Allied pressure against Hun line continues in France
Allied forces push the German line back from the Cantigny salient and grid new gains between the Marne and Chateau Thierry. French and American attacks near Veuilly La Poterie and Bouresches yield prisoners and advancing positions as U S troops repulse German counterattacks.
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Washington
Associated Press
Pershing
Cantigny
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Chateau
Thierry
Clignon
Paris
Lly
Marne
Queeq
Chateau Thierry
War Office
Chegy
Damnard
Veuilly la Poterie
Campbell
Goldendale
Wash
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
California
France
Douglas Campbell
Germany
Wilson
American Chamber of Commerce
Moscow
Russia
Jone
Associated Preas
LA Poterie
Anch
Associated
Veully la Poterie
Bouresches
Chezy
Proposed extension of migratory bird closed season
The U S Department of Agriculture proposes changes under the migratory bird law after a Washington advisory board meeting. Three months are allowed for review before final adoption. If adopted the new closed seasons extend to Sept 1 1920 for several species and extend in California Utah Illinois Kentucky Missouri and others until specified dates.
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Washington, D.C
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Migratory Bird Law Advisory Board
California
Vermont
Utah
Special two month training course for 103 Nevada men opens June 15
The War Department’s provost marshal general says 103 Nevada soldiers will begin a two month special training at the University on June 15 under the university commandant. Quotas by county are listed, with emphasis on practical mechanical skills for army and civilian use.
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Nevada
Sullivan
Adjutant General
War Department
Churchill
Clark
Doughes
Elko
Esmeralda
Eureka
Humbold
Lander
Lincoln
Lyon
Mineral
Nye
Ormaby
Storey
Washoe
White Pine
Americans Hold Ground in France As German Drive Slows
June reports note Allied leaders expect a major German battle on the original western front while American troops in France defend Veuilly La Peterie and honor their stand with poppy-decorated helmets. A Le Mauvais Parisienne piece mocks a baseball game by U S troops in France, blending sport with wartime satire.
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Washington
Perons
Western Front
War Department
Solosons
Toul
Amiens
Flanders
Fork
Pleardy
Planders
Aisne
Fouh
Foch
Berlin
Rheime
Marne
Fochdie
France
Associated Press
Une
Veuilly-La- Peterie
le Mauvais Parisienne
M. Adolph Max
Poland to Become Free United State
At Versailles the premiers of Great Britain France and Italy announced a plan for a united independent Polish state with access to the sea as part of a stable just peace. They also endorsed the American secretary of state’s support for Czech and Yugoslav freedom.
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London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Europe
Jugoslava
German Press Cites Slow Victory Pace on Western Front
The Berlin Voessche Zeitung reports that a decisive German victory on the western front will come slowly. It credits France with a strong railway network and reserves, suggesting French defenses will prolong operations and urging German patience as the offensive continues.
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Amsterdam
Berlin Voessche Zeitung
Complecne
Villers Cotterets
Irish shipworker sets rivet record at Belfast yard
At Workmen and Clink yard in Belfast John O Mire drove in 12 209 rivets into a standard ship, beating UK record. He completed multiple strikes daily, surpassing the 1400 rivets per minute mark on his best run, setting a new national achievement in rivet work.
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Belfast
John O'Mire
United Kingdom
O'Mire
Howe
Orwo
Man Survives Four Days After Heart Knife Wound
Oakland news reports Antone Verelra of the city lived four days after being stabbed in the heart. He ate heartily and kept a near normal pulse while on a wharf with workers demonstrating Tallan fighting. An accident wounded Pervira nearby and he was taken to emergency hospital. Surgeons say such a long survival after a heart wound is unprecedented.
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Oakland
Cal
Antone Verelra
Thin City
Pervira
Service assignment guidance for men awaiting military posting
The text warns men not to assume assignment to any corps or department is guaranteed. It states actual service will be decided by military needs when they become available and cannot be foretold. It lists instructions for auto driving repair bone wood work general carpentry electrical work forging machine work and sheet metal work.
Kansan Orriston Crowned Champion Horseshoe Pitcher
Kansas City reports eighteen year old William Orriston as a rising horseshoe champion. He recently defeated Frank Hanna 21 to 0 in three minutes, claiming two sets of ringera throws and boasting a potential $100 to beat the world.
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Kansas City
Kansan Jy
Champeen
Imere
William Orriston
Orriston
Prank Hanna
Missouri
Ringera
Horde Coho
Traveling salesmen plan anti propaganda network
Chicago June 7 The Association of National Advisors outlines a plan to mobilize the country’s 200,000 traveling salesmen as a staff of bearers to spread information to counter German trade influence.
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Chicago
Association of National Advisors
Buck Mountain Ground Turns To Potatoes For War Gardeners
Hazleton Pa Buck Mountain soil once fed the Monitor in the Civil War now nourishes wartime potato beds. Amateur war gardeners cultivate seed on the historic ground once linked to the Merrimac and now repurposed for home food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Buck Mountain
John Ericon
Monitor
Merrimac
Divers Still Busy Off Virginia Gape
An American steamer loaded with foodstuffs returned to port after reporting it had been shelled by submarines. The captain asked authorities to arm the vessel to proceed. He said the submarine was sighted off the Virginia Capes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Associated Press
Virginia Capes
Cleveland seeks the United States' worst boy
A Chicago backed tour seeks the worst boy in America. In Cleveland a 15 year old, labeled sixty nine per cent bad, reveals he loves his mother and would write if he could reach her. He admits theft, gambling, drinking, fighting, truancy, gang leadership, and multiple arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Dender
Shere
Carter High school diploma presented to solo graduate
Clay Barber of Knoxville received the only boy graduate diploma during Carter high school's exercises. Patrons watched as his seat, draped with Old Glory, underscored the milestone reached while he served overseas.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clay Barber
The
Carter High School
British Battle Hung in Mid Air Off Dutch Coast
Off the Dutch coast near Terschelling a clash between five British and seven German seaplanes of the largest type occurred. One German plane fell in flames. one British craft landed safely after descending. another British plane was burned by its crew during repairs and crew surrendered. Germans later reinforced and a lively fight followed with another German plane brought down.
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Dutch
Hague
Associated Press
Terschelling
Handelschland
Bermuda Onion Crop Cut By Thrip In Laredo Region
Laredo Texas June 8 The Bermuda onion crop in the Laredo section is the smallest in years due to thrip damage. Early hopes for a heavy yield gave way to losses with about 1 000 carloads lost and total shipments not exceeding 1 500 carloads. The thrip damage amounts to roughly 700 000 dollars to local growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Neasey
Itmee
Kansas farm hands to get so much per hour
Kansas farmers across the state agree to pay by the hour for farm labor instead of daily wages. In western Kansas the rate is 4% per hour after a conference with state labor commissioner B. E. Frizzell, while eastern Kansas growers set pay from thirty to fifty cents per hour.
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Kansas
Kan
Western Kansas
B. E. Frizzell
State Farm Labor
Eastern Kansas
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