Allied Raiders Pressured in Flanders Oise Front Actions
United Press reports June 24 that Allied forces took prisoners and inflicted casualties in raids on the Flanders front while French troops southwest of Rheims repulsed a German attack. American sectors remained quiet as artillery saw activity in Vosges and nearby regions.
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Flanders
Oise
Vosges
United Press
Picardy Front
Flanders Front
Marne
Rheims
Lorraine Front
War Bulletin Reports Unrest in Germany and Allied Actions
Americans arriving from Germany report unrest among military and civilians as Pershing's wounded reach Port McHenry hospital. Sergt. Hubert Hill of Lufkin Texas suffers mustard gas speech loss. Austrian cabinet resignations discussed after meeting with Emperor Charles. Vienna sees strikes and riots with clashes near the city. German forces attack near Bligny south west of Rheims. Italian counterattack restores the line.
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Germany
General Pershing
Port McHenry Hospital
Sergt
Hubert Hill
Lufkin
Texas
Bligny
Rheims
War Office
Food administrators form regional organization in nine county area
Food administrators and merchants hotel men and cafe operators from nine southwest Iowa counties met at the John son hotel in Red Oak and formed an organization to meet regularly on the third Sunday each month to discuss problems in their duties. EH Lang Sam Berry and R D Morrow represented Cain county. The nine counties involved include Pottawattamie and Adair among others.
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Iown
Johnson Hotel
Red Oak
EH. Lang
Sam Berry
Cane County
Thorsination
Pottawattamie
Advisiae Sie
Taste
Vienna crowd storms German Embassy amid strike protests
In Austria on June 24 United Press reports continued strike demonstrations in Vienna with crowds attempting to storm the German embassy for the second day. Police and guards faced the protest as crowds gathered outside the diplomatic mission. The action reflects growing labor unrest in the capital amid ongoing strikes and political tension.
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United Press
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Austrians in Full Retreat After Failed Offensive
Dispatches describe a collapse of the Austrian offensive aimed at crushing Italy. The Austrian line along the Piave has broken, with retreat from Montello to the Adriatic. Estimates put Austrian losses at 180,000 and the escape chance dimming as Italians press the withdrawal.
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Italy
Piave
Montello
Adriatic Sea
Bis
Farm Sold at Brayton for Big Figure
Special to the News Telegraph from Brayton Iowa June 24 John Nissen sold his 280 acre farm one mile west of Brayton to Fred Mortensen of Harlan. Possession March 1 1919. Price 235 per acre. Nissen bought the property four years ago. Reno Ordway and Nick Calven of McLean Neb arrived in Brayton Friday.
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News-Telegraph
Brayton
John Nissen
Fred Mortensen
Harlan
Mortensen
Nissen
Nissen B
Reno
Ordway
Nick Calven
McLean
Neb
Mr. Ordway
Nebraska
Two New Calls for Men for Specialized Work
Cass county draft board reports a state call for 103 concrete workers and 180 men for telegraphy radio and carpentry instruction. Applications for volunteer induction close July 1. eligible men require grammar school education and the concrete workers must show mechanical aptitude. Selected concrete workers go to Moosehart, Illinois, and those for telegraphy to Sioux City. reporting date is July 16.
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Cass County Draft Board
Moosehart
Sioux City
Jacobson Chosen In Special Mail Carrier Training
Robert Jacobson of the Atlantic post office was selected for one of the state's quotas and will attend a two month medical aid training course at the Armour Institute in Chicago. Five volunteers from Cay County were noted, with the adjutant general reporting the five. Chicago reported July 1.
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Robert Jacobson
Atlantic Post Office
Armour Institute
Chicago
Cags County
Jacobi Repord
Raids by British Net Prisoners and Weapons
British forces conducted several minor operations near Meteren last night. Fifty prisoners were taken and several machine guns captured. German casualties were reported in this and other patrol encounters.
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London
Meteren
Griswold Ball Team Defeats Omaha Armours
Griswold Iowa June 24 Armour of Omaha was shut out 4 to 0 by the Griswold team on the local ground. A large crowd attended. The county farm bureau moved offices from the post office building to rooms over the First National Bank. The Cottage Hospital run by Mrs Kate Baverley and Mrs Gerlach closed due to staff shortages. E P Gaddis remains seriously ill with paralysis and his nine teen month old child burned a face in an accident after his illness.
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News-Telegraph
Griswold, Is
Armour Team
Omaha
Griswoldites
The
County Farm Bureau
Post Office
First National Bank
Kate Baverley
Gerlach
E. P. Gaddis
Mr. Gaddis
Lewis Couple Wed in Omaha Marriage Ceremony
Chester E. Burkhalter aged 32 and Zella M. Upson aged 24, both of Lewis, Iowa, traveled to Omaha to wed. The ceremony took place in Omaha on Friday.
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News-Telegraph
Omaha
Chester E. Burkhalter
Zella M. Upson
Lewis, Ir
Massena Man Clyde Smeltzer Killed in France
Clyde A. Smeltzer a Massena civil engineer serving in the engineering corps in France was killed in action June 12 at age 39. Son of H F Smeltzer, he enlisted last year and had been in active service on the west front. Memorial services planned for Massena next Sunday. he was the first Massena man to fall on the present war front.
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Massena
Clyde A. Smeltzer
France
War Department
Young Smeltzer
H. F. Smeltzer
West Front
Pennsylvania
Government Weekly Weather Forecast for Upper Mississippi Valleys
Weather forecast from the U S Weather Bureau predicts showers at the start and end of the week with moderate temperatures for the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys. Maps of the western battle front offered at the News-Telegraph office for 25 cents.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Missisippi
Missouri
Western Battle Front
News-Telegraph Office
Yeggs Blow Safe In Hancock Harness Shop
Bloodhounds traced the yeggmen from the W. D. Arnold harness shop safe blast to a railroad track north of Avoca but the trail ended there. They escaped with about $6 in cash and $250 in Liberty bonds.
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Yeggs
Hancock Harness Shop
News-Telegraph
Hancock
W. D. Arnold
Avoca
Yergs
Massena Couple Married Sunday at Home of Parents
Miss Amy Holaday and Mr. Robert Shaver wed Sunday afternoon at four at the Holaday home northwest of Massena. Nearly 100 guests attended the double ring ceremony conducted by Rev. J Q Carder and Rev. J A Nagle with two young girls as attendants. A two course lunch followed. The groom, a young farmer, expects soon to be called into service.
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Massena
Amy Holaday
Robert Shaver
Ray Holaday
W Massena
J .Q. Carder
Humeston
J. A. Nagle
Aero Club Offers Trans Atlantic Flight Support
The Aero Club of America announced it would cover the cost of attempting a trans Atlantic flight to aid the government in delivering aircraft overseas and to set up a patrol to combat the Uboat threat. The club said it had notified John D. Ryan of American Aircraft Auction and had solicited bids for Handley Page and Caproni aircraft capable of continent to continent flight.
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New York
The
Aero Club of America
John D. Ryan
American Aircraft Auction
Germany
Washington
William Brancker
British Air Equipment
Club
Handley Page
Caproni
Quarantined man found with four quarts of whiskey
Mayor Burnea and officers raided W E Cook's quarantined Maple street home and seized four quarts of whiskey. Barn bottles provided evidence while Cook admitted the liquor had been filled with fish for sale. A liquor nuisance warrant was served and the whiskey fumigated at the police station. Cook to have a hearing after quarantine ends. Mrs C A Beckhart and seven children from Draper, S D, visit her parents.
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Cook
Defeat on the Italian Front Deepens Austria Losses
Reports from the Italian front say Austria suffered a crushing retreat across the Piave, with nine divisions and about 108000 men lost. Italian forces reclaimed the Monte Meolo crest, captured thousands, and recovered guns as material flees were abandoned.
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Piave
Cape Sile
Mohtello
Farmers in Luverne Must Renounce League by Midnight
In Luverne Minnesota four hundred National Nonpartisan League farmers were ordered to register with authorities and renounce the league by midnight or leave Rock County. Mayor C O Wright said most had registered and would renounce. W T Coates and family reportedly fled the county after leadership over the league.
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Luveene, Minn
National Nonpartisan League
C. O. Wright
Laverne
W. T. Coates
Mexicans at Marne Get Into Trouble
Two Mexican Rock Island section hands at Marne Is reported to have fought after one called the other a German. They exchanged words, a cut on a leg and a back hatchet wound were noted but neither is seriously hurt. Dr. R. B. Eusden sails to Brooklyn for a nine month internship at Kings County Hospital and may be sent to France as a medical reserve lieutenant. A Children's Day program by the Sunday Active at Methodist Protestant church concluded the item.
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Marne
Rock Island
R. B. Eusden
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kings County Hospital
France
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Antheuil
Woevre
Charles of Austria
Zurich
von Seydler
Exchange
C. G. Thompson
Willis Jenkins
Griswold
Omaha: Armours
Lewis
Cass County
Atlantic
Canada
Newa-Telegraph
Atlantic ‘News Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa
C. A. Beckhart
Draper
Herbert
Rum News-Telegraph
Italian Front
Austria
Galicia
Serbia
Rock County 4 Home Guards
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