Victims of Sea Terror Add To Toll Off New York Coast
The schooner Samuel C. Mengel crew arrived in New York after the vessel sank 175 miles offshore last Sunday. Navy reports list seven schooners and four steamers sunk by U boats, including Edna Hattie Dunn Hauppauge Edward H. Cole Isabel B. Wiley Jacob M. Haskell Winneconne Carolina Edward R. Baird Jr. and Texel with Edward Pratt vessel raised and towed to port.
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New York
Samuel C. Mengel
Navy Department
Edna
Hattie Dunn
Hauppauge
Edward H. Cole
Isabel B. Wiley
Jacob M. Haskell
Winneconne
Carolina
Edward R. Baird, Jr
Herbert L. Pratt
Texel
Yankees Getting Real Training At Front Now
Paris June 6 German forces continue to pound the allied defenses on the Marne battle front but are held at all points. Violent attacks targeted Chezy near the Ourcq and Nelully Wood, yet Allied lines held with heavy enemy losses. Artillery activity limited to southern and eastern front sections.
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Yankees
United Press
Paris
Marne Battle Front
French War Office
Chezy
Ourcq
Nelully Wood
Sailor Desauss Sunk by U Boat First Suspected Case
Lewes Delaware reports the schooner Desauss found stern up off the capes and declared torpedoed, the first potential U boat victim sunk in that manner. Cape May fishermen say two more ships sunk off the point with no confirmation. Air fleets from Hempstead New London and Block Island deploy to patrol the coast with machine guns bombs in V formations to cover zones between Coney Island Montauk Point.
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Lewes, Vel
Desauss
Delaware Capes
Cape May
N. J
Hempstead
N. Y
Coney Island
Montauk Point
Bay Shore
New London
Conn
Block Island
War casualty report lists 110 total deaths and wounds
General Pershing announced 110 casualties to the War Department: 39 killed in action 13 died of wounds 6 from disease 3 from accident 47 wounded severely 2 missing. Officers among the killed include five. Severely wounded include Walter G. Lowacki of Cleveland Ohio Edward T. Housby of Dayton Ohio and William Carl Ruhl of Akron Ohio.
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Cnited
Washington
Pershing
War Department
Walter G. Lowacki
Cleveland
Edward T. Housby
Dayton
Ohio
William Carl Ruhl
Akron
Athens Dentist Receives Call to Report for Army Duty
Dr. L. G. Bean, early member of the Athens dental reserve corps, was ordered by telegram to hold himself in readiness to report for active duty within ten days. He expects to be called early next week, having received his commission about a year ago. Several other Athens dentists are likewise commissioned and anticipated to be called in the coming months.
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L. G. Bean
Athens
Dental Reserve Corps
United States Army
Bean
D' you know H. I. C. play at the Opera House tonight
A fragment notes an H I C play at the Opera House tonight with two streets referenced. The readable text mentions a show time and location but lacks full details.
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Opera House
Young America Enters Service Through National Registration
About 700 000 young Americans aged 21 plus since June 5 will register today for war service. The drive runs from 7 AM to 9 PM with expected enrollments up to 800 000. Registrants are grouped by race and citizenship status for card indexing in three categories.
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United Presa
Washington
America
Camp Sherman to Meet Ohio University Team Saturday
A Camp Sherman squad will play a local team of Ohio University men and Athens amateurs next Saturday afternoon at three. The Camp Sherman lineup includes Ab Finsterwald Wrigley Josh Devore Earl Mosely and Harrison, touted as Harvard’s best pitcher. Freshmen candidates will get a chance to perform.
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Camp Sherman
Ohio University
Athens
Ab Finsterwald
Wrigley
British repulse raid near Morlancourt. prisoners taken
General Haig reported an enemy raid southwest of Morlancourt between the Ancre and the Somme was repulsed after a heavy bombardment. The attackers left behind several prisoners as they withdrew, according to the official account from London dated June 5.
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London
Morlancourt
Ancre
Somme
Haig
Americans Enter Marne Front Under Foch Plan
United Press war expert notes American troops join the Marne fighting under General Foch as German reserves dwindle. Training continues before a larger offensive toward the Rhine, with the Marne line crucial for Allied communications and the Paris railway to the eastern front.
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Foch
Marne
Rhine
Paris
France
Americans repulse Germans as Marne battle stabilizes front
Henry Wood reports from the Marne that American machine gunners killed at least a thousand Germans at Chateau-Thierry and that Franco American forces repelled attacks at Jaulgonne. The Germans are checked on the front from Noyon to Chateau Thierry and further advance is unlikely without last reserves.
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Henry Wood
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Jaulgonne
The
Noyon
Chateau- Thierry
Ludendorff
Local Office Registers Hundreds in Athens Area
Between seventy five and one hundred have registered in Athens in the second registration held today. County totals are expected near 300. Many students registered yesterday and sent cards home. Men from Lodi Dover Canaan Waterloo Alexander Lee and Athens townships registered by G F Romine at the Water Works office in the city hall.
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Athens
Lodi
Dover
Canaan
Waterloo
Alexander, Lee
G. F. Romine
Peasants to labor under German Baltic policy report
Washington reports a two day weekly peasant labor tax to landowners in Lithonia as part of a German style economic government. The system, relayed via Stockholm to the state department, frames labor contribution as a right demanded from peasants.
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Washington
Lithonia
State Department
Stockholm
New Selective Service Rules Target Married Men
Washington dispatches report that Provost Marshal General Crowder will revoke deferred statuses for men married since May 18, 1917 and place them in Class 1. More than 200,000 cases would be affected as rules tighten exemptions and dependency allowances to grow Class 1 numbers.
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Crowder
Washington
Forty Thousand Negroes Called for Military Service
Washington June 6. More than forty thousand men, all Negroes, were drafted for general service to entrain between June 20 and 25. Kentucky will send 2000 to Camp Taylor, 500 to Sherman in Pennsylvania, 1000 to Sherman, and West Virginia 1000 to Sherman, raising June calls to over 300,000.
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United Press
Washington
Kentucky
Camp Taylor
Ohio
Sherman
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Athens county quota falls short by two men
Athens county's 47 man quota for Columbus Barracks left Monday morning short two. Those notified to fill the quota are George Ambrose Ludden of Buchtel and Pearl Anderson of Jacksonville.
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Athens County
Columbus Barracks
George Ambrose Ludden
Buchtel
Pearl Anderson
Jacksonville
Sinking of the Carolina Spreads Courage and Loss
Survivors of the liner Carolina reach New York aboard the Eva B. Douglas as Red Cross workers guide them to hospitals. The U-boat attack killed and missing totals include 27, with 16 unaccounted for at sea. The scene is marked by passengers singing The Star Spangled Banner amid shellfire.
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Carolina
Douglas
Brooklyn
Women’s Motor Corps
Red Cross
Jersey
Germany
Atlantic
Steamship Line
George Owen Made Officer in National Army
Athens friends report George J. Owen has accepted a commission as lieutenant in the National Army after graduating from the Third Officers Training Camp at Camp Pike. He served at Camp Jackson and Fort Slocum before leading a troop train and awaiting his next assignment. Owen is noted as the first date officer in his battalion to receive the coveted rank.
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Athens
George J
National
Third Omcers
Camp Pike
Ark
Athen
Owen
Ca Jackson
S. C
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Jackson
Camp Jackson
Council of War Satisfied With Progress Report
London report states the supreme council, after reviewing the war situation, expresses full confidence in victory with American aid. General Fe is commended and President Wilson praised for organizing American troop transport and brigading efforts.
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Council OF War
London
Supreme Council
Wilson
German Losses Increase as French Hold Front Line
Paris reports German losses growing daily while their numbers remain substantial on the front. Indications suggest a potential new offensive elsewhere, possibly between Montdidier and Noyon, with French command reportedly hesitating before full mobilization.
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Paris
Montdidier
Noyon
Supper at Presbyters Church Scheduled Thursday
Attend a church supper at the Presbyters and Church on Thursday evening June 5 from 5 30 to 7 00. The price is 35 cents.
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Presbytersan Church
PARDONED MEN ENTER AT ONCE INTO WAR WORK
Sixty seven men paroled from the Ohio penitentiary by the state board of clemency will join the war effort. Two will serve with the Italian army, two to government shipyards, and others to coal mines factories and farms across the state where jobs await. Named among the paroled are Jesse C. Van Wey Earnest Cook and H S Play with references to prior crimes.
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United Press
Columbus
State Board of Clemency
Jesse C. van Wey
Washington County
Arthurly
Earnest Cook
Athens County
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Committee On Public Information
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Ward
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Ust
ARMY
Young America
HM Raiders
United Pafesa
Hindenburg
LOGAL
Cook
Eva B. Douglas
New York Harbor
Barbour
San Juan
Porto Rico
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Barnegat
George Owen
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