Allied Flanks Hold as German Drive Stalls in Aisne Sector
Allied lines resist German pressure south of the Aisne as French reserves enter the field. Soissons falls to the west while Rheims remains in Allied hands on the eastern edge. In the center the enemy advances toward Fere-en-Tardenois and Vezilly, but Franco-British defenses hold. In Flanders British repulse a major assault and Americans near Campaigny withstand continued attacks.
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Soissons
Rheims
Louveigna
Marne
Fere-en-Tardenois
Vezilly
Chemin Des Dames
Paris
Hartennes — Et Tauz
Feye-en-Tardenois
Hartennes Et Taux
Flanders
Morris
Churches Flock to War Prayer Services As City Rents Silence
Across the city center practically all churches filled for a morning prayer observance. Businesses closed from 1045 to 1230 with workers released to attend, as President Wilson urged support for American and Allied arms. Shops and plants stayed shut. streetcars and trains ran, churches overflowing with devotions and exhortations to stand with the front.
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Ness
Wilson
America
Safely Overseas Arrivals Reported for Local Soldiers
Burt Gilen and Clyd Gillen, formerly of the High Point company in the first North Carolina regiment, have arrived safely overseas with units trained at Camp Sevier. W. S. Clapp, Roger B. Ruthledge, Frank Payne, and Radford Newton also arrived safely overseas, with relatives notified.
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Burt Gilen
Clyd Gillen
High Point
First
North Carolina Regiment
Camp Sevier
Radford Newton
McAdoo to Hear Railroad Officials on June 6
Director General McAdoo will confer June 6 with railroad commission representatives from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Kentucky to receive resolutions urging government control of short line railroads as announced by the South Carolina railroad commission.
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Columbia
8. C
McAdoo
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina Railroad
Paris Air Raid Attempt Fails. German Planes Brought Down
Paris reports an enemy aircraft was shot down by French anti aircraft guns during a failed raid on the capital last night. A few bombs fell on the suburbs while no German planes crossed into the city.
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Paris
Increased Violence Marks Progress of Fighting South of Aisne
Paris May 30 reports show intensified fighting south of the Aisne with German forces exerting weight to push forward while Allied wings lose ground. Soissons fallen and British pull back toward Rheims as enemy gains miles. however competent circles express confidence in eventual outcome and unity of command strengthens Allied position compared with the March offensive.
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Aisne
Paris
the Aisne
Work of Soldiers Goes for Nothing
London reports that land behind British lines in France has been ruined by war, undoing efforts to grow vegetables for soldiers. 50,000 acres previously cultivated by American tractors near Peronne Ham Mpehy and Chauny are now lost, jeopardizing food supplies and Quaker relief work.
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London
France
Peronne
Ham
Mpehy
Chaunyo
Canteen Feeds 8000 to 10000 at British Munitions Works
A London munitions plant keeps its canteen well supplied with foodstuffs grown on site. Pigs and sheep are raised there, with most farming done by women, feeding between eight and ten thousand workers.
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London
Judge Rules City Council Is Right
Judge Adams refused the mandamus seeking to compel action on a meat market license in the Welch building on South Main Street. City officials welcomed the decision, viewing it as settling the council’s police power for the time being. An appeal to the state Supreme Court was hinted, delaying final resolution until later in the year.
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W. C. McIntyre
Welch Building
South Main Street
Adams
Superior Court
Lexington
Dred Peacock
Mason W. Gant
Guilford County
Supreme Court of
Georgetown to field teams despite war to next year
Washington May 30 Georgetown University will maintain varsity competition next year in all lines of sport if enough men remain enrolled. Graduate Manager Charles Fox says schedules will be played across all sports as long as the student body is sufficient to form teams.
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Washington
Georgetown
Charles Fox
Atlantis Review to Promote Norway Entente Ties
Christiana May 30 report announces a new monthly review named Atlantis to start next month. Its prospectus states the purpose is to further economic and cultural relations with the United States Finland and France.
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Christiana
Norway
Atlantis
United States
Organist Dawes Assigned as Royal Flying Corps Leader
London May 30 Dr Walford Davies a famed London organist and choir leader has been commissioned as chief site and master of the royal Flying corps He will establish singing classes at larger flying camps to provide recreation and entertainment for troops Similar efforts are under way in France
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London
Walford Davies
Royal Flying Corps
France
Premier Just Escapes HMS Premier Just Escapes
The report notes Premier barely evades danger aboard HMS Premier as German forces launch attacks. No injuries reported and the vessel maintains position amid ongoing hostilities.
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Premier
HMS
Clemenceau Narrowly Escapes Capture Near Rheims
May 30 report from Paris says Premier Clemenceau narrowly missed German capture in a clash northwest of Rheims as a patrol entered the town moments after he left. A French general inspecting positions with a field glass was killed in the fighting.
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Paris
Clemenceau
French Hold Soissons Front Amid Night Battles
Paris reports heavy fighting along the western outlet of Soissons as French troops maintain positions north of Rheims and halt repeated German assaults. French reserves arrive while Franco British forces repel German advances near Werzily, about 18 miles south of Chemin des Dames.
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Vezilly
Brouillet
Rheims
Thiljois
Cathedral City
Paris
Soissos
War Office
Soissons
Werzily
Chemin Des Dames
Woman candidate blocked by nomination technicality in Keighley
Nina Boyle of the Voters League failed to secure a Commons nomination when one paper listed a man not on the Keighley register. She called the incident a moral triumph for women and urged Parliament to decide on women’s entry, saying it would spur further nominations and possible future elections.
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Kneiphrey
England
Associated Press
Paliament
Nina Boyle
Voters League
Keighley
House of Commons
Asserter
German war loan ad hints at occupation horrors
Amsterdam reports a German war loan advertisement in enemy papers questions hesitation to subscribe. It prompts readers to ask Belgians Serbians Russians Italians about life under occupation and claims loan support will spare Germany from enemy rule.
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Amsterdam
Germany
High Point Graduation Sermon Promotes Heavenly Vision
Greensboro pastor Rev. J Clyde Turner urged High Point High School graduates to live by a heavenly vision. He contrasted visions of Napoleon and the Kaiser with faith centered purpose and noted devotion to duties over personal fame. The ceremony opened with song and scripture, with an address by C Max Gardner slated for Friday night.
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Turner
Heaven
God
Earth
Wei
Lfe
Singing of America
Sylvester Newlin
George R. Brown
A. A. Taylor
C. P. Coble
C. Max Gardner
Shelby
North Carolina
Clergy urges boycott on Red Cross donors in city
Rev. James A. Clarke of the First Baptist Church endorses boycotting merchants who refuse Red Cross donations. The sermon follows rumors that some local women will pressure stubborn merchants, amid criticism of alignments with Liberty Bond campaigns and a pitiful Red Cross showing compared to similar towns. Greensboro plans a slacker list of donors and non donors to gauge public support.
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Tom
James A. Clarke
First Baptist Church
Red Cross
Clarke
Cra
Burlington
Hickory
Greensboro
High Point
Soldiers Eat During Long Battles Rations Explained
London May 30 The feeding of troops in extended conflicts is fully organized. Each soldier carries an emergency ration of bully beef tea and sugar, with sugar highlighted for its stimulant effect. In retreats Maconochie rations in cans aid sustenance, while moving field kitchens feed most men under a quartermaster and transport coordination.
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London
36 Americans Are Named as Casualties
Washington May 30 The army casualty list shows 36 names. Killed in action five, died of wounds one, died of accident four, died of disease eleven, wounded severely nine, wounded slightly two, missing in action three.
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Washington
Paris Chateau Madrid rent guarantee to trio of guests
Announcement reports Jaques Seli mann of Pars and New York guarantees rent for three years of the Chateau Madrid in Bois de Boulogne Paris and places Miss Ella M. Foster of Greensboro at the service of blinded soldiers of the allied forces who were guests here last night.
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New York
Jaques Selimann
Pars
Madrid
Bois de Boulegne
Paris
Ella M. Foster
Greensboro
Reserves Now on Battleline
Military brief notes reserves on the battleline amid Future Hun attack threats. No further details provided.
Americans Active in Slowing German Breakthroughs Near Campaigny
Allied reserves are shifted into the battle line in France as French forces fight alongside Americans. The troops are being placed to bolster defenses where German pressure is greatest in preparation for a barrier to stem further attacks.
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France
Associated Press
Americans Repel Strong German Counter Attacks in Campaigny Sector
May 30 dispatches report another powerful enemy push west of Montdidier repulsed as American troops hold the line in the Campaigny sector. The U S forces faced repeated assaults since advancing into Company, with each German advance halted by robust American defense.
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Campaigny
Montdder
Stone Wall
France
Montdidier
Pershing Reports St Washington May 30 1919
General Pershing notes the enemy failed to break American lines. A raiding party of about 50 men was repulsed with 10 dead and four wounded. American casualties were light.
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Washington
Pershing
White Man Charged With Disturbing Divine Worship
W. F. Austin, a white furniture dealer on North Main Street, was arrested by local police after noon today and jailed on charges of drunkenness and disturbing worship at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. The warrant, issued by Chief Metchee, cites intoxication and rude conduct during services on May 30, 1918.
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W. F. Austin
North Main Street
Austin
Wesley Memoral Church
Metchee
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Congre
Alleged Followers of Thomas Watson Dodging the Draft
Montgomery authorities pursue ten draft evaders said to be followers of Thomas Watson entrenched in Coosa county caves. The heavily armed group is resisting capture and fed by nearby residents who fear to refuse them.
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Montgomery
Ala
Coosa County
Petitions Against Hagen Dek Circus Reach Dutch Government
Amsterdam petitions bearing hundreds of signatures protest the presence of Hagen Dek’s circus in Holland. The group argues the circus arrival from Germany adds a heavy burden on the country’s good supplies.
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Amsterdam
Petitong
Hellad
Hagen- Dek
Jua
Germany
Holland
London tribunal rules MPs exempt from work duties
A London unitary tribunal after three weeks of deliberation has ruled that members of the House of Commons perform "work of sustained importance" and are therefore entitled to exemption from ordinary duties. The decision highlights the special status of MPs amid ongoing debates about parliamentary privileges and duties.
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Lomion
London
Hose of Commons
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Frank Payne
R. R. Men
Tain
Petit Journal
Liament
J. Clyde Turner
Enly
High Point High
Thomas Watson
Thompson, Ga
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