Sugar Ration Rules Cut Home Use to Three Pounds a Month
Washington reports drastic sugar restrictions by the food administration effective July 1. Home consumption drops to three pounds per person monthly while less essential manufactured products set at 60 percent of normal sugar needs. Ice cream production faces a seven percent cap and many items are restricted or forbidden to conserve sugar for the Allies.
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United Press
Washington
Food Administration
United States
Hoover
Barroom
California
Class of 1918 Soon to Get Questionnaires
Washington date draft executives diverted by Provost Marshal General Crowder to begin June 25 for three days, sending questionnaires to registrants of the class of 1918. Twenty five percent of the regional boards will be provided with questionnaires daily, with serial and seder number spaces left blank until classification occurs.
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Washington
Atutes
Crowder
Sentinus
Regia
Americans Bad Boys Germans Decide Frontline War News
In France on the Marne the Germans label American troops as bad boys and a deserter from the German side says conditions worsen. He surrendered to American lines, desertion is rising, and fighting around Belleau Wood continues with machine gun and rifle actions. The 28th German Division is relieved by the 87th, regarded as inferior by the Germans.
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Associated Press
France
Marne
Belleau Wood
Wife at Door Hears Husband Kill 3 Children
Thomas J. Shelley a Tammany politician with a sanatorium past shot his three young children yesterday then killed himself as his wife heard the shots from their 1229 Madigan Avenue apartment. Grace six, Thomas Jr four, Dora twenty one months died. Shelley died later. The distraught wife hid the revolver before the tragedy, with neighbors assisting in evacuation.
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Thomas J. Shelley
Madigan Avenue
John Caldwell
Dora
Grace
Thomas, Jr
Mr. Shelley
Flower Hospital
Teelock
Caldwell
Mrs. Shelley
Daniel O'Leary
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Shelley
Sarlor
Fragmented excerpt on war era trials and military outlook
A long excerpt discusses legal delays in a civic suit during a municipal campaign, with Justice Cropsey noting serious charges and readiness issues. It shifts to wartime analysis, referencing von Seydler, Kerensky’s Russia, Austria hunger, and Allied manpower efforts amid anticipated German offensives.
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Justice Cropsey
Hylan Ordered To Pay $2,000 In Libel Suit
Justice James C. Cropsey in Brooklyn Supreme Court awarded the Press Publishing Company $2,000 extra expenses for preparing to defend two libel suits brought by Mayor John F. Hylan. The decision accompanies prior expense assessments against the Mayor after he sought withdrawal of the suits.
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James C. Cropsey
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
The
Press Publishing Company
New York World
John F. Hylan
Justice Cropsey
Two-thirds of U Boats Destroyed Says Navy Official
Paris reports on June 22 that two-thirds of German submarines launched are already sunk. The Under Secretary of the Navy told deputies that losses are accelerating as they destroy them faster than Germany builds new ones. He added that the rate of destruction outpaces production.
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Paris
Under Secretary of the Navy
U S Urged to Launch Drive In Balkans
Washington dispatch reports growing calls for a new Allied push into the Balkans as Austria’s weakness and a stalled Italian front prompt debate on reconstituting the Eastern front. The special dispatch notes rising attention to strategy and potential political shifts.
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U.S
Balkans
C. W. Gilbert
the Tribune
Washington
Eastern Front
Austria
Italy
900000 Now At or on Way To the Front
General March, Chief of Staff, says the United States has passed the 900000 mark in shipping men from American ports to France. The total includes seaborne personnel, non combatants, and combatants, and is 100000 higher than last week. A new monthly record appears likely.
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Manever
March
France
Hindenburg
the Tribune
Washington
General March
Germans Admit Having No Food to Aid Vienna
A Basel dispatch to Havas reports General Ludendorff saying Germany cannot provide aid to Vienna due to cereals already pledged to Austria. He notes shipments to the west front were redirected to Austria in April to June, and no reserves remain for further relief. Budapest's mayor also cannot assist but forwards the plea to Hungary’s Food Minister.
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Paris
Basel
Switzerland
Havas
Ludendorff
Ukraine
Rumania
Bessarabia
Austria
West Front
Budapest
Bulgars Split With Turkey Over Spoils
Amsterdam dispatch reports German Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann addressing the Reichstag on the Romanian peace treaty and Bulgaria Turkey land divisions. He favors a quick union of Northern Dobrudja with Bulgaria while cautioning neutrality in Turkish claims and noting distrust toward Romania remains.
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von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Romania
Dobrudja
Gustav Stresemann
Rumania
Georg Ledebour
Soc ‘Int
America
Plot to Kill Kaiser Karl Is Reported
London reports unconfirmed news of an assassination attempt on Emperor Charles of Austria from Amsterdam. Telegraph dispatches cite riots in Budapest and Vienna with fatalities, arrests, and widespread disorder. Strikes surge in Vienna as authorities patrol streets and guard public buildings.
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Kaiser Karl
London
Amsterdam
Charles of Austria
Budapest
Vienna
Nieue Freie Presse
Hungarian Premier Discusses Alliance in Parliament
Amsterdam June 22 Count Theodore Butthyanyi stated in the Hungarian lower house that negotiations for renewing the Austro Hungarian German alliance show signs of complete unification, while Premier Dr Alexander Wekerle cautioned that talks for a closer alliance are in early stages and urged duties reduction and a broad free list. Continued on Page 5, Column 2
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Chambter of Deputies
Sasel
Wekerle
Amsterdam
Theodore Butthyanyi
Friedrich von Payer
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Alexander Wekerle
Italian Front Holds After Austrians Fail Offensive
Report says Austrian drive along the Piave and mountains is at a standstill with local clashes only. Italian gains include advancing at Cava Zuccherina, widening the Piave bridgehead, and taking 150 prisoners. The German and Austrian lines face renewed pressure as Allied artillery and fresh reserves reinforce positions.
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Orlando
Losson
Cava Zuccherina
Adriatic
Mount Grappa
Montello
Soissons
Rheims
Vienna
Berlin
Austrians Fail to Bring Up Heavy Artillery on Piave
Italian Army Headquarters report the Austrians unable to advance on the Piave during the second week of the battle. After seven days of attempting to fortify positions around Montello and San Dona di Piave, they stand largely equipped only with machine guns rifles and bayonets. The invaders face a need to abandon efforts to hold both Piave banks and are confined to narrow front lines.
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Montello
San Dona di Piave
Mainely
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