Latest casualties hit Iowa as war rages in France
Des Moines reports list 13 Iowa soldiers among the U S casualties in France as of May 27. Towns like Winterset Mason City and Red Oak are named with others from DuBuque Des Moines and Wintersot among the injured or killed. Rainbow Division losses total 91 killed with more dying later. The article details American advances near Chateau Thierry Vouilly and Jaulgonne, plus early action by a 19 gun battalion and artillery duels.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Mason City
Wintersot
Red Oak
Ebc
Fluor
C. R. Green
Allata
Rainbow Division
State House
168Th
Third Town
Germany
France
Associated Preas
Chateau, Nictorry
Veuilly Wood
Young Ta Veterie
Marge
Jaulgonne
Enat
Chateau Thierry
Vouilly
Marne River
Outakirta
Ima
Battlo
Army casualty list shows 110 names with many actions
Washington June 5 army casualty lists total 110. Killed in action 39 died of wounds 13 died of accident 35 died of disease 6 wounded severely 47 missing in action 2. Officers named include Bertram T. Clayton Salisbury North Carolina Harry A. Bullock Cambridge Massachusetts Edward O. Fleur Des Moines Iowa Clarence Green Winterset Iowa Richard Mortimer Jr Tuxedo Park North Carolina Honard R. Smith Newcastle Indiana Abram Craddock Lynchburg Virginia Adam Jambrauckas Philadelphia Walter Sullivan Chicago Fred Westphal Providence R. E. Ralph Noble Galesburg Illinois Ben Byrd Hartford Connecticut Robert Bat a Jersey City New Jersey. List lists many others with ranks and hometowns and notes prisoners previously reported missing. Note lists June 4 corrections scattered.
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Washington, D. C
Sopra
R Cole Bertram T. Clayton
Salisbury
N. C
Harry A. Ulock
Cambridge
Mass
Edward O. Fleur
Des Moines
Iowa
Clarence Green
Winterset
Richard Mortimer, Jr
Tuxedo
Park
Honard R. Smith
Newcastle
Ind
Abram P. Craddock
Lynichburg
Adam P. Jambrauckas
Philadelphia
Walter J. Sullivan
Chicago
Fred August Westphal
Providence
R. E
Ralph M. Noble
Galesburg
Ill
Benjamin C
Anderson
Pennsylvania Avene
Mayon City
Iowe
Claude ‘Baken
Fifth Street
S. W
Town
Osbar Daker
South Locust Street
Dubuane
Carl GB
Beversdorf
Conlor Avenue
Dubuque
Towa
Frank R. Brown
Hed Oak
Loch Lloyd St
Coulvourn
Olly 3
Graig
North Third Street
Cedar Rapidy
Bruce C. Groft
Eugene Ford Winteract
Wilford Funderburg
Durand
Lloyd W. Cattye
Stuart
Smith Hann
Gladstone C. Howitt
South Walnut Street
Rastan
Admiral D. Hulsey
Rebecca
William Kolliach
Lancaster
Earl G. Shaw
Eleventh Streat
Arthur G van Dyne
Gallfornix
Penn
John Zaulaza
Middleton
Conn
Gordon
Perry
Creston
Davis
Nora Springs
Clemmie
Atkinson
Denmark
Ore
Holly Coffee
Morgan
Samuel Enzard
Aviantle
Wayne E. Huxstable
Lamars
John MH. McDonald
Wellington
Mage
William M. Saunders
Garwin
Joseph Schubert
Port City
Pas
William A. Staley
Avenue I
Council Bluffs
Charles
Howard R. Donald Bochter
Independence
John M. Jones
Pittsburgh
Adamip
Walter 7. Sullivan
Fred Augaat Weatphal
Stugh F. Dumas
Toronto
Canna
Clayton Randall
St. Paul
Corporala Albert Li Kennedy
Charlestown
Maas
Iwilliam
Cannell
Fred W. Putney
Hutchinson
Minn
iMechanic
Herman H. Pretzel
Anderman Street
Waterloo
Manuel A. Joseph
West Oakland
Calif
Eugene R. Kelly
South Minneapolia
Earl S. King
Stanley Kryscysyns
Podniaki
Russia
Ebon C. Leftingwell
17Th Street
Joseph Leona
Boston
Masas
Harry C. Marie
John J. McCarthy
George H. Morson
Walter Munn
Walter G. Nelson
Hutchingon
Reginald, W. Newman
Snohomish
Wash
Lawrence W. Northam
la Porte
Harvey 1
Opren
South Benn
Little Canada
Charles D. Perry
Poquonock
Cont
John J. Phalen
Detriot
Willie L. Pierce
Texotor
Gerald A. Rogers
Lacona
William C. Ruhl
Akron
Otlo
Glou R
Tatham
Ipayva
Hans Thoratad
Minneapoliia
Charles Wagner
Emmit J. Prosser
Minneapolis
Kansas
Minneapolis, Minn
Cantigny Casualty List Brings War Home to Muscatine
Muscatine readers and three honored veterans, Sergeant Owen Hawkins Corporal Merla Skinner and Private Albert Montgomery, faced the Cantigny casualty list with heavy reflection. The May 27 roll names 39 men, 22 from Towns, marking the cost of the first Cantigny assault and confirming the fighters’ shared fate.
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la S
Cantigny
Jelalla
Muscatine
Owen Hawking
Merla Skinner
Privlate Albart Montgomery
Ito
Montgomery
Skinner
Hawkins
Mann
Gantigny
Owen Hawkins
Red
Price Fixing for Lumber Hinted by War Industries Board
Washington June 6. War Industries Board considers fixing lumber prices for both private buyers and government. Policy mirrors government aim to extend favorable terms to private consumers similar to those extended to government purchases.
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Washington, D. C
War Industries Board
Pelee
Russians Defeat Huns and Turks in Trans-Caucasia Battle
An Associated Press report from Moscow says a major May 24 battle in the Kirs district Trans-Caucasia ended with Russian forces prevailing. Turks and Germans are said to be retiring along the Ardahan road as the local population suffers massacres per the Telegraph dispatch.
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Associated Press
London
Kirs
Trans- Caucasia
Exchange
Moscow
Ardahan
German Push Pauses as Allied Lines Hold Near Soissons
Paris reports indicate German assaults along the French front have slowed as Allied defenses stabilize. Attacks near Dammiers Courcy and Choxy failed, with French infantry and tanks repelling incursions. North of Courcy and around Autreches to Dommières, German efforts were broken up, while artillery action persists north of the Marne and near Rheims.
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Paris
Joenl Nidneks
Mtn
War Office
Lnes
Curtenant Wood
Demmiers
Courcy Land
Choxy
Repton
Courcy
Leon
Outakirta
Carlepont
Autreches
Onat
Dommieré
Corcy
Oureq
Chazy
Adverney
Mans
Rheims
Roald Bne_lish
London
Morland Equet
Amiens
Baleinns
Smuggling Plot Aims to Bring Crown Jewels to America
An alleged scheme to import the crown jewels of the dethroned Romanoff dynasty into the United States was uncovered by customs officials. Two passengers aboard the vessel Vin Dimar Jogelsen and Montefior Kahn were arraigned in Hoboken for alleged complicity and held on $10,000 bond each.
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Annasiated Preas Lensnd
New York
N. Yu
America
Romlanoff
United States
Montefior
Kahn
Hoboken
Yank Succe ss Cheers London
London reports that American troops are fighting in the Marne to Ourcq sector with notable prowess, reinforcing the Allied line and bolstering British public morale. German advances persist with high violence but slowed progress as Allied forces balance the field, while French and British press hail American vigor and strategic reserves shaping future drives.
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London
Can- Hgny
Seetora
Marne
Oureq
Paris
Amions
Beauvais
America
Lexpress
Veullly
Atlante
Germany
Europa
Daily Express
Hull Majority 13 Increases in Primary Vote Counts
Davenport Iowa June 4 Hull Harry J. Hull carried every county except Jackson in Monday's primary according to latest figures. Total Hull 6 007 Manville 3 268 with county by county tallies showing Clinton Hull 1 693 Manville 1 061 Town 616 395 Jackson Hull 341 Manville 465 Sennyon 604 Manville 0 Muabatlac 790 Mannville 671 Scott 1 073 Manville 275.
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Davenport
Town
Harry J. Hull
Jackson
Johnson County
Hull
Manville
Clinton
Manyville
Jackson County
Sennyon
A . Muabatlac
Mannville
Scott County
Farm Loan Bonds Withdrawn Amid Liberty Campaign
Washington reports the federal farm labor board withdrew further offering of farm loan bonds after selling about 60 million dollars in two weeks. Funds were aimed to cover loans through November 1. The offering will be renamed in line with the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign.
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Associated Dread
Washington, D.C
Jung'le
Federal ‘Farm Labor ‘Board
Liccase
Inet
Loins Watt
Ofering
Fourth Liberty
Leon
Strike Halts Business at Stock Yards
Chicago stockyards shut down as 2,000 to 3,000 workers walked out halting incoming business. After several hours, commission men began handling stock receipts. Walkout left only superintendents at work. strikes were not included in arbitration awards though yard employees had received a $15 a month raise.
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Chicago
Wilson presses clemency for Mooney in second letter
Washington June 5 President Wilson sent a second letter to Governor Stephens urging clemency for Thomas J Mooney. The request follows a March appeal that was rejected after the court passed on the appeal. Mooney was convicted of involvement in the July 22 1916 San Francisco preparedness parade bombing that killed ten people.
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Washington, D. Oy
Wilson
Stephens
Callefornia
Thevymrdan
Thomas J. Mooney
Provident
Mooney
Stephane
San Francisco
Eskundasund Captured After Safe Conduct Violation
The Norwertia steamship Eskundasund with a German safe conduct was captured by a German submarine and sent to Swinemunde as a prize. She carried herrlig cargo to Stockholm for the Swedish food commission and was en route from earlier duties.
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Washington, D.C
Eskundasund
Swinemunde
Alyices
Alata Department
Stockholm
Swedish Food Commission
French Parliament Debates Gun Bureau for Artillery Work
Deputies Renandel and Ferry in the Chamber propose a War Office bureau to direct artillery development for offensives. The German offensives show new artillery use with light, mobile field guns that enhance surprise and campaign success.
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Parla
Renandel and
Ferry
Chamber of Deputies
Yankee Patrol Battle Front France Report
An American patrol clashed with seven German troops on the Lunéville front, killing several of the enemy and driving other German forces away. Another American patrol destroyed an enemy concrete observation post. Five German guns and airplanes were reported inactive in the Lunéville sector. Heavy artillery fire and gas shells pounded areas behind American lines. four German aeroplanes crossed behind the American lines and were attacked by American aviators but escaped. Numerous other combats were reported.
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Teuton
Soigsons
Chateau Thierry
Chozy
Corey
Dammiars
Vantaka
Ling
Morlancourt Betayoon
Anara Ail
Somme
Albert
Aamerican
France
Associated Press
Tluncaville
Luneville
Iday
Plan to Protect Coast Shipping Against Submarine Raids
Washington reports plan to guard coast shipping as mines and submarine threats loom off Delaware and Virginia, with Navy officials prepared to convoy some coastal trade and keep open the route to France. Survivors from the Steamship Carolina recount the German sea campaign and a wireless warning standoff aboard.
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Atlantic
American
France
Daniele
Navy Department
Virginia
Maryland
Naval
Scone
Pris
Herbert L. Pratt
Delaware
Berlin
New York
N.Y
Germany
Carolina
Delaware Capes
Edwin W. Vogel
New York City
Vogel
Cape May
Brooklyn Navy Yard
J.db. Barbour
Barbour
Iowa Storms Loom This Afternoon With Thunder Showers
Iowa outlook calls for probable thunder showers this afternoon or tonight with unsettled conditions Thursday and little temperature change. Illinois remains partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with minimal temperature variation and possible lingering fog in northern portions.
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Iowa
Illinois
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