Allied British French Break Front At Albert Montdidier
Allied forces break through along a 40 to 50 kilometer front, capturing Moreuil Demuin Ablancourt Morlancourt Cerisy Gailly and other objectives within hours. British and French gains include river and hill positions as German resistance stiffens on the Vesle line and bridges over the Aisne are destroyed.
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Associated Press
Paris
Albert-Mont= didier
Moreuil
Demuin
Ablancourt
Morlancourt
Gerisy
London
Soissons-Reims
Vesle
Aisne
France
Albert
Montdidier
Cerisy-Gailly
Somme
Sailly-Lauretie
Marceleave
Aubercourt
Wisinen
Grudendorff
Reims
la Neuvilette
Maneln
Soissons
Venezil
Chemin-des-Dames
Hertling Still Seeks Indemnity in Postwar Terms
In Reichstag remarks reported today Chancellor von Hertling said Germany will retain Belgium until Allies meet conditions including indemnities and restoration of prewar borders. He proposed peace terms granting Germany integrity, renouncing Alsace Lorraine claims, restoring colonies, and recognizing Brest-Litovsk and Baltic states within German influence, plus sea liberty and a boycott renunciation.
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Berne
Aug. S
Reichstag
von Hertling
Germany
Belgium
Austria
Hertling
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Austria-Hungary
Bucharest
Brest-Litovsk
Courland
Lithuania
Esthenia
Livonia
Italy
Adriatic
War Cuts Girl Stock in Blue Grass Territory
In Frankfort Kentucky August reports fear shortages of single marrying age women due to many marriages. Young women write to husbands in New York as winter social season nears.
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Blue Grass
Frankfort
A. DB. F
New York
Deserters in Austria Grow as Austrian Army Mutiny Threat
Serbian minister Tilenka Vestnich reports thousands of Austrian deserters hiding in mountains and forests. Desertions drain morale, complicate war effort, and threaten imperial control as U S and Wilson promote liberty for nations. Local regimes fear mutiny if harsh measures target deserters.
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Paris
Europe
Tilenka Vestnich
France
Legation
Austria
Iwieson
United States
Wilson
Congress
Hapsburg
Packers Doom Threatened in Federal Plan
The federal trade commission urged the president to seize control of major stockyards, cold storage plants, and rail cars to break a five-firm meat packing monopoly. Swift, Armour, Morris, Wilson, and Cudahy allegedly manipulate markets, restrict supplies, and profiteer, with extensive international reach and ownership in export meat. The report warns domestic and international harm and suggests a broad remedy, ongoing to page six.
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Washington, D. C
Aug. S
Federal Trade Commission
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Wilson & Co., Inc
Cudahy Packing Company
Witte House
Silroads
International
Commission
United States
Argentine
Brazil
Uruguay
Australia
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Belgium
Condi
Buying Shirt in Russia Takes Months and Money
Petrograd residents endure a slow path to acquire basic clothing as shortages force a multi-step process. Shoppers hunt for properly sized shirts through many shops, secure a permit after house committee approval, and pay inflated prices up to $15 to $20, with suits reaching about $200 due to widespread shortages.
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Russia
Petrograd
Associated Press
House
Paper Delivery Notice Tells Readers to Call for Missed Copy
The notice instructs readers that if the newspaper is not delivered by 6 o'clock they should phone S33Q to receive a copy, with calls to this office to be made before 6 30 p.m. It preserves the era's practical service language and provides a concrete delivery remedy.
Corn and Wheat Forecasts Highlight U S Crop Report
The August 1 crop canvass shows large but reduced production for corn at 2.925 billion bushels and all wheat at 878 million, with winter wheat at 556 million and spring wheat at 222 million. Other crops listed include oats 1.423 billion, barley 222 million, and rye 76.7 million bushels, amid adverse weather. Louisiana votes day ratifying federal prohibition amendment after senate action. temperatures and community notices accompany the item.
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Associated Press
Washington
DD. C
Department of Agriculture
Merak Sunk Off Cape Hatteras by German Submarine
Twenty survivors from the Merak 3224 gross ton steamship were reported by marine insurance circles as landed at Norfolk after the vessel was sunk by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras Tuesday night. One small boat with 18 crew members unaccounted for. captain and 23 crew landed at Norfolk. Merak had been taken over by the US Shipping Board and was en route from an American port to Chile with coal.
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Associated Press
New York
Aug
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk
Lake Portage
Berwind
Duluth
Minn
Waterloo officer Becker dies in France in World War I
Lieut. Fred B. Becker of Waterloo and Newell street, a University of Iowa football standout and East High graduate, was killed in action July 21 in France. He was the first Waterloo man to win a commission at Fort Snelling and later served in the Marine Corps after transferring from the regular army.
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Waterloo
Fred*b
Lieut
Becker
Earl Chap
Chapman
East
West High
East High
University of Iowa
Iowa
Kappa Sigma
Fort Snelling
Minn
Francé
Regular Army
Marine Corps 1 Becans
Navy draft extension not needed say Navy chief
Rear Admiral Palmer told the Senate Military Committee that extending the draft to the Navy is unnecessary for now as the Navy Department has enough personnel and enlistments would not be affected by changing the Army draft ages.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Palmer
Bureau of Navigation
Senate Military Committee
Navy
Press officials invited to discuss wire services with Burleson
Washington Aug 8 Representatives of press associations and Washington correspondents were invited by Postmaster General Burleson to meet him Monday for a discussion on providing the most efficient wire facilities for the press under government control of telegraph and telephone systems.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Burleson
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