British Recapture Cherisy Outpost Amid Heavy Fire
London reports renewed British gains near Cherisy, reprisals along the Belgian front, and intensified bombardment across the Arras sector. Berlin claims 260 prisoners and 15 machine guns as Belgian and French positions on the Aisne and Champagne fronts show mixed results. Allied raids recapture trenches near Cherriy and near Bruges with air and naval actions targeting German supply lines.
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Laon
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Berlin
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San Marco
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West Front
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Venelore
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Froidmont Farm
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Ypres
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The Big Toe Shaping Militia Footwear For Cadets
Officers of the United Guardsmen promote a Westpointer shoe as the proper boot for young men entering service. The piece explains toe action at the Registration Booth and how a shoe should let the Big Toe stretch forward. Piatt endorses the design for Cadets at West Point.
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Westpointer
West Point
United Guardsmen
Piatt
Army specialties for boot leather patters and ponchos
Fragmented OCR notes describe various Army supply and equipment terms such as leather patterns ponchos and unbreakable sellers. Mentions Camp and casemates with scattered references to uniforms and gear.
The Four Broadway Corners in Padway Era Thrum
In Padway era notes a brisk flare at The Four Broadway Corners, with merchants or patrons described in brief items. The column sketches local commerce and social chatter, reflecting street life and daily routines in compact prose.
War Office bulletin notes skin of battles and raids
The War Office reports Allied and enemy actions across the front. Recaptured ground southwest of Chevy, raids repulsed southwest of La Bassee, Neuve Chapelle, and near Vermelles. Prisoners taken, trains destroyed, several aircraft downed. Air operations claim German losses and British gains along Ypres, Vimy Ridge, and Gouzeaucourt corridors.
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London
War Office
Chevy
la Bassee
Neuve Chapelle
Enens
Vermelies
Gouzeaucourt
Vimy Ridge
Ypres
Oly
Russian East Front War Office report early June actions
War Office notes from the East Front near Kovel and New Mossor describe four scouts under Squadron Tender Kikovsky clearing wire to defeat a Seeman barrier guard. In the Carpathians near Bert Odintay’s detachment breaches entanglements, while artillery and machine gun fire impact enemy positions. A German plane attacked near Froidour as a dawn assault targeted Lake Nobel region positions.
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War Office
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Gorizia
San Marco
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Flondar
San Matco
Monteviebin
Muness
Phwa
Igoro
St. Luciae Tolmina
Chinpoano
Hien
Paris
Jonday
Lleutenard Odinka
Setlieg Heron
Froidour
Lake Nobel
Tiwont Farm
Italy to Increase Purchasing Finished Goods in United States
Washington June 4 Italy plans to buy more finished products from the United States, especially agricultural and industrial machinery, to save tonnage and time. American government discounts on necessities reduced prices, aiding Italy’s shift. The Haida mission’s work is delayed by the Prince of Udine’s gastric illness, with a tour of American cities potentially rescheduled. Signor Marconi will depart for New York for a Columbia University honorary degree and a speech at the Pros Club. Vincenzo Tronco is named. Young Nitti is noted as a very young Italian officer who joined at fifteen.
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Washington
Haly
Gay
United States
Italy
America
Prince of
Udine
Ths
Wilson
Signor
Marcon
New York
Columbia University
Itl
Vincenzo
Tronco Front
Nitti
Tinlian
Ile
Ithe
Frederick Stearns & Co
Burrough
Burroughs
Allies Making Last Effort Says Prince Amaterdam
German report quotes Bavarian Crown Prince urging unity as Allied pressure grows. He claims German units halted British advances at Arras and praises volunteers and submarines aiding war effort. He stresses Britain cannot sustain war and calls for Americans in the UK to register for work.
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Prince
Russians Attack at Two Points in East
London reports two minor Allied style successes against German forces in the East. Central Russian scouts breached four barbed wire lines, while in the Carpathians Russian patrols pierced entanglements and drove the enemy from trenches, with a machine gun captured, though their commander was lost.
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London
Teutons
Agrad
Carpathians
Pnev
Submarine Problem Still Unsolved Despite Less Sinkings
June 4 report states the submarine problem remains unsolved as no new device proves successful. Reduction in sinkings is blamed on seasonal factors and the arming of merchant ships forcing U boats to operate underwater and rely on torpedoes. Limited torpedo supplies require returns to base for reloads.
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Viet
Teibute Buren
Washington
Night Explosion Destroys Paris Factory
A powerful detonation at about four this morning in Paris awoke residents and levelled a factory in the Auber suburb. The blast shattered roofs and damaged nearby avenues, leaving the area in ruins with extensive destruction reported.
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Yaris
Paria
Auber“thers
Volunteers to Form Militia Drilled by London Guardsmen
British authorities offer facilities for training a proposed militia of Volunteers without interrupting regular work. The American Society believes training here will prepare the men so they need not return to the United States for service if Washington requests them.
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London
Washington
United States
Wilson Discusses War Measures at Capitol
President Wilson met with Senator Martin at the Capitol for nearly an hour to discuss general legislation. Martin said no new measures were proposed and the programme remained unchanged, with talks on war measures including the revenue bill and an Administration railroads control plan to ensure priority in food transportation.
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Martin Washington
Wilson
Capitol
Martin
Congress
Senate
Ancient and Honorable Elect Stover Captain
William W. Stover was elected captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company at its twenty ninth annual meeting on Boston Common today. The historic group, one of the nation’s oldest military organizations, convened to name its leader for the coming year in a ceremony on the common.
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Ancient and Honorables
William W. Stover
Boston
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston Common
Doctors Rally as AMA Opens Sixty-Eighth Convention
More than 3,000 physicians from 81,000 AMA members gathered in New York for the opening of the 68th annual session. Aimed at curbing alcohol in medicine, the council urged removing alcohol from tonics and stimulants, while a grand ball was replaced by a patriotic rally featuring Roosevelt, Whitman and Mayor Mitchell.
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American Medical
Cration
Waldorf-Astoria
House of Delegates
Ths
Frank Bil
Chicago
Council of Health and Public Instruction
American Medical Association
Academy of Medicine
House of Dele- Estes
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Trppodrome
Roosevelt
Whitman
Mitchell
Germany
Hotel Biltmore
American Academy of Medicine
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