Italian War Dept Reports Halt to Austrian Assaults
The Italian war department says Austrian forces attacked Tenale Pass and Canby Summit near the Monticello bridge after heavy artillery prep. Italian troops resisted and repelled the assault, counterattacked, and drove the enemy back with concentrated fire. They claim 100 prisoners and machine guns captured.
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Rome
Italian War Department
Tenale Pass
Canby Summit
Monticello Bridge
Atlantic coast battles with submarines raise loss fears
Reports say a British registered steamer Keemum of 8074 tons, built 1902 at Belfast and in British service, was shelled by German subs near Virginia and may have been sunk with all hands. Messages claimed distress while others suggested misidentification. ships around Virginia reported submarines within eighteen miles as authorities held ships awaiting further word.
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Virginia Capes
Mensee
United States
Virginia
Alplan
Ken
Keemanm
Nantucket
Keemam
Briteli
A. Holt & Co
Bettt
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A. Holt
Keemum
W U Leader Seeks Way Out of Telegraph Strike
St Paul June 14 8 Konekamp president of the Commercial Telegraphers union says President Wilsons move inviting telegraph officials to accept War Labor Board findings could yield a solution to the dispute before a Western Union strike is called.
Denver Phone Rates Rise as Public Utilities Orders Increase
Denver and other Colorado cities see higher telephone charges after a Colorado Public Utilities Commission order, ending an investigation begun in 1916. The plan boosts Denver residential rates by 60 cents monthly and business charges by 2 dollars, while some extensions and call allowances shift accordingly.
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Denver
Monntin States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Order of the Communion
Aurora
Bogiewood
Arvada
Mt Ie
Lull Presages Drive Against Channel Ports
Denver dispatch notes a poultry division order requiring candle eggs buyers to ensure 20 percent of eggs are not decayed. Washington reports a lull on the front masking a renewed German push toward Amiens and the channel ports, with American troops and assaults around Montdidier and Cantigny, and a German plan to cut allied lines.
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Denver
Adams
Poultry Division
Colorado Food Administration
Food Administration
Washington
France
Amiens
Channel
Paris
Coal shortage expected to worsen this year
St Paul reporters quote union representatives at the AFL meeting predicting a very serious coal shortage. They warn the shortage will be more severe this year than last and note concerns raised by major coal unions and industry spokesmen.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Mujoere’ Union
A. F. of L
Nashville Bay Decorated for Bravery in Air
First Lieutenant Edward Buford Jr of Nashville Tennessee in the American air squadron received the D S cross from General Pershing for his May 12 1918 barrage patrol over St Mihiel He fought five German biplanes in 45 minutes and downed one while the others withdrew The narrative notes bold conduct under heavy odds in France Washington reports Pershing with details of the aerial bombing over enemy lines June 18 US planes three German pursuit planes and a single bombing run with limited visibility outcomes
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France
Edward Buford, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Washington
Dotalle
Prohibition as War Measure Moves in Senate Hearings
In Washington on June 14 the Senate Agricultural Committee reversed an earlier vote on Senator Jones’s national prohibition proposal and agreed to hold hearings next week. The panel kept the anti prohibition clause out of the agricultural bill and may hear an Norris substitute.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Agricultural
Jones
German Drive Fails as Allied Forces Hold Montdidier Front
A French and Allied position halts a major German offensive aimed at Paris. Thousands of German soldiers die or are captured as reserves and heavy artillery fire continue near Montdidier Noyon and Soissons Rheims. Allied airmen support operations with raids behind enemy lines while casualties mount on the Western Front.
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Parle
Seeme
Montdidier-Noyon
Soissons- Rheims
Paris
Solawons
Villers-Cotterets Forest
Universal military training urged by American Medical Association
The thirty fifth annual AMA gathering in Chicago adopts resolutions endorsing universal military training and withholding suffrage from men reaching voting age. It argues trained youth gain health, sanitation and hygiene benefits and calls for a permanent training policy before suffrage is granted to those approaching adulthood.
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Associated Mrees
Chicago
Amerun Medical Association
Cesalon
American Medical Association
Seeing Stars and a New Star in the Sky?
The article describes a forthcoming feature by J. Lincoln outlining a diagram to locate a new star and promises an additional piece on an important celestial event. It hints at a spectacular new star brighter than the sun and a simultaneous eclipse, with readers urged to watch Sunday's issue for details.
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Lincoln
Veterans Heroism Foiled the Huns on Front in France
From Pran H France June 14 Allied fronts show limited actions as German offensive stalls around Montdidier Noyon and Compiegne. German assault aimed to crush French British lines before American troops arrive, but veteran French and British units, under General Foch, check the attack and inflict heavy losses. Allies remain confident in staving off German breakthrough.
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PRAN@H
Montdidier-Noy
Atlantic
Veteras
Germany
Foch
Marriage exemptions limited under draft act change
Washington reports that marriage exemptions tied to the draft are narrowed as of the new rule. Exemptions will only apply to those who married before reaching age of majority and before the act’s passage, with boards assessing dependency claims for children born or unborn. A separate London dispatch notes a Hunline official statement about patrols north of Bailleul.
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Mar- Mage
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Colective New View Ayalen
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House Military Committee
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London
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Bearmeseole
Vierstraat
Ypres
Nashville Bay
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Norris
Randall
Associated Press
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Purla
Fustian Front
Pooh
Halk
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Bothing Oew Lo
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Wight
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