Waterloo Daily Reporter Fronts 1918 50 Mile Battle Near Somme
Unclear weather forecast aside, the Waterloo Daily Reporter reports British armies near the Somme have reached Gomiecourt and bent toward the Kaiser line. The article notes 14 miles advanced, with around 1,000 prisoners taken and towns under reach as chief defensive points fall.
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Gertion Tomeht
Waterloo Daily
Ee Courier Eatablakea
BESS
Waterloo
Riday
Price
Septa
Somme
Gomiecourt
Kaiser
Associated Press
France
Chaignolles
Herle‘ville
Gommiecourt
British third army holds French battlefront gains
British forces report progress on major fronts in France and Belgium. Third army captures Gomiecourt and nearby towns with over 1,000 prisoners. Fourth army advances and takes 1,500 prisoners. French cross the Oise near Noyon as Entente forces push toward Somme. Diomed sunk off Atlantic coast with 100+ rescued. a Swedish steamer seized briefly by a U boat before release.
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London
Barry- Becquerelle
Boyelles
Hamelincourt
Gomiecourt
Third Army
Bapaume
Associated Press
France
Soissons
Ias
Fourth Army
Fourth
Yomiecourt
Atlantic
New York
Allies Forged Back by Soviet Forces In Crimea Event
Soviet Red Guards publically hanged 800 Czecho Slovak prisoners in Simbirsk market after occupation abuses. Allied troops on the Ussuri river front withdrew south of Vladivostok amid heavy fighting aided by Japanese units. Bolsheviki monitors on Lake Hangka harass the allied left and detain more Czech forces.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Simbirsk
Volga
Moscow
Hamburg Nachrichten
London
Ussuri River
Vladivostok
Daily Mail
Harbin
Lake Hangka
Ussuri
Manchuria
Allied aviators bomb rail yards and towns in Europe
The American Expeditionary Forces report successful raids Aug 21 22 against Longuyon Audun le Roman and Conflans with three and a half tons of bombs and many direct hits. British bombers target Frankfurt and Cologne with good results. Uniform purchase rumors denied by War Department. Port and coastal actions claim torpedoing of the cruiser San Diego and sinking of vessels by the Triumph commander.
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Associated Press
Washington
Longuyon
Audun le Roman
Conflans
London
Germany
Air Ministry
Frankfurt
Jand
Cologne
Portland
San Diego
Triumph
Lord
Myhre
O. B. Jennings
Boston
New York
New
Lodge Likely G. O. P. Senate Floor Chief
Republicans of the senate meet to elect a floor leader to succeed the late Senator Gallinger of New Harrie. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts is regarded as assured for the post. The meeting is set for tomorrow in Washington.
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Washington, PD. CG
Senate
Senator Gallinger
New Harrie
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Tornado Stricken Tyler Sealed As Toll Rises
Tyler Minnesota August 23 state troops seal off the tornado wreckage area to relief workers and approved entrants. Officials report 29 dead 40 seriously hurt and large property losses. Government plans to send 200 mechanics from Brookings South Dakota to aid rebuilding.
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Minn
Adj
W. EF. Hhinow
South Dakota
Brookings
Dixie
British dead battalion kept intact in war update
Newswire summary reports a Jewish battalion of the British army will remain intact with assurances of service in Palestine and possible transfer to France on arrival in England. Maj. White states recruits will fight under the Jewish unit until no longer required.
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Russia
Major White
Tress
New York
Palestine
Hror
der Gs
England
France
White
Large British Plane Flies From France to England
A large British airplane with crew and nine passengers completed the trip from a French interior airfield to an interior English airfield in just over a half hour. The test used an ordinary service aircraft of the largest type with standard baggage for a train or boat journey.
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Iresa
London
France
England
Litle
Japan US wireless link to ease cable delays
Tokio July 30 Officials announce a new high power wireless system linking Japan with the United States to ease congestion and cable delays. The plan calls for a Pacific coast station near San Francisco and a direct link with Hawaii, forming one of the world’s longest wireless services at an estimated 400000 dollars.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Japan
United States
Department of Communications
Hawaii
Pacific
San Francisco
Guam
Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Debuts Tomorrow
The Courier and Reporter will publish the first installment of William Allen White's story The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me tomorrow evening. The serialized tale promises wartime action and personal humor set against a home front backdrop.
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William Allen White
Henry and
the Courier and Reporter
Navy Depth Charge Blast Kills Four Sailors
Washington reports an accidental depth charge explosion aboard the U S Ortzabal on August 17 killed four Navy men, including Commander William Price and his son, and wounded Commander R. White and 18 others.
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NAVY
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
William Price Williamson
Draft Bill Aims to Extend Draft Age in House and Senate
The House debated amendments to a manpower bill extending the draft age to 18 through 45 with votes on amendments forthcoming. In the Senate debate resumed over the same measure with proponents urging a 40 year maximum and opponents noting youth 18 to 19 should be called after older men. Senator Lodge urged a 40 year limit citing military necessity, while Senator Pomerene attacked broad drafting of 15 to 19 year olds and called for reclassification of deferred classes to meet war needs. Women in the gallery applauded Pomerene’s stance against broad youth drafting.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Lodge
Massachhtts
Pomerene
Ohio
March
Marsha
Crowder
Pomerenc
WOM
Pomeren
Pomerenr
Lodge warns on German peace terms and dictates victory
Senator Lodge argues for a dictated peace that compels Germany to restore Belgium and Alsace Lorraine to France, Italian irredenta to Italy, and independence for Poland and other nations. He warns of German propaganda and calls for Constantinople free port and Palestine under non Turkish rule, while Cardinal Farley shows slight improvement but remains critically ill.
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Germany
Agatn
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Uomee
Belgium
Alisace-Lorraine
France
Italia
Russia
Solshevsky
England
Italy
United States
Hohenzollerns
Austria
Poland
Ermany
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