War front updates leave Allies under pressure near Champagne
The weeklong fighting across France sees Cantigny repulsed, German subs sunk near Gibraltar, and Allied raids in Arras Lens and Bethune. Germans push near the Marne river line while French counterattacks recapture Champlat and Hill 163 as Soissons and Rheims area fronts shift. Air force sorties drop bombs and claim numerous enemy planes.
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Champagne
France
Marne
Swinemunde
Jantje
Maria
Jacoba
Gerzine
Leasowe Castle
Admiralty
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Longpont
Corcy
Faverolles
Troesnes
Paris
Rheims
Chateau-Thierry
Rheims-Dormans
Olizy- Violaine
Ville-en-Tardenois
Neuilly-St
Champlat
Mountain division enlists 300 nurses in Red Cross service
Three hundred nurses in the mountain division now are enrolled in the Red Cross nursing service and nearly 200 have been assigned. George H. Lacoske, 24, cadet aviator, was killed at Taylor Field Montgomery Alabama when his plane nosedived.
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Mountain Division
Red Cross Nursing Service
George H. Lacoske
Taylor Field
Montgomery
Ala
American Troops Laud for Gallantry and War News Briefs
Thirty eight officers and men of the American expeditionary forces are cited by divisional commanders for gallantry. Reports from Zurich say the sultan grants Austria reinforcements after Emperor Charles visits Constantinople. A Berlin dispatch says Crown Prince Frederick gets the star of grand commander. In Picardy Memorial Day rites an American flag and flowers marked each grave. A US destroyer destroys two submarines off France within thirty minutes. Corp Manser and Sgt Vaupel report a man trap in No Man’s land. Spain endures a grip like epidemic with Madrid’s cases over 150000 though mortality stays low. London tribunal grants House of Commons members exemption from military service. Germans fail in Cantigny and American artillery inflicts heavy losses east of new positions. British Red Cross hospitals again bombed by Germans. May 31 raid follows May 19 attack with many casualties.
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Charles
Constantinople
Austria
Zurich
William
Frederick
Royal House of Hohensolbern
Berlin
Picardy
France
Atlantic
No Man’s Land
Corp
Leonardo Manser
Victor L. Vaupel
United States Engineers
Spain
Madrid
London
House of Commons
Cantigny
Joplin Beats St Joseph In Twenty Inning Baseball Game
Joplin won a twenty inning game against St Joseph on the St Joseph grounds by scoring two runs in the final inning for a 3 to 1 victory. Grover Cleveland Alexander, now a soldier at Camp Funston, and Miss Amy Arrant of Omaha wed in Manhattan Kansas. Sailor Kirke, known to Denver fight fans, re enlisted and heads coastward. Cudgel ridden by L Lyke won the Kentucky handicap at Douglas Park Louisville carrying top weight 132 pounds.
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Joplin
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Grounds
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Chicago
Camp Funston
Amy Arrant
Omaha
Manhattan
Kan
J. K. L. Ross
Cudgel
L. Lyke
Douglas Park
Louisville
General James 8 Clarkson Dies in Newark at 76
James 8 Clarkson former Republican National Executive Committee member died in Newark New Jersey aged 76. The New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers' Association announced a 16 percent wage increase effective June 3 for 85 000 operatives in cloth and yarn mills. Casualties among British ranks in May total 166 802 with 1 536 officers killed or died of wounds and 20 518 men. wounded or missing 6 162 officers and 138
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James
Clarkson
Republican National Executive Committee
Newark
N. J
New Bedford
Mass
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
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Story OF
Union News Service
Germany
Gibraltar
Arras
Lens
Bethune
Western
British Red Cross
SPORT
Kirke
Denver
Navy
Libby
M‘neill & Libby
Dept. X
Boston
Britain
Daisy Fly Killer
Best
Ntal
Esaven
Aaa
Reek Promisos
Canada
U. S
Ottawa
Can
Sappho
U.s.marine Corps
Gnoch Morgan's Cons Co
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