New U boat raids may test morale and coastwise trade
British experts view a potential new policy as aimed at upsetting American morale and forcing more naval deployments home. The piece notes a possible large submarine near Sandy Hook and discusses limited expected impact on U S transports, with emphasis on maintaining unity of command and protecting convoys off the Atlantic coast.
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New York Times
Cabkk
Tus
New York
Atlantic Coast Line
Inter
United States
Europe
European
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Bay of Wiscay
Admiral Sims
Pyatestre
Ermans
Chary
Innisfallen Sunk by German Submarine Off Cork Coast
Survivor accounts describe the sinking of the City of Cork Steam Packet Company ship Innisfallen after a torpedo strike in the engine room. Eleven of thirty five aboard die or go missing. survivors cling to wreckage and lifeboats as a submarine surfaces and disappears, while others aboard mock the swimmers.
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New York Times
City of Cork Steam Packet Company
Innisfallen
John Twomey
Twomey
Cronin
Ashe
Exhibition of marine frightfulness cited as wartime prudence
The article argues that German U boat raids off the American coast fail to frighten the United States and instead unite the nation. It contends air attacks from submarines are impractical and that naval unity under British admirals strengthens Allied strategy. The piece lauds American resolve and emphasizes strategic principles guiding wartime cooperation and the conduct of naval war.
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Germany
Hurd
United States
Atlantic
Europe
Mordover
North Sea
Joyous Surprise: German Submarines Off U S Coast
Amsterdam reports Captain von Kuellwetter of the Cologne Gazette calling the appearance of German submarines off the United States a joyous surprise. He notes no barred zone exists yet and cautions that U S war aid to enemies could prompt a larger offensive in North American waters. He says England’s defenses complicate U boats but America lacks experience and torpedo boat destroyers.
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Amsterdam
von Kuellwetter
Cologne Gazette
United States
North American
Captain von Kuellwetter
England
Navy Vigilance Demonstrated In Letter From Secretary Daniels
Senator Tillman quoted Secretary Daniels confirming Navy vigilance against German submarines off the Atlantic coast. The letter, after naval officer input, advised that no sensitive information be released and that all possible steps are being taken to hunt submarines. Tillman urged the public not to panic, praising a navy “up to snuff.”
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Washington
Tillman
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Daniels
Navy
Atlantic
Senate
Massachusetts
Lodge
Naval Affairs Committee
Argonaut Sunk by German Submarine Near Scilly Islands
The American freighter Argonaut of 4034 tons was torpedoed off the Scilly Islands on June 5. The vessel formerly bore the name Albinglia and had been the Abwey German ship. Cable messages received by the Geer Steamship Co. reported the loss.
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Scilly Islands
Colny
Albinglia
Casualties Listed for U.S. Army Abroad by Gen Pershing
The War Department released a list totaling 48 American casualties today, raising the overall toll to 6,933. The report names 17 killed in action, 12 died of wounds, 6 by accident including three aviation deaths, and 7 from disease, with officers and enlisted men detailed by home addresses and next of kin.
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New York Times
Washington
War Department
Robert E. L. Michle
Robert B. Anderson
Grosvenor P. Cather
Henry W. Marke
Lynn H. Harriman
Wellborn
Priddy
Livingston L. Baker
Duncan R. Grant
Earl H. Neville
Ralph M. Noble
Red Cross
Vinland Sunk After Submarine Encounter Reports Debunked
Navy officials issued a cautious bulletin on the Vinland a schooner rigged steamship owned by O. and A. Irgens of Bergen after reports of German U boat activity and a French armed merchantman entering an American port proved unconfirmed. The Harpathian's torpedoing June 5 was detailed with crew survivors and a submarine crew seen aboard. other accounts of U boat destruction remained unverified.
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Vinland
O. & A. Irgens & Co
Bergen
Core Bratland
Atlantic
Norwegian Steamer Vinland Crew Ablaze After Submarine Attacks
Nineteen crew members of the Norwegian steamer Vinland, en route from Porto Rico to an Atlantic port with a cargo of sugar, were reported as casualties after a submarine attack off Cape May New Jersey on June 7.
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Cape May
N. J
Vinland
Porto Rico
Atlantic
U boats chase transport to Atlantic port
June 7 report: a troop transport ran in with darkened lights and high steam to elude German submarines. Two U boats chased at close range for twelve hours until American destroyers appeared. The ship held off torpedo and gunfire range, then the U boats submerged as destroyers neared.
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Atlantic
Paris Sees Ally Aid Shift as U-Boat Feint
Paris editorials treat the German U‑Boat activity near the American coast as a feint to draw destroyers away from the Atlantic convoy lanes. They urge rapid Allied expansion with American troops and ships in France, stressing potential for decisive American contribution in the war against Germany.
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America
Europe
Siberia
England
France
Russia
Japan
Paris
Western
Rhine
Germany
War losses hit local families as several cadets die
Lieutenant Duncan Ross Grant son of New York banker David C. Grant with Lincoln Trust Company was killed in an army air crash. Cadet Aviator Rex Shilliday, 21, Columbia University alumnus, died in France. Schuyler B. Lee, son of the Bloomfield pastor, was an aviator with Pershing’s forces killed in France. Amityville’s E Stanley Hart, 20, died in Wales after Royal Flying Corps service. Corporal H E Wood, 27, and George Korman, 28, were prisoners of war or missing per Pershing’s casualty lists.
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Duncan Ross Grant
Aviation
Signal Corps
David C. Grant
Lincoln Trust Company
East Tenth Street
New Rochelle
Grant
Cornell University
Army
Waco
Texas
148Th Aero Squadron
Canada
Furance
Charles Grant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
William J. Shilliday
Verona Avenue
Colonial Heights
Yonkers
Rex Shilliday
Columbia University
France
Presbyterian Hospital
J. Beveridge Lee
First Presbyterian Church
Bloomfield
N. J
New London
Royal Flying Corps
Amityville
Charlies F. Hart
Bayshore
S. J
Chester
Wales
Hart
Amityville South Methodist Episcopal Church
H. E. Wood
Pershing
Sixty-eighth Street
Brooklyn
Corporal Wood
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut Infantry
George Korman
Newark
Ava Kubick
Barclay Street
Emanuel J. Williams
New Jersey
Morristown
Fishermen Barred From Cape May Port
Cape May N J June 1 Fishermen protested after permission to sail was refused and a Sewells Point commander cited security reasons. They argued submarines could not reach within five miles of shore and planned to appeal to Washington for relief.
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Cape May
N. J
Sewells Point
Washington
U S Officials Warn Submarine Threat Lingers Off Atlantic
Washington reports a continuing danger from German U boats off the Atlantic coast. Navy officials expect more raids and call for vigilance at home and in convoy defense. Senator Swanson cites Naval Affairs Committee figures claiming 60 percent of German submarines are out of action. Precautions and patrols are to be heightened as submarines return or operate near U S shores.
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House Naval Committee
Navy Department
Delaware Capes
Navy
Washington
Atlantic
Swanson
Virginia
Naval Affairs Committee
Germany
Daniela
Air collision kills two officers near Gerstner Field
Lake Charles Ia June 7 Lieutenant John L Hegarty from Mount Vernon New York and Lieutenant Travers Lee Halton from San Antonio Texas were killed when their planes collided during battle practice Halton a San Antonio native Hegarty son of Mrs Nora Hegarty 41 South Bleecker Street Mount Vernon Born in Bath New York twenty seven years ago Hegarty had served a decade in the 10th Infantry National Guard New York before joining aviation instruction at the Pittsburgh officers training camp last July He had worked as a collector for Thomas Norris Company Brooklyn
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Lake Charles
John L. Hegarty
Travers Lee Halton
Gerstner Field
Halton
San Antonio
Texas
Hegarty
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Nora Hegarty
South Bleecker Street
Bath
10Th Infantry
Thettsburg
Thoma-Norris Company
Paper Box Manufacturers
Brooklyn
Bombs Light Up Paris With Aerial Lantern Technique
German raids on Paris used a rocket clock device that drops a bomb released with a magnesium based flare. The parachute lantern lights automatically 300 to 400 meters up and shines intensely for about two minutes on targets below. The feature adds resistance to bombing operations.
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Paris
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Joseph
I. Drabkin
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Lodi
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Herman L
Dennis Evans
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Hunting Creek
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Lynn H
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Abbott
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Finnegan
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Davis Av
Pittsburgh
Penn
Hansen
Herman
Peter Hansen
Edmore, Mich
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West Beverly 8
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Bernhardt
Ben Bottolfson
Hartington
Woods, Henry E
Wiliam O’brien
68Th St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Korman
George
Eva Korman
Broome &J
Patenaude
Edward
Olive Patenaude
Peck Av
West Haven
German Red Cross
Ral . Noble
Willard Nobile
Weat South St
Galesburg
Harpathian
Plymouth
Cape May Point
Virginia Capes
Wissahickon Naval Barracks
Sewell's Point
Cape
Coast Guard
Allied Europe
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Tas
Lieut. Grant
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