American airman fights eight Germans in air combat
Paris June 28 Corporal James Norman Ball an American aviator writes of engaging eight German planes while bombing and reconnaissance duty over the front. He describes near misses and the peril of aerial combat, the danger to machines and men, and the resolve to serve as a man in war. He mentions Colfax Iowa and his family.
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Paris
James Norm En Ball
Germain
A. W. Ball
Colfax
Iowa
Hall
A Sadeas
Curtis
New York Times
London
the Times
Maximilian Harden
Stockholm
Germany
Russia
Poland
Alsace-Lorraine
Harden
Wisen
Wilson
America
France
Aisece-Lorraine
Wartime letter from Curtie Coe describes air service and hopes for peace
The writer, Curtie Coe of 12 West Fourth Street, discusses Allied efforts in World War I, France using reserves, and a potential continuation of fighting. He details aerial training, brevet tests, and life with the Lafayette Corps, describing dramatic aircraft maneuvers and the nerve required for combat flying.
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Kitchether
Dlewa: College
Curtie - Coe
West Te Fourth Street
Revedee
Rhigh
America
France
Ee Ata
Ion
Mayer
Benewel
Canadians Advance Further on Lens Meet Little Resistance
Canadian forces, alongside British troops, pushed halfway through Avion amid ruined streets and smoke. Reports say reserves on Reservoir Hill held and German counterattacks were repulsed as Canadians gained ground south of the Scarpe in a renewed assault.
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London
Haig
Avion
Reservoir Hill
Souchez River
Uel
Nasrie
German Wireless Found in Norway
The June 25 report from Christiania states a secret German wireless station was found on an island off Arendal with sea visibility. Suspicious individuals were arrested nationwide in Norway and sent abroad where possible, amid criticism of foreigner controls. The German auxiliary cruiser crew at Trondheim reportedly received more liberal leaves than soldiers.
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Christiania
Arendal
Norway
Trondhjem
War Office bulletin from Paris on bombardments and air actions
The War Office reports intermittent bombardments in the Hurtebise Monument area and on Teton Height with counterattacks along the front. A German plane was shot down near Bois de Beaufray south of Craonne, with its crew killed or captured. French artillery and patrols were active around Rheims and Fiirey as air actions continued.
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France
Souches
Ced
Avion
Borhood
Fontaine Iez
Vermelies
Paris
War Office
Hurtebise Monument
Teton Height
Bette
Ont Des Roches
Jouy
Bois de Oe Beauarais
Craonne
Particu
Hurtebise
Planes Hit by War Action Near Moronvilliers
English aircraft on Monday fell within enemy lines east of Gratreuil and were brought down southeast of Moronvilliers yesterday, marking another air clash over the front.
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Gratreuil
Moronvilliers
Canadians' Advance Threatens Avion German Hold in Lens Sector
War dispatch from June 28 reports Canadian patrols pushing on the southern Lens front driving back German rearguards. Heavy bombardment precedes trench assaults as Canadians seize prisoners including a sergeant and several grenadiers. Avion and surrounding suburbs are described as shell torn and crowded with machine guns amid the crescent advance toward Lens.
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New York Times Company
New York Times
Lens
Elye
Avion
Dunkirk Shelling Prompted Allied Return Fire at Ostend
Berlin reports German long range batteries bombarded Dunkirk with visible effect. The War Department says Ostend, under German occupation, was shelled in retaliation, but no military damage occurred.
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Berlin
London
Esterday
Dunkirk
War Department
Enternte
Germany
Ostend
Canadian Triplane Beats German Aviatik at Four Mile Altitude
At in France in June a Canadian air ace in a triplane chased and defeated a German two seat Aviatik in an extreme high altitude duel nearly four miles up. The German craft climbed to escape but the Canadian fire forced it into a dive and it nose dived and fell.
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France
Queen Warns Dutch to Be Ready to Fight
In a throne speech opening an extraordinary Parliament session Queen Ishermina announces no new measures. She notes the States-General favor constitutional suffrage revision and stresses focus on war, peace prospects, and postwar development while acknowledging ongoing sacrifices and tax burdens.
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The
Hague
Ishermina
States-General
Netherlands
Plan for Allied Buying Vast Explosives Output
British Munitions Minister Dr Addison says output now four times 1916 levels and outlines American collaboration to consolidate Allied resources. He notes plans to expand steel, potash, zinc and copper production, and praises American engineers and workers shaping a wartime economy with growing home manufacture and mass production of shells, weapons, and tank components.
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London
United States
America
England
Christopher Addison
Ince Addison
Balfour
Munitions
Addison
Dr. Addison
Great Britain
Germany
Sheffield
New York
United Kingdom
House of Commoner
Ministry of Munitions
Kenneth Quinan
California
Ministry of
Hfe
Scheidemann's call for German democratization sparks mixed German press
A June 27 cable to the State Department reports German reactions to Philipp Scheidemann's push for democratization as a wartime aim. Deutsche Tageszeitung opposes, Berliner Tageblatt urges change now, while Vorwaerts notes limited reform chances in Reichstag. The Reichstag committee may vote on direct suffrage proposals. failure foretells diminished Socialist interest.
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New York Times
Washington
State Department
Philipp Scheidemann
Germany
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Scheidemann
Copenhagen
Vorwirts
Berlin
Reichstag
Philipp Sechetdemann
Russian Elections Set for Sept 30 Constituent Assembly
The Provisional Government issues a decree fixing Sept 30 for elections to the Constituent Assembly. Oct 18 is set for the first meeting of the Assembly in Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Political shifts toward democracy in Europe
The text notes debates among liberals and conservatives about democratization as an unavoidable step in social life. It cites Innze’s article and Scheidemann’s extracts, arguing large changes are needed and that Russia cannot resist alone in the empire’s center while Europe and the world move toward democracy.
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Vorwdrts
Otto Nintze
Scheidemann
Europe
Venizelos Cabinet reshuffle updates finance and communications
Athens reports a cabinet shakeup as M Negropontes takes the Finance portfolio and M Spirittes becomes Minister of Communications replacing M Papenastasiou who moves to National Economy. The Agriculture and Refugees ministries remain unfilled.
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Athens
Venizelos
M. Negropontes
Portofoic
M. Spirittes
M. Papenastasiou
Agriculture
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Rnits
States
Victore
Philip Gibbs
German Aviatik
Plan New
Allied Buying
Field Marshal Haig
Australia
Canada
lIways
Stern
Palm Beach
del Beach
Norfolk
Radon
Bender
Rome
Varun Seeeed
Breadworks
44Th End
Broadway
Nassau and
Fifth Ave
Friripler & C
Lummer
42Nd Street
Madison Avenue
Back Scheidemann
Vorwaerts
Tageblatt
the Locomobile Company
Bway
A. Behrader
Turner
Carborundum Standard Oil
Bush Terminal
Robert Gair Vacuum Oil
Turner Construction Co
Park Avenue
40Th Street
Vanderbilt
Neral Go
Prederic
Lagiecer
Puttce
Manhattan
Mansco Athletic
Oxford
Weber and Heilbroner
the “Waldorf
Madras
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