Americans hold Bouresches Torcy line in five hour fight
Amid heavy shelling northwest of Chateau Thierry American troops captured Bouresches and moved on Torcy driving out 200 Germans with 25 Americans and remaining in position at the town’s edge. Marines led by a corporal regained the offensive after officers were knocked out. French children cheered the wounded arriving by ambulance as prisoners were taken and Red Cross workers aided the injured.
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Picardy
Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Bouresches
Torcy
Paris
John B. Flocken
Olney
Ill
Visalia
Cal
Weuilly Wood
Red Cross
No Man's Land
Russia
Germany
Railroads reverse earlier ban on commutation tickets
Boston railroads announced a shift in McAdoo policy clarifying that commutation tickets bought before Monday can be used at the new higher freight and passenger rates until exhausted with no extra charge. The move contradicts prior interpretations that all tickets would void after Monday, except journeys already in progress.
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McAdoo
Boston
German-born London faces long expatriation questions
London, a German-born New Yorker born in 1862, naturalized in 1887, later accused of luring youths to a Russian spy in Germany. He was arrested in Warsaw in 1917, found guilty, and sentenced to death, later commuted to ten years. The State Department questions his citizenship due to extended expatriation.
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New York
London
Leipsic
Germany
Court of Common Pleas
Warsaw
State Department
Captain Sweeney Misses Daughter’s Wedding After Sinking
Captain John Sweeney of the schooner Hauppauge, sunk by a U-boat off Barnegat New Jersey May 28, telephoned to say he cannot attend his daughter Myra Louise Sweeney’s wedding to Hector R. Winslow in Everett. Winslow is son of Mrs. Mary Winslow of Broadway Rockland Maine. Captain Sweeney remains assigned to sea duty aboard another ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ©. Sweeney
Barnegat
N. J
Myra Louise Sweeney
Hector R. Winslow
Everett
Walcott Street
Sweeney
Mr. Winslow
Mary Winslow
Broadway
Rockland
Italians Take Trenches Prisoners and Guns
The Italian War Department reports on Mont di Val Bella where assault troops seized trenches and captured over 60 prisoners along with six machine guns and material. French detachments seized 21 prisoners at Sisemol. Operations include repelled patrols in the Valarsa and Posina valleys and bomb drops on enemy aviation camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italian War Department
Mont di Val Bella
Sisemol
Valarsa
Posina
Col Caprile
Spinonia Caposile
Venetian
Metocorons
Querofeltre Road
Asiago
French Advance Near Locre Reported by British
British communique says French troops improved their line near Locre in the Kemmel sector southwest of Ypres with successful local attacks and captured a few prisoners. A daylight raid on a German post in Strazeele took nine prisoners and a machine gun with no reported casualties.
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London
Locre
Kemmel
Ypres
Strazeele
Southern Association scores roundup
Memphis defeated Little Rock 2 0 while New Orleans routed Mobile 4 2. Chattanooga crushed Atlanta 8 0 and Birmingham won 4 0. Nashville results are incomplete.
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Memphis
Little Rock
New Orleans
Mobile
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Birmingham
Nashville
Americans Break German Lines along Six Mile Front
Allied forces including Americans and French seize Veuilly la Poterie and Bouresches, push through six miles from Vinly to Bouresches, and retake Torcy with Marines driving out 200 Germans. German resistance remains tenacious and losses are heavy as front-line actions continue from Soissons to Chateau Thierry.
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Vinly
Veuilly la Poterie
Bouresches
Torcy
Marines Inspire After French Front Gains and American Stand
The article lauds the marines for their distinguished actions at the Marne and praises General Foch for halting the German drive. It compares Allied regiments, highlighting the British Guards, French Foreign Legion, and the American Marine Corps as a premier fighting force.
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Foch
Marne
France
Marine Corps
Mons
French Foreign Legion
Joyful over U boats here
Amsterdam June 7 Captain von Whuellwetter naval expert for the Cologne Gazette describes as a joyous surprise the appearance of German submarines off the United States coast He notes no barred zone exists off North America but warns the moment may arrive for such an attack The article contrasts weak U S coastal defenses with Germany seeking to exploit American waters_IO
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Amsterdam
von Sxuellwetter
Cologne Gazette
United States
North American
von Whuellwetter
England
American
America
Europe
Slow murder of POWs on Russian front revealed
A Royal Naval Division member who escaped from Germany reports 40 British prisoners sent to work under fire on the Russian front were slowly murdered. He says an initial group of 500 prisoners was selected with 36 to die from the alleged conditions before release or capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Naval Division
England
Germany
Prisoner Abuse Exposed in British Camp Murders
Reports claim 36 German POWs were murdered by British sentries. POWs were grouped in threes, punished for any one member, tied to a pole after mounting a block, and suspended feet up for two and a half hours nightly for 14 nights in extreme cold, resulting in forty deaths. The alleged brutality highlights severe wartime mistreatment.
Blow Against Home Rule in Irish Unionist Alliance Vote
Dublin June 7. The election of a new executive committee for the Irish Unionist Alliance showed a split between home rule compromisers and opponents. The protesters won a complete victory, with 16 of their 20 nominees topping the poll. The result undermines a basis for Nationalists and southern Unionists to agree on a home rule bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Fire Leaves 50000 Homeless in Constantinople
A large fire in Stambul Mohammedan quarter of Constantinople destroys much of the Sultan Selim area leaving about fifty thousand people homeless, per Berlin's semi official Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
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Constantinople
Amsterdam
Stambul
Sultan Selim
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Berlin
200 Churches Razed or Pillaged by Germans
The bishop of Soissons in Paris described German offensives in his diocese. He said 100 churches were razed and at least 100 more pillaged and partially demolished. The Soissons cathedral suffered severely as Germans carried away everything. He claimed women, children and the elderly were murdered by German aviators while refugees fled along country roads.
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Paris
Soissons
Lloyd George lauds American troops at London toast
Prime Minister David Lloyd George praised American forces after meeting a French statesman who commended their valor and skill. He warned that Allied failure would devastate civilization, stressing the high stakes of the war and the resolve needed to prevail.
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London
Preimier David Lloyd George
Printers’ Society of London
Encouraging Valor in Allied War Effort
The premier praised the superb valor and trained skill of the Americans in battle. He called the performance most encouraging because it demonstrates strong participation and success against the foe.
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France
Franco American troops gain ground near Chateau Thierry
French and American forces northwest of Chateau Thierry push forward capturing Veuilly la Poterie and Bouresches. They enlarge gains north of Vinly Lisieres and near Chezy and take Bligny. More than 200 prisoners are reported. Aviators destroyed 13 German planes and four balloons. bombardment drops 27 tons of explosives over Roye St Quentin Soissons and nearby areas.
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Paris
Chateau Thierry
Veuilly la Poterie
Bouresches
Ourcq
Marne
Vinly
Lisieres
Chezy
Veuilly
Roye
St. Quentin
Soissons
Americans Hold Paris Road as Battle on Marne Continues
American troops stand along the Paris road near Le Thiolet after heavy fighting on the Marne front. Wounded accounts describe Germans firing from behind boulders as Americans charged, with a corporal capturing three prisoners and leading them away. Journalist Tloyd Gibbons of the Chicago Tribune was wounded, losing an eye.
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Picardy
Associated Press
Marne
Paris
le Thiolet
Fritz
Madison Girman
Evansville
Ind
Torey
Berlin
Tloyd Gibbons
The
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Gibbons
Americans Forced Three Divisions Into Action
London dispatch reports American forces northwest of Chateau Thierry engaged in three days of heavy fighting. U S troops allegedly forced three German divisions into action, holding and gaining ground despite German attempts to shift front along the Marne valley.
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London
German with Boston maps held for naval inquiry
Fritz Wlage identified as German suspect arrested in Atlantic City. Police say two submariners connected to coast signs operation. Detectives found Atlantic coast maps detailing Philadelphia New York Boston Baltimore Hoboken Norfolk and routes by water and rail along with gun and explosive studies and a code book.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tama German
Fritz Wlage
Atlantic
Naval Intelligence Bureau
Virginia
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Hoboken
Norfolk
Pershing Reports Raid in Picardy by Americans
General Pershing announced further American and French advances near Chateau Thierry with heavy enemy losses. He also reported an American raid in Picardy in which prisoners were taken.
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Pershing
Picardy
Washington
Chateau Thierry
West Roxbury Man Shoots Self in Domestic Trouble
Harold S. Dill, 25, of 2 Florence Street, West Roxbury, was wounded in a self inflicting 3 calibre revolver shot to the right side and is listed on the danger list at City Hospital. He reportedly went to a friend's home at 4085 Washington Street after domestic trouble, then fired the shot and collapsed.
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Harold
S. ‘Dill
Florence Street
West Roxbury
City Hospital
Dill
James C. Campbell
Washington Street
Army Seeks 100 Chauffeurs for Field Artillery Unit
Charles W. Taylor of the Tremont Street recruiting station calls for 100 chauffeurs for the Tist Field Artillery C. A. C. at Fort Strong. Positions are available immediately.
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Charles W. Taylor
Army
Tremont Row
Tist Field Artillery
Fort Strong
No Increase Shown in Recruiting in Ireland
Dublin records show no rise in enlistments since Field Marshal French’s proclamation calling on Irish men to join the colors. The recruiting office in Dublin notes the same level of call-up as before.
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Ireland
Dublin
British Delegation Reaches Amsterdam After Koningen Regentes Sinking
The British delegation to the Anglo-German prisoner conference arrived at Rotterdam aboard the Lindorp and witnessed the sinking of the hospital ship Koningen Regentes in the North Sea. Survivors were rescued by Sindoro boats after a torpedo wake was hinted by crew members.
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the Hague
Rotterdam
Lindorp
Koningen Regentes
North Sea
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Miss Kate Lawrence of Spring Valley Illinois reports relief from monthly pains after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement urges schoolgirls and home workers to try the root and herb remedy, citing numerous letters proving its merit.
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Spring Valley
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kate Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
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Efompiegne
Coulommiers
Reims
Southern Association
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Bligny
U. S
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