Italians Win At All Points In Alpine Front
Italian forces push gains across the Piave and river line as Austrian units withdraw under pressure. Allied positions from mountains to coast tighten as floods and terrain hinder Austrian mobility.
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
2
Austrians suffer 120000 losses in Tratian offensive
Paris dispatch reports Austrian casualties exceed 120,000 amid the offensive on the Tratian front. The figure comes from a Rome-based Corriere d'Tratia correspondent cited by La Libert in a Paris dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
la Livert
Rome
Corriere d‘Tratia
Italians Hold Front From Asiago to Venice Front
Italian allied forces defend a long battle line from Asiago to the Adriatic with gains along the Piave. Austrians repeatedly press on Montello and Cortellazzo sectors but are repulsed as river floods complicate supply lines. The clash continues with fierce combat along the plains and mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Asiago
Alps
Piave
Venetia
Plave
Montello
Venice
Treviso
Zenson
Losson
Fossetta
Adriatic Sea
Cortellazzo
Our Troops Win on Marne Front
American forces on the Marne front captured the northwest part of Belleau Wood in France. They cleared the position of Germans, took prisoners, and captured five machine guns after a heavy barrage and rapid advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Marne
Belleau Wood
World News Condensed Form In Brief
Copenhagen Vladimir spurtseff appeals for US entry to aid Russia against Bolshevik mobilization. New York German owned property valued at 88,500,000 moved to American firms to dodge seizure. Washington Senate military committee approves a 12 billion war bill and unlimited army. Tokio Eastern Star cargo ship handed to US as part of steel-for-ship exchange. New York US Marshal warns mass internment possible without enemy alien women registering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Vladimir Spurtseff
Kerensky
America
Russia
New York
Byer
AL Mitchell Palmer
Washington
Senate
Tokio
United States
Japan
American Steel
McCarthy
Work or Fight Order Clarified for Washington Clerks and Waiters
Provost Marshal General Crowder issued instructions expanding the work or fight order to all draft age men after July 1. Nonproductive classifications include sport, ushers, store clerks, attendants, food service workers, hotel staff, and other listed roles while productive positions remain eligible for deferment or service. Baseball playing is treated as nonproductive pending individual appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crowder
Austria Faces Crisis as Military Disaster Sparks Unrest
Washington reports a sweeping Italian rent on Austrian troops helps drive famine distress and a spreading strike movement in Austria-Hungary. Officials fear the military disaster could trigger immediate internal turmoil and agitation across the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Austria-Hungary
Irish Munitions Seized Hidden in Grain Shipment
Police confiscated a large quantity of rifle ammunition found concealed in grain sacks during a Dublin consignment. About 40 000 rounds believed tied to cargo recently landed on the north coast. A martial law proclamation covers Tralee seaport in County Kerry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Tralee
County Kerry
Yorkship Village to House 10000 Shipyard Workers
On 140 acres in Haddon township near Camden a $6 million Yorkship Village is rising to house 5000 NY Shipbuilding Co workers and families. A loop trolley line links the village to the shipyard as 907 dwellings go up with aims to fill 50 more by July and finish 907 by September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Inirshy
Haddon Township
New York Shipbuilding Company
Aladdin
Camden City
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Yorkship Village
Wallace Benedict
York
Camden
Delaware River
Messrs. Hurley
Charles M. Schwab
Merritt Taylor
Cooper's
Reading Railroad
Collings Road
Fr. D. Litchfield
New York
Lockwood, Greene & Co
Tidewater Building Company
Miles-Tighe Contracting Company
Euston
Albemarle Square
Imergency Sleet Corporation
Fairview Realty Company
West Collingswood
Austrian rout in full swing on western Piave fronts
Austrian forces abandon Montello and withdraw across the Piave after heavy Italian attacks. Rome reports 40,000 Austrian prisoners and massive casualties as Italian cavalry, ground guns, and air forces harass the retreating columns. Thousands are trapped or cut to pieces along the riverbank. some guns and stores fall into Italian hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vince
Austrian War Office
Charles
Montello
Piaven
Diaco
Washington
Plave
Italy
Five Billion for Guns in Fortifications Bill Sets Speed Record
The House passed the fortifications bill totaling 5.435 billion in under three hours of debate. A calculation cited by Rep Fess of Olio suggested spending rates up to 1 billion per quarter hour and 500000 per second. The Senate approved the sundry civil appropriation bill of about 2.59 billion in one hour and two minutes without a roll call. Conference now looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Fess
Olio
Senate
Italian Cavalry Drives Across Piave to Conegliano Oderzo
Italian cavalry has crossed the Piave on hastily built bridges and pushed the Austrian line toward Conegliano and Oderzo. Floods flooded munitions trains and wrecked supplies while the British transport Dwinsk, chartered by the United States, was sunk by a German submarine 700 miles off the Delaware Capes. 81 crew members were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conegliano
Oderzo
Dwinsk
United States
Delaware Capes
Jfower Piave
Piave
Conegliano-Oderzo
Fatal Circus Wreck Near Gary Kills Dozens Hastenbach-Wallace Tragedy
Sixty two circus employees died or were missing after a wreck six miles west of Gary Indiana on the Michigan Central line. Officials estimate up to 85 killed with 60 more missing. 24 identified. Bodies in temporary morgues at Gary and Hammond. Names of the dead include riders trainers and performers from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Hagenbach-Wallace Circus
Here
Michigan Central
Hammond
Edward M. Hallard
F. S.S. Whipple
James Connor
Bills
Okla
New York
Mona McChy
Equestrienne
Michigan
Victoria MecDhy
Virgil Barnett
Rider
Bliss
Nellie Jewell
Tiger
Horseback Act
Washington
Louise Cottrell
London
Joseph Coyle
Cincinnati
Joseph Coyle, Jr
Eleven
Charles Coyle
Jeb Cattanacs
Electrician
Million Tons of Ships Five Steel Vessels Delivered Last Week
Washington reports the first million tons of ships built under contract for the Shipping Board. Last week delivered five steel vessels totaling 37,830 dead weight tons, bringing 1918 production to 24,200 dead weight tons. June output averages about one ship per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
America Turning War's Tide Seen By Allies
London reports Premier Lloyd George in the house of commons declaring Germany’s ultimate defeat now appears within reach as the Allied powers gain with the fast arriving American army. He said the scales were turning quickly and that Britain is on the eve of a great event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
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Keyes
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes
General Crowder
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Jersey
Taylor
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Fairview
Benedict
W. O. Morrow
F. M. Kelser
John 5
Ocean County
Tuckerton Bay
State Department of Shell Fisheries
Thi Uswr
Atlantic Seaboard
Delaware Bay
Court of Errors and Appeals
Essex County
Atlantic
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
New Jersey
War Camp Community Service
Raritan Ordnance Depot
Metuchen
N. J
Badoslii
Badogli
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