Allied forces capture Villers-les-Roye and advance near Roye
Allied troops occupied Villers-les-Roye and St Aurin and pressed toward the Chaulnes Roye line. Damery wood fell as French forces encircled Roye. Germans clung to hills east of Ribecourt and defended the Lassigny Oise canal amid rotational withdrawals.
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Associated Press
France
Villers-les- Roye
St. Aurin
Armancourt
Chaulnes-Roye
Damery Wood
Paris
Roye
Villers les-Roye
Nesle-Rayonne
Ribecourt
Lassigny- Oise Canal
Noyon
Roosevelt's Game Is Given Religious Rites
Religious services were held by Bishop Brent and Charles S. MacFarland at Lieut Quentin Roosevelt's grave near the spot where he died in air combat last month. Dispatches from the Vesle front note he was buried near Chamery east of Fere en Fardenois after visiting the American front at Fismes.
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Associated Press
Paris
Quentin
Roosevelt
Brent
Protestant Episcopal Church
Ster
Charles S. MacFarland
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Fismes
Vesle
Lieut. Roosevelt
Chamery
Fere En Fardenois
New York Lieutenant Killed in Aug 3 Air Battle
Lieut Walter B Miller of New York, a former Lafayette escadrille member, was killed in an August 3 air combat near Paris. His eight machine patrol faced a 30-plane German squadron and the pilot fell inside American lines while the rest of his team escaped after a fierce struggle.
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The
Associated Press
Paris
Walter B. Miller
New York
Lafayette Escadrille
Pneumonia in Army Sees Small Rises in Seven Days
Washington report shows a slight uptick in pneumonia cases among U S troops for the week ending August 16 with general increases in admissions and non effective rates but the disease death rate remains near the annual 3.18 per thousand.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Paris
Kaval
Crowder Urges Registration for All Men Turning 21
Washington Aug 16 General Crowder warned all men who turned 21 since June 6 must appear before local boards to register for military service on Aug 24 regardless of any presumed exemptions. Mail registration possible for absentees, with instructions to reach home boards by Aug 24. The Senate committee also supported drafting 18 to 21 year olds and those 21 to 45 in essential occupations.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Crowder
Gompers
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Germa
Associated
Ress
Pacific
Albert Metin
United States
France
M. Metin
Paul Gerald Pau
Word of Appreciation From Marshal Foch
Paris August 16 Marshal Foch expressed deep appreciation to American people for moral and spiritual support He thanked Rev Charles S MacFarland general secretary of the Federation for American Veterans for conveying the praise of Allied generals officers and men He praised American help as tremendously important
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Associated Press
Paris
Marshal Ford
Charles S. MacFarland
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
MacFarland
Marshal Foch
Chinese Parliament Opens in Brief Ceremony
The new Chinese parliament opened with the president and cabinet members present. Proceedings lasted about 20 minutes.
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Associated Press
Peking
Boasting German No Match for Slugger Oir in Army Camp
George Chip a New Castle corporal in the national army humbled a boasting German in the internment camp near Camp Greenleaf. The German bragged he could whip six Americans. Chip knocked him out in short order.
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New Castle
George Chip
Camp Greenleaf
Chip
National Army
U S and Britain Protest Mexican Oil Decree
The United States and Great Britain protest Carranza decrees seen as confiscation. American and English oil firms unite to refuse terms, relying on government protection. An additional ad notes a War Size Diamond June 5c cigar.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
United States
Great Britain
Carranza
Germany orders mass draft as manpower wanes in trenches
The German high command announces an urgent comb-out to recover capable men for infantry. It prioritizes front-line veterans over 43 with six months’ service and calls for reserves from auxiliary units. Field Marshal von Mackensen and Gra von Schliez receive orders to demand greater local manpower for reinforcements.
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Associated Press
France
Germany
Judendorff
Iudendorff
Belgium
von Mackensen
Gra. von Sehleiz
W C A Offer Strengthens War Service Pledge
The American YWCA leadership in Paris sends allied women greetings and pledges comradeship in wartime work. Prominent women from England France and America attend a Paris meeting with similar gatherings planned in India China Japan Australia Canada and South American nations this month.
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Renneil
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Massineetine
England
France
America
India
China
Japan
Australia
Canada
South Amerrican
Idle New York women urged to join harvest effort
The Lacusteial commission of the state department of labor appeals to "So Women of leisure" in New York for help this week. It seeks several hundred women aged 18 to 64 not employed in essential industries, due to an acute farm labor shortage as students and teachers return to cities.
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New York State
State Department of
Tabor
Tarn
Brazilian freighter Madrugada sunk off Virginia by German submarine
The Brazilian freighter Madrugada, 400 feet long, sailing from New York to Santos, was torpedoed near the Virginia coast. Captain Frederic House and crew survived in lifeboats after four hours’ rowing. ship went down within minutes. Casualties not reported. Depth charge efforts against a submarine near Cape May were inconclusive. The report also notes other naval incidents and an appointment of federal reserve examiners.
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Winter Quarterston
Virginia
Coass
Prederielhouse
Macdrugadna l
Santos
Brazil
Ronseth
So Oa
Washington
Cape May
Seaphines
Echisors
Dane Sets
Charsingiel
Wies
Port Washington
Gloucester
Navy ‘Department
New England
Delivery request for newspaper reprint and phone notice
The text requests to stop home delivery due to an error by the carrier or another cause and offers to send a copy by mail. It instructs calling the office at 3330 before 6 30 p.m. to arrange sending and confirms a deadline for phone contact.
Plane crash and tram car collision kill four near Marseilles
A plane returning from a fight encountered engine trouble and crashed into a tram car near Marseilles Aug. Four people in the car were killed and several others injured. The two aviators suffered severe burns. State institutions admitted today to the federal reserve system include the State Savings Bank in Fairfield, Ta. with resources of 1.623 billion.
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Marseilles
Havas
Veral
Federal Reserve System
The
Lows State Savings Bank
Fairfield
We Must Continue Hard and Bitter Struggle
The Frankfort Gazette urges ongoing hard and bitter struggle for the defense of the fatherland as enemies show no readiness for peace. It notes America’s growing influence on the Entente and warns against any premature peace moves, calling for courage and perseverance for future developments.
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Frankfort Gazette
Rytie
Amsterdam
Ane
Admira von Hintze
Tielle
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
America
United States
Manitoba Battalion Sets Record Advance in France
Canadian forces report the Manitoba battalion marching over 20 000 yards from the front line while 18 German planes attacked. They scattered unscathed, captured Parvilliers village and seized machine guns and prisoners in a sector near Amiens Montdidier with reinforcements and heavy enemy artillery.
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France
Quebec
Quesnil
Manitoba
Parvillers
Amiens-Montdidier
Red Cross Men Receive Italian War Cross for Bravery
Several American Red Cross ambulance service members were decorated with the Italian war cross for bravery on Mont Grappa in June. The honorees include Capt. R. W. Bates of Cambridge Massachusetts John Cloud of St Louis Missouri Joseph Widner of New York James Baker of Minneapolis Minnesota and Lieut. Ginoo He Florida.
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Italy
American Red Cross Ambulance Service
Mont Grappa
Tyere
R. W. Bates
Cambridge
Mass
John Cloud
St. Louis
Joseph Widner
New York
James Baker
Minneapolis
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