Italians Break Through on Piave Front as Americans Fly
American aviators joined Italian forces on the Piave front and helped blow two holes in an Austrian bridge. Italian and Allied dispatches report gains from Faere to Zenson, reoccupation of Nervesa, and a mounted cavalry assault including 500 lancers. Thousands of Austrians remain cut off by floods and river barriers.
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Rome
Piave
Faere
Zenson
Italian War Office
Washington
Montello
British War Office
London
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Corriere Della Serra
San Andrea
Fagare Zenzon
War Office
Casa Ghiler
Bavaria
Nervesa
Losson
Cavazucsherina
San Dona di Piave
Iver
Draft call for 8 976 registrants to General Service
General Crowder issued a call for 8 976 draft registrants qualified for general military service to be sent to 15 schools for special talks. The program remains open for volunteers until July 1.
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Crowder
Washington
General Crowder
American ships collide sank off North Carolina coast
The navy reported the collision of the American steamer Schurz with the Florida ten miles southwest of Cape Lookout at 4:40 am. The Schurz, formerly German liner Grier, sank after the clash though all but one crew member were saved, while the Florida helped rescue survivors.
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Washington
Florida
North Carolina
Navy Department
Cape Lookout
Atlantic
Train Crash Kills and Injures Dozens at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
A troop train belonging to the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus collided with an empty Michigan Central train near Gary Indiana. At least forty people were killed and twenty five reported dying while eighty were injured. Authorities say responsibility is being determined pending investigation.
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Chicago
Hagenbeck Wallace Circus
Gary
Ind
Ichigan Central
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Attempted Assassination of Emperor Charles Reported
Amsterdam dispatch reports a current attempt to assassinate Emperor Charles of Austria. Details and outcomes are unclear as officials investigate the incident and monitor security. The report notes heightened precautions across imperial territories and continued coverage from observers.
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Emperor Charles
Amsterdam
Charles of Austria
Troops in France Reach 900000 Five Months Early
Washington announces Gen March reports 900000 American soldiers now in France, five months ahead of schedule. The force sits northwest of Chateau Thierry as American air units bomb Metz Sablons railway.
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France
Washington
March
Yankees
Chateau Thierry
Metz Sablons
Revolt Threat Surfaces in Bohemia as Prague Faces Strikes
The Neue Freie Presse warns Prague and Bohemian industrial centers may threaten wider unrest when bread rations tighten. It says Austria could meet anger with higher food aid or see railway disruption and a revolution, while Vienna reports grain imports and munition workers strikes.
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Copenhagen
Prague
Bohemia
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
Austria
Aviator Instructor Killed Near Scott Field
Lieut. James R. Where, twenty four, of St. Louis, an aviator instructor, was killed at Scott Field near Palleville when the aircraft plunged 500 feet to the earth. The crash occurred during training, leaving the air service and local community in mourning.
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St. Louis
James R
Scott Field
Palleville
American Seaplanes Aiming for Atlantic Flight to France
British and American aeronautical experts expect a flotilla of American made seaplanes to cross the Atlantic to France next year with a test flight underway. A seaplane carrying several tons of gasoline, two pilots and two mechanics is planned to depart Newfoundland for the Azores en route to France.
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Washington
Atlantic
France
William Brancker
British
Royal Flying Forces
Newfoundland
Azores
Baker
Brancker
War Department
Ships parts grow scarce and control eyed by fleet
Philadelphia June 21 The construction of all vessels for private operation including boats under 1 000 tons will be placed under control of the emergency fleet corporation Howard Cooley vice president in charge of administration cites scarcity of ship parts Barges are exempt as they require no interior equipment
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Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Howard Coonley
Rail Commission clarifies powers on rail rates
Washington June 21 the interstate commerce commission says it will continue to hear complaints and order changes in rates during federal railway control to remove any doubt about its authority across states.
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Interstate Commerce Body
Washington
Ftater
Pallrgads
Cormmission
Baker Near Fatal Blast Kills Two Soldiers in Aberdeen
In Baltimore on June 23 two soldiers died and a third was seriously injured when a trench mortar bomb exploded prematurely at the Aberdeen army proving grounds. Secretary Baker and ordnance officers stood about 300 yards away but were safe due to a bombproof enclosure.
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Baltimore
Army Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Baker
War to begin next September says Caldwell
Representative Caldwell reported after a meeting with Secretary Baker and General March that the United States would be ready to start the war next September. He said American troops would be equipped to make themselves felt.
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Brancker
United States
Germany
Washington
Caldwell
New York
House Military Committee
Baker
General March
House Military Military Committee
America
End of Airplane Strike Reached by Union and Manufacturer
A strike by core part makers at Curtiss Airplane and Manufacturer Free nation ends after a truce arranged by Archert A. Lowen, chief of production, with Andror McNamara representing the International Machinists' union. The announcement comes from Time 22.
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Pulate
Ead
Andror 'T McNamara
Upron
Archert A. Lowen
Allied Forces Press German Positions at Belleau Wood
American forces north of Chateau Thierry extended their line with precise assaults on Belleau Wood and Brasses, firing 1 200 shells at key German positions. Aerials show strong fire but effects vary, while Russians? No. The barrage and rapid troop advance strengthened American positions against future assaults.
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France
Chateau ‘Thierry
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Brasses
Bellenu Wood
Transatlantic Air Routes May Reach Front by End of June
Major General Brancker of the British air ministry says large American airplanes and seaplanes should fly across the Atlantic to reach the front by month’s end. He notes Britain plans trans Atlantic air routes to accelerate American aircraft use and expects initial flight on a joint Franco British path using U S built craft.
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Agigatic
Enfifier
W. Raneker
Air Ministry
Enid
Ottietaia
Brancker
Britteh — Council
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