800000 Soldiers of America Fight in France Washington
General March announced that American forces in France now number about 800000 across all service branches. Troop movement proceeds limited only by ship capacity, with plans to continue shipping. He warned German offensives aim at Channel ports and Paris, while Allied lines stretch from Rheims to the air front over sixty six miles. The chief of staff described German attempts to straighten their line and noted ongoing attacks west of Suissons as Allied losses are counterbalanced by reinforcements.
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WASHINGTON
France
March
war department
Rheims
Murek
Channel
England
Varis
Oise
Aisne
den
Marek
Suissons
Sight of American Troops Beats Germans
London reports a Teuter correspondent notes American soldiers in France have proven superior on the front, beating German forces despite their experience and numerical advantage. The observer says Germans retreat when faced with Americans and suffer heavier losses.
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LONDON
Teuter
France
hale
Bowie County Sheriff Impersonated by Chicago Woman
Texas Sheriff James Baker arrived to escort Henriette May Edwards, also known as June Cox, to Texarkana Ark as a witness in a bootlegging case. He learned a van had impersonated him earlier, and with police aid confirmed the woman was not a victim in the headless woman murder case but a missing witness.
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CHICAGO
James Baker
Bowie county
Texas
Henriette May Edwards
June Cox
Texarkana
Ark
witnes
Navy report cites officer shortages for squadrons abroad
Secretary Daniels released Rear Admiral Palmer's report showing two squadrons overseas lack designated commanders aside from a British officer and five more squadrons scheduled to sail have no commanders. The note stresses urgency in filling officer posts to lead the units.
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WASHINGTON
Sechary Daniels
Palmer
bureau of navigation
Selective Service Fails to Meet Original War Aim
Washington June 15 Darragh de Laney of the War Department told the national war labor conference that selective service has failed to keep skilled men at work on government contracts. He said patriotic but misplaced zeal led to many essential men entering the volunteer army and urged deferments for skilled workers to speed war production. Indefinite furloughs have been given to several hundred trained soldiers in the past month and thousands more will be sent home to prevent delays to war contracts tied up by a lack of skilled labor.
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WASHINGTON
Darragh de Laney
war department
national war labor conference
De Laney
Lone Indian Finds Judge's Soft Spot
A drunk Indian, J. James, appeared in court and, after a friendly exchange with Judge Bryson, learned the judge's old Placerville hometown. The judge treated him leniently, likening the meeting to a prodigal son reunion. James praised the judge as a good feller as he departed.
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JUDGE
James
Peasants Resist Germans in Minsk Mohilev Regions
Russian peasants in the Minsk and Mohilev provinces fiercely resist German moves to restore land to landlords. Several German detachments are said to have been annihilated by enraged peasants as Petrograd reports the clashes.
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PETROGRAD
Russia
Minsk
Mohilev
Sergeant Putnam Downed Five Germans in One Day
Paris report states Sergeant David F. Putnam of Brookline Massachusetts felled five German planes on June 10. Three victories are official, two under investigation, potentially raising his total to thirteen making him the top American ace of the war alongside French pilots. He is a descendant of Israel Putnam and received the War Cross from France.
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PARIS
David F. Putnam
Brookline
Mass
Putnam
Putnan
Lacart
Frank ‘Bayless
New Bedford
Mags
Rene Fonek
Frank E. Bryties
Big Gun Activities Along Dise and Aisne Fronts
English and Scottish battalions north of Bethune conducted a local operation on the Flanders front taking over sixty prisoners. French war office reports artillery activity along the front between Montdidier and the Oise with no infantry actions. gunfire also noted south of the Aisne and west of Rheims in the Champlat Bligny sector. The German offensive near Compiegne and Villers-Cotterets is described as a heavy check despite a slight center advance.
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PARIS
Montdidier
Oise
war office
Aisne
Rheims
Champlat- Bligny
James
Ilenry Biden
Journal des Debats
Compiegne
Villers-Cotterets
aginst Daris
LONDON
Bethune
Flanders
Eight Marines Killed in Fighting on War Front
Washington reports a marine corps casualty list with sixty three names. Eight killed in action include Capt. Donald K. Duncan of St. Joseph Missouri and Lieut Caldwell Robinson of Hartford Connecticut. Other fallen Marines listed alongside wounded and severely wounded. Names span numerous states including Washington and New York, with private and corporal ranks among the casualties.
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WASHINGTON
marine’ corps
lotto
mons
Charles L. Maynard
Spelune
Wash
Donald K. Duncan
St. Joseph
Caldwell
Hackensaick
Marvin Watson
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Bernard Werner
Ginghamton
N.Y
Karl Wilson Locke
Ohio
Victor Edward Joinville
Bridgeport
Conn
China May Close Doors to U S Tobacco
Southern senators asked Secretary Lansing to investigate reports that China will shut American tobacco shipments. They alleged China planned to cede control of its tobacco market to Japan via a Chinese loan, threatening a $30 million yearly business for American interests.
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WASHINGTON
state department
China
Lansing
Japan
Gee iy
Spanish King Awards Cross to American Archer Huntington
King Alfonso of Spain conferred the Grand Cross of Charles I on Archer Huntington of New York, founder and president of the Hispanic Society of America. His efforts helped fund and erect the Hispanic Museum in New York.
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MADRID
Spain
Alfonso
Charles I
Archer Huntington
New York
Hispanic Society of America
Fispanic
Thorp and Noye Fight Ends In Draw In Des Moines
In Des Moines on June 15 the eleven round welterweight bout between Harry Thorp of Kansas City and Johnny Noye of St. Paul ended without a winner. The decision split the papers with Thorp landing more blows yet Noye delivering the more effective wallops. Morning editions labeled the result a draw.
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DES MOINES
Harry Thorp
Kansas City
Johnny Noye
St. Paul
Thorp
Noye
Two Kerensky Leaders Arrested by Soviets
Moscow reports more than three hundred arrests in anti Soviet crackdown. Among those seized are M Kishkin the former minister of public welfare and M Malyantovich the former minister of justice from the Kerensky cabinet. The counterrevolutionary group alleged to operate as the union for defense of the fatherland and freedom plans to overthrow the Soviets and restore prewar order with Allied support.
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MOSCOW
Associated Press
M. Kishkin
Kerensky
M. Malyantovich
Siberia
Rusia
union for defense
freedom
Russia
Germany
Government to hamper steel diversion from war needs
Washington says steel control will not delay petroleum and oil gas production, urging restraint on essential commodities. It notes 150000 tons of steel allotted to Japan under a reciprocal ships-for-steel pact, with steel rushed to sea for quick transport.
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WASHINGTON
oil division
the
fuel administration
war industries board
Japan
United States
sea board
First American Bombing Raid Winds Above the Marne
American batteries pelt German lines along the Marne front northwest of Chateau Thierry in the first raid by U S bombing squadrons behind enemy lines. The attack follows a German gas assault and draws cheers from French British and American aviators as planes start their mission and head toward Germany. General James G Harbord temporarily commands US Marines after Brig Gen Doyen’s retirement with plans for Brig Gen Jerome to relieve him soon.
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FRANCE
Associated Press
Marna front
Chateau Thierry
FRANCH
Germany
JAMES D. HARBORDrig
James G. Harbord
Pershing
United States marines
Maine
Doyen
Jeremne
marine corps
Harbord
army
Exemption Board Acts on Paine Case in Draft Classification
Gustavus Te Paine a religious teacher seeking deferred draft status was placed in class one by the district exemption board after deliberation and argument. The board also announced other classifications by county including class one and four entries for several individuals across Douglas Humboldt Washoe and White Pine counties with multiple names listed.
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Gustavus TE. Paine
Christian Setence
Wison
Elke county
Angelo Selmi
Jesse McClung
Robert H. Tamming
Charless Allen
Bernard H. Smith
Gregorio Lorindegui
Valentine Zaldain
Juan Aleman
Tomas Sasso
Josse Mrrolaga
Jean Curutehet
Wills J. Edwards
Frank V. Collins
Douglas ‘county
Henry Claude Heise
Humboldt county
Carl Haven
Sanborn
James B.Miror
Joseph Scott
Fred Ladeen
Washoe county
Allen B. McDonald
Michael B. Petroff
Isador Markoss
flve
Pete Fendi
White Pine county
Salvador Oleachen
Navy refuses waiver to 17 year olds for apprentice sailors
Washington June 15. The navy department will admit no exception to its rule that apprentice seamen must be at least eighteen. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt rejected a waiver requested by J. & Snyder of Sheridan Wyoming for his seventeen year old son, saying sufficient applicants aged eighteen are available and it is unwise to accept younger boys.
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WASHINGTON
navy department
Roosevelt
McCumber
North Dakota
J. &. Snyder
Sheridan
Wyo
British Captain Kilroy Tharris to Tour Nevada
Capt Walter Kilroy Tharris of the British army will tour Nevada with a hearing plan by the state council of defense. He will speak in Caliente on Sunday then Pioche Las Vegas Goodsprings Goldfield Tonopah Mina Luning Yerington Milton Sparks Gardnerville Lovelock on specified June dates.
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Walter Kilroy Tharris
state council of defense
Harris
Salt Lake City
Caliente
Pioche
Las Vegas
Goodsprings
Goldfield
Tonopah
Mina
Luning
Yerington
Milton
Sparks
Gardnerville
Lovelock
Machinist killed at Naval Air School
Wilcont D. Jones of Uniondale Florida a machinist mate at the naval air school Key West was killed when his body was caught in the propeller of a hydroaeroplane.
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NAVAL AIR SCHOOL
KEY WEST
Fila
German Soldiers Ban Bolshevik Ideas Urge Strict Army Discipline
London June 15 German soldiers returning from Russia are said to be imbued with Bolshevik ideas and pamphlets as per Copenhagen dispatch to Exchange Telegraph. General von Risberg told the reichstag that strict discipline is necessary. The session featured sharp attacks on the army leadership with criticism of the Bucharest system and training gaps for officers.
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LONDON
Russia
von Risberg
reichstag
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Herr Mueller
Meiningen
Bucharest
von Stein
Mueller
American Warships Off Gibraltar and Far North
June 15 report from London quotes Vice Admiral Si Rosslyn Wemyss, first sea lord, saying German submarine activity off the U S Atlantic coast should not be taken seriously and that only one sub is likely operating to frighten inland shores. He notes American ships have long operated from Queenstown and in the Mediterranean, praising U S naval cooperation with the Grand Fleet in the North Sea.
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LONDON
Atlantic
United States
Si Rosslyn Wemyss
admiralty
North sea
Mediterranean
cours
Queenstown
Gibraltar
U. S
Forest fires rage in Dako and Montana
Missoula Montana June 15 continued hot dry weather in Western Montana and Northern Idaho worsened the forest fire situation. Fires across Kaniksu Leelerg Pine and Kootenai Falls areas burned thousands of acres as crews and lumbermen fought rapidly spreading blazes.
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MISSOULA
Mont
Montana
Idaho
white pine
Kaniksu forest
Washington
Leelerg creek
Pine creek
Kootenai Falls
Flathead
Helena
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