03 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
1
Fragmentary list shows various flour and commodity prices with cents and dollars, including 25¢ 10- 307 and 15¢ 15¢ 30c 10¢, alongside items priced 20¢ 2150 20c 202 10c 30s. The text records a dated style price catalog from a historical market page.
Three American ships sunk off the U S coast by German submarines. Sailings and anti submarine defenses discussed as U S destroyers handle the threat. Reports also describe a fatal Ark accident and a Wuensch family death, with survivors listed.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference chaotic events across Russia, mentioning a distressed nation and a person tied to an alleged incident. Details are unclear and names or places are not discernible.
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves told an address in New York that the United States has a large number of first class battleships preparing alongside the best British ships for a possible high seas clash with the German fleet at any time.
New Orleans June 8. From June 10 a campaign will enroll one thousand graduate nurses from Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama as their quota of the twenty five thousand recently called to Washington for overseas service.
A Bremen newspaper reports British airmen attacked Karlsruhe on Sunday morning. Four killed and six seriously injured, many others slightly wounded. Ten British aircraft involved. two were shot down. Karlsruhe, a German city of about 154 000 population.
A fierce enemy assault pushed across positions, breaking through defenses, seizing ground, and capturing prisoners. Allied units reorganized to stem advances and recapture critical points.
Allied forces report German pressure fading as the French army counterattacks along the Ourcq and Marne front. The war office says the French halted a violent German attack between Chateau Thierry and Paris, with heavy German losses and prisoners taken.
A rumor reports a submarine off the coast being captured by United States warships and towed toward New York. There is no confirmation from officials at this time.
New York report states two American ships the Hattie Dunn and the Samuel W. Hathaway were sunk by German submarines. Details were not fully received early afternoon but the loss is attributed to enemy action off the New England coast.
A British steamship entering port reported receiving wireless pleas for help from two American tanker ships attacked off the New Jersey coast. Both tankers said they were sinking as they reported the danger.
New York reports the sinking of the passenger ship City of Columbus in the Atlantic coast trade. No further details on casualties or exact location are provided.
The June 3 decision declares the 1916 act unconstitutional forbidding interstate shipment of child labor precints. The ruling nullifies the federal statute and its enforcement across states.
The City High School senior class stages Nike, All Smiles a farcical comedy in three acts tonight in the school auditorium. The cast includes Milling Bernstein Alfred Lucy William Schulze Simon Schlenker Jr Dee Moore Roberta Ferenson Emma Andrews Layton Speed Irma Belle Reid Monita Claw son Stella Courtney Marian Grisham.
A wireless S O S from the New York and Porto Rico line steamship Carolina said she was being attacked by a submarine. The fate of the Carolina is unknown. The call came at 7 p.m. and was picked up by a United States guardship. The ship carries 220 passengers and 120 crew and was twelve hours overdue to an Atlantic port.
Washington June 3 The Navy Department had no positive information of German submarines or other raiders off the Jersey coast up to the time AP dispatches described the destruction of American shipping.
A report from Chatham Massachusetts dated June 3 says one ship has been torpedoed off Nantucket Shoals, but no official confirmation is available.
Washington reports all passengers and returning Army officers and men aboard the transport President Lincoln were saved after the ship was torpedoed last week. Loss confined to the ship’s crew.
Le Matin and Petit Parisien report a predicted allied offensive. Review by Laval Agency says front balance is reestablished, fluctuations shrinking. German assaults remain fierce while French resistance is firm and energetic. Sunday actions show French holding and forcing enemy withdrawals at some points.
Washington reports 36 total American casualties with 4 killed in action 3 died of wounds and 2 by accident 7 by disease 2 wounded severely 16 wounded slightly One officer from Vicksburg Lieutenant George W Mc Cabe is listed as wounded with degree undetermined.
Associated Press reports the British made limited progress on the northern side of the Flanders salient. The War Office says nearly 200 prisoners were captured in what was described as a local operation.
Advertisement seeks a Linotype operator or newspaper printer with experience and steady speed. Permanent position with good pay for a capable man. Apply to this paper.
Remains of Robert Wuensch aged 49 formerly a car repairer at Monroe were brought here for interment after an accident at Hope Arkansas Saturday afternoon. He died in Hope and was transported for burial in this city.
R Downes Jr longtime Monroe Grocer Co sales manager resigns this Saturday. He is to become cashier for Citizens Nations Bank opening here likely Sept 1. Downes a known local businessman and Chamber of Commerce director plans a rest in Hot Springs Ark before guiding bank affairs.
A letter from a Russian woman, daughter of a diplomat and widow of a killed officer, describes upheaval in Russia. She alleges the March revolution worsened life, cites German influence, and says laws courts and property ownership are abolished as chaos deepens. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
Naval officials in Boston on June 3 denied a recent report that a vessel had been torpedoed off Nantucket Shoals, saying there was no truth to the claim.
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