Haig Pushes Ahead As British Advance Near Albert
British forces attacking south of Albert between the Ancre and the Somme gained ground on a one mile front, advancing nearly a mile in places and taking 223 prisoners and 31 machine guns. North and west of the Mallincourt area further raids yielded prisoners and two machines. One British man is missing as gas shells and artillery activity continued in the Lens area.
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United Dress
Paris
France
Oise
Ridecurt
French War Office
Aronde
Mery
la Pleyren
Courtelles
Ene
Veliey St. Maur Vantelicourt
Antoval
Ribecourt
London
England
Albert
The
Ancre
Somme
Field Marshal Haig
Mailincourt
Mallincourt
Starpe
Neppe Forest
Aveluy Woods
Lens
Emergency flour reserves eyed for bread famine use
The Food Administration reports 500 000 barrels of flour stored in 20 plus U S cities as a two week supply for centers like Detroit Chicago and Indianapolis. The reserves totaling 2 250 000 bushels of wheat could be drawn upon if bread stocks run short as winter stocks near exhaustion.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Food Administration
Detroit
Chicago
Indianapolis
Carmen of the Klondike at Princess theatre
Tomorrow the Princess presents Carmen of the Klondike in two showings 7 30 and 9 15 a big Klondike adventure drama praised for its plot and spectacular stormy scenes with intense action and romance audience appeal noted for its realism and lack of melodrama
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Klondike
Princess Theatre
Sailor Transfers From Great Lakes to Philadelphia Navy Yard
Mrs. Lillian Ferguson received a letter from her son Perry describing his transfer from Great Lakes to Company 8 at Camp Sims in Philadelphia Navy Yard. He will attend a fleet hook school and then go aboard a warship. He shared sights from his trip and expressed happiness at the opportunity and asked for letters.
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Lillian Ferguson
Perry
Great Lakes
Company 8
Camp Sims
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Clifford Duffey Develops Fine School Garden
Clifford Duffey a 12 year old gardener at Glidden school tends a thriving plot with potatoes beets radishes and other vegetables. His family enjoyed peas from the garden this morning. The garden is praised as one of the finest in Lown.
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Clifford Duffey
Clifford
Glidden
Ice Cream Cones Limited Due to Wheat Shortage
Wheat is scarce and ice cream cones will be restricted until manufacturers can bake without wheat flour. No cones sold on Mondays or Wednesdays or after 5 p.m. any other day. County Food Administrator Harry H Wagner issues the order to curb wheat use as supplies dwindle. public urged to adapt by preferring sundae forms until harvest and market relief arrives.
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Harry H. Wagner
Little Willie
Gladys
Mr. Hoover
Harry Wagner
Bill
Sam
America
de| Kalb
Yanks Ready for Any Drive In Wide Allied Push
With the American Armies west of Montdidier and in Lorraine, June 11, U S troops brace for a new German offensive. American patrols trap prisoners daily while heavy artillery and gas smoke plague Cantigny. Sergeant Burns of the signal corps returns from enemy trenches having shot every German he met.
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Montdidier
Cantigny
Burns
Signal Corps
Uncle Sam Will Not Be Trifled With
Forty five drafted men tried by general court martial were sentenced to life imprisonment for refusing to wear the army uniform claiming conscientious objection. The commanding officers reduced each sentence to 25 years, announced today in San Antonio.
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Unite Press
San Antonio
Texas
Lowden Urges Illinois Sign War Savings Cards
Governor Lowden calls on all Illinois residents to sign war saving cards on June 28 between noon and 10 p m as part of the thrift stamp and war savings drive. The appeal accompanies songs and performances by Charles Hart Shannon Four and American Quartet, sold by John Alden at the Lincoln Inn.
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iBy United Press
Springfield
Lowden
Charles Hart
Shannon Four
Fritzie Boy
American Quartet
John Alden
Lincoln Inn
Submersibles Sunk After Encounter With Allied Liner
An Atlantic port report says three submarines were attacked by a British liner and convoy. The liner sank one U boat on June 1 with a depth charge, and another submerged craft was hit near its conning tower after a failed ram.
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Tinted Trresa
Atlantic
Lads Leave to Join the Navy from DeKalb
A party of seven DeKalb youths departed for Great Lakes this morning to enlist in the Navy. The group included Gene Ryan Ray Youm Henry Ramer Maynard Ebbeson Gabel Farrel Dana Gray and Harry Aument. Relatives offered warm goodbyes as the young men showed enthusiasm and optimism for naval service.
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DeKalb
Great Lakes
Gene Ryan
Ray Yocum
Henry Ramer
Maynard Ebbeson
Gabel Farrel
Dana Gray
Harry Aument
Impounded Dog Dies From Natural Causes
City police report an impounded dog died of natural causes yesterday. The death is listed among mortality figures from the station. Several dogs captured by authorities are said to be slain daily by gunfire from gendarmes.
Crowder Calls Today for Choppers of Wood
The Provost Marshal General Crowder announces a call for 9 000 limited service men to be sent to the northwest to cut spruce for airplane factories, marking the first large call for limited service men.
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Crowder
Choppers
Wooda
United Press
Washington, D. C
General Crowder
North West
Official figures given on register
United Press dispatch from Springfield Illinois reports the June 5 21 year old registration totaling 42 860 with 37 736 White 1 579 colored and 4 545 aliens. The registration reached only about half of the projected total.
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United Pessy
Casualty list details 130 war-department reports
The Casualty List reports 130 war department casualties as of June 11 including 26 killed in action 3 died of wounds 7 died of disease 2 due to accidents and other causes 43 wounded severely or degree undetermined. Named injured include Lieut Edward Hines Jr of Chicago and Theodore Phanschuk Henry Deavers Nosdaim of Chicago and Johnson City.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Thenois
Edward Hines, Jr
Chicago
Theodore Phanschuk
Henry 0. Deavers
Johnson City
Edward A. Nosdaim
Work Begins on Knights Building on Lincoln Highway
Preliminary work for a new building on Lincoln Highway between First and Second streets has started. A crew is tearing down remnants of the old structure while ten excavation teams prepare the site for the foundation, promising a boom on the south side with the new building and adjacent garage.
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Lincoln Highway
First
Second
Street Improvements Delayed Until After War End
Proposed Elwood addition street work awaits contract letting and construction until war ends. Public works are paused per administration policy prioritizing military needs. Improvements would benefit residents with bad streets and poor lighting once action resumes.
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Elwood Addition
Lincoln Highway cement plan debated by DeKalb supervisors
DeKalb county supervisors approved the final resolution to fund their share of the Lincoln Highway project and set the stage for bids. If prices stay reasonable the concrete road from the river to Chicago will be built. otherwise work may wait until postwar price drops. The session also covered routine committee reports.
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Lincoln
Chicago
DeKalb
Board of Supervisors
Cities Win in Case Against Utilities
Genoa Kingston Kirkland Harvard Hampshire and other Illinois towns served by Illinois Northern Utilities won a fight against proposed electric rate hikes. The State Public Utilities Commission in Springfield permanently suspended the rate increase schedule affecting Belvidere Caledonia Capron Garden Prairie Poplar Grove and Chemung.
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Genoa
Kingston
Kirkland
Harvard
Hampshire
Illinois Northern Utilities Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Springfield
Belvide Caledonia
Capron
Garden Prairie
Poplar Grove
Chemung
De Kalb Boy In Command At Florida
Major Hayden Wagner son of Mrs HW H Wagner arrived Thursday at Camp Joseph E Johnstone Jacksonville Florida where he is to command at the auxiliary remount depot No 332 He has served in the regular army for years and re joined after the United States entered the war He had lived in New York State prior to the war
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Hayden Wagner
HW. H. Wagner
Camp
Joseph E. Johnstone
Jacksonville
Via
Wagner
New York State
United States
Seniors Aid Work Fund of Red Cross at DeKalb
Township High School seniors raised one hundred dollars for the Red Cross through a repeat performance of It Pays to Advertise. the class play drew a large audience and showed strong war work activity by the students.
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Seniors Aid Work Fund OF
RED Cross
Ridher
DeKalb
Children’s Day Observed in DeKalb Churches
Sunday services drew large crowds as DeKalb churches held Children’s Day programs with music readings and verse. Flowers and plants decorated the worship spaces and several churches planned further observances.
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DeKalb
Banks Close Early For State Bankers Meeting
The undersigned banks of De Rap close at 12 o'clock on Wednesday June 12 on account of the Banker's convention at Sycamore and also at noon on Thursday, it being the regular closing day. Weather for Illinois generally fair tonight and Wednesday. warmer in the east portion tonight, cooler Wednesday.
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de Rap
Wednes
Sycamore
Jacob Haish State Bank
DeKalb Trust and Savings Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank
First National Bank
Ilinois
East Portion
Letters Home From Abroad Describe Smooth Sea Voyage
Mrs. Harry B. Goodison reports two letters from her husband Major Goodison and one from son Arthur. They describe a comfortable voyage with no storms and no seasickness aboard a nearly palace like ship.
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Harry B. Goodison
Major Goodison
Arthur
DeKalb Letter Carriers Lead Salvation Army Drive
Mail carriers in DeKalb mobilize for the Salvation Army War Fund aiming to raise 1800 locally. Early returns reached about 75 dollars on the first day with hopes of 400 to 500 more, boosted by patriotic citizens and carrier efforts. Donations via envelopes or mailed checks credit carriers on their routes, supporting war service and soldier welfare. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Ohio visit the Carter home.
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Salvation Army War Fund
DeKalb
Salvation Army War Service Fund
Orville Shipman
First National Bank
Salvation Army
America
Bolshevik Pact Repudiated by Cadet Party of Russia
The Cadet party of Russia repudiates the Brest Litovsk peace treaty, declares it never recognized the pact, and appeals to the allies for aid, with dispatches from the Russian embassy releasing the resolution and denying reports that America does not want allied assistance.
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Ucnteed Preesy
Washington
Brest Litovek
Cadet Party of
Russia
America
Pen from France Brings Message to Lon Smith
Private Guy Stanton in France sends a blue and gold pen bearing U. 57 Forces in France to Lon Smith. Smithie is happy with the remembrance from his former employee as six of his boys have gone away and the seventh is set to start soon.
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Lon Smith
Guy Stanton
France
U. 57
Smithie
Married Men in Class One Reclassified Under New Draft Rules
Washington June 11 United Press reports under provost marshal general plan married men whose wives can support themselves or are not dependent will be moved to class one. Many in class one will shift to a deferred class for limited service as work or fight order aligns with labor shifts in the draft process.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Americas
Wilson
Central America
Mexico
United Preas
Chronicle changes editorial dress for serial adventures
The Chronicle announces a temporary change in its editorial dress on page five to accommodate the ongoing serial adventures of Lieut. Pat O'Brien. Editorials will appear in the altered format until the serial concludes and a new plan may be adopted.
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Chronicle
Pat O'Brien
DeKalb Doctors Attend American Medical Association
Dr and Mrs J S Rankin Dr and Mrs L A Anderson and several other DeKalb physicians depart tonight for Chicago to attend the American Medical Association meeting in session for three days this week.
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DeKalb
J. S. Rankin
8. L. Anderson
Chicago
American Medical Association
Elks Rally For Salvation Army War Fund Drive
About one hundred DeKalb Elks welcomed Chaplain H W Jones of New York who spoke on Our Navy in Action in the Great War and Elkdom's role. He described Santiago and Cervera's fleet, urging Elks to back a local drive to raise 1800 for Salvation Army war service, continued on page two.
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Judge of Elks
H. W. Jones
New York
Jones
United States
Texas
Spain
New York State
B. P. O. Elks
DeKalb Lodge
Navy
Elks Lodges
Santiago
Cervera
Chaplain Jones
Salvation Army
Elks
DeKalb
Iron Army
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Lorraine
Toul
Marne
Uncle Sam
Ali
Victor
Kaiser
DE Kalb Boy
Florida
Charles Smith
Ohio
James Carter
the Elks
Home Guard
First National Bank and
First Trust & Savings Bank of
DeKalb, IL
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