Marines Push Front at Belleau Wood Near Chateau-Thierry
American marines and French infantry hold gains after a two mile advance on a five mile front northwest of Chateau-Thierry. They cleared Neuilly wood and Bouresches, took prisoners and machine guns, and repelled German counter attacks amid heavy artillery and street fighting.
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United Press
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Busslares
Torcy
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Quilly Wood
Belleau Wood
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Neuilly Wood
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Bodie
Chatceau-Thierry
Belleau
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Torey
Busaiares
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Chateau Thierry
War Office
Noyon
Montdidier
Picardy
le Port
Fontenoy
Vinly
Rheims
Bligny
Marines Press Forward in European Clash at Torcy Bouresches
American Marines boosted by disciplined advance fought through Torcy and into Bouresches near Chateau-Thierry. They seized machine guns and prisoners while repelling counterattacks, despite some objective gaps and tough German divisions. Their drive inspired French comrades as they pushed toward Belleau Wood.
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Associated Press
Marne
Torcy
Bovresches
Chateau - Thierry
Bouresches
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Belleau Wood
No Man's Land
Hey
London
Veuilly
Torey
Daily Mail
France
Thei Loasea
May Ship Output Tops April By 122000 Tons
Washington D C June ships produced 343450 tons in May exceeding April by 122000 tons The emergency fleet corporation reported 3940 ships launched during the month comprising 228760 tons of steel ships and 115700 tons of wooden vessels The U S Shipping Board released the figures as part of war effort tallies.
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Washington D. C
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board
Glass of 1918 Not Allowed to Enlist in Navy
Washington DC June 6 Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that the class of 1918 registrants will not be allowed to enlist in the navy or marine corps until orders and serial numbers are assigned. No voluntary inductions will be granted until certificates from local boards show they are not within the board's current quota.
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Washington, D, C
Crowder
Navy
Marine
PF Local Boarda
Two Americans Set Record with French Officers in June
Two Americans, Becond Lieut Frank Baylies of New Medford Mass and Beret David in Pur am Brookline Anne, achieve a notable record with French counterparts. The parties report rapid service and teamwork as the flying squad arrives. Second Lieut Madon and his secretary Teves complete the quartet in this milestone.
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Allies Press on Both Flanks in Champagne Salient
Allied forces push forward on two flanks of the Champagne salient. Fresh units seize Leport on the Aisne north bank while French troops recapture Vinty and advance east from Veuilly la Poterie. British foothold established at Rbligny nine miles from Helms as German statements hint at Allied gains.
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Aisne
Mather
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Gandeln
Vinty
Veuilly la Poterie
Marne
Kriseimns
Fee
Rbligny
Hhelms
Eight Billion Tax Bill Sought by L. C. Martin
Secretary McAdoo urges Congress to approve a $5 billion tax measure as part of a broader fiscal plan. He predicts two more Liberty bond campaigns before June 1919 and argues taxes must rise to curb inflation and risky credit expansion. The plan targets increased levies on unearned income and corporate-derived profits.
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Hairman Kitchin
Jiotse Wave and Means Committee
McAdoo
Britain
Crowder Orders Re-Check on Draft Exemptions
Washington moves to re classify draft exemptions under the Selective Service Act. Provost Marshall General Crowder orders governors to audit Class 1 ratios, reassign thousands from Class 4, and ensure accurate placement of men in lower classes. Local boards and appeal agents will tighten examination of questionnaire records and revise classifications to meet new standards.
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California
New Mexico
Lowship
Kentunty
North Carolina
Missouri
New York
Masacchusetts
Lcal
Legal Advisers Boards
Alloon
Neville Announces Run for Re election
Lincoln Nebraska June 7 Governor Ne announces he will be a candidate for reelection but declines to make any formal statement.
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Lincoln
Nebraskan Killed in Action in France
Washington lists 48 Army casualties by name in the latest casualty report. Among the dead are seven killed in action and six wounded. Nebraskan entries include Grosvenor P. L. Cather of Bladen and George B. K. Finkle of Huron, with others listed from Michigan Virginia California and several states.
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Elle Inton
Dileiut Livingston
Uaker
San Francisco
Iowa
South
Japanese Teutonic Pact Plan Denied
In Tokyo June reports from Shunjukai say Japan has never financed any postwar pact with Germany and will adhere to the Anglo Japanese alliance. The revolutions add that cooperation with Germany is unlikely and rumor of a future pact is denied.
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Germany
Shunjukai
Tokio Upan
Hellum Puet
Austro Germans in Siberia Active in Trans-Haikal
General Bemevolf reports Bolshevist troops crossed the new river in Trans-Haisan and pressed several detachments. An Austro German force of cavalry and infantry threatens General Semenoff’s communications near Harbin Manchuria.
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Manchuria
Bemevolf
Siberia
Bolshevist
New River
Trans-Haikalin
Semenoffn
Canada to Raise Another Hundred Thousand Men
Ottawa reports eighty eight thousand men called to duty under the military service act with seven thousand nine hundred having complied. Officials expect the quota to reach one hundred thousand, with men in Quebec already mobilizing as the government prepares for Parliament to reconvene.
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Ont
Quebc H
Reported capture of Hin heir exaggerated
A Washington dispatch notes claims that the crown prince and 40 000 of his men were captured. The War Department says the report is inaccurate with the available information.
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War Department
British Submarine Attacks and Atlantic Shipping Crisis
Reports from Washington and New York describe German submarine activity off Virginia capes and the Atlantic coast. The Parpathian and Harpathian incidents expand Britain’s shipping losses to fourteen steamers and eight schooners, with 1000 ton liner arrivals in West Indies safety, while U S officials debate naval strategy and possible heightened air defenses.
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