War News From Front Lines and Home Front
Floyd Gibbons was wounded near Chateau Thierry as American troops advanced. Submarine activity off the Jersey coast prompts New precautions for shipping and mine defense. Mobilization orders call up 200000 men as 1 million Americans registered. Indictments for treason unfold in New York with listed suspects. Experimental air mail begins New York to Boston. Fire in Jerome Arizona leaves hundreds homeless. Falchaire flies Washington to Montreal. Chicago stockyards strike ends after arbitration appointment.
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Chateau Thierry
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Edison Urges German War Cure Forever at New York Convention
A statement from Domestic Thomas A. Edison at a New York convention calls for Germany to be cured forever of the desire to wage war. Other items note banker E. A. Strause's murder conviction in Peoria, meat sale probes by the federal trade commission, and farm loan bond offerings being withdrawn. Reports cover selective service registrations in Chicago, a dam breach on the Iowa river, rail traffic paralysis, Liberty motor deliveries, and Governor Manning signaling farm labor reallocations amid war concerns.
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Thomas A. Edison
New York
Germany
U S and Germany in exchange talks over prisoners
Washington reports Germany demanded exchange of Capt. Lieut. Franz Rintelen for Siegfried London. Berlin threatened reprisals if the United States refused. London is a U S citizen under arrest in Germany as a spy and the German offer was routed through Switzerland.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks Dead in Indianapolis at Age
Former vice president and senator Charles Warren Fairbanks died in Indianapolis from nephritis. Family members gathered at his bedside except Maj. Richard Fairbanks serving in France.
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Indianapolis
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France
Italian forces breakthrough on Monte Di Val Bella front
Italian war office reports breakthrough into enemy trenches on Monte Di Val Bella seizing 50 prisoners, six machine guns and materials. The French acknowledgment notes a new larger German warplane with four motors downed June 1 near Nantmeuille Haudonin. eight crew captured. A Swiss dispatch says Bavarian General Prince von Buchau was killed on the Marne.
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War Spirit Is Stimulated by Yankee Victory at Marne
Edward W. Pickard reports that Allied successes near the Marne boosted American resolve. Submarine raids off New Jersey fail to cow the nation, as navy enlistments rise and troops prepare for renewed offensives. Berlin seeks to downplay losses while Allies push toward a decisive break with the central powers.
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Austria-Hungary
Kaisers third drive halted by Marne actions
In France the Kaiser's third major drive of the year stalled at the Marne Ourcq valley and the Oise. Early week attempts to cross the Marne were repulsed with heavy losses. American machine gunners supported by French infantry played a role in the fighting.
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German Peace Aims Debated As War Wears On
The German press remains split over peace aims with radical voices rejecting annexation while pan German factions push for demands. Brest Litovsk terms are ignored as occupation grows. Food shortages depress civilians in Russia and Austria Hungary, with counter revolution turmoil reported and Moscow under siege. The American government is noted in reports.
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Paris Says German Offense Fails to Break French Line
Paris reports that the German offensive between Montdidier and Noyon failed to pierce the French line. The attack on a 21 mile front advanced four miles at most in some sectors while American troops held positions near Catigny and the Oise.
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Freighter Pinar del Rio Sunk Off Maryland Coast
The American steamer Pinar del Rio, 2,504 gross tons, was sunk by a German submarine about seventy miles off Maryland. One lifeboat with the captain and seventeen crewmen is missing. another lifeboat with sixteen men landed on the Virginia coast. A navy dispatch gave no details on whether she was shelled or torpedoed.
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England
Casualty List 198 Names Reported by Pershing
Washington June 10. The army casualty list contains 198 names the largest single-day total reported by Gen. Pershing. Breakdown shows 33 killed in action 9 died of wounds 11 died of disease 1 died in air plane accident 4 died of accident and other causes 46 wounded severely 74 wounded degree undetermined 20 missing in action. Total casualties for American expeditionary forces reach 7315 with 2927 deaths 4046 wounded and 342 missing or prisoners.
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Germany
Mrs Wilson Thimble Sells for $1000 in New York
Col E H R Green, son of Hetty Green, bought Mrs Woodrow Wilson's favorite thimble for $1000. The item arrived from the President's wife on the first aerial mail trip to support the Special Aid Society's treasure and trinket fund for aviator equipment not in government issue.
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