000 daily. Repatriation occurs via Switzerland with thousands arriving at Evian les Bains. Refugees, mostly unable to work, face dire conditions as relief groups consider aid measures amid increasing congestion.
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London
France
Relief Commission
Switzerland
Evian-les-Bains
Department
Haute-Savoi
Lake Geneva
185 Sentenced for Dusseldorf Riots
Copenhagen reports that Dusseldorf ended a siege after 185 people were sentenced to about eighteen months each for food riot violence. Labor groups protested the severity, calling for suspensions for youths and bread-ration guarantees. A 12,000-worker rally at Bielefeld urged peace without annexation or indemnities and urged Reichstag support for a resolute government.
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Copenhagen
Dusseldorf
Bielefeld
Westphalia
Reichstag
Iowa to Have Home Guard 2000 Men to Replace National Guard
Des Moines reports Governor Harding announces Iowa will form a home guard of 2000 to assume duties normally done by the national guard. In Denver the legislature opens a special session facing a clash with labor leaders over creating a State constabulary to replace the guard when called into federal service August 5. Labor leaders say they expected a volunteer home guard instead.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Guard
W. L. Harding
Denver
Colo
Food for Sweden Held in Prize Court Case
In London the attorney general sought condemnation of about 1,800 tons of dried fruits from New York and San Francisco on ships San Francisco and Pacific. The goods, though consigned to Sweden's victualing commission, were alleged to be for export to Germany. Sweden's prewar imports rose from 6,500 to 11,556 tons in 1913, with 6,500 tons in the first half of 1916. Sweden had 11,000 tons on hand prewar, yet none remained in summer 1916, suggesting reexport guarantees were being violated.
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London
New York
San Francisco
Pacific
Swedish Victualing Commission
Germany
Sweden
Bombs at Lisbon tram trains injure several people
Rioters set bombs under tram trains in Lisbon causing injuries to multiple persons. Police clashed with malcontents amid widespread unrest in Lisbon and other Portuguese cities over high living costs and government dissatisfaction. Separately, a large explosion damaged the Wilhelm Welfenbach factory near Stuttgart with building destruction and damage to nearby houses.
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Lisbon
Amsterdam
Wienes Tageblatt
Stuttgart
Germany
Wilhelm Welffenbach
Suadheim
U S Troops in France to get white bread soon
The quartermaster's department races to finish a three months stock of foods near the camp with ten days' local supply. Soldiers now eat dark French bread paid with American flour. bakeries will soon supply white bread. Daily rations include beef or bacon or canned meats, bread, potatoes, coffee and sugar, plus prunes and jam. Private Nolan died by drowning yesterday at the camp.
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Quartermaster Department
Associated Presa
France
Quartermaster’s
Europe
Quartermaster’s Department
Nolan
Kilkenny Sinn Fein paper seized before election
Kilkenny People, an influential Sinn Fein weekly led by Edward T. Keane, was seized by police and military authorities on the eve of the parliamentary election. The seizure aims to influence the Kilkenny race by favoring Sinn Fein candidate W. T. Cosgrave, recently freed after a death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
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Dublin
Kilkenny People
Edward T. Keane
Parnell
Sinn Feiners
Patrick O'Brien
Sinn Fenners
Keane
Kilkenny
W. T. Cosgrave
Cosgrave
Roumanians Honor American Mission
A London Times special from Jassy dated July 4 reports Roumanian parliament gave an enthusiastic reception to Gen. Scott's American mission. The crowd filled the parliament playhouse as Scott praised the Roumanians for enduring Austro-Hungarian rule. He pledged U S aid and readiness to provide what Roumania needs. Prime Minister Bratianu thanked the United States warmly.
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London Times
Washington
Public Ledger Company
London
the Times
Jassy
Roumania
Gen. Scott
United States
Great Republic
America
Bratiano
Moros to Form Regiment for American Expeditionary Force
Manila July 18 plans are under way for a full Moros regiment to be formed with hopes it will join the American expeditionary force in France. The article also notes in Rome on July 18 Vice Admiral Delpone is named minister of marine succeeding Vice Admiral Arturo Triangi.
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France
Manila
Rome
Delpone
Arturo Triangi
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