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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
3
Through an association with numerous American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers. Over a hundred serve with the armies and navies of various warring nations, and select pictures will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
Mile Suzy Depsy, famed on the Parlin stage, is detained in France as a spy charged with maintaining relations with the enemy. Her husband Emil Guillier, once manager to American boxer Sam McVey, is arrested on espionage charges. Depsy rose to notice at Theatre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris.
Mar Leontin Botshkureva founder and leader of the Russian women's Battalion of Death arrives at a Pacific port en route to Eo to offer service to the allies. She was smuggled out of Moscow during Kerensky’s downfall and took refuge on a British war vessel at Vindivostok.
A fragment discusses a young man in information who would not answer questions. The speaker mocks his silence and suggests he is being censored, while questioning if the government will run railroads faster and cheaper.
A Brookfield Massachusetts farmer showcases his Guernsey herd trained to perform tasks such as rolling a barrel around the barnyard. The cattle take positions on a special wooden platform for their acts, blending entertainment with profit.
Report from the front notes the advance slowed as pace fell from eighteen to a reduced rate. Mention of Rheims being lost and the line halted on the 10 mile stretch.
Allied forces face a massive German push driving toward Paris as the Marne salient widens south of Meaux and Rheims. French and British defenses still contest the line from Rheims to the Marne while holding key positions west of Rheims and north toward Soissons.
German airmen bombed a large Canadian hospital at 12 20 am causing many casualties. An American medical officer tending an anaesthetic to a British officer in the operating room was killed as the wing collapsed and fire spread. The attack illuminated by a flare buried surgeons patients and staff in debris.
Paris reports German attacks on the right bank of the Allette river repulsed. German forces reached the Marne with light detachments penetrating between Charteres and Jaugonne. Right flank actions remain unchanged, with positions west and north of Heimss noted by the war office.
The War Trade Board extends the effective date for individual cotton export licenses to Italy by 20 days. The special license fee waiver ends June 10, with full licenses required thereafter to strengthen Italian import controls.
Reuters reports from Paris say German pressure shows no easing. On the right flank the German attack has advanced beyond Soissons while stiff Allied resistance holds. In the center German forces hit Saint-Gervais and Sageaes, with continued push on both wings amid heavy fighting.
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