Turning Movement Begins In Allied Push On Vesle
American and French forces press on the Vesle front amid lighter German artillery and rising reports of withdrawal. A Scottish division joined the assault at Soissons, marching 10 miles after days of travel to relieve the line and drive Germans back.
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Italian War Office
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Baltic lands set for new borders after talks
Amsterdam Aug 1 The Russian government agreed that Livonia and Estonia shall be separated from Russia following negotiations between Germany and the Soviet government. A Berlin correspondent says a reorganization of the German occupied territory is likely. Courland will be separated from the eastern command and joined with Livonia and Estonia.
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French Repulse German Attacks Near Bligny and Meuse
The French war office reports German assaults southwest of Bligny near Reims were repulsed after sharp fighting. German raids on Four de Paris in the Meuse region and on the Meuse right bank failed to gain advantage, with French casualties and prisoners taken. German guns were active in the Somme near Villers-Bretonneux and Bucquoy, with a raid near Lens and artillery action around Merris and Meteren.
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London
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Cargo Carrier Sinks After Collision Off Atlantic Coast
Reports from Paris indicate a cargo carrier collided with a tanker off the Atlantic coast. The tanker then completed a round trip from St Nazaire to Paris in five hours and thirty minutes, covering about 475 miles with a 45 minute stop at St Nazaire. Two aviators are reported safe after the incident.
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Dutch Paper Says U S Forbids Trading With Hirers of Hans
Amsterdam Aug 1 The Tele graaf reports the American government has prohibited trade with Dutch East Indian firms employing Germans. Plantation enterprises there are gradually discharging Germans in their service. Yekaterinburg in the Perat province near the Siberian border has been taken by the Czecho Slovaks Isvestia Moscow reports.
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Hoover Goes to Paris
Herbert Hoover, the American food administrator, who has been in London for nearly two weeks, left today for Paris. The move signals a shift in his assignments as he continues to coordinate food relief efforts in Europe.
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News Delivery Notice Requests Phone Action
The notice states the paper was not delivered by 6 o clock due to carrier error or other cause and instructs readers to call 3330 for a replacement, with calls needing to reach the office before 6 30 p.m. to arrange delivery.
Mason City Packing Plant Strike Ends
Workers at the Decker Packing plant resume duties after a walkout in a government work dispute resolved by the War Labor Board. About three hundred employees are affected. Also, short line railroads seek a 4 12 cent per hundredweight rise in petroleum shipments to align with government lines. Washington reports the last of 900,000 caregiver payments for June were mailed, with July checks to follow.
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Cotton crop forecast reduces U S bale output
The Agriculture Department’s August forecast estimates the 1919 cotton crop at 13,619,100 five hundredweight bales, down from July’s 15,925,000 due to drought in the western belt, especially Texas. State conditions and sea island versus Egyptian shares are detailed, with areas planted at 37,073,000 acres, and sea island output split among Georgia Florida and others.
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Wage Increases Granted to Trainmen Across Cities
The war labor board awarded wage raises for motormen and conductors in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, New Orleans, Schenectady, Buffalo, Newark, Trenton, Scranton, East St. Louis, and other lines. Increases range from 38 to 48 cents per hour, effective on varied dates, with some retroactive adjustments. The board also urged Congress to authorize legislation to allow fare hikes to fund ongoing railway costs.
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Charles City Boys Enter U S Navy Recruit List
Charles City youths join the navy with enlistments including John P. Lane and Silas M. Springer as apprentice seamen. Herbert E. Young, once with the recruiting staff, is sent to Waterloo under Chief T. R. Hansen.
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Charles City
Herbert E. Young
Skagit River hydroelectric bond plan authorized
A Seattle based agency authorized by the capital issues committee to issue up to 5 500 700 in bonds for hydroelectric plants on the Skagit River to support war industries. The notice reflects a wartime expansion effort with commissions and advertising language.
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Capital Issues Committee
Skagit River
Heavy U S Losses Reported by Berlin Bureau
Amsterdam reports from a semi official Wolff bureau in Berlin quote telegrams dated Wednesday on Marne fighting. An American prisoner said July 29 that only 30 of the first battalion of the Lith regiment remained after July 17 attack near Chateau Thierry, with no reinforcements. The secondDutchen unit west of Meuniers wood on July 30 suffered 100 casualties.
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New Gas Used by HMNS Makes White Flame
American and French troops opened an attack on the Aisne Marne front to straighten the line and remove barbed wire entanglements. German forces used a white smoky gas as heavy artillery and machine guns replied. the push aimed to outflank Meuniere wood and sever the Romingny to Cierges salient.
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Certificates of Government Anger Demand
Washington Aug 1 The 4590,000,000 bond of certificates of indebtedness subscriptions closed two days ago oversubscribed 84,750,000 marking total certificates outstand in anticipation of the fourth liberty loan 2,184,836,000. Federal reserve districts except Richmond Atlanta Minneapolis and Dallas cover subscribed their tentative quotas. London August asking for a vote of credit of 700,000,000 in the house of commons today. Bonar Law said large amount due to impending adjournment not increased expenditure.
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War department orders locomotives for French railroads
In Washington the war department ordered 510 locomotives for military railways in France. The Fourth Liberty Loan campaign is set to open September 25 and run three weeks. Chicago reports Chicago’s morals censor M B C Junkhouser vindicated by the civil service commission. A New York case involves Miss Ethel Drake and the French ambassador over funds for ambulances, while Boston and Peoria items note alleged plots and a missing cashier linked to Counts von Bernstorff and possible fugitive intent toward Mexico.
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Lets Boat Contracts
Washington August 1 The emergency fleet corporation announced last week contracts for 22 steel cargo ships and 10 tugs. Fourteen cargo ships will be built by Mines Shipbuilding Learie and the remainder by Long Beach Shipbuilding in California.
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Lansdowne letter seeks deeper explanation on peace talks
In a letter by the Marquis of Lansdowne, former British minister without portfolio, he states there is a deep seated desire for further explanation on the conditions under which discussion might lead to peace rather than immediate peace talks.
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Great Lakes Seamen Pact Signed in Washington
A working agreement between unions of Great Lakes seamen firemen and stewards and most independent lake ship owners was signed in Washington with the Shipping Board labor adjustment commission. Unions gain dock and vessel access while wage disputes are to be settled by the Shipping Board. Training plans will elevate boys and ordinary seamen to able seamen with coal passer firemen.
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Ukraine Riots Signal Strains in Turbulent Relations
Reports from Kiev describe serious rural riots as peasants rally against German influence, with Germany weighing recall of its ambassador and reciprocating moves. In Berlin a bomb killed Field Marshal von Wichhorn and aide Captain von Dressler, assassin Boris Danskip linked to Moscow’s Social Revolutionists. heart failure and blood loss cited.
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Auto Use Tax From $10 Up Each Year Is Committee Plan
Washington Aug. 1 A federal graduated excise tax on automobile use was agreed to by the house cars and means committee drafting the $8 06 billion revenue bill The tax runs from 19 a year on cars under 500 to 60 on 3 000 cars and 20 more for each 500 above 3 000 It applies to owners while a 10 per cent tax on gross automobile sales and 5 per cent on auto trucks applies to manufacturers producers and importers of cars The tax is based on the original retail listed price regardless of model or year
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Warehouse Fire Kills Six at Fleischmann Plant
Six workers died when a warehouse of the Fleischmann company in Peekskill New York burned and a wall collapse trapped others. Fire officials reported the death toll possibly higher as debris remained and several workers were unaccounted for this morning.
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King George Experiment With American Cooking
A garbled dispatch discusses King George or a correspondent reflecting on his experiments with American cuisine. The text questions whether his pursuits are worth the risks and what value life holds in such choices.
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