British and American Forces Press Germans Near Aisne Front
Allied troops push northeast of Jeronne and along the Lys river as British and American units advance on the Aisne front. German concentrations defend positions west of Reims while French and American artillery widen breaches in enemy lines. Reinforcements arrive for the Franco American line as pressure tightens on the German left near the Aisne.
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Associated Press
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Wilcox Anead Wins In Wisconsin Primary Race
Milwaukee Sept 7 additional returns from Tuesday's primary election show Roy P Wilcox defeating Governor Philipp by 176 votes for the Republican subernatorial nomination. Insight provincet still are missing.
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Second Chicago Mail Plane Ends New York Flight
Edwin V. Gardner piloted the second air mail plane from New York arriving at Grant Park Chicago at 7 30 am after an overnight stay in Westville Indiana. The Indiana to Chicago leg took about an hour with no speed efforts.
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Edwin V. Gardner
New York
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Weather Outlook for Washington Week Ahead
Weather bureau predicts showers in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys Monday. Generally fair rest of the week with cooler Tuesday, then rising temperatures Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures return to near normal thereafter.
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Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Missouri
U S Troops Face Enfilade On Vesle Front In Sept Action
American forces fight under enfilade fire as they push with French troops along the Vesle front toward Soissons and Reims. German positions hold machine gun nests stubbornly while gas barrages and heavy artillery slow the advance, many Germans fall at their posts amid the continued retirement toward the Aisne.
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Associated Press
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Military Bravery Citations Listed by War Department
Washington Sept 7 The war department announced addresses of American officers and men cited for bravery by Gen Pershing. Names include Lieut George Winfield Kuehlman Milwaukee Wis Lieut John J Williams Berlin Wis Sergt William A Hartman Milwaukee Ill Supply Sergt Jan Tankowski Chicago Ill Lieut John Christopher Grant Ta Sergt Byron W Hamilton Fairfield Ia Sergt James B Lepley Red Oak Ia Corp George R Bousted Woodbine Ta Pro Alt C Wilken Atlantic Ta Pvt Tony Cramp Berlin Wis Davenport Ia Also Demokrat reports suspension of publication.
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Milwaukee
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Berlin
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Chicago
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Atlantic
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Horvath Joins Guehforces in Siberia Merge
Washington reports General Horvath, longtime head of the Chinese Eastern railroad, has joined the Czecho-Slovaks at Irkutsk. The move unites anti Bolshevik factions and may hasten a swift settlement of the Liberian control crisis amid Allied warnings over detained consular officers in Russia.
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Bolshevik Terror Feared as Moscow Struggles Rages
Refugees report Bolshevik demand for 1000 bourgeois lives per Bolshevik killed as Moscow Petrograd clashes unfold. British and French accused by Bolshevik press of anti Lenine attacks. Japan claims Siberian troop movements near Krasnoyarsk on the Ussuri frontier.
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Two German submarines near Atlantic coast reported by ships
An Atlantic port report states two German submarines dismissed as fishing craft are operating a few hundred miles off the coast, information transmitted to naval authorities by British and French steamships arriving here. Also notes a newspaper delivery phone order instruction and a 6 p.m. deadline.
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Atlantic
United States Troops Advancing On Western Front
General March reports rapid Allied progress on the western front with 90000 to 100000 American troops with British forces. Air power improves as 1200 planes delivered. 800 in France. The Vindenburg line retreat continues from Arras to near Reims, with St Quentin near reach for Franco American forces.
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Army women join war effort in overalls at home front
Miss Alice Davison daughter of Henry P Davison of the American Red Cross becomes one of the country’s first wealthy young women to wear overalls and work. At 20 her brother or guardian works as inspector at Neorest Radio Telephone and Telegraph in New York after a radio operating course. She relieves service for a week and earns a special assignment. Meanwhile 20 000 army quitters in Berlin are noted as a concern with the working classes intruding and slowing apprehension.
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Henry P. Davison
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New York
Burleson Piges Committee on Wire Control
Washington D. C. Sept. The Postmaster General Burleson forms an initial committee to study telegraph and telephone operation under government control. Joseph Stewart special assistant to the attorney general G W Atkins Western Union vice president J B Ryne railroad administration counsel join to examine contracts between wire firms and railroads. Ht B Adams and David Friday will conduct the general inquiry.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Burleson
Tial
Joseph Stewart
G. W. Atkins
Western Union Telegraph Company
J. B. Ryne
Sugar price next year fixed at 9c F O B Seaboard
Washington Sept 5 The cane sugar price for the year ahead is set at nine cents per pound for granulated sugar less a small deduction per hundredweight at seaboard retail points. The order takes effect September 5.
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Seaboard
Washington, D.C
Russo German Pact Ratified With Ratification Exchanged
Russian and German representatives exchanged the instruments of ratification yesterday for the Russo German supplementary treaty. An official Berlin dispatch confirms the action taken in Amsterdam on September 7. The exchange formalizes the agreement between the two nations.
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Berlin
German Army Mutiny Report Sparks Global Alarm
A Daily Telegraph dispatch from Rotterdam describes widespread German discontent and mutinous outbreaks in Bavarian and Silesian units amid desertions. It notes 350 killed in one Arras front incident, 20,000 deserters in Berlin, and slow munition output as workers resist officers. The piece links leadership appeals by the emperor and von Hertling to attempts to stem decay in German resolve.
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