U Boat Raid Off American Coast Stirs War Watch
Reports from June 3 describe German U boats near U S shores in a bid to frighten the nation and draw forces from war zones. Navy officials list five vessels sunk including the Herbert L Pratt with one crew lost, while the Carolina’s fate remains uncertain and coastal patrols escalate with armed ships and seaplanes vigilant along the Atlantic.
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Washington
Germany
United Stat
Atlantic
New Jersey
Navy
Berlin
Europe
America
Daniels
Department
Navy Department
Jacob M. Haskell
Boston
Norfolk
Isabel B. Wiley
Hattie Dunn
Rockland
Charleston
Edward H. Cole
Herbert L. Pratt
Overfalls
Delaware
Lewes
Germans Renew Fierce French Attacks in Oise and Ourcq Region
Paris dispatch reports renewed German assaults with fresh troops between the Oise and Ourcq as French and British forces regain ground and hold lines south of Ville-En-Tardenois. Allies counter with gains near Champlat and Mount Choisy, while German casualties and withdrawals surface in official and press accounts. American airmen are credited with downing at least 33 enemy planes since mid April. Recruitments for Irish divisions seek 50,000 volunteers with ongoing land grants for fighters.
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Ville-En- Tardenois
Champlat
Mount Choisy
Oise
Aisne
Moulin-Sous- Couvent
Vingre
Oureq
Villers-Clotteretes
Altho
Iian Guards
Ags
Soissoi
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Jan
Marne
Rheims
Germany
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Flanders
France
Ireland
Nine U boat sinks nine vessels off New Jersey coast
Nine American ships were sunk by German submarines since May 25 off the North Atlantic coast. The largest loss was the Carolina, an 8,000 ton New York and Porto Rico liner, with 350 souls aboard. Survivors report lifeboats spared and crews sometimes kept aboard submarines before being released. The Herbert L Pratt tanker and several schooners also went down.
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Associated Press
New York
North Atlantic
France
Porto Rico
Carolina
Sandy Hook
Atlantic Refining Company
Herbert L. Pratt
Winneconnie
Hauppauge
Edward H. Cole
Atlantic
New Jersey
Delaware Capes
CREW PRAISES COLE CAPTAIN AS U BOAT FIGHTS RAGE
Reports claimed as many as fifteen ships attacked off the American coast but no confirmations. The steamship Cole sunk 4 p.m. off Highland Light with eleven crew saved by the Bristol. A large German submarine attacked near New Jersey 125 150 miles SE of Sandy Hook.
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U. S
Carolina
Porto Rico
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Weather Summary for Ohio Indiana and Kentucky Regions
Regional forecast shows fair weather for Ohio and Kentucky with isolated showers near lakes and unsettled conditions Wednesday. Indiana expected fair in the south with local rains in the north Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperature readings from Montreal to San Francisco list highs near 60s to 90s with variable wind and no significant precipitation. Cincinnati records June 3, 1918 with evolving conditions through 7 p.m. local time.
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Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Montreal
Cates
Omaha
Jacksonville
Denver
Pittsburg
Spokane
Chattanooga
Seattle Oatvenen
Chicago
Portland
St. Lewis
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Army unveils five ton armored artillery tractor in test
The Army Ordnance Bureau demonstrated a five ton armored artillery tractor at Rock Creek Park with Secretary Baker and General March watching. The vehicle pulled a 4.7 inch howitzer over mud and ditches, climbing hills and a paved avenue, proving rapid motorized gun movement and shrapnel resistance. Plans call for equipping batteries up to six inch with tractors and expanding motorization for all American artillery, saving forage and horses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Ordnance Bureau
Baker
General March
Rock Creek Park
March
McCumber Attacks War Funds Graft in Senate Debate
Senator McCumber of North Dakota charged graft and extravagance in war funds while arguing for a Civil War pension bill. He accused untracked spending on aircraft funds, overcrowded departments, and 50 percent shipyard efficiency. The Senate scheduled a vote on the pension measure, already through the House, setting a $3 minimum monthly pension.
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Associated Press
Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
Congress
House
Work or Fight rules strict enforcement urged nationwide
Washington reports Crowder's work or fight regulations call all citizens to name idle or non productive draft age men. Local boards function as weekly courts to hear cases and issue notices three to seven days. Complete records go to District Board for approval with possible camp or top-of-list placement. Appeals only to the President if District Board dissents with the appeal agent's recommendation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Crowder
Archie Roosevelt Makes Steady Recovery From Wounding
Captain Archie Roosevelt, wounded in March and hospitalised in Paris since April, is progressing well. He has been taken out of his sling and walks several miles daily as doctors report improving condition.
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Associated Press
Paris
Archie Roosevelt
Waited Long for U Boat Sunk by Destroyers
A flotilla of destroyers and two seaplanes hunted for two days over the Atlantic where the tanker William Rockefeller was torpedoed. Survivors arriving at port said the U-boat was finally captured after remaining submerged until its air tanks exhausted.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
William Rockefeller
Prisoner on Submarine Tells Story
Forty eight survivors of ships sunk by German U boats were landed at port by a coastwise steamer. Captain Holbrook of the Hattie Dunn recounted eight days as a prisoner aboard a submarine after his vessel was stopped near Barnegat New Jersey. The crew watched as the submarine blew up their ship and took seven men and himself in a small boat before the Hauppaug bound for Newport News was spotted.
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Edward H. Cole
Boston
H. J. Newcomb
Jacob M. Haskell
Isabel B. Willey
Bath
Hattie Dunn
Thomaston
Samuel W. Hathaway
Haskell
Savannah Line
City of Columbus
Atlantic
New York
Barnegat
N. J
Holbrook
Tanants Harbor
Charleston
Winter Quarter
Portland
Newport News
Texel Sunk By German Submarine Off New Jersey Coast
The Texel, an American steamer carrying 42 bags of sugar from Porto Rico to New York, was sunk Sunday afternoon sixty miles off the coast. Thirty six crewmen landed in Atlantic City tonight as Associated Press reports.
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New Jersey
Carolina
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Porto Rico
New York
Five German submarines feared off U S Atlantic coast
Naval officers reported five German submarines operating along the Atlantic coast with two sighted off the Virginia Capes. Two more were reported off New Jersey and one off North Carolina. No engagements were confirmed as warships and planes searched the seas all day. HMS/Possible not specified.
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Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Fletcher
Norfolk Navy Yard
McLean
Fifth Naval District
New Jersey
North Carolina
Capes
Althout
Hampton Roads
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