American Troop Total Overseas Reaches 1 019 115
President Wilson released a Secretary Baker letter detailing American troops abroad on July 1 reaching 1 019 115. The record shows gradual overseas arrivals since May 1917 with steady March to April sailings and a continuing push to reinforce French and British forces amid the German offensive.
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Wilson
Baker
Pershing
France
Western Republic
Germany
America
Board 25 Takes Up Baseball Draft Question
Local Draft Board 25 in Brighton will rule on whether baseball players are in useful occupations under the national draft issue. The Boston area leads a headlong bid to resolve the Work or Fight dispute spawned by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
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Boston
Brighton
Crownader
Hearing Set Friday Evening At Brighton District Court House
Friday evening at 8, Brighton District Court House, is the time and place set for a hearing. Braves members, whose headquarters and playing field are on Common, are involved.
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Brighton District Court House
Braves
Sixteen Die In Twin Explosions At Semet Solvay Plant
Syracuse reports sixteen killed and many injured after two explosions at the Semet Solvay plant in Split Rock. The massive TNT output caused shattered windows and tremors felt across the city as workers fled the facility housing over three thousand employees.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Ead
Semet-Solvay Company
Split Rock
Record United States Shipping Output Sets Monthly High
June production reached 280,400 dead weight tons, raising total to 1,084,670 tons and nearing the world record held by British yards. Steel ships accounted for 262,900 tons and wooden ships 17,500 tons, with a surge in deliveries in the final week suggesting ongoing expansion.
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Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Statistical Department
Men's Suits at 15 Dollars and 9 90 Ad
Handsome fabrics in all colors offered by F. Gray Co at the Washington and Hanover corner. Advertising note shows affordable menswear with a sale price of 15 dollars and 9 90.
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F. Gray Co
Wash
Cor
Hanover
Yankees Get Iron Crosses from German Officers in France
American troops west of Hill 204 reportedly received Iron Crosses from German prisoners and even seized crosses from shirts. A young US soldier chased a German officer with a bayonet over the prize, then calmed the officer with a cigarette before taking the cross.
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France
Associated Press
Hill 204
Germany
Dress Up on the 4th Silk Mohair at 12.90
New models dressy and cool offered by F. Gray Co. at Washington corner Hanover Street. Use tonight.
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F. Gray Co
Wash
Hanover St
Adut
Lieut Lyman Rollins Returns Home From War
Marblehead July 2 Lieuten ant Lyman Rollins chaplain of the 101st U S Infantry is home Quietly more like a stranger than a man whose bravery won the Croix de Guerre he came back to night He did not want a fuss but there was one as word of his return to Marblehead for a few days before he goes Continued on Page 6-Fourth Col
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Marblehead
Lyman Rollins
101St U. S. Infantry
Baylies and Putnam Awarded War Medals
Paris July 2 Sergeant Frank L. Baylies of New Bedford Massachusetts and First Lieutenant David N Putnam of Brookline Massachusetts American aviators have been awarded a war medal by the foreign service committee of the Aero Club of America for valor and distinguished service.
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Baylies and Putnam
Wear Blue Serge Suits Comfortable
Advertises blue serge suits priced at 14.90 dollars from F Gray Co in Washington at the corner of Hanover offering all sizes and a dressy option for any occasion.
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F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
Gray Co
Wash
Cor
Abducts Girl Who Said No In Haverhill Flight to Nashua
Peter Shauogos and three companions drove to Haverhill to kidnap a girl who refused him last week. They succeeded in taking her to Nashua, provoking the anger of the local Greek community.
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Haverhill
Peter Shuaugos
Peter
Nashua
Remarkable High School Girl Involves Nashua Case
The girl Eugenia Arviniti, aged 18, lives at 40 Harrison Street and becomes central in a thriller described as full of twists. At midnight Peter, distressed, paces behind Nashua bars over a minor error and previously kidnapped Eugenia’s best friend but released her. The narrative unfolds from a 5:30 a.m. scene as Haverhill wakes.
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Eugenia Arviniti
Harrison Street
Peter
Nashua
Eugenia
Haverhill
American Forces Break German Lines on the Marne
The American attack on the Vaux positions was so decisive that troops swept through enemy lines. with continued advance they could have pushed forward easily, as almost everything before them yielded. Continued on page 4.
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Marne
Associated Press
Vaux
Anniversary Notes and World War I Update
Dynaniter Holt shot J. P. Morgan in 1915. One year ago today the first U S Expeditionary Force units reached France safely. German forces repulsed in a heavy attack along an 11 mile front on the Chemin des Ames.
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Dynaniter Holt
J. P. Morgan
U. S
France
Chemin Des Ames
Boston Area Weather Forecast Warns of Warmer Thursday
Fair conditions prevail across South New England on Wednesday and Thursday with warmer interiors. Moderate variable winds reported as a forecast from Washington noting fair skies and rising temperatures in Vermont and the mainland.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
South New England
North New England
Vermont
Yesterday's Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa
Yesterday's average temperature reported at Thompson's Spa shows a high near 89 and a low around 64 with readings across several days. The record notes an average yesterday of 67 and an average for the prior year of 78.
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Thompson's Spa
Baseball scores from early games across leagues
Brooklyn beats Boston 4 0 Seer 7 Cincinnati 6 in 10 innings Philadelphia defeats New York 5 2 Chicago 7 St Louis 1 first game Chicago 6 St Louis 2 second game American League results Washington Boston 3 0 Philadelphia New York 5 0 Cleveland 4 St Louis 2 Chicago 8 Detroit 2 first game Detroit 4 Chicago 5 second game Eastern League Bridgeport S Worcester G Ave Waterbury 4 New London 7 Hartford 1 Providence 8 Springfield 3
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Seer
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Bridgeport
Worcester
Waterbury
New London
Hartford
Providence
Springfield
Failure to End Big Strike Halts Lowell Talks
Lowell July 2 government representatives opened a step toward settling the strike that has left over 12,000 workers idle but failed to progress. Mill treasurers' association petitioned the National War Labor Board for intervention, blocking further discussion with mill agents until a reply.
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Lowell
Strike settlement visits in Lowell signal wartime labor tension
Immigration Commissioner Henry J. Skeffington and J. Walter Mullen arrived in Lowell after mill agents refused talks to end the textile strike. Skeffington reported to Secretary Wilson while the Cartridge Company faces a 13 000 worker mechanist strike that could affect munitions production. Government secrecy and possible draft action loom over the unrest.
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Henry J. Skeffington
Boston
J. Walter Mullen
William B. Wilson
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Skeffington
Wilson
Washington
United States Cartridge Company
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