American heroism shields ships off Maryland coast in war
Navy reports destroyer halted a submarine attack on French steamer Radiling about 65 miles off Maryland. American schooner Edward R Haird Jr found in sinking condition after bombing. Two men rescued from Baird. Reports note U boats still patrolling coast as rescue operations continue and transports remain safe.
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Washington
Navy Department
Radioleine
Maryland
Edward R. Haird, Jr
Baird
Ragiolng
Edward R. Baird
American
France
Girl Survivor Clings to floating men as Carolina sinks
Nineteen survivors land at Lewes after a severe Sunday night storm. They tell of the German submarine U-27 attacking the steamship Carolina, its boats lowered in good order, one sailor left behind, and the ship sinking in flames. A German crew member is held for investigation. The girl who survived drifted on the ocean while rescuers came.
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New York
Porto Rico
Caroling
Barbour
Carolina
Douglas
Lewes
Del
Caro- Noa
Soma
Death claims C W Fairbanks former VP and Senator
Indianapolis June 4 Charles Warren Fairbanks former vice president of the United States and former U S senator from Indiana died at his home at 8 66 o clock. Death was due to intestinal trouble. His family including Madde Hichard Fairbanks who lived in France were at his bedside. He was born May 14 1852 in Unionville Center Ohio. His lineage traced to Oliver Crowe and early American settlers. The Fairbanks home sheltered runaway slaves and welcomed Black visitors. He left Ohio after eight years of schooling and later entered politics in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Charles ‘Orven Palpbanke
United States
Indiana
Cep
Madde Hichard Fairbanks
Charles Warren Pairbanks
Unionville Center
Ohio
Ancoe‘o
Oliver Crowe
Fayerbanke
Jonathan Payarbankh
America
Boston
Pairbanke
Lorinton Monroe Fairbanks
Vermont
Union County
Oto
William Henry Huith
Associated Pros
Pairbanks
Pairrane
Albway
Quartedus
Americans Defend Chateau-Thierry on the Marne
American machine gunners arriving on the Marne banks joined French troops to defend Chateau-Thierry as German forces neared. They moved into the town with French colonial troops and opened fire, slowing the German advance while the northern half fell to the enemy. The southern portion remained held by the Entente allies.
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Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Chateau- Thierry
Australia Tackles Repirations of Returned Soldiers
Washington dispatches describe Australia's method for repatriating WWI veterans. It emphasizes restoring veterans to industrial life and providing sustenance as long as needed, with training or schooling supported as soldiers re-enter civilian work.
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Washington
Australia
Europe
Commonwealth
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Mackensen’s Pincers Map of German Offensive Aim
The article explains Mackensen’s “pincer strategy” as two wedges aimed at the Somme and the Marne to trap the French and British armies and press toward Paris and the channel ports, with Paris capture a secondary objective.
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France
Hindenburg
Channel
Somme
Marns
Marne
Mackensen
Paris
Allied War Council Confident U S Victory Seen
The supreme war council expresses full confidence in victory with American forces aiding the effort. It lauds President Wilson for troop transport and brigading cooperation and outlines planned centralized authority through a ministry of aviation and seven member states, with veterans and labor representatives.
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London
Supreme War Council
Iewers Fock
Wilson
Raiders May Carry Airplanes Off East Coast
Reports from New York indicate German raiders active again near the coast with submarines possibly carrying aircraft that could be deployed when surfaced. Explosions and firing heard along the coast prompt precautionary measures as lights are ordered offshore to deter air raids.
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New York
Dierman
Cougleland
New Dorey Point
Mt Ano Agiinat Air
Jare
Pirlag
Cape May
Wow & O'vlork
Americans Fight Back as German Offense Stalls in France
American and Allied units halt German advances along the Solesons Cheateau Thierry and Marne fronts near Paris. In fierce fighting near Nouveau wood and Jaulgonne, U S troops repel assaults, take prisoners, and push back enemy detachments as German gains stagnate in Picardy and the Oise region. The French war office reports a slackening of German efforts and improved positions for Allied forces.
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France
Solesons
Cheteau-Thierry
Marne
Rheims
Newilly Wood
Onteau-Thierry
Paris
Jaulgonne
Chateau. Thierry
Oise
Aigne
Pernant
Flanders
Picardy
French War Office
Fiime
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Hattie Dunn
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Edward H. Cole
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Edward R. Baird, I Jr
Jacob M. Haskell
Texel
Cape Honelophen
C. W. Fairbanks
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Abbeville
Meu Por
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Pari
Allied War Council
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Law Belela
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