Revolution in Prague Predicted Amid Food Shortage
Reports from Vienna indicate Prague and industrial towns face extreme food shortages. Austrian authorities may raise bread rations or face rising unrest. riots against Jews and anti semitic tensions are reported in Lemberg and Galicia amid a wider famine threat across Austria Hungary.
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U S Troops Hold 38 Miles On Western Front
Washington reports American soldiers now hold the fighting line for 38 miles on the western front in six positions under American officers while others fight alongside British and French units. No halt to transatlantic troop movements is planned despite U boats. A September US entry is anticipated as looming war plans advance and American munitions production grows.
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Policy collapse in Ireland breaks home rule debate
London dispatch describes Earl Curzon's House of Commons remarks as a breakdown in Irish policy. Papers blast government for vacillation on home rule and conscription, arguing Sinn Fein gains and Ireland descending into disorder while Unionists warn of harsh measures.
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Germans Would Fly From Home During War Flight Sought Denmark
Berlin residents attempted to escape by air on Thursday using two planes. One plane landed in Denmark with an unoccupied aircraft and a Berlin university reserve officer as a passenger. The second plane was shot down by German guards in the Baltic Sea after patrols warned along the coast. The Danish landing craft is reported to be an Albatros type. Burlington appoints W T Harper milk and ice chief for Iowa Food Administration guiding milk products and ice questions.
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Yanks Improve Line by Attack Near Belleau Wood
American forces northwest of Chateau Thierry gained ground with small but brilliant attacks on the north edge of Belleau Wood, tightening the line this morning as the fight continues in France.
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Davenport social worker Edith Townsend ends life by gas inhalation
Davenport Iowa June 21 mentally distressed by threat of total blindness Edith Townsend 47 a well known social worker died last night from inhaling gas from a kitchen range two brothers in service en route to France were among her relatives.
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Draft call issued for 8076 registrants for training
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced 8076 draft registrants qualified for general military service will be sent on June 16 to various schools for special training. The call remains open for volunteers until July 1.
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Expect New FGE Drive On British Front
British and French operations report graving heavy German cannonades foreshadowing a new assault. Crown Prince Rupprecht's army reorganizes for a fresh push along the front while German gains near Rhalms are contested. British raids in Arras and towards Albert yield prisoners and machine guns as French positions improve southwest of Soissons and near Hautesnes. Pershing notes enemy patrols with losses around Chateau Thierry and in the Woevre region amid ongoing artillery fighting.
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Czecho Slovak forces seize railway in Siberia dispute
Moscow reports that Czecho Slovak control now grips southern Trans Siberian routes from Samara to Chelyabinsk and north to Yekaterinburg, cutting Soviet grain logistics. The clash began May 26 as Trotsky orders disarmament of Czech Slovak troops en route to Vladivostok, with mobilization across the Volga region.
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Plan Overseas Flight For U S War Planes
Washington D C June 21 Big American air and seaplanes should fly across the Atlantic to reach the front by next summer. Major General W Brancker of the British air ministry said the pilot trans Atlantic flight should be attempted at once. The British air council has decided on trans Atlantic flights to move American made aircraft to the front. Initial flight may occur this autumn in a British machine from Newfoundland touching the Azores and Portugal before Ireland. Flight could take about forty hours with crews including an engineer a relief of pilots and a navigating officer. Weather engine reliability and forecast accuracy are key factors.
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Regulations in work or fight orders issued
Local boards to consider most of caseloads and attendants under the draft while non productive roles are narrowed as non essential. Crowder officials say baseball players remain non productive until a ruling is appealed, but travel salesmen must be treated as producing jobs while auto salesmen in unions are excluded. Local boards are asked to help registrants find new work through the federal employment service.
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Leading U S Ace Missing After Fight in France
West Lieutenant Frank L. Baylies of New Bedford Massachusetts, a leading American ace in the French flying corps, is missing after a four German planes engagement. Baylies, 22, had 12 aerial victories since Feb 1918 and had been promoted through the ranks. He earned the Legion of Honor on June 1 and served with the American field ambulance before joining France.
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Italian gains slow Austrian advance on Piave front
Italian Army Headquarters reports Austrians failed to widen the northeastern Piave salient and were stopped near Montebelluna and Nervosa. Italian forces claim hundreds of prisoners, while American aviators bomb an Austrian bridge on the Piave. The second phase of the Austrian offensive is anticipated with attacks near Valstagna and Brenta valley.
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