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News items report on American air action on the Toul front with two German planes destroyed and another driven down. First Lieut Edward Buford Jr of Nashville Tennessee receives the Distinguished Service Cross from General Pershing. American daylight bombers strike Conflans railway station and surrounding structures, with two German planes driven off. New York to install siren alarms for air raids from submarines off the Atlantic coast. Senator Fall proposes at least 300000 American troops for next year’s war effort. President Wilson reaffirms US resolve to aid France until force balance is restored. British prisoners and French colonial troops are paraded in Rhine towns to influence locals. Sixty sick and wounded men are landed in the US from the expeditionary army last week. Secretary Baker foresees over a million American men in France soon. Captain Pierce of the American vessel Rteasper lands at an athletic port after a U-boat chase. An appeal from the Cadet party in Russia to bolster forces against German invaders is sent to Washington.
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Pacific
British steamer Keenum arrives after submarine attack
The British steamer Keenum, once reported sunk near the Virginia capes, reached an Atlantic port as advised by the navy. Lieut. Pat O'Brien of the Royal Flying Corps, escaped German captivity, fell 2000 feet at Kelly Field but was only slightly hurt. A rivet-driving world record was claimed at Bristol Pa. by Martin C. Hahn. Franz von Rintelen sought escape from Tombs prison in New York. Henry Ford to seek Democratic renomination for Michigan Senate. Elton Mitchell lynched at Earle Ark after wounding Mrs Langston. Grain trade control and fixed wheat price relief announced. Secretary Daniels urged loyalty to the flag at Albany. Dayton touted for war-plane production leadership. Indian Grove levee break floods 8000 acres. Henry Miller estate seized for $6M tax debt. Wilson invites labor groups to bolster the war effort. Lieut Bardwell killed, Major Brooks fatally injured in a plane crash.
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Royal British Flying Corps
United States
Kelly Field
Texas
Szent Istvan Sinks and Sailors Missing in Adriatic
Vienna announces loss of the Austrian battleship Szent Istvan after a torpedo attack by Italian destroyers with severe officers and sailors missing. Nearby, Norwegian ships Vinderven and Jchenrik Land sunk by a German submarine 200 miles east of Cape Charles. crews rescued by a British steamer, copper ingots seized. Swedish ship New Sweden sunk May 20. British transport Ausonia torpedoed with 90 landed on Irish coast and forty missing.
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New York
Wilson Eyes Senate Action On Woman Suffrage Amendment
President Wilson signaled support for the woman suffrage amendment during the current congressional session in a reply to the French Union for Woman Suffrage. He backed the Maryland compulsory work law and work or fight policy, and urged similar adoption across states. The draft age proposal and selective service calls were outlined by officials to aid Allied and American efforts, with a July 5 draft registration day announced for eligible entrants.
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Austria Declares State of Siege Amid Turmoil
A Central News dispatch from Rome reports Austria is under near total siege with only scattered regions exempt. In a separate note, Finland pledges not to occupy the entire Murmansk coast, only a promised port area, to Russia.
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Americans Drive Huns From Belleau Wood in Latest War Drive
Edward W. Pickard surveys week of fighting on the French front. German forces under Crown Prince Ruprecht push toward Noyon but are halted by French and American resistance. Belleau Wood falls to Pershing’s men. British and French counterattacks regain positions, while German losses and falsehoods prompt Allied resolve. American aviators soar, resources mobilize, and calls grow for mass American involvement and extended drafts.
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American
France
Allied confidence grows as Germans suffer heavy losses
The report notes German forces endured huge casualties last week while making limited gains. Civilians initially felt nerves, but that fear soon faded, replaced by faith in the Allied armies to hold and push back the German offensive efforts.
Italian Torpedo Boats Sink Austrian Battleship in Dalmatia Raid
Italian naval forces carried out a notable action near the Dalmatian islands, sinking a large Austrian battleship and damaging another after torpedo attacks by two torpedo boats. The raid and recent German moves reshape front dynamics as Russia and Ukraine feel pressure. Meanwhile Czecho-Slovak troops—about 15,000 strong—press west toward the Pacific coast, facing Bolshevik disarmament orders and ongoing clashes with Soviet forces.
Secretary Baker Addresses Cadets on Growing Army Size
Secretary of War Baker told the United States Military Academy graduating class on Wednesday that more than a million American men would soon be in service, signaling a major expansion of the armed forces and imminent mobilization.
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West Point
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Italians raid and Austria clash near Piave line
Rome reports Gen Zupelli praising Italian troops as they repel Austrian attacks from Asiago to the Piave. Officials say 3,000 Italian prisoners captured, with 10,000 Italians, English, and French soldiers taken by Vienna. Fighting described as savage along a 100 mile front.
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Auto rolls over three times on National road injuring eight
Richmond Indiana June 17 eight people were injured including three from Indianapolis in a high speed crash on the National road one mile east of the city. Miss Minnie Vansickle suffered a fractured skull and other injuries with death expected. Philip Birch owner of a local harness shop sustained a fractured collar bone and concussion. Charles Hodges and the Baier family also injured. The eight were taken to a hospital after the car skidded and rolled three times on a steep hill near Glen Miller park.
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Birch
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Muncie
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Two More Army Schools At Purdue July First
Purdue university in Lafayette Indiana will open two new government training camp schools on July 1 announced by President W E Stone One school will train foremen of concrete construction under Prof W K Hatt and the other will teach radio work under Prof C Francis Harding both from the civil and electrical engineering departments respectively The announcement was made yesterday at Purdue
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School of Civil Engineering
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