Teutons Press On as Russians Retreat in Galicia
German Austro forces push through Eastern Galicia toward Bukovina as Russian lines withdraw. Crown Prince leads renewed Aisne front attack halted with heavy French losses. British guns threaten from coast to Belgian border while German counterfire increases. Reports also note German women soldiers captured, ships sunk including Carmela and Sledmer Thorsdal, and a fresh American troop landing at a European port.
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Bukowina
Aisne
Chemin Des Dames
Paris
Thorsdal
Effigiency of Our Soldiers at the French Front
United States troops in France undergo intensive drill with French instructors. Young officers trained at Pilattsburg and other camps win praise from seasoned officers for leadership, morale, and rapid adaptation to European warfare. routine daily drills run from dawn to late afternoon with field lunches and strict discipline.
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Associated Press
France
Pilattsburg
America
Salvation Army
Cargo Spoiled Corn Dumped From Vessel
About 7,000 tons of corn from one of 18 neutral grain ships in Baltimore were dumped overboard on Thursday after the cargo spoiled. The ships, totaling 96,000 tons, include 15 Dutch and 3 Norwegian vessels awaiting U S government licenses. some cargoes had been under hatches for months.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
United States
Riots in Northern Town Prompt Police and Volunteers
News reports recount renewed race rioting in Chester, with police and volunteers controlling the Mellon area after violence yesterday and last night. The toll includes white and black victims treated in hospitals as officials tally two white deaths and nearly 100 injured whites and colored people.
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Ass Press
Chester
Papeste Trees
Mellon
Eit
P Ullacks
War Budget Projections Hit 16 Billion Dollar Annual Cost
Treasury estimates to Congress for the new war budget place year one costs at about 10.8 billion exclusive of allied loans, with over 6.5 billion in extra revenue sought plus 1 billion from other departments. Navy and shipping board top the big items while tax plans target 2 billion overall with bonds and higher levies likely.
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Adoo
Congress
War Department
McAdoo
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Shipping Board
Navy
Simmons
Senate
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
Ward Liner Havana To Be Hospital Ship
Washington July 28 The Ward liner Havana a 6391 ton vessel is to be transformed into a navy hospital ship and will be the first of a fleet of three similar vessels A number of smaller ambulance ships will be added to the expanded naval establishment The names of the other vessels have not been revealed When the new vessels are available which means after they have been refitted the Solace now the navy s only hospital ship will be transferred to the group of ambulance ships She is too small for hospital purposes
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Associated Press
Washington
Havana
Naval Establishment
Solace
Newsprint expansion promises lower prices for small papers
The American Newspaper Publishers Association reports 80 000 tons of Northcliffe Newfoundland newsprint will be available without contracts. Output includes Albert E Reed mill 100 tons daily ground wood. Extras total 15 000 tons newsprint 15 000 tons ground wood pulp 5 000 tons sulphite stored for conversion mills.
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Associated Press
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Lord Northcliffe
New Foundland
United States
Northcliffe
Albert E. Reed
General Wood Says Camp Will Remain In Charlotte
A dated Associated Press dispatch from Charlotte reports Major General Wood stating the Charlotte containment camp remains a fixture and will be embraced in two western cities rather than on 2,500 acres. He adds he will be in Charlotte Monday.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
General Wood
Will
Twe
Eral Wood
YMCA Second Front Contingent Prep To Depart Soon
The Y M C A war board announced the second group of secretaries will depart the United States to serve American soldiers and sailors in European camps. The corps includes college graduates, regular workers, businessmen and ministers from across the country. Over 500 YMCA men are already in service abroad with more training underway. Notable members headed overseas include Davis H. Howes Jr of Wilmington North Carolina Turner A Graves of Blacksburg Virginia E B Chappell Jr of Nashville Tennessee and Archie Garrett Ryland of Waynesboro Virginia.
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Associated Press
New York
Davis H. Howes, Jr
Wilmington
N. C
Turner A. Graves
Blacksburg
E. B. Chappell, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Archie ~Garrett. Ryland
Walkertown
Two Japanese Ships Sunk by German Submarines
The Kagoshima Maru of 4566 tons and the Shigozan Maru of 2827 tons were sunk by German submarines in the Atlantic on July 20. The Kagoshima Maru was en route from the United States to Europe, about 70 miles off the French coast, when lost. The Shigozan Maru was returning to the United States from Genoa.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Tourope
French
Genoa
German Women Also On Firing Line in Western Russia
On July 25 at Smorgon the Russian women’s battalion known as the Command of Death engaged German forces. They captured several German women revealed to be fighting on the Western Russia front.
Kitchener Rumor Revived By Sister's Belief Alive
London July 28. Mrs. Park sister of Lord Kitchener says she believes her brother is alive and did not go down with the Hampshire. She would not discuss grounds for her belief or provide details. The prior rumor claimed a prisoner letter from Germany indicated capture, but the letter was never traced and the rumor was dismissed as a canard.
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Associated’ Press
London
Germany
Lord Kitchener
Weather forecast for coming week in South Atlantic States
Weather outlook from Associated Press predicts warm generally fair conditions across the South Atlantic and East Gulf States with widely scattered thunder showers. Tennessee can expect high temperatures and fair weather through the period.
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Associated Press
Washington
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Tennessee
Submarine Crew Captured by Belgians
Paris July 28 The war office communication says a Belgian detachment captured the crew of a German submarine stranded on the shores.
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Associated Press
Paris
War Office
Luther Burbank Ill In Santa Rosa At Sixty Eight
Luther Burbank famed plant wizard is reported seriously ill at his Santa Rosa California home from overwork and a cold. He is sixty eight years old.
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Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Cal
Among Russian Soldiers Conspiracy of Extremists Unearthed
Dispatches from Petrograd discuss calm after months of tension and hint at a ministry of justice claim linking Lenin Zinoviev and Kamenev to a German plot. The piece notes no Lenin arrest, cites Times on war’s end, and analyzes German advances and Russian fatigue amid retreat dynamics.
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London
Petrograd
Ministry of Justice
Nikolai Lenine
Zinovieff
Russia
Lénine
Times
Ofa News
Marine rates rise impact on Atlantic shipping
Washington reports an 11 2 percent increase in war risk insurance for vessels sailing from American ports to Europe and the Mediterranean. The War Risk Insurance Bureau announced the higher rates will take effect soon, replacing the current 5 percent level.
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Washington
Europe
Mediterranean
Progress in Conference on Conti Bill Amid War Debates
Washington negotiators resumed Senate conference on the Conti bill and progress so far boosts belief an agreement may be reached tonight. The talks include proposals to show officers and soldiers authentic images of fighting conditions from the front to study and understand trench warfare.
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Washington
Senate
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