Mist aids gain of above two miles by Arras
British and French forces press north of the Somme in a shifting front across Oise and Picardy. French troops advance toward Noyon and Pontoise while reporting captures near Achiet-le-Grand and Camelin. British forces seize Conreuils Achiet-le-Petit and push toward Maverneville and Beaucourt-sur-Ancre in a dawn drive.
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Paris
Havas
Pontoise
Noyon
Camelin
London
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Achiet-le-Petit
Maverneville
Beaucourt-sur- Ancre
Ancre
Movenneyville
Keancourt-sur-Ancre
Niles
Achtet-Le-Grand
Achie-le-Petit
Achiet-le-Grand
French General Maugin Advances On Oise Front
The Associated Press reports Gen Maugin has advanced over two miles in three days along the Oise front, with Noyon and the Oise line now apparently within reach. Days earlier Mangin’s army was credited with capturing 500 guns and 500 trench mortars since the Allied offensive began on July 18.
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Associated Press
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New York
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Tassigny
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Fere
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Neron
Nesle
Canal du Nord
Peronne
Windenburs
Noron
Iowa draft quotas set for September pull to Camp Dodge
Des Moines August 21 Quotas for town local draft boards to provide 000 selective service men to Camp Dodge from September 3 to 6 were announced. Black Hawk 71 Cerro Gordo 64 Clinton 3 Clinton No 2 3 Des Moines 3 Dubuque Linn Muscatine Scott 2 12 Wapello Davenport zones assign counts. Train schedules not ready. Quotas for 60 limited service men to Mort Riley Kansas September 6 not yet compiled. Most travelers will come from last June registration as about 400 Class 7 men remain of the LA17 registration.
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Des Moines
Selective Service
Camp Dodge
Couity Board
Black Hawk
Cerro Gordo
Clinton
Dubuque
Qedar Rapids
Davenport
Mort Riley
Kan
Camps Dodge
Kaiser Battalion Chosen for Trials to Instruct Army
Emperor William selects Brandenburg battalion for trials to train and develop new fighting methods for German infantry. Dispatch reported by Karl Rosner in Lokal Anzeiger notes the unit will work on every new phase of modern combat. Advertisement for Martin’s El Verso Havana cigar appears and distracts from news.
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Insterdais
Ani
Brandenburg
Emperor William
Lokal
Anom
Karl Rosner
Spain to use German ships in Spanish ports
Spain informed Germany that due to submarine sinkings, Spanish ships will be replaced by German vessels in Spanish ports. The cabinet at San Sebastian issued the official statement promising continued neutrality. They reported 20 percent of the Spanish merchant marine sunk and over 1000 sailors killed. Eduardo Darias denied receiving any note from Germany hinting at a rupture.
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Associated Press
Paris
Spain
Germany
San Sebastian
ATO
Eduardo Dais
Russian officers held as hundreds shot in Moscow purge
Amsterdam reports former Russian grand duke Paul Alexandroviteh has been arrested by Bolsheviks in Moscow. Dr Paquet claims several hundred officers were executed, while others renounced Russian citizenship and received German or Polish passes before release or transfer to a concentration camp. British and French businessmen are said to be among those arrested.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Paul Alexandroviteh
AVS
Moscow
Wokal Nzeiger
Berlin
Bolsheviks
G Rand
Dmitri Pavloviteh
Bri
Alfons Paquet
Frankfort
Zeitung
Paquet
Telon
Tere Ror
Ford days profit return plan announced by Henry Ford
Henry Ford announced he will return to the United States all profits he personally earns from government contract work. He said he expects other Ford Motor Company stockholders to follow. Government contracts to Ford amount to several million dollars, though no profits have yet been paid as contracts remain incomplete.
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Detroit
Mini
Henry Ford
United States
Ford Motor Company
Modest in Japan Wound Police and Damage Homes
Crowds up to 10,000 clash in rice price protests across Japan injuring autos and tramways. Nagoya post office raided. police station attacked. one rioter killed. several policemen wounded. Government to publish two official bulletins daily after press compromise. Military and police dispersed mobs in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Nagoya
Wa“kayama
Former Dutch War Minister Colyn to Become Premier
London Aug 21 Jonkheer Colyn former minister of war will become Dutch Premier per the Amsterdam Telegraaf and Telegraph report after Nolens and De Savernin Lohman failed to form a ministry Queen Wilhelmina summoned Colyn to Hetloo summer residence Early May reports had him in England with German peace proposals he denied the trip and visited England again in July.
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Jonkaeer Colyn
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Nolens
de Savernin Lohman
Wilhelmina
Colyn
Hetloo
Jonkheer Colyn
England
Germany
Allied Forces Push German Lines on Broad Front in France
Allied troops push forward across a widening front from the Oise to the Somme as German retirement lines shift. Gen March notes 32 American divisions in France and Brazil’s free ship for two U.S. trips, with fronts shortened by over 50 miles.
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Washington, D. C
France
North Sea
March
Prince
Fish
Brazil
United States
77Th
New York City
Italy
Vosges
36Th National Guard
Ini
New England
National Buard Division
Chateau Thierry
Torey
Belleau
Marne
Associated Press
Bend Sali 5 Landers
Allie
Meteren
Merville
Oise
Newspaper Delivery Notice by Carrier Error
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Prayer Against Slackers Opens Session of House
TheHouse opened with Chaplain Rev Henry NX Couden leading a prayer denouncing hyphenated Americans pro Germans spies profiteers and pactists who would hinder war efforts urging unity for a just world order amid wartime strains.
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Washington
Henry NX. Couden
Hueman
Poles May Name Monarch in Central Powers Talks
Baron Burian, Austro Hungarian foreign minister, says Poland may freely choose its own king and that details will be settled in joint Austro German negotiations. He confirms the peace program remains unchanged despite brief conferences at German headquarters.
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Associated Frees
Amsterdam
Aue
Baron Burian
Vienna
Austria Hungary
Germany
Bar-on Rburian
Administration manpower bill gets favorable committee vote
The house military committee approved the administration manpower bill with an amendment creating a separate youths 16 to 20 class for conscription after ages 21 to 45. Another Dent amendment says soldiers under 21 may still receive commissions. A War Department driven section allows draft age men to attend college for technical training in uniform without altering military status.
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Washington, D. C
House Military Committee
Administration
Dent
War Department
German submarine raiders sink Grand Banks trawlers
Naval forces race to the North Atlantic after the Triumph, a steam trawler seized by a German U boat, sinks three vessels including Una P Saunders and Francis J O Hara. Six U boats operate off the coast as captains report heavy losses and need to recoal the Triumph every ten days.
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Washington, D.C
North Atlantic
Associated Press
Triumph
Vevichine
Nova Scotia
Grand Banks
Issels
Una
Wallace Bruce
Piatt Andrew
Una P. Saunders
Francis J. O'Hara
Dories
Myrrhe
Boston
New England
Bay of Fundy
Priority Industries Soon to Be Told by War Board
A new priority list of industries to receive coal, transportation, labor, materials and financial assistance, with provision for civilian needs, is being compiled by the war industries board. It will be issued within 10 days or two weeks and will form the basis for operation of the work or fight order.
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Washington, D. C
War Industries Board
Vorder
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