Allies Retire Along Wide Front From Soissons To Rheims
German forces press the Allied line from Soissons east to Eleheims as 25 000 prisoners are reported taken including a French and British general The German attack eyes Rheims and cantigny American gains hold while Germans suffer heavy losses in gas attacks and hand to hand fighting No decisive battle declared in Flanders and Picardy as both sides raid positions
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Associated Press
Soissons
Eleheims
Paris
Compeigne
Foch
Aisne
Cantigny
Toul
Bremenil
Flanders
Picardy
Montdidier
Boehm
von Below
Larisch
Terny-Sorny
Wichura
Conde
Ford Conde
Wregny
Missy
Vesle
City
von Winkeller
von Conta
Schmetow
Braine
Fismes
Vesse
Ilse
Prouilly
Villers
Franqueux
Courcy
Thierry
Haig
London
Baumont-Hamel
Kemmel
Fresh German Assaults Press Allied Line in France
The German forces mounted new mass attacks against French lines with heavy tank and artillery support. Allied troops, including British divisions, ceded ground but maintained organized withdrawal and mutual liaison as they retreated toward Chemin Des Dames and nearby ridges.
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Juvancourt
Ville Aux Bois
Pontavert
Berry Au Bac
Chemin Des Dames Ridge
Chavignon
Malmaison
France Expects Strong War Front As 3 Million In Service
Lieut-Col Edouard De Billy told 3 000 Iowa State College graduates France is not bled white and remains confident in victory. He cited three million troops at the front and six million in reserve, with many aged 19 to 45 serving. He praised aid from agricultural states for higher crop production.
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Ames
France
Edouard de Billy
United States
Iowa State College
Mid-West
DeBilly
Yanks Don Gas Masks Repel Hun
American forces on the French front repelled three German counter-attacks in Picardy after storming Cantigny. Ground won by Americans Monday remained in their possession as fighters used gas masks and bayonets in close combat with German losses heavy and prisoners taken.
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Associated Press
Picardy
Premenil
Governors protest transfer of troops to overseas unit
Governors of Minnesota Nebraska and Iowa urged Secretary Baker to spare the thirty fourth division’s 5000 national guardsmen from being broken up for another overseas unit. They offered to source replacements from the national army or new regular units if feasible. General March was asked to accommodate the request if possible.
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Washington
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Baker
Thirty-Fourth
Mr. Saker
General March
War Industries Board Formally Created as Separate Agency
President Wilson, by executive order, established the War Industries Board as a distinct administrative agency to act under his direction. Bernard Baruch, the board's chairman, holds the bulk of delegated powers while the board has for months operated as part of the Council of National Defense before the Overman bill to authorize reorganization becomes law.
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Washington
Wilson
War Industries Board
Bernard Baruch
Chaiman Baruch
Council of National Defense
Leasowe Castle Sunk by Submarine in Mediterranean
The transport Leasowe Castle was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine on May 26 in the Mediterranean. One hundred one crew and passengers are recorded drowned. 13 officers and 79 other ranks, including the captain and two wireless operators, are missing and presumed drowned. The ship, built in 1917 at Birkenhead, was owned by Union Castle Mail Steamship Co of London.
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London
Leasowe Castle
British Admiralty
Birkenhead
Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Mediterranean
The Strange Waukesha Case
Grace Lusk attacked District Attorney D. S. Tullar in the Waukesha courtroom after being found guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts. The outburst followed a ten-ballot verdict sending Lusk to prison for one to 25 years as jurors and spectators reacted with shock and tears.
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Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
D. S. Tullar
Mary Newman Roberts
Maurice Tullar
Miss Lusk
Roberts
James Clancy
Mr. Corrigan
W. ST. Meadows
Mr. Tullar
Air Powers Down 252 German Planes in Week
Allied aviators claim 252 German aircraft shot down on the western front in the week ending May 23 according to the British military mission reports.
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Washington
Shop Men Threaten to Strike in Railroad Wages Dispute
Labor unrest spreads among Rock Island and other lines as shop craftsmen seek higher pay and an eight hour day. Workers at Silvis shops threaten a Friday noon strike after protesting Director-General McAdoo’s wage scales and requesting 75 cents an hour while officials plan a wage board review next week.
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Washington
Rock Island
McAdoo
Railroad Administration
United States
Silvis
Rock Island Road
S. W. Mullinix
Mullinix
American Doctors Reported Among Prisoners in Europe
A Wolf Bureau telegram from Berlin reports fighting on the Chemin des Dames with British captives including a number of American doctors. The note places the event in the ongoing World War I context and highlights medical professionals among those captured.
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Amsterdam
Wolf Bureau
Berlin
Chemin Des Dames
War by victory keynote marks Indiana Republican nominating
May 30 Indianapolis. The Indiana Republican convention adopted a platform for the November election and nominated a state ticket by blanket vote. Will H. Hays and U S Senators Harry S. New and James E. Watson spoke pledging support for the war with unlimited means while reserving critique of corruption and inefficiency. Governor Goodrich served as temporary chairman. Only three nominations for state offices were contested.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
United States
Harry S. New
James E. Watson
Goodrich
University of Nebraska Professor Quoted on War Entry
The 1917 newspaper article quoted Prof. C. E. Persinger saying he regretted Congress rushed into war. The remark was entered as evidence in a Regents hearing on alleged un American attitudes among instructors during World War I. James M. Lawrence of The Lincoln Daily Star testified before adjournment until Friday.
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Lincoln. Neb
C. E. Persinger
American History Department
University of Nebraska
Congress
Board of Regents
State Council of Defense
James M. Lawrence
Lincoln Daily Star
Lawrence
Soissons Evacuated After Streets Fighting in France
Paris dispatch reports French forces evacuated Soissons after hours of stubborn street fighting northwest of the town. The official war office note says French and British troops held positions along the Aisne canal and near Rheims, with heavy actions around Belleu Septmonts Ambrief and Chaerise.
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Paris
Soissons
War Office
Rheims
Aisne Canal
Belleu
Septmonts
Ambrief
Chaerise
Louveigne
Fere-En-Tardenois
Brouillet
Savigny
Tilloy
Berlin
London
Aisne
Yser
Oss
Ypres
Cantigny Gains Reported as U S Army Consolidates
General Pershing's communique states American forces consolidated positions in the Cantigny salient after heavy fire and repelled renewed counter attacks. Lorraine raids were repulsed with several prisoners taken and enemies killed, with ongoing artillery actions in the Woëvre area. May 27 aviators credited with shooting two hostile aircraft.
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Washington
Cantigny Salient
Pershing
War Department
Lorraine
Nash Indicted Over Hoarded Food Stuffs in Washington
Francis S. Nash and his wife, medical director of the DAVY, were indicted on charges of hoarding food materials. Investigators found more than a ton of sugar stored in the Nash residence, highlighting a major stockpiling case in Washington.
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Washington
Francis S. Nash
The
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von Suter
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War Industry Board
M’adoo
America
Whig
Eagle’s Eye
Wm. J. Flynn
U.S. Secret Service
von Bernstorff
Courtley Ryley Cooper
U.S. Army Bulletin
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