Allies Drive Two Paris Front Advances Deepen Front Gains
Surprise Allied offensives in France yielded major progress on two sectors. British troops pushed about a mile on a three and a half mile front between Baltieul and Bethune, seizing ground near the Nieppe forest. French forces near Soissons advanced nearly a mile, taking 1,060 German prisoners and storming heights northwest of Courtey and south of St Pierre Elgie. Australian units also captured enemy posts near Morris in Nieppe area.
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Nieppe
Soissons
Amblemy
Jrontgobert
Paris War Office
Cutty
St. Pierre Elgie
Nieppee
Morris
Brand Offenelves
Vieux, Berquin
Pont Tournai
Hazebrouck
Ypres
the Front
Ichwab predicts Uboat defeat and postwar maritime rise
Chicago, June 20. Charles M. Ichwab, famed shipbuilder, declares the submarine beaten and forecasts United States will launch 0 to 100 ships on July 4 with total tonnage under 500,000. He says America will be the leading maritime nation and the flag return to every world port after the war.
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Chicago
Charles M. Ichwab
United States
Hungarian Troops Mutiny Stir in Gyor and Pecs
Paris reports revolts in Gyor and Pecs with 2000 mutineers condemned to death. Austria and Hungary affected by a growing revolutionary movement, amid widespread demonstrations. Amsterdam dispatch notes Budapest citywide general strike halting work and Premier Wekerle announcing it in parliament.
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Gyor
Pecs
Hungary
Vitary
Mafin
Austria
Amsterdam
Budapest
Wekerle
No Change in Draft Age Vote in Senate
Washington June 20 The war department's wish influenced the Senate as 40 voted against 25 to maintain the twenty year draft age. The senate warned against altering conscription terms.
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Washington
War Department
Senate
Lieutenant F. Baer Listed Missing After Scout Flight
Lieutenant Paul F. Baer, reported missing in the casualty list of May 22, is believed to have fallen into enemy hands after a scouting flight from which he did not return. Baer was noted as a daring American aviator, formerly with the French Escadrille and later with the American Flying Corps. He was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross.
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F. Baer
Baer
Escadrille
Ex-Czar Said to Be Seain as Bolshevik Chiefs Ousted
London reports unconfirmed dispatches that Bolshevik rule in Moscow fell, with General Korniloff aided by German troops capturing Moscow and Grand Duke Nicholas proclaimed emperor. Lenin and Trotsky allegedly fled to the Murmans coast, Kerensky thought future leader, while Siberian Soviets reportedly overthrown. Dispatch warns reports from Copenhagen require caution.
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Moscow
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Korniloff
Nicholas
Kaledites
Korniioff
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Murmion
Dispatch
Berlin
Tnees Zeitung
Tg Petrograd
Bolshe’vik
Kerensky
Russia
Siberian
Irkutsk
Blago Vieshtchensk
Klimbarovsk
Red Guard
Kiev
Nichting
Ekaterinde
Basil
Switzerland
Havas
Kerensky Arrives in London Plans America Trip
Former Russian provisional premier Alexander Kerensky, ousted by the Bolsheviks, arrives incognito in London after Moscow, meeting with British Russians and addressing the British labor conference. He urges world aid and predicts the Russian people will join the fight for freedom, aiming to depart for America in a week or ten days.
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London
Alesander Kerensky
Russia
America
Kerensky
Moscow
England
Risalo
House Passes Bond Issue For 8 Billion Dollar Space
Washington reports the House on Friday approved without dissent a bill authorizing an additional bond space of 8 billion dollars after little debate. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration and funding timelines remain unspecified.
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Washington
House
Tornado toll and world notes from a midwestern update
Five people were killed and several injured when a tornado struck South Green City Missouri. Secretary Dowd discussed expansion plans for the Great Lakes Naval Training Station with Captain Moffett. In Kansas City, Missouri, a “dark horse” Rotary candidate was elected president on the second ballot. Reports include a self-inflicted wound by Lt. Alexander McCintock at Murray Hill Baths New York, the discovery of Captain Beracca’s burned body in Italy, and Lt. George B. Redwood of Baltimore killed in action in Ireland. Tokyo will refrain from Siberian intervention for now. German raiders in West Indian waters were reported at Norfolk. Indiana's statewide prohibition law was upheld 4-1 by the state supreme court. A Chicago theft case implicates Anton Zalotoris. Lieutenant Mezergues of the French air service, a noted ace, was wounded. Primary results from Bismarck show National Nonpartisan League leading in governor race by about 12,000 votes.
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Great Lakes Naval
John Poole
Washington
Darkhorny
Snational Association of Rotary Clubs
Kaansas City
Alexander McCintock
Lexington
Camp Dix
N. J
Murray Hill
New York
Beracca
Italy
Baltmore
Mil
Irignee
Tokyo
Advisory Board
Japan
Siberia
Ota
West Indian
Norfolk
South America
Indiana
State Supreme Court
Indianapolis
John W. Spencer
Evansville
Anton Zalotoris
Glendive
Mont
Chicago
State Bank of
Mezergues
The
Air Service
Germany
Paris
Bismarck
N. D
National Nonpartisan League
Lynn Frazier
John Steen
U S Men to Aid Italy in World War II
General Pershing has selected a regiment of infantry to be sent to Italy under Washington orders. Secretary Baker said the troops are in training at Bethe and will be replaced from this side. He cautioned this move does not signal full American participation on the Italian front.
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Washington
Pershing
Italy
Baker
Bete
Inter
Wreck Victims Buried as Circus Tragedy Stuns Chicago
Chicago mourns with 1500 gathered relatives at Woodlawn cemetery as 5% coffin is lowered into a single grave. Indirectly linked report notes the Wallace-Bngenbeck circus train crash near Hammond and Michigan Central lines, with sparse details amid mixed data from June events.
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Chicago
Woodlawn
Hammond
Ind
Alonzo Sargent
Ives
Michigan Central Railroad
Tvanhoe
Joa
Americans seize Belleau Wood in seven hour battle
Reports from World War I fronts describe a fierce engagement at Belleau Wood where American forces routed 1200 German troops, took hundreds of prisoners, and extended control northwest of the wood. Captured totals rise with new reports of 83 Germans taken and 26 Phils wounded. the struggle reflects heavy Allied pressure and significant Austrian losses elsewhere.
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France
Vnly
Bellea Wood
Mor Woundes
t.Wvles
Yrow
Henry P. Lenert
Chiengo
Sur- Pdi
Tife
London
Stefan Émy Bossy
Rome
Paris
Secolo
Milan
May bar beer in 90 days Senate action unfolds
Washington June 28 The senate agricultural committee agreed on an emergency appropriation bill amendment for national prohibition The plan would ban whisky and wine manufacturing and sale after June 40 2010 and stop beer production three months after presidential approval Senator Norris Nebraska framed the substitute adopted 8 to 8 by the committee
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Jones
Washington mobilizes 220000 for July draft call
Washington dispatch reports Provost Marshal General Crowder ordering governors of all states except Illinois to mobilize 220,000 white draft registrants between July 22 and 25. Arizona and Mil not included due to prior drafts. The move aims to nearly exhaust non classification pools.
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Narshal General Crowder
Illinois
Milnoig
Arizona
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