War updates report Vienna bread riots and Italian air supremacy
Western Newspaper Union reports severe bread riots in Vienna and Italian air superiority on the Piave front. Austrian offensive fails, German losses exceed 300 since January, and food shortages provoke rumors of crisis. American forces push back and tighten lines near Belleau Wood amid ongoing war strains.
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Ptave
Tabriz
Rheims
Vienna
Chateau-Thierry
Belleau Wood
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Italy
Piave
War strain and unrest across Europe and Asia
The report notes a surge in automobile production in Italy due to war demand, disputes between Turkey and Germany over the Black Sea fleet, and Austria's cabinet planning collective resignation. It mentions bread riots in Vienna, Baracca missing after a combat incident, and pacifist debate in Britain.
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Turkey
Germany
Vienna
Zurich
Signor Baracca
Italy
Philip Edward Morrell
House of Commons
Bulgaria
Romania
Berlin
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Hungary
Tisza
Archibald Hurd
London Daily Telegraph
Harbin
Siberian
Tuan Chi-fui
Peking
London Daily Mail
Justiszat Otto Feig
Multiple Fatalities and Arrests Stir National News
Eastern reports Dr F Digocomo is dead at Kemmerer with Peter Natala jailed on murder charges. In Butte Montana a former Denver man Thomas Kinsley was killed by a mine explosion. A plane crash in Hicksfield Texas injures nine, two fatally. Salt Lake City metal workers strike for $1 daily raise. An army equipment train collision with a circus train in Ivanhoe Indiana leaves over sixty dead.
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Dr. F. Digocomo
Kemmerer
Peter Natala
Thomas Kinsley
Denver
Butte
Mont
Hicksfield
Fort Worth
Tex
Salt Lake City
Michigan Central Railroad
Ivanhoe
Ind
Pacific Northwest Women’s Amateur Golf Champion Crowned
Mrs. Robert Gelletly of Vancouver defeated Miss Thoris Falvey of Chicago 3 up and 1 to go to win the Pacific Northwest women's amateur golf championship in Seattle Washington. Louis Chevrolet drove 100 miles without stopping at 108 mph to win the Chicago automobile derby handicap valued at 30000 at the speedway. His time was 06 36. Molla Bjurslett retained the US women's tennis championship by defeating Eleanor Goss 6 4 3 in the challenge round at Philadelphia Cricket Club.
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Robert Gelletly
Vancouver
B. C
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Wash
Thoris Falvey
Chicago
Louis Chevrolet
Speedway
Molla Bjurstedt
United States
Eleanor Goss
West Side Tennis Club
New York
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Buffalo plant strike and Senate Russia intervention view
A strike hit an airplane factory in Buffalo New York. In Washington Senators debate Japan opposed intervention in Russia stating restraint in foreign policy.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Japan
Russia
Senate
Italians Win Major Piave River Breakthrough
In Rome a victory report says Austrian forces evacuated the Montello plateau as Italian assaults pushed across the Piave. The retreat, blamed on weather and river rise, saw heavy Austrian losses and thousands captured. American aviators supported the attack and German forces suffered heavy casualties near Bligny. American troops on the Marne captured Belley wood and secured machine guns and prisoners.
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Union News Service
Rome
Piave
Austrian War Office
Charles
Montello
Rome War Office
Diaz
Victor Emmanuels
Washington
France
Flanders
Bligny
Marne
Belley Wood
Ship Mary Olson Sinks at Havana Wharf After Fire
The American steamer Mary Olson of 848 tons gross carrying coal burned at her Cienfuegos wharf. The captain and crew have been arrested pending investigation into the incident.
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Havana
Mary Olson
Cienfuegos
Why Spalding is a Flyer
Albert Spalding of New York, son of A. G. Spalding, a lieutenant in the American aviation service, played the violin at a Rome tea hosted by Signora Dias. His performance drew an enthusiastic audience and a strong American reception. He said he volunteered for aviation duty because playing the violin alone would not win the war.
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Spalding
Albert Spalding
New York
A. G. Spalding
Signora Dias
Rome
America
New York Times
Confounding a discussion with a pompous scholar
Professor Diggs laments wasting an hour debating Elizabethan poets with an ignorant man who mistook Elizabeth for a New Jersey town. Mrs. Diggs suggests the professor could have let the other speak, exposing his own ignorance and speeding them home.
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Professor Diggs
Mrs. Diggs
Elizabeth
N. J
Same Kind of Fight in Egypt Described as Grasshopper Struggle
The passage compares the Egyptian ordeal to a continuous struggle against pests, portraying a resilient yet precarious effort by civilians amid hardship. It frames the conflict as a repeated, unyielding battle with external pressures affecting daily life.
Man's Mission to Conquer Great Problems
A reflection on human purpose describes not dragging large challenges to one’s level but rising to meet them and win. The phrase emphasizes ambition, perseverance, and moral resolve in pursuing difficult tasks.
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