Germans Arrive on Oise River Lose in Genter Battle
Paris and London reports detail German gains along the Oise while Allied counter thrusts check the push. French forces fall back south of Ribecourt but regain ground in a major return offensive. Prisoners and battlefield moves cited from Paris and Berlin dispatches.
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Genter
Foch
Arcnde River
Ribecourt
London
Reuter
Berlin
Noyon
le Pueyron
Courcelles
Mery
Belloy
Marqueglise
Aronde
St. Maur
Vandelicourt
Dreslinecourt
Antoval
Aviator Jack McGee Dies in Narragansett Bay Crash
Jack McGee of Pawtucket an experienced exhibition flier was killed when his plane exploded and fell into Narragansett Bay near East Greenwich Rhode Island on June 12.
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Jack McGee
East Greenwich
R. I
Pawtucket
Narragansett Bay
Toll for Victory High
Secretary Daniels spoke at the University of Virginia commencement in Charlottesville on June 12, saying heavy toll will be paid before victory in World War I. He argued freedom and justice ideals, backed by sacrifices of 21 nations, prevail over Prussian power and military might.
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Charlotteville
University of Virginia
Daniels
Krupp
Zeppelin
Hindenburg
Dartmouth President Hopkins Named Assistant in War Industry
Secretary of War Baker announced Ernest M. Hopkins president of Dartmouth college will serve as assistant to the secretary in charge of industrial relations.
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Washington
Baker
Ernest M. Hopkins
Dartmouth College
Furious Clash Persists At Montdidier And Oise Front
Paris dispatch reports the battle raging across Montdidier and the Oise with little change in overall position. French forces advance east of Mery and repel assaults on the Arcnde front while Germans press south of the Aisne between Soissons and the Marne. American sector shows comparative quiet.
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Montdidier
Oise
Mery
Arcnde
Aisne
Soissons
Marne
Plans War Gardens Near the Army Camps
Col J S Fair an acting quartermaster general aide has perfected plans to turn thousands of acres near army camps into war gardens. About 5000 conscientious objectors and German prisoners will cultivate the land starting with a 400 acre garden at Camp Dix with the national war garden commission.
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Col. J. S. Fair
Army
United States Army
Camp Dix
National War Garden Commission
Marines Take Belleau Wood in Two-Hour Bombardment
A Marine battalion seized the northern half of Belleau Wood northwest of Chateau Thierry after two hours of shelling, capturing 850 Germans including ten officers and several artillery pieces. Casualties were light on the American side due to prelude artillery and rapid assault as Germans suffered heavy losses from machine gunners. In Bouresches the assault was repelled, aided by disciplined gunnery and accurate artillery. American fronts near Montdidier and Cantigny show vigilance amid reports of a German drive, with patrols active and hospital staff remaining on duty despite threats.
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London
Niv
Morlancourt
Morlans Court
Scarpe
Nieppe Forest
Aveluy Wood
Orewan
Marne
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Bouresches
Montdidier
Cantigny
Sergeant Burns
Signal Corps
Sixteen Arkansas Draft Evaders Held
Federal and state officers captured eight of a gang of sixteen alleged draft resisters and conspirators in a remote section of Saline county fifty miles southeast of Little Rock on June 12.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Saline County
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Women join New York police reserve volunteers
Four hundred women have answered the first call for volunteers for the women’s reserve of New York City. Two hundred aged eighteen to thirty five have enrolled for training and legislation may authorize their appointment to the regular police force. One reserve policewoman will be assigned to each block to report untoward events to the precinct captain and aid in preserving order and morals.
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New York
Woman's Reserve
New York City
Dwyer
Save Coal or Face National Economic Crisis
Washington reports Fuel Administrator Garfield warns of a new period of industrial idleness unless drastic coal economy measures are adopted immediately by consumers and non war industries curbed. He cites a 60,000,000 ton saving as the path to avert disaster and protect millions of workers and national wealth.
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Washington
Garfield
Delays in Aircraft Production Reported in Several Factories
Washington dispatch notes delays in aircraft production across multiple factories. Senator Chamberlain sent the Providence Journal findings to Attorney General Gregory for Charles B. Hughes aircraft investigation. Reported specification changes, German-named workers at Curtiss Buffalo, and alleged Curtiss failures to share plans with De Havilland and others are outlined.
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Washington
Providence
R. I.) Journal
Chamberlain
Gregory
Charles B. Hughes
Curtiss
Buffalo
de Haviland
Ausonia Sunk by British Submarine Off Atlantic Coast
British transport Ausonia torpedoed in the Atlantic by a German submarine. Ninety crew members landed on the Irish coast. survivors rescued by an eastbound steamer. The ship, 8 153 gross tons, left May 25 from a British port and was en route in convoy when attacked.
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Ausonia
Cunard Line
Atlantic
Geralin
Trish
Atlante
Call on Islands for Troops for Draft Register
Porto Rico and Hawaii were called by Provost Marshal General Crowder to furnish 17,000 draft registrants for the national army. Porto Rico was asked to send 12,468 men by June 20 and July 1 to Camp La Casas in San Juan. Sawai was directed to send 4,836 to Fort Armstrong in Honolulu on July 1.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Crowder
National Army
la Casas
San Juan
Sawai
Fort Armstrong
Honoluiy
Cadet party asks for Allied Russia expedition under international control
The Cadet party in Russia appeals to the United States and allied powers to send an expedition to Russia to repel German forces. They condemn Bolshevik rule as undemocratic, urge coordination under international control, and stress popular Russian support for allied aid despite mixed signals from Washington.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Central Committee
State Department
Constitutional Democrats
Brest- Litovsk
Sub Sinks Swedish Ship in Mediterranean Waters
The Swedish steamship New Sweden, a 5819 ton passenger and freight vessel of the Swedish American Mexico line, was sunk by a submarine on May 20 in the Mediterranean. Twelve crew members survived and arrived as passengers on a French vessel.
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Atlantic
New Sweden
Mediterranean
Call for 9 000 selective men to cut spruce
Washington dispatch reports Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a selective service call for Class 1 men for limited military service. Recruits will be sent to the Northwest to cut spruce needed for airplane construction.
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Washington
Crowder
Northwest
Severe frosts hit Hungarian crops around Buda
London June 12 Vienna cabled reports severe frosts have damaged corn fruit and potato crops and vineyards around Buda and in other Hungarian districts.
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Hungary
London
Vienna Correspondence Bureau
Buda
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