Lewis Blames Senators for U-Boat Raid
The United States Senate with wartime tension debated submarine threats and government preparedness after U boats attacked Atlantic shipping. Senator Lodge and others argued Germany was invited by hostile political charges while defense officials defended navy precautions and hinted at limited public disclosures.
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Funiate
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Paris
Harborn
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Brandisse
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Navy’ Department
British Ship Fights U Boat Forty Miles Off Delaware
A British steamer in port reported exchanging fire with a submarine about forty miles off Delaware on June 4. The captain said the submarine ordered the ship to stop, then opened fire when the vessel returned fire, with gunners claiming several hits as the submarine’s reply ceased.
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Atlantic Punt
Bett
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Unclear WWII Air Combat Totals Cited in May Report
A damaged OCR snippet reports German planes shot down or crippled in May with unclear totals. It mentions British airmen and anti aircraft fire with vague figures, noting some planes destroyed and observer reports, but the data is garbled and incomplete.
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Avenin Fendard
Hritien
Third Dutch Grain Ship To Get Safe Passage
London report says the Dutch steamer Frisia will sail from Holland to the United States in exchange for the Hollandia, then lying in New York after Buenos Ayres. Hollandia to leave Halifax around June 18, Frisia to depart Amsterdam simultaneously. Germans guarantee safe passage for both vessels.
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the Times
Amsterdam Rayne
4Asdijk
Hector
United States
American Porte
Holland
New York
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Hollandia
Halifax
British Admiralty Expects U Boats on American Coast
British Admiralty officials expect German submarine raiders to appear along the American coast. In Parliament discussions and editorials, figures like Marquis of Milfordhaven and naval commentators weigh larger submarine cruisers, armored, with greater speed, needing attendant vessels. Analysts note the long Atlantic voyage and limited feasibility of a sustained U-boat campaign from European bases.
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Marquis of
Miltordaver
Atlantic
United States
Archibald Hurd
Hurd
Mediterranean
The
Daily Express
America
Daily Chronicle
Ape States
Daily Mail
Daily Graphic
U Boats Cannot Starve Out Britain Says Clynes
London reports parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Food said German submarines could not threaten Britain’s civilian population. He cited 457000 tons of bacon and ham imported from America, 100000 acres more potatoes in Britain, 120000 in Ireland, and a fourfold rise in margarine production since the war began, with Britain now independent in margarine imports.
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Jona x. Clynes
Ministry of Food
Com Ions
Great Britain
America
Clynes
Ireland
Boston to camouflage State House dome under air raid plan
The gilded State House dome will be painted or clad in canvas to reduce visibility during air raids. The State House Commission approved the plan after a conference with Rear Admiral Spencer Wood of the Navy and Brigadier General John W. Buskman of the Army Northeastern Department.
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State House
Spancer
Wood
John W. Buskman
Department of the Army
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