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With the American Army On the Aisne-Marne Front, July 31.—
German efforts to advance against the Americans this morning were
fruitless. The German line is reported to be gradually giving way both
to the right and to the left.
Sf; . (Associated Press War Summary.)
In spite of the tremendous efforts of the Germans to check the
relentless pressure of the allies north of the Ourcq, today finds German
positions there in grave danger. The French, British and Americans,
fighting thqir way forward to the east of Fere-en-Tardenois, have driven
a wedge into the enemy’s line and it seems in position to compel a hur
ried retreat of the Germans from the extreme bottom salient between
Soissons and Rheims.
The battle has been continuous for two days immediately south of
Soissons and west of Rheims. The German lines are strongly held, but
the enemy is unable to improve his position and there seems little doubt
now but that the Germans will retreat to the Vesle river as soon as pos
sible.
The Americans late Tuesday advanced two miles to the Fere-En
Tardenois-Coulumbes highway, while the Frinch on their wings also mov
ed forward.
The combat yesterday was so desperate that very few prisoners
Vsr-were taken.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, July 31.—The war office
reports German artillery was active
last night in the region of Merris on
the Flanders front and in the Kem
mel sector, and also on both sides of
the Somme.
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Paris, July 31.— American troops
maintained their positions in the re
gion of Seringes-Et-Nes!es, which
they carried after violent fighting,
Says the war office statement. Ger
man attacks against French positions
^ east of Oulchy Le Chateau were re
pulsed. Both the French and Ger
mans carried out raids at a number
of other points east and west of the
Marne salient, but the general situa
tion around th^se points is un
changed.
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MADELINE THEATRE
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4 TWENTY ONE 4
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4 Five Reels—PATHE. 4
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NO PEACE TERMS
HAVE BEEN AAADE
London, July 31.—Speaking in the
House of Commons today Arthur J.
Balfour said no enemy government
had approachd the entente allies re
garding negotiations for peace.
NEW RULING ON
: SALE OF SUGAR
The following- has Seen addressed
to the county food administtrators:
Under the new regulations govern
ing sugar, that product will only be
permitted to be sold in August for
home consumption on the basis of two
j pounds per person per month. That
] means a cut of one pound per person
1 per month allowed in July.
I Arkansas’ quota of sugar for A0k
! gust is 3,895,000 pounds. That
amount is exactly 1,667,000 pounds
less than the July allottment. This
means that every pound of sugar
trust be saved.
Hotels, restaurants and all other
eating places will be given one-third
less sugar than they received in July.
The allotment for retail stores, judg
ing by present indications, will also
be cut.
The United States Food Adminis
tration has issued an order prohibit
ing the serving on dining cars of
more than two half lumps or mere
than one teaspoonful sugar to any
one person. We think that a geoi
order. If you desire to issue an or
der to your public eating places tc
the same effect you have our permis
sion to do so. It would resuult in a
great conservation of sugar.
Sugar will be given retail stores
first. Hotels, restaurants and public
eating places come next. After them
; the bakers. Manufacturers of loss
essentials, such as candy and soft
. drinks, will be considered last.
Under no circumstances must less
essentials be permitted to secure the
high grade granulated sugar. Their
certificates are stamped “good only
for seconds and thirds.” Jobbers in
Arkansas are striving to bring that
kind of sugar into the state from
i Louisiana.
i There is no change in the sale of
• sugar of two pounds each sale in the
1 cities and towns and five pounds, each
sale, in the country.
All who are canning and preserv
ing should receive sugar needed.
Prompt action should be taken
against those who get sugar under
the pretense of canning and who use
it for personal consumption.
We request that you lay special
stress on these new rules. Dealers
and others violating the same will be
punished. Make special effort to
get your people to save sugar.
Our publicity division is sending
to all papers in the state a special
story on this feature. Get in touch
with your editors and urge them to
publish it. Remember, sugar is
more precious than gold now. As
we saved the flour, so, too, let us now
save our sugar.
HAMP WILLIAMS,
Federal Food Administrator for
Arkansas.
G. B. Irby, Food Administrator for
Jackson County, Arkansas.
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SPECIALISTS FOR
SPRUCE PRODUCTION
Under Circular B-218 the State of
Arkansas is still in need of the fol
lowing men:
Under Call No. 884—Two Section
Bosses.
Under Call No. 885—Four Rigging
Foremen.
Under Call No. 886—Seven Hook
Tenders.
Under Call No. 894—Five Fallers.
Under Call No. 895—32 Buckers.
Local boards will please make ev
ery endeavor to obtain these men
and give the widest publicity possi
ble to the necessary details as given
in Circular B-218 and will telegraph
this office when qualified men un
der any of these calls are found giv
ing the call number under which each
registrant is qualified.
Attention is invited to the fact tha<
meh who have been given deferred
classification are requested to volun
teer for these calls and local boards
should use their influence with men
known to be qualified to fill these
calls to have them volunteer.
Lloyd England,
The Adjutant General.
The remains of Everett Boyd, who
died at Camp Pike Monday night,
were brought here Tuesday, being
carried to his home in Independence
county for burial. The young man
was a member of Company G, First
Training regiment. The body was
accompanied by the deceased’s broth
er, Elmer Boyd.
Secretary Baker has announced
that General Pershing had requested
immediate shipment of a large num
ber of De Haviland bombing planes
for use of the American forces and
that the order has been placed on
the governments priority list, insur
ing prompt transportation.
German Officers Are
. Victims of Bomb Plot
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Amsterdam, July 31.—Field Mar
shal Von Eichhorn, German com
mander in the Ukraine, and his ad
jutant, Captain Von Dressier, were
seriously wounded by a bomb thrown
at them in Kiev Tuesday, says an
official announcement received here. ;
Later messages said both died last i
night and that the crime originated j
with social revolutionists in Moscow, ;
The assassins were arrested.
The assassin is said to have de- |
dared at an inquiry that he came ;
from the Province of Ryanzan, ad-:
jacent to Moscow, on orders from the ,
Communist. He is a lad of twenty- j
three.
RESERVES ARE
RAILED TODAY
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, July 31—The navy
department today issued orders call
ing into active service thousands of
reserves for duty on ship construc
tion under the shipping board and
navy’s building program. The exact
number was not announced.
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Washington, July 31.—The sole object of both the allies and tfie|f|
Germans in the Soissons-Rheims salient now is to kill as many men el
possible, General March, chief of staff, said today at a. conference witb;vjjf
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newspaper correspondents. Whatever objective either had at the begin-v
ning has been submerged by developments, he said.
Gen. March pointed out that the salient is being greatly flatten#^fa
virtually dissipating any hope of bagging any large numbers of the 4ne
my. The German withdrawal since Saturday has reduced the line tO'fl|f||
ty-four miles. The maximum German retreat in the center is fourtettt
The Rainbow division participated in the fighting east of Fere-E&r||
Gen. March had nothing to reveal regarding the extent of ArneiS^
can casualties in recent fighting.
JACKSON COUNTY ~
IS STjlL AHEAD
A letter to the Independent from
Little Rock Tuesday again testifies
to the fact that Jackson county is
still leading Arkansas in the number
of agencies secured among the mer
chants of the county for the sales of
War Savings Stamps. The commun
ication praises J. Q. Blackwood, city
salesman for the Stevens Grocer
Company and chairman of the county
sales committee, and reports that 106
agencies have been established in
the county. The county’s quota was
100.
Chairman Blackwood has been
greatly assisted in the work by the
following: M. A. Stevens, C. E. Hip
olite, N. D. Moon, A. T. Hubly, J. W.
Martin, J. T. Foot, Alf James, John
Purdy and Mrs. George Banks.
GREAT UNITED STATES
WAR FILM FAILS TO
REACH OUR CITY.
Unlooked For Circumstances Delay
Pershing’s Crusaders Two Weeks
—Will Show August 16-17.
Owing to the fact that the demand
for the showing of Pershing’s Cru
saders, the war film produced and
released by the United States gov
ernment, has been so great, and the
inability of the producers to meet
this demand punctually, the Grand
theatre regrets to announce that the
great film will not reach Newport
until August 16. It will be shown at
the Grand theatre Friday and Satur
day, August 16 and 17. We were
to have run this feature next Friday
and Saturday.
This delay is no fault of the man
agement of the Grand theatre, and
we trust the public will bear with us,
and hold in mind the dates on which
this, the greatest picture ever pro
duced, will be shown here.
W. E. YOST,
83dlt wit. Mgr. Grand Theatre.
MISSES TO RISE
IHIBT TVRIRIT
London, July 31.—The Times cor
respondent at Stockholm says infor
mation reaching there shows the Bol
shevik regime has come to the end of
its tether and that, the Russian
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masses are about to rise in afiHaf/,'
against Bolshevik tyranny. X
(By The Associated Pres*.)
London, July 31.—The Am^MidM|
transmits a Moscow dispattch ra* ■$,
porting the capture by the Czech* l|
Slovaks of a railway bridge at
ram, which is important as a mfc$ipj||
of communication with Siberia. -
CIGARETTE FUl ^
The people of Newport were graa&l
ly disappointed Tuesday when ft #§j|P
learned the report that troop
bearing soldiers from Camp jfll
gard would pass through NePpfl^g
were without foundation. Early
the day it was stated
trains, on which would be sevecilkl^
soldiers whose homes are In
would stop here while en route ;**|||
A fund amounting to $138
raised in the city by Gus Martin MSp?
B. W. Jamison to be used in purfthg^J||
ing cigarettes for the wldMpPH
cigarettes were made in readilS|M|||
and in the event opportunity i*. h0p§j
found to present them, the cigare#lpl| :
will be returned to the merchants aB»j|
the money given to the Red Crosa
and the Salvation Army.
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