French Troops Push Forward Under Dense Bombardment
Correspondent Gerald Campbell with the French army describes a breakthrough on the Salmsons front as General abgin’s divisions attack through a heavy barrage. French forces, including Zouaves and Tirailleurs, advance past Juvigny amid smoke dust and shellfire, with planes overhead reporting progress and troops streaming toward the plateau. The desolate plateau landscape is scarred by artillery, smoke, and dust while the mood of the troops remains steadfast and determined despite exhaustion.
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Gerald Campbell
Washington Post
Abgin
Salmsons
Genereal
U-iportant
Ternysormysts
Juvigny
Allette
Gunters
Terny-Sorny
Juvieny
Bethune Road
Moensain
Audigniscourt
Vic Road
Margival and
Lauffax
Ryan Quits Anaconda Job as Copper Firm Chief
New York Sept 34 The resignation of John D Ryan as president of the Arscotda Copper Mining Company was announced after a directors meeting. He will devote full time to government service as director of the air service. Kelley, a former Butte Mont VP, was elected president.
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New York
John D. Ryan
Arscotda Copper Mining Company
Air Service
Kelley
Butte, Mont
British push along Hindenburg line gains ground
Allied forces press along the Hindenburg line sweeping north of the Somme and capturing Mesnil southeast of Le Transloy. Germans evacuate near the Sansee and canals while thousands of prisoners and captured arms flood British lines. Berlin reports a quiet day between the Scarpe and the Somme as German and French actions shift along Arras and Cambrai routes.
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Hindenburg Line
Drocourt
Queant
Lys
Weater
Neuve Chapille
Richebourg Et Vanat
Drocourt-Quentaina
Brezieres
Moeuvres
Graincourt
Marecoing
Berlin
London
War Office
Scarpe
Somme
Arran
Arras-Cambrai
Noreull
Oise
Aisne
German War Office
260000 More Yanks Land In August Dispatch
London reports American navy headquarters states nearly 260000 men were transported during August. A third of this total sailed on American ships. In the second quarter destroyers from an American base escorted 121 troop convoys totaling 773 ships. Merchant convoys totaled 171 carrying 1083 ships.
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London
He Won't Drop Dead Any More
A Cleveland man credited Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with restoring his health after severe stomach and liver troubles. He says four months of use reduced gas and heart distress, and friends note improvement. The ad touts the product as simple and safe with a money back guarantee.
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Cleveland
Mayr
O'donnell’s
People’s Drug Stores
B. A. Tachiffely
Drugeists
War plants and output details from Crowell
Mr Crowell outlines industrial wartime production with twelve finishing plants for gun completion and 250 155 millimeter guns shipped to France. He cites monthly outputs for machine guns heavy and light Browning rifles and pistols, notes Bethlehem Steel as the initial artillery plant, broad raw material flow, and claims no major supply shortages as preparations for 4,000,000 troops for a decisive victory next year.
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Mr Crowell
Bethlehem Steel Works
Planta
Crowell Gald
Quartermaster General
Shipping Board
Outwitted by Foch in the French theater of war
A historical report notes Gen Mangin forming a corridor between the Aisne and the Oise as two major offensives in Tardenois and the Somme converge. It describes British pressure along the Hindenburg Line, Belgian actions near Ypres, and Ludendorff’s potential winter-line planning across a 150 mile front.
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Aisne
Oise
Tardenois
Somme
Champsigne
Gouraud
Montdidier- Noyon
Marne
Hindenburg
Arras
Douai
Cambrai
Flanders
Ypres
Ludendorff
Leason
Foch
Danyright
Preat
U S World War Front Report From May Pivot Near Cambrai
Special dispatch from London Times to Washington Post recounts a major Allied push along a twenty mile front. Northward gains around Lys valley and Ypres area. Cambrai and Bullecourt Queant sectors show progress while Germans contest lines. French cooperation noted as decisive with improved mobility and strategic pincers forming near Arras and Peronne.
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Bsrshat Ssiderotham
London Times
Washkington Post
Goprights
Fubile Ledger
London
Bullecourt
Niencourt
Drosourt-Queant
Lys
Kemmel
Mesalnés Ridge
Pioegsteart Wood
Somme
Trangloy
Peronne
German War Situation Near Collapse in France
A fragmented wartime report notes German intelligence missteps and morale strain as Allied pressure grows in France. The text suggests Germany may need to divert full strength to avert strategic collapse, threatening a shift toward key French battle zones and threatening major military pivots.
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France
Laca-~La Fore Hills
Railroad workers to receive wage increases under McAdoo order
Director General McAdoo approves a second set of boosts affecting nearly 1,000,000 railroad workers across tracks, Welchmen, maintenance of way staff, clerks, station agents and others. The increases, about 10 to 30 percent, total roughly 1.09 billion annually and follow the government general wage order. Details of the new order to be announced today.
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United States
McAdoo
Board of Railroad
Genstal
Debs' Motion Overruled in Espionage Indictment
Federal Judge D C Westenhaver overruled Debs lawyers motion to quash the indictment for Espionage Act violations. Debs four time Socialist candidate faces trial September 9 after being arrested July 1 for a Canton speech June 16. Court struck four counts and will reconsider three others as the government intends to enter nol pros in five counts.
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Cleveland
Ohio
D C. Westenhaver
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Canton
Revolt in Peru Suppressed at Ancon near Lima
Lima reports the revolutionary movement that began last week at Ancon, thirty miles from Lima, has been crushed. Insurgents surrendered to the government after a mutiny by about two hundred Peruvian troops in the Ancon garrison on August 24 led by Maj Armando Patina who issued a manifesto condemning the government and calling for immediate action.
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Peru
Ancon
Insurgenta
Armando Patina
Ate
Germany
France
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