Seven New Yorkers listed as severely wounded in Pershing report
General Pershing’s casualty list names seven New Yorkers among seventy four wounded. Notables include Army Sergeant John Farrell of Manhattan born 1889 and a former plasterer and merchant marine, and Corporal William Gordon a Newfoundland native who joined the First Engineers at Fort Slocum. Arthur Garber, nineteen, enlisted during the Mexico trouble and was in the expedition. Other names tied to addresses in Brooklyn and Manhattan are listed with limited personal details.
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Pershing
John Farrell
Manhattan
Toledo
Ohio
Fignee
26Th Infantry
Keen- Farrell
Sergen
United States Merchant Marine
Pace Cisst
Patrick
Philip
Manhattan Avenue
Farrell
Bivath Avenue
John Reilly
United States Engineers
Fort Slocum
Gordon
I Contractors
Queensboro Briden
Bronx
Ted Wither
Elton Ave
East Hiwenth Street
Mexico
Arthur Garber
Amphony Shores
Springfield
Mass
Mra
Pauline Ieeland
Prospect Ue
Brooklyn
New York Lieutenant Dieuteren Badenstab Killed in Action
News reaches Yonkers that Lieutenant Dieuteray Wir Badenstab, 38, son of Mr and Mrs William Badenstab of 70 Radford Street, died May 20 in action. Born in New York City he studied at New York University and left Guarantee Pitch and Trust to join Plattsburg training in 1917. He was commissioned second lieutenant and served with the Twenty eighth Infantry overseas beginning January.
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Yonkers
Vane
Plattsburg
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Captors of Americans Led Them to Allies
A Times correspondent recounts how three American prisoners in France strayed toward Allied lines after capture near Hill 204. They were questioned by German miners and fed a meager flour and water ration as they were held. Also noted is Private Raymond Howard of Summit New Jersey who enlisted after leaving high school and served since the Mexican border, with a brother in the Field Artillery.
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London
Chateau Thierry
the Times
France
Sidney W. Rogers
Raymond Howard
Frank P. Rideway
Hill
Wrope
Summit
N. J
Kaymony Howard
United States Army
Samuel Howard
Park Avenue
Howard
Ward
Infantry
Harry Howard
Bat‘y B. Jeth Field Artillery
Victims of Hospital Raid Col Clayton and Capt Bullock Reported Killed
In New York a bombardment behind Allied lines killed Col T Clayton and Capt Harry Bullock former residents of Nooklyn. They were with a French army surgeon and a housekeeper during a conference on water supply when a shell crashed through a villa roof. The incident also mentions a Canadian casualty list detailing names.
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Fettram ‘T. Clayton
Harry Bullock
Nooklyn
Informanig
New York
Quartermasters Department
West
Boutthdier
Rufus PT. Montgall
U Boats Believed To Be Operating In Pairs Off U S
June 10 report says Germany maintains a pair operating submarine bloc in American waters. Navy officials estimate a fleet of thirty subs could deploy from bases, with two leaving every five days and two returning five days later. A 7,000 mile cruising radius permits trips to U S coasts and back with fuel for patrols where shipping is dense.
Red Cross Launches Drive for 25,000 Nurses
Red Cross workers plastered posters across the city to recruit 25,000 registered nurses for Army service. Booths displayed an Army nurse, a civilian nurse, and a soldier as they urged enrollment, with pay and transfer details explained. Draper of the Red Cross urged immediate action, aiming to reach 5,000 nurses now and 25,000 by January 1.
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Red Cross
United States
No Man's Land
Gorgas
Gorges
America
Army
Navy Department
Navy
W. K. Draper
New York County
The
Central Committee For
Greater New York
Casualties From Seven German Hospital Raids
London June 10 Germans bombed British hospitals in France seven times from May 15 to June 1. In the House of Commons Under Secretary J J Macpherson gave the tally: total 91 dead. Breakdowns: killed officers 11 and other ranks 318, nursing Sisters 5, Women’s Auxiliary Corps 8, civilians 6. Wounded officers 18 and other ranks 584, nursing Sisters 11, Women’s Auxiliary Corps 7, civilians 73.
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London
France
House of Commons
J. J. Macpherson
War Office
Women’s Auxiliary Corps
Nursing
Women’s Auxilary Corps
Marine Corps Casualties in France Report
A Marine Corps dispatch from Washington on June 10 reports 78 total deaths in France since landing, with 396 wounded. One missing and one held prisoner. Deaths include 27 killed in action 31 died of wounds 15 from disease 2 accidentally killed 3 from personal safety related wounds. Wounded include 28 seriously and 368 slightly wounded. One in enemy hands.
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Washington
Marine Corps Headquarters
Marine Corps
France
British Improve Their Line South of Somme
British forces north of Bouencourt near the Somme achieved a notable improvement in their trench line last night with a slight advance. Enemy shelling on the British right wing moderated after previous heavy bombardment ahead of the French attack.
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Somme
Loyane
1Rean
France
Boucencourt
Casualty List Reports 74 Names From War Zone
Washington June 10 The American casualty list shows 74 names with 18 killed in action 5 died of wounds 1 died in airplane accident 1 died of disease 1 died of accident and other causes and the rest wounded. Names include Lieutenants John A Ewing Edgar Alfred Lawrence Captain Charles W Atkins Captain John T Costello Spencer J Scarles and Lieutenant Elmer D Mackey among others from multiple states and towns.
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Washington
John A. Ewing
Dorchester
Mass
Edgar Alfred Lawrence
Chicago
Charles W. Atkins
Winterset
Iowa
John T Costello
Binghamton
N. Y
Spencer J. Scarles
Merriam Park
Minn
Elmer D. Mackey
McKessport
Penn
U Boat Mother Ship Sighted by Rio Crew
Reports state a steamer described as the mother ship of a U boat appeared near Low Talbor and anchored. Observers on shore, suspicious, prepared to intercept before the craft weighed anchor and steamed away.
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Rio
Tlaybor
Skipper of Rio Tells How U-Boat Sunk His Craft
Captain Jonn Menenzie of the Pinar del Rio described the sinking by a German submarine after leaving Cuba last Tuesday. He arrived in port aboard a fruit steamship with a mate and fifteen crew members. Government instructions stop him from sharing full details of the incident.
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Jonn Menenzie
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Atlantic
Atlantic liner rescues crew after multiple submarine sinkings
The United States Shipping Board ship arrives with survivors from three sunken vessels. The Pinar del Rio crew details a dramatic abandoning of ship as U boats attacked and sank their vessel. Survivors from Mauban City of Wilmington and City of Pensacola are transferred to safety in Gibraltar and Virginia.
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Mantes Life Saving
Virginia
Mediterranean
United States Shipping Board
Yest
Wilmington
Gibraltar
Pensacola
Cambelton
Scotland
Philippines
Will Save Most of Wounded Soldiers, Gorgas Declares
Major General Gorgas, surgeon general, stated that 75 to 80 percent of American troops wounded in battle will be restored and returned to service, with permanent disability not exceeding 1 percent. He spoke at the American Medical Association convention in Chicago as 3,500 physicians gathered to discuss war plans and medical reforms.
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Chicago
Gorgis
United States Army
Gorgas
France
England
Maly
Belgium
Disabled Soldier Bill Passes House
Washington June 10. A Senate bill proposing 2 million dollars for vocational rehabilitation of disabled war veterans passed the House after an amendment barred the Federal Board for Vocational Education from employing men of draft age who are physically fit for military service. The measure proceeds to conference.
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House
Washington
Senate
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Three Meatless Days A Week Promised
Chicago June 10 Three meatless days a week within a month have been determined upon by the national Administration accord to Robert Stevenson Assistant Food Administrator for I Wheeler his chief is in Washington today
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Chicago
National Administration
Robert Stevenson
I Wheeler
Washington
Education forum outlines government program for women
A prepared outline will discuss common field problems and effective presentation methods for a varied audience of women. Attendees will hear how the government plans to address these issues and improve outreach and support.
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Eeturer
Infcrenen
We Got a Few Before They Got Us Says Wounded Marines
Wounded Marines in Paris hospitals recounting the Heuresches Veuilly fight say they held their ground with spirits high. Theodore J. Waldman of New York City, son of German-born parents, says his mother and father urged him to persevere as a large hospital staff tends to the wounded and Paris hospitals expand capacity to meet demand.
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Paris
Theodore J. Waldman
New York City
Marine Corps
Germany
700000 Men Sent Abroad Says Baker
Baker asserts that 700000 American troops have been sent overseas and calls for a dignified farewell to soldiers returning home. He emphasizes enduring Franco American partnership in liberty and equality as both nations defend shared democratic principles.
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Baker
Forty More Concrete Ships Special Dispatch to The Tribune
R J Wig chief engineer announces contracts for forty new concrete vessels of 7 500 tons each to be laid down in five government yards. Yards under government supervision are under construction in various sites with Wilmington North Carolina set to start building in July.
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the Tribune
Washington
R. J. Wig
The
Shipping Board
Wilmington
N. C
Tuly
Demands Germany Reveal the Kind of Peace She Offers
Paris June 10 l Homme Libre says Clemenceau's paper argues for a peace that guarantees reparations and prevents Kaiser's militarism. It urges Germans to define terms clearly and reject vague talks while asserting Allied resolve and a just lasting peace.
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Germany
Courrier Dee Etate Unia
Paris
l'Homme Libre
Clemenceau
Wilson
Reichstag
M. Clemenceau
American flyer Putnam decorated for downing two planes
Paris June 10 David E Putnam of Brookline Massachusetts received the military medal for bringing down two German planes earlier. He served as a sergeant in the French Flying Corps and was transferred today to the American Aerial Corps as a lieutenant.
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Paris
David E. Putnam
Brookline
Mass
Putnam
Women Physicians to Discuss War Work Conference in New York
A conference of women physicians under the Section on Women's Work of the Bureau of Social Hygiene will meet in New York on June 14 and 15. The Bureau is part of the War Activities enforcement division, focusing on education about social hygiene. Ninety physicians from the YWCA War Work Council's social morality committee will lecture to women and girls nationwide.
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Sperial Dianaten Ooene Rrowney
Washington
Bueau of
New York
Bureau of Social Iyciene
Cpinion
Social Morality Committee
Y. W
Austria Massing Men And Guns In Italy
Austrian troops and heavy guns are rushed to the front in Northern Italy. Railroads behind Austrian lines are moving troops and munitions to positions near the battle line. A training program aims to boost assault readiness under Marshal Conrad von Hoetzendorf. Field Marshal Koroyie commands Austrian forces on the Italian front near the Piave River district.
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Italy
Conrad von Hoetzendorf
Koroeyie
Piave River
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Mobic Morgan
Howard Coviiston
Prine
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Schaefer
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N.C
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Lowi
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Ket
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Cambridge
Mallister
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McAnitel
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Kingwood
W. Va
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Morgan
Tex
Milcahey
Joseph
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Rigmano
Taly
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Earl
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Bloomington
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N.Y
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Amedeo
Natick
R. I. Dees
Prederick
Leonard M
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Elmersport
Tatal Kitte Furie
American Medical Association
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la’ Panne
Berlin
League of Free Peoples
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Saks & Co
Marshall Field & Co
Saks & Company
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