FRENCH TROOPS CAPTURE ROYE AS BRITISH PUSH NEAR BAPAUME
In the France operation, French forces captured the town of Roye and continued advances along the Beaumette and Scarpe sectors. British troops established in northern outskirts of Bapaume with gains near Montauban and Longueval, while Australian and Scottish units reported progress toward Dompierre and Plourain. Prisoner totals climb as fighting intensifies in northern Picardy.
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Belgians Lose Lives After Red Cross Shelling
Washington dispatch reports the American Red Cross house for Belgian soldiers near the front was shelled, killing 28 Belgian employees and injuring 60. A laundry roof was hit at about 11 am, with bodies found in the street. Red Cross provided immediate relief funds. a young hunchback girl lost both legs but vows to sew for a living with her widowed mother.
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French Corporal Wins Legion of Honors for Taking 700 Germans
Pierre Cellier, 23, a corporal in the French tank corps, is credited with the capture of 700 Germans in France on August 16. Two field nieces were also captured. Cellier has been awarded the Legion of Honor, a decoration rarely given to noncommissioned officers.
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Chinese Rebels Gain Successes Over Government
Associated Press reports rebel forces have gained successes near Armoy, threatening Fukien government troops. Rebels are active in Hunan with anxiety rising. Several government generals seek peace with revolutionary commanders as Gen. Chang Chun Yao informs Peking. The army commander remains at Tianjin.
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Paper delivery notice requests phone for undelivered copies
The notice asks readers to call 3330 if the paper is not delivered, offering a replacement copy. It instructs that calls should reach the office before 6 30 p.m and mentions potential delivery error by the carrier boy or other causes. The tone is practical and service oriented for readers.
Arch Murderer of Lusitania Captured by French Patrols
Paris Aug 27 The man who sank the Lusitania Lieutenant Walter Schweiger or Lehwie iger is reported to have been captured by a French patrol boat in the Mediterranean. A large submarine he commanded was torpedoed earlier between Malta and Sicily, and only one officer and four men were rescued. The captive attempted to discard papers but an inspection revealed their contents. The Journal questions whether the German is to be treated as a mere prisoner. A Toulon dispatch described a submarine’s sinking by patrol boats, and the mate’s attempted suicide. The German admiralty is said to admit that Schwieger, the submarine commander, was killed when his vessel struck a mine in the North Sea in September 1918.
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High Prices In Borenia Make Food Like Gold
Paris reports Bohemian repatriate arriving at Evian-Les-Bains states Prague prices for essentials are sky high. Park 8.40 per pound fats and butter 8 per pound chocolate 11 per pound coffee 12 per pound cocoa and tea 16 eggs 40 cents each suit 210 dollars cloth 30 per yard spool cotton 8 shoes 80. Soap scarce cheese unavailable bread poor quality but affordable. chicken 10 and turkey 42 for the wealthy. meat almost nonexistent.
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Bohemia
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Evian-Les-Bains
Prague
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War Department approves older enlistments for select services
Washington Aug 27 The War Department approves enlistment of men aged 45 to years to free younger men for active positions in the ordnance department quarter master and medical corps and certain branches of the signal corps This measure aims to speed up wartime needs and fill essential posts while preserving youth for frontline duties.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Ordnance Department
Quartermaster and Medical Corps
Signal Corps
Finnish Commander Removed Cites Berlin Newspaper Report
The Kreuz Zeitung of Berlin reports that Premier Svinhufvud has dissolved the Finnish supreme command. Helsingfors sources say Wilkman is appointed to command the Finnish army, but Colonel Thester remains commander in chief of CEA and Tand forces.
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Allied Push Reaches Old Somme Battlefield Again
British forces break through near Bapaume and Theipval as old Somme positions fall under Allied attack. German retreat accelerates amid heavy pressure, with Paris and Washington watchers noting the line’s rapid collapse.
Government probes profits of coal firms Internal Revenue
Washington officials report that investigators found unreported profits in about 265 coal companies, adding over 1 million dollars in tax revenue. More than 2,500 firms remain to be reviewed as treasury examiners target woolen, oil and metal mining industries for new revenue sources. The excess profits tax staff has already secured about 6 million dollars from 1,600 operations.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
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Senate sets final vote on man power bill debate today
Washington Aug 27 The Senate moves to dispose of all amendments to the man power bill by 4 pm and prepare for a final vote. Debate limited to after 1 pm. Key fight centers on that Thomas amendment of automatic deferment loss for absent workers and swift induction.
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Hugs President Approves U S Foreign Policy
Archangel reports Nicholas Tschaikovsky, head of the provisional government, says the United States policy aligns with their aims. He calls for a new Russian front and a reorganized country with compulsory military service and a mobilized national army to solidify their self salvation.
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New U S Fishing Boat Sunk Off Canadian Coast
The American fishing schooner Rush of Boston was sunk yesterday morning by an enemy submarine off the Canadian coast. The crew arrived safely today on the auxiliary schooner Rush, sunk earlier off Canada. The vessel, owned by Commonwealth Fisheries, was launched at Essex last Thanksgiving day under Captain Alvaro Quadros.
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Landis Rules Against New Trial Bid by 1 W W Leaders
Federal Judge Landis today overruled a motion for an arrest of judgment in the cases of 100 W W leaders recently convicted of conspiracy to interfere with the government's conduct of the war and reserved decision on a new trial until Thursday. Attorney Geo F Vanderveer argued the indictment was faulty and the jury’s 40 minute verdict was too swift for weighing the mass of evidence.
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Kermit Roosevelt Awarded French Military Cross
The Official Gazette announced that temporary and honorary Captain Kermit Roosevelt, son of Colonel Roosevelt, received the French Military Cross for services in Mesopotamia. He joined American forces in France after serving with the British army in Mesopotamia.
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Merchantman Sinks Patrol Craft Off Fire Island
American submarine chaser No. 209, out of Philadelphia, was mistaken for a submarine by the merchant steamer Felix Taussig off Fire Island early today and sent to the bottom. Seventeen crewmen, including the commander and executive officer, are missing. Survivors, some wounded, landed in New York and Lewes. Vessels search the area for others.
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Claude Kalney
Charles N. Thomas
Georgeb. Wigand
Americans in Fight at Fismes on Vesle Front
American forces on the Vesle Front attack Germans near Bazoches three miles west of Fismes and German assault against Fismette northwest of Fismes. Infantry engagement continues in Bazoches outskirts as Americans currently hold the upper hand.
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Facilities Division Organized to Speed Industrial Work
Washington Aug 27 creation of a facilities division to accelerate war related industry through plant conversions was announced by Baruch head of the War Industries Board. Sammel P Bush of Columbus Ohio will head the division to study and approve needs for new or expanded industrial facilities for war production. Capt Vassien de Saint-Seine named naval attache at Washington replacing Commander de BlanPre.
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