American heroism saves Paris from U boats raid
Navy reports off coast still active as German submarines attack shipping. Destroyers intercept a raid near Maryland 65 miles offshore while the freighter Radicline and the Baird are accounted for with several vessels sunk or damaged. Officials stress continued drive to speed men and supplies to France.
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Washington
Navy Department
Radioleine
Maryland
Edward R. Haird, Jr
Baird
Ragiolng
Edward R. Baird
American
France
Girl Survivor of the Carolina Clings to Floating Bodies of Two Men
Nineteen survivors arrive at Lewes Delaware after the steamer Carolina is sunk by a German submarine. A German crew member is detained for investigation. Survivors recount lower decks, lifeboat chaos, and a stormy sea during the rescue. A girl clung to two men’s bodies until rescued as the ship sank after the submarine shelled the boats.
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Washington
Herbert L. Pratt
Delaware Capes
Navy Department
Daniels
Tigh
Edward R. Baird
Wilmington
Del
American Ftora
Hevy Department
Jeaat
Congress
Carolina
Lewes
Cape Honelophen
New York
Caro- Noa
Soma
Death claims C. W. Fairbanks former VP U S
Indianapolis reports former vice president and senator Charles Warren Fairbanks died at his home at 8:66. Cause given as intestinal trouble. Family at bedside includes Madde Hichard Fairbanks. Born May 14 1852 in Unionville Center Ohio, Fairbanks traced ancestry to early American settlers and abolitionist roots.
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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
Americans Hold Chateau Thierry Defenses on the Marne
American machine gunners arrived near the Marne and rushed to defend Chateau-Thierry. They joined a French battalion and organized strong lines, driving the German advance from the northern sector while the southern district remained under entente control on the river’s left bank.
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Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Chateau- Thierry
Australia outlines repatriation plan for returned WWI troops
Washington reports official dispatches from Australia detailing a science based repatriation system. It emphasizes restoring returned soldiers to civilian life and work, with state support until their reestablishment is secured. The plan includes sustenance and training, scaled to the number of eligible beneficiaries.
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Washington
Australia
Europe
Commonwealth
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Mackensen's Pincers and the German Offensive Strategy
The map shows German offensive aims in France with two wedges aimed at the Channel coast along the Somme and at the Marne. This "pincer strategy" by Hindenburg seeks to trap the French and British armies between the wedges, with Paris and channel ports as secondary targets.
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France
Hindenburg
Channel
Somme
Marns
Marne
Mackensen
Paris
Allied War Council Confident U S Victory and Labor Plans
The supreme war council expressed unofficially tonight full confidence in winning the war with American aid. It lauds Foch and Wilson for troop transport and coordination, outlines a national labor oriented ministry and seven member state councils, and describes vocational training for injured men and support for widows with children.
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London
Supreme War Council
Iewers Fock
Wilson
East Coast raids feared as subs inch toward New York
Reports from New York on June 4 say German submarines active off the coast may surface to launch air planes for an attack on New York City. Lights ordered abandoned along the coast as a precaution against air raids and submarines carrying aircraft. Sightings off Cape May and offshore were reported but not confirmed.
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New York
Dierman
Cougleland
New Dorey Point
Mt Ano Agiinat Air
Jare
Pirlag
Cape May
Wow & O'vlork
Americans Hold Line as German Offensives Falter in France
Allied forces, including American units, repelled renewed German advances between Solesmes and Chateau-Thierry and along the Marne toward Rheims. At Jaulgonne near Chateau-Thierry, Americans held ground and forced the Germans to retreat, with heavy casualties reported on the German side.
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France
Solesons
Cheteau-Thierry
Marne
Rheims
Newilly Wood
Onteau-Thierry
Paris
Jaulgonne
Chateau. Thierry
Oise
Aigne
Pernant
Flanders
Picardy
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Secetary Daniels
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Hattie Dunn
Hauppaughe
Edward H. Cole
Isabel B. Haskell
Winnie Donne
Edward R. Baird, I Jr
Jacob M. Haskell
Texel
Porto Rico
Caroling
Barbour
Douglas
C. W. Fairbanks
U. S
Pairbanke
Lorinton Monroe Fairbanks
Vermont
Union County
Oto
William Henry Huith
Associated Pros
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Pairrane
Albway
Quartedus
Thierry
Calais
Abbeville
Meu Por
Bethune
Amiens
Arrasy
Montodere
Chauiny
Pari
Allied War Council
U.S
Law Belela
Jane
Dawe
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