Submarine Harpathian Sunk Off Virginia Capes
The British steamer Harpathian, 2800 net tons, was torpedoed and sunk about 100 miles off the Virginia capes at 9 am. The Palmer rescued the crew, who drifted 26 hours in small boats. Capt. Owen reported quick sinking and a torpedo hit, with two injured and others exposed. The U-boat was large, over 200 feet, and the ship was en route to Newport News in ballast from Europe.
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Washington
Harpathian
Virginia Capes
Navy Department
Palmer
Chesapeake Bay
Department
Navy
Atlantic
Owen
Newport News
Taxes for One Third of Budget
Washington June 7 Secretary Meśse has recommended in a letter to Chairman Kitchin that the new revenue bill raise 8 billion dollars by taxation, about one third of the 24 billion dollar expenditure for 1919. He urged higher normal income taxes, a real war profits tax, higher taxes on unearned incomes, and heavy taxation of luxuries to fund war needs and support liberty bonds.
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Washington
Messéise
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
McAdoo
Germans Take Locre Hospice in Fierce Local Attack
In France near Locre and Mont Rouge German forces attacked Locre Hospice last night. The assault reached the hospice but heavy machine gun and artillery fire halted the advance, forcing a retreat while the Germans reportedly held the grounds at latest reports. The ground and buildings have changed hands several times in recent weeks.
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Associated Press
France
Locre
Lucre
Mont Rouge
Will Develop Men Unfit For Service
Washington June 7 The War Department orders organization of development battalions at every national army guard and regular army camp to train men not yet fit for service. The units aim to overcome mental or physical faults or remove those deemed unfit for any combatant or non combatant duty. Drafted men lacking English may be detailed to these battalions.
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Washington
National Army
National Guard
Regular Army
War Department
Pacific contracts placed by War Shipping Board
Washington June 7 The Shipping Board approves over 30 million dollars in new Pacific Northwest shipbuilding contracts. It votes to acquire Skinner and Eddy of Seattle and Seattle Dry Dock properties, with first orders to expand Skinner and Eddy so they can build many 8,800 ton steel carenines simultaneously.
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Washington
Pacific Northwest
The
Shipping Board
Skinner and Eddy Company of
Seattle
Seattle Dry Dock and Construction Company
United States
Skinner and Eddy Company
Des Moines River Nears Flood Stage
The Des Moines River is expected to pass flood stage today, as reported by the federal weather bureau. It stands as the highest river level in six years, with improvements noted in several parts of the state though railroad traffic remains hampered.
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Des Moines
Federal Weather Bureau
Local engagements reported northwest of Chateau Thierry
Berlin dispatch quotes a general headquarters note describing local engagements on the battlefront northwest of Chateau Thierry and along the Ardre river. The second sentence about timing appears as a non sequitur.
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Berlin
London
General Headquarters
Chateau, Thierry
Ardre River
German official bulletin reports battlefield activity and air losses
Berlin dispatch notes artillery action varying in intensity with reconnoitering captures and trenches seized near Pontoise Aisne Noyon and Saviers. Over two days 46 enemy planes and four balloons downed and Richthofen’s squadron claims 15 aircraft. London summary adds hospital attacks repulsed near Locre with no other updates.
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Pontoise
Aisne
Noyon
Saviers
Richthofen
London
Locre
Kemmel
Striking Schenectady street railway men urged to reconsider
Washington June 7. Striking Schenectady New York street railway workers who refused to submit grievances to the war labor board were urged by the board on Thursday to reconsider their action. The board warned they are acting against their own best interests and discrediting the patriotic labor movement.
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Washington
Schenectady
N. Y
War Labor Board
Patriotic Labor Movement
Americans Hold Chateau Thierry Amid Bold Marne Bridge Fight
June 7 dispatch from Glory Washington reports a joint American and Colonial defense near Chateau Thierry. US machine guns and colonials repelled German assaults on the Marne bridge area, destroying the central pier and ensuring the town remained in Allied hands. Allies praise American courage and morale in a defining action.
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Marne Bridge
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Eleven Officers And Men Awarded War Cross in France
Eleven officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces in France have been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Among them are three railway engineers honored for distinguishable action on November 30 at Gouzeaucourt in the Cambrai sector during an intense fight where American troops reportedly halted enemy advances.
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France
Gouzeaucourt
Cambret
Americans Push in Picardy Front at Chateau Thierry
American marines attacked at dawn gaining 3 kilometers on a four kilometer front and capturing 100 prisoners in the Chateau-Thierry sector. French forces to the left took 160 prisoners. Hill 142 was seized and a German machine gun company nearly wiped out. Germans diverted three fresh divisions as Americans pressed forward.
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Associated Press
Picardy
Chateau-Thierry
Hill 142
Torcy
No Man’s Land
Marne
Thursdys
Rheims
Marines Take High Ground in Marne Sector Fight
American Marines pierced the Picardy front, driving the foe two miles and a quarter, seizing the high ground northwest of Chateau Thierry in four hours. They captured 100 Germans and aided French forces who took 160 more prisoners as the Marne sector remained in intense combat near Rheims.
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Paris
Oureq
Marne
Veuilly-La-Poterie
War Office
Picardy
Chateau- Thierry
Ar Cecan
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Indy
Nil
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Ohiip Board
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