German Deputy Claims Half Million Die In Frontline Sacrifices
Deputy Hoff man of the Socialist party told the Berlin chamber that Germany has sacrificed about five hundred thousand men on the French British and American fronts since March 21 when the big drives began. The charge was reported by a Amsterdam dispatch to Reuters.
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International News Service
London
Germany
Hoffman
Berlin
Chamber of Deputies
Amsterdam
Reuter
This Car To Chickasaw Sign on Trolleys Next Week
Mobilians will see the new Chickasaw line operate by Tuesday or Wednesday with Whistler Magazine Point and Chickasaw on cars. Prichard cars end and a trolley train system will shuttle workers nightly. The Mobile Light and Railway Co will release a schedule and add cars to handle heavy traffic. The line is expected to boost Mobile merchants and circulating spending as thousands work near the shipyards.
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Whistler
Magazine Point
Convent
Mobile Light and Railway Company
Italians in New Gains in Asiago Front
Rome reports Italian forces making additional gains in local counter attacks near the Asiago plains. Hundreds of German prisoners are captured and several machine guns seized in counter movements. Fights continue around Montello and the lower Piave river.
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Rome
Asiago
Teuton
Montello
Piave River
Vienna Clamor for Workmen Quit Jobs Amid Riots
In Vienna grave riots erupt as workers abandon tools demanding food and a swift end to the war. The Amsterdam dispatch says the burgomaster warned Premier Seydler the outbreak is beyond civil control and that order cannot be guaranteed.
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International News Service
London
Vienna
Amsterdam
Seydler
Italians Capture Capo Silo Frontier Zone
Italian forces capture Capo Silo and the ground between the Zenson Loop and the Fossetta canal after strong counter attacks. Many prisoners and guns taken.
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Capo Silo
International
London
International News Service
Zenson Loop
Fossetta Canal
General War Situation Looks Bright in Europe
Washington officials say the overall war situation is exceptionally favorable and more optimistic than in three months. France and Italy dispatches are satisfactory as Austria loses most gains in the Montello district.
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International News Service
Washington
France
Italy
Rome
Montello
German Alien Women Urged to Register by June 26
Postmaster J Blocker Thornton, registrar for Alabama's southern district, reports no German alien women registered yet and warns registered wives must register. Office hours run through June 26. those who fail face arrest, imprisonment, or fines. Registrants must submit four 3x3 photos with plain backgrounds and no headdresses except religious orders.
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J. Blocker Thornton
Southern Judicial District of
Alabama
United Sates
Thornton
Nothing to report Berlin says on Rheims attack
The German war office reports nothing to report and Berlin dispatches indicate the surprise attack on Rheims Tuesday night failed completely. The London dispatch notes the German statement as confirming a sharp setback in the offensive.
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Berlin
International News Service
London
German War Office
Rheims
Figures On New 18 To 45 Bill Being Sought
Washington June 20 Preparations began to estimate how many men a draft reform would reach extending age limits to 18 through 45. Secretary Baker no longer opposes the measure and believes passage is likely. Information will be released even estimating the number affected by the work or fight law.
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International News Service
Washington
Baker
Postal Company Reinstates 42 Birmingham Operators
Following War Labor Board order the Postal Telegraph Company reinstates 42 Birmingham telegraph operators discharged for union membership. Reinstatement begins today with the workers returned to service in the city.
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Postal Company
Birmingham
International News Service
Postal Telegraph Company
War Labor Board
Postal
Germans Rain Gas Shells on Yankee Sector in France
German forces pounded the Lunerville sector with heavy gas shells mixed with high explosives and peppered parts of the front with shrapnel. The bombardment, followed by an infantry assault, came on a Wednesday night near Rance during the ongoing battle in June.
Steamer Chased by Sub Off New York
A passenger steamer from a Panama port arrived at an Atlantic port after being chased by a submarine yesterday about 1896 miles south of New York. Fifty passengers aboard spoke highly of the ship’s handling in escaping the U boat.
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New York
Atlantic
Panama
Stores Close Half Holiday Arrives for Summer Months
All city stores except druggists closed at 1 pm on the first day of new merchant arrangements. Hundreds of clerks enjoyed the afternoon as the Thursday half-holiday will continue through the summer months.
British Raid Successes In Lens And Ypres Sectors
British forces raided German trenches in the Lens and Ypres sectors amid heavy artillery activity in the Somme Ancre valleys and near Albert and La Bassee. The noon report from London notes progress in two sectors.
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Somme
Ancre
Albert and
la Bassee
Lens
Ypres
Allies destroy German depot in Brugges raid
Amsterdam June 20 Allied airmen destroyed the German military depot at Brugges used for storing torpedoes.
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Amsterdam
Brugges
Advertising Offer to Mobile Merchants in Shortage
The Tribune pledges to take up advertising contracts abandoned by other local papers and provide service without extra charge. The move aims to prevent Mobile businesses from suffering due to advertising media failures amid the current labor shortage.
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The
Tribune
Mobile
Austria's Hunger Offensive in Italy With Mixed Results
Rome quotes a semi official statement saying Austria Hungary launched the hunger offensive for political and material reasons. Italian war office reports counter thrusts along the Asiago plateau and Piave river repelling new enemy crossings while noting severe losses on both sides.
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London
Austria
Italy
Rome
Austria-Hungary
Italian War Office
Asiago
Montello
Montegraph
Monte Bellone Railway
Government Seizes Western Union Night Messages
By order of Postmaster General Burleson government inspectors in New York Boston Baltimore and Washington seized thousands of night letters from Western Union Telegraph Company alleging delivery by messenger using government passes. About 1200 lettergrams were taken in New York and hundreds in other cities. Telegraph messengers are held for federal grand juries as actions proceed under civil and criminal law.
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International News Service
New York
Burleson
Boston
Baltimore
Western Union Telegraph Company
Nessenger
Wilson Proclaims Stockyards Under Federal License Control
President Wilson issues a proclamation placing all stockyards under federal license beginning June 25. The Agriculture Secretary is tasked with enforcing the act and carrying out its provisions. The move shocks markets as stockyards face new regulatory oversight nationwide.
Overseas Casualties Reported in War Department List
Washington reports seven teens killed in action and nine dying of wounds. Seven died of disease and two from aeroplane accidents. One missing and thirty-two severely injured. Marshal Williams of Alabama killed in action. Lieut Calvin Capps of Lucama dismissed. Clarence Massey of Columbus reported killed earlier now missing. Thirty-three previously listed as missing now prisoners or captured in the South.
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Washington
War Department
British report on Piave line in flood condition
The British War Office reports masses of Austrians on the right bank of the Piave as the river runs flooded. Many bridges on the west bank have been swept away. Fighting continues on the Piave while the British held positions unchanged.
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Piave
British War Office
Piave River
Rockefeller in Army Day Experience at Camp Grant
John D. Rockefeller Sr spent a day in the national army at Camp Grant Rockford June 20. He ate in the cooks and bakers school, washed up with a mess kit, and spent time in the trenches and rifle range. He inspected a colored Y M C A and shook hands with several Black soldiers.
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Camp Grant
Rockford
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
National Army
Cooks
Bakers School
French Reach Lines Between Montdidier in Noon Action
French detachments penetrate lines between Montdidier and the Oise River at noon, taking twenty German troops in the engagement. No further details available in the readable fragment.
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Paris
Montdidier
Oise
Spot Cotton Market Opens As July Futures Edge Higher
Spot cotton in New York on June 20 shows July market open while October cotton trades at 24.4 cents per pound. The report notes price movement and early trading direction for the new session.
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New York
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