Plan for transatlantic air flight eyed as feasible this year
Major General Brancker of the British Air Council says a transatlantic flight is feasible and could occur this year with seaplanes using Rolls-Royce motors. Secretary Baker approves a joint Anglo American effort with pilots, engineers, and navigators and a route Newfoundland to the Azores to Portugal or Europe.
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British Air
Brent
British Air Council
Washington
Atlantic
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America
Europe
English Channel
General Brancker
Newfoundland
Azores
Portugal
British Isles
France
Baker
War Department
Secretary of War
Crowder Defines Work or Fight Ruling Issued
The Provost Marshal General Crowder issued instructions to draft boards explaining the work or fight order aimed at July 1. Deferred individuals deemed idle or in nonproductive service will be withdrawn and inducted. Several nonproductive categories including certain clerks, cooks and bar staff are defined and exemptions noted for some roles.
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General Crowder
United States
American Forces Rally Gains Near Belleau Wood
American troops north of Belleau Wood push forward in coordinated assaults without heavy artillery prep. They seize key positions, shell Brasses and surrounding areas, while German losses mount in patrols and artillery duels around Château-Thierry.
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Château-Thierry
Brasses
Washington
Pershing
Chateau-Thierry
Lorraine
Rainbow Division Cited For 100 Front-Line Days In Lorraine
The Rainbow Division, after a hundred days on the Lorraine front, received a French citation kept as a war souvenir. The notice honors its officers and men for spirit, method, and discipline, stating they can take a glorious place in the line of battle at the first call.
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France
Associated Press
Lorraine
Austrian Cabinet Crisis Blamed for Starvation
Vienna faces severe food shortage as 1.000 carloads of grain arrive, yet the food situation remains tense. Bohemian revolt fears rise with anti Jewish outbreaks reported at Lemberg. Hungary also strained and seeking relief.
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PIAVE
Vienna
Russia halts repatriation of German war prisoners
Moscow reports the Russian War Prisoners Committee has ordered an immediate stop to repatriating all Germans aged 16 to 45 fit for military service due to a dispute with Germany over prisoner exchange.
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Moscow
Associated Presa
Germany
Russian War Prisoners Committee
Protesters Clash With Police At German Embassy in Vienna
Vienna corre spondents report an attempted attack on the German Embassy was dispersed by police with many arrests and some injuries. Demonstrators shouted Down with Germany and rioted by halting tramways breaking windows looting food shops and bakers carts. At the Municipal Council Herr Neumann of the Socialists called Brest Litovek peace a fraud and said the situation was untenable.
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Brest- Litovek
Italians Expect Another Great Offensive Soon
Italian front reports say Austrians will renew attack soon, concentrating forces on a direct line rather than scattered efforts. Observers note Emperor Charles's presence and von Ludendorff may have dictated a longer plan to seize Montevideo, aiming to command the Monteiio and hurl divisions from the Plave left bank. More than forty enemy divisions are in the line, thirty already pressed hard.
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Associated Press
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Plave
American Airmen Flee Berlin Joined Piave Battle Front
Two German Albatross planes landed near the Piave as American airmen joined Allied pilots in the Italian front. Deserters cited a pacifist author Professor Nicolai, jailed for a book attacking Prussian militarism, as the motive. Italian counteroffensives along the Piave, especially Montello and San Dona, pushed back Austrians with prisoner gains and battery reoccupation.
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Denmark
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Battlefront
Italian Front Floods and Bridges Obliterated as War Rages
Torrential Piave rains flood the river cutting supply lines to the Austrians. British aviators destroyed seven permanent bridges, while Italian forces hold Treviso and Capo Sie against renewed assaults. The Potenza Brigade and Bersaglieri repelled the 20th Austrian Army Corps, and Italian-speaking agents among the troops led to rapid executions of captured enemies.
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Potenza
Bersaglieri Cyclist Corps
German 2nd Division Frontline Near Château-Thierry
A declassified letter reveals why the powerful German 2nd Division faced American troops northwest of Château-Thierry and why a prize regiment from that unit sits in the front line. The Associated Press reports from France dated June 1.
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Associated Press
Chateau - Thierry
Belleau Wood
Berlin
London
Chateau-Thierry
Noyon
ChaAteau- Thierry
New Papal Peace Move Aimed by Vatican Mediator
A reliable source reports an intercepted Papal Nuncio message forecasting early peace mediation by the Vatican. The note suggests Vatican involvement to end the war. Also noted is D. W. Griffiths Hearts of the World playing at the 4th Street Theatre with daily matinees advertised.
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Vatican
D. W. Griffith
Italian Front Battles See Fierce Action and Prisoners
Dispatch from Italian headquarters reports spasmodic but vigorous fighting along the Piave salient with Fossalta and Cape Carbine captured six times yesterday. Italian divisions held a dyke while repelling four enemy crossings as Austrians sent armored cars and field guns across the river. A naked rider with a bleeding foot was seen fleeing a dressing station evacuation, and a renewed Monteto counterattack yielded 1,000 fresh prisoners before fading.
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