Louisiana to Create Dry Zone Around Beauregard Parish
A bill creating a dry zone within twenty five miles of Beauregard in Rapides parish passes in the senate by thirty one to five. The measure requires twenty days after promulgation to become effective and awaits governor approval as opponents fail to gain more time. Both chambers adjourned until Monday.
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Rapides Parish
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Dry Zone Measure Clears Senate In Louisiana
Cauregard dry zone measure passes the Senate by 31 to 5, setting up likely enactment. The proposal aims to regulate the dry zone area and impose new restrictions on alcohol sales within specified boundaries.
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Caucasians and Turks in Bitter Fight
London reports a bitter struggle in the Caucasus between the new Caucasian government and the Turks. Dispatches say Turks have massacred more than 10,000 Armenians in a fortnight.
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London
Caucasus
Moscow
American Troops Gain Ground on Main Battle Front
Marines on the Marne advance with success as they seize Torcy and push into Bouresches, achieving most objectives despite stiff resistance in Belleau Wood. The action follows a second assault on German positions and the main line near Cha teau Thierry.
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Associated Press
Torcy
Bouresches
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Submarines Destroyed At 60 Percent, Navy Confirms
Senator Swanson announced after a conference with Navy heads that allied and American naval forces have destroyed 60 percent of German submarines built and cut shipping losses in half. The figure, from the highest naval authorities, reflects ongoing Allied naval effort.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Swanson
Naval Committee
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Swanson
Paris Front Advances Amid World War I Action
American troops gained ground on the Torcy Belleau line west of Chateau Thierry as French forces operated successfully north of Montdidier in Picardy with prisoners taken. French troops captured Leport and Vinly while recapturing Hill 204. British forces regained footing at Dbligny and inflicted heavy losses.
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Fontenoy
Marne
Rench
Vinly
Rheims
Dbligny
British front quiet as war office reports
Paris dispatch notes German forces held and French counter-attacks successful along the Marne and northwest of Chateau Thierry. American troops are active, with fighting confined to local actions and no enemy gains. The note confirms the enemy is held everywhere.
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
Germans Bombard Paris With Long Range Guns
Paris reports ongoing heavy bombardment as German long range artillery keeps firing on the city. No immediate casualties or casualties details provided in the readable text.
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Paris
May Not Change Supreme Court Districts Now
Baton Rouge June 7 Under an agreement the bill to confirm the Leon R. Smith supreme court measure is sent to a sub committee for reconstruction. The plan keeps territorial boundaries the same and adds two at large justices making seven. The sub committee will decide how to canvass districts for the two justices at large choosing between statewide selection or dividing the state into two districts with origins in South Louisiana and elsewhere.
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Leon R. Smith
Supreme Court
Smith
Provosty
Davey
Fields
Lourgue
Reconstruction
Judiciary Committee
Louisiana
American Marines Break German Lines in France
German troops fled before American marines between Veuilly and Torcy as reported by the Daily Mail correspondent. Several wounded Germans praised the Americans, saying they were as good soldiers as the Germans.
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London
Veuilly
Torcy Wednesdy
Daily Mail
France
District redraws urged to ease campaign progression
Judge Dawkins told a committee that the no pher court district race remains active for several months. He warned that redrawing territorial boundaries to alter the district would create an awkward condition for all candidates.
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Louisiana
Dawkins
Nopher Court
Pool Privileges Denied After Anti-Vice Action
Acting on orders of Mayor Apsar and Anti-Vice Committee Chair J A Smith, police at the municipal natatorium deny bathing privileges to a target group amid complaints. Four people reportedly refused entry last night, with focus on women. Chairman Smith says he was asked to raid a Pine Street house but declined due to prior work.
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J. A. Smith
Heap
Smith
Pine Street
Fund for paralytic boy grows with new subscriptions
A ten year old victim of infantile paralysis benefits from rising contributions. The News-Star began the drive yesterday and will publish all gifts to aid the boy through the Associated Charities. Early donors and amounts are listed among continuing subscriptions.
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News- Star
Associated Charities
A. L. Harrington
T. G. Easterling
17 Americans Killed in Action and Other Casualties Listed
Washington June 7 Today's casualty list names 48, with 17 killed in action, 12 died of wounds, 6 died of accident, 7 died of disease, and 6 wounded severely. Ten officers named. Private Ken of Pinola Mississippi died of wounds. Ottawa J. Trujillo of St. Charles Louisiana appears among wounded in Canada's list.
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Washington
Ken of
Pinola
Miss
Ottawa J. Trujillo
St. Charles
Draft Classifications Revised in Wide PCR Overhaul
The draft classifications system undergoes revision with many in Class four moved to Class one. Provost Marshal General Crowder orders governors to investigate why registrants in Class one are low in some areas. The change aims to add more than a half million men to Class one. London reports a British munition works canteen feeds 8 000 to 10 000 workers with locally grown food and livestock. most farming done by women.
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Washington
General Crowder
London
Wheat crop forecast for this year from Agriculture Department
Washington on June 7 the Department of Agriculture forecast 931 million bushels of wheat for the year based on crop condition as of June 1.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Shreveport Official Visits Bastrop Gas Well
J. W. Smith of the State Conservation Commission toured the Morehouse Oil and Development Company gas well north of Bastrop. He backs the effort to lower a packet to seal salt water from gas, noting the derrick was removed after the area started to cave in. Gas flow has stopped in areas around the site.
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Shreveport
State Conservation Comission
Morehouse Oil and Development Company
Bastrop
U boats may wait for larger prey off Virginia capes
Washington reports officials believe German submarines that attacked coastal vessels off New Jersey earlier in the week now lie in wait for bigger targets along trans Atlantic routes near the Virginia capes. The torpedoing of the Harpathian Wednesday thirty miles off Virginia raises the notched total of ships sunk by raiders in American waters to fourteen, comprising six steamers and eight schooners.
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Associated Press
Washington
New Jersey
Virginia Capes
Harpathian
Virginia
Monroe Rotary elects nine new members and plans war-savings drive
Nine new members of the Monroe Rotary Club were elected at the regular meeting. Names are withheld pending acceptance. The club will support the June war-savings drive with a booth in the old Ouachita National Bank building selling thrift stamps and savings certificates, with Rotarians and young ladies aiding. After dinner at Hotel Monroe, members met at the chamber of commerce to finish routine business.
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Rotarians
Ouschita National Bank
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Hotel Monroe
Hamter of Commerce
French Vessel Encounters U-Boat Off Virginia Capes
An Atlantic port report says a French armed merchantman rushed into port after a fight with a submarine off the Virginia capes. The clash occurred a short distance outside the capes according to the vessel.
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Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Capes
May Use Russ Ships Against Allied Fleet
London reports the Russian fleet at Odessa and Sebastopol will be manned by German crews and may be deployed against Allied forces in the Mediterranean. Ukrainian newspapers quoted by the Stockholm correspondent of the Daily News relay the rumor. The Young Women’s Christian Association has allocated 200000 dollars of its four million dollar budget to war work among colored women.
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Odessa
Sebastopol
Mediterranean
Stox Kkholm
Daily News
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Army to retrain large share of mobilized men
A government program will retrain about ten percent of mobilized soldiers as part of a broader effort to adapt personnel for new roles. The plan emphasizes vocational retraining and reallocation within military units to meet evolving strategic needs.
Veterans face medical rather than surgical care needs for recovery
Figures from the National Tuberculosis Association show that among 1,000,000 mobilized soldiers about 1 in 100 yearly would need vocational retraining. With 5 million men, 50,000 yearly would require help to restore earning capacity. Dr. C A Prosser notes many will need medical care for tuberculosis heart and kidney issues and stresses individualized retraining for each veteran after reequipping for civilian life.
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Boston
National Tuberculosis Association
C. A. Prosser
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Washington
Canada
Must Restore the Sick Soldiers Disab led by TB
Boston news item reports calls to restore soldiers disabled by tuberculosis with medical care and veterans’ support. note continues on page six.
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