Cites Action At Alexandria Air Battles On Toul Front
Director Gem al McAdoo denounces a shopmen strike in Alexandria Virginia as a betrayal by government employees and forms a wage board with six leaders to hear complaints while warning against coercion of the United States. Battles near Toul Cantigny and Lorraine report continued exchanges with American forces repelling German assaults.
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New Trade Pact Signed Between Sweden and Britain
London May 31 Swedish minister announced a commercial and navigation agreement between Sweden Great Britain and allies was signed, outlining growing postwar trade and maritime cooperation.
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Great Britain
Five Minnesota Stars to Leave for Army Duty
Five University of Minnesota star athletes will depart for military service leaving nine men in total, reducing the Gophers to six to compete in the Western Intercollegiate track meet to be held in Chicago next week.
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German Center Advances Toward the Marne and Thillois Restored
Paris dispatch reports the Allies on the Aisne front beaten back by German attacks while German pressure pushes near the Marne. French troops retake Thillois as German air raids target U. S. hospital areas. American positions hold firm at Cantigny.
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Soissons Fight Continues as Germans Press Toward Vesle
French forces in France endure heavy fighting against German units near Soissons and on the Vesle front. German assaults drive street fighting in Soissons, with French troops retreating to western outskirts amid incendiaries and gas shells. Fresh German divisions reinforce the offensive as they seek to widen territory before Allied reserves arrive.
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German staff avoids naming Americans after Cantigny loss
London reports that German officials acknowledge Cantigny defeat but omit reference to American forces, calling the foe simply "the enemy" to prevent boosting morale at home and undermining belief in their own army’s weakness.
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Allies Check German Advance Near Soissons and Reims
Paris reports Allied forces halt German progress on the Soissons front and hold the Crise river left bank near Reims as German storm troops push toward Ville en Pardenois. Berlin claims 85,000 prisoners and large war loot amid continued fierce fighting through May.
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German long range guns resume bombardment of Paris
Paris reports resumed bombardment by German long range guns on Corpus Christi Thursday despite British government promises. The attack began earlier than usual and follows a Vatican request from Cardinal von Hartmann urging no bombing in Cologne during its Corpus Christi procession after recent German and Allied raids.
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French Win Air Battles Over German Forces
Paris reports a fierce air engagement where French squadrons attacked a large enemy force. They destroyed 19 German machines, shot down 2 balloons, and forced 28 enemy airplanes to land damaged.
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Say Line Will Hold Officers See Reserves Stop Somme Thrust
Washington May 31. Military opinion holds that German gains at Soissons offer little real advantage. German advance in three days runs about five miles daily but no breakthrough threat exists along the front. General Foch will likely block the Aisne thrust with reserves from Somme and Paris region.
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Threatening Letter Case Ties Politician’s Kin to $20,000 Extortion
Joseph Ne Drake, 68, founder of the Duckworth club, is jailed in Cincinnati on a charge of sending a blackmailing letter to Mrs. Charles I Taft demanding 20000. He denied guilt at arraignment and faces a June 14 preliminary hearing after inspectors tied him to the extortion letter.
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Epidemic in Spain Grows With Madrid Leading Cases
Madrid reports over 50,000 illness cases as the epidemic resembling grip spreads across Spain and intensifies its impact in the capital.
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