Italian Gains on Piave Front and Prisoner Counts Rise
Rome reports Italian forces fully reoccupied and extended the Cape Sile bridgehead on the Piave front with gains held against Austrian counterattacks. Nearly 400 prisoners taken. alpinists captured 60 at Cavello. Austrian losses exceed 200,000 as retreat turns to rout amid river crossings and heavy fire.
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Rome
Cape Sile
War Office
Alps
Cavello
Tonale
Duke of Aosta
Piave
Montellé
Nervessa
Méiday
Schuetzen
Lampe
Abiay Cade
Colt Tide
Thriftfett
Individ SS
Draft calls announced for large July mobilization
Washington reports Senator Chamberlain proposing to call 875,000 draft men from August to December to exhaust Class 1. A separate call mobilizes 124,525 white and black registrants. July entrainment begins July 5 with 27,257 white men. Total for July reaches 267,961 across sections, the largest monthly draft since conscription began.
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General Crowder
Crowder
Pyne
Kerensky Eyes Allied Aid and Russia’s Return to War
London sighting of Alexander Kerensky, former provisional premier, signals plans to seek allied support and discuss restoring Russia to fight Germany. Russian sentiment shifts toward military action with the allies, aided by reports from Spokine and officials in Washington. In Arkansas, Ernest Tipton returns to state treasurer post after primary loss, while labor needs raise for engineer corps and field inspectors nationwide. Simon Bloom of Pine Bluff reappointed to the State Board of Accountancy.
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Washington
London
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
America
Germany
Msky
John Spokine
United States
Kerensky
France
Spokine
Brest- Litovsk
Sokine
State Department
Little Rock
Commissioner of Labor Brickhouse
Federal
Department of Labor
Engineer Corps
Department
Fuel Administration
Svs
State Board OF Accountancy
Simon Bloon
Pine Bluff
Yanks Ripple Germans in Belleau Wood Capture 250
American forces stormed Belleau Wood in France last night and captured 250 German prisoners including seven officers. The 347th German division suffered the most, with fierce hand to hand fighting remnants and hidden machine gun positions uncovered by dawn. An ongoing 13 hour American artillery bombardment preceded the assault.
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France
Belleau Wood
America
New York
Philadelphia
Long Island Sound
Former State Treasurer Crockett Remains Seriously Ill
Little Rock June 27 Former State Treasurer J. W. Crockett continues seriously ill with little improvement. He appears to be gradually growing weaker despite medical skill. This week doctors performed a second blood transfusion, a full pint of healthy blood injected into his arteries, but with no apparent success. This marks the second operation of the kind.
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Little Rock
J. W. Crockett
List of Deserters Publicized by Army Authorities
In Little Rock on June 27 a public release by Adjt. Gen. England lists deserters from the national army. Named are Will Brown Willie Franklin Walter A Geising Ed Gibson Wiley Harris William L Henley Harrison Henderson Wallace 8 Klein Thomas Lambert Henry F Nix Reuben Sal ter Willie Stewart John F Straun and Frank Weaver. A bounty of 50 dollars is offered for arrest and delivery to Camp Pike. The note concludes urging thrift through War Savings Stamps.
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Little Rock
National Army
Adjt
England
Will Brown
Willie Franklin
Walter A. Geising
Ed Gibson
Wiley Harris
William L. Henley
Harrison Henderson
Wallace
Klein
Thomas Lambert
Henry F. Nix
Reuben Salter
Willie Stewart
John F. Straun
Frank Weaver
Camp Pike
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Monte Grappa
Fourth Army
National War Savings
National War Savings Committee
Bank OF Prescott Ozan Mercantile CO
Chamberlain
Kerjensky
Ernest Tipton
Joe Ferguson
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