Survivors Reach Norfolk Describe Pinar del Rio Sinking
Survivors from the American freighter Pinar del Rio report that a German submarine 110 miles northeast of Cape Henry sank the ship after a stern chase. They say a larger mother ship accompanied the U-boat and that two other American vessels were attacked and sunk. The Rio’s captain and 33 crewmen were picked up by a Norwegian vessel and brought to Norfolk with others.
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Norfolk. Va
Manteo
Cape Henry
Walter C. B. Burrows
Flest
Pinar del Rio
William F. Clark
Naval Reserves
Rilo
Burrows
Clark
Transport Fires on U Boat Off Jersey Coast
A Brazilian captain reports that an American transport fired five shots at a German submarine about seventy five miles off the Jersey coast this morning. He said the action began after the submarine was sighted near 10 o'clock and a distant United States Army transport joined, with two shots then three more. He could not determine any hits and the submarine remained distant.
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Jersey
Atlantic
United States
Mexico
Carranza
Latin America
Central and
South America
Missing lifeboat survivors from Pinar del Rio rescued off New Jersey coast
Captain J Mackenzie reports the Pinar del Rio was attacked by a U boat about seventy five miles off Maryland coast. The lifeboat carrying sixteen crew members and Captain Mackenzie was later picked up by a Norwegian steamship near the Jersey shore. The ship had been bound for Boston with coffee cargo. The Sixaola meanwhile arrived after port calls in the West Indies and Central America as Navy orders guided movements.
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Maryland
Mackenzie
Atlantic
Jersey
Pinar del Rio
Boston
United Fruit
Sixaola
West Indies
Central America
Cape Henlopen
Herbert Lt. Pratt
Costinued on Pace GREAT BEAK SPRING WATER Advt
An advertisement fragment highlights the Great Beak Spring Water brand with a slogan claiming its fame. The text is fragmented but presents product branding and a promotional line.
Marines Drive Germans Back at Belleau Wood Front
In France on June 10 the United States Marines attacked after daybreak and penetrated about two thirds of a mile on a 600 yard front in Belleau Wood northwest of Chateau-Thierry. The Syracuse Brigade held the right flank near Paris while Major Edward D. Cole and others bagged German stragglers and captured several machine guns. The Germans still held only the northern fringe of the wood as the fight continued with 234 guns captured on June 6.
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France
Associated Press
United States
Belleau Wood
Chateau-Thierry
Washington
Annapolis
Edward D. Cole
Syracuse
Paris
Coulomb
Belleau Wood Fierce Fighting in Allied Offense
Allied forces clash for control of Belleau Wood north of Bouresches as American and French troops press a coordinated assault. Heavy shelling with gas rounds and artillery is used to crush German nests. Marines reinforce and hold Hill 204 against repeated German counterattacks. General Pershing lauds the attack as a model of American courage.
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Pershing
Cha&ateau-Thierry
Chemin-des-Dames
German Offense Puts Heavy Toll On French Lines
Paris dispatch reports a fierce German push under von Hutier at the Chemin des Dames front. French batteries and reserves repelled breaches with heavy losses for the attackers, while Courcelles Le Fretoy and nearby villages changed hands amid gas and artillery barrages.
Hearts of the World at 44th Street Theatre
W Griffiths Hearts of the World plays at the 44th Street Theatre today with matinee priced 25 to 1 and hailed as the biggest sensation in New York in an advertisement from the period.
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P” W. Griffith
Treasury Bond Ad From John Muir & Co
Advertises information on liberty bonds inviting readers to learn borrow or be informed, from John Muir & Co located at 61 Broadway and branch offices.
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John Muir & Co
Broadway and Branches
Advt
Italians Use Sea Tank in Attack on Pola
Vienna papers cited by Central News report Italians deployed a forty by six foot sea tank at Pola, Austria's Adriatic naval base. The electric powered craft carries an endless rotary barred chain to cut nets and barriers and mounts two torpedo tubes.
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London
Vienna
Amsterdam
Pola
Austria
Adriatic
A Splendid Nerve Tonic Ad for Horsford's Beverages
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a pleasant summer beverage that invigorates the tired nerve system, presenting it as a tonic for the nervous system and a refreshing drink option.
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Horsford
Night and Day Reports Describe Heavy Battle Near Estrées and Ribecourt
Official reports detail German assaults with fresh troops against French positions. The fighting centers around Estrées St. Denis, Ribecourt, Belloy, and Villy with tempers of heavy losses for the enemy. French and American forces report prisoners, gun captures, and air activity including 37 airplanes shot down.
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Mery
Belloy
St. Maur
Bessons-sur-Mars
Courcelies
Rubescourt
Otse A Clerman
Cavilly Wood
Ressons-sur-Matz
Bellinglise
Thiescourt Wood
Rheims
Noyon
Arras
Albert
Somme
Avre
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Norfolk
The
Tio
Edwin L. James
New York Times Company
Taz New York Timms
Bouresches
Château-Thierry
Paris Road
Sth
Amiens
America
Leonard’s
Plattsboro
W. M. Leonard
Baker
Blue Devils
Veterans At Capital
Wilson
Vis
Foch
New York Times
Iting Editors
Berlin
Ary
Secre
G. H. Perris
Jary
Washington Monument
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Tuscania
Moldavia
Mr. Baker
Lafayette
Rochambeau
State Department
Petit Parisien
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Gaedke
Bremer Zeitung
Havana
Tus
von Hutier
Courcelles
Plemont
Aisne
Kaaterskill
Catskill Mountains
Marie Antoinette
Oise
Marne
Danersk
Chemin Des Dames
St. Quentin
Aisne Heights
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Greenbrier
Europesa
Uve Waiters
Plaza —Ane
Plemont Hill
Lassigny
le Fretoy
sur-Matz
Mareuilla
Carlepone
L’aigue
Fontenoy
Ressons
Matz
Compiégne
Estrées St. Denis and
Ribecourt
Villy
Hautebraye
Oureq
Vinly
Busstares
Mortemer
Orvillers
Cuvilly
Ricquébourg
Gary
Ricquebourg
la Motte
Bourmont
Mareuil
Reswasabe
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