Do or Die Spirit Lost By Teuton Allies
The high commands of German and Austro Hungarian armies see men literally mown down as battles fail to gain ground across France Italy and elsewhere. Allied defenders hold Piave Montello Rheims and Zeebrugge efforts while numer ous enemy losses and air battles accrue. The result is a waning do or die spirit among Teutonic forces amid widespread heavy casualties.
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Paris
Montdidier
Marne
Piave
Rheims
Plave
Austrian War Office
Fosetta Canal
Montello
Rome
Zeebrugge
American Patrols Cross Marne Near Chateau-Thierry
Two American patrols crossed the Marne east of Chateau-Thierry and engaged Landwehr units, taking prisoners and inflicting casualties. American machine gunners repelled a hostile party attempting to cross, and artillery bombarded roads and billets while enemy batteries answered back unsuccessfully. Also announced: Rev. J. B. Workman of Buckhannon West Virginia named army chaplain, training July 12 at Camp Taylor Kentucky.
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France
Associated Press
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Landwehr
Bay
Buckhannon
W. Va
J. B. Workman
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Camp Taylor
Germans in heavy assault near Rheims repulsed with losses
German shock troops attacked west of Rheims and near Igny and Ornes but faced overwhelming French fire and heavy artillery. Despite 40 000 men and gas shells, German attempts failed with many prisoners taken and no initial success for the attackers.
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France
Associated Press
Rheims
Igny
Ornes
Hheims
Compiegne
Vrigny
Tillery
Berlin
London
Nieppe Forest
Bethune
Dommiers
Villers-Costevets
Mount Gorent
Mount Gobert
Clignon
Chateau Thierry
Lawyers and navy clerks charged in double billing plot
Four men including a navy yeoman and a signal corps stenographer are indicted for attempting to double bill a government repair of the vessel Canandaigua by using a confederate in a drydock firm. The scheme failed when a soldier overheard the plan and alerted authorities.
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Drydock Company
Washington
War and
Navy Departments
Department of Justice
Granad
Clyde C. Waltman
Navy Department
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Charles E. Waltman
Victoria
Benjamin W. Peake
Fort Meies
Berea
T. C
Melvin Mowery
Signal Corps Office
Lancaster
Mowery
Morse Drydock and Repair Company
Canandaigua
Peake
Drydock
Huston Thompson
Gregory
War Department
The
Shipping Board
Miles Dawson
New York
Charles B. Hughes
Commission
War Savings Day Proclamation by Bluefield Mayor
Citywide call on Friday June 28 1918 to donate the evening after eight to buying War Savings Stamps and promoting their sale to the limit allowed by law. Mayor C O Stahlman urges citizens to pledge savings and investment.
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Bluefield
Secretary of the Treasury
Stahlman
West Virginia Forecast Partly Cloudy Into Weekend
Partly cloudy conditions expected across West Virginia on Thursday and Friday with little change in temperatures. Skies remain mostly clear by night with gentle winds and mild daytime highs.
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West Virginia
Austria Facing Breakpoint as Workers Demand Higher Wages
Amsterdam reports Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung says government mines, printing works, mint, telegraph and post workers demand a 50 percent wage rise due to under-feeding. Wimmer says state cannot bear more costs and promises only further discussion next fall. Describes widespread hunger and bread shortages near Vienna amid war industries.
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Amsterdam
Austria
Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung
von Seydier
von Wimmer
Gloeckel
Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Ukraine
Two Lieutenants Die In Wright Field Air Crash
Springfield Ohio June 19 Lieutenant Frank Stewart Patterson of Dayton and Lieutenant Leroy Swan of Norwich Conn were instantly killed when their aircraft collapsed in a nose dive at Wilbur Wright aviation field between Springfield and Dayton. The machine fell from about 10 000 feet and wreckage scattered. both bodies were unrecognizable upon exam. Patterson twenty two nephew of John H Patterson Dayton and Swan married his wife living in Fairfield.
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Springfield
Ohio
Frank Stewart Patterson
Dayton
Leroy Swan
Norwich
Conn
Wilbur Wright Aviation
Patterson
Lieutenant Patterson
John H. Patterson
Daeyton
Swan
Fairfield
Optimistic feeling in Washington as Rheims defenses hold
Washington reports from France say German forces at Rheims faced a first major setback in the west since March as Austrian resistance in Italy shows progress. French defenders reportedly stiffened the line and halted German advances despite heavy bombardment, sparking renewed optimism in Allied defense. Pensacola aviators Sylvester and Plair, both naval reserve pilots trained at the Boston school of Technology, were killed in a midair collision near the navy air station.
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Washington
France
Rheims
Italy
Pensacola
Fla
B. E. Sylvester
A. B. Plair
Naval Reserve
Navy Air Station
Boston School of Technology
Fresh Impetus to Extend Draft Age in Congress Push
Washington June 19. Secretary Baker withdrew opposition to extend draft age limits, prompting fresh momentum in Congress. Crowder's office prepares statistics on extending to ages eighteen to five years, aiming to back France bill before the senate military committee. Over 250,000 more men may enter class 1 due to reclassification and regulations.
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Washington
Baker
Congress
War Department
Wilson
Germany
Crowder
France
Maryland
Senate Military Committee
General Crowder
Coal miners denied draft class exemption decision upheld
Washington June 19 General Crowder's office informed congressmen from mining districts there will be no reconsideration of the decision not to grant deferred draft classification to coal miners as a class. The ruling stands.
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Congress
Washington
General Crowder
Prohibition Leaders Confident On Jones Amendment
Washington reports President Wilson declined to oppose the Jones amendment to the 11 million dollar emergency agricultural bill, aiming not to block final enactment. Bainbridge Coley warned beer removal could cut shipyard worker efficiency and ship tonnage by about twenty five percent, yet prohibition leaders still expected favorable senate reporting and a committee vote by tomorrow.
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Washington
Wilson
Bainbridge Coley
Shipping Board
Prohibition
Senate
Smith
Turkish Troops Sacked Tab Ris American Hospital in Persia
Reports from Tehran state department say Turkish forces desecrated the American consulate at Tab Ris and looted an American missionary hospital there after protests by the Spanish consul. American doctors and nurses had already left the city, and Consul Paddock planned overland evacuation toward Teheran or Hamedan via the Baghdad caravan route. In Pittsburg, Lt. Joseph Graham Trees, of the aviation service, was killed in a London airplane accident on June 13 after serving in France.
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Washington
Tabriz
Persia
State Department
United States
Turkey
Abdul Hak Hussein Bey
Consul Paddock
Teheran
Hamedan
Bagdad
Paddock
Italians Claim 9,011 Prisoners in Italian Front Battle
Vienna reports Italians have captured 9,011 enemy prisoners since the start of the Austro-Hungarian offensive on the Italian front. The Foslista and Piave sectors saw renewed fighting with heavy artillery and air bombardment as both sides reported gains and losses.
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Rome
Italian War Office
Plave
San Adrea
Candela
Fossalta
Cape Sile
Asiago
Montello
Grappa
Monte Belluno
Piave
San Andrea
Meolo
Vienna
London
Fossarta Canal
Austrian War Office
Oderzo
Treviso
von Boroevic
Fossaita
Oderzo-Treviso
Archduke Joseph
Sevilla
Brenta
Dessoalta
Tyrolez
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