Farewell to Wood as he returns to Camp Funston
Major General Leonard Wood, relieved from command of the 89th Division, resumed command at Camp Funston Kansas after orders changing his assignment. He urged his officers to do their best to win the war and expressed confidence the victory would be decisive.
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Leonard Wood
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Camp Funaton
Kan
Wood
Baker
Sih
Europe
San Francisco
Western Department
Army
Camp Funston
Cone
France
Gen- Wood
Otcer
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Gothere
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General Wood
Gibson Tells War Stories at Newport Naval Station
Preston Gibson of Washington and Newport, attached to the French Ambulance Corps, spoke to officers and enlisted men at the Naval Training Station in Newport. He lauded American troops on the western front and recounted war incidents including destroyers capturing submarines and a sharp exchange about timing with a German sub chase.
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New York Times
Newport
R. IE
Preston Gibson
Washington
St Quentin
Bartle
Chemin Des Dames
Stahere
Bson
J. Gibson
List of 6644 War Casualties Includes 16 Killed In Action
The War Department released a consolidated casualty tally for American forces abroad totaling 6,664. It lists 16 killed in action, 11 died of wounds, 4 missing, 29 wounded severely, 13 wounded to an undetermined degree, and 4 died of disease, with two commissioned officers among those named.
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War Department
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Philadelphia
Biddle
Lafayette
No Man‘s Land
Dune
Reese
Seeeessaree
Oseseeeseseeetes
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38 Americans Cited for Brave Conduct in France
The War Department released Pershing's Sunday communiqué noting 38 American Expeditionary Forces officers and enlisted men were cited for gallantry. The list includes Captain Henry W. Worthington, First Lieutenants Edward B. Hope and Thurston E., and many others from infantry, artillery, Marines, and Navy units. A separate report details Lieutenant Douglas Campbell shooting down a German two-seater over the enemy airfield before returning to American lines.
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Associated Press
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Henry W
Lancaster
Penn
Hope
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Walterboro
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Thurston E
Artillery
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Ratajczak
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War Risks Safeguarded
Treasury Department vowed strict prosecution for all fraud under the Wear Risk Insurance act after the indictment of a Camp Devens soldier and a woman for forging an allowance check. Special investigators nationwide, with help from Justice, Army, and Navy agents, guard against such schemes. Penalties include fines up to 5,000 and imprisonment up to two years.
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Chinese drive to fund Red Cross sends $100000 gold pledge
Shanghai report says the American Red Cross drive in China will remit at least 100000 dollars in gold to New York. About fifty thousand associate members were enrolled during the campaign. Organizers call the result greatly gratifying and see it as a sign of goodwill toward the United States.
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Associated Press
Red Cross
China
New York
Brooklyn Soldier Missing Hopke Aged 20 Drafted Dec
Brooklyn man William Hopke 20 is listed as missing in the latest casualty roll. A 102d Machine Gun Battalion Company B member, he sailed for France in March after being drafted December 5. He lived at 358 Bainbridge Street with his mother, father, and sister. his brother Charles is in France with the 1st Army Corps.
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Brooklyn
William Hopke
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France
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Charles
1St Army Corps
William
Italian airmen active amid front line engagements
The Italian War Office reports moderate artillery activity along the front with advanced posts repulsing enemy patrols. Italian and allied air squadrons dropped five tons of bombs on enemy camps, shot down five hostile planes, and destroyed one on the Piave left bank. The Austrian War Office notes revived artillery duels at many points.
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Miss Catherine Stinson Finishes Chicago New York Flight
Miss Catherine Stinson completed her cross country trip landing at Aviation Field 1 in Mineola at 7 40 pm. She was alone in the aircraft and later departed with Lieutenant Randall. Officials expect she may fly from Sheepshead Bay to morrow.
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Chicago
Austrian Socialists Demand Reichsrat Vote On Peace Terms
A joint Austro-Hungarian Socialist Labor Democratic Party conference in Amsterdam calls for immediate Reichsrat convening. It urges ratification checks on Brest Litovsk and Bucharest treaties and lays out peace terms: a universal League of Nations, disarmament, no annexations or indemnities, and self-determination for border peoples torn from Russia.
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Austro-Hungarian Socialist Labor Democratic Party
Reichsrat
Brest-Litovsk
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League of Nations
Russia
Vanguard at Plattsburg training camp opens for college students
About 250 students reported to Colonel C E C Dentler for the fourth Plattsburg training camp in Plattsburg New York as the 8 000 student force gathers. The camp forms a regiment of infantry with five battalions and 600 men per battalion. Major H B Crea serves as executive officer with Lt P F Gleason as adjutant and Lt Thomas Gorman as provost marshal. Attendees include students from the University of Georgia University of Virginia Carnegie Technical College Pittsburgh and Union College Schenectady. Because cadets are underage no commissions will be issued at camp. recommendations will be made for later commissioning.
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New York Times
Plattsburg
N. Y
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P. F. Gleason
Thomas Gorman
Attalion
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Floral Tribute to Navy Dead Off Sheepshead Bay
Memorial services for the United States Navy dead were held in Speedway Park and Sheepshead Bay. A flower laden monitor was cast adrift off Manhattan Beach, with a crowd observing a parade along Ocean Avenue. Speakers included Justice John A. Valent ine, County Judge Marcus BB Campbell, and State Senator Alfred J Gilchrist. The Tama Yacht Club voyage used the motor boat Peggy G for the disposal at sea.
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United States Navy
Speedway Park
Sheepshead Bay
Manhattan Beach
Ocean Avenue
John A. Valentine
Marcus BB. Campbell
Alfred J Gilchrist
Peggy
Tama- Yacht Club
American Aviator Killed at the Front
Paris, June 2. Carter Landram Ovington of Louisville Kentucky and another aviator were killed on the first day of the current offensive. Their planes collided at 1,800 meters during patrol. Ovington, 19, joined the Lafayette Escadrille and later served in the American Army as First Lieutenant while attached to the French squadron. His mother is Mrs. Georgia Ovington. He also served three years as Secretary of the Lafayette Corps.
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Louisville
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Lafayette Escadrille
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Young Ovington
Lafayette Corps
American air service officers complete compass and navigation courses
Washington reports that a group of commissioned officers finished two week courses in compass adjustment and air navigation at Camp Dick Texas. Two Royal Air Forces instructors led the programs with graduates from MIT, who will now train cadets in their home fields.
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American Air Service
Department of Military Aeronautics
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Texas
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Airman Captain Webb Dies in Indianapolis Airplane Crash
Thousands watch as Captain E P Webb commander of the Sw1st Aero Squadron dies when the plane he rode as passenger dashes 300 feet to the ground at a baseball park in Indianapolis. Major Gearhart injures as he piloted the craft during a planned military air display. Webb, 48, had served twenty five years in the army.
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Ind
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Sw1st Aero Squadron
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Febb
Major Gearhart
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Airplane Plunges Into Sea Off Shelter Island
Aviator Coffin of the U S naval station Montauk and a mechanic survived a hydroaeroplane crash near Shelter Island Bound when the craft sank a pontoon but stayed afloat. They clung to the wreck until rescue, were hauled to Montauk, and escaped injury. The plane was towed to the dock and sent back to Montauk. Women passengers from the craft were brought ashore and later sent back to Montauk.
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Hospitals Bombed Again by Germans Kill or Injure Occupants
British Red Cross hospitals in France suffered another German bombing raid beginning Friday night. Several hospitals were hit with casualties among patients and staff. one sister killed and others wounded. A flare lit the district as an enemy aviator dropped an explosive. Casualties were lighter than the May 19 attack due to precautions and less crowding.
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France
Associated Press
Red Cross
Pope Thanks Britain for Spared Cologne on Corpus Christi
Cardinal Gaspari, Papal Secretary of State, asked Count De Salis to convey the Holy See's thanks to Britain for agreeing to spare Cologne from bombardment during the Corpus Christi fete. The Vatican thanked the British Government for acceptance of the proposal.
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TANNERY FIRE WIPES OUT $3,000,000 PLANT
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania fire destroyed the J K Mosser Tanning Company plant at Noxen under Armour & Co. control. Loss estimated near 3 million dollars with two carloads of Chicago hides and a carload of finished leather on sidings burned. Crossed wires in hair drying room blamed. A separate fire on a United States Army pier in Hoboken from a shorted line threatened a transport but caused limited damage.
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Zeppelin Shot Down Off Jutland Coast
Copenhagen June 2 It is reported that a Zeppelin airship was shot down Saturday morning off the Jutland Coast by a British torpedo boat destroyer The crew of the airship was drowned according to the report.
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Hushing Daimler Scandal Quiet as German Market Rises
Amsterdam dispatch reports three months of silence on the Daimler scandal while the Daimler company posts a 3 percent dividend and shows strong progress. Daimler shares rise, with some attributing the hush to powerful interests. The Reichstag plans to probe how the case was hushed up amid rising prices.
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