Merchant fleet plan outlined by Hurley at Notre Dame
South Bend report describes Secretary Hurley detailing a 1920 merchant fleet of 25,000,000 deadweight tons to link the U S with the Americas and the Pacific. He cites vast shipbuilding output, government stewardship, and calls for increased tonnage to over 17 million for U S Shipping Board control.
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Hurley
America
High Seas
Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
The
Shipping Board
Notre Dame University
United States
South
Central America
Pacific
Japan
Russia
China
Australia
Orient
Amelia
Europe
Republic
Mr. Hurley
Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Great Britain
McAdoo
United States Shipping Board
Germany
American Women Urged to Back War Effort by Esther Lovejoy
Dr. Esther Lovejoy told the Medical Women's National Association in Chicago that Germany uses French women as captives to undermine France and that American women must replace men in civil work. She urged action, heatless Mondays, and campaigns to conserve coal while urging women to join the labor force and support the Allies.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Germany
France
the Republic
United States
Esther Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Portland
Ore
Medical Women’s National Association
America
England
Weather Summary for Ohio Indiana and Nearby States
Local rains and thunder showers Ohio Indiana Tuesday. Wednesday fair and warmer Kentucky similar trend with rain Tuesday Wednesday warmth. West Virginia rain Tuesday and probably Wednesday little temperature change. Temperature highs: Jacksonville 78, Denver 92, Pittsburgh 80, Phoenix 110, Chattanooga 86, Spokane 75, Chicago 82, Seattle 74, St. Louis 88, San Francisco 69. Cincinnati record for June 10 1918 at 7 pm. Weather data includes wind directions and cloud cover. no significant changes predicted.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Jacksonville
Denver Sures
Pittsburg
Phoenix
Chattanooga
Spokane
Chicago
Seattle
St. Louis
S. Francisco
Cincinnati
S.W
N.W
Italian Sea Tank Used Against Pola Naval Base
Vienna papers report Italians used a sea tank at Pola on the Adriatic. The 40 by 6 foot electric vessel carries an endless rotary chain with barbs to cut nets and barriers and has two torpedo tubes. Central News notes the craft resembles land tanks in concept.
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Associated Press
London
Vienna
Amsterdam
Pola
Austria
Adriatic
Pot Shots At Submarine Near Jersey Coast
An American transport opened fire on a German submarine about seventy five miles off the New Jersey coast this morning. The encounter lasted a few minutes with two then three shots heard. results unknown as the submarine’s location was too far to tell.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Jersey
United States Army
at&Ky
Mail Loss From Sunken Porto Rican Liner Carolina
The Porto Rican liner Carolina was sunk by a German submarine off the New Jersey coast. Mail lost totals 40 009 letters 42 sacks of newspapers 54 sacks of parcel post and 376 registered articles mailed from across the island between May 25 and 28 and in San Juan on May 29.
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Washington
Carolina
New Jersey
San Juan
Postoffice Department Today
Mother Ship Supports U- Boats in U S Waters
Survivors of the American freighter Pinar del Rio report a German submarine sinking their ship 110 miles northeast of Cape Henry after a long chase. They said a larger steamer, a potential mother ship, accompanied the sub and that two American sailing vessels were later sunk.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Manteo
N. C
Cape Henry
Walter C. B. Burrows
Ican
Heavy penalties for objectors in army court
Forty five conscientious objectors were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court martial. Brig General J P O Neil reduced the term to twenty five years and ordered Fort Leavenworth Kansas as the confinement site. The defendants, mostly Mennonites from Oklahoma, refused to wear uniforms or work for the army, with trials held Friday and Saturday.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
J. P. O'Neil
O'Neil
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Ahoma
Army
Army Board to Pass on Sentences for Objectors
Washington June 10 Forty five conscientious objectors at Camp Travis were sentenced to long terms. Officials say other factors beyond uniform refusal affect the cases, including disloyal propaganda. Sentences will be reviewed before confirmation. Ft Leavenworth designated as concentration camp for such men. Major Richard C. Stoddard heads the investigating board.
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Washington
Camp Travis
War Department
Department
Baker
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Richard C. Stoddard
Judge Advocate General's Office
United States Offered Krupp Cannon for Panama Defense
The Daily Chronicle reports Paris correspondence recounting long range German cannons shown to an American General in 1914 at Krupp works. Frau Bertha Krupp described two immense guns with ninety mile range costing £240,000 each and capable of limited firings before repairs, as intimidation for Panama Canal defense.
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Associated Press
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Paris
Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Krupp Works
Essen
Frau Bertha
Panama Canal
Over 700000 Men Have Been Sent Overseas
Secretary Baker told the French Alpine Chasseurs at the Washington monument base that more than 700,000 American soldiers have sailed to France to aid the allied cause. He praised France's role in shaping American freedom and urged continued moral endurance as the men return home. Attendees included M. Jusserand and other officials.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Lafayette
Rochambeau
America
Baker
Washington Monument
South
Middle West
Secretary of War
Baltimore
Newark
New York
Boston
Jusserand
M. Jusserand
French High Commission
Marines With American Army Break German Lines at Belleau Wood
United States Marines attacked at daybreak and penetrated German lines about two thirds of a mile on a 600 yard front in Belleau Wood near Chateau Thierry. The Ninth and Twenty third Infantry along Syracuse Brigade held right flank near Paris. key captures include two large minen werfer guns and several German machine guns. Major Edward D. Cole led rapid machine gun battalion advances as troops secured the area.
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Associated Press
France
United States
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Washington
Annapolis
Edward D. Cole
Syracuse
Paris
Coulomb
Garfield Acts to Limit Coal for Car Makers
Washington report shows the Fuel Administration ordering a 25 percent cut in coal to passenger automobile manufacturers for the year starting August 1. The move is part of a broader fuel shortage plan with possible further industry by industry curtailments and coordination among federal agencies.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Wilson
Food Administration
War Industries Board
Railroad Administration
Core
Conservation
Noyes
Garfield
Houston argues against salary ban on deferment staff
Secretary Houston objects to a House inserted provision in the annual agriculture appropriation bill that blocks salaries for employees with deferred draft classification. He says he personally reviewed cases and these men perform real war work, warning the House bill would disrupt vital departmental activities. A letter from Secretary Baker is included, noting War Department needs were considered.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
House
Houston
Baker
War Department
Putnam Decorated for Ace Feat in War
Paris June 10 David Putnam of Brookline Massachusetts who shot down two German airplanes recently was awarded the military medal this afternoon He served as a sergeant in the French Flying Corps and today was transferred to the American Aerial Corps as First Lieutenant
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Associated Press
Paris
David —. Putnam
Brookline
Mass
Putnam
Chicago flyer killed in France crash near front
Lieutenant Edgar Lawrence of Chicago died when his airplane plunged from about a thousand meters last Wednesday forty miles behind the front. The cause of the accident is not known.
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France
Edgar Lawrence
Chicago
Brigadier General Offers His Services
A man named J. E. Murphy entered the Canadian recruiting mission in Boston on June 10 and asked for a brigadier general post. He claimed to be 33, Canadian, with three years in Mexico under General Orozco, but was rejected after a medical exam for webbed toes. He said he would seek recruitment in Canada despite the setback.
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Associated Press
Boston
J. E. Murphy
Murphy
Mexico
Orozco
Canada
Germans Gain Ground In Montdidier Noyon Sector Mass Attacks
Paris report details heavy German assault in the center between Montdidier and Noyon with villages Mery Belloy St Maure Marqueglise captured or threatened. Allied defense holds on the flanks as air actions and artillery raids continue. in Italy Austrian forces mass and raid activity increases.
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Montdidier
Associated Press
Noyon
Mery
Belloy
St. Maure
Marqueglise
German War Office
Bussiares
Chateau Thierry
France
Belgium
Somme
Bousencourt
Paris
Montidier-Noyon
War Office
Bessons-Sur-Matz
Marquegleise
Elincourt
Estrees St. Denis
Ribecourt
Marquetglise
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William F. Clark
Naval Reserves
Leavenworth
Army Board
U. S
HU Big Gun
Frau Krupp
HMS
Chicago Flyer
Thiescourt
Courcelles
Rubescourt
Oise
Roye
Vardar
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