Germans Open New Drive On Picardy Line
Paris dispatch June 10 reports a new German offensive along a 15 to 18 mile front from Montdidier to Noyon with a heavy preliminary bombardment. French resistance proved strong, Americans seen in battle area, and Haig notes heavy artillery fire near Amiens. Allied communiques confirm continued fighting with notable village gains by the enemy and counteractions by French and American forces.
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Paris
Noyon
Montdidier
Amiens
Teutons
Aisne
Montdidier-Noyon
Haig
Villers Bretonneux
Albert
Flanders
Givenchy
Robecq
Reuter
Woman Examiners Trade Commission and War News
Miss Marion L Davies, Wisconsin graduate, becomes one of the first women appointed as an examiner for the federal trade commission. She works in the congressional library researching manufacturing, with two years as a commission secretary and prior experience as a reporter who captured 80 prisoners. Reports from front lines note French raids near Bailleul, Allied repulses around Arras and Givenchy, and German offensives failing near Chateau Thierry with American, British, and French regiments making limited gains.
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Marion L. Davies
University of Wisconsin
Federal Trade Commission
Congressional Library
Commission
Bailleul
Arras
Givenchy-Les-La-Bassee
Chateau Thierry
Marne Front
War Office
Ardre
Headene
Berlin
French Left Wing Holds German Drive At Frightful Cost
Paris reports repeated blows by the Huns on the French left wing in the Noyon sector have been broken up with the enemy making slight progress near Ressons Sur Matz at heavy sacrifice. The Crown Prince commands 205 000 troops in the drive as Major General Noble oversees 16 000 medical officers and the Atlantic hospitals. If General Gorgas retires in October, Noble may be named surgeon general as the war effort continues to recruit and mobilize resources. Belfast steamship torpedoed by a German sub reaches an Irish port with three dead.
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Paris
Noyon
Ressons-Surmatz
Robert KE. Noble
Army Medical Department
Atlantic
Gorgas
General Noble
New York Times
the Times
U boats sink sugar shipment amid Atlantic losses
Washington reports more than 24 million pounds of Cuban sugar lost to submarine sinkings along the Atlantic coast this week. Food Administrator Hoover says further sugar cuts will be necessary to compensate. Soft drinks likely to be hit hard by the shortage.
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Washington
Cuba
Atlantic
Hoover
Bombing raid hits Italian aviation camps during Piave action
Rome reports increased reciprocal artillery fire along the Piave and coast. Our aviators surprised camps between the Piave and Livenza and bombed the Caldonazzo railway station. Ten hostile aircraft were downed.
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Rome
Piave
War Office
Livenza
Caldonazzo
Mrs Gould-Shepard III Ill With Appendicitis in New York
Mrs Finley J Shepard formerly Miss Helen Gould is seriously ill at her Fifth Avenue home with appendicitis. Doctors report her condition as satisfactory and hope to avoid surgery if possible.
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New York
Finley J. Shepard
Helen Gould
Fifth Avenue
Paris Shelled Again Amid Long Range Attacks
Paris reports another bombardment by long range guns with victims confirmed by Matin. Residents endure renewed shelling pressure as authorities assess casualties and damage.
Plan to Draft Doctors Form Volunteer Medical Service Corps
Chicago June 10. Conscription of doctors for army and navy service follows the creation of the Volunteer Medical Service corps. The corps will back military personnel with medical staff, serving as a home guard of doctors designated by badges from the national council of defense.
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Chicago
Army
Navy
Volunteer Medical Service Corps
American Medical Association
Uncle Sam
Home Guard
National Council of Defense
Corps
Paris Warned of Peril From German Push
Paris report in Matin cites Frederic Brunet socialist deputy warning that a new drive could bring near-paris Germans with long-range guns. He says constant bombardment would make industrial life impossible and the government must resist despite losses or halted munition output around the capital.
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Paris
Matin
Paris Committee of Defense
Frederic Brunet
League Baseball Sunday Results Summary
National League did not schedule any games. American League Chicago tied Philadelphia Washington 2 to 2. Detroit lost 0 to Cleveland 0. Boston defeated New York 2 to 4. St Louis triumphed over an opponent 6 to 13 innings were played in that game.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Perot
Chacato Os
Cincinnat
Sscsessee
Arabs Raid British Rail Stations in Egypt May 25
An official report states a column from Shereef Feisal's army raided the Fl Hasa and Farafieh railway stations in Egypt on May 25, occupying both stations briefly. Station buildings were wrecked and the permanent way damaged along about 15 kilometers.
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London
Shereef Feisal
Fl Hasa
Farafieh
Egypt
McAdoo’s Daughter Weds Clayton Plate at Whitemarsh
Mrs Harriet Adoo Martin daughter of Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo married Clayton Plate in St. Thomas Episcopal church Whitemarsh conducted by Rev John Chapman rector of St. Paul’s. The ceremony took place in Philadelphia area suburb setting on a June day.
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Harriet Martin
Clayton Platt
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Whitemarsh
Philadelphia
HarrietAdoo Martin
the Treasury
William G. Mc. Adoo
Clayton Plate
St. Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal Church
John Chapman
St. Paul's Church
Melt of U S Dollars Into Rupees for Indian Soldiers Pay
Washington reports 62 million American silver dollars melted into bullion under the silver bill. The bullion is shipped to India to provide rupee credit for importers paying debts in India. The exchange transfers enable pay to Indian soldiers and convert dollars into rupees and other British India coins.
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Washington
India
United States
Treasury
Mahogany Tender for President Wilson to Be Launched
A fast mahogany tender for President Wilson will be launched next week at Watervliet Boat building company in Troy. The boat, similar to others built for wealthy yachtsmen, will serve as a tender to the presidential yacht Mayflower.
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Troy
N. Y
Wilson
Watervliet Boat Building Company
Baker Oregon Sees Solar Eclipse Darken 50 Mile Strip
The Baker area experienced a total solar eclipse with scientists present to photo graph the sun’s corona and spectrum. Birds and chickens roosted as daylight vanished then returned quickly, with J C Hammond of the U S Naval Observatory confirming fine results despite light clouds.
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Baker
Ore
United States Naval Observatory
J. OC. Hammond
Naval Observatory
American steamer Piner del Rio sunk by submarine
The navy department announced the June 6 sinking occurred about 75 miles off the Maryland coast. Sixteen men landed from one boat. another boat with the captain and 17 men is unaccounted for. The Piner del Rio, 2,504 tons, built 1895, was owned by the American and Cuban Steamship line. The navy cited rumors of U‑boats near Virginia.
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Washington
Navy Department
Maryland
Virginia
American and
Cuban Steamship Line
Department
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