03 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
1
Western Union head refuses to recognize organized labor and declines to submit to the War Labor Board's jurisdiction. The statement underscores the company's stance against unionization and its challenge to wartime labor authority.
Special correspondence reports Western Union declines to submit to the National War Labor Board amid a dispute with Commercial Telegraphers Union of America. Taft and Walsh propose a compromise requiring union non participation in strikes while preserving service to government. Carlton resists joining the union and demands majority employee approval. Teuton troops in Ukraine to be sent to the West Front but the change is not fully detailed in this summary.
Denver Colorado and New Mexico anticipate fair weather on Monday and Tuesday. Temperature is not expected to change significantly.
Local forecast notes a maximum wind temperature of 57 degrees and a minimum of 40 with a 47 degree range. A 6 PM reading shows 83 degrees with a southwest wind and clear skies.
Word from Washington reports a Polish legion of about fifteen thousand in the United States plus 2000 from South America will enter with the allied armies next Tuesday. They will fight under their own flag while some units display both the Poles and Stars and Stripes. Recruiting is run by a U S committee led by Ignacy Paderewski.
American and German air combat raged north of Toul with four US planes and six German planes involved. An American pilot downed an enemy biplane while another American craft appeared to be hit by an incendiary bullet and burst into flames over enemy lines. The fight ended with limited activity afterward.
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves says the United States and Britain have prepared many first class battleships for an imminent high seas clash with the German fleet. He notes the British navy alerted by a German sortie and that American ships are given a post of honor in anticipation of the engagement.
June 2 London reports a new raid on Karlsruhe by British air force units. Official statement notes long distance bombers crossed the Rhine and dropped over a ton of bombs on the station and workshops, with one aircraft not returning and several enemy planes destroyed or driven down.
In a western front cemetery a pallbearer near the trenches hears the name of his brother read by a chaplain. A raw, emotional scene unfolds as a soldier and fellow bearers mark the funeral while a German enemy is captured and a nearby group works at the cemetery behind the lines. The chaplain consoles the grieving pallbearer with words of brotherhood.
Veteran of the Civil War and Colorado pioneer Honrs Lam died here after a long life of frontier service. Born in Germany, he came to the United States in the 1860s and settled in Dare County, where he played a prominent part in local affairs before moving to Colorado in 1869.
Emperor William visited the battle front Monday, traveling in an armored vehicle. Dispatches say he mounted the vehicle at Mount Hiver with General Ludendorff nearby, aiming to attract German attention amid front activity.
Santa Fe June 2 John Mattiyi of Gallup paid a $120 fine in a federal case involving alleged alterations of national mail. Co-defendants Cray and Linden Wilson, ages 14 and 15, faced charges of burglary related to a post office break in Mirabrom. Grand jurors were excused until next Tuesday.
Longpont Corey Faverolles and Troesnes with Vantage Points in the center push toward Forest Villers Cotterts. Invaders reach the Marne but have not crossed the river. Desperate assaults on Rheims fail to seize the city as French forces hold.
Wireless press reports indicate limited gains and heavy fighting on the Aisne front between the Oise and the Marne. French counterattacks near Soissons and Fort De La Pompelle pushed back German advances, with 200 prisoners and four tanks lost.
The German crown prince’s forces advance from Bolsons toward Chateau Thierry pushing to widen occupation south of the Rheims Dormans road. French counterattacks recapture Longpont Corey Faverelles and Troesnes while defending the Marne front. The line from Soissons to Tieins remains under heavy pressure as trench raids continue around Arras and Bethune.
June 2 report states Aviator Carter Sandron Ovington of Louisville Kentucky and another flyer died during a daylight mission. Their planes collided when wings fouled, sending both machines plunging about 1900 meters to the ground.
A garbled report claims Em peror William visited the German forces north of Rheims on Thursday and remained until evening. He was described as working with individual commanders and receiving battlefield reports.
A Prussian district court has sent the Reichstag a proposal allowing prisoners to join the army for the formation of special regiments after serving many years. The measure, debated on Saturday, would let inmates enlist upon release.
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