Riots in Vienna Amid Growing Tension with Hungary
The Associated Press reports unrest in Vienna with outbreaks in Bohemia and Moravia and rising Austrian Hungarian tensions. Western front activity includes heavy bombardments and American gas shell exchanges as Paris and London anticipate a new German assault targeting Amiens or the Flan ders region.
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Navy seeks 40000 men to staff new fleet vessels
Washington reports Secretary Daniels asked Congress to raise enlisted Navy personnel from 87000 to 131484 as 40000 seamen are needed to man the next fiscal year’s growing fleet. Admiral Benson and Rear Admiral Palmer supply details on shipbuilding pace and officer shortages impacting command.
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House Naval Committee
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Naval Operations
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Bureau of Navigation
Steamer Ravalli Destroyed by Fire Off Pacific Port
A Canadian Pacific steamer Ravalli was destroyed by a fire caused by spontaneous coal combustion. The June 15 incident left all passengers and crew safe as they landed at the port. Loss is unofficially estimated at 250000 dollars with the steamer burning near the harbor.
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Ravalli
A Wise Father Knows His Daughter in Street Meeting
ABE MARTIN notes that when a speaker sets his watch on the table danger lurks and a prudent man judges his daughter by how she appears on the street, a pointed moral about appearances and consequences.
Weather snapshot from 1917 forecasts fair Sunday
A partial weather note records 7 am measurements, high and low temperatures, and a forecast calling for Sunday fair conditions. Mentions maximum 2 and minimum 1 37 with a 74 reading and a high 85 on record.
American Troops to France Near One Million Early July
General Peyton March announced that over 890 000 American soldiers have been sent overseas and the number will reach one million early in July as the United States expands troop dispatches to the Western Front. He described a vast Allied campaign from Rheims to the sea and stressed the need to move manpower quickly to hold new lines against German offensives.
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Long Awaited Offensive Declares Allied Support
Premier Orlando announces the start of an attack while declaring that Italian French and British allies block the path magnificently in a coordinated offensive.
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Orlando
Austro German Offensive Presses Italian Front in June Action
Austrian forces and heavy artillery push along a seventy five to one hundred mile front from the Aisego plateau to the sea. Italian Premier Victorio Orlando says Italian troops everywhere resist magnificently as French and British aid, with Germany demanding action to coordinate western offensives.
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Draft Age Likely Raised to Meet World War I Needs
Senate Military Committee heard Provost Marshal General Crowder say January 1920 draft loads will exhaust Class One soon. He cited 1,547,000 of 2,428,000 called, with 400,000 more from June 5 registrants and 200,000 from reclassification, totaling 5,060,000 by August. He backed extending ages to 18-45 to ensure manpower for mobilization.
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Marcel
Austrians Fail to Relieve Offense Across Front
Premier Rom Supree reports a violent bombardment beginning at 3 o'clock and an infantry assault at 7 on the Austrian front. He notes that by 1 o'clock the Austrian offensive had been met with magnifi cent resistance and stalled after the initial zone of resistance.
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New Draft Gall Now Towed Toward Hington
June 15. A call for 13 430 draft registrations for school education and general military service was issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder. 1 261 are to be Negroes sent to schools for training. Entrainment date set. call open for volunteers until June 21. if insufficient, boards may draft the remainder.
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Rowder
Hold Back Americans at Any Cost Shocks Front Lines
German prisoners report two divisions ordered from rear areas to the front with new orders to hold back the Americans at any cost during the Chateau Thierry battles, signaling intensified German resistance as Allied offensives press advance in France.
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Chateau Thierry
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