War News and Events Reported From Many Fronts
The executive committee of the euestatt Soviet at Moscow called to arms several classes of women and peasants in Petrograd Moscow Kuban and the Don region amid a counter revolutionary plot. The Leasowe Castle was sunk by a submarine near the Mediterranean with 101 dead including officers and soldiers. Belgian legation reports 18 Belgians shot in Vieux Dieu fortress. Kronstadt forts seized and fortified per Pravo via Copenhagen. Furness Line steamship Cheviot Range lost 25 crew after submarine attack off Fastnet. Ukrainian peasant disorders cited with villages drenched in gas. entire communities asphyxiated with 18 killed or wounded in Paris bombardment. Harkness Ray to compete in Chicago auto derby on June 22. Mrs Alfred Gwyn Vanderbilt and Ray T Baker to wed at Lenox Mass in early June. Red Cross drive exceeds goal by 70 million with 47 million contributors and total 166 million dollars raised. War department reports 200,000 men drafted into 22 camps starting June 24.
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Euestatt Soviet
Moscow
Petrograd
Kuban
Don
Americans and Germans clash north of Toul in air fight
Four American planes and six German planes engage. An American pilot shoots down a German biplane while another American plane bursts into flames and crashes inside enemy lines. Rear Admiral Gleaves says US battleships are ready alongside Britain for a fleet engagement. Lieut Bigelow earns Croix de Guerre. President Lincoln transport survivors saved. four officers and 23 enlisted men are missing. Lieut Isaacs captured after three torpedoes hit the ship and it sinks in 18 minutes.
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Toul
United States
New York
Albert Gleaves
Navy Department
President Lincoln
E. V. M. Isaacs
Mijnutes
Rock Island Workers Walk Out Over Wage Dispute At Silvis Shops
More than 2,000 men at the Silvis shops of the Rock Island at Moline walked out to pressure Threetar General McAdoo for a revision of the recent wage award. The note cites allied wartime labor tension and calls for action amid ongoing industrial strife.
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Rock Island
Moline
Threetar
McAdoo
Washington nursing chief cites hospital bombing won t deter volunteers
Miss Jane Delano director of the Red Cross nursing department in Washington says German hospital bombing will not deter American women from volunteering for hospital work. She notes frightful tactics will push more to support brothers in the fight for liberty. Official announcements say 280 000 men will be called to the colors in June reporting June 24.
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Jane Delano
Department of Nursing
Red Cross
Washington
Allied Lines Hold As German Drive Stalled Near Soissons
Reporting from the front in Champagne and Picardy, British American and French forces repelled a major German push toward Paris. Cantigny is captured by American troops after a swift assault led by tanks, with light American casualties. Wilson urges swift tax legislation to fund the war while promising a fall Liberty bond issue.
German Bombing Kills Nurse in Remote Hospital Raid
German air raids struck a distant town hospital killing one nurse and wounding several. The attackers also targeted Paris but French air defenses proved strong as American aviators join in the defense of the city.
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Paris
Italian Forces Seize Mountain Positions In Tonale Region
Italian units attacked Austrian defenses in the Tonale region capturing key mountain positions and prisoners. They also pierced the lower Piave front near Cape Sile, fighting on ground 1200 feet above sea level amid glaciers and melting snows. Sweden signs commercial navigation pact with Britain and allies. Denmark faces German ultimatum over an accord with America as U boat sinkings continue under American shipyard efforts.
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Tonale
Piave
Cape Sile
Sweden
Great Britain
Denmark
America
Germany
President urges thrift and wartime savings in appeal
On Wednesday the president urged Americans to buy only essentials for health and efficiency and to save money. He called for systematic investment in war savings, Thrift stamps, and other government securities.
Rail wage boost and rate hikes announced by McAdoo
Director General McAdoo unveiled general pay raises for nearly two million railway workers, aligning with most railroad wage commission recommendations. He also announced freight and passenger rate increases, with passenger rates to 3 cents a mile and freight up over 25 percent, projected to add about 900 million dollars yearly to cover wages and higher supplies costs. Hoover warns wheat restrictions must tighten to prevent shortages for allies. He notes domestic consumption should not exceed one third of total needs.
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McAdoo
Railroad Wage Commission
Hoover
America
Record optimistic forecast for Western Canada seeding
The article reports ideal April seeding conditions across Western Canada with farmers working from dawn to dusk to maximize acreage. It notes favorable weather, adequate moisture, and early sowing of wheat oats and barley, with hopes for a record harvest and higher future returns. J. D. McGregor of the Federal Food Board credits excellent crop conditions and predicts a very large crop if weather remains favorable.
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Western
Canada
J. D. McGregor
Federal Food Board
Calgary
Prairie Provinces
Food Control Board
McGregor
Different Circumstances
A dialogue reveals a couple debating affection and finances. She questions love after a week of gifts. he admits steady feelings but cites cash flow and payday as a mid month constraint. The exchange highlights strain from budgeting and expectations.
Restoring hair with Cuticura regimen ad
To restore dry, falling hair and remove dandruff rub Cuticura Ointment into the scalp. The next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap using hot water. Free samples available by writing Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents by druggists or mail.
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Dept. X
Boston
Had Her Choice War Time Dilemma Over Shoes Or Music
A father tells his daughter during wartime he cannot afford both white shoes and music lessons. The daughter must choose between continuing white shoe upkeep and ongoing music lessons, highlighting the strain of shortages and high prices.
Show a Little Pep In Drill
An officer drills recruits and mocks a timid sentry voice. He orders a louder response and claps for emphasis. A recruit imitates, then echoes the command with gusto, shouting Halt Who goes there Show a little pep to spur discipline.
Ready to Hand Let us drink in this story night
A Baltimore American item notes a moment of shared savor as readers scan the night story until the Dipper is spotted. The brief caption evokes calm, communal reading in a city page.
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Baltimore American
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Leasowe Castle
British Admiralty
London
Mediterranean
Lves
Vieux Dieu
London Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Pravo
Kronstadt
Pediterranean
England
Fastnet
Ukraine
London Daily Express
Corpus Christi
Harkness
Ray
Speedway
Park
Chicago
Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt
Ray T. Baker
Annat
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
Louisville
War Department
U.S
Teutonic War News
Edmund C. Bigelow
That City
France
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Feet Corporation
Oo Dioner
State Hospital For the Insane
Columbia
S.C
Felix A. Roving
Elizabeth
Perth Worth
Tex
George H. Lacaske
Olf
Taxier Field
Alabama
Crowder
Office of the
Home Boards
G. B. Evans
Philadelphia
Miami
Fla.) Naval Air Station
Monaghan
George la Seslie
Saginaw, Mich
Taylor Field
Atlanta
P. G. Mihleder
Taliaferro Field
Buckus
Robert Paul Prager
Edwardsville
Edwin P. Webb
Guy L. Gearhart
Indianapolis
Major Gearhart
Aviation Repair Depot
Reichstag
Munich
Geneva
Cologne
National War Labor Board
Western Union Telegraph Company
Railroad Administration
Congress
Supreme Court
Wilson
The
War Industries Board
King George and
Mem Don
Capt
Gabriel Pares
Buckingham Palace
Sond
United
WEEF
Champagne
Fooh
Marne
Ittalians
Edward W. Pickard
Flanders
Amiens
Vezilly
Chemin Des Dames
Craonne
Vauilly
Fismes
Soissons
Foch
von Boehm
Von
Coucy
Reims
Aisne
Veste
Fere-en- Tardenois
Arras
Picardy
Montdidier
Cantigny
Pershing
Luneville
Voormezeele
Locre
Newark
Agawam
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Admiralty
Central Committee of
White Guard
Charlies
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