British Offensive Resumes on Arras Front in France
British forces renew offensive actions on the Arras front with progress south of the Souchez River and successful raids near Ypres. German counterattacks southwest of Cherisy are repulsed. French reports claim repulses on the Californie and Vauclere plateaux with heavy German losses. Air operations include bombings near Etappe and aircraft losses on both sides.
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London
Arras
Souchez River
Cherisy
Ypres
Bullecourt
Californie
Vauclere
French War Office
Champagne
Vosges
Craonne
California Plateau
la Bovelle
Miette
Amiette
Aisne
Wytschsaete
Lens
Queant
Loos
Souchez Brook
Monchy
Chemin des-Dames
Fijian
Albrecht
Meuse
Haudemont
Combres
St. Mihiel
Etappe
Eney
French Driven Back On Macedonian Front
Bulgarian troops on the Macedonian front repulsed several French attacks near the Vardar River, according to the War Office. British advances in the Seres sector have also been successfully met, the official statement reports.
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Sofia
Vardar
War Office
Seres
Weather map and temperature readings for June 3 1917
Ohio and Indiana forecasts show fair and warm with possible showers in the north. Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia expect fair and warm conditions. Temperatures across stations include Montreal 68, Jackson 90, Pittsburgh 64, Chicago 76, St. Louis 72, Memphis 76, Omaha 78, Denver 80, Seattle 56, San Francisco 62. Observed Cincinnati record shows high 71, low 55, average 63 with no precipitation at 7 p.m. and clear conditions.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Varios
Montreal
Jacksonvie
Pittsburg
Chattanooga
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
Spring’d, Mo
Omaha
Salt Lake C'y
Denver
Phoenix
Prodigious Losses Suffered by Austria
Austrian losses between May 14 and 29 are estimated at 85 000 dead wounded and missing including five Generals and forty high officers. A hundred cannon have been taken or destroyed. The Giornale D Italia says Emperor Charles will proclaim Triest autonomous making it a free city like Hamburg and Bremen with numerous amnesties.
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Rome
Giornale D
Italia
Charles
Triest
Hamburg
Bremen
American aviation fields to train 500 cadets in France
Contracts award American firm to build three final training fields and ship material from the United States to duplicate overseas setups. By July 20, 500 cadets will begin actual flight training at near-complete fields in Dayton, Detroit, and Champaign with French instruction and aircraft.
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Washington
France
Aircraft Production Board
The
National Defense Council
United States
Committee On Public Information
Howard Bb. Coffin
Atlantic
Great Britain
America
Europe
Dayton
Detroit
Mich
Champaign
Registration drives for 10 million youth. arrests for antiwar agitation
Washington reports final preparations for registering more than ten million young men for war service on June 5. Authorities, including Brigadier General Crowder and Attorney General Gregory, vow strict enforcement against any interference or evasion. Police report several arrests in Maryland and Cincinnati as propaganda efforts continue.
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Washington
Crowder
Gregory
Justice Department
Hagerstown
Cincinnati
Department of Justice
Former President Taft Arrives for Red Cross Mission in Cincinnati
Former President William Howard Taft reached Cincinnati with a twofold purpose. He would address Red Cross executives and volunteers at a Fleischmann luncheon to support Cincinnati’s million-dollar Red Cross fund and attend his niece Louisa Taft’s wedding. Taft demonstrated a new oratorical gesture and spoke of the Red Cross aims and the war’s broader context, giving no view on wartime length. He planned a Monday speech in Chicago for the Red Cross.
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William Howard Taft
Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
Pike Street
Taft
Red Cross
National Red Cross Fund
Executive Committee
the Red Cross
Wilson
United States
Chicago
Courteous Treatment for Americans in Berlin Report
Berlin report quotes Arthur Dunning of the American Association of Commerce and Trade saying Americans in Germany receive courtesy when seeking exit permits. He notes no detentions or special privileges, but some regulatory waivers and modifications to police reporting rules for American businessmen.
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Berlin
Arthur Dunning
American Association of Commerce and Trade of
Germany
Associated Press
Dunning
Withdrawal of British prisoners from firing line
London reports preparations completed with the German government to withdraw all British war prisoners from the firing line. Prisoners will be kept at least 30 kilometers from the front in both eastern and western zones.
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London
Athens County men enlist in Seventh Ohio units
Nearly one hundred Athens County men enlisted in the two companies of the Seventh Ohio Regiment during the past week, bringing both units to full war strength. The Athens County Medical Association also met to decide how many members would join the Medical Corps.
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Athens
Athens County
Seventh
Ohio Regiment
Athens County Medical Association
Red Cross Call Urges Cincinnati to Raise One Million
A Red Cross publicity committee report adopts a call to citizens of metropolitan Cincinnati to help fund a national Red Cross war effort. President Wilson asks for a nationwide $100,000,000 total. Cincinnati’s share is set at $1,000,000 as June 25 1917 marking Red Cross Week with encouragement to contribute generously.
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Walter A. Draper
James Albert Green
Scott Small
Joseph Garretson
Charles J. Christie
Red Cross Publicity Committee
Cincinnati
Executive Committee
Julius Fleischmann
Wilson
United States
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Cincinnatian
Drafting of Men Teachers May Feminize Ohio Schools
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune from Columbus reports state officials foresee a major shift as men enter war service, leaving women to fill vacancies. Ohio has 31 819 teachers, with 7 852 men and 23 967 women. Officials fear at least half of current male staff may be gone by fall.
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Ohio
Columbus
Germany
France
State Department
United States
Kronstadt Outlawed by Russia in Graceful Clampdown
Petrograd reports Kronstadt will be morally boycotted and cut off if defiance continued. Justice minister Pereveizeff says government rejects independence and promises no harsh siege, though troops and ships can coerce rebels. He notes deputies visited the fortress and warns Kronstadt’s independence is doomed.
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Kronstadt
Russia
Kronstadt Rebel Leader Aims To Model For All Russia
Anatole Lamanoff, a young chemistry student, leads Kronstadt’s new regime after deposing the Petrograd provisional government. He envisions dividing Russia into numerous local centers guided by soldiers and workers councils, with a Pan-Russian Congress as the loose coordinating body and Kronstadt as a model for others.
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Kronstadt
Petrograd
Petrograd Technological College
Anatole Lamanoff
Associated Press
Lamanoff
Napoleon
Rousseau
Russia
All Russia
Councils of Deputies
War Hinders Spread of Gospel Says Bishop
London June 3 Bishop Montgomery reports at the 216th annual meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel that German missions worldwide collapsed due to the war. He laments the loss of hundreds of faithful German pastors and the end of ties with missions in India West Africa and Lebanon.
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London
Montgomery
India
West Africa
Lebanon
Submarine Attack Fails To Hit U S Liner Kroonland
Two German U boats launched a coordinated torpedo strike on the American Line steamship Kroonland as she neared the British coast. Four torpedoes were fired. two glanced off without exploding, two more struck the hull but did not detonate. The Kroonland zigzagged and returned fire. no hits were confirmed.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New York
Kroonland
Fire Loss Enormous in U S and Canada
Ohio Fire Marshal T Alfred Fleming releases figures from a war defense campaign showing fire losses per capita. The United States and Canada average 2.59 dollars per person, with major cities like New York 2.45 and Chicago 2.59. He warns 75 percent of losses stem from careless acts and urges citizens to act as their own fire wardens.
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Columbus
T. Alfred Fleming
United States
Canada
England
France
Germany
Scotland
Italy
Russia
Austria
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detroit
Austria proposed prisoner exchange with Italy via Red Cross
The Petit Parisien notes a Geneva dispatch saying Austria seeks a wholesale prisoner interchange with Italy along lines proposed by the Red Cross for Germany. The Austrian proposal will be discussed soon by Red Cross officials.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Geneva
Austria
Italy
International Red Cross
Germany
Red Cross
Washington Reports Safe Voyage of Elihu Root Mission
The American Commission to Russia led by Elihu Root arrived at Petrograd, with John R. Mott Cyrus H. McCormick and others aboard. The envoy team includes Major General Hugh L. Scott Rear Admiral James H. Glennon and Basil Miles with a large staff to aid in Russia's provisional government support and postwar rehabilitation.
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Washington
American ‘Commission
Russia
Elihu Root
Navy Department
United States
Wilson
Root
Pacific Coast
Orient
Pacific
Petrograd
Mr. Root
John R. Mott
Cyrus H. McCormick
Samuel R. Beutron
James Duncan
Charles Edward Russell
Hugh L. Scott
James H. Glennon
R. E. L. Michie
William V. Judson
T. Bentley Mott
Holton C. Curl
U.S. N
Alva D. Barnhard
F. Eugene Prince
Rosen Urges Diplomatic Peace Conference With Entente Allies
Baron Rosen former Russian ambassador to the United States calls for a diplomatic conference with the Entente and United States to seek a peace basis with the Central Powers. He argues Russia must exit the war before chaos deepens and notes Wilsonian principles should guide any settlement.
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Petrograd
Dyen Baron Rosen
United States
Council of the Empire
Russia
Baron Rosen
Wilson
German Socialists to Attend Stockholm Conference
Stockholm reports that the German majority Socialists led by Philip Scheidemann are to participate in a Socialist conference via London. The message arrives from June 3 and indicates a coordinated effort among European socialist factions.
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Stockholm
London
Philip Scheidemann
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Warring
Signal Corps
General Goethals
Panama Canal
Wrights
Dayton Field
Uncle Sam
National Committee of Patriotic and Defense Societies
Board of Registration
Poland
Will
U.S
New Republic
All
U. S
Rosen
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