Germans Renew Offensive Around Rheims Front
German forces launched a new attack along the Rheims front from Vrigny to La Pompelle, but French troops resisted with strong counter fire and heavy losses for the attackers. East of Rheims and in the center the French reportedly repulsed assaults, while prisoners described a fierce, costly clash as German units attempted to breach fortifications near the cathedral city.
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Presa
Parl
Jane
Rheims
Vrigny
la Pompelle
War Office
Ho Atines
Kheima
Yrigny
la Pompello
Vrengh Aillery
Vrleny
Sillery
Theims
Helms
Alste
Tehelma
Forta
Cormans
Bn Corinne
Distribution Plan for Wheat Arranged by U S Food Officials
Sanwel Plant, chair of the Missouri division of the U S food administration millers division, explains to 150 millers from Missouri Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana the new wheat distribution plan. The miller pays farmers the fixed government price, then grids the wheat and adds weight, grinding, and other costs to set a maximum price for flour.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
United States Food Administration
Sanwel Plant
Missouri
Leniency Sought From War Contract Fraud Probes
United States officials hear from hundreds of letters and witnesses as agents accused of defrauding the U S on war contracts seek leniency. Investigations reveal contingent fee practices, subletting contracts, and attempts by manufacturers to influence army officers. Navy officers had previously tried to curb the system, but wartime expansion increased challenges for investigators.
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U.S
Associated Treas
Washington, D. C
Jsdlf
Department of Justice
Gregory
Heston Thompson
Washington
Department of Jundos
Melcher
Post- Hong
Elients
Navy
United States
Blocked Zeebrugge Entrance Report From British Flyers
Lieutenants George Coward and John Read of the Royal Air Force report Zeebrugge harbor entry blocked by German efforts. British aviators bombed targets at Zeebrugge and Ostend while cement ships in the harbor remain sunk. The Huguenots plan to intern the pilots in Holland as German bombardment persists.
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Eebrugge
George Coward
John Read
Royal Air Forces
Zeeland
Hugi
Telegraaf
Thay
Thorn
Zeebrugge
Ostend Ia
Germany
Holland
Wacupo
Enemy Plans to Curb Emigrants
Washington June 19. Reports from the state department indicate Germany may pass a law to curb emigration after the war to dodge heavy taxes. The draft bill requires leaving 26 percent of taxable property to remain in Germany and imposes five years of tax obligations after peace. Evading taxes through emigration could lead to deprivation of nationality, with restoration possible later by paying owed taxes.
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Associated Presa
Washington, D. C
Germany
Nord. Deutsche Allgemeine Zelitung
Fourth Liberty Loan Plans Target Six Billion
Ten tentative plans for the fourth Liberty Loan indicate a minimum total of 6 billion dollars. Interest rate 4 3/4 percent. Campaign to begin early October. Denomination identical to the third loan.
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Washington, D
Treasury
Butter Party Struggle Reflected in Minnesota Primaries
Minnesota delegates report a fierce battle between Non-Partisan League and Republican candidates in the statewide governor primary. Early returns show Burnquist leading Lindbergh by over 50,000 with 2,279 of 3,119 precincts counted. Comstock leads Wheaton narrowly for the Democratic nomination.
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T Associated
Proax
Wire
St Paul
Minn
Leago
Nuecesa
J. A. A. Burnquist
Charles A. Lindberg
Giva
Burngulat
Lindbergh
W. L. Comstock
Mankato
Fred Wheaton
Minneapolis
Comstock
Wheaton
Ottertall
Record in U S Imports Sets New High in May
Associated Press reports May imports reached the largest in U S history while total foreign commerce totaled 876 million dollars. May imports were 323 million, up 44 million from April, with exports at 652 million, 5 million higher than April. Eleven months show rising sugar shipments and broader trade growth.
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Associated Press
Washington
DB. C
Ja Jna
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Iowa corn crop ahead of last year says Reed
Iowa's corn crop is three weeks ahead of last year and thriving, according to Charles D. Reed, director of the Iowa crop bureau, in the weekly bulletin issued today. Conditions overall are declared excellent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Crop Bureau
Prohibition Opposed by War Board Wooley Colby Testimony
Washington June 19 protests against immediate prohibition were made before the House Agriculture Committee by Bainbridge Colby of the Shipping Board who warned a ban would cut shipyard output by about 25 percent. Colby urged keeping tonnage production high to aid Europe, aiming to grow shipyard employment from 335000 to 600000 amid labor turnover. William J Bryan supported prohibition in principle but urged a gradual approach and separate legislation from appropriation measures.
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Washington,d. C
House Agriculture Committee
Bainbridge Colby
Shipping Board
Colby
Hurley
Golby
Europe
William J. Bryan
Lloyd George
Germany
Bryan
Hotilda
Congress
Hindenburg's Ill Health Reported in 1918 War News
A Tribune summary from June 19 reports Marshal von Hindenburg is gravely ill with an acute nervous disease and confined to a private sanitarium. The item asserts he took no part in the recent Western Front offensive, with General Ludendorff leading the effort.
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Tribune
Marshal von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Western Front
Ludendorff
Air Attacks on Paris Fail to Reach City
Paris dispatch notes German air raids since January 31 with 14 attempts and 22 successful overflights out of more than 300 craft. Calibrator tally shows 9 of the 22 penetrations were shot down by French defenses, while defenses remained more effective than in prior records.
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Associated Proos
Paris
France
Ban on Rubber Imports by War Trade Board
Washington June 19 Associated Press reports that after June 25 no licenses for importing manufactured rubber goods will be issued. All outstanding licenses revoked. Articles must contain no more than five percent rubber to qualify for exemption. The move aims to shield American rubber goods makers from foreign competition following the crude rubber and substitute import restrictions.
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Associated Press
Washington,d. C
War Trade Board
Austrians Press On As Piave Front Holds
Fierce Austrian attacks attempt to break Italian resistance along the Piave as Allied forces around Asiago and the Mont Grappa area face limited bombardment. The Piave line shows little overall gain, with Italian defense holding and Austrian progress unclear in the upper valley sectors.
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Associated Press
Piave
Astugo
Asiago
Val Suganoa
Monte Grappa
Pinve Une
Invhettas
Renata
Cape Fe
French Garry Russian Debt Debate in Paris Chamber
Paris June 18 The French government faces a debt dispute as Socialist deputies push a conference on renewing the Bank of France privilege and addressing the 600 million francs owed to French investors in Russian towns. Finance Minister Llotot denies government blame and expresses confidence in the Russian state and in French investors.
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Towan Wirad
Paris
Thea Irebeh
Tussi
Klol
Chamber of Deputies
Bank of France
Runstin Debe
France
Edouard Barth
Xlota
Russia
M. Likloty
Oshather
Kenyon Wins Highest Vote in Republican Primary Race
Des Moines dispatch reports Kenyon received 127,060 votes, the top tally among Republicans in the 191 primary. Harding, Moora, and Shaw also won renomination or notable tallies, with Allen seeking a fourth term and other nominees named for attorney general and railroad commissioner. Widespread totals for governor, attorney general, auditor, and treasurer were listed with respective vote counts.
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Associated Presa
Des Moines
Kenyon
U. S. Servie
Harding
Moora
H. M. Havndy
Frank Shaw
Allen
WW. C. Ramsay
C. A. Hall
Journal Strives as Patriotic Paper Amid Staffing Changes
The Mascntine Journal outlines its editorial stance and notes four staffers have left to enter service. It acknowledges absence of a major local item and highlights government emphasis on voluntary censorship of troop movements. The paper aims to remain a patriotic community newspaper.
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Mascntine Tourenal
Hint Department
Austria Now Without Grain as Supply Runs Dry
London reports Austria's grain supplies are exhausted as German allocations and Ukrainian shipments dwindle. Austrian food minister Terr Paul told the Vienna correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt that the bread ration has been reduced due to insufficient imports from Bessarabia and Hungary. The 1917 harvests from these regions were fully distributed and consumed, with the Romanian harvest also used up.
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Associated Press
London
Austria
Germany
Indicationa Iism
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Terr Paul
Vienna
Berlin
Bessarabia
Hungary
Throngs Attend Bankers Meet in Iowa Convention
The thirty second annual Iowa Bankers Association convention opened with over twelve hundred delegates in Dubuque. President S M Leach welcomed by J K Deming, Secretary Warner read the annual report, with main address by G A Hineeh of Cincinnati and talks by W S Kayes of New York City. Afternoon sessions featured Harrison B Riley of the war savings committee and Haun Kendall of Alvin Iowa. Social events included an auto tour, Union Park vaudeville, and a ladies reception at the country club.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Iowa Bankers Association
S. M. Leach
J. K. Deming
du Buaque
Warner
Des Moines
G. A. Hineeh
Chicinnati
American Banking Association
Miss Lusk Begins 19 Year Sentence for Murder
Waukesha Wisconsin June 10 Grace Lusk started a 19 year term at Waupon penitentiary for the killing of Mary Newman Roberts. She left with Under Sheriff Joseph Wilking and friends Myre Lull and Laura Barger accompanying her. Doctor G Love found her physically fit for travel and she expressed wishes for dresses and comforts in jail but was advised they would be unavailable in prison.
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Ausociaad
Waukesha
Wis
Grace
Tusk
Todig
Wau- Pon
Mary Newman Roberts
Sherif Joseph Wilking
Myre Lull
Laura Barger
Love
Miss Lusk
Approval of Large Direct Loan to Brooklyn Rapid Transit
The War Finance Corporation approved a direct loan not to exceed 317,320,000 to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Conditions for the advance were not disclosed.
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Associated Tress
Washington, D. C
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Wari Finance Corporation
Aviator Officer Kilied at Benbrook Flight Campus
A Fort Worth dispatch reports aviation instructor H. Kelly was killed this afternoon at Benbrook. The accompanying cadet was unharmed. The incident appears to involve a military aviation operation with preliminary details released by Associated Press texts.
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Kilied
Fort Worth
Texas
H. ©. Kelly
Benbrook
Turks Sack Hospitals Near Tabriz In War Threat Update
Washington June 18 reports say Ottoman troops sacked the American hospital at Tabriz Persia and seized the American and British consulates. If confirmed the act may push toward war and affect allied status against America. Officials in New York identified the hospital as Colton Memorial Hospital endowed by a Philadelphia family.
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Washington, D. C
Tabriz
Persia
Able Department
Ad Teheran
Germany
Amon Atherica
Woxpill
New York
N. Y
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Limit Express Merger By U8 In Postwar Plan
A government arranged merger plan dissolves the express monopoly after the war emergency ends. A contract signed today by express companies and the railroad administration reorganizes Adams, American, Wells Fargo and Southern as separate units again until anti trust laws are amended. Western, Great Northern and Northern Express are expected to join before the merger becomes effective on July 1.
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Washington, D.C
Eexpress Companies
Railroad Administration
Demmand
Gregory
Adams, American
Wella Fargo
Southern
Western
Great Northern
Northern Express
Win War Now: Blough Urges Speedy Victory in War Effort
Iowa June 19. Governor Blough of Arkansas tells 69 Arkansas business leaders on a Midwest inspection tour that the United States must win the war quickly. He urges enforcement of rules to root out loafing and traitors who disrespect the Stars and Stripes. The party plans to move on to Ames for the night.
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Waterloo
Iowa
United States
C W. Alough
Ariankag
Blough
Arkansas
Middle West
Ames
Weather forecast for showers and warmer temperatures
A forecast indicates possible showers this afternoon or tonight with warmer conditions tonight. Thursday looks partly cloudy and warmer.
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Alles
Tieutenanta
Sul
Siown
J. Aea
Barnquist
U. S
War Board
Austad
Bankers
Spain
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