Red Cross to protest German hospital raids in war
London indignant over German air raids on hospitals behind British and American fronts. International Red Cross committee to file protest over bombing of hospital ships and present official facts. Paris reports two German air raids with bombs dropped on the city while warnings and all clear signals were issued.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
Germany
Paris
Aris
American Doctor Killed in German Hospital Bombing
In France German airmen struck a Canadian hospital at 12:30 am, killing an American medical officer and injuring many as a wing collapsed in a fire. The attack occurred under moonlight with Red Cross signs visible, and救 aiders rushed to the scene as the building burned.
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Associated Press
France
Germi
Aassiat
Revue
Fire destroys hospital wing as two brigades battle blaze
Work and two fire brigades fought the inferno as ladders and apparatus emptied the hospital rapidly. A roaring furnace left a twisted wing while rescuers hauled out unconscious victims. Firemen’s brave effort ended the blaze but many victims remained buried, including several sisters, with no hope of survival.
Americans Raid Toul and Woevre in Successful Operations
Washington reports American volunteers and detachments blew up 32 enemy dugouts and a bridge, with over 20 enemy killed or wounded. A Woevre raid destroyed advanced positions, with killed, wounded, and prisoners. Lorraine artillery quiets. one hostile aircraft shot down. Casualties to Americans were minimal.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
Lorraine
Associated Press
Jin
France
Toul
Lone Star Launches Vessel at Beaumont Shipyard
Lone Star steamship built for the Emergency Fleet Corporation was launched at Beaumont at 11:40 Saturday morning. The ceremony was led by the Daughters of the American Revolution with sponsor Mrs Lipscomb Norvell, state regent. It is the third Ferris type vessel launched at Beaumont in three weeks.
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Beaumont
Tex
Lone Star
Lone Star Shipbuilding Company
Tor
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fecal
Daughters of the American Revoluton
Lipscomb Norvell
Lone Star Company
Plane accident kills airman at Taliaferro Field
Felix A Roering 28, of the 28th Aero Squadron at Taliaferro Field, was killed when an airplane toppled onto him while he rode a motorcycle across the field. The propeller struck him in the head, fracturing the skull. His father lives at 152 Pine Street Elizabeth New Jersey.
Weather forecast for major cities and tourists
San Antonio forecast tonight and Sunday partly cloudy to cloudy. Light winds from the south. Other cities show varied conditions with mild to warm temperatures, winds from southwest, and periodic rain or clear skies. Highs range from mid 60s to upper 80s, with lows in the 60s to upper 70s.
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San Antonio
ST. Louis
Chicago
Oas City
Nighey
New York
Fogry
Washington, D. C
British Press Warns Of Grave Western Front Crisis
London dispatch reports a highly anxious Western Front outlook amid varied editorials. The Daily Telegraph foresees new Marne scale battle potential. Daily News and Daily Express flag hopeful American aid and continued Allied resolve. British authorities describe German offensive across a ten mile Marne front toward Chateau Thierry and Dormans, with rapid German advances, retirements, and tense northern and eastern theater actions indicating a widening but contested salient.
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Daily Mail
Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Dormans
Marne
Chauteau Thierry
Soissons
Noyon
Rheims
Casualty List Advances 57 Names and Officers Noted
Washington June 7 The army casualty list lists 57 names with statuses including killed in action 3 died of wounds 6 died of disease 6 died in accidents 1 wounded severely 17 wounded slightly 11 missing in action 9 Officers named Lieutenants Lee V Farnum Andrew H Peterson James L Ward reported severely wounded Hugh I Sutherland previously listed as severely wounded now minorly hurt The report cites locations New York Lamberton Minn Houston Tex Benoit Miss as origin or home bases.
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Washington
Bl. C
Lee V. Farnum
New York
Andrew HH. Peterson
Lamberton
Minn
James LD. Ward
Houston
Tex
Hugh I. Sutherland
Benoit
Miss
Campbell First Ace With American Army Leads
In France on May 11, Lieut Campbell of California is credited as the first American ace. He shot down a German biplane above Pont-A-Mousson, his fifth confirmed victory. Looming next is Lieut Rickenbacher of Columbus Ohio, the former auto racer, with an unofficial tally rising toward a tenth victory pending official confirmation. A German prisoner reported is Lieut Wilfred V Casgrain of Detroit.
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Franch
Doughas Campbell
California
Campbell
Edward Rickenbacher
Columbus
Ohio
Rickenbacher
Wilfred V. Casgrain
Detroit
Y Huts Destroyed Part by Y M C A Workers
On June 1 thirty Y M C A workers under German fire and shelling carried supplies to French soldiers. They burned their warehouses to deny them to the enemy. One hundred huts were destroyed by shell fire. Marion Herron and Jane Boller of Cincinnati were singled out for praise. Reverend Malliday Smith and Hadley Cooper were gassed aiding the wounded and died later in a hospital.
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Fie
Marion Herron
Whitlam H. Taft
Jane Boller
Cincinnati
Malliday Smith
Nyack
N. Y
Hadley Cooper
Piermont
Peasants Shot Down as German Fire Suppresses Revolt
Dispatches from the Petrograd Telegraph Bureau report Germans using artillery to quell a Ukrainian peasant revolt. Rebels allegedly burn forests destroy crops and refuse surrender of agricultural implements. In Juarez Mexico editor Alfonso Barriera Paniche of La Tenedicion was shot dead in the capital’s suburbs, his wife wounded. date not stated.
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Washington, D. C
Ukrainia
Petrograd
Juarez
Mexico
Alfonso Barriera Paniche
la Tedencion
Mexico City
Paniche
Bombs Worry HMS Washington and Zeebrugge Raid
Allied air raids on German towns demoralize the German people and prompt State Department advices. A heavy aerial bombardment hit Zeebrugge Thursday night with a massive blast at about 1 am Friday, possibly a powder magazine explosion, per Telegraaf dispatches.
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Washington, PD
State Department
Zeebrugge
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Measuring shell holes to locate German long range gun
In Paris a factory shell hole pair along two awnings enabled French artillery officers to deduce the gun's position by mathematics. Chester M. Wright of the American labor mission cites how distances and angles from the holes, wind, and air conditions traced the shell back to its mouth, then destroyed in the forest of St Gobain.
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New York
Paris
Chester M. Wright
Europe
Forest of
St. Gobain
Experts Here Think Enemy Will Dig In
Washington June 1. Senate military committee heard General March say Germans have reached their objective at the Marne and will dig in for a Paris drive. With Germans within 45 miles of Paris the situation is serious. Experts warn of renewed offensive and faster troop movement. over 200000 Americans sent in May with more to come in June after training abroad. Aircraft and ordnance production show substantial gains.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
War Department
General March
Marne
Paris
War Council
Lewis
Paris-Chalone
Champagne
Verdun
Ailette
Aisne
Ourcq
Berlin
Somme
Amiens
German banned in church school at Zion Lutheran
In Dallas on June 1 the Rev. E E M Robert ordered the abolition of German in the Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church school and Sunday school. He said German would no longer be spoken there except in church services for the oldest members who do not understand English.
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Dallas
Tex
Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church
M. Robert
Robert
Wilson orders National Guard Hawaii units into regular army
President Wilson announced the first and second regiments of infantry from Hawaii and their medical staff were released from militia duty and placed under regular army regulations. In Oklahoma City Colonel Jack Love, head of the State Corporation Commission, died at Mineral Wells Texas at 61 after a period of ill health. He had served on the commission since 1907.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Military Service
United States
National Guard of
Hawaii
Jack Love
Oklahoma City
Okla
State Corporation Commission
Pioneer Oklahoman
Mineral Wells
Tex
Commission
Colonel Love
Corporation Commisssion
German Efforts Against Marne Fail As French Hold Fast
German attempts to cross the Marne are repelled with resistance reported along Soissons and Chateau Thierry. Allied lines remain intact with French counterattacks retaking Chaudun and Vierzy while German forces push east along the north bank toward Rheims. Paris remains the strategic objective as German forces threaten Amiens and the once mighty Marne defense.
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Rhalms
Mhelms
Soissons
Rheims
Hermericourt
Seuilly
Aisne
France
River
Marne
Vierzy
Paris
Chouy
Neuilly
Chateau Thierry
Verneuil
Rhelms
Dormans- Sheims
Noyon
Oise
Noyon-Blerancourt
Marne Field
Oulchy-Le Chateau
German Offensive Threat to Soissons Front
Paris reports ongoing German attack through the night along the western flank of the new Salient between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. French forces counter attacked, reclaiming ground around Soissons and the Chaudune Vierty sector while repelling German masses.
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Soissons
Marne
Montdidier Salient
Fn Pelow
Crise
Paris
Chateau Thierry
Chaudune Vierty
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