Draft reclassification to move married men into top classes
Washington June 7 general revision of selective service clarifications began under Provost Marshal General Crowder. States ordered investigations into why few registrants are in class one in some areas and to transfer thousands from class four to higher classes. Married men with wives earning incomes may be reclassified. local boards to hold a special class one week in June for doubtful cases. Navy enlistments for 1918 registrants barred until orders and serial numbers are assigned.
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Washington, D. C
Tony
General Crowder
States
Coss
Navy
Marine Corps
Service Cross for Yankees
The distinguished service cross is awarded to American expeditionary forces officers and men including Lieutenants George Redwood Christian S Holmes Captain C Raymond Hulgart Lieutenant Paul Mollond Second Lieutenant Donald Moorane and noncommissoned personnel Corporal Mongeay Privates Armstrong Rolt Shuman Sergeant James A Murphy for actions on November 20 southwest of Cambrai. Redwood and four others entered an enemy trench, repelled a German force, and returned with four prisoners. Holmes led a patrol, captured a sentinel, and returned through No Man's Land. Murphy hid and killed a fired-on sentinel.
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France
Associated Press
George §. Redwood
Christian S. Holmes
James A. Murphy
Ernest Burch
Henry J. Mongoay
Edward Armstrong
Bernhard S. Rolt
Car Non J. Shuman
C. Raymond Hulgart
Paul Mollond
Donald Moorane
Cambrai
Tieutenant Redwood
Mongeay
Armstrong
Rolt
Shuman
Theutenant Holmes
No Man's Land
Murphy
Billion in Tax Proposed for War Revenue Rise
Washington, June 7. House Ways and Means opens hearings on a bill to double existing taxes to raise about 8 billion dollars for next year's war costs. Secretary McAdoo proposes higher income taxes on unearned incomes, extra taxes on luxuries, and a larger levy on earned incomes. April receipts show total war tax collection around 169 million, with daily government spending near 50 million.
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Washington, D. C
Searcatory McAdoo
House
Ways and Means Committee
McAdoo
Anscomes
Incamos
Vrosits
Treasury
East Europe Editorial Warns of Rising German Hostility
Cologne newspaper Volks Zeitung warns Berlin of growing anti German sentiment in Russia and among Ukrainians, citing entente influence and Wilsons May 13 appeal. It advocates dialogue with Soviet Russia to ease tensions, civil administration on border states, and a new imperial commission to gauge Russian Landtag opinion.
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Amaterdam
Germany
Russia
Volks Zeitung
Cologne
Japan
Wilenn
Wilson
France
Tomoyong
Imperial
Pco-File
Wheat Yield for America Big Victory Harvest Forecast
The Department of Agriculture forecast a total of about 1.03 billion bushels of winter and spring wheat for the season, with spring and winter crops shown strong in many states. Projections, conditions, and regional figures include Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, highlighting large production expectations and notable yields across the Midwest.
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Associated -Press
Washington
Department of Age
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Datola
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Marines Drive On as Germans Lose Ground in France
U S Marines pressed north of Chateau Thierry and cleared multiple objectives in a two mile advance on a three mile front. Prisoners reported about 1000 captured in the morning action with German morale deteriorating. Artillery and gas supported the assault as Marines fought in open woods and ravines near Hollean Wood and Torey, with strong ground gained and plans for renewed strikes.
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Maine
Associated Press
Martes
Chateau Witerly Curly
Tha Iarinch
Balienn
Ciinteat Thierry
Unes
Hollean Wood
Torey
Wir
Maring
Ainghe
Eiling
Boye
Gerhian
Himelf
Kumerend
Telldau Wood
Woos
Buessaires
Toray’ Alay
Prenell
Natlick
Tha Mne
Alta
Anny
Semenof Now Flees Alloala Trans-Halk Front Split
Shanghai reports General Semenoff leader of anti Bolshevik Sie Derlan forces flees Trans-Halkalia front amid internal dissent and plans to disband his unit or flee toward Mongolia Harbin Manchuria. AP dispatch notes Bolshevik troops cross the Jonon river in Transbaikalia and praises several attacks. London reports Russian Soviet government grappling with peace talks with Ukraine and German Ukrainian encroachments.
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Shanghai
Semenoff
Sie Derlan
trans-Halkalia Front
Eastern ‘News
Warhin
Ucmty
Mongolia
Harbin
Manchuria
Associated Press
Generial Semenoff
Siberia
Jonon
Transbaikalia
Ukraine
London
Itar
French Warship Battles Enemy U Boat Off Coast
A French armed merchant ship docked reporting a clash with a German submarine near the Virginia Capes. Details are sparse. Senator Swanson, chair of the naval committee, said allied and American forces have destroyed about sixty percent of German U boats and halved shipping, with no withdrawal of U.S. warships from overseas due to German raiding.
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Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Washington
Senator Swanson
Naval Committee
Navy
Toy
Coas
Swans
Marines Break German Front Northwest of Chateau Thierry
American marines fighting with French troops on the Marne front drive a large German salient from Bouresches to Torcy and back the line toward Chateau Thierry. They seize Torcy and Bouresches while Belleau Wood remains fiercely contested and gas shells add pressure. French and British advances north and south of the Aisne, Le Port, Vinly, and Vinly Hill 204, alongside American gains along Torcy Bouresches, mark a broad push in the region.
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Chateau Mierry
Marne
Orey
Mies
Sfanco
Solasons
le Port
Aisne
Clignon
Gandela
Vinly
Yeuilly
Poterle
Germany
Associated Press
Torcy
Bouresches
Chateau Thierry
Torey
Belleau Wood
Paris
Torcy-Belleau
War Office
Noyon
Montdidier
Picardy Arca
le Fort
Fontenoy
Chauteau Phi
Ure
Vowilly
Husynires
Vilny
Cliqnon
Eecove
Veuilly la Poterie
Torcy-Bellen
Chateau Hlerry
Che
Foch
Mente
Weather outlook for Iowa and Illinois tonight and Saturday
Forecast calls for fair weather in Iowa tonight with unsettled conditions likely on Saturday and rising temperatures. In Illinois, fair skies tonight give way to a Saturday with a somewhat warmer north portion and unsettled conditions elsewhere.
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Lowa
Illinois
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