Stray Among Foes Kill 3 and Escape From German Prison Camp
Two American engineers spent thirty-six hours behind German lines in a strongly held position near Bois de Beilesu. They escaped a German supply train ambush, waited seventeen hours in a wheat field, then returned to American lines and filed a valued report. The feat is hailed as one of the boldest war exploits.
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New York Times
Bois de Beilesu
Ameja
Ownithe
Artai
Cambrai
130 Casualties Reported by Pershing Bring Army Total to 7519
The War Department released a list showing 130 American casualties abroad, bringing total army losses to 7,519. The tally includes 26 killed in action 3 died of wounds 45 or more wounded and 7 died of disease or accidents with officers Costello and Hines among those noted.
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Washington
War Department
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Binghamton
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Edmund Corby
New York
James J. Lawrence
Prigopera
Germans Fight Comrades In Air Involves British Assistance
British pilots helped both sides in a rare aerial battle near France on June 5 when German Halberstadt decoy triggered a multi flight melee. Several German aircraft were shot down or forced to crash, and British leaders steered the engagement into the German trap.
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France
Associated, Press
Halberstadt
New York Soldiers on the Casualty List
Casualty list details New York officers and soldiers wounded or killed in France. Lieutenant Edmund A. Corby of Princeton background, 34, Plattsburg graduate, wounded May 25. Private Charles Tahl and Private William Glynn listed as wounded or killed. families notified in Brooklyn, Huntington, and Manhattan. Deaths include Private Michael Sullivan and Private Rouff with notes on service, hospitalization, and burial.
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Soldier Sullivan Interred At Cemetery In Formal Ceremony
The 24 year old Sullivan, drafted to Camp Dix last September, was interred with full military honors as his mother received a Mother's Day letter from him. He served with the Nineteenth Meers, had been ill in a New York hospital, and witnessed Major Herbert Musgrave of the Royal Engineers die in action on June 3. Musgrave, 42, was a son of Sir Anthony and Lady Lucinda Musgrave and held a twenty two year Royal Army career.
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Upstate Troops in Drive at Syracuse Recruitment
The 9th and 23d Infantry U S A arrived at the State Fair Grounds expansion camp in Syracuse with old strength they quickly surpassed under new order targets. They underwent intensive training and were among the first sent overseas, featuring many local youths among their ranks. The 9th and 23d had a storied history and were later brigaded with Marines while sustaining casualties at Chateau-Thierry.
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Ten Marine Casualties in France Reported by Headquarters
Marine Corps announces ten casualties among Marines in France six killed in action and four died of wounds. Names include Gunnery Sgt Krause Charley Krause from Piekin Wisconsin and Privates Snow Frank H from Anniston Alabama Hunt Leon Wesley from Tyre Michigan with next of kin addresses listed. others include Kirchner William L R and Bierce Jerome Arthur among the named next of kin and locations.
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Snow
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Anniston
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HUNT
Leon Wesley
Hattie Hunt
Tyre
Mich
Navy reports losses in wartime incidents at sea and land
The Navy Department says gunner's mate Horace Whittaker from submarine L-8 was lost overboard June 5 and not recovered. ship's cook Christian Peter Danielson aboard hospital ship Comfort was accidentally killed at New Rochelle June 9. Other listings note Lincolns era crew and relatives in Brooklyn and Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga
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Mormon Wheat Contribtuion Opens to Federal Food Board
The Mormon Church in Salt Lake City handed over its granaries to the United States Food Administration. More than a quarter of a million bushels of wheat were involved in the transfer. The move follows a tithe system aimed at famine protection, with a large harvest expected this year to refill stores. The Food Board ordered a three day store closing to enforce substitute flour regulations, suspending several bakers for not using required substitutes.
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Americans Dominate Germans Near Chateau-Thierry
Paris dispatch reports June operations northwest of Chateau-Thierry where American troops with strong will and irresistible activity continued to defeat German forces. They pushed toward Ytasiares and Torcy, cleared Belleau Wood, reached Bouresches, and captured Hautevesnes after a hard battle with noted courage from officers and men.
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Melayer
Chateau-Thierry
Adda
Ytassiares
Torcy
Belleau Wood
Bouresches
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Troop Flow to Europe Exceeds Half Million Monthly
In Boston on June 11 Lieutenant General Thomas Bridges, British High Commissioner to the United States, said troop shipments to Europe total about 250 000 a month and could not be stopped by the Kaiser. He cited General Foch as confident he can hold the Germans and noted 200 000 American troops brigaded with British and French forces.
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NEW WIRE STRIKE THREAT RISES IN RAILROAD MAILS LABOR
Thirty thousand railroad telegraphers voted to join with commercial wire men and sent an ultimatum to Western Union President Newton Carlton. A conference closed with J. Thomas stating the group mailed a proposition on rates and hours and asked Western Union to heed Wilson restoration guidance and National War Labor Board principles. Chicago sees labor trouble as 132 gas meter readers walk out at Peoples Gas demanding a 20 percent raise.
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Seek to Enroll as Nurses in Red Cross Drive
More than 300 graduate nurses and young women applied yesterday to enlist with army and navy hospitals and the Army Nursing School as part of the Red Cross drive for 25 000 nurses. The Bureau of Nursing of the Atlantic Division outfitted 106 nurses at Washington Square Church, who will depart for overseas service, bringing total departures this month to 352.
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Foulois Detached as AEF Air Service Chief
Brig. Gen. Benjamin D Foulois is detached from his post as Chief of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Forces and named head of the Air Service of the First Army by General Pershing. Col. Robert N Paddock will succeed Foulois with possible early promotion to brigadier general.
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Benjamin D. Foulois
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First Army
France
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