German Spring Offensives Push Toward Paris and Channel
The report outlines three major German offensives in spring 1940 aimed at reaching the English Channel ports and Paris. The Amiens thrust began March 21 between map points B and C, the coast drive started April 9 between A and B, and the Aisne offensive or Battle for Paris began May 2 between D and E. Current German movement is shown between Montdicier and Noyon with heavy arrows on the map.
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Paris
Amiens
Aisne
Montdicier
Noyon
Refusal to Limit Debate in Senate Pushes Vote
The Senate on June 14 144 refused to limit debate on war measures. A 41 to 34 vote defeated Senator Underwood’s rule to cap speeches, with 12 Democrats and 29 Republicans against and 28 Democrats for adoption. The defeat leaves the existing cloture rule in place and reflects divided views on debate limits amid wartime policy.
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Washington
Senate
Underwood
Alabama
Ashurst
Bankhead
Beckham
Culberson
Hitchcock
Johnson
South Dakota
Kirby
Lewis
Martin
Nugent
Owen
Pomerene
Ransdell
Robinson
Saulsbury
Shafroth
Sheppard
Shields
Smith
Arizona
Georgia
Maryland
Swanson
Thomas
Thompson
Vardaman
Wilfley
Cummins
Kenyon
Lenroot
McNary
Nelson
Norris
Chamberlain
Gerry
Guion
Kendrick
King
McKeller
Phelan
Reed
Simmons
South Carolina
Tillman
Trummer
Town
Fall
New Mexico
Smuggled Uncensored Photos Lead to Court Martial
In France on June 13 an American aviator cadet was arrested and to be tried by general court martial for trying to send uncensored photographs to America via a civilian attache. The civilian was brought back from a port under arrest. Some images reportedly were indiscreet. This marks the first case since the general order restricting personal communications to America through postal censorship.
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Associated Press
France
America
British boarding vessel sunk by Teuton submarine
LONDON June 14 A British boarding vessel was sunk by a Teuton submarine June 5 an official statement issued by the admiralty says seven British sailors are missing.
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London
Teuton
Admiralty
Henry Ford enters race for U S senator from Michigan
Washington June 14 Henry Ford announced at a White House visit that at President Wilsons request he would accept the nomination for United States senator from Michigan if offered The statement implied Wilson hopes Michigan Republicans join Democrats in the contest Ford cited service opportunities during readjustment and the need to sacrifice for national work He conferred with Senator William Alden Smith who said he would not seek another term Ford is a Republican
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Washington
Henry Ford
Wilson
United States
Michigan
Ford
White House
William Alden Smith
Smith
Owners of Lead and Zinc Mines Plead for Higher Taxes
Washington June 14 zinc and lead mine operators tell the house ways and means committee they are willing to pay higher taxes due to war profits. Temple Chapman of Joplin Missouri is the first witness to support increased industry taxes, noting short mine lives. George D. Graham of New York City urges classifying motor trucks with public utilities to bear tax burdens or immunities, acknowledging sales tax passed to consumers.
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Washington
Temple Chapman
Joplin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Chapman
George D. Graham
New York City
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
House Rejects Plan To Buy Pneumatic Tube Systems
Washington June 14 The House rejected the Senate amendment to the post office appropriation authorizing government purchase of pneumatic tube systems used to move mail from post offices to railway stations in Brooklyn New York City Boston Philadelphia Chicago St Louis The vote was 182 to 5.
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Washington
House
Senate
Post Office
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Chigeepee St. Louis
Reprieve Granted in Murder Case in Chicago
Governor Lowden grants a 30 day reprieve to Dennis Anderson, condemned for the murder of Railroad Policeman Lieutenant Patrick Lavin. Execution, previously scheduled for this morning, is postponed for thirty days.
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Chicago
Dennis Anderson
Patrick Lavin
Lowden
U S Army Bulletin Reports Belleau Wood Gain
U S Army dispatch from Washington June 13 describes a complete repulse of German assaults northwest of Chateau Thierry. American lines advance by capturing Belleau Wood last German positions, with prisoners and machine guns taken. Airmen bomb Dommarvy Baroncourt railroad station. all crews return.
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Washington
Chateau Thierry
Pershing
Belleau Wood
Dommarvy Baroncourt
Belleauood
Belelau-Bouresches
Bryan Spurs Days at Capital Rally
Springfield June 14 William Jennings Bryan spoke at an anti-saloon league rally urging a federal prohibition amendment. He praised the 36 states needed to ban liquor, urged Illinois to join, and noted Chicago dry delegation with a band. P Scott McBride urged electing a dry legislature in November before September primaries. The event closed with Senator Wesley L. Jones address after Lincoln Tomb ceremonies.
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Springfield
William Jennings Bryan
Anti-Saloon League
Illinois
Drys
Chicago
Jackie Band
Great Lakes
State Arsenal
P. Scott McBride
United States
Wesley L. Jones
Washington
Taft Sees War Ending Within Three Years
Former President William H. Taft said in Rock Island on Thursday that the war would be over within three years of U S entry. He warned it may take one to two years to start fighting effectively and another year to win, noting Russia’s involvement could extend the conflict. He will speak for the National Security League and address a Tri-Cities Press Club dinner where he is an honorary member.
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Rock Island
Ill
Wm. H. Taft
United States
Mr. Taft
Russia
National Security League
Tri-Cities
President Wilson Endorses Federal Woman Suffrage
President Wilson advocates Senate action on a federal woman suffrage amendment after a White House meeting with Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Howard Shaw. He backs the amendment as essential to democracy and praises women’s war efforts, urging passage by session end. The French suffragists’ memorial to him presses for recognition of women’s rights and self determination in postwar world.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
White House
America
Senate of the
United States
War Office Bulletin Highlights French Counterattack Gains
Paris reports a concentrated French artillery assault repulsed a German counterattack between Courcelles and Mery with heavy losses. Laversine fell to Germans briefly. Oise and Aisne fronts mostly calm. British Haig notes a Meris operation yielding 48 prisoners and 6 machine guns. Italian HQ cites intensified artillery fighting in Tonale and Brenta Piave sectors amid bad weather.
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Paris
Courcelles
Mery
War Office
Laversine
Mont Didier
Oise
Aisne
Villers Cotterets
London
Field Marshal Haig
France
Meris
Rome
Tonale
Posina-Astico
Brenta
Piave
German admiralty to declare US eastern coast danger zone
London June 14 reports say the German admiralty will declare the US eastern coast from Mexico to Canada a danger zone and will warn neutral shipping. The dispatch cites Amsterdam reports quoting Berlin.
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London
United States
Mexico
Canadian
Exchange
Amsterdam
Berlin
French Gain Ground On Left Flank In France
In France on June 13 the German assault on the French left flank failed to break through as the fighting quieted overnight and into morning. French counterattacks recaptured Meliocq and Croix Ricard while Allied forces cleared the village and moved prisoners to the rear. A German diversion near Villers-Cotterets yielded little, with five divisions involved along a four mile front.
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France
Meliocq
Croix Ricard
Villers- Cotterets
Coeuvres
Parti
German Offensive Wanes As Allied Lines Stiffen
German attacks from Mont Didier to Noyon and south of the Oise show signs of waning as French and Allied defenses halt advances. A major counterattack near Mont Didier was repulsed, French trenches near Courcy were briefly entered but retaken, and Allied forces captured prisoners and guns. Americans on the Toul sector earned the French war cross. Macedonia operations continue with gains and villages taken.
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Mont Didier
Noyon
Oise
Villers Cotterets
Courcelles
Mery
Aisne
Soissons
Laversin
Courcy
Mont Didier-Noyon
Picardy
German War Office
Chateau-Thier Ty
Bouresches
Belleau Wood
Toul
Macedonia
Flying Squadrons Hunt Out Germans on Fronts
London reports June 14 the air corps engaged in offensive patrols on the French front. They destroyed fifteen enemy aircraft, with several going down in flames. On the British front two of our planes were lost and five German planes destroyed. Two hostile aircraft were driven down out of control and a German balloon fell in flames. Twenty-two tons of bombs were dropped targeting Don Junction, Courtrai railways, Armentieres and Chaulnes, a Bapaume dump, and Bruges docks. Night weather hindered flying.
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Berlin
London
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Noyon
Roye
Estress St. Denis
Aisne
Curry and
Dommieres
Oureq
Savieres
Chateau Thierry
Berthold
Menkhoff
Schleich
Veltjens
Reinhardt
Evening Report
Ypres
Don
Courtrai
Armentieres
Chaulnes
Bapaume
Bruges
Palo Alto War Victim Alan Nichols Dies in France
Alan Nichols of Palo Alto Calif died in a Compiegne hospital after being wounded in an air fight. He received full military honors at Royalieu. Corporal R Sidney Drew and Harold Saxon of Washington report missing as members of the Franco American air corps.
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Paris
Alan Nichols
Palo Alto
Calif
Compiegne
Royalieu
R. Sidney Drew
John Drew
Gazette Des Ardennes
Harold Saxon
Washington, D. C
Franco- American Air Corps
Wilson's stance delays day bills on prohibition
Washington June 14 President Wilson opposes attaching prohibition amendments to the emergency agricultural appropriation bill. Senate leaders will not press such amendments, preferring independent prohibition legislation, though not opposed to it overall.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
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Bryan Spurs
Capital Rally
Taft
Danger Lone
U. S. Coast
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