200 000 MORE MEN CALLED AS REGISTRATION CONTINUES
Ashington June 5 Earlier today 1 million new 21 year olds registered to serve in the war. Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered 200 000 more registrants mobilized between June 24 and 28, bringing total selective service to 1,595,704 and pushing the army past 2,000,000 in camp. Arizona was not included.
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Tila
Boat Capsizes and Kills Many After Kenilworth Castle Collision
The Kenilworth Castle, a 12,975 ton steamer built in Belfast in 1904 and owned by Union Castle, capsized life boats after a collision en route to a British port. Explosions and drowning caused numerous deaths with many passengers still missing. the ship carried about 800 people and mail from South Africa.
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Kenilworth Castle
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War Bulletins From Washington and France June 5
Navy department reports the Norwegian steamer Giles sunk by a German submarine about forty miles off the Virginia capes. The entire crew was rescued. An American patrol in the Luneville sector penetrated enemy lines, fought 20 minutes, with 200 Germans engaged and losses on both sides. Pershing’s communique notes enemy positions in Picardy and Lorraine were penetrated with German losses, Woëvre artillery reduced.
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Lyre
Luneville
Washington
Picardy
Lorraine
Pershing
National War Savings Day Campaign Urges Pledges
Washington June 5 Secretary McAdoo asked Liberty Joan workers to aid the June 28 national war savings day drive. He urged earnest support to persuade Americans to economize and buy war savings stamps to fund the army and navy and secure future welfare.
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Washington
Liberty Joan
McAdoo
Chase War Savings
Twain
Nafinn
Steel Supply 8 Short Cut Off Non War Plants
June 5 report from Washington details a plan to cut non war industries from steel supply. Leonard Replogle of the War Materials Board will present results of recent conferences with the American Iron and Steel Institute and War Industries Board. Doe not include many anticipated government requirements if the full program proceeds. opposition to further curtailments is strong within government and industry.
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War Industries
Temorrow
Leonard Replogie
Mr. Replogie
American Iron and Steed Institute
War Industries Board
Obitain Futts
Visures
Replog
Rail heads in conference on wartime rail contract terms
New York June 5 railroad presidents and the railway executives advisory committee met to review the proposed government wartime contract for operation of the lines. Thomas Dewitt Cuyler said the committee has worked to secure a standard form of compensation and use and that negotiations proceed in a spirit of cooperation with no public disclosure until a decision is reached.
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New York
Railway Executives Advisory Committee
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
End of German Great Drive Seen as Marne Battle Closes
Washington reports Berlin concedes no western front change as observers foresee renewed German assaults from Chateau Thierry to Soissons while Americans earn high praise for aim and fire. French tanker Radioleine attacked by a submarine off Maryland. destroyer response and uncertain submarine fate disclosed by navy.
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Berlin
Marne
Foch
Chateau Thierry
Soissons
Paris
Channel
Pershing
Two More Ships Sank by German U Boats Near New York
June 5 reports show two more vessels sunk by German submarines raiding off American waters, including a Norwegian steamship and a schooner. The tally reaches thirteen five steamers and eight schooners, with U boats still active near the coast and not yet returning to base. The Norwegian steamer Gibs is among the identified losses.
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Atlantic
Gibs
Save the Babies Campaign Slogan Set for Drive
Mrs Ite Wood chairs the worms committee of the Michnels cone of defense and Alexander Johnson, renowned in child welfare, will address a child welfare meeting for men at the Temple Theatre Saturday evening. The Children’s Year drive aims to save 100000 babies as part of a nationwide weighing and measuring program. President Wilson approves the plan, urging protection of children as a duty alongside soldiers. The effort mirrors England’s wartime infant health gains.
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Michnels Cone of Defense
Alexander Johnson
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Lucal
National Council of Defense
Wilson
England
Fineland
Three Killed as Creek Nation Self-Defense Flares Up
Bulletin from Henrietta Oklahoma reports three white farmers killed and about 200,000 pounds of wheat seized as Creek Nation members arm themselves and seek refuge in the hills near the Old Hickory stamping grounds, a reference to the Crazy Snake uprising ten years prior. The report could not be independently confirmed.
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Old Hickory
Y M C A workers aid troops amid Aisne battle
Reports from New York June 12 praise American YMCA workers at the French front for delivering food and drink under shell and gas fire along the Aisne. Men and women braved bombardment to reach troops, assist wounded, and sustain retreating forces with supplies and morale.
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YM. CO. 3
Aisne
Carl Littlesage
North Brookfield
Edward Wright
Toledo
Ohio
Eric Mayell
New York City
Marie ( Terron
W. Hi. ‘Taft
Jane Bowler
Cincinnati
Bowler
Saizsons
Taft
Aia
Weather notes from Wheebert area report rain Friday
Local weather bulletin reports rain and unsettled conditions across Pareeant Indiana Onin and Leaver Michigan with cooler winds and showers extending into Friday. Strong entities include Pareeant Indiana and Leaver Michigan.
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Michigan
German Raiders Continue Work On Atlantic Coast
Washington June 6 The German submarine raiders again disclosed positions. The navy announced the Norwegian steamer Eidsvold was sent to the bottom forty miles off the Virginia capes yesterday afternoon. The crew was rescued today by a navy supply ship. Details of the encounter are lacking and no new raider positions have been reported in thirty hours since the attack.
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Giles
Virginia Capes
Navy Department
Y Ashington
Eidsvold
Navy
Enrollments Fall Short of War Registration Estimates
Registrations on registration day for Morti ayne and Allen county men aged twenty one since June 4 1917 fell far short of the 1400 estimate. District totals show 200 in the first, 130 in the second, 209 in the third, and 143 county wide, with two precincts missing. Total 148. Many men joined the American forces directly, bypassing registration, cutting expected enlistments.
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Ft Warne
Germans Fall in Efforts 10 Hit Allied Ranks
German attacks along the Marne and near Soissons fail to break Allied lines as heavy bombardment and fresh assaults continue. Allied defenses hold firm with counter actions and improved positions, while Berlin reports ongoing losses and no gains. The front remains stubbornly contested with artillery and infantry hammering lines from Moulin-Sous-Touvent to Villers-Cotrel.
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Chateau Thierry
Moulin-Sous-Touvent
Soissons
Treensieg
Villers-Cotterels
German War Office
Berlin
Marne
Praise America for War Spirit in France Dispatch
An official dispatch from France reports the French press praising American troops in the ongoing battle between the Oise and the Marne. It highlights the brilliant operations in the woods of Veuilly and Jaulgonne and notes the Matin’s remark about incoming American reserves joining the lines.
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Ashington
France
Oise
Marne
Veuilly
Jaulgonne
War cabinet reports submarine activity near American coast
Washington reports President Wilson's war cabinet discussed submarine actions off the American coast. Hoover says army supply is not endangered by enemy raiders and no fear is entertained. Berlin says front unchanged. Britain to build twelve new shipyards in Wales to speed large steamer production.
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Washington
Wilson
Hoover
Overalus
Cause of Casualty Delay Explained
In Wasington on June 5 the aljiant general s office issued a statement explaining delays in casualty telegrams to relatives of wounded or dead soldiers. It notes Pershing may withhold casualty notices for up to 24 hours and cites clerical errors and the need to confirm names as common causes of delay.
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Prince the
Aljiant
Pershing
United States
Lansing condemns peace critics at Columbia commencement
Secretary of State Lansing denounces peaceful proposals based on Prussianism and criticizes government conduct as not constructive during Columbia University exercises. He urges looking forward in the wartime task and condemns critics driven by politics, notoriety, or discontent.
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Columbia University
Lord Reading
Lansing
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