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Newspaper
Oklahoma City Times
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
1
U S Marines pour into Torey and Rouresches driving through Belleau wood with gas shell fire. They seize prisoners and push beyond objectives, signaling strong advance along a three mile front as Marine bayonets and artillery aid the assault.
Marines advance in four waves amid heavy fire near Belleau Wood dominated by rolling artillery and machine gun teams. A sergeant kills a German commander and four more enemies as the assault pushes through trenches and barbed wire toward Torcy while observers direct fire from farmhouses and woods.
River of mooding grounds north of Backingtown falls over five inches in three hours while crest reached Oklahoma City and expected to drop soon. Workers reinforce dam cut to protect a drainage canal as Yukon and El Reno power lines remain under water. Jack Holland builds a levee to save Liberty Park from flooding.
Washington report notes Representative Moore of Pennsylvania, a Republican, said cotton taxes would be a live subject in revenue drafting. He argued cotton has been a great profit and a fruitful revenue source.
Provost General Crowder announced that the class of 1918 registrants will not be allowed to enlist in the Navy or Marine Corps and no voluntary inductions will be granted until order and serial numbers are assigned. A general revision under the selective service act began with governors ordered to investigate why boards show low Class 1 registrant rates and to reclassify thousands from Class 4 to higher classes.
An armed French merchant ship arriving at an Atlantic port reported an encounter with a German submarine off the Virginia capes. Details are scarce. fight believed to have occurred near the capes. Damage to the French vessel is not known.
Uncertainty marked the day as Virgie May Hourch’s body lay near Billings after being found abandoned at a house. Relatives and Howsch family members floated possible burial options while questions about divorce and family wishes surfaced. Virgie May’s sister and uncle offered fragmentary comments as arrangements remained unsettled.
An eastern news agency dispatch from Harbin says Shanghat Jame 7 General Se imuranfV, leader of the anti Bolshevik forces, has left the trans Baikal front due to internal dissensions. It is reported he will disband his army and seek refuge in Mongolia. Two aviators killed in crash at Gerstner field during battle practice near Darre Charles La.
Paris reports American troops gain ground along Tore Fan and Bouresches line west of Thierry with four prisoners. French forces north of the Aisne seize Le Port near Fon, repurpose Hill 20 and Hill 1204 between Marne and Rheims, while British troops regain Bligny with heavy enemy losses.
May deliveries of American ships reached a record level with seventy seven vessels launched totaling 344000 deadweight tons. Forty three steel ships and one wooden vessel were completed and added to the Shipping Board, bringing the year to date total to 170 ships and 120000 tons.
American Marines with French troops on both sides push back the German salient toward the Marne. They recapture the village of Torey as the assault continues north of Chateau Thierry in a relayed progress report from the war front.
The Rotary Club heard Pat O’Brien claim he had more money than prison guards in a Belgian facility. British and American guests joined a high stakes poker game at 3:30 pm, ending at 6 pm with the local players victorious and all money staying in Oklahoma City amid rumors of the house shrewd play and slips of cents.
Senator Swanson after a conference with heads said allied and American naval forces have destroyed sixty percent of German submarines built and have cut shipping losses in half.
The report outlines winter and spring wheat expectations, with winter wheat at 87,000,000 bushels and total wheat production around 44,000,000 bushels. It notes mixed conditions and county acreages, including rye and hay outputs, and cites prices near 97 million dollars for the overall crop.
Paris dispatch notes intensified combat as German forces press a hard battle. Soldiers report improvised close quarters fighting with razor blades as part of near hand to hand clashes, reflecting severe strain and casualties.
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