Big Guns Open Fire On Paris In Renewed Assault
Paris reports that at 6 30 this morning long range German guns began bombardment of Paris with heavy artillery. British and French fronts between Rheims and Soissons faced strong German attacks preceded by intense shelling. Local fighting continued in Champagne Verdun Meuse area with repulsed German attacks and French prisoner captures noted.
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Paris
London
Rheims
Soissons
War Office
Flanders
Loere
Voormezeele
Salient
Locre
Forest of Pinon
Champagne
Meuse
Verdun
Apremont Forest
Woevre
Limey
Badonviller
British Army in France reports show limited German gains
Reports from the front say German advances are small in places with a major thrust in the south from Rheims to Soissons and in Flanders near the Lys. Allied lines, including French and British, are described as strong and prepared, with Fo ch’s reserves massed to counter possible drives toward Paris or coastal ports. Charles Bailey III to report for Military Aeronautic Corps in Dallas on June 1.
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France
Kemmel
Foch
Montdidier Saint
Rheims
Paris
Oise
Ailette
Foche
Flanders
Locre-Voormezeele
Mont Kemmel
Mont Rouge
Mont Des Cats
Caer
Charles L. Bailey, III
Charles L. Bailey
North Third Street
French Ambulance Corp
Aero Service
Dallas, Tex
Military Aeronautic Corps
In Our Post Office Today or Did You Buy
A compact note from a local post office column asks readers if they made purchases today, hinting at routine mail service and community commerce activity reflected in daily postal activity.
Weather forecast for Harrisburg and region
The weather note reports cloudy to night and Tuesday with little temperature change. Eastern Pennsylvania should see partly cloudy skies with possible showers Tuesday in the north, warmer tonight in the southeast, and light southerly winds. Rivers rise slowly with the lower West Branch near steady and North Branch rising, others likely falling. Harrisburg area expected around six feet Tuesday morning.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Noth
Harrigburg
Missionary shot during riot at Liling China
Cable from Dr C Newton Dubs reports looting of United Evangelical Hospital at Liling Huan province and serious wounding of Rev A E Lehman a Pennsylvania missionary who is recovering. Niebel family escaped uninjured as hospital and a new modern building were wrecked. Other stations in province spared. Rioting disrupted district.
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H. B. Hartzler
United Evangelical Board of Missions
C. Newton Dubs
China Missions
United Evangelical Hospital
Liling
Huan Province
A. E. Lehman
Pennsylvania
Lehman
B. E. Niebel
Liling Station
Niebel
Niebels
Dr. Niebel
B. H. Niebel
Penbook
Harrisburg
United States
Dubs
Changsha
Liangtan
Thomas Knecht
Myerstown
China
Cora F. Hobein
M.s.s. M. Short
Martha K. Wolf
William Shambaugh
Carlsle
Bishop
Big Recruiting Drive in City Cut Short
Harrisburgs two weeks long recruiting drive is halted as War Department orders suspend youth enlistment efforts for those due to register on June 5. Only youths already accepted by evening of the order will be eligible, canceling planned meetings tonight and tomorrow.
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Harrisburg
War Department
Adjutant General
Arrival of Police Sends Him Hurrying to His Work
A drunken man, Thomas Gifford, refused entry to his boardinghouse, lay on a porch with a pint, and tried to open a corked bottle. A police character helped to remove the cork just as officers arrived to take him to the station. Police noted this was the character’s first time “working.”
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Thomas Gifford
Gifford
South Second Street
American airmen press at front casualties rise
London May 27 Reuters correspondent reports from the front that in the last five days American airmen inflicted three times as many casualties as the enemy.
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Feters
London
Reuter
Memorial Day Parade Plans Set for Harrisburg
Harrisburg prepares its annual Memorial Day parade and pageant with a strong veteran and community presence. Civic and military groups will assemble on North Front street at 1 30 PM, form along Market, march to Fourth, Mulberry bridge, and Thirteenth, then to cemeteries for services. The lineup includes police, G A R posts, veterans associations, and community bands with notable marshals and speakers.
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Harrisburg
Gran Army
North Front Street
Market Street
Fourth Street
Mulberry Street Bridge
Thirteenth Street
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
State
Lincoln Cemetery
City Police
John A. Randall
G. A.R
President Wilson urges Congress to pass new war tax laws
President Wilson, as German guns echo on the western front, asks Congress to stay in session until new war tax laws are enacted to finance the war. He warns against profiteering and urges fearless, just taxation without political delay, delivering an extemporaneous closing after his prepared address.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
Ero Yite
Treasury
Capitol
The
Mrs Sullivan Donates $5 to Red Cross War Fund
Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan of 526 North street sent a five dollar contribution to the Harrisburg Chapter American Red Cross for the Second Red Cross War Fund. She is mother of Sylvester Sullivan, one of the Harrisburg boys who died in France as the war effort continues. Headquarters reported many remittances this morning ranging from one to seventy five dollars.
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Red Cross
Harrisburg
American Red Cross
Elizabeth Sullivan
North Street
Nation oversubscribes second Red Cross fund drive
Washington May 27 officials announced the Red Cross second hundred million dollar mercy fund drive was oversubscribed by more than twelve million dollars with the closing day approaching. The daily average contributions were reported to be well above the target but exact figures were not yet finalized.
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RED Cross
Washington
American Red Cross
Mercy
Schmidt Baking Plants Closed For Four Weeks
Harrisburg bakeries controlled by Schmidt will suspend operations for 28 days beginning Thursday due to food law violations. Local authorities say insufficient substitutes were used in bread and pastries during April.
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Acme Baking Company
Capital City Baking Company
Bernard Schmidt
Harrisburg
Food Administration
Dauphin County
Reichstag President Kaempf Dies at 76 in Berlin
Berlin May 25 A delayed report states Dr Johannes Kaempf president of the Reichstag since 1912 has died at age 76 He belonged to the Progressive People's party His long tenure marked the enduring role of the legislative head in Germany amid wartime governance.
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Berlin
Johannes Kaempf
Reichstag
Doctor Kaempf
Progressive People’s Party
Bicycle accident injures child of state zoologist near Green Street
Elma Sanders, daughter of State Zoologist James G. Sanders, was pinned between a curb and a touring car at Green and Puffer streets yesterday morning. She sustained a fracture of the left wrist and was treated at Dr. Harvey Smith’s office. The automobile party did not stop.
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Elma Sanders
Green and Peffer Streets
Harvey Smith
James G. Sanders
Maclay Street
Waynesboro Strike Ends After Parade Dispatch
Waynesboro workers from several industries ended a 4000-strong strike after a morning rally at the Arcade Theater. They will resume work tomorrow with wages to be settled later. Washington reports soldiers and sailors exempted from new tax measures, with Congress urged to act promptly. Paris notes resumed bombardment of the city, shocking Parisians who hoped for respite.
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Waynesboro
Arcade Theater
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McAdoo
Alabama
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Paul F. Baer
Mobile
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San Francisco
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