Food Shortage Ravages Turkey Amid Low Rations and Harvest Fears
Telegraphed dispatch from London reports worsening Turkish famine with chestnuts and pumpkin seeds as main sustenance for the poor. Seed shortages and obstructed distribution hinder harvests while troops suffer from scant bread meat and oil rations, despite some officers receiving ample provisions.
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London
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
Turkey
Middle Euphrates
Jordan
Hospital ship Comfort chosen to serve unconvoyed to war zone
The naval hospital ship Comfort, formerly the Saratoga, will act as ambulance ship between the U S and the overseas base. She is refitted to bring home sick and wounded sailors and marines and will travel unconvoy with Geneva Convention marks. It will be the first American hospital ship to enter the war zone. Admiral Sims' forces had relied on returning transports.
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Washington
Naval Hospital
Comfort
Ward Line
Saratoga
Admiral Sims
Entente Sweden Shipping Accord Draws German Criticism
The Tageszeitung quotes Count Reventiow condemning Sweden’s shipping pact with the Entente as unfriendly and not neutral. He warns Germany will monitor Swedish harbors to prevent Swedish ships from falling into enemy hands.
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Amsterdam
Sweden
Germany
Plans to Launch Sixteen Ships on Pacific Coast July Fourth
Washington reports sixteen vessels to be launched on July 4 along the Pacific Coast. The move follows Shipping Board Chairman Hurley's appeal to builders to produce heavy tonnage to counter the submarine threat. Secre tary Wilson releases correspondence refuting claims West workers stall. The ships include merchant craft for the Shipping Board and destroyers for the navy.
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Washington
Pacific
Hurley
Shipping Board
Wilson
Destroyers
Navy
James L. Hughes
Labor Department
Henry Suzallo
University of Washington
Boyce
Department
San Francisco
Chilean Parliament Opens Amid War Concerns
President Sanfuentes opening message laments war prolongation and vows to keep neutrality. He notes rising Peru Chile exchanges and calls for reestablished political and commercial ties. Chile’s 1917 finance satisfactory, external debt reduced, and gratitude expressed to the United States for the cruiser aiding the late Ambassador Aldunate’s body.
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Santiago
Chile
Sanfuentes
Peru
United States
Amassador Aldunate
Washington
Secretary Baker to train 4000 negro draftees this summer
Secretary Baker approves sending about 4000 selective negro draftees to summer schools and colleges for training in radio and general engineering, electricity, auto mechanics and more. Graduates will join regiments of colored troops as officers and enlisted men in divisions led by Major General Ballou and Brigadier General Hoffman.
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New York Times
Washington
Baker
National Army
Medical and Dental Reserve Corps
C. C. Ballou
R. Cc. Hoffman
Signal Corps
Howard University
Tuskegee Institute
Hampton Institute
Negro Agrouars and Technical College
Prairie View Normal and Industrial College
Colored Agricultural and Normal School
Branch Normal School
Georgia State Industrial College
Florida A. and M College
Atlanta University
The
Western University
Death List of 24 on Transport Lincoln
Navy announces four officers and twenty men believed missing from the sinking of the Army transport President Lincoln after a May 31 torpedo attack. Names not yet released while the Navy Department and Vice Admiral Sims verify and publish the casualty list.
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New York Times
Washington
President Lincoln
Europe
Navy Department
Sims
Department
Lincoln
Reinforced concrete gondola car touted as war invention
Chicago June 2 reports a new reinforced concrete gondola freight car for experimental use. The contract was let by F. E. Sullivan of the League of Building Trades and Industries. The car, 40 feet long with 1000 pounds capacity, will complete in sixty days at a cost below wooden and steel gondolas. It will use 6000 pounds of steel versus 22000 for the standard steel car.
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New York Times
Chicago
F. E. Sullivan
League of Building Trades and Industries
Corpus Christi Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral
The Corpus Christi feast was observed at St Patrick's Cathedral with soldiers and sailors in the procession and fife and drum salutes by the Cathedral College Cadet Corps. Rev Thomas J Degnan preached urging support for war aims. Color Guard of the Knights of Columbus led by Knights detachments from the Sixty-ninth Regiment and State Guard in uniform.
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Cathedral College
Thomas J. Degnan
Mer. Lavelle
Knights of Columbus
Rhondda Elevated to Viscount in King’s Birthday Honors
London June 2 The King’s birthday honors list announces Rhondda as Viscount for public service as Food Controller. Others created include Sir Matthew Arthur and Sir William Tatem. A large share of honors reflect wartime service and new decorations for air services are announced. Hall Caine and John Merry Le Sage receive notable recognitions for war reporting and editorial work, respectively.
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London
Baron Rhondda
Matthew Arthur
Scotish Unionist Association
Sir William Tatem
Tatem Steam Navigation Company
Guy Calthrop
Robert Leicester Harmsworth
Alfred Harmsworth
Alfred Butt
A. G. Jeans
John M. le Sage
Liverpool Post
London Daily Telegraph
New York Times
Hall Caine
John Merry le Sage
Lesage
Daily Telegraph
Italy and America linked by brotherhood in war effort
The Idea Nazionale reports on a Rome June 2 demonstration by the Italo American Union on Decoration Day. It lauds the spontaneous strong bond between Italy and the United States, saying unconditional sacrifices would have been worth it to elevate Italy’s standing in America through shared ideals.
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New York Times
Rome
Idea Nazionale
Italo-American Union
Italy
America
Greeks Increase Gains on Macedonian Front
On the Macedonian front Greek forces expanded their gains west of Sikatid Legen and captured 00 prisoners while enemy attacks on Huma failed. Artillery activity was reported along the Dotran Vardar Dorro Plain and Cerna Bend with Allied bombardments of Vardar valley stations. An enemy aircraft was shot down east of Guemguli.
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Paris
War Office
Army of the East
Huma
Sika di Legen
Dotran-Vardar
Dorro
Cerna
Vardar
Guemguli
Y M C A Director Describes Front War Atrocities Rumor
Y M C A official Herbert L. Pratt recounted rumors of American soldiers crucified in German trenches and heads cut off, voiced by multiple sources on the Tour front. He cautioned no eyewitness accounts exist while noting these tales inflamed wrath and reduced prisoner taking. He also discussed Y M C A stores in France selling tobacco and goods at New York prices to support war work and self sufficiency efforts.
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Herbert L. Pratt
Standard Oil Company of
New York
France
Mr. Pratt
Pratt
New York Times
General Pershing
New York City
Quartermaster Department
Army
Y M C A Secretary Talks On Soldier Welfare
The speaker urges expanding Y M C A services in France to provide physical and mental recreation for American troops, noting Allied experiences with mental strain. He praises soldiers' morale, warns against neglect, and recalls losses from wartime shortages and events that hindered athletic programs.
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