20 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Laramie Boomerang
Location
Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
1
Berlin notes food shortages deepen as flour and meat supplies tighten, prompting ration cuts and substitutions. Meantime a government study links a decline in birth rates from 1915 to 1917 to ongoing hardship, while public safety suffers with rising burglaries and thefts in Berlin and Breslau.
Washington announces speed up of American Army ordnance abroad. Ten district chiefs supervise operations with district and field managers under them to coordinate production and contractor work. District chiefs include Greenwood Bridgeport Russell Harrison Leovil Robinson Jones Drave Noble. In a separate note, a theft report mentions many horses stolen in Berlin during the week ending June 5.
In the Marne sector on June 20 the Germans evacuated a salient west of Torey as Americans advanced with no resistance. Torey lies six miles northwest of Chateau-Thierry. German losses reached about 300 dead and 5000 wounded. Private James Donahue escaped after eight days as a prisoner. Haig noted raids on the Flanders and Picardy fronts with heavy fighting and casualties. Paris reported French raids and two German prisoners taken on the Marne.
Heavy rains flood the Piave as Italian forces push the Austrians along the line. Italian troops split and roll back the enemy, halting bridges with artillery and forcing losses estimated at 150,000 and 9,000 captured in the Montello region.
London reports a Kieff uprising spreading east with about 40 000 peasants arming to resist a German controlled Ukrainian government. Fighting and loot occur in Vienna with bread riots and martial law feared. Berlin Hamburg Cologne see peace demonstrations and police dispersal.
Baltimore Maryland June 20 Over 6 5 million dollars will fund a major expansion at the Annapolis Naval Academy already begun or authorized The largest item 2 86 million dollars for additions to Bancroft Hall the midshipmen quarters The next 2 6 million dollars covers a new navigation and seamanship building Other sizable items include 450 000 for a radio plant and auxiliary buildings 320 000 for a new power plant 300 000 for marine engineering additions The east wing of Bancroft Hall will have 283 rooms and the west 290 rooms The Annapolis radio station will be surpassed by a future French station eight 850 foot towers to eight 600 foot towers Two stations will connect by August with the French project.
Continued fair weather predicted for the next 24 hours with little temperature change. Observations show a high of 82 degrees and a low around 55 to 65, barometer rising, wind from the southeast at 30 mph, humidity 80 percent, dew point 54, and 1 inch of precipitation. George Patterson and his wife and Mr and Mrs W S Ingham expected to return home from Estes Park this evening after an auto tour begun Monday.
The death of Mrs. Kate Greaser and the self inflicted death of William Greaser were presented as premeditated facts. A note to Fred Bath on the back of an envelope asked him to care for the children and declared he could not endure his wife any longer. Funeral plans set for Saturday at the Cathedral with Dean Thornberry in charge.
Secretary McAdoo informs all national banks and trust companies that about 6 billion dollars in certificates of indebtedness are needed to cover government expenses through November 1. The plan mirrors February efforts with biweekly issuances and maturities up to four months, plus a potential public offering for tax payments due June 1919.
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