French Hold Reims Front as German Attack Fails
German assault aimed at Reims between Vrigny and La Pompelle was repulsed by French forces. French artillery countered with strong barrages. Germans suffered heavy losses and left numerous prisoners. British raids elsewhere and a failed German gas attack followed an American gas projector action.
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Beun
Reims
Vrigny
la Pompelle
War Office
Ormes
Sillery
Aisne
Vigney
Berlin
Chemin Des Dames
Trac
Ovilly
Eles Retty
Lieutenant Isaacs Captured by German Submarine
Lieutenant E. U. M. Isaacs U.S. Navy, from Arizona, was taken prisoner after the German submarine sank the President Lincoln on May 81 1918. He is pictured aboard the submarine in the contemporary account.
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U. M. Isaacs
U. S
President Lincoln
Isaacs
Arizonia
Infant Son of Governor Cox Dies in Dayton
Columbus Ohio June 20 infant son of Governor and Mrs James Cox Thomas Blair Cox died at the family residence in Dayton The child was born Sunday
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Cox
Columbus
Thomas Blair Cox
James Cox
Dayton
Fairbanks Estate Creates 500-Year Memorial Trust
Indianapolis June 20 A 50 0000 trust fund to be held for 500 years will receive income every 50 years to support social welfare work. The fund is part of the Charles W. Fairbanks estate valued about 2 150 000 with additional bequests to Ohio Wesleyan University 25000 and to the Methodist Hospital and Deaconess Home in Indianapolis 50000. Mrs John W. Timmons receives 15000 annually and each of Fairbanks three sons may take 10000 yearly from the estate income.
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Indianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Ohio Wesleyan University
Methodist Hospital
Fairbanks
John W. Timmons
Four U S Airmen Killed In Separate Air Crashes
Reports from Springfield Ohio and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania confirm four U S airmen have died in midair or crash incidents. Lieut Frank Stewart Patterson of Dayton Ohio and Lieut Leroy Swan of Norwich Connecticut perished when their aircraft collapsed at about 10 000 feet between Springfield and Dayton. Lieut Joseph Graham Trees of Pittsburgh was killed near London England on June 18. Lieut H C Kelly an aviation instructor died at Benbrook with a cadet uninjured.
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Springfield
Frank Stewart Patterson
Dayton
Leroy Swan
Norwich
Conn
Wilbur Wright Aviation
Pittsburgh
Joseph Graham Trees
London
War Department
J. C. Trees
Fort Worth
Tex
H. C. Kelly
Benbrook
No ruling on draft interference with major league season
Rumors claimed the draft rule would not block major league baseball players, but an authoritative statement from the Provost Marshal General’s office said no decision had been made. Crowder remained committed to the original guidance and anticipated a normal presidential review process.
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Washington
Matehal General
Crowder
Rioting in Vienna Prompted Cavalry Rush to Restore Order
An Amsterdam dispatch reports intensified rioting in Vienna with mobs storming bakeries and the premier’s residence as well as both wings of the Hofburg. Cavalry have been rushed to quell the disturbances and restore order in the capital.
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Lonen
Vienna
Amsterdam
Hofburg
Protests in Berlin Hamburg Cologne Reported Deaths
June 20 dispatches indicate heavy censored Stockholm messages claim Berlin Hamburg and Cologne demonstrations caused many deaths and numerous arrests.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
London
Stockholm
Italians Counter Attack Along Piave Front
Rome reports June 20 that Italian forces counter attacked along the Piave front, rolling back Austrian wings a considerable distance and gaining ground across the sector.
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Rome
U S Troops Sent Directly to the Italian Front
Washington June 20 It was announced that U S troops are now being transported directly to Italy No details were given on units or numbers but the inference suggests sizable forces are being sent to the Italian front.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
Italy
Offensive Across Front as Italy Front Battles Intensify
June 20 dispatches report American aviators trained in Italy joining the Italian front. They are welcomed by officials including Commissioner Chiesa and Assistant Secretary Gallenga, with praise for US solidarity and air support. Austrian forces push along the Italian front, crossing the Possalta canal at multiple points as they advance toward Venice, incurring heavy casualties.
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Washington
Ercadrille
Italy
Halian Front
Mallag
Thone
la Gusrdta
Congress
Aeronautics
Chiesa
Gallenga
United States
America
London
Rssued
Vienna
Possalta Canal
Plave
Zoenson
Gulf of Venice
Viave
Venice
Russian Minister Seeks Aid for War-Torn Russia
Alexander I. Konovalov, minister of commerce and industry, arrived in the United States to brief Washington on Russia’s conditions and request aid. He urged allied intervention in Siberia as a step toward a responsible government and toward winning the war.
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Alexander I. Konovalov
Commerce and Industry
Kerensky
United States
Washington
Russia
Konovalov
Siberia
Italian line holds firm amid crossing battles
Italian defenders resist attempts to cross as 9,011 prisoners are reported captured since the offensive began, with many guns and several hundred machine guns seized. In the north, Austrian gains were limited to one Montello area, while ground shifted slightly east and west of the mountain with heights remaining Italian. Further west, Monte Grappa attacks were repulsed and local fighting shifted to the Asingo plateau.
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Montello
Monte Grappa
Asingo
Riots Shake Austria Front as Kiev Revolt Expands
Intercepted wireless reports from Moscow claim a great Kiev revolt with artillery stores blown and street fighting spreading to Poltava and Ternigov. About forty thousand peasants are said to be involved in the uprising.
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London
Kiev
Moscow
Exchange Telegraph Company
Poltava
Tehernigov
W. U. Co Refuses Offer in New York
The New York letter from Popeliont Witeen urging action on national wartime telegraph matters is rejected by the Western Union Company. Officials respond to the inquiry about cooperation and the broader telegraph union position remains unchanged.
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Newy York
Popeliont Witeen
Wo Oe Thiton Telgraph Company
Isles Hudgens
Howeush -Cougton
Reba
First Actual Conflict With Ottoman Forces Raises War Question
Washington reports sacking of the American hospital at Tabriz Persia and seizure of American and British consulates by Turkish troops may be an act of war. If confirmed the event fights the long debate on listing Ottoman allies of Germany as enemies of the United States.
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Washington
Tabriz
Persia
State Department
Teheran
Germany
United States
Constantinople
Turkey
America
Bulgaria
Bucharest
First to Die on German Soil Receives Croix de Guerre
A World War I communique reports Velvate W. J. Dayton the first American killed on German soil. Dayton, from American troops operating in the Vorges, died by machine gun fire the day after his unit entered the area. He is cited as the first American buried in German combat theater to die in action.
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Washington
Aimerican
Pershing
W. J. Dayton
Vorges
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