American Troops Take Village Vaux and Heights West of Chateau Thierry
American and French forces on a two mile front west of Chateau Thierry advanced to a depth of about half a mile at night, seizing Vaux Hill 192 La Roche wood and Clerambout wood. They took 450 prisoners and inflicted heavy enemy losses while suffering light American casualties.
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Chateau Thierry
Vaux
la Roche Wood
Clerambout Wood
Paris
French War Office
1 500 Foes Killed as Halians Retake Mountain Position
United Press dispatch reports Italian forces recaptured Monte Di Valdella Col Del Rosso and Col Di Chele after a coordinated assault. About 1,500 enemy dead and nearly 2,000 prisoners were taken, as Austrian divisions totaling 48,000 faced heavy losses while Italian Ninth Infantry Regina brigade and Czzecho Slovaks earned distinction in storming and defense.
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Monte di Valdella
Col del Rosso
Col di Chele
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CzzechoSlovaks
Monte di Vailbella
Hold Wires Permanently Says Baker
Secretary Baker urged immediate House action to empower the president to seize telegraph telephone radio and cable systems if needed, arguing no time limit should be set in the resolution or in later laws. Opponents demanded a cap on government control to a few months after the war.
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Baker
House Commerce Com
Maker Baker
Congress
House
Aswell
Senate
Sheppard
Fire at Kee Aetna Explosives Plant Destroys Buildings
A fire of unknown origin swept Kee Aetna Explosives plant at Mount Union Pennsylvania destroying five buildings. Estimated loss exceeds one million dollars and authorities warned the blaze was not yet under control. United Press dispatch notes the incident occurred July 2.
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United Press
Star Mount Union
Kee
President set to outline aims of world aid in Mount Vernon speech
President will present the principles guiding U S aid policy in a July 4 Mount Vernon address. He will not unveil a detailed program but will emphasize the doctrine behind future assistance to Russia and other oppressed peoples. An allied effort to safeguard supplies at Kola, Russia, is under way with limited American involvement.
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United States
Wilson
Russia
Mount Vernon
Prussia
Kola
Murman Coast
Enemy Plans Arctic Dash
Between 95,000 and 40,000 German and Finnish mercenary troops are concentrating around Viborg in preparation for a drive on the Murman coast and Kola, according to military officials in Washington.
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Viborg
Murman Coast
Kola
Eloped Lovers Nabbed in Seattle After Telegram
A 19 year old Robert Cays and 16 year old Hazel Grim it of Sequim Wash were arrested by Seattle police ten minutes after a telegram described them. The couple left Sequim Sunday night for Olympia then Seattle, arriving Tuesday morning. A sister’s telegram arrived at 9 40 am and 19 minutes later the couple passed the booking office.
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Robert Cays
Hazel Grimit
Sequim
Wash
Metropolis
Olympia
Edith Grimit
Hazel
Franklin Dett
Traction Company Standoff With City Over Seattle Transit
City and traction officials held talks for hours as Mayor Hanson described the company as stubborn. He said the city groves concessions to reach peace and that conferences would continue until a settlement is reached. The next Company I auxiliary meeting is set for July 11 at 2 p.m. in the county-city building.
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Seattle
W. A. Leonard
Traction Company
Sant
Company I. Auxiliary
At & P
King Emmanuel Orders Naples Port Enlargement
ROME July 2. King Victor Emmanuel will sign a decree to enlarge the Naples port. New quays and docks will be built and connected by railways. The drydock will be the largest on the Mediterranean.
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Naples
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Mediterranean
Wilson creates new Chesapeake defensive area
President Wilson on July 2 defined a new defensive zone on the lower Chesapeake and abolished the old Chesapeake entrance and Hampton Roads defense areas.
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Chesapeake Zone
Washington
Wilson
Chesapeake
Chesapeake Entrance
Hampton Roads
Kaiser’s carnivorous troops alarm Berlin rumor
A World War II era spoof claims German zoo animals were butchered to feed troops. It fantasizes savage behavior from Kaiser Wilhelm to crown prince with animal meat driving sleepless, feral charges and night roars. It parodies wartime morale pieces with outlandish scenarios.
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Hagenbeek Zoo
Sub raid sinks Llandovery Castle with 234 missing
London reports 234 crew members and a medical unit aboard the Canadian hospital ship Sandovery Castle were torpedoed and sunk Thursday. Survivors recount the U boat scuttling lifeboats and rafts as rescue attempts continue amid suspicions of German spies in the US and Canada guiding Berlin.
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Sandovery Castle
United States
Canada
Berlin
Sylvester
Llandovery Castle
Hoxpital
America
Set Our Teeth Until the End Says Bonar Law
London July 2 Premier Bonar Law called the torpedoing of the hospital ship Llandovery Castle an unspeakable outrage. He said wild beasts cannot be argued with and urged that all must be destroyed and set their teeth until the end is achieved.
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London
Bonar Law
Llandovery Castle
Mystery of American Night Officers Aboard Unclear
The article reports on the fate of American Night officers believed to be aboard a submarine attacked by German forces. A Canadian sergeant major was rescued from a lifeboat with 12 women nurses, all presumed lost after a capsizing. The sergeant major, rescued dazed, boarded a submarine thinking it British before a German sailor threw him into a lifeboat.
Pierre Ferry Arrested as Food Hoarder
Federal agents arrested Pierre P. Ferry of 1531 Tenth Ave N Seattle for hoarding flour and provisions. Five pound sacks of Gold Medal flour and large Pillsbury sacks were seized from a servant’s room on the third floor. Ferry, linked to the Leary estate, appeared for preliminary hearing before Commissioner McClelland as the federal probe continued.
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Pierre P. Ferry
Tenth Ave N
Seattle
Pillsbury
Erry
Ferry
Eliza Ferry-Leary
Leary
United States
Colligan
B. C. Beck
Pierre P. Verry
Leary Land Co
Leary Building
Robert W. McClelland
American Victory Threatens Hun Base West of Chateau Thierry
July 2. The American advance west of Chateau Thierry has cut German supply lines and brought artillery within two miles of the Chateau Thierry railway station. Till 204 and Hill 204 fortify the Vaux road, but their capture leaves no strongholds west of the town. The effort shows a new, map guided method of offensive fighting and careful artillery support over rushed assaults.
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Altho
Vaux
New York
Chateau Thierry
Hindenburg
Marne
Aisne
Hill
Councilman Chooses Tooth Pull Over Conference
Councilman C. B. Fitzgerald stayed two hours at a traction officials conference with attorneys. He listened and then left, saying he preferred a tooth pull to staying.
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Traction
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Fitzerald
Fitzgerald
Pershing Reports U S Forces Triumph at Chateau Thierry
Brief U P dispatches note elation in Washington over American success in the Chateau Thierry region last night. Generals say careful planning and coordinated artillery infantry and intelligence work produced victory.
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Washington
Pershing
United Press
Chateau Thierry
United States
A Thrift Stamp A Day Keeps the Hun Away
A wartime propaganda item urges readers to save thrift stamps daily to support the war effort and boost morale against enemies.
Austrians Hange 30 Prisoners Reported
Berne reports the Vienna Neue Freie Presse states thirty prisoners captured by the Czecho-Slovak diet were immediately hanged by Austrian authorities.
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Berne
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Berlin Claims 191,000 Taken in War Report
London reports renewed Italian front activity and German raids. Austria says Monte Di Valbella and Col Del Rosso lost and forces withdrawn. Haig notes June prisoner haul totals 1,957 with 30 officers. German office cites 191,454 prisoners since March 21 west front offensive.
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Ite
Austrian War Office
Monte di Valbella
Col del Rosso
Wood
Haig
German War Office
British Counterattack Repulses German Assault Near Albert
Field Marshal Haig reports a British counterattack west of Albert repulsing a German assault with heavy losses. One breach at a single point secured, and the German progress halted shortly after midnight near London.
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London
Albert
Haig
Explosion at munitions factory kills up to seventy
An explosion at a Midland munitions factory today killed as many as 70 people. Women workers conducted themselves with commendable steadiness amid the disaster.
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London
Midland
HMS Fail In Sixth Air Raid Over Paris
German airmen conducted their sixth raid on Paris in recent days around midnight. Official reports stated there was nothing to report after the alarm sounded at 2 29 a m.
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HMS Fail
Paris
Germans Boast of Long Range Sea Guns
Rome July 2 reports say Germany declares fast cruisers are being armed with guns of double the range of current naval armament and hopes to challenge the Allied fleet soon according to resources published today by the news agency.
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Rerie A’ Lz
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